MY "AWWWESOME" TRIP TO O'AHU, HAWAI'I - 2014!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

I GOT BACK YESTERDAY FROM MY SHORT BUT VERY FUN TRIP AS WELL AS AN "EMOTIONAL" ONE TOO.

SO KICK IT IN GEAR!!!

THE NIGHT BEFORE I LEFT FOR HAWAI'I...  I GOT SEVERAL WILD CAUGHT RED SALMONS FROM MY BROTHER, "JIM JIM".  TO WAS PERFECT AS I NEEDED SOME TO TAKE BACK WITH ME TO HAWAI'I AND SHARE THEM WITH MY OHANA!!!

MAHALO NUI LOA BRADDA JIM FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND FOR HELPING ME OUT TOO!!!

PATIENTLY WAITING IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA FOR MY FLIGHT TO O'AHU, HAWAI'I

THE FLIGHT WAS PRETTY EASY AND FAST FOR ME AS I SLEPT THROUGH THE ENTIRE TRIP.

I GRAB MY RENTAL CAR AND HEAD OVER TO GO PICK UP SHIRLEY AND GO GET A BITE.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE???

NOTHING...  ITS KOREAN SPICY CHICKEN, MAC SALAD, AND BROWN RICE...  LOL!!!   YES...  BROWN RICE!!!

AFTER THAT YUMMY LATE DINNER...  OFF TO BED I WENT AS SHIRLEY AND I HAVE A VERY LONG DAY AHEAD OF US!!!

I TREATED SHIRLEY TO AN EARLY MORNING "STARBUCKS" CARAMEL CRUNCH FRAP TO WAKE HER UP...  AS FOR ME...  I STILL DON'T CARE FOR COFFEE...  LOL!!!

WATER WILL JUST FINE FOR ME.

YARD WORK FOR ME AT MY GRANDMA'S HOUSE!!!

MY LONG TIME NEIGHBOR...  I CALL HIM MR. R SINCE I WAS A LITTLE BOY BACK IN THE 70'S.  I ASKED TO BORROW HIS SHEARS TO GO CUT DOWN SOME SUGAR CANE STALKS.  MR. R IS A TRADITIONAL JAPANESE MAN WITH MANY SKILLS...  ONE OF THEM BEING A "METAL SHARPENER"...  HE CAN SHARPEN ANYTHING...  I THINK HE COMES FROM A LINEAGE OF SAMURAI WARRIORS FROM OLD FEUDAL JAPAN.  PRETTY COOL IF YOU ASK ME...  GLAD TO HAVE A MAN LIKE HIM IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD...  LOL!!!

"DOMO ARIGATO" MR. R!!!

AFTER CUTTING DOWN SOME SUGAR CANE STALKS...  YOU KNOW WHAT I DID NEXT...  I ATE THE DAMN THING...  ITS THE BEST SWEET THING TO EAT!!!  100% PURE CANE JUICE STRAIGHT FROM THE GROUND!!!

AFTER FINISHING UP THE YARD WORK...  I THEN  HEADED OVER TO THE MARKET TO GET A LEI FOR KAHEALANI AND OF COURSE...  I HAD TO GRAB SOME PAPAYAS TOO!!!

I LOVE PAPAYAS!!!

WE THEN GOT READY TO GO TO SEE KAHEALANI'S "HO'OMAIKA'IKA'I HO'IKE AT THE KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOL CAMPUS ON O'AHU, HAWAI'I!!!

MY BEAUTIFUL GRANDMA...  THE LOVE OF MY LIFE!!!

STILL CHEWING ON MY "SUGAR CANE" STALK...  LOL!!!

INDEED IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL TRIP FOR KAHEALANI...  SHE CRIED HARD AS SHE PARTED FROM HER NEW FRIENDS SHE'S MADE DURING HER ONE WEEK STAY.  

MY TITA, LEHUANANI ALSO CAME FROM HILO, HAWAI'I TO SEE KAHEALANI'S HO'IKE!!!

BY FAR THE BEST PICTURE OF THE NIGHT!!!

MY GRANDMA ALSO A GRADUATE FROM KAMEHAMEHA...  CLASS OF 1951!!!

AND NOW KAHEALANI IS ALSO GOING TO CARRY ON THE TRADITION!!!

IMUA!!!

WE ALL WENT TO DINNER AT "BIG CITY DINER" - LINK:  http://bigcitydinerhawaii.com/

FOR KAHEALANI'S REWARD!!!

WE ENJOYED OURSELVES BEING TOGETHER AS AN OHANA...  SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HAVEN'T DONE IN A VERY LONG TIME.  EVERY MINUTE COUNTED!!!

WE ENDED OUR EVENING AND RESTED UP FOR ANOTHER BUSY SATURDAY IS NEXT!!!

WOKE UP EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND OFF I GO TO THE FARMER'S MARKET.

THE PEARLRIDGE FARMERS MARKET - LINK:  https://www.facebook.com/PearlridgeFarmersMarket

I WAS IN HEAVEN!!!

POI, KULOLO, TARO, FRESH FRUITS & VEGGIES, LOCALLY ORGANIC PEANUT BUTTER AND HONEY!!!

BRING IT ON!!!

I ALMOST BOUGHT THE ENTIRE MARKET...  SO GLAD I BOUGHT BACK SOME "ONOLICIOUS" GOODIES...  AND HEALTHY AT THAT TOO!!!

RIGHT AFTER THAT I HEADED OVER TO GO SEE MY HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATE WHO I LATER FOUND OUT WAS MY FIRST COUSIN FROM MY DAD'S MOM, THE KIMOKEO OHANA FROM MOLOKA'I!!!

MY COUSIN, MELINDA AH HO ARAKI AND MY OTHER HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATE, BRADDAH SHON KIHEWA!!!

WE CHATTED UP A STORM AND LAUGHED OUR ASSES OFF ON HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES AND SOME OTHER STUFF I CAN'T SAY...  LOL!!!

TITA MELINDA & BRADDAH SHON...  IT WAS SO GOOD TO CATCH UP AND MEET UP WITH EACH OTHER!!!  I SO NEEDED THIS LAUGHTERS AND TEAR JERKS MOMENTS TO LIFT MY SPIRIT UP DURING MY PERSONAL STRUGGLES THAT I'M GOING THROUGH...  YOU FOLKS ARE THE BEST...  THANK GOD FOR THE BOTH OF YOU!!!

ALOHA A HUI HOU!!!

ALSO LATER ON IN THE EVENING WE ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE MY AUNTY FRAN'S BIRTHDAY AT GRANDMA'S HOUSE...  WHICH MEANS...

MOVING THE CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE...

TO MAKE ROOM FOR ANOTHER LONG TABLE FOR PEOPLE AND FOODS TO BE SET ON...

GLAD IT WAS CHEAT DAY FOR ME...  LOL!!!

MY COUSIN SHANNON MADE SOME KILLAH DISHES!!!

ESPECIALLY HIS FURUKAKE RICE...  AS YOU CAN SEE KAHEALANI WAS INHALING THIS DOWN LIKE IT WAS GOING OUT OF STYLE...  LOL!!!

I GOING COPY THE SAME RECIPE EXCEPT I GOING USE "BROWN RICE"...  CHEEE-OOOHHH!!!

HAU'OLI LA HANAU E AUTNY FRAN!!!

MAHALO PAUAKA, MAHINA, SHANNON, CHANTEL, MAKENA, ARMANI, CHELSEA, ALIZE, MA, SHIRLEY, AND KAHEALANI FOR MAKING THIS NIGHT AN "AWWWESOME" NIGHT OF OHANA CELEBRATION!!!

AND THAT'S HOW WE ENDED OUR SATURDAY NIGHT...  OR WAS IT SUNDAY MORNING...  LOL!!!

ANOTHER EARLY WAKE UP FOR SUNDAY AS WE HAVE ANOTHER VERY BUSY DAY TODAY WITH MEETING UP WITH MORE OHANA & FRIENDS!!!

FIRST STOP...

MY COUSIN ROBERT KUKAHIKO AND HIS OHANA.

AS SOON AS WE GOT THERE...  BREAKFAST WAS KILLAHZ...

SCRAMBLED EGGS, PORTAGEE SAUSAGE, SPAM, HAOLE RICE...  LOL, AND PANCAKES!!!

JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW...  I HAVEN'T SEEN MY COUSIN ROBERT FOR OVER 20 YEARS!!!  AND NOW I HAVE MET HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE CHARDELL, AND THEIR 3 BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN...

Makanaókeákuá, Kamailekini & Ka'ulananiole

WHILE WE ARE ALL TALKING ABOUT OUR CHILDHOOD MEMORIES...  OUT COMES THE OLD YEARBOOKS...  OMG!!!

FOR THOSE OF YOU COULDN'T IMAGINE ME HAVING AN AFRO...  THIS WILL BE THE ONLY PROOF YOU WILL EVER GET!!!

THERE YOU HAVE IT FOLKS...  AND THIS IS A SHORT VERSION OF MY AFRO...  I GREW IT OUT EVEN MORE...  LOL!!!

SORRY...  NO PIC ON THAT...  LOL!!!

THE OLD HILO INTERMEDIATE YEARBOOK!!!

LOPAKA & OHANA...  WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS WHAT I'VE FELT AFTER BEING AROUND ALL OF YOU!!!  IT ONLY MAKES ME MORE ASSERTIVE AND MORE APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT I ALREADY HAVE IN "MY BEAUTIFUL LIFE".

I AM MORE HUNGRIER THAN EVER TO MAKE OHANA A PRIORITY ONE AND FROM NOW ON I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU FOLKS MORE OFTEN WHEN I RETURN FREQUENTLY!!!

MAHALO NUI LOA FOR KEEPING IN TOUCH AND REACHING OUT TO ME.  I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL TO HAVE AND CALL YOU FOLKS...  OHANA!!!

SECOND STOP...

MY BETHEL, ALASKA FRIEND, ELIZABETH MOVED TO HAWAI'I AND STARTED A BEAUTIFUL OHANA OF HER OWN AND NOW IT WAS TIME TO FINALLY GO SEE HER AFTER A YEAR AGO. 

SHE CHOSE TO EAT "THAI FOODS" AND PICKED "PHUKET THAI RESTAURANT" - LINK:  http://www.phuketthaihawaii.com/

SO KAHEALANI AND I MET UP WITH HER AND THE FUN BEGINS!!!

WE LAUGHED UP A STORM AND UPDATED HER WITH ALL OF THE BETHEL, ALASKA NEWS AND GOSSIPS...  LOL!!!

WHILE I'M LISTENING AND TALKING...  I GOTTA SAY THAT ELIZABETH IS PRETTY MUCH "KAMAAINA"...  HER PIDGIN AND IS ALREADY KICKING IN AND SHE'S ADAPTED VERY WELL AND I VERY HAPPY FOR HER AND HER OHANA.

BEAUTIFUL GRANDMA EMMA AND BABY CHRYSTAL!!!

I ALMOST KIDNAPPED HER...  LOL!!!

ANOTHER "AWWWESOME" GET TOGETHER WITH ELIZABETH, EMMA, AND CHRYSTAL!!!  NO WORRIES ROB...  I HOPE TO MEET YOU WHEN I VISIT AGAIN!!!

YOU ALL HAVE MY UNCONDITIONAL BLESSINGS FROM OUR OHANA!!!

PLEASE DO KEEP IN TOUCH!!!

THIRD STOP...

TERRENCE & LAURA ARE ALSO HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATES OF MINES...  WE'VE MET UP 4 YEARS AGO AFTER FINDING EACH OTHER ON "MY SPACE"...  YOU READ CORRECTLY...  "MY SPACE"...  LOL!!!

TERRENCE WAS IN MY MECHANICAL DRAWING CLASS AND LAURA WAS FRIENDS WITH MY OTHER FRIENDS.

NOW LETS GO FURTHUR BACK TO 2006...  I GET A MESSAGE FROM LAURA FROM "MY SPACE" AND WE'VE BEEN CHATTING FROM TIME TO TIME.  NOW FAST FORWARD SEVERAL MORE YEARS AND ITS NOW 2010 AND THEN TERRENCE COMES INTO THE PICTURE AND I LATER FIND OUT THEY ARE A COUPLE

SO LETS GO BACK IN TIME...  4 YEARS AGO WHEN I FINALLY MEET THEM PLUS ANOTHER CLASSMATE OF MINES... SCOTT...  LOL!!!

AGAIN...  THESE PICS WERE TAKEN IN 2010...

SO NOW WE'VE FINALLY MET AND BEEN KEEPING IN TOUCH EVERY NOW AND THEN THROUGH "FACEBOOK"...  ANOTHER MEETING IS TO HAPPEN...

SO NOW WE ARE BACK TO THE PRESENT...

TERRENCE & LAURA INVITED ME AND KAHEALANI TO ANOTHER SUSHI RESTAURANT, "DORAKU" - LINK:  http://dorakusushi.com/

AS SOON AS WE WALKED INTO THIS PLACE...  I KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO BE A GOOD PLACE TO EAT!!!

I SHOULD'VE TOOK PICS OF THIS PLACE...  IT WAS "ZEN" OUT TO THE MAX!!!

SAKE IS A MUST FOR THIS!!!

THIS IS THE BEST OYSTER SHOT I'VE TASTED...  YOU MUST TRY ONE...  AND SO WHAT IF YOU ARE ALLERGIC...  BRING AN EPI PEN!!!

GARLIC STEAK

FIRE PRAWNS...  THIS ONE WAS MY PERSONAL FAVORITE!!!

FRICK...  I CAN LIVE IN THIS RESTAURANT!!!

EVERYTHING WAS TOP OF THE LINE AND YUMMY!!!

AGAIN WE WERE CATCHING UP WITH MORE STORIES AND LAUGHING UP ANOTHER STORM OF "TRUTH OR DARE"...  LOL!!!

AS THE EVENING GETS LATE I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA END IT...  BUT I WAS WRONG...  TERRENCE & LAURA GAVE KAHEALANI A CHOICE FOR DESSERTS...

IT WAS "TAIWANESE SHAVED ICE" OR "FLAMBE ICE CREAM"

AND SHE CHOSE...

WE WENT TO "HY'S STEAKHOUSE" - LINK:  http://hyswaikiki.com/

FOR "FLAMBE DESSERTS"...  EXCELLENT CHOICE KAHEALANI!!!

WE ENDED OUR EVENING HERE AND SAID OUT GOODBYES UNTIL NEXT TIME IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE!!!

TERRENCE & LAURA...  THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING TIME TO MEET UP WITH US.  I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU FINALLY MET MY DAUGHTER KAHEALANI...  SHE'S ALL GROWN UP AND TOO BAD YOU MISSED OUT ON HER BABY YEARS...  LOL!!!  BUT WHAT;S MORE IMPORTANT IS YOU HAVE NOW UNTIL THE END AND WE BOTH LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EACH OTHER MORE OFTEN AS I MAKE MY WAY BACK HOME WHEN GOD SAYS SO.

AGAIN...  THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL COMPANY, THE "ONOLICIOUS" FOODS AND DESSERTS...  IT IS DEFINITELY A MEMORABLE ONE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE AND KAHEALANI'S AS WELL.

ALOHA A HUI HOU!!!

AND WE FINALLY ENDED OUR BUSY SUNDAY FROM MORNING TO EVENING!!!

MY LAST DAY...

WE WENT TO GO PAY OUR RESPECTS TO OUR OHANA.

WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU FOREVER...  UNKO SOL, AUNTY BECKY, AND COUSIN ALBERT.

RIGHT AFTER THAT WE HEADED OVER TO THE STORES TO GO DO MY SHOPPING...  AND OF COURSE...  IT'S TIME TO SHOP FOR SAKE!!!

SO I FOUND SOME NEW GOODIES AND I CAN'T WAIT TO TRY THEM THIS COMING WEEKEND AT A FRIEND'S BIRTHDAY PARTY!!!

RIGHT AFTER I GOT MY SHOPPING DONE...  IT WAS TIME FOR OUT USUAL PEDICURE & MANICURE TREATMENT FOR ME AND KAHEALANI!!!

BUT THIS TIME WE DID SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND SPECIAL.  BECAUSE KAHEALANI IS NOW ACCEPTED AT KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOL, PART OF THE DRESS CODES IS NO MAKE UP ALLOWED AND ONE OF THEM IS COLORED FINGERNAIL POLISH.  SO KAHEALANI ASKED ME TO HAVE MY NAIL COLORED JUST FOR HER SINCE SHE CAN'T.  I SAID I'LL ONLY DO IT "ONCE"...  AND SHE AGREED AND THEN SHE PICKED THE COLORS.

ENJOY AND LAUGH AWAY!!!

THE END RESULTS...  LOL!!!

AND NOW ITS FINALLY TIME FOR ME TO RETURN BACK TO BETHEL, ALASKA.

ITS ALWAYS HARD FOR ME TO LEAVE MY LOVED ONES...  ESPECIALLY KNOWING THAT THEY ARE GETTING OLDER AND SO AM I...  LOL!!!

BUT EVERY TRIP HOME ALWAYS HELPS ME GROW AND APPRECIATE "MY BEAUTIFUL LIFE".

MA, AUNTY FRAN & OHANA, UNKO EARL & AUNTY DONNA & OHANA, MR. R, SHANNON & CHANTEL & OHANA, MY COUSIN MELINDA & OHANA, MY COUSIN ROBERT & OHANA, MY BETHEL FRIEND, ELIZABETH & OHANA, TERRENCE & LAURA, AND SHIRLEY.

YOU ALL HAVE PLAYED A BIG PART IN "MY BEAUTIFUL LIFE" AND I WOULD NOT BE WHERE I AM AT IF IT WASN'T FOR ALL OF YOU.  YOU ALL PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN MY LIFE...  AND FOR THAT...  I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL AND YOU ALWAYS HAVE MY "LOYALTY" AS IT HAS BEEN GIVEN BACK TO ME TOO.

I LOVE YOU AND MISS ALL OF YOU!!!

ALOHA A HUI HOU!!!

ARRIVED IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA... SAD BUT HAPPY TO KNOW I'LL BE HANGING WITH MY BROTHER TWITCHELL FOR THE DAY.

HANGING OUT AT TWITCHELL'S BEAUTIFUL HOME IN WASILLA, ALASKA!!!

ATE LUNCH AT "CRAZY MOOSE SUBS" - LINK:  https://plus.google.com/103662447431732924133/about?gl=us&hl=en

MAHALO FOR LUNCH TWITCHELL...  IT WAS SUPER YUMMY AND FILLING!!!

CLEAN EATING AGAIN...  I LOVE SHOPPING FOR CLEAN FOODS!!!

I GOT:  JAPANESE EGGPLANTS, CHINESE BITTER MELONS, TARO, MINTS, THAI BASIL, RED & GREEN LEAF LETTUCE, ARUGULA GREENS, SPINACH, LIMES, CUCUMBERS, GINGER, GARLIC...  ALL ORGANIC BABY!!!

BACK TO LIVING CLEAN AND HEALTHY BABY!!!

GINA SPORTING HER NEW SHIRT!!!

YOU GO GIRL!!!

AND I'M BACK IN BETHEL, ALASKA.  

ARGHHH!!!

JUST KIDDING...  GOTTA GET BACK TO WORK AND WORKING OUT AS USUAL.  I MUST ADMIT...  I LOVE LIVING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE!!!

TO ALL MY OHANA, FRIENDS, AND FANS OF MY BLOG FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD...  I APPRECIATE EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR KIND AND LOVING SUPPORT!!!

KEEP THE EMAILS AND COMMENTS ROLLING IN...  ITS MY "LIFE SUPPORT".

I LOVE YOU FOLKS!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA