WAIPA IN REAL LIFE

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, February 7, 2017

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

THIS PAST WEEKEND I FLEW DOWN TO BEAUTIFUL JUNEAU, ALASKA FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME AND ALL I CAN SAY IS "IT'S BEAUTIFUL!!!"

THE FLIGHT FROM ANCHORAGE TO JUNEAU WAS PRETTY FUN WITH SOME EXTREME TURBULENCE, LOUD SCREAMS THROUGHOUT THE PLANE BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR AMAZING PILOTS OF ALASKA AIRLINES KNOWS BEST ON HOW TO KEEP US SAFE AND LANDED BEAUTIFULLY IN JUNEAU.

AS SOON AS I ARRIVED, I MET UP WITH MY COUSIN KA'IWA AND THE FUN STARTS WITH LUNCH AT: THE ISLAND PUB

AMAZING SALMON SPREAD, GOOD HUMMUS (BUT NOT AS GOOD A BETH'S), AND A TASTY PIZZA ALL TOGETHER...

WHILE LOOKING OUT TO THIS...

AND THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING!!!

THE VERY NEXT DAY WAS GONNA BE A BUSY ONE.

WE STARTED THE MORNING OFF WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL VIEW RIGHT BEHIND MY COUSIN'S HOUSE!!!

WHERE'S MY STAND UP PADDLE BOARD WHEN I NEED IT???

WE THEN HEADED TO: SANDPIPER CAFE FOR BREAKFAST.

THESE GUYS DON'T MESS AROUND!!!

AND YES... I DID GET MY PANCAKE FIX... LOL!!!

NEXT WE HEADED OVER TO VISIT MY OTHER OHANA, "THE KATASSE'S OHANA", LAST TIME I SAW THEM WAS IN 2011. ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS I'M BLESSED TO HAVE THEM IN MY CIRCLE OF OHANA.

WE WENT TO A PLAY AT THE: PERSEVERANCE THEATRE TO GO SEE,

"THEY DON'T TALK BACK" A STORY WRITTEN BY MY FRIEND, FRANK KATASSE!!!

By Frank Henry Kaash Katasse

Directed by Randy Reinholz

Three generations of Tlingit men face the challenges of a summer of change.

When 17 year-old Nick takes a floatplane from Juneau to his grandparents’ village, his arrival means changes for his fisherman grandfather, his cousin Edward–who hasn’t spent much time away from home–and his Desert Storm-veteran father. Just as these Tlingit men are adjusting to their new lives together, the boys’ grandmother delivers shocking news. A world premiere portrait of a 1990s Alaska family. A World Premiere produced in Association with Native Voices at the Autry and La Jolla Playhouse.