Auroras Birthday

Today is/was Auroras birthday and I think it went smashingly.  I was able to make a lei for her which I thoroughly enjoyed out of carnations and the office surprised her with a a fruit cake.  It was actually quite the accomplishment....

You know, in the next couple days I will be busy getting ready to leave and saying goodbye...I donʻt think I will be writing here anymore.  I think this will actually be the last entry.

Usually, I write a big summary but this time I wonʻt give you the satisfaction.  Iʻm sorry friends, I would really just like for you to talk to me about it when I see you...

Wow, what a revelation.

Well, goodnight and thanks for reading!

Hawanawana

Aloha pumehana kaua,

He hana kolohe o keia po!  Ua kuai iho nei au i pua no ka hana ana i lei i ka la apopo na Kukuilani, oiai o kela kona la hanau.  Piha eu au!  E pai kii nohoi au i ka la apopo.

Mahalo a nui

Itʻs so hard

So it is now the time to start to work myself into a little bit of a panic.  Iʻm not, by any means saying that Iʻm behind in packing or cleaning or anything because I donʻt think I am but just the thought of all the things that need to be done in the next couple of days (not even including the goodbyes that need to be said) is making for some heavy thinking.

Tonight was the last time I got to see my friends from Brazil because theyʻre leaving on a trip and wonʻt be here again until we get back.  I couldnʻt help but be a little bit sad, and touched at the same time.

It is amazing to me that we got to come to Japan, and not only touch and be moved by the people of Japan, but we also got to build these amazing relationships with people from still more countries.  Today, our South American friends gave presentations on their countries and I am completely overcome with curiosity...their countries will have to be on my list of places to visit.

Gosh, the rest of my life is looking expensive.

(-_~)ʻ

Pai Ia

Aloha pumehana kakou,

O keia ka la o ka hoolaulea Hawaii ma ke kaona o Uwajima.  Aue, ua nani no ko lakou mahalo a nui o ka nohona Hawaii a pela pu me ko lakou aloha palena ole ia makou, ka poe i kipa akula mai Hawaii mai.  Ua puka na ano mea like ole; oia hoi o ka hula, o ka hookani ukulele, o na ano hana noeau like ole, a pela aku. A ma o ma anei he minoaka ma na helehelena o na kanaka a pau.

O kekahi hanana nae i pa nui i koʻu naau, oia ke ku ana mai i na haumana mai ke kula nona ka moku a makou i hoopiholo ai, o Ke Kula Lawai o Uwajima nohoi.  Ua hoike lakou i ke ano o ka pai ia, kapaia he gyotaku ma ka olelo Kepani, a ua hoike ia me ke aloha a no ka manuahi.

O ko lakou ku ana mai, he kupanaha.  No ka mea, he hoailona kela no ka maikai ae o ka pilina o Hawaii me ko Uwajima.  Aole paha naʻu i hooponopono i keia pilikia, oia no nae ke ano o koʻu hana i keia kauwela.  Pomaikai au i ka ae ia ana mai e naue i keia aina, a e hookomo i koʻu aloha i keia hana maikai.

Mahalo a nui.

Hanabi

Tonight I went to my first (and what will probably be my last, at least for a while) Japanese Fireworks show which was held at the Mitsuhama Matsuri.  It was a pretty amazing sight as the fireworks lasted over and hour and maintained a pretty great stream of awesomeness!  In Hawaii, the show would have easily cost over a million dollars to put on but here it just seemed usual, there were several OOOʻs and AAAʻs but aside from that Iʻm not sure that anyone seemed quite as amused as us foreigners who journeyed there together this evening.

Fireworks are a time to reflect for me.

 I think because, even though it wasnʻt so loud that we couldnʻt talk no one really wanted to aside from the random remark here and there about the size of one blast or the motion of another.  People were there with their children, with their dates, with their friends...it was simply an amazing gathering of people.

For me though, I was in my own world a good deal of the time.  Every blast reminded me how far Iʻd come in Japan and how this is my last week here.  It never ceases to amaze me what a different world it is here and these fireworks...well, see for yourself.

(^_^)....;....;...; *** O***

first time

Yesterday, I forgot to blog! LOL thatʻs the first time ever! Sorry guys lol

Aue ke aloha e

Aloha pumehana kaua e ka mea heluhelu,

I keia la e (i) hana ai i kekahi mea hilahila loa.  Aole au e hai ia oe i ia mea, aka, ua makemake au e hoomaopopo loa iau iho no kaʻu hana i keia la.

mmhmm

Mahalo a nui