Fireworks with Music

Hello Everyone,
Here is a video that I had that I thought you would enjoy. This one is of the fireworks at the Hilton. The ones that Tami and I go see every Friday night. We found a spot where we could sit in the lobby of the Hilton and hear the music that the fireworks go to. You can't really tell until the end that there are palm trees all in front of where we were sitting.

Psi Chi Induction

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This semester I got into two more honor societies: Psi Chi and Alpha Epsilon Delta. Well I wasn't sure if I would be able to go to the induction ceremony because it was on the day that I had preclinical and I was expecting them to hold the ceremony at night. I found out that the ceremony was going to be in the afternoon before I had to go to preclinical so I was able to go. Tami came with me to take pictures. Here are the pictures from the induction ceremony.
This is Dr. Metcalfe. He is advisor for Psi Chi and the Psychology club.

This is the executive board of Psi Chi as they went through the semi-formal ceremony.

These are the spring and fall inductees. The fall inductees were also included in our ceremony because they didn't have enough time at the end of last semester to do a formal induction of those members.

I'm getting my certificate from the President of Psi Chi.

Dr. Metcalfe giving me my medallion that I'll wear for graduation.

These are the fall and spring inductees with the executive board of Psi Chi.

Me :)

Just the spring inductees. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Sending you warm wishes and aloha kisses.

My Birthday

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The celebration for my 22nd birthday was definitely more low key than that of my birthday last year. I had clinical the night before so probably only got about 6 hours of sleep before getting up to get ready for work and school. Tami woke up at the same time that I did which I thought was a little wierd since she usually doesn't get up until after I leave on Monday mornings. Well after I was done getting ready I found out why. She made me a birthday cake while I was at clinical the day before.

She lit the candles and sung me "Happy Birthday" all before I headed off to school that Monday morning.

Here's me blowing out my 11 candles since we didn't have 22 to put on the cake.

After I got home from school we went out to Cheeseburger Waikiki for dinner. I of course got a fun drink and next year Tami will be able to join me with a fun drink as well.

We each got the Hawaiian cheeseburger that has grilled pineapple and a plate of cheese fries. Yum.

Then our waitress brought us free dessert since it was my birthday. It was a delicious mudpie. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Sending you warm wishes and aloha kisses.

Easter Egg Dying

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For Easter Tami and I decided to dye eggs. After I got home from preclinical on the Saturday before Easter we dyed a dozen eggs. Here's the pictures from our egg dying.
All ready to go just hoping not to drop this tray on the way from the kitchen to the living room.

Getting everything set up.

Some eggs dyed and others being dyed.

The egg dying kit that we got had funny sticker faces to put on the eggs once they were dry. So this was our egg family. They're quite funny looking :)

This was by far my favorite egg and not just because it was pink. Hope you all had a very Hoppy Easter. Sending you warm wishes and aloha kisses.

North Shore Adventure

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So during spring break this year I rented a convertible and we drove up to North Shore. Tami and I got up early and walked down to the rental place and got the car. After we got the car we went back to the apartment to load up the car for our fun day. Below are the pictures that Tami and I took with all our stuff down to the car. We were ready for our adventure. :-D

First we went to Leonard's and got malasadas for breakfast. Tami and I drove east around the island by Hanauma Bay, Makapu'u Point and SeaLife Park to get to Kailua where we picked up one of Tami's classmates, Cami. This is Cami's first semester here so we asked her if she wanted to join us.

After picking up Cami we went to get Jon at the dorms. He was the only one of us that didn't know we were getting a convertible so he was surprised. After picking him up we made our way to North Shore. It was so much fun.

We of course had to make a stop at Matsumoto's for shave ice especially since Cami had never had it and we hadn't been there since last semester. This was our first group picture of the day. We all enjoyed our shave ice and then headed back out on the road towards the beach.

We went back to Sunset Beach because that beach seemed to have the most parking. We knew from driving along North Shore that we probably weren't going to be able to go in the water because the waves were pretty big but at least we could get some sun. Here's some pictures of the waves there.

There were lots of surfers out that day as well.

One more group shot before leaving the beach. We had to get one in front of the convertible.

Jon and I before we left the beach.

Tami and Cami before we left as well. We dropped Jon and Cami off at the windward campus because they were both taking the dive class to get certified. Then Tami and I drove back through Kailua and back home to unload the car. We took the car back and went out to dinner at the Seaside Grill for some good seafood.

Sending warm wishes and aloha kisses. :)

The Great Tsunami of 2010?

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Well here's the video I shot from the day of the tsunami. It was so quiet and dead in Waikiki that we had to document it. I think this was shortly after they had closed the road off going into Waikiki. Enjoy :)

First Snorkeling Trip of 2010

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So I finally had time to write the blog from when Tami and I went snorkeling at Hanauma Bay our first weekend back. We were there for the longest we've ever stayed at the Bay. We got there around 9:30 that Saturday morning and walked down the big hill to the Bay where we put out our towels by the same lifeguard stand that we do everytime we go there. We went around the keyhole a couple times and we saw the biggest fish we have ever seen there. We also saw a bunch of new fish that we had never seen. We also went over more of the coral because each time we go out we get braver and venture further in the bay. We also snorkeled in the part next to the keyhole which we had never done either. We left the Bay after 3 which like I said earlier was the longest we had ever stayed there. Here's some pictures from our long day.
Here's Tami and I ready to go out after putting our gear on for the first time. Now we whenever we get in the water to put our gear on we always laugh about how long it took us to put on our stuff the very first time we went snorkeling. Now we have a system and we're ready to go in less than 5 minutes.

We saw lots of colorful fishes that always come up real close because they are used all the people that snorkel at Hanauma Bay.

We saw these fish several times and it was kind of funny because we're usually looking down but these guys were floating just below the surface of the water.

Here's some fish nibbling on the coral. The one in the back was one that I had never seen before.

Then we saw this little fish whom we had never seen before either. He's in the middle of the picture with a yellowish tail.

These are my all time favorite fish because they are so colorful and they are the only ones that I know the name of beside the Humuhumunukunukuapua'a. This is a Rainbow Parrotfish. They are so cool and this was the biggest one we had ever seen there usually the ones we see are smaller than this one.

This guy swam right by my face.

I always have to put up a picture of the Humuhumunukunukuapua'a up.

There is a puffer fish in this picture but he's spotted so he kind of blends into the coral. Tami was making fun of me because whenever I see one I always point my finger at them hoping one day that I'll get one of them to puff up. So far I've had no luck.

See I told you there were lots of fish out there.

We also see lots of sea urchins just like these in the holes in the coral. On this particular day I actually saw all black ones but it was after mine and Tami's camera batteries died so we have no proof. That shows you how long we were out because we've never had both of our camera batteries die.

Here's another picture of the coral and the fish swimming near it. It was also a very clear day in the water which is really good for seeing things and taking pictures.

Here's another colorful fish.

This was another fish I had never seen before.

Again another fish I had never seen before.

Okay so this fish has a funny story. Whenever we go snorkeling no matter who's in the group I always lead because I go at the right pace and make sure everyone is okay. Well I'm swimming along and I see this fish whom I thought was just a colorful piece of coral but upon a second glance I realized it was actually a fish. The funny thing was he wasn't swimming around; he was just being very still hoping no one would see him. Also he was tight up against the coral and his head was facing towards the ocean floor. So that's my story about this fish.

Another colorful fishy.

This is another type of Parrotfish and it was huge. Probably the size of my head.

This is another colorful fishy pecking off the coral on the ground.

I hope you enjoyed the pictures. Hopefully I'll be able to write about something fun again before spring break but I don't know with how busy my schedule is.

Sending you warm wishes and aloha kisses. :)