WAIPA IN REAL LIFE: A CLOSER LOOK AT MOTHER EARTH... FROM ALASKA TO HAWAI'I NEI.

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

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

A CLOSER LOOK AT MOTHER EARTH... FROM ALASKA TO HAWAI'I NEI.

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

AFTER MY LAST POST... I'M FREE FOR MOST OF THE DAY BEFORE I HEAD TO WORK... IN THE MEAN TIME I DECIDED TO ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY IN BETHEL, ALASKA!!!

I DECIDED TO WALK TO THE POST OFFICE AND THEN DOWN TO THE KUSKOKWIM RIVER BUT INSTEAD I TOOK A DETOUR TO MY FRIEND'S PLACE TO GO VISIT HIM UNANNOUNCED AND GO SEE HIS DOGS. MY GOOD & WONDERFUL FRIEND, JOHN SIMON APPROACHED ME SEVERAL MONTHS AGO ABOUT WANTING TO TRAIN ME TO DOG MUSH AND EVENTUALLY RACE AN EVENT.

MY FIRST REACTION HAD ME IN SHOCK AND SCARED... LOL!!! BUT AT THE SAME TIME I WAS FLATTERED TOO, BECAUSE DOG MUSHING IN ALASKA IS A HUGE PART OF THE NATIVE ESKIMO LIFESTYLE. I WAS TELLING MYSELF, "IS HE FOR REAL???" BUT I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND THIS IS DEFINITELY OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE AND "WHY NOT???" HECK... I MIGHT BE THE FIRST "HAWAIIAN, CHINESE, SAMOAN, PORTUGUESE" MAN EVER TO MUSH DOGS IN RURAL ALASKA!!! AGAIN... "WHY NOT???"

SO TODAY I DECIDED TO GO CHECK HIS DOGS...

MY FRIEND JOHN SIMON IS A VETERAN DOG MUSHER AND HAS COMPETED IN NUMEROUS DOG RACES AND HE STILL CONTINUES TO COMPETE. I PROMISED HIM THAT I WILL GIVE HIM MY BEST... EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE IN ME TO WIN!!!.

AFTER MY VISIT WITH JOHN I HEADED OVER TO THE POST OFFICE AND TOOK MORE PICTURES!!!

ALTHOUGH MY WALK WAS VERY SHORT, THE BEAUTY OF THESE PICS MADE IT VERY WORTHY OF BEING IN TOUCH WITH NATURE PLUS THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER!!!

2854 MILES AWAY SOUTH OF BETHEL, ALASKA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN IS WHERE MY HOME IS. AND THE LATEST NEWS IS THE CURRENT LAVA FLOW FROM KILAUEA VOLCANO LOCATED ON THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAI'I HAS DEFINITELY MADE HEADLINES AROUND THE WORLD.

THE PEOPLE OF PUNA, HAWAI'I HAS HAD NUMEROUS MEETINGS ON HOW TO GO ABOUT WITH THIS DIFFICULT STRUGGLES... NONETHELESS... I ALSO SUPPORT MY PEOPLE OF HAWAI'I ON THERE BELIEFS AND THEIR TRADITIONS... WATCH THIS VIDEO: