Lika’s Log

Wanna go on vacation but no moe kala……need a vacation but no can take leave……how about escaping into a book. Sometimes a book can take you there, where ever you choose. If you like go Moloka’i summa vacation den go read dis book………….

I just pau read Moloka’i Nui Ahina: summers on the Lonely Isle by Kirby Wright. This book is about two brothers who go spend summa vacations at Gramma on Molokai. Its a chronology of the fun and functionality of a dysfunctional family. In ada words its moe normal den not. I kinda identified wit dis, cause wit me was summa vacation at Grammas on Kauai. I think all Grammas have there quirks yeah, I mean you live “dat long” you get set in your ways and all.

For me this book just flowed easy cause niele minds like know hah. It was a smooth fast read. It has a lot of reminders of a much more simple time in Hawaii. It made me laugh cause I had not heard J. Akuhead Pupule mentioned in a long long time. And if you remember Hawaiian Eye, you must be makule? Moe worst I just saw a picture at Ohanalanai of Poncey Ponce wit Bruh Kamaka. I was like, “wow he still alive.” Hello, we are too! *L*

Then there was mention of all da ono grindz. Truely local wen you bring up food yeah. I was ono fo’custard pie afta I read da book. I love custard pie. But you know what, custard pie in Hawaii and custard pie on da mainland no taste da same. Hawaii one moe ono yeah, maybe its da lani moo milk or different kine watah. Plus it talks about going catch fish for dinner. Fishing for ulua for da front porch of da house. I’m a fish, rice & shoyu kind of person so I’m thinking I could go for a week or more maybe of just fish & rice yeah. Palehu, fry, make soup. How ono is dat, to have fresh fish weneva yeah?

The book mentioned things that I had totally forgotten about. You know the things that adults tell you, you no ‘pose to do dis and dat. Like if you whistle night you calling da ghost or da spirits la dat. Or da ting about if take da maka piapia outta da dogs eye and put’um in your eyes you going see ghosts, hell I was told da devil. YOU like see da devil? HALA, bring da dog ova hea! My Unco dem would scare da crap outta us small time we use to run away so fast & go hide.

Wailau Valley, Molokai

For me this book has dat small keed time feeling. Plus da small kids grow up into big kids. You learn about Gramma & Chippa. There are all kinds of characters that I think we all can identify with. It could be our relatives or our friends, they seem all so familiar.

I’m sure Moloka’i today is way different from Moloka’i in the 60’s & 70’s. But still compared to Honolulu, Molokai is moe fo’real Hawaii then most of da ada islands yeah. For a little escape to Moloka’i read this book. If you wanna make a homesick person on da mainland (or in France or Germany) even moe homesick buy dem dis for Christmas and garans they going squawk, why no juss send me da grindz! \\000//

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