The language shows the depth and wonder of its culture.
That is why leaning new languages is exciting. It opens our minds and world to a new place. One of the pending work for me is learning Hawaiians. Our choir, KCS, was planning to do lineups of Hawaiian songs and do the concert tour all over Hawaii last year. Because of this pandemic, it was not realized. However, at every Zoom rehearsal, our director Susie lets us sing some Hawaiian songs. It motivates me to learn this language, which does not seem that easy. When I went to the Starbuck coffee, one of the staff said, “Hi, Yumiko!’ It is very nice to be remembered by name and called! I asked her name, and it was Kapuana. I asked the meaning of her Hawaiian name. She said her full name is Kapuana Lani”. That means “Heavenly Revelation”. Wow!!!!! How wonderful to have such a meaning in the name! I really need to dig into this beautiful Hawaiian culture, which welcomed my husband and me, put us together, and has been embracing us. 🌠God Bless America🌠 mikomagicalisland.weebly.com/ On a cloudy day, I drove to Hapuna beach.
I noticed many people on the beach were looking at the same direction toward the ocean. They were staring something. I asked one couple near me and was told, “there is a whale there!” Some years ago, I have heard a voice of the whole when going into the water. That was very special. This amazing creature reminds us of the vastness of nature. I was imagining the world where wholes are swimming. I heard whales travel from Alaska to Hawaii in winter time. They come here to mate, give birth and nurture their calves. Just imagining the lives and very long journey that whales experience is exciting. A couple of years ago, some negative incidents were happening in Big Island.
I thought, “We need to do some special prayer for this island”. My friend, Reverend of Happy Science in Oahu, would fly to this island. I asked my husband and then he asked Button about the place where we should pray. Button is one of the closest persons to our late Hanai Dad, Arthur. Arthur was a very spiritual man. He seems to have been receiving inspiration and messages from the heaven and doing various projects for Hawaii. Button told us the best place for prayer is the summit of Mauna Kea. We drove up there. I join to the car of Button. I was so fascinated by his story. He is a native American. He observes the wind, animals and other natural phenomena. He was also talking a story about Pele. We went up to the summit. The air was thin and it was windy and very cold. We parked near the summit. Then, our friend and Reverend, Alfredo, Button, and my husband walked up to the summit of the mountain where Hawaiian altar was placed. I was waiting beside of the car. They conducted a special prayer there. My friend was crying by awesome and overwhelming feeling there. My husband seems to have been overwhelmed too. My husband said he almost passed out during walking fast on the slope to the altar. Just after our visit there, the mountain summit was closed. After that nobody could go up there. Lucky we could make it. I felt we were guided by the Lord and Hawaiian gods. The summit of Mauna Kea is a sacred place for Hawaiians. This mountain is very special not only for Hawaiians but also for the planet, I believe. Whenever I have a chance, I go to the place where I can see the whole mountain and pray to the Lord, Hawaiian gods and gods in the mountain. I pray that this island will be protected and thrive as a sacred place. I have just watched the movie of the above title at my Ipad.
"Spider-Man: Far From Home" https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/spidermanfarfromhome Watching movies is not only a good recreation for me. I also learn so many things from them such as English idioms, expressions, scientific words, how to make good story lines, and so on. I did not watch action movies much before. However, it changed now. I was so shocked and stunned by the rigged election in a wide scale last year, and got more shocked to see how those things were responded. I started to get into movies stories with the theme of fight between Justice and Evil. I am also more excited to watch stories that strong heroes beat up cruel evils. I started to watch this Spider-Man for fun but I got so impressed how deep the messages included in this movie. Wow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH61hFsma24
With this music, our beloved Dad of this country has appeared on the stage in the main hall at CPAC 2021. He was welcomed by very passionate crowd. We were singing the music loud, “God Bless the U.S.A.” Because of social distances and restrictions, the audience number was limited this time. However, I could feel love and passion from people for this country. People could not help coming toward the stage as close as they could including me. Just in front of me, there was one security men standing firm. He looked so alert by one Japanese American singing the song loud in front of his face, and some words of lyrics were missing! J Listening to his speech, I was again convinced that we are really at the verge of crisis of this country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEk7o_17WbE Crisis could be a big chance for us to wake up and to know the truth and reality. The future is not set. Each of us has a potential to change our course and make a brighter future. |
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April 2021
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