Half Day

Today is a half day at work because Iʻm going to Uwajima tonight.  Because of this, there wonʻt be any blog because Iʻm leaving my computer home.

E hui kala mai oukou i keia waiho wale.  He wahi leo hoomaopopo wale no.

Mahalo

Ohana Hula

Aloha pumehana kaua,

No ka nui o na kanaka e kipa mai ana i keia aina o Ehime, aole paha lakou e hui me na kanaka he nui.  Ua ike ia, o ke ano o na kanaka e noho ana maanei, he hilahila ke ano.  Makemake paha lakou e hui e kamailiio me na kanaka o ka aina, aka aole paha ia he hiki.  Ua ike nae au, he nui ka hoi o na kanaka i na mea Hawaii.

O kekahi mea i ano ulu ka hoi i loko oʻu, oia no na ohana hula.  I nehinei au i hui ai me kekahi wahine, a mea mai oia he mea hula oia maanei.  I koʻu ninau ana aku i ka inoa o kona kumu, mea mai oia he 2 ohana hula ko keia moku o Shikoku.

Pehea la?

Mahalo a nui

Lucky You Live

Today was yet another day at work that lasted a very long time.  I am not at all upset about it, in fact it allots me a fair amount of time to reflect on things that are going on during the summer.  Today was one of those days where news from home was not something that tugged me back, but gets me worried.

When you leave your country for a long amount of time, I think itʻs easier to see the dangers and the flaws in your own.   Sure, nobody is perfect but I always find myself gaining a new awareness for the spectrum of distances existing between the culture Iʻm living in and the culture that I come from.  That being said, I am thankful that I am from Hawaiʻi.

(^_^)

O Ka Mea Apiki

Aloha pumehana kaua,

O keia ka la mua o koʻu iini e komo piha i ka olelo Kepani.

Iau e kaahele ana mao maanei i ke kuai ana i na ana makana like ole no ka haawi ana i koʻu mau hoa o Hawaii, ua olelo Kepani au i mau kanaka.  Aue, nui na poe i lilo i ano hoa noʻu!  A o koʻu hana maamau, kono au ia lakou a pau e kipa ia Hawaii i kekahi la, a ae mai lakou a pau aka aohe kanaka i ku mai ma Hawaii a hiki i keia manawa.  Aole paha au noonoo nui.

O ka mea apiki aʻu i ike ai i keia la, ina no lakou e kipa mai ia Hawaii, ua hoohiki au ia lakou, naʻu no e hoike aku ia lakou i ke ano o Hawaii a me na kanaka e noho ana ma laila.  I mea e malama pono ai ia lakou, pono ka olelo Kepani.  Akahi no au a ike, no ka hoolala ana i ko lakou hele ana, pono ana iau e olelo Kepani kekahi.

I ka hoi ana i Hawaii, he kumu hou oʻu e ao hou i ka olelo Kepani me ka maikai. Minamina, aole i hooholoia manao he 10 pule i hala ae nei.

Mahalo ka heluhelu ana.

Gift Buying

Today I decided to try to put a huge dent in my gift shopping.  So, I went to the best logical place which is by Dogo onsen.  If you donʻt know, Dogo onsen is one of the first onsen in Japan and is thus very famous.  What I found though, was so much than the typical experience.

As I pulled up on my ever-so-fashionable-and-reliable bicycle, I noticed there was a little bit of an event at the park that was next to the onsen.  I walked up and found that it was basically a craft fair!  Well, I went from tent to tent but it was really hot so I braced myself to leave...just before I went down the stairs however something caught my eye on the side.

I canʻt say much about what she was selling because it will end up being gifts, but this lady was so happy just to talk to me she gave me some sort of orange/grapefruit kind of thing and gave me free stuff to go with what I purchased! I told her it was an honor to buy crafts from the person that made them and that I was really happy to have been passing through.  We even took a picture together.

Days like today make it all worth while.

(^_^)~!

O ka ulana kalipa

Aloha pumehana kaua,

Ua maopopo, aole paha o ka ulana ana ka mea pololei no ka wehewehena i ke ano o ka hana i na kalipa Kepani, aka ua ano like ka hana i ka nana aku me ka ulana ana a ka Hawaii.  O kaʻu mea i ike ai i keia la, ua olelo lakou, "e hookomo i ka apana lole i ike ole ia" a ua kau ka halia no koʻu wa o ka hana ana i ka lauhala.

Malia, aole okoa loa kakou o ke Kepani me ka Hawaii ea?

Mahalo a nui

CAMP!

We went to a camp today in Yawatahama that was absolutely excessively hot.  I wonʻt try to exaggerate and say that there was absolutely no breeze...but I will say that this kind of heat, is the heat that feels like needles when it touches your skin and it was way more than I could handle.  I spent the better part of the day looking for places to hide in the shade...however, I think I ended up just wandering around completely frustrated at my situation.  I just donʻt know how I had been sign up to be someplace so hot.

The bright side of the day is that we got to make traditional zori (although with fabric) and all the teachers were old Japanese ladies.  It was a very nostalgic feeling to be taught by women who speak with a dialect that was almost impossible for me to understand, and see their reactions when they discovered that we came from Hawaiʻi.  They were all the epitome of hospitable, and were great and patient teachers.  They also helped to do all the other classes offered to the kids and in the grueling heat they really sacrificed a lot in my eyes.

I just hope that when I get old, if I should be allowed so many years, I can be half the people they are.  Kind, intelligent people are hard enough to come by now.  I wonder about growing up.

(^_^)