WAIPA IN REAL LIFE: TOURING MUSEUM ISLAND AND CHECKPOINT CHARLIE

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

Saturday, May 23, 2020

TOURING MUSEUM ISLAND AND CHECKPOINT CHARLIE - BERLIN, GERMANY 2019

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

TODAY WE HAVE TWO PLACES TO VISIT!!! MY FIRST STOP IS "MUSEUM ISLAND"

LINK--->MUSEUM ISLAND

LINK--->MORE INFO ON MUSEUM ISLAND

THE ISLAND HAS 5 DIFFERENT MUSEUMS TO TOUR AND WE CHOSE, "THE ALTE NATIONALGALERIE"

LINK--->ALTE NATIONALGALERIE

"THE ALTE NATIONALGALERIE"

IF I TOOK PICS OF EVERYTHING THAT I SAW, IT WOULDN'T EVEN DESCRIBE WHAT THIS VAST MUSEUM HAS TO SHOW, THE AMAZING AND BEAUTIFUL SCULPTURES AND PAINTINGS DATING BACK MANY CENTURIES AGO IS IMMACULATE!!!

I POSTED SOME OF MY FAVORITES TO SHARE.

ALTES MUSEUM

THE "ALTES MUSEUM"(LINK--->ALTES MUSEUM) WAS THE NEXT ONE I WANTED TO SEE BUT BECAUSE THE SUN WAS SETTING, WE WANTED TO GO TO ANOTHER PLACE TO SEE BEFORE IT GETS TOO DARK. I WILL RETURN TO MUSEUM ISLAND ON MY NEXT VISIT.

HUMBOLDT FORUM

THE "HUMBOLDT FORUM" IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND UPGRADES AND IS SCHEDULED TO REOPEN IN 2020.

LINK--->HUMBOLDT FORUM

IT WAS INDEED AN AWESOME SIGHT TO SEE THESE AMAZING ARCHITECTS AND I CAN'T WAIT TO RETURN IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO VISIT THE OTHER MUSEUMS.

AND OF COURSE I HAD TO GET PICTURE OF THIS FAMOUS LANDMARK, THE "FERNSEHTURM BERLIN"

LINK--->FERNSEHTURM BERLIN

The tower has become one of the most prominent symbols of the country and is often in the establishing shot of films set in Berlin, alongside monuments such as the Brandenburg Gate, the Berlin Victory Column and the Reichstag building. It is also one of the ten most popular attractions in Germany with more than 1,000,000 visitors every year.

FERNSEHTURM BERLIN

SNACKTIME FOR CURRYWURST, FRIES, AND A COKE!!!

WE CONTINUED ON TO THE SUBWAY AND PAST BY SOME COOL PLACES.

AND WE HAVE ARRIVED TO OUR NEXT LOCATION!!!

"CHECKPOINT CHARLIE"

LINK--->CHECKPOINT CHARLIE

AS A KID WATCHING COLD WAR FILMS DURING THE 70'S AND 80'S, "CHECKPOINT CHARLIE" WAS A POPULAR NAME IF IT INVOLVED BERLIN, GERMANY. AND I SAID TO MYSELF THAT ONE DAY I WANT TO GO THERE AND SEE IT FOR MYSELF.

AND I'M NOW AWARE OF THE CHANGES AND TRUTHS TO THE REAL CHECKPOINT CHARLIE VERSUS THE PRESENT, BUT STILL I WAS HAPPY AND I ACCOMPLISHED A CHILDHOOD PROMISE.

I GOT MY PASSPORT STAMPED FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND TOOK A PIC WITH THE GUARD AND CROSSED BACK AND FORTH.

I DID IT!!!