WAIPA IN REAL LIFE: 2012-07-29

MY INTRO

ALOHA AND WELCOME TO MY PERSONAL BLOG!!! I THOUGHT WHY NOT SHARE MY PERSONAL GAINS & STRUGGLES THAT LIFE PUTS OUT TO EACH AND ONE OF US. I FEEL THAT THROUGH THE GIFT OF "GIVING & SHARING", THERE IS NO WAY BETTER THAN START THIS BLOG WHICH IS ALL ABOUT ME, MY OHANA (FAMILY), HOALOHA (FRIENDS), AND EVEN ENEMIES WHICH ARE THE VERY ONES I NEED TO LOVE AND ACCEPT.

I'LL SAY THIS STRAIGHT UP, I DON'T HOLD BACK MY FEELINGS FOR ANYONE AND IT'LL COME OUT OF MY MOUTH ON HOW I FEEL ABOUT YOU AND OTHERS. I DON'T GO BEHIND ANYONE'S BACK AND START RUMOURS WITH HOPES THAT IT WILL CIRCLE AROUND AND FINALLY HIT ITS TARGET. WHY TAKE THE LONG ROUTE WHEN I CAN GO STRAIGHT TO THE POINT. PERSONALLY, I THINK THAT IS THE "REAL" WAY OF LIVING LIFE, "BE REAL" AT ALL TIMES EVEN WHEN THE WORLD IS WATCHING.

ON THE OTHER NOTE, "I AM" THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PERSON IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE FROM THE WAY "I SEE IT". I AM NOT SPEAKING FROM OTHER PEOPLE'S FEEDBACK OR "CONCEITEDNESS". "THIS IS" WHAT I CHOOSE TO SEE MYSELF EVERYDAY WHEN I WAKE UP FROM MY BED AND THANK "AKUA" (GOD) FOR GIVING ME ONE MORE DAY TO LIVE, REGARDLESS OF REGRETS FROM THE "YESTERDAYS" TO THE FEARS OF "TOMMOROWS".

IN MY EYES, LIVING A "BEAUTIFUL LIFE" CAN ONLY BE ATTAINED BY "CHOICE" AND IT REQUIRES "INTEGRITY", "HONESTY", "UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE", "FORGIVENESS" AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, "LOVE".

AS MY BEAUTIFUL ANCESTORS HAVED ALWAYS BELIEVED:

'Ike aku, 'ike mai, kokua aku kokua mai; pela iho la ka nohana 'ohana.

WHICH MEANS, RECOGNIZE OTHERS, BE RECOGNIZED, HELP OTHERS, BE HELPED; SUCH IS A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP.

SO ONCE AGAIN, "WELCOME TO MY BEAUTIFUL LIFE!!!"

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

Thursday, August 2, 2012

KAHEALANI'S PRACTICING HER HULA & HER FIRST SOLO HULA PERFORMANCE!!!

ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO... JOEY & LUCILLE WERE ENGAGED TO EACH OTHER. LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD JOEY ASKED ME TO BE ONE OF THE GROOMSMEN. AFTER HAPPILY ACCEPTED THE INVITATION, I WANTED TO PICK A SPECIAL GIFT FOR JOEY & LUCILLE FOR THEIR UPCOMING WEDDING. I WANTED IT TO BE SOMETHING SPECIAL AND A ONCE IN A LIFETIME GIFT THAT COULD NEVER BE REPLACED.

AND I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE THIS GIFT WITHOUT THE HELP OF MY DAUGHTER, KAHEALANI, GRANDMA WENDY, AND MANY OTHERS WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE.

KAHEALANI HAS BEEN PRACTICING VERY HARD AS THIS WAS HER FIRST SOLO PERFORMANCE IN FRONT OF CROWD OF PEOPLE. I CAN IMAGINE WHAT KAHEALANI MUST HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH AS THE DAYS WERE GETTING CLOSER TO WEDDING DAY. NERVOUSNESS, SCARED, SHY, STAGE FRIGHT... AND I CAN GO ON AND ON!!!

KAHEALANI PRACTICING HER HULA.

WHEN THE WEDDING DAY CAME... WORDS COULD NOT DESCRIBE WHAT KAHEALANI & I WITNESSED AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO WERE PRESENT AT THE WEDDING. THE GIFT OF A "HULA" PERFORMANCE FOR JOEY & LUCILLE.

KAHEALANI'S HULA PERFORMANCE AT THE WEDDING.

I WOULD LIKE TO ONCE AGAIN EXPRESS WITH LOVE & ALOHA AND GIVE THANKS TO KAHEALANI & GRANDMA WENDY FOR MAKING THIS VERY POSSIBLE FOR ALL OF US TO WITNESS AND REMEMBER FOR THE RESTS OF OUR LIVES.