“Aloha, ʻo Zahria Patrick koʻu inoa. He kula kimemika au. A ma ʻaneʻi au e haʻi i kaʻu moʻolelo no kona hele ʻana mai o ka chemist iaʻu. Makemake mau au i ka ʻepekema. Akā ʻo ka mea i hoʻopaʻa maoli i ka ʻaelike iaʻu ʻo nā papa kemika ʻelua aʻu i lawe ai i ke kula kiʻekiʻe. Ua lawe au i kaʻu mea mua, koʻu makahiki ʻelua o ke kula kiʻekiʻe, koʻu kumu i kēlā manawa, hele i loko me ke kapa anuenue aʻu i manaʻo ai he nani maoli. A hana ʻo ia i hōʻike no mākou. He mea leʻaleʻa wale nō ia e hoʻomaka ai i ke kau. Ua hui pū ʻo ia i kekahi mau mea kemika. Ua poina iaʻu he aha ia mau mea, ʻaʻole wau i hoʻomanaʻo inā haʻi ʻo ia iā mākou, akā ua hoʻokomo ʻo ia i loko o kahi pu liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, a hana i kahi pahū liʻiliʻi i loko o ko mākou lumi papa. Mai ia lā aku, ua hoihoi au. Ua hana mākou i nā mea ʻē aʻe e like me ka hana me ka hau maloʻo. A ma mua o koʻu lawe ʻana i kēlā papa, ʻaʻole au i hana me ka hau maloʻo ma mua, ʻike wau i nā wikiō o ia mea. No laila ʻoluʻolu loa iaʻu, no ka mea ʻaʻole wau i pāʻani me ia ma mua a makemake nui wau. ʻO ka wikiwiki i koʻu makahiki kiʻekiʻe ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe, ua lawe au i kekahi papa kemika kiʻekiʻe. I kēlā manawa, ua ʻike mua wau makemake wau e aʻo nui i ka chemistry, ua hōʻoia ʻia kēlā papa. E like me ka mea i hōʻoia i ka nui o koʻu makemake e alualu iā ia. Ua hana mākou i nā mea he nui. ʻO ia ka manawa aʻu i hana ai i kaʻu hydration mua. Ua puhi pū wau i ka magnesium a ʻoluʻolu loa kēlā no ka mea i ke puhi ʻana iā mākou, ua ʻōlinolino maoli, aneane like me ka hōkū. Me he mea lā e lawe ana kekahi i kahi hōkū mai ka lani mai a waiho i mua o mākou. ʻO ia ka mālamalama. Ua hana mākou i nā mea hou aku. Akā ʻo ia nā hoʻokolohua ʻelua aʻu i hoʻomanaʻo nui ai. Ua makemake wale au i ka manaʻo o ka nānā ʻana, ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka ʻikepili, ka hoʻokomo ʻana i koʻu kapa lole liʻiliʻi a me nā maka aniani. ʻO ia ka mea i manaʻo ai he kanaka ʻepekema maoli wau. I kēia manawa au i ke kulanui, ʻaʻole i hele aku ke aloha no ke kemika, ua ulu wale. Ua hana au me ka waikawa. Ua hana au i nā mea honi e like me ka candy. ʻO ka candy waina, a me ka maiʻa e kikoʻī loa. He mea ʻoluʻolu loa no ka mea ua hoʻopiha ʻia kā mākou labs i kēlā mau ʻala. I kēia manawa, hopu wau iaʻu iho e kamaʻilio me koʻu mau mākua, me he mea lā he loea loea wau. Heluhelu wau i nā lepili o nā huahana a ʻōlelo wau i nā mea e like me, "ʻAe, ʻike wau he aha ia." aiʻole "ʻAe, uaʻike wau i ka hana o ia mea." Makemake au i nā mea a pau e pili ana i ke kemika. Ke manaʻo nei au e like me kēlā kaikamahine liʻiliʻi ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe, i kēlā me kēia manawa aʻu e ʻike ai i kahi mea hou aʻu e makemake ai a i ʻole kekahi mea aʻu i ʻike ai ma ke kemika. E like me, no ka laʻana, ʻo ka papa aʻu i kēia manawa pono mākou e hoʻohana i kahi puke lab. ʻO kēia kaʻu manawa mua e hoʻohana ai e like me kahi puke lab maoli kahi āu e kākau ai i ke kaʻina hana, nā lako a me nā mea āpau. A no laila, makemake nui au. ʻIke au i kēlā ʻano leo ʻē, e like me ka puke puke lab. He puke puke wale nō. Akā iaʻu, ʻo ia kekahi o koʻu makemake i ka kemika. Hoʻomaopopo iaʻu i ka ʻoihana chemist-y. ʻAe, ke kakali nei au i ka lilo ʻana i mea lapaʻau ʻoihana a me ka hele ʻana i waho a hana i nā poʻe i loko o nā labs kanaka maoli e ʻai maikaʻi i nā labs o nā kānaka. Inā makemake ʻoe iā STEM, e hele no ka mea leʻaleʻa. Hiki ke paʻakikī i kekahi manawa, ʻoiaʻiʻo nō kekahi mea i ke ola akā noʻu ma ka liʻiliʻi ʻaʻole ia e like me kaʻu hana kula wale nō. Leʻaleʻa wau i ka hana ʻana e leʻaleʻa, e noʻonoʻo ana i nā pilikia a me nā mea āpau. Aloha wau iā ia. A inā makemake ʻoe, e hui pū me mākou he mea leʻaleʻa ma ʻaneʻi. A ʻo ia kaʻu moʻolelo. Eia hou, ʻo Zahria Patrick koʻu inoa, a ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka chemist.