MY BEAUTIFUL 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



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Saturday, January 21, 2017

K-300 DOG SLED RACE & KARAOKE AT FILI'S RESTAURANT!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!
 
SPENDING MY ALOHA FRIDAY ON THE FROZEN KUSKOKWIM RIVER WATCHING THE START OF THE K-300 DOG SLED RACE.
 
CLICK ON LINK --->  K300 WEBSITE
 
 
  
  






 

 
IT WAS FRIGID AND MY FINGERS WAS GETTING NUMB REAL FAST AND I WAS ABLE TO WARM UP IN THE HOT CHOCOLATE & COOKIES TENT WHICH WAS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.  SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE BETHEL INDEPENDANT BAPTIST CHURCH FOR HOSTING THE HOT CHOCOLATE & COOKIES TENT FOR ALL OF US TO ENJOY!!!
 
AFTER THE LAST DOG MUSHER LEFT...  IT WAS TIME FOR SOME KARAOKE FUN AT FILI'S RESTAURANT!!!
 


 
IT WAS NICE TO SEE OLD FRIENDS WHOM I HAVEN'T SEEN FOR AWHILE.
 
GOOD SONGS AND FUN TIMES!!!
 
THANK YOU SEAN, MELISSA, REBECCA, CASEY, COLE, BEN, RONDI, ETHAN, & TRACI FOR THE WONDERFUL COMPANY!!!
 
AWWWRITE!!!
 
WAIPA
 


Friday, January 20, 2017

A DISCOURAGED STUDENT (WHEN YOU LACK MOTIVATION)

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!
 
A WONDERFUL ARTICLE I RECEIVED ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO FROM A GOOD FRIEND.
 
 
 
Dear “To whom it may concern”,
There’s so much I still want to create and foster in my life, and yet I feel utterly beaten down. I feel like I have nothing left to work with. I’ve been through a lot on my journey thus far, and I’m now at a point where I’ve lost all my motivation – I just can’t seem to find the external and internal sources of motivation I used to have. Do you have any wisdom you could share?
Sincerely,
A Discouraged Student
 
Dear Discouraged Student,
It’s time for a quick story about life…
Once upon a time there was a woman in her mid sixties who noticed that she had lived her entire life in the same small town. And although she had spent decades enthusiastically dreaming about traveling and seeing the world, she had never taken a single step to make this dream a reality.
Finally, she woke up on the morning of her 65th birthday and decided that now was the time! She sold all of her possessions except for some essential items she needed, packed these items into a backpack, and began her journey out into the world. The first several days on the road were amazing and filled with awe – with every step forward she felt like she was finally living the life she had dreamed.
But a few short weeks later, the days on the road started taking a toll on her. She felt misplaced and she missed the familiar comforts of her old life. As her feet and legs grew more and more sore with each new step, her mood also took a turn for the worse.
Eventually she stopped walking, took off her backpack, slammed it on the ground, and sat down beside it as tears began streaming down her cheeks. She stared hopelessly down a long winding road that once led to an amazing world, but now seemed to lead only to discomfort and unhappiness. “I have nothing! I have nothing left in my life!” she shouted out loud at the top of her lungs.
Coincidentally, a renowned guru and life adviser from a nearby village was resting quietly behind a pine tree adjacent to where the woman was sitting. When the woman began shouting, the guru heard every word and he felt it was his duty to help her. Without thinking twice he jumped out from behind the pine tree, grabbed her backpack, and ran into the forest that lined both sides of the road. Stunned and in complete disbelief, the woman started crying even harder than before, to the point of near breathlessness.
“That backpack was all I had,” she cried.” And now it’s gone! Now everything is gone in my life!”
After about ten minutes of much-needed tears, the woman gradually collected her emotions, stood up again and began staggering slowly down the road. Meanwhile the guru cut through the forest and secretly placed the backpack in the middle of the road just a short distance ahead of the woman.
When the woman’s teary eyes fell upon the backpack, she almost couldn’t believe what she was seeing – everything she thought she had just lost was once again right in front of her. She couldn’t help but smile from ear to ear. “Oh, thank heavens!” the woman exclaimed. “I am so grateful! Now I definitely have what I need to continue onward…”
 
REMEMBER:
As we journey through our personal and professional lives, there will inevitably be periods of incredible frustration and despair. During those tough times, it will sometimes appear to us that we’ve lost everything, and that nothing and nobody could possibly motivate us to move onward in the direction of our dreams. But just like the woman who stumbled across the guru, we are all holding with us a backpack of support that comes in many forms – it can be a simple email or text message from someone we respect, inspiring blog posts, insightful books, helpful neighbors, and so much more.
When we are feeling discouraged and demotivated, our opportunity is twofold:
•To recognize and appreciate our backpack of support – our external sources of motivation – before a random guru (or someone with far more crooked intentions) has to steal it from us so that we can finally see what we have always taken for granted.
•To be present and tap into our own hearts and minds – our internal sources of motivation – which have the power to push us back up on our feet and guide us down the road to our backpack of support, even when it appears to be lost forever.
No matter your circumstances, you always have what you need to take the next smallest step.
As Epicurus so profoundly said, “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”
Be mindful. Be present.
Keep going.
One small step at a time.
 
Sincerely,
A Concerned and Caring Friend
 
I'LL ADMIT THAT I'VE FELT LIKE THIS MANY TIMES AND I'VE WALKED A VERY TOUGH PATH WHERE I QUESTIONED THE "LOYALTY" FACTOR THAT I'VE GAVE UNCONDITIONALLY TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO I LATER FIND THAT THEY ARE MY BIGGEST TAKERS AND LET DOWNS, AND EVERY TIME I FIND OUT, IT JUST MAKES IT HARDER FOR ME TO TRUST THEM AND YET I STILL FIND IT IN MY HEART TO FORGIVE AND TO CONTINUE GIVING TO THEM.
 
WELL THE YEAR 2017 IN THE CHINESE CALENDER IS THE SIGN OF THE "FIRE ROOSTER", WHICH ALSO MEANS THE ROOSTER IS AWAKE EARLY BEFORE THE CRACK OF DAWN AND READY TO SOUND OFF THE MORNING, SO YOU BETTER BE READY BECAUSE THE ROOSTER DOESN'T WAIT FOR ANYONE, "
 
YOU SNOOZE...  YOU LOSE!!!"
 
LUCKILY FOR ME, MY CHINESE ANIMAL IS ALREADY AWAKE BEFORE THE ROOSTER WHICH MEANS I'M ALREADY AHEAD OF THE DAY, EVERYDAY!!!
 
 
 
SO I'LL KEEP IT SIMPLE FOR EVERYONE...
 
THIS IS THE YEAR OF "A'OLE" TO THE FRENEMIES!!!
 
YOU'VE BEEN WARNED AND WISHED WELL, DO NOT TAKE THESE WORDS FOR GRANTED.
 
AWWWRITE!!!
 
WAIPA

Thursday, January 19, 2017

MY AWESOME ALOHA WEEKEND IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA... KICKING ASS IN 2017!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!
 
ON MY LAST POST, I SAID I WAS HEADING TO ANCHORAGE, ALASKA FOR AN "ALOHA WEEKEND" OF FUN AND HERE IS HOW IT WENT.
 
 
I GOT OFF FROM WORK FROM BYF AND WENT HOME FOR A QUICK PACK AND HEADED OVER TO THE AIRPORT.

 
MY PLANE WAITING FOR ME AND I'M FLYING FIRST CLASS TOO!!!
 
AS SOON AS I LANDED IN ANCHORAGE, MET UP WITH MY COUSIN KA'IWA AND PICKED UP OUR CAR AND HEADED OVER TO "KANSHA'S RESTAURANT" AND WAS CRAVING "POI", FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT "POI" IS...
Poi is a Hawaiian word for the primary Polynesian staple food made from the underground plant stem or corm of the taro plant (known in Hawaiian as kalo). It is a traditional part of Native Hawaiian cuisine.
AND HERE IT IS, IT'S SO GOOD TO ALWAYS KNOW A PLACE IN ALASKA TO BE ABLE TO EAT POI...  ONOLICIOUS!!!

 
AFTER THAT WE CHECKED INTO OUR HOTEL AND HEADED STRAIGHT TO...
 
 






 
 
 
AS ALWAYS, "H3" PACKS THE HOUSE AND KNOWS HOW TO BRING IT DOWN WITH THEIR ISLAND CONTEMPORARY JAMS, FROM HAWAIIAN-REGGAE INFUSION INCORPORATING WITH 80'S, 90'S MUSIC, COUNTRY HITS, AND SO ON...  THESE BRADAS ARE WORTH WATCHING AND LISTENING TOO.  I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU FOLKS TO GO CHECK THEM OUT!!!
 
ALSO MET UP WITH SOME FRIENDS FROM JUNEAU AND BETHEL, ALASKA...  LOL!!!  ALSO RAN INTO SOME OLD SCHOOL BRADAS FROM O'AHU, HAWAI'I - FARRINGTON BOYS OF SAMOA!!!
 
H3
 
 
 
 
I'M HOPING TO BRING THESE GUYS TO BETHEL, ALASKA SOMEDAY AND THROW AN EPIC PARTY!!!
 
MAHALO BRADAS FOR AN AWESOME SHOW OF ISLAND JAMS...  I'LL BE SEEING YOU FOLKS SOON!!!
 
THE NEXT DAY KA'IWA AND I HEADED TO SNOW CITY CAFE FOR BREAKFAST.
 
 
AND THEN TO...
 
 
I GOT THE PEDICURE DELUXE PLUS WAX SPECIAL...  PLUS WATCHING THE NFL PLAYOFFS GAMES...  SUPER WORTH IT...  $55.00!!!
 
AND THAT CONCLUDED MY ALOHA WEEKEND!!!  MAHALO COUSIN KA'IWA, IT WAS SO GOOD SEEING YOU AS ALWAYS!!!
 
FLEW BACK TO BETHEL, ALASKA AND RECEIVED SOME FREE GOODIES FROM ALASKA AIRLINES!!!
 
 
I GOT 2 STUFFED ANIMALS, A REUSABLE COFFEE CUP, AND A BOWL...  ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU ALASKA AIRLINES FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR ME AND MY CO-WORKERS WHO ARE "OHANA" TO ME!!!
 
AWWWRITE!!!
 
WAIPA