Shark

I e-mailed uncle Gilbert in Hawaii to ask about our rumored family god, the shark. On the net there are quite a few shark god names so I asked if it was the shark in general or a particular name and he said the shark in general is the family 'guardian angel' and attached this cool story:

IN OUR GENEALOGY BOOK PRINTED ON OUR OHANA SHIRTS AT THE REUNION 1990, AS TOLD BY AUNTY HAANIO, OF KONA, ABRAHAM AMANA AHLO'S ( YOUR GREAT GREAT GRANDPA'S) SISTER.

WHEN OUR DAD ABRAHAM WAS GROWING UP IN KONA, KEAUHOU BAY. EVERY DAY HE'D GO TO THE BAY TO GO HOLO HOLO (VISIT) FOR THE FAMILIES MEAL. ALSO THERE WOULD BE "MANO" (SHARK) WAITING TO TAKE HIM TO THE FISHING GROUNDS.

DAD WOULD CATCH SOME LITTLE FISHES NEAR THE SHORE AND WOULD FEED THE SHARK AND THEN HE WOULD SWIM WITH THE SHARK HOLDING ONTO ITS FINS. THE SHARK WOULD LEAVE HIM THERE TO FISH. THEN LATER ON HE WOULD RETURN AND DAD WOULD HANG ON TO THE FINS AND THE SHARK WOULD TAKE HIM BACK TO THE SHORE AND WAITE FOR DAD TO TAKE SOME OF HIS CATCH AND WOULD FEED THE SHARK AND THE SHARK WOULD LEAVE AND SWIM OUT TO SEA, AND RETURN THE NEXT DAY.

THE OMEN OF THE SHARK. IT'S THE AHLO OHANA'S (FAMILY). "AUMAKUA" OR GUARDIAN ANGEL.

BY AUNTY PHILOMENA AHLO ( YOUR GRANDMA) A WORD OF ADVICE. WE WUST NOT BE AFRAID OF THE SHARKS. DO NOT CONSUME ANYTHING MADE SHARK MEAT."

Bolos Birthday

Hey It's been a while since an update so I will do 2. Bolos birthday is coming up and word on the street is that it could be at Garlic Joes on PCH and Newport Blvd. Its easy to get to and will include directions. We will pick a Friday night when they have a Hawaiian band there. Regea played with ukeleles.

Unrelated but cool:

Congrats Deandra and Valencia Tigers!

"The Valencia girls basketball team maintained their undefeated Empire League record Thursday night as they won the regular season finale at Loara, 58-27, in a physical game that put more girls on the ground than balls in the basket."

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/tigers-points-league-2307510-game-valencia

Aunty Puanani invites anyone to the basketballers victory banquet in March or April. Will post details as the info comes in. I hear there is food and it is really nice. I'm guessing you'll see Deandra all formal-ed out. :)

Good job Deandra!

Comments and Google Group

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The Edison

Why travel when there are tons of cool things locally that we don't even know about. They can cost a few dollars but they are like mini-getaways. A place I want to go to is "The Edison" in LA, near Hollywood. Its a 1920s themed epic Hollywood Golden Era restaurant. It is more epic than that though, they have a Circa du Soliel type vaudeville/burlesque act on certain nights. Soup kitchen night features Depression Era prices (for realz... 35 cent drinks and other stuff). Have to look at the pics!

Hawaiian Language and History Lesson

I bought the best book this last weekend. It's a 1948 book named "All About Hawaii" and it really is 'all about Hawaii'. It covers agriculture crop percentages, origins of the natives, history of each early boat arrival on the islands, early studies of the language, and more. Being from 1948 the history is fresh with detailed and early analysis of the language and native origins are way off. Quite amusing to read.

The American scientists came to the conclusion that Hawaiians were originally Caucasians who left on a sea voyage from near India, mating with 'primitive' brown people on the way: Asians and Malayans. By the time they got to the islands they were brown. Haha. To this day it hasn't been officially deduced where the original islanders derived from originally but its safe to say that this book is very off in claiming Caucasian origin. Hey, science still isnt and exact science.

Here is a word lesson from my mom:
Ohana -- family, relative, or to be related, whether it’s a small ´ohana or an extended one
keiki -- child, youngster, offspring, or descendant; it can also refer to the offshoot of a plant.
hanai -- -- has two very important meanings: to feed or raise and to foster or adopt
Honolulu -- Honolulu is a place name made up of two words "hono" which means "bay" and "lulu" which means "shelter, calm, or peaceful"; Honolulu means "sheltered bay"
ali'i -- is a very common Hawaiian word and it means "chief" or "chiefess."
ukulele -- (pronounced oo-koo-lay-lee not "yookoo" as most say it) means "jumping flea" and is the name of a uniquely Hawaiian instrument, developed here in Hawai'i, based on the Portuguese braginha.