ʻAʻole hoʻomaka nā leggings yoga a me nā lole hana a ka poʻe e kiʻi ai i kēlā me kēia lā ma kahi hale kūʻai. Hoʻomaka mua lākou - i loko o kahi hale wili ulana, ma kahi mīkini i holo mau no nā hola. Ma mua loa o ka manaʻo o kahi pālule yoga he palupalu, hoʻolōʻihi, a ʻoluʻolu hoʻi i ka ʻili, aia ia ma ke ʻano ...
I nā lā i hala iho nei, ua piha kā mākou hale hana me nā mōlina mīkini hou e kali ana no ka ʻākoakoa. I ka nānā mua ʻana, ʻike ʻia paha ka hana he hana hou ʻia—ke kau ʻia nei nā ʻāpana, ke hoʻoponopono ʻia nei nā ʻāpana, ke hoʻomaka mālie nei nā mīkini e hana i ke ʻano pākahi. Akā, ua hūnā ʻia i loko o kēlā kaʻina hana he nui nā ʻanuʻu liʻiliʻi m...
I ka manawa e hoʻākoakoa piha ʻia ai kahi mīkini ulana, ua pau ka hapa nui o ka hāpai kaumaha. Ua kūkulu ʻia ke kiʻikuhi, ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā ʻōnaehana, a ua pau nā hoʻāʻo āpau. Ma ke ʻano mīkini, ua mākaukau e hele. Akā, hoʻokahi mea hope loa a mākou e lawe koʻikoʻi nei: ka pena. ʻAʻole mālie ka hoʻākoakoa ʻana....
ʻIke nā mea kūʻai aku i kāu mīkini ma mua o ko lākou lohe ʻana i ka holo ʻana. Hoʻomaopopo lākou i ke ʻano, ke kūkulu ʻana, a me ka hoʻopau ʻana o ka ʻili. A inā paha lākou e ʻike a ʻaʻole paha, he kuleana nui ka pena i kēlā manaʻo mua. Hāʻawi koke kahi ʻaʻahu maʻemaʻe a kaulike i ka manaʻo ua hoʻomaʻemaʻe pono ʻia ka mīkini...
Ua ʻike paha ʻoe i kēia ma mua. ʻElua mau sweatshirt e like me ke ʻano like ma ka ʻūpā. ʻO ke ʻano like, ke kala like, ka mānoanoa like. Akā i kou kau ʻana iā lākou, ʻoluʻolu kekahi - palupalu, mehana, a ʻoluʻolu. Manaʻo kekahi he ʻoʻoleʻa, paʻakikī, a ʻaʻole paha i kūpono loa. No laila he aha ka re...
ʻAʻole ia e hoʻomaka ma kahi keʻena hoʻolālā a i ʻole ma kahi papa kūʻai. Hoʻomaka ia ma ka papahele hale hana, ma kahi mīkini ulana huluhulu ʻekolu kaula. Ma hea mai ka ʻoluʻolu maoli ʻO kēlā manaʻo palupalu, mehana, palaki ʻia i kou ʻili? ʻAʻole ia e hoʻohui ʻia ma hope. Kūkulu pololei ʻia i loko o ka lole i ka wā ulana. ʻO kahi ʻekolu-...
I ka manawa e hoʻākoakoa piha ʻia ai kahi Mīkini Pōʻai a i ʻole Mīkini Interlock ma ko mākou papahele ma Quanzhou, e nānā pono nā mea mechanical a pau. Holo ia. Paʻa ia. Mai waho mai, me he mea lā ua mākaukau e hoʻopaʻa ʻia. Akā, ʻaʻole mākou e kau inoa ma ka "holo ia." No ka mea, ʻo ka mea a ka mea kūʻai aku e kūʻai nei...
ʻO ka hapa nui o ka manawa, ʻaʻole hele anuanu mai nā mea kūʻai mai iā mākou. Ua hele lākou a puni ka poloka. E leka mai lākou iā mākou a ʻōlelo mai, "Pono wau i kahi Mīkini Pōʻai no ka jersey hoʻokahi," a i ʻole "Pono kēia he Mīkini Interlock—ʻaʻole e ʻae kaʻu mākeke i kahi mea liʻiliʻi." Kūpono. Ma hope o nā makahiki ma ka ga...
Ma MORTON, he maʻa mau ko mākou. I kēlā me kēia manawa e hele ai kekahi o ka hui no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mākeke—inā paha e hālāwai me nā pilina hou a i ʻole e ʻimi ana i nā manawa kūpono—e hoʻolilo lākou i mea e kipa aku ai a nānā i nā mea kūʻai aku kahiko. ʻAʻohe papahana, ʻaʻohe hoʻolaha kūʻai aku. He hele wāwae wale nō ma waena o ka pr...
Ke mākaukau kahi Mīkini Ulana Poepoe e haʻalele i kā mākou hale hana ma Quanzhou, Kina, manaʻo ka hapa nui o ka poʻe iā mākou e nānā ana i nā mea nui—ka paʻakikī o ke kiʻikuhi, ka ʻōnaehana Cam, a i ʻole ke kūlana holo wikiwiki. A ʻoiaʻiʻo, he ʻāpana nui ia o ka hōʻailona. Akā ʻoiaʻiʻo?...
Haʻalele kahi mīkini i ko mākou papahele. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia, hoʻopaʻa ʻia, a hoʻouna ʻia aku. I kekahi manawa hele ia i kahi wahi kamaʻāina ma Turkey. I kekahi manawa, e hele ana ia no ke kūlanakauhale aʻu i ʻike wale ai ma ka palapala ʻāina. I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua pae kā mākou mau mīkini pōʻai a me nā mīkini laka ma luna o kanakolu mau ʻāina. ʻO...
Nīnau ʻia mai kēia iā mākou i kekahi manawa. No ke aha ʻo Quanzhou? Eia ka pane maopopo. Aia ma laila nā ʻāpana. ʻO nā nila, nā cams, nā bearings—hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka hapa nui o nā mea e komo ana i loko o kahi mīkini ulana poepoe i loko o kahi radius kanalima kilomita. Kōkua kēlā. Akā, ʻaʻole ia ka pane maoli...
