Mililani High School - Na Mana O Poina Ole Yearbook (Mililani, HI)

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Ryan Nakamura John Nakashima Derrick Naruse Curtis Nii Stanley Nishida Tracie Nishikawa Denny Nishirnura Garreff Nobu Karie Nowlan Wiliiam Oaks Greg O'Blaney Rommel Ofalsa Wimam Ogden Ken Oisni Keiiy Okamura G-arrick Okumura Ryan Okufani Leona Olaivar

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Tlx T E T S I wi iii .gi 1 , T. i Riding The Bus: An EnlighTening Experience For All y The Time a sTudenT enfered his Junior year, hefshe was usually forTunaTe enough To have esTablished a ride To and from school. Buf every sTudenT who had no ofher means of TransporTaTion re- sorfed To riding The dreaded bus. LeT's Take a momenT To puT some amusing experiences of riding The bus ln The Spoflighf. ln The morning, each sTudenT im- paTienTly awaiTed The familiar sound of a large choking engine, signifying ThaT The bus was iusT a minuTe away. For some, riding The bus was nof all ThaT bad. This was a Time for Talking wiTh friends, yelling, laughing. Throwing Things aT people, puTTing finishing Touches on make-up, eaT- ing breakfasT, doing lasT minuTe as- signmenTs, and Trying To geT some addiTional sleep. Brad Ogden said, l'The bus is always crowded, and once I had To siT in a seaT wiTh Two girls. l was pracfically on Their laps. Ken Rulloda replied, 'lThe bus is okay, buT iT's usually full of loud and screaming people, l suggesT ThaT you geT a, driver's licensel Then There was The almosf impos- sible Task of Trying To bring a projecT To school on The bus. Every momenT was spenT wafching The proiecT, making sure ThaT iT was noT de- sTroyed in any way. And imagine The embarrassmenf of siTTing in fronf of Thirfy ofher people clufching onTo a gianT piece of cardboard for dear lifel This is an amusing sighf, buT nof someThing ThaT mosT people would like To experience. Cyndi McClure said. 'Once l broughT a projecT on The bus and iT was model wiTh pe ple and houses on iT, and by T Time I goT To school all of The pieo had fallen off. The bus ride seemed unendir sTopping aT every sTreeT To pick even more unenThusiasTic sTuder NOT To menTion, ThaT The b chugged along aT a raTe Thaf w so incredibly slow ThaT even T slawesf runner could ouTrun iT. When The bus finally arrived school and came To a halT, a crox of sTudenTs unloaded and beg yef anoTher Typical day of scha Forgeffing abouf The morninl evenTs and puTTing The ThoughT having To ride The bus home, ouT Their minds. Copy by Shannon Tramr 206 Juniors

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1 1 llil. i Embarrassing lVlomenTs Draw SpoTlighT Of AiTenTion uring The course of your four years aT high school, you will mosT likely have someThing embarrassing happen To you. AT The Time, you will probably feel like dy- ing, buT There's no need To worry. These momenTs are only naTural, and you will evenTually be able To laugh abouT Them. Everyone has his own memories. For insTance, have you ever dropped your noTebook on an ex- Tremely windy day and Then had To chase 404 papers all over The fronT lawn? Or maybe you Tripped down The sTairs and fell flaT on your face while a crowd of people sTood and waTched. Then There's also drop- ping your lunch in The middle of The cafeferia and having food fly ev- erywhere. Have any of These disas- Ters ever happened To you? Amy Reyes said, 'Once l seT off The li- brary alarm because my book was unaufhorizedp everyone Turned around and lookedl Leah Hoops remembered a parTicularly embar- rassing momenT when IT had jusT finished raining, and I slipped on some mud ThaT was on The sidewalk and Tripped and fell inTo The benchl Carolee Rowe was embar- rassea when UA clown delivered balloons and flowers To me for my birThday while l was eaTing in The cafeTeria. AfTer he leff, everyone sTood up and applauded for mel When Things like These happen, you will probably feel as if you are ln The Spofighf wiTh The whole school waTching. Copy by Shannon Trammell is i l