Local Kine Grindz!

Shane and Kyle have had their shirts off for three days now. I never thought that I would see the day when Shane would stroll around the island with no t-shirt. Eye huccum, eh brah I tink I one local boy ludhat! (translation: I, think I'm a local boy!)

The party thrown by my family was a gas! It was a blast watching Eroll hack that roasted pig to pieces. Chris mentioned that it is rare for a mainlander, Kyle and Shane, to experience a hawaiian local style party; the aloha spirit. She was right, most mainlanders that visit Oahu relate to the tourist aspect such as Waikiki, Kailua or Lanikai. The party consisted of first to fifth generation. Pretty amazing!

Let's see...how do I describe the Cadelinia family. We are a close bunch of boisterous jokester types. You are able to gauge our love by the degree of hoax we play on you. To welcome Shane into the family they disguised the pig's brain as a filipino tradition for a groom to consume. We reinforced the tradition by describing it as a delicacy. Shane started to chew with a very disgusted look on his face. My family maintained a straight face, but behind our stern faces were smiles and laughter ready to bust. By the look Shane, the peer pressure was high, was surrounded by a bunch of tall brown local boys with arms crossed over their chests and round bellies. Shane calmly inquires, "What part of the pig is this?" Darrell, my brother, puts his hand to his crotch. Shane spits the brain from his mouth and shakes his head. We all shudder with laughter and than he is appraoched with hugs and pats on the back. We ease his worry by telling him it was just the brain of the pig.

It has been too long and I’m getting too old, for I can’t remember the names to faces of my relatives. I remembered a few of my first cousins, but other than that I kept mom at my side as my PR person. Actually, mom and dad, paraded Shane and I around like spreading their peacock tail. I could see the sparkle of proud in their eyes and upright shoulders.

We thank our relatives and friends for coming as they wish us well in our future together.