Aloha 'kou from Hawai'i!

'O Liz Manning ko'u inoa. No Long Island, New York mai
au. Noho au ma Bayport. He 'umik 'iwa o'u
makahiki.

Obviously, you have no idea what I just wrote and neither
did I until about 11 am this morning, so let me help you out
a bit. I wrote, "my name is Liz Manning. I am from Long
Island, New York. I live in Bayport." Today we learned
about Hawaiian language. It was by far the most enjoyable
lecture BY FAR. Our lecturer, Kawehi Lucas was very amused
by our East Coast accents trying to pronounce Hawaiian
words. For those of you who aren't familiar with the
Hawaiian alphabet, there are only 13 letters, which are: a,
e, i, o, u, h, k, l, m, n, p, w, and ' (okina). Seems
pretty small next to our 26 letter alphabet doesn't it?

Our next lecture was le'i making with Pualani Kauila. We
made two different types of le'is. One was a more
traditional le'i made out of tea leaves, to be worn around
the neck and the other was made out of tea leaves, ferns,
baby's breath, and roses, and could be worn as a crown,
bracelet, ect.

All in all it was a pretty eventful day, and if you ever
get the chance to go to Hawai'i GO FOR IT!

Mahalo nui loa for reading!
(Thank you very much for reading)

A hui hou in Hartford
(until we meet again in Hartford)

Liz Manning