great third day in Hawaii

Aloha to everyone that will read this,

This is officially my third day in the magnificent islands
of Hawaii. After all that has happened to us in the past
couple of days, with battling snow storms in both
Connecticut, and Chicago, I would do it all over again just
to be able to experience eating the delicious pineapples. I
really never cared for pineapples back in New York, but the
sweet juices from the fruit keep me coming back for more.
Today we all went to the University of Hawaii, attending
our first lecture by Jon Osorio, on the history of the
native Hawaiian people. This lecture was very interesting to
me, because Mr. Osorio talked with great passion and feeling
when it came to his people. I vividly remember looking into
his eyes and seeing great pride when he talked about how his
early people were not a literate group of people but they
were very smart when it came to navigation and hunting. He
stated that " any myth that you had about us pacific
islanders being slower than others take that out of your
mind because we are not." I found these words to be very
powerful because even though Hawaii land has been taken from
its people, their sprit still lives on within their
ancestors.

Aloha to all, I wish you were here to share this wonderful
experience with me.

Debi Destina