tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53808201023836768162024-03-13T21:58:29.397-07:00crossworldsinHawai'i_ENCROSSWORLDS IN HAWAI'Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733723609596515350noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380820102383676816.post-25342861273316568222012-03-08T00:27:00.000-08:002012-03-08T00:27:49.150-08:00<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Aldine Amiel et Eric Roettinger</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</style> <![endif]--> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://www.silentshapes.com/">Aldine</a> and <a href="http://www.livingonabeach.com/">Eric</a> are researchers in biology at the Kewalo Basin. They met in France at Villefranche-sur-Mer while doing their Ph.D. They study the development and evolution of invertebrate. Hawai`i was a logical destination to pursue their work because interesting species of sea anemone, worm and jellyfish live here.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Fascinated by the marine environment, the couple is also passionate about photography. After high school Eric had to choose between his two passions and he picked the second. Aldine has been passionate about analog photography since childhood. Together they started documenting the marine life in France by making a portrait gallery. In 2009 they created a bank of images on Internet. This project became an association in 2010. Their pictures are now used on covers of scientific journals and they collaborate with journalists to illustrate books. They also distribute calendars and posters to raise people’s and students’ awareness about biodiversity and marine life. Aldine and Eric post explanations on the pictures they are taking on <a href="http://www.kahikai.org/">their website</a> and on their Facebook page. They also collaborate with <a href="http://oceans.taraexpeditions.org/">the Tara crew</a> to document the marine organisms found during their expedition around the world.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Aldine and Eric satisfy their two passions with enthusiasm and determination. They are a source of inspiration for us all!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Thank you Aldine and Eric for sharing your aloha with us!</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>CROSSWORLDS IN HAWAI'Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733723609596515350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380820102383676816.post-82602696121294886732012-01-25T20:12:00.000-08:002012-01-26T21:01:24.123-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the Ilikai Hotel </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most of you have seen the Ilikai Hotel in Waikiki. But have you ever entered it? If you have, you might have heard strange whispers and maybe even seen a ghost. Oh! There is nothing to be afraid of. This ghost is said to offer eternal love to whoever helps him. Would you like to know his story? Here it is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kameāloha was a romantic joung man. He was born and raised in his parents’ farm in Waiʻanae. One day, his old father asked him to go to Honolulu to buy some medication for his mother. He was reluctant to leave but took this trip as a chance to visit the big city he had heard about. What struck him most when he arrived were the gigantic buildings. He stared at each of them on the way to the pharmacy. As he passed by the Ilikai Hotel, he saw a beautiful young lady cleaning one of the rooms’ lanai. This was Ululani. She was a maid at the Ilikai Hotel. Amazed by her grace and beauty, Kameāloha fell instantly in love with her. He entered the hotel and looked for her. But he quickly lost his way in this maze made of rooms and corridors. Ululani was nowhere to be found. As a boy, his grandmother had told him legends about city mermaids. Maybe they were real after all? Kameāloha remained in the hotel for days and weeks looking for Ululani in vain. No one ever saw him again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is why it is said that if you help the ghost from the Ilikai Hotel, he will offer you eternal love.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div>CROSSWORLDS IN HAWAI'Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733723609596515350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380820102383676816.post-55055714253175837502011-12-14T22:33:00.000-08:002011-12-15T11:45:57.645-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The farmer's market</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Hale</span><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">ʻ</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">iwa’s Farmers’ Market is one of the numerous markets on O</span><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">ʻ</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">ahu. But after surfing, swimming or hiking on the North Shore you will certainly enjoy a break to eat and buy local products.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The market is organized into colorful and scented stands. Local artists, beekeepers or farmers will be happy to make you taste their specialties and discover their creations.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">You will find delicious fresh treats to satisfy your hunger: delicious hamburgers, fantastic cookies, coffee or iced coconut milk that you can enjoy in a shady area on the market. You will also find presents to offer to others and to yourself, and meet interesting people.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">To learn more about the Farmers’ Market, its location and vendors, <a href="http://haleiwafarmersmarket.com/">click here</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>CROSSWORLDS IN HAWAI'Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733723609596515350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380820102383676816.post-4580746519730921332011-11-09T17:24:00.000-08:002011-11-09T17:24:01.178-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Melanie Hutchinson</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-44E61nry3Gg/Trsmz9s3zRI/AAAAAAAAAeI/ZM5LR-LtyaE/s1600/melanie_montage1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="258" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-44E61nry3Gg/Trsmz9s3zRI/AAAAAAAAAeI/ZM5LR-LtyaE/s400/melanie_montage1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Melanie Hutchinson works as a Ph.D. student at the </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">on </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Moku o Lo'e (also known as </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Coconut Island). The island and its research facilities have <a href="http://www.hawaii.edu/himb/history.html">a rich history</a> . The institute is one of the very few research facilities built on a coral reef. About a hundred scientists work on the island. Corals are extensively studied leading to major discoveries such as their thermal tolerance. Besides studying corals, acoustic research is done on false killer whales and new techniques are developed such as the “super sucker” to remove invasive algae from the coral reefs in Kaneohe Bay. Other scientists study the opakapaka (Hawaiian pink snapper) and try to find ways to develop aquaculture of those delicious but endangered fishes. The opakapaka is a long-lived fish that need about fifty years to become mature! Melanie also showed us yellowfin tuna tanks, stingrays, and her main interest, sharks.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Melanie grew up in Northern California far away from the ocean. When going to a camp by the sea in 6<sup>th</sup> grade she immediately fell in love with the ocean. A few years later she visited an aquarium with her parents and decided to become a marine biologist. Before coming to </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Moku o Lo'e </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">four years ago, she was a fisheries observer in Hawai</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">'</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">i. This experience made her worry about the bycatch of sharks and she decided to study the relation between sharks and fishes. Sharks are a long-lived species and they need many years to become reproductively mature. The shark population is in a major state of decline due to fin trade and lack of shark management for fisheries. Melanie showed us a large basin filled with a dozen of young hammerhead sharks she studies. Kaneohe Bay is a breading ground for these endangered animals. They eat buried animals, which produce electromagnetic fields that sharks can detect thanks to their almost-360° vision. Together with her team she catches hammerheads sharks in the Bay and implants acoustic tags to monitor their activities and movements. The data she collects give her a better understanding of the sharks’ behavior. Melanie is also a scientific diver, a skill that comes in handy to check and maintain the receivers that gather information from the tagged fishes. Once she got bitten by a baby hammerhead shark. “I deserved it”, she recalls with a smile. But the most painful experience so far, was the sting of a stingray on the back of her hand. The accident happened while she was tagging the animal, which tail came loose.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Once a research project is finished, the scientists release the animals back into the ocean. Melanie can follow them thanks to their implanted tags, always a little bit worried about whether they are still doing fine. Scientists have also used these tags to study the relation between sharks and tour boats. They found that sharks respond to the very specific sound of the boat engine and once they hear “their” boat up to fifteen of them can show up at once! On </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Moku o Lo'e</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"> fishes and sharks are fed from a distance so they do not associate food with humans.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Melanie finds the scientific program at the </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">excellent and she enjoys the nice community where everyone is grateful for working in such a beautiful environment. She says </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Moku o Lo'e is </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">the greatest place on earth for her!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">If you would like to know more about Melanie, the island, or the institute, visit <a href="http://www.hawaii.edu/HIMB/">this website</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Mahalo Melanie for sharing your aloha with us!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">We met Sabrina St. Martin and Victoria Hauger at Hale</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">ʻ</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">iwa Farmers’ Market. Victoria offered us some lavender-flavored butter and we wanted to learn more.</span></div><div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sabrina St. Martin came to Hawai</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">ʻ</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">i four years ago to help her sister who is the owner of O</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">ʻ</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">ahu’s last dairy farm, the <a href="http://www.nakedcowdairy.com/">Naked Cow Dairy</a>. The farm in Wai</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">ʻ</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">anae used to have twenty thousand cows and the milk was sold to Meadow Gold Dairies. Today there are only twenty cows left and the dairy products are sold in a boutique. A local favorite is butter flavored with fine local ingredients: sea salt, herbs, garlic, coconut, fresh pineapple, and even lavender. The only non-local product used in the farm is the grass, which has to be imported from the mainland.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">When Sabrina started in the dairy business, people thought she was crazy. Coming from New Orleans, Louisiana, Sabrina finds Hawai</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">ʻ</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">i unique because people are very supportive of local and sustainable agriculture. With an increased awareness for the importance of eating local, her business is now flourishing. Her dream is to expand the farm, have more cows and buy three hundred acres on the North Shore for more pasture.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Her favorite place in the island is the Hale</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">ʻ</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">iwa Farmers’ Market where she enjoys meeting customers, colleagues and friends. You can taste the flavored butters and even Maui’s beef burgers at her stand in farmers markets at Hale</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">ʻ</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">iwa, KCC, Kailua and Wai</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">ʻ</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">anae.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tGA5IAtc7B8/Tm6pRH6XoHI/AAAAAAAAAcI/B-zhAJ8kvnU/s1600/montage_temple.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="294" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tGA5IAtc7B8/Tm6pRH6XoHI/AAAAAAAAAcI/B-zhAJ8kvnU/s320/montage_temple.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; margin-left: 35.4pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -35.4pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Palolo Valley Korean Buddhist temple, Mu-Ryang-Sa, is the perfect place to have a peaceful break away from the hectic city life. This colorful temple is inspiring and a feast for all your senses.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">Back in Tampa, Florida, where he was born and raised, James was a DJ for a radio station. He studied recording engineering but has always been passionate about photography. He started taking pictures at the age of three! Before moving to Hawai</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">ʻ</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">i about ten years ago he thought of the island of O</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">ʻ</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">ahu as a wild and quiet place. He secretly dreamed of living in a grass hut. Seeing this overdeveloped and hectic island was an instant shock for him. He now lives in Kaneohe and has seen it under construction ever since he arrived. Another shock for him was to see how nice and friendly people are, and that made him feel immediately welcome and at home. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">He became a self-taught professional photographer about eight years ago. Even though people here appreciate and support local artists, very few of them can make a living out of their work. James does commercial photography but he wishes he could focus entirely on his community-oriented projects. In 2006 and 2007 during the Breast Cancer Awareness Month of October, James was invited to present his work at a gallery. He decided to make portraits of 23 women fighting breast cancer. Thanks to him, those women felt beautiful again and in 2008 a book called </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Gothic"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">"The Survivor Spirit: The Beauty, Passion, and Power of Breast Cancer Survivors" came out of this project</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">. The Kapi</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">ʻ</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">olani Hospital sponsored it and gets a share of the profits in return. James stays in touch with these women on Facebook, via emails or by having lunch with them. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">You should see </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">James’ eyes sparkling when he mentions that the women of the project laugh and hug like teenagers when they meet each other! This project was, and still is, very important for the community by helping and inspiring people in similar situations. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Did you know that men could suffer from breast cancer, too? </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">Even though such a project takes lots of energy and time, James wants to devote his career to similar topics. He is now working with </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Gothic"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">children diagnosed with terminal illnesses,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"> and their families. He plans on making a movie about his work to get the children involved in the process in a fun way.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">James has three children who are thirteen, five and two years old. The middle one is following his father’s footsteps taking pictures of everything. James likes to draw or enjoy a cup of coffee on the beautiful and inspiring beach of Lanikai.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">If you want to learn more about his work, visit <a href="http://www.jamesaphoto.com/">his website</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">James, mahalo for sharing your aloha with us!</span></div>CROSSWORLDS IN HAWAI'Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733723609596515350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380820102383676816.post-9559249756038386732011-08-23T15:12:00.000-07:002011-08-23T19:06:36.481-07:00<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: Verdana;">E lei kau, e lei ho</span><span lang="ES" style="font-family: Verdana;">'oilo i ke aloha.</span></span></div><div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana;">Love is worn like a wreath through the summers and the winters.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana;">Love is everlasting.</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">Alapai and Manalani live on Kapahulu Avenue. Their parents were neighbors when they were kids. By the time they graduated they were the sweetest couple in the neighborhood. They are still hand in glove after 49 years of marriage.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">They do fight sometimes about everything and nothing. What Alapai hates the most is when his wife expects him to read her mind. “Why can’t women simply ask something instead of expecting us to translate their strange behaviors?” he likes to say. After such a long married life, he is still not an expert in reading between the lines but he found ways to keep his wife happy.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">Manalani has always dreamed of going to Venice one day. She really wants to go there with her husband for their 50<sup>th</sup> wedding anniversary. This time she doesn’t want to be disappointed by her husband’s presents. She puts a mask of Venice on his pillow while he’s shaving in the bathroom. But Alapai never saw such a thing! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">Later this day, while celebrating their anniversary in a fancy restaurant with a hundred of friends, Alapai kisses his wife and proudly tells her: “I got your message sweetheart. Here is my anniversary present for you: a face lift surgery!”</span></div>CROSSWORLDS IN HAWAI'Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733723609596515350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380820102383676816.post-76155868912069604302011-08-09T20:17:00.001-07:002011-08-15T16:42:50.409-07:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="ES" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Aia no ka pua i luna.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #993300; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The flower is still on the tree.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #993300; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">A compliment to an elderly woman. </span><span style="color: #993300; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Her beauty still remains.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">Are you looking for an affordable, cozy hair salon? Here is our favorite. It is located in a busy food court on the University of Hawai</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13pt;">ʻ</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">i at Mānoa campus. Opened in the seventies, this salon appears unaffected by all the years. Take a seat and browse through a magazine to pick your new hairstyle. While the hairdresser is taking care of you, enjoy the old golden mirror frames and the posters with faded colors that give them a kitsch and funny look. A soothing head and shoulders massage from the hairdresser makes your experience complete. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Enjoy!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lpKafNaD0n8/TkH04u1KGpI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/INdmCtW_I8g/s1600/Travel+in+time+for+a+new+look.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><br />
CROSSWORLDS IN HAWAI'Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733723609596515350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380820102383676816.post-34866790288545722122011-08-01T16:24:00.000-07:002011-08-15T16:44:51.134-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Mary</span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mary Kehaulani was born on East Maui. With her mother being brainwashed by the missionaries it was forbidden to speak Hawaiian at home or dance hula. When she turned eighteen Mary Kehaulani decided to learn hula despite her mother’s wish. Here is, in her own words, her “journey to hula” . </span></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today, she teaches hula to her daughters and grandchildren rather as a kumu than as a mother. She understands but does not speak Hawaiian because her mother kept telling her that her Hawaiian was not good enough. Today, Mary Kehaulani teaches Hawaiian words to her two-year-old great granddaughter. She always tells her children to be stubborn and to never give up. Maybe as a result, one of her daughters recently biked up Haleakala!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back then Maui was a very quiet place to live. When she moved to Honolulu in her youth she “freaked out” she says. It was difficult to adjust to the concrete jungle and she was shocked to see girls smoking and drinking. Later, Mary Kehaulani wanted to explore the world. She worked in an insurance company and then hopped on a plane heading for the west coast without her mother’s consent. There, she worked in another insurance company. After a two-year eye-opening experience she went back home.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One day, as she was working at Foodland, a young man approached her. He had seen her at a party on the mainland. She had stayed there only for a brief moment but it had been long enough for him to fall in love with her. A mutual friend told him where he might find her and so he came to look for his love. When he finally found her they married. Hula plays a very important role in Mary Kehaulani’s life and has helped her through the difficult last years of her husband.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Mary Kehaulani recommends to all young people to travel the world and seize the opportunities the world has to offer. Her favorite place in Hawai</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;">ʻ</span></b><span lang="EN-US">i is </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Microsoft Sans Serif';">ʻ</span><span lang="EN-US">Ī</span><span lang="EN-US">ao Valley on Maui.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mary Kehaulani, mahalo nui loa for sharing your story and your aloha with us!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div>CROSSWORLDS IN HAWAI'Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733723609596515350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380820102383676816.post-30052462055930650002011-07-18T18:20:00.001-07:002011-07-18T18:36:27.707-07:00<div align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">E lawe i ke a'o a m</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ā</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">lama, a e 'oi mau ka na'auao.</span></span></span></div><div align="center"><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">There was a gentle breeze and the bird songs filled the air on this Tuesday afternoon. But for a split second everything suddenly came to a halt and fell silent. The world paused. Time stopped except for the mongooses that ruled the world. People might not have noticed this brief moment but the mongooses know: this was their apotheosis.</span></div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></div>CROSSWORLDS IN HAWAI'Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733723609596515350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380820102383676816.post-42497828872084833802011-07-11T14:01:00.001-07:002011-07-14T15:03:06.185-07:00<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;">The perfume of knowledge</span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3R4NX7eGqbA/ThthF79UmrI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/M5Nmuq6l1Wg/s1600/montage_bibliotheque.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="367" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3R4NX7eGqbA/ThthF79UmrI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/M5Nmuq6l1Wg/s400/montage_bibliotheque.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;">Welcome to the Sinclair Library! Located on the campus of the </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;">University of Hawaii</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"> at </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;">M</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;">ā</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;">noa </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;">this place will awaken each and every one of your senses.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;">Listen</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"> to the elevator bell as it warns you of its arrival. Hop onto it! It will take you to a different floor and on a journey back into the 50’s!</span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;">Touch</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"> the book covers and feel the texture of the paper. Your fingers will thank you for this delicate massage!</span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;">Smell</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"> the inspiring perfume of knowledge while wandering between the endless aisles of books.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;">Taste</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"> the refreshing bubble tea from the food court next door and spend a long day of reading with aloha!</span></span></div>CROSSWORLDS IN HAWAI'Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733723609596515350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380820102383676816.post-24169034313406216922011-07-05T13:41:00.001-07:002011-07-14T15:02:47.956-07:00<div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">John Hina (everyone calls him “Prime”) was working on his latest mural when we met him. His daughters Shanalisa and Arieta were observing him. The mural is part of a series of ten worldwide having water and its local issues as a central theme. One was made in Los Angeles, another in Oakland, and others are planned in the </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Philippines, Palestine, El Salvador and Colombia</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. Estria Miyashiro started <a href="http://www.estria.org/">the whole project</a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After having seen </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://crossworldsinhawaii.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-06-20T17%3A13%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=1">the mural on Pāwaʻa Street </a></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">he asked Prime and about ten other people to join the adventure. Prime’s latest mural represents the water cycle in Hawai</span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Microsoft Sans Serif';"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ʻ</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i from the land to the ocean, “mauka to makai” in Hawaiian. The mural shows cold rainwater that makes taro grow. The water flows downhill into fishponds and continues downward in sugarcane and other crops before it finally returns to the ocean. The Hawaiians formed a thriving community before the arrival of the military at Pearl Harbor, breaking this cycle. His mural also presents a vision of Hawai</span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Microsoft Sans Serif';"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ʻ</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i’s future for water and energy supplies with solar panels, wind farms and vegetation-covered buildings. This future is already happening on the windward side of O</span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Microsoft Sans Serif';"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ʻ</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ahu, in </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Waiāhole</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, where water turbines, solar panels and hydroponic gardens provide electricity and energy-independence to a whole community living on about twenty acres. Queen </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lili`uokalani</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> is the centerpiece of the mural because she was instrumental in making water a public trust before the overthrown</span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of the </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hawaiian Kingdom</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. She is depicted with David Kal</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ā</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">kaua’s cape and crown to honor the monarch who embraced technology and change without compromising the Hawaiian culture.</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Prime grew up on O</span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Microsoft Sans Serif';"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ʻ</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ahu. His mother is Samoan and his father Hawaiian. As a child he used to swim in the Ala Wai canal. Now the water there is too polluted and his children cannot play anymore where he used to. They have to go elsewhere, away from the crowd. Prime remembers that when he was a child people knew each other and if “dad didn’t get paid” the grocer would put it on his tab. This personal relation disappeared when the convenience stores and large department stores arrived. Even though they were only three at home when Prime was a child, they used to cook for twenty and share with neighbors and with people who had no time to cook because of their work. Nowadays people are scared to share and to connect with each other. Prime’s father was not allowed to speak Hawaiian so Prime learned English and Samoan. Prime speaks Samoan to his children and today he is happy to see that Hawaiian children speak to their parents in Hawaiian. This knowledge has jumped a generation but is still very much alive. Prime now lives in Wai</span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Microsoft Sans Serif';"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ʻ</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">anae where he enjoys going to the beach with his five children. According to him, the aloha spirit still exist in the country but it is twisted in the city because the many different cultures can sometimes be a source of misunderstanding.</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Prime came to doing graffiti via locking and popping, the ancestor of breaking (also known as break dancing). This movement was born in New York and it came to O</span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Microsoft Sans Serif';"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ʻ</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ahu in 1984-1985. Graffiti is one of the “four legs” of hip hop. The other “legs” are DJ, MC (rapper) and B-Boy (break dancer). The graffiti community is mainly underground. When Prime decided to go public and to convey his messages on murals he did not have any support from his community. Today, things have changed and some of the graffiti artists participate in his murals. Prime has worked with people from Paris, Australia, Germany as well as with many other international artists who visited the island. Meeting them is the occasion for him to exchange experience and knowledge. The younger generation uses Internet instead. They learn much faster but they loose information about the creation process according to Prime.</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Prime grew up in the city. He thinks that the concrete jungle creates lots of opportunities for graffiti. After all, aren’t the buildings a form of graffiti, too? Today there is a renaissance of graffiti and kids are interested in it. For the past five years, Prime has been working with teenagers living in difficult neighborhoods. He is teaching them the history, the etiquette, the respect, the rules of graffiti, and the lifestyle that goes with it. When the kids take part in the eight-week workshop he organizes, they have to maintain a GPA and he checks their attendance and stays in touch with them and their families. The kids start with “Graffiti 101” and once they reached the next level it is their turn to teach “Graffiti 101” to the newcomers. This way, knowledge is passed from one to the other. Murals are the most evolved form of graffiti and some of those kids come to his latest mural to watch and learn from the experienced artists.</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Prime’s agenda is already filled for the rest of the year. He will organize a workshop on Maui in July and he will have a solo performance at the Fresh Café in </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kaka'ako </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in August. His latest mural will be unveiled on July 7</span><sup><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">th</span></sup><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> between 4 and 7pm at 905 Kokea Street. There will be a big party with hip hop and traditional Hawaiian performances.</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you want to learn more about Prime, visit </span><a href="http://808urban.org/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">his website </span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">or his Facebook page.</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">John, mahalo nui loa for sharing your aloha with us!</span></span></div>CROSSWORLDS IN HAWAI'Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733723609596515350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380820102383676816.post-20833486110862770092011-06-28T13:27:00.001-07:002011-07-14T15:02:47.957-07:00<div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">The 14<sup>th</sup> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Glitter Dolphin Contest</i> will take place tomorrow in Waikiki around sunset. The contestants come from around the world to this once-a-year event here, in Hawai’i. We are very honored and pleased to have them all with us.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">As many of you might remember, the Purple Glow-in-the-Dark Dolphin from Amazonia won the last year’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Slam competition</i> and the Norwegian Diamond-Forever Dolphin finished first at the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Moonlight Serenade whistling contest</i>. Who will be winning this year’s fierce competition for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Best Nose Painting</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Best Sea Urchin Imitator</i>?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">To learn more about this amazing event, come to Waikiki Beach tomorrow at sunset and look for glitters and splashes!</span></div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span>CROSSWORLDS IN HAWAI'Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733723609596515350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380820102383676816.post-71328226146031079592011-06-20T17:13:00.001-07:002011-06-20T17:13:13.314-07:00<div align="left"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif; font-size: large;">What do chocolate, lunch wagons and tango have in common?</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana";">First spoken by King Kamehameha III in 1843, these words</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana";"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana";">became the motto of the kingdom of Hawai</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Helvetica";">ʻ</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana";">i. They were</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana";"> later adopted as the Hawai</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Helvetica";">ʻ</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana";">i State motto and </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana";">translate into: “</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana";">The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness”.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana";"> Another interpretation of this motto can be seen in Honolulu at the corner of South King and P</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana";">ā</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana";">wa</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Helvetica";">ʻ</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana";">a Street. A colorful mural catches the eye of wandering pedestrians and bikers. At first sight, Kanaloa the God of Water also called the Octopus God by the fishermen, the sunset-colored sky, the blue ocean, a turtle and an octopus dominate the scene. But at second glance, the artwork warns us about the land and the ocean we live from being in distress. Can you spot the sunken shopping cart, the old tires and the plastic bags?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana";"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana";">An interpretation of the Hawaiian motto by the singer Iz reads: “Tears would come from each others eyes as they would stop to realize that our land is in great, great danger now.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana";">From king’s speeches <a href="http://808urban.org/About_Us.html">to street art</a>, the Hawaiian traditions and values are transmitted through the years and the centuries, and are still very alive.</span></div><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"></span></span></div>CROSSWORLDS IN HAWAI'Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733723609596515350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380820102383676816.post-57679164198332611362011-06-15T16:37:00.000-07:002011-08-15T16:45:19.692-07:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Krisha</span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cRWlYLxL9A4/TflBvEVXFuI/AAAAAAAAAUk/oJTCKkdxPlU/s1600/krisha_fairchild_montage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="258" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cRWlYLxL9A4/TflBvEVXFuI/AAAAAAAAAUk/oJTCKkdxPlU/s400/krisha_fairchild_montage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span> </div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">Before coming to Hawai<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b>ʻ</b></span>i twelve years ago, Krisha Fairchild has traveled around the world. She visited India, France and used to live in Chicago, Los Angeles and Seattle. Krisha is a nomad. Three years ago she started “Nomadic Bags”, creating unique bags made from recycled fabrics. She finds most of them in thrift stores and people sometimes give her old clothes or rugs that she reuses. She feels a spiritual connection with the fabrics and says that they are choosing her rather than she is choosing them. Just as if they would be talking to her: “Please pick me and give me a second life!” And she gives them a second life, transforming old belts into bag handles for example. Krisha thinks Hawai<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">ʻ</span></b>i is a great place to find treasures because retired people usually have lots of collectibles and military people often get rid of their belongings before moving off the island.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">Krisha also feels a strong spiritual connection with Hawai<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">ʻ</span></b>i. What she loves most and made her settle down here is the <b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">ʻ</span></b>aina, the spirit of the land. She loves the Hawaiian spirituality and the way the ancestors, the ocean, the land, and the family are honored. She is grateful for Hawai<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">ʻ</span></b>i’s beauty and lives in the aloha spirit. Her favorite place is Malaekahana on O<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">ʻ</span></b>ahu’s North Shore where she lives. Malaekahana literally means “serene turning point” in Hawaiian and as she talks to us she is serenely radiating happiness.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">You can see her creations at the Hale<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">ʻ</span></b>iwa Farmers’ Market where we met her or on her <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/nomadicbags">website</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;"><br />
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</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">- Ailani, come here! Ailani!</span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">- I’m coming… I’m coming…</span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">- Ailani, how many times have I told you? Keep your socks together when you put them in the washing machine!</span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">- Moooom… </span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">- Do you know what happens to lonely socks? Ailani, are you listening to me?</span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">- Mooom… You told me this story a million times…</span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">- Well, it seems you forgot it again. Let me refresh your memory.</span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">- Mooom….</span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">- The legend says that when a sock looses its better half it becomes sad and so angry at its owner that it sneaks into his bed and suffocates him while he’s sleeping. That’s the revenge of the lonely sock. Do you actually know what this means?</span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">- Yes… It means that the Menehune are mad at me and that they’re playing tricks on me.</span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">- And do you want the Menehune to be mad at you? Do you?! Do you remember what happened to Auntie Leilani after she lost her glasses?</span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">- …</span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">- So what can you do to avoid the Menehune to be mad at you?</span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">- I will keep my socks together...</span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">- Good! Do you understand? Will you keep your socks together from now on?</span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">- Yes mom…</span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">- Oh Ailani… Why can’t you be just like me? Why can’t you keep your things organized? Why can’t you remember where you put your things?</span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">- Moooom…</span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">- Anyway, I am going shopping. While I’m away, I would like you to find the cell phone you lost last week, the book I was reading, which disappeared yesterday, your sister’s puppet and your dad’s missing screwdriver. If you can find everything before I come home, I’ll stop bothering you. Am I clear?</span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">- Yes mom…</span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">- Good. I’m leaving now. See you in half an hour. Where is my key? Where did I put my key? Ailani, have you seen my key?</span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">- …</span></div><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span>CROSSWORLDS IN HAWAI'Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14733723609596515350noreply@blogger.com0