Welina mai i ko mākou kūlanakauhale nani o Victoria, BC! Inā ʻoe e aʻo nei ma Global Village Victoria, e hoʻomākaukau ana e lawe i kahi hōʻike IELTS, a ma ʻaneʻi paha e huakaʻi a leʻaleʻa, makemake paha ʻoe e hoʻāʻo e kamaʻilio me nā kamaʻāina. ʻAʻohe manawa e like me kēia manawa, no laila e hele kāua!
He kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi ʻo Victoria. Ua hauʻoli ka hapa nui o ka poʻe ma ʻaneʻi i ke kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi o Victoria a hauʻoli lākou ʻaʻole lākou i paʻa i nā laina lōʻihi o ke kaʻa e hele ana i waho a i waho o Vancouver i kēlā me kēia lā.
ʻO ka poʻe Victoria, (ʻo ia kaʻu e ʻōlelo nei he poʻe mai Victoria) hauʻoli i ka noho ʻana ma "ka mokupuni". Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Wanekoua a me nā kūlanakauhale a me nā apana a puni ʻo Wanekoua "ka ʻāina nui" e ka poʻe ma Victoria.
A i ka wā e ʻōlelo ai ka poʻe Victorian "ka ʻāina nui", hiki paha iā lākou ke kaumaha iki i ko lākou leo. Me he mea lā e ʻeha lākou i ka ʻōlelo ʻana. Manaʻo lākou i ka poʻe ʻilihune "ʻāina nui" i paʻa paha i ke kaʻa i kēia manawa. Eia naʻe, ma Vancouver, ʻaʻohe mea e ʻōlelo "ka ʻāina nui". ʻO Vancouver wale nō.
Ua kaulana nā Victorians no ka poʻe aloha. Ke piʻi ka poʻe Victoria ma ke kaʻa, ʻōlelo lākou "hello" i ka mea hoʻokele, a i ka wā e haʻalele ai lākou i ke kaʻa, ʻōlelo lākou "mahalo". Pēlā nō ka poʻe ma ʻaneʻi.
Ua hānau ʻia au a hānai ʻia ma Victoria, a i koʻu wā e hoʻihoʻi ana i ka honua, mahalo mau wau i ke kaʻa kaʻa. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole aloha kēlā me kēia Victorian, akā ma ka laulā, he wahi aloha loa ia. No laila e hoʻomaka i kahi kamaʻilio!
Ke pili ka poʻe, makemake lākou e noho i nā hui a lākou i hana ai a ʻaʻole hoʻokipa i nā poʻe hou. He wahi cliquey anei o Victoria? Ke ʻōlelo nei kekahi poʻe. Ua lohe au i kēia mai nā hoaaloha i neʻe i Victoria mai nā wahi ʻē aʻe o Kanada. Ke hoʻopiʻi nei lākou ʻoiai he maikaʻi ka poʻe Victorian, he paʻakikī ke loaʻa i nā hoaaloha ma aneʻi.
E hoʻomanaʻo he kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi ʻo Victoria, no laila he mau hoaaloha pili nā poʻe i hānau ʻia ma ʻaneʻi a lākou i ʻike ai mai ke kula kiʻekiʻe. Ua ʻike au i kekahi o koʻu mau hoaaloha maikaʻi loa mai koʻu wā ʻewalu makahiki! No laila, aloha ka poʻe Victorian, akā i kekahi manawa ʻaʻohe wahi no nā hoaaloha hou i ko lākou ola.
Inā ʻoe e kamaʻilio pū ana me ka poʻe Victoria, a paʻakikī ʻoe e hana i nā hoaaloha hou, ma muli paha o ke ʻano cliquey o Victorians. Akā inā makemake ʻoe e launa pū me nā poʻe Victoria, e hoʻāʻo wale! He ala maikaʻi loa ia e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ai i kou mākaukau ʻōlelo Pelekania.
Makemake ʻoe e hui i nā poʻe hou aʻe ma Victoria? He mea ʻē paha ke hele wale ʻana i nā poʻe ma ke alanui a hoʻomaka i kahi kamaʻilio. No laila he aha kāu e hana ai? E komo i kekahi mea ma Victoria.
ʻO ke ala maikaʻi loa e hana ai i kēia, ʻo ia ka noʻonoʻo e pili ana i kāu mea hoihoi! He pāʻani pōpeku ʻoe? E hui pū me kahi hui pōpeku, a i ʻole e ʻimi i kahi e hiki ai ke pāʻani i ka pōpeku hāʻule. Makemake ʻoe i ke kiʻi? E ʻimi i kahi hui kiʻi. Makemake ʻoe e kōkua i nā kānaka? E ho'āʻo manawaleʻa! A i ʻole aia kekahi mea āu e makemake ai e hoʻāʻo ʻaʻole ʻoe i hana ma mua. E ho'āʻo wale!
Inā ʻoe e komo pū me nā poʻe Victorian, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hoaaloha ma aneʻi!
Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana i nā hana, ʻo kekahi o nā hana kaulana a puni ʻo Victoria ʻo ka hele wāwae. Ua pupule ka poe Victoria i ka holoholo. Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi kanaka i nā lole hele wāwae, no ke aha e noi ʻole ai iā lākou i nā wahi huakaʻi maikaʻi? He ala maikaʻi paha ia e hoʻomaka ai i kahi kamaʻilio!
ʻIke mau au i koʻu hele ʻana i ka huakaʻi, aloha maoli ka poʻe aʻu e ʻike ai. Aloha lākou ke hele ʻoe i kekahi ma ke ala. Inā ʻike lākou iā ʻoe e hoʻoluhi a paʻakikī ana e piʻi i kahi mauna nui, paipai pinepine lākou iā ʻoe a haʻi paha iā ʻoe, "Ua kokoke ʻoe!"
ʻAʻole maopopo i hea ʻoe? E ʻoluʻolu e noi i ke kōkua a i ʻole nā kuhikuhi. Ma waho o ka nahele, pono kākou a pau e mālama i kekahi i kekahi! ʻIke maoli ka lokomaikaʻi Victorian ma nā ala hele wāwae. He manawa maikaʻi ʻē aʻe e kamaʻilio pū me ka poʻe Victoria, a ʻike i kekahi o ko mākou ʻano nani.
Mai hopohopo inā ʻaʻohe kaʻa! Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i kekahi mau wahi huakaʻi ma ke kaʻa. Aia ʻo Mount Douglas, Mount Tolmie a me Christmas Hill i loko o kahi kaʻa kaʻa he 30 mau minuke mai ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO ka paka ʻo Gowland Todd hoʻokahi wale nō kaʻa kaʻa mai Butchart Gardens ma Brentwood Bay. A inā makemake ʻoe e hele i waho i ke ʻano maoli, hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i kahi kaʻa i ka paka ʻo Goldstream, a i ʻole e hele i Sooke a holo a puni i laila! He $5 wale nō ke kumukūʻai no ka holo kaʻa kaʻa.
No laila, inā makemake ʻoe, e hana i kahi noiʻi liʻiliʻi (a i ʻole e nīnau i kā mākou mea hoʻoponopono hana ʻike ma Global Village Victoria!) a hele i laila a holo. E hui me kēlā poʻe Victorian aloha!
He hilahila ʻoe? A i ʻole paha ua pilikia ʻoe i ka ʻōlelo Pelekania me ka poʻe Victoria? Ua hoʻomohala kekahi o kā mākou mau haumāna i kahi "English Persona" i kā lākou aʻo ʻana i ka ʻōlelo Pelekane.
He aha kēlā manaʻo? ʻO ia hoʻi, hoʻomohala lākou i kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania ma mua o kā lākou ʻōlelo maoli. ʻOiai ua hilahila lākou i kā lākou ʻōlelo makuahine, ke ʻōlelo lākou i ka ʻōlelo Pelekania, nalowale ko lākou hilahila!
Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke hana? Hoʻokahi wale nō ala e ʻike ai!
Wahi a kekahi poʻe ʻaʻole maoli ka ʻōlelo Pelekane, akā ua ʻike kekahi o kā mākou mau haumāna. E ʻike iā ʻoe iho. Inā koho ʻoe ʻaʻole e hilahila, hiki iā ʻoe ke wehe i kou honua!
E noʻonoʻo paha ʻoe, "He aha kaʻu e kamaʻilio ai me Victorians!?" Laki, aia kahi pane maʻalahi: mai kamaʻilio wale! E nīnau i nā nīnau! E ʻimi no nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. Aia ʻoe i kahi hou, ma hope o nā mea a pau! Pehea ka ʻokoʻa o ka poʻe Kanada, a i ʻole ka poʻe Victoria? He aha ke ʻano meaʻai a lākou e makemake ai? He aha ke ʻano o nā loina?
Eia kekahi, mai noʻonoʻo wale i ka poʻe Kanada. Pono ʻoe e hoʻomohala i ka hoihoi i ke kanaka āu e kamaʻilio nei! He aha kāu makemake e ʻike? He aha kāu mea ʻē a hoihoi paha iā lākou? E alakaʻi iā ʻoe i kou hoihoi.
Makemake nā poʻe e hoʻolohe ʻia, a makemake lākou i ka hoihoi i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. Inā nīnau ʻoe, makemake ka poʻe Victorian āu e kamaʻilio nei e kamaʻilio pū me ʻoe. ʻO ka manawa pinepine, inā hōʻike ʻoe i ka hoihoi, e hoihoi lākou iā ʻoe. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, nani kou ola ma ʻaneʻi. No hea mai ʻoe? No ke aha ʻoe e noho nei ma ʻaneʻi a aʻo paha i ka ʻōlelo Pelekane ma Victoria? Pehea ke ano o kou aina?
No laila ke kamaʻilio nei ʻoe me ka poʻe Victorian, e hoʻāʻo e nīnau i nā nīnau he nui! E hoʻonanea a hauʻoli hoʻi kāu mau kamaʻilio ʻana!
Triangulation? He ʻōlelo nui kēlā. He aha ka manaʻo? ʻAe, ʻike ʻoe i ke ʻano o ka triangle, ʻeā?
E like me kēia: ▲.
ʻAe, ʻo ʻoe kekahi lae o ka huinakolu, ʻo kekahi wahi ʻo ke kanaka āu e kamaʻilio nei, a ʻo ka helu hope? ʻO ia kāu e kamaʻilio nei.
Huikau? Penei ka hana ana. ʻO ka triangulation, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaka i ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana e pili ana i kekahi mea a puni ʻoe. ʻO nā manawa maikaʻi loa e hana i kēia ke hana ʻia kahi mea ʻē.
No ka laʻana, ʻike ʻoe i ʻelima mau kaʻa mākaʻi e kū ana ma waho o kahi hale ʻaina. He manawa kūpono kēia e hoʻomaka ai i kahi kamaʻilio! Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi e nānā ana i nā kaʻa makai, no ke aha e kamaʻilio ʻole ai iā lākou? “Auwe, nui loa na kaa makai. Ke hana nei kekahi mea ma laila? " e nīnau paha ʻoe. He ala maikaʻi kēia e wehe ai i kahi kamaʻilio. ʻAʻole pono e pili i kekahi mea ʻē. “Maikaʻi ka wā i kēia lā, ʻaʻole anei?” e hana maikaʻi!
E hoʻomanaʻo he poʻe kānaka wale nō nā Victorians e like me ʻoe. Loaʻa iā lākou nā ʻohana, nā moeʻuhane, nā manaʻolana a me nā ola e like me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe āu i ʻike ai. ʻAʻohe mea kūikawā e pili ana iā lākou. Ma ka hohonu, ua like mākou a pau. No laila, mai makaʻu ʻoe e kamaʻilio me lākou. Ua like lākou me ʻoe!
Inā makemake ʻoe e kamaʻilio me Victorians, ʻo ke ala maikaʻi loa e hana ai ʻo ka hoʻomaka wale nō! E hele i waho i kēia manawa a aloha i kekahi! Maikaʻi mākou, a me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo āu i aʻo ai ma aneʻi, manaʻolana wau e loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hilinaʻi hou aʻe e hoʻāʻo. Inā haʻalele kekahi iā ʻoe a ʻaʻole maopopo iā ʻoe, mai hopohopo! E ho'āʻo hou. Ma hope e lilo ʻoe i mea pro! Pono nā mea a pau i ka manawa. ʻAʻole ʻokoʻa ke kamaʻilio ʻana me Victorians.
Manaʻo wau ua hauʻoli ʻoe i ka heluhelu ʻana i kēia!
Inā makemake ʻoe e hālāwai me kekahi o nā kumu ma GV Victoria, eʻoluʻolu e kaomi ma kahi.