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For my birthday

Posted by Ululani on May 6, 2009 at 9:00am
Playing in our Hilo Grandma's house with our older brother Charles:

My birthday with my former wombmate who is four minutes older than me was on May 4th. What a great day to be born! LOL Of course I really wanted to be born in Hilo like our older brother and our younger brother were. Unfortunately we were born on O'ahu which IMHO ruins it because some people conflate us being born on O'ahu to mean that we are O'ahu makaewaewa too. We're not.They gave us piggy banks and told us to save our money, graduate from college, and to learn about the computer:

Later I thought to myself... "Hmmm since I paid off all of my student loans I need to TRY to help pay for a few other Hawaiians' college tuition and hopefully pay for at least 10 pro-Hawaiian and/or pro-iwi Hawaiians and who are less fortunate and will help to protect and defend other Hawaiians to finish law school before I make" LOL I am biased though in that I root for the less fortunate Hawaiians because I was very poor when I was a child and I KNOW how it feels to be treated worse than dirt, as though one is invisible, and/or as though one does not matter and/or one's voice does not matter due to poverty. FWIW that is so messed up LOLWell on my birthday I did everything I wanted to do which include but is not limited to the following:- Bought a leather sofa and matching chair for $340 from the hospice thrift store which is great for my livingroom reading area (will post pics later)- Stopped off at another thrift store to buy some books- Worked out at the gym (lifting weights, cardio, stretching, splits stretching, etc) for one hour- Ate some ice creamI did not respond to any phone calls to my Blackberry LOL and I did not do any work for my work.I realize that some people focus on what is wrong about the world. However after having been crushed by a car when I was six years old, having to relearn how to walk for nearly two years total, and having scar tissue and scars on my legs I tend to focus on what is right about our world and/or about our lives.Anyway my 42nd birthday was great! I hope to live another year... and another year... and another to at least 102 LOL Like my kupuna. She was an amazing woman. Unknown in the aina yet well known to me LOL She lived to be 102! Probably because she drank beer nearly every day, drove some men crazy LOL, ate sweets in MODERATION, and gardened every day. I hope to reach 102 too.




P.S. Happy birthday to my identical twin sister, Lisa Noelani! Get it? Lana ULUlani and Lisa NOElani LOL One of our cousins from Keaukaha is smart. He calls both of us "LisaLana." That way he is never wrong LOL


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  • Miliaulani May 6, 2009 at 6:16pm
    May is such a beautiful month to be born....it's spring, all the flowers are in bloom, especially the different gardenias. It is the month where we celebrate lei day and honor our mothers. My son was born on Mother's Day, 26 years ago. Hau'oli la hanau ia oe e Lana. Wishing you many more so you may accomplish your dream of educating impoverished kanaka oiwi students. What an honorable aspiration. I wish you well in this endeavor.
  • Namaka'eha May 6, 2009 at 9:19am
    Hauoli La Hanau!
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