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Tuesday, 23 August 2005

Well the summer of 05 is now in the record books. I had a wonderful summer especially in Hawaii. So many best things there. Like the Hawiian music concert put on by KCCN. Ah just love Island music. Also went to the famous Matsumoto's shaved ice. It was good but if you want an awesome out of this world shaved ice go to Tropicana. OUTSTANDING. You won't believe it! Also thanks to my wife, she is so good at finding great places to visit and eat. We went to the Pagoda Restaurant for a fantastic $4.99 breakfast. It's a beautiful Restaurant with a great Japanese garden and Koi pond. Fantastic. If you want good and cheap tourist stuff go to Dai Wo( I think that's what it's called. A Japanese store with all kine stuff). I also had a blast deep sea fishing thanks to my brother in law and a friend (who owns a great boat). It was so gorgeous out on the west side of Oahu. We went to two Costco's in Oahu and wow they got some good kine stuff.

I'm ready to pack the bags and go again. I wonder if living there could just melt away the stressors of life. Do you think people who live there get island fever and miss a bigger land mass? Or does the beauty of the island and the friendliness of people make up for all that someone might miss in say a state like California?

Aloha. and Peace,
papa b dawg

Tuesday, 05 July 2005

Aloha to all. I've been very fortunate to be on sabbatical from church ministry last two weeks and looking forward to next 4 weeks of sabbatical. It's been nice visiting churches on Sunday. I've been taking notes and observing how they do things. How important in your experience is being greeted "sufficiently"? In your answer please define "sufficently" from your perspective. Also does the greeting have an impact on whether you will stay in the church. So far I've visited two large churches and one moderate sized one. I've found that the larger churches do a poorer job of greeting new comers. Probably because they have no idea who the new comer is. The moderate church did a much better job of greeting. The two large churches I visited I was greeted once or twice by the "professional" door greeters. At the moderate sized church I was greeted about 6 times by 6 different people and even the Pastor. What do you think? I know there are many factors on why people stay in a church and greeting is just one of those factors.

On Sunday night G and I went to the Pound(very interesting place) in SF to experience a battle of the bands. It's been a long time since I attended a battle of the bands. In fact the last time I attended a battle of the bands I was actually in it. Yeah I was in a band and we thought we were cool We were called the Mystics but my dad called us the mistakes. And we had all the right moves to the Motown beat. My favorite two favorite songs were - My Girl by the Temptations and Shotgun by Jimmy Walker and the All stars.

Well, battle of the bands have certainly changed, a lot more energy. It was thrilling to see the young man in our church perform with his band. It brought back old memories when this old dude was once in a band. Any how we were so proud to see young man and his band tie for first place. In my opinion they should have been #1. They just sounded so much better than the rest.

Blessings,

pb dawg

Wednesday, 08 June 2005

Aloha,
In a few short weeks I will be in Hawaii. I don't want to stick out as a tourist. Could someone help me with the Hawaiian Language by translating the following terms.

Kahala
Honoka'a
Wailua
Waimea
Da kine
Honi
Akamai
Menehune
Opu
Ono
Pilikia
pupu
Shaka

Thanks for your help.

Aloha and Mahalo

Monday, 09 May 2005

Hi everyone,

Could use some advice. Gonna be in Hawaii this summer, on the island of Oahu. What are the top ten things you would do in Oahu. The 10 absolute things you would not miss in Oahu. Please place them in the order of 10 being the best.

Aloha and Mahalo