E like me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe, nui nā kānāwai i kākau ʻole ʻia. Inā noho ʻoe i Pokukala, a i ʻole he mākaʻikaʻi wale nō ʻoe, e heluhelu i kēia kikokikona no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo e hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻia ʻoe ma ka ʻāina.
Ke komo nei ʻoe i loko o kahi hale ʻaina Pukiki kuʻuna a i ʻole cafe, e ʻai i kahi meaʻai Pukiki kuʻuna. Pīhoihoi ʻoe, e hōʻino paha lākou iā ʻoe no kou ʻano haole? Nānā ʻoe i ka papa kuhikuhi a i ʻole ka meaʻai i hōʻike ʻia, a nīnau ʻoe i ka waiter (a i ʻole ke Akua e pāpā i ka luna) he aha ka meaʻai a lākou e ʻōlelo ai no ka ʻaina awakea.
Nānā ʻo ia iā ʻoe me "kēlā" maka… ʻIke ʻoe, ke alo o ka hoʻokolokolo… kuhikuhi ʻo ia i ka "hale kūikawā", me he mea lā ʻo ia e ʻuā nei "Ua komo ʻoe i ʻaneʻi e ʻimi ana i ka mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o kēia?".
Ke ʻike nei ʻoe i ka huli ʻana o kou ʻōpū, ʻaʻole ia ʻo ka pōloli āu i manaʻo ai ma mua o kou komo ʻana i ia wahi… Manaʻo ʻoe he liʻiliʻi, hoʻemi ʻia i ke kūlana o "ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻike ʻole" a i ʻole kekahi mea like. Inu ʻoe i ka wai āu i kauoha ai, e nānā ana i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ma ia wahi. ʻAʻole naʻe lākou e kamaʻilio e pili ana iā ʻoe, akā ʻike ʻoe ua ʻōlelo kekahi kanaka "he aha ka hana a kēia mākaʻikaʻi ma ʻaneʻi?".
I kēia manawa ke nānā nei ka waiter a me ka luna iā ʻoe i kā lākou ʻōlelo ʻana, me he mea lā e pono ʻoe e hōʻino iā ʻoe iho. Kāhea kekahi o ka lumi kuke i ka waiter, hele ʻo ia i laila a i kona hoʻi ʻana mai lawe mai ʻo ia i kahi pā, kāu pā…
Kau ʻo ia ma ka pākaukau, ʻōlelo ʻoe "Mahalo", ʻōlelo ʻo ia "De nada" me kahi helehelena lōʻihi. "ʻAʻole ʻoe i hana hewa", ʻōlelo ʻoe, "No laila e ʻai wale i ka meaʻai"… He ʻono loa ka ʻai, haʻahaʻa, akā maikaʻi loa. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kumukūʻai, a kokoke loa i kahi āu e noho ai… He maʻalahi loa.
No laila, hele hou ʻoe i laila, hauʻoli lākou i kou haʻalele ʻana, ʻike lākou ua makemake ʻoe i ka meaʻai, no laila ʻaʻole paha ia ʻino.
Ke komo ʻoe no ka lua o ka manawa, ʻike ʻoe i ka waiter nāna i lawelawe iā ʻoe i ka manawa hope, "Aloha!" ʻōlelo ʻo ia e ʻike iā ʻoe. ʻO ka "hello" no nā kumu ʻino loa, e like me "kēlā mākaʻikaʻi hou ...", akā hāʻawi ʻoe iā ia i ka pōmaikaʻi o ka kānalua, ʻo ka "hello" maikaʻi loa ia no kēlā…
ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi ma mua o ka manawa hope loa, kauoha ʻoe i ka meaʻai like, akā ʻōlelo ka waiter "ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole, he mea hoʻomaka kēlā kīʻaha. No kou makemake nui, e kuke mākou iā ʻoe i meaʻai kuʻuna maoli. Auwe, ʻaʻole ʻoe e nīnau he aha ia kīʻaha, e ʻōlelo wale ʻoe: “E lawe mai i laila…”
A inā ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka meaʻai ʻē aʻe… Auwe! He mea kupanaha loa keia! Hele mai ka luna iā ʻoe e nīnau inā makemake ʻoe i ke kīʻaha, ʻaʻole wale ʻoe e ʻōlelo ʻae akā nīnau pū ʻoe i ke kumu o ka kīʻaha, a haʻi ʻo ia iā ʻoe i nā mea āpau e pili ana i ia mea… ” me ke kīʻaha waiʻona. A ʻo ke koena ka mōʻaukala…
ʻAʻole hiki ke wikiwiki, akā hiki nō kēia iā ʻoe. He nui nā haole e ʻōlelo mai iaʻu ʻaʻole hoʻokipa a maikaʻi ʻole ka poʻe Pukiki me lākou, akā ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻoi aku ma mua o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo…
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo kēia: ʻo ka Pukiki (ʻoi aku ka nui o ka poʻe ʻelemakule) he mea koʻikoʻi, paʻakikī ke ʻoluʻolu i ka wā mua, akā ʻo ke ala maikaʻi loa e wāwahi ai i kēia "poloka hau" ʻo ia ka hōʻike ʻana i ka hoʻomanawanui a ʻoi aku ka kūpaʻa.
No laila, no ka laʻana, i loko o kēia moʻolelo, ua hoʻokō ʻo "ʻoe" i mua o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa mua ma ka hele hou ʻana i laila, e hōʻike ana ʻoiai me nā hiʻohiʻona kānalua makemake ʻoe i ka meaʻai/hale ʻai.
No laila pono ʻoe e hele i kahi hōʻike hoʻomanawanui ...
A ʻaʻole pili kēia "hilinaʻi" i nā haole wale nō, hiki iaʻu ke pili pū me kēia, no laila, mai manaʻo ʻoe he "stigma" iā ʻoe iho… 🙂
