ahh, memories. after 7 years i finally decided to try and contact people and friends from samoa, and typed whatever i could remember into a search engine. i found out that corey murphy (went through discovery, focus with him) was dead, and chris sutton is in jail. but i have conflicted feelings about my 2.5 year stay in the program, and im really curious as to how the majority of people are doing today. of course some people are dead, and others are poster children for the program, but what about the bulk of us? i realize that a lot of what happened in samoa could be called abuse or neglect, but i think i am a better person now because of what i learned there. at the same time, i dont think i could ever forgive my parents, even though they had no way of knowing what it was really like. dont get me wrong, i get along with my parents, but ill never forget. for myself, i decided that, overall, im GLAD I WENT, and i feel what i learned gives me a 1up, over teens who lived a "normal" life. so what i would like to see someday is a followup report. what percentage of people say the program haunts them? what percentage says helped?
some memories from samoa:
-boiled chicken
-masi auro
-cocoa-rice
-limbo
-iso
-"skills" (military style workouts)
-le tiara sucked
-fagatele was awesome!
-bathing in the river (le tiara)
-the white thing on sinalele island
-overflowing toilets
-moldy clothes
-cat 4 for masturbation cat 3 for drug possession
-cleaning the beach for 3 days straight before any outsiders would visit.
-"supply boy"
ahh, memories.
