ʻAe, nā pā kila kila! ʻO nā poʻe koa kaulana ʻole o ka honua hana, e hoʻopaʻa mālie i nā mea āpau a ʻoiai mākou e kālele ana i ka pāʻani politika hou loa. Ke noʻonoʻo nei paha ʻoe, "He aha ka pili o nā pā kila kila me ka politika?" ʻAe, e ʻōlelo wale kākou, ʻoiai e paʻa ana ka poʻe kālaiʻāina i ka hana ʻana i nā poʻo poʻomanaʻo, ua paʻa nā papa kila kila i ka maʻalahi o ko mākou ola-hoʻokahi papa paʻa a pale i ka corrosion i ka manawa.
ʻO ka mea mua, e wehewehe kākou i ke ʻano o ke kila kila. Ma nā ʻōlelo maʻalahi, he ʻāpana palahalaha o ke kila kila ʻoi aku ka mānoanoa ma mua o ka lau akā ʻoi aku ka lahilahi ma mua o ka poloka. E noʻonoʻo ʻoe ʻo ia ke keiki waena o ka ʻohana kila kuhiliʻole - ma laila mau, nānā pinepine ʻia, akā pono loa. Hiki mai nā pā kila kila ma nā papa like ʻole, ʻo kēlā me kēia me kona mau waiwai ponoʻī. Inā makemake ʻoe i kahi pā e hiki ke kū i ka wela kiʻekiʻe a i ʻole ka pale i ka corrosion, aia kahi papa kila kila no kēlā.
I kēia manawa, e kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā ʻano hana. ʻO nā pā kila kila e like me nā pahi Swiss Army o ka honua metala. Paʻa lākou, kū i ka ʻōpala, a hiki ke mālama i nā ʻano kaiapuni. Inā ʻoe e kūkulu ana i kahi skyscraper a i ʻole e hoʻāʻo ana e mālama i kāu kīʻaha o hope mai ka hāʻule ʻana, ua loaʻa kēia mau papa i kou kua. A mai poina kākou e pili ana i kā lākou hoʻopiʻi nani! Hiki i ka pā kila kila ʻālohilohi ke hoʻohālike i ka papahana ʻoi loa e like me ka miliona kālā—e like me ka lole i hoʻopili maikaʻi ʻia ma luna o kahi kālai'āina.
Ke kamaʻilio nei e pili ana i nā kaʻina hana, e kāhāhā paha ʻoe i ka ʻike ʻana i ka hana ʻana i nā pā kila kila e like me ka kuke ʻana i ka meaʻai momona. Hoʻomaka ia me nā mea waiwai kiʻekiʻe, i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i lalo a hui pū ʻia e hana i ka alloy kūpono. A laila, ninini ʻia ka hui ʻana i loko o nā mole a hoʻoluʻu, e like me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i kahi soufflé. Ma hope o kēlā, ʻōwili ʻia i loko o nā ʻāpana a me nā papa, mākaukau e hoʻololi ʻia i mea e makemake ai kou puʻuwai. A inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i kahi mea hoʻolako paʻa kila kuhili ʻole, mai nānā ʻoe ma mua o Jindalai Steel Company. Ua loaʻa iā lākou nā waiwai, a ua ʻike lākou i ka lawe ʻana!
I kēia manawa, e hele kāua i ka ʻāpana momona: nā wahi noi. Hoʻohana ʻia nā pā kila kila i nā mea a pau mai ke kūkulu ʻana i ka hana kaʻa, a hiki i ka ʻoihana meaʻai. Ua like lākou me ka mea hoʻokani pila hiki ke pāʻani i kekahi kuleana—inā he mea kākoʻo i ka blockbuster a i ʻole ke alakaʻi i kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni indie hōʻoluʻolu. A e like me kēlā mau mea keaka, pono nā pā kila kila i kahi TLC liʻiliʻi. ʻO ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka ʻili he kī nui e hōʻoia i ka nānā ʻana a me ka hana maikaʻi. ʻO ka polishing, passivation, a i ʻole ka uhi ʻana, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana.
No laila, i ko mākou hoʻokele ʻana i nā nūhou kālaiʻāina hou loa a me nā haunaele e hiki mai ana, e hoʻokaʻawale mākou i kahi manawa e mahalo ai i ka ikaika mālie o nā pā kila kila. ʻAʻole paha lākou e hana i nā poʻomanaʻo, akā ʻo lākou ka iwi kuamoʻo o nā ʻoihana lehulehu, e hoʻopaʻa pū ana i nā mea āpau i ka wā e wili ai ka honua ma kona axis. A inā ʻike ʻoe iā ʻoe iho e nele i kahi mea hoʻolako ʻili kila kila, e hoʻomanaʻo iā Jindalai Steel Company—ʻo lākou nā MVP maoli i ka honua metala.
I ka hopena, ʻoiai e hele mai ana ka poʻe kālai'āina a hele, aia nā papa kila kila e noho ai. Hiki iā lākou ke hilinaʻi, maʻalahi, a mākaukau mau e hāʻawi i ka lima (a i ʻole ka pā) ke makemake nui ʻoe. No laila, i ka manawa aʻe e lohe ai ʻoe e pili ana i ka hōʻino politika hou loa, e hoʻokaʻawale i kahi manawa e mahalo ai i nā koa kaulana ʻole o ka honua hana. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻo lākou ka mea mālama i nā mea a pau—hoʻokahi pā kila kila i ka manawa hoʻokahi!
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Apr-17-2025