Kwilizwekazi, xa ingulube yomhlaba ibona isithunzi sayo, kukho iiveki ezintandathu zobusika. EHawaii, xa iflamingo ibona isithunzi sayo, kukho ezinye iiveki ezintandathu zeparadesi-ngakumbi kuthi zintaka zekhephu ezihlala apha ukusuka kwiKrisimesi ukuya kwiPasika. Kwathatha iindwendwe ezingama-39 ukuya eHawaii ukufumana indawo efanelekileyo yokuhlala njengokhenketho lwamaxesha athile. Siphonononge zonke iziqithi eziphambili ngaphambi kokuba sithathe isigqibo sokuba i-Oahu yayilukhetho olufanelekileyo. Nokuba ndiyazithanda iitropiki, andinakho ukuncama izinto zenkcubeko ezinje ngeqonga, i-opera, isymphony, ubugcisa obuhle, kunye nezifundo zembali. Ekuqaleni, ndandinamehlo eNaalehu (kwisiqithi esikhulu), apho uMark Twain watyala khona inkawu kufutshane neyona ndawo isemazantsi e-US. Ngelishwa, ndine-dystrophy yemisipha, kwaye uNaalehu ukude kakhulu kwiingcali ze-MD.
I-Oahu ineSibhedlele iQueen, apho i-neurologists eqinisekisiweyo yebhodi ibonelela ngeenkonzo zonyango kubantu abakhubazekileyo njengam. Ekuqaleni, ndandijonge kwidolophu yaseLaie, kuba ndandifuna ukuhlala kufutshane neMormon. Ndiziva ndikhuselekile xa ndikunye nabo, ubukhulu becala ngenxa yokwalelwa kwabo ukuba, ukusela, ukungakhuthazi, kunye nazo zonke iintlobo zobubi. Umntu akaze abone abaphathi beepani benxila bephazamisa uxolo, okanye iziyobisi zigqithiselwa engceni yazo. Nangona ndingenguye uMormon, ndivana kakhulu nabo, kanye njengoko ndenzayo xa ndandihlala kummandla wama-Amish kumantla e-Indiana.
Ndiyalithanda iZiko leNkcubeko lasePolynesia eLaie. Isidanga sam sasemva kwesidanga sobugqirha sikwi-anthropology yenkcubeko, kwaye ukutyelela iZiko kufana nokuba ngumntwana kwivenkile yeelekese. Ndingaphila apho ukuba ndinako, ukuzibandakanya phakathi kweetoliki zelifa, ukubhiyozela iinkcubeko ezityebileyo zasePolynesia. Kodwa kwakhona, idolophu yaseLaie ikude kakhulu neendawo eziphambili zegumbi elinxamisekileyo.
Funda inqaku elipheleleyo apha.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Originally, I had my eye on Naalehu (on the Big Island), where Mark Twain planted a monkeypod tree near the southern-most point in the US.
- My post-doctorate graduate degree is in cultural anthropology, and visiting the Center is like being a kid in a candy store.
- Although I am not Mormon, I get along with them very well, just as I did when I lived in Amish territory in northcentral Indiana.
