Good morning, all!  The sun has finally broken through the heavy clouds, although I’m sure there’s still more rain in the forecast.  I could still hear thunder in the distance early this morning, which probably meant that the leeward or windward side of O’ahu was getting hit.  It’s kind of strange that the thunder and [READ MORE]

YEEEEHAAAAA!!!  Today is indeed a special day … our little Alex is finally graduating from college!  We’re all preparing to attend the ceremonies at the Stan Sheriff Arena this morning, so we have to leave the house pretty soon.  It’s going to be a long program since there are something like 1,500 graduates getting diplomas [READ MORE]

Happy Aloha Friday, everyone … wait – is it already Friday??!!  I just realized I haven’t written a blog since Tuesday … I am so sorry!  My bad .. blame it on jet lag and my laziness.  Anyway, did you guys realize that it’s also Friday the 13th?  Bad luck Friday here in the states [READ MORE]

Another nice, quiet Manoa morning … just finished a breakfast of eggs (over easy), toasted bagel, and of course,  a mug of steaming hot Dunkin’ Donuts coffee!  Now that my stomach is full, I can start getting ready for another busy day here in the land of aloha!  The puppies seem particularly happy this morning [READ MORE]

Good morning, everyone, and “Happy Aloha Friday!” to you all!  April is flying by so quickly … half of 2011 is almost over and it seems like we just got finished celebrating the New Year!  Doesn’t it seem like the world is in fast forward .. like things are coming at us so fast that [READ MORE]

‘Morning, my peeps!  It’s another Aloha Friday here in Hawai’i nei and the start of another busy weekend for me and ManoaDNA!  Our long weekend of performances actually started last night at the Pakele Live! benefit for Japan and continues through the weekend, ending with the big Kokua Japan concert on Sunday at the Hilton [READ MORE]

Puppies scared the crap out of me this morning … one of our neighbors’ dogs started barking at 6am this morning, so our dogs decided to join right in at full volume.  We were all sound asleep when suddenly “BARK! BARK! BARK!!!”   Man, it’s a good thing I still have control of my bowels [READ MORE]

“A cool breeze enters the restaurant as we are lead to our tables. It’s a busy night at Lulus Waikiki, and a crowd has gathered from the weekend’s Pro Bowl festivities. It’s hard to make out, but there’s a hum of music above the bustle of voices. Who is it?” When ManoaDNA started playing in [READ MORE]

As the title may imply, the theme for today’s post is RECHARGE! I don’t know the word in Japanese, but I think it’s すうっと！ Unfortunately, that meant that I also slacked on the picture taking, but hopefully I can get some together for Thursday’s Nick in Photos post. Friday, Alex & Dad spent the night [READ MORE]

Wow, a week since my last post! I better step it up! Starting off the weekend in the dark, ManoaDNA was featured on the KHON2 morning news with Manolo Morales. We were helping promote the ‘Ohana Festival in Moiliili benefiting the Japanese Chamber of Commerce. Then, of course, this weekend marked the first one back [READ MORE]