I kēlā me kēia manawa a mākou e kamaʻilio ai e pili ana i ke kai, ʻike ʻia hoʻokahi huaʻōlelo-“E alo i ke kai, me nā pua puna e mohala mai ana”.I kēlā me kēia manawa, hele au i kai, kani kēia ʻōlelo i koʻu manaʻo.ʻO ka hope, maopopo loa iaʻu ke kumu o koʻu makemake nui i ke kai.Hilahila ke kai me he kaikamahine la, me ka wiwo ole e like me ka liona, ka laula e like me ka mauu, a maopopo me he aniani la.He mea pohihihi mau, kupua a hoihoi.
I mua o ke kai, pehea ka liʻiliʻi o ke kai.No laila, i kēlā me kēia manawa, hele au i kahakai, ʻaʻole loa au e noʻonoʻo i koʻu ʻano ʻino a me ka hauʻoli.Manaʻo wau he ʻāpana wau o ka lewa a me ke kai.Hiki iaʻu ke hoʻokaʻawale iaʻu iho a hauʻoli i ka manawa ma kahakai.
ʻAʻole ia he mea kupanaha ke ʻike aku i ke kai no ka poʻe e noho ana ma ka hema o Kina.ʻIke mākou i ka wā o ke kai kiʻekiʻe a me ke kai haʻahaʻa.I ke kai kiʻekiʻe, e komo ke kai i lalo o ke kai, ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ke kahakai one.ʻO ke kani ʻana o ke kai e paʻi ana i ka pā kai a me nā pōhaku, a me ka makani kai hou mai ka maka mai, ua hoʻomaha koke ka poʻe.He mea leʻaleʻa ka holo ʻana ma ke kai me ka pepeiao pepeiao.Aia 3 a 5 mau lā o ke kai haʻahaʻa ma ka hopena o ka mahina a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mahina o ka alemanaka lunar Kina.He olaola loa.Ke hele mai nei nā poʻe, nā ʻōpio a me nā ʻelemakule a hiki i nā pēpē i kahakai, e pāʻani ana, e hele wāwae ana, e lele ana i nā lupe, a me ka hopu ʻana i nā ʻōpala, etc.
ʻO ka mea kupanaha i kēia makahiki, ʻo ia ka hopu ʻana i ka ʻili ma ke kai i ke kai haʻahaʻa.Aia ma ka lā 4 o Kepakemapa 2021, he lā lā.Ua hoʻokele wau i kaʻu "Bauma", ka uila uila, e ʻohi ana i kaʻu keiki, e lawe ana i nā ʻōpala a me nā bākeke, me nā pāpale.Hele mākou i kahakai me ka manaʻo nui.I ko mākou hōʻea ʻana i laila, nīnau mai koʻu moʻopuna iaʻu "He wela, no ke aha ka nui o ka poʻe i hele koke mai?".ʻAe, ʻaʻole mākou ka mea mua i hiki i laila.Nui nā kānaka.E hele wāwae ana kekahi ma kahakai.Ke noho nei kekahi ma ka pā kai.Eli lua ana kekahi.He ʻike ʻokoʻa a olaola.ʻO ka poʻe e ʻeli ana i nā lua, lawe lākou i nā ʻōahi a me nā bākeke, noho lākou i kahi kahakai kūhāhā liʻiliʻi a lulu lima i kēlā me kēia manawa.ʻO wau a me koʻu moʻopuna, wehe mākou i ko mākou kāmaʻa, holo i kahakai a noho i ka ʻeke lima lima kahakai.Ua hoʻāʻo mākou e ʻeli a hopu i nā ʻōpala.Akā i ka hoʻomaka ʻana, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa kekahi mea ma waho o kekahi mau pūpū a me oncomelania.Ua ʻike mākou ua loaʻa i ka poʻe ma ka ʻaoʻao o mākou nā pāpaʻi he nui a manaʻo paha he liʻiliʻi kekahi a he nui kekahi.Ua hopohopo mākou a hopohopo.No laila ua hoʻololi koke mākou i kahi.Ma muli o ke kai haʻahaʻa, hiki iā mākou ke neʻe mamao loa mai ka pā kai.ʻOiai, hiki iā mākou ke hele i lalo o ka waena o ke alahaka ʻo Ji'mei.Ua hoʻoholo mākou e noho ma kekahi o nā pou o ke alahaka.Ua ho'āʻo mākou a lanakila.Ua nui aʻe nā pāpaʻi ma ia wahi i piha i ke one palupalu a me ka wai liʻiliʻi.Ua hauʻoli loa koʻu moʻopuna i ka loaʻa ʻana o mākou i kahi maikaʻi a loaʻa hou aku nā pāpaʻi.Hoʻokomo mākou i ka wai kai i loko o ka bākeke i mea e ola ai nā ʻōpala.He mau minuke wale nō i hala, ʻike mākou ua ʻōlelo mai ʻo clams iā mākou a ʻakaʻaka mai iā mākou.Poʻo lākou i ko lākou mau poʻo mai loko mai o ka pūpū, hanu i ka ea ma waho.Hilahila lakou a pee hou iloko o ko lakou mau leho i ka wa i puiwa ai na bakeke.
ʻElua hola e lele ana, e hiki mai ana ke ahiahi.Piʻi pū ka wai kai.He kai kiʻekiʻe.Pono mākou e hoʻopaʻa i kā mākou mau mea hana a mākaukau e hoʻi i ka home.Hehi wāwae ʻole i ke kahakai one me kahi wai liʻiliʻi, nani loa.Ua hoʻopā ka manaʻo ma ka manamana wāwae i ke kino a me ka noʻonoʻo, ua ʻoluʻolu wau e like me ka auwana ʻana i ke kai.I ka hele ʻana ma ke ala e hoʻi ai i ka home, ua pā ka makani i ka maka.Ua hauʻoli loa koʻu moʻopuna i ka hoʻōho ʻana "Ua hauʻoli wau i kēia lā".
He mea pohihihi mau ke kai, he kupua ke hoola a apo i na mea a pau e hele ana ma kahi aoao.Aloha au a hauʻoli i ke ola e noho kokoke ana i ke kai.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Dec-07-2021