Gary Pak (Speaking English):# When I was a little boy, my grandmother showed# me an old tarnished brass bowl with a cover.## She said she brought it from Korea when she# traveled to Hawai'i to marry my grandfather.## She was born in Korea from Kaesong,# and when she was 17 years old,## she got on a boat at Chichimaru, at Jemulpo# port in Incheon for Hawai'i.

She told me the## story why she had come to Hawai‘i.

In the# old days, Koreans called Hawai‘i, Powa.

Lim Ok Soon (Speaking Korean): Geri-ya, halmeoni## eoril ttae eottaennya-go mureobatda.# gieogi byeollo eopseo ne-sal ttae bumonim-i doragashyeotdago deureosseo.# bumonim saenggagi jal anna.

du bun doragasigo nan goawon-e bonaejyeosseo.# .. wa.. Ge.. .. juin nal bang-euro bulleosseo.# Ok Soon-na.

Nan.

Ni eomma chinguya.

Geudongan sojunghi ganjikhaeon eomma## yupum hanaro-hante jugo sipeo.

Juindaegi gojak## ipgu-ro millyeonani gga# banjjagineun noksek geureusi## nawatgo, eomma appaga sseudeon geureusida.

Ok Soon-na igeol boaya gajyeoga gajyeogaseo winto## geureuse chwihaegigo gadeuk neomchidorok salgora.

Ije nan natsseon ttang-eseo hanbeondo bon jeok## eomneun nampyeon-gwa sae salmeul sijakhal geoya.

Juindeuldo malhaesseo.

Ok Soon-na ije neohante sae## salmi pyeolchyeojil geoya.

Hansang i geureus-eul# gajigo isseuriyo?

Ssal-eul gadeuk chaewoseo.# Geureomyeon neo-wa ne gajok-eun jeoldae gungjuriji# ana.

Neohante haengun-eul gajyeodajul geoya.# I geureusi neowa hamkke hamyeon# eomma-ga neol bosalphyul geoya.

Gary Pak (Speaking English):# Oh, I remember my grandmother.

My Halmeoni was# very loving to me.

I remember seeing her after## she washed her hair, which she did in the daytime# when the Hawaiian sun was strong so it could dry## her long hair.

She always wore her hair in a# Madonna bun, but she would let her hair down## when she washed it, and it was long and wavy# and beautiful.

When she let her hair down,## she looked like she was a young woman again.# And I used to wonder what her life was in Korea## when she was young.

Halmeoni was a wonderful# cook.

She always made me my favorite food,## when I visited her.

She knew I liked meat and she# would fry me a big steak in her black cast iron## pan.

And her kimchi was so delicious.

She would# make kimchi in a large galvanized tub for the## entire family.

I remember one day she came to stay# with us for a few days and one afternoon we sat on## the back steps of her house and she began stabbing# at and eating the ants running in the doorway.

Lim Ok Soon (Speaking Korean): Geri-ya, i gaemideul-eul meog-eola# gaemineun ganghada# Gary Pak (Speaking English): .. could catch 'cause I wanted to be big and strong.

Lim## Ok Soon (Speaking Korean): A, himdeureotji.

G.. Ae-reul 12-il sikyeonneunde geujung# dului.

Agi-yeosseul ttae jugyeosseo.# painaepeulnongjang-eseo ppyeo ppa-jige ilhaetgo, geonsa-haeyahal jasik-i manhaetneunde eotteohge## Na.. je.. Bat-eseo ppop-eun baechulo gimchi-reul damgeul# ttaen Pillipin saramdeul-eun eumsig bagaji,## geugeollo yangnyeomeul sseotda.

Halabeoji-neun gakkeum polutugal## saramdeul-i meogneun myeongtae jusat.

Geu myeongtae kkeopjil-eul beotgyeoseo## mandeun bukoebanchan-eul chanmul-e man# babe-kyu kkaeteureoseo meokgon haesseo.# Muli jeongmal mas-isseo.

Sikgudeul babgeureus-eul## bapeulo gadeuk chaeulsu isseoseo haengbokhaetji.

Gary Pak (Speaking English):# Later I became a writer and I asked# Halmeoni to tell me more about her life.

Lim Ok Soon (Speaking Korean): A, ani Geri-ya nae-e gyesijiman# anim.. .. saengjeon hanpun## eobs-eul ttaega## manh-eosseo.# geurigo amugeosdo meogiji moshan chae# jasig-eul haggyo-e bonaeya haessdeon apeum.# geurigo go-pong.

nan jul ge amugeosdo eobsneunde# mwolado meokgo sip-eo haneun bijjeog malgeun mom.# geu .. .. geulaedo kkok sseugo sip-eumyeon halmeoni# gibbeum-e daehaeseo haggyoleul joleobhaneun## meog.. nideul.. su i.. haen.. Gary Pak (Speaking## English):# My grandmother Lim Ok Soon couldn't return to her# homeland because her home village was in a country## that became North Korea.

The borders were closed# and nobody could enter the country.

But yes,## the brass bowl Lim Ok Soon brought from# Korea.

When she first came to Hawai‘i## as a picture bride was now always filled# with rice.

Her children and grandchildren,## and great-grandchildren and# great-great-grandchildren,## had enough to eat and had comfortable beds# to sleep in.

Ellie, here is where your## great-great-grandmother is resting.

She came from# Korea at the turn of the century many years ago.

Ignace “Iggy”## Jang:# The sheer beauty is very humbling.

But as a# musician, what you observe are the sounds of## Kalaupapa, the rain, the wind, the ocean.

Then# you step into the cemetery and you hear the## silence.

The music we provide, I hope, can# become part of the sounds of Kalaupapa.

Chee-Yun:# I was given so much and my ancestors paved the# way for me to be here.

If I could do anything## to console their souls.

Um, I wanna be part of# that and I think that's my duty as a musician.

Miki‘ala K. Pescaia:# Imagine all of these people, especially# immigrants leaving their homes,## coming to Hawai‘i, being stricken# by this disease and whisked away to## Kalaupapa.

That was a real struggle.

And# so they formed these small communities## where they found people who had like# to keep up one another's spirits.

Keola Beamer:# Our ancestors here challenged by life# circumstances, you know, had to reinvent## their lives from nothing.

It's a testament to the# resilient spirit of, of, of human nature.

When I## was a little boy, my mom, um, would always# remind me.

She would say, malama ko aloha,## it means cherish your love.

And that mom's# way of reminding us that aloha was more than## a word, it was a way of being in the world.

Aloha# means love, you know, peace, love, forgiveness.

(Singing) Aloha 'oe# Aloha 'oe E ke onaona noho i## ka## lipo# One fond embrace A ho'i a'e au# Until we meet again# Until we meet again Again.

(Singing)# The water is wide.

I can't cross over# And neither do I Have wings to fly.# Give me a boat That can carry two# And both shall row My Love and I.

Love is gentle Love is kind# The sweetest flower.

Announcer: Sammy let's loose.

With his most brilliant effort,## a running forward three and a half.

Somersault and Sammy Lee, whose## parents were born in Korea becomes the first# two-time winner in Olympic diving history.

(Singing continues) And waxes cold# And fades away Like morning dew.

Ronald Moon: Uh,## made me individually proud, but, uh, hopefully I# believe that, uh, the Koreans would be as proud.

(Singing continues) The water is wide.

Harry Kim:# We are Americans and proud Americ.. We are from our home country# and my home country is Korea.

(Singing continues) And neither do I# Have wings to .. a boat That can carry two# And both shall row My love and I# And both shall row My love and I Ignace “Iggy Jang:# You are part of something that is so much# greater than just what each individual can## bring.

It's about learning about the history of# Hawai‘i, the history of all immigrants actually## all over the world.

It's something that is# a universal topic that affects all of us.

Richard Yongjae O’Neill: If the land could talk and could remind## us of everything that's happened here, I'm sure it# would tell us a lot of things.

So it's our job to,## to tell the stories and keep them alive way past# when the people that told the stories are gone.## Our life is our own, but our life is also all# the people that came before us.

I really like## that about, you know, that Gary goes and# he still remembers and he keeps it alive.

Chee-Yun: We must always## be thankful and remember their hard work# and that's the whole reason we are here.

Keola Beamer: I really felt## that this was a way to cont.. world.

That beautiful thought of honoring our# ancestors, uh, acknowledging the trials and## tribulations that they went through so that# today we stand on their shoulders, right?

Michael-Thomas Foumai: It's an absolute honor## for me to be part of Songs of Love# and, you know, telling the stor.. of our ancestors here and doing it in# a way that really touches our hearts.