Monday, April 5, 2010
Hawaiian Tata'u
Among the coolest things Hawaiians invented: tattoos and surfing. The original word for tattoo is 'tata'u' (pronounced tata oo) but sailors passing through pronounced it 'tattoo' as we call it today.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Need a New Printer?
Staples is having a special on printers. If you bring in an old or even broken printer they will give you $50 off your purchase of a printer of $200 and up. I have a broken printer anyone can use to get $50 off. Also Carrie has a coupon to get $20 off. So you can potentially get $70 off a new printer. Let me know if you're interested.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Sunday, November 29, 2009
I'm Back
Ok, I've benn slipping on the blog for a while. Some cool things have happened since the last post:
Uncle Ken organized a family reunion with all the siblings, kids, and kids kids that could make it, which was pretty much everyone.
Me and Carrie got married. Thanks to everyone for showing up and all the the very thoughtful gifts! I didnt think much about gifts during the process and I was touched by everyones thoughtfulness and beautiful presentation.
Erika Pursley-Paulson and Steven Paulsons son Grant is having a first birthday near December 13th. More details will be posted.
Everyone had fun at Joyce Paces daughter Noalani had a birthday recently passed at Frogs Bounce House. I cant remember what other birthdays passed in my absence from the blog updates but Ill try to hit all the upcoming ones.
Some fun artwalks passed such as Carrie Canfield-Pursleys debut headlining photography group show, a painting/fashion show, and a 28 artistgroup show. See www.kavikaworks.com for details video and pics.
Uncle Ken organized a family reunion with all the siblings, kids, and kids kids that could make it, which was pretty much everyone.
Me and Carrie got married. Thanks to everyone for showing up and all the the very thoughtful gifts! I didnt think much about gifts during the process and I was touched by everyones thoughtfulness and beautiful presentation.
Erika Pursley-Paulson and Steven Paulsons son Grant is having a first birthday near December 13th. More details will be posted.
Everyone had fun at Joyce Paces daughter Noalani had a birthday recently passed at Frogs Bounce House. I cant remember what other birthdays passed in my absence from the blog updates but Ill try to hit all the upcoming ones.
Some fun artwalks passed such as Carrie Canfield-Pursleys debut headlining photography group show, a painting/fashion show, and a 28 artistgroup show. See www.kavikaworks.com for details video and pics.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Hawaiian Language 2.0
Aloha kakou (Aloha to all), so I've been trying to learn Hawaiian as some know. Its a beautiful language. Thank God it's resurged. Many language schools opened up in Hawaii led by original native speakers. But still there needs to be more speakers or it will be in danger again of becoming a dead language! Aunty Puanani gave me a link about language classes in Anaheim.
It's pretty hard (but worth it) as any non Latin based language is for Latin based language tongues. I know the family knows there are 7 consonants along with the 5 vowels in Hawaiian, as opposed to the 27 letters in English, but the difference is bigger than that. English has 27 letters but 42 sounds Hawaiian has only about 15 sound variations as taught in modern times. Though less sounds the words are typically longer than English You have to listen for very subtle pronunciation differences!
For particularists, original hawaiian has more variations in sounds like 3 'v' sounds, but that's not in my lessons. It is long an involved but here is a random find disposition on neo-Hawaiian language vs original Hawaiian.
Ahui Hou (until we meet again). Imua (forward) Hawaiian.
It's pretty hard (but worth it) as any non Latin based language is for Latin based language tongues. I know the family knows there are 7 consonants along with the 5 vowels in Hawaiian, as opposed to the 27 letters in English, but the difference is bigger than that. English has 27 letters but 42 sounds Hawaiian has only about 15 sound variations as taught in modern times. Though less sounds the words are typically longer than English You have to listen for very subtle pronunciation differences!
For particularists, original hawaiian has more variations in sounds like 3 'v' sounds, but that's not in my lessons. It is long an involved but here is a random find disposition on neo-Hawaiian language vs original Hawaiian.
Ahui Hou (until we meet again). Imua (forward) Hawaiian.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Art Show - Yuki Miyazaki
The last gallery showing of KAVIKA WORKS was pretty awesome. We had LA artist Yuki Miyazaki show dozens of her colorful paintings. Sales were made and people kept bringing their friends back and a couple people said it was their favorite gallery that night. Another highlight of the night was that we had Lokilanis Island Breeze Hawaiian band in the courtyard for the art walk. They rocked and some neighbors said it was their favorite band that has played yet. So hopefully we can continue to improve every month.
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