Tomorrow I'll Be Going Hoooooooome!

Wow, it's already my last day here in Hawaii! Tomorrow I'll be off on a plane to Japan!

Today was Sunday so we had our service at home with Erin leading worship. We listened to my father's 'tape' of his sermon, A Fruitful Life. I really enjoyed the sermon though I can't wait to listen to my father's sermon 'for real'. :P

Did some packing and laundry then went out to Genki Sushi with Ericson. Thank you to Ericson for taking us out! I know, going back to Japan soon, but sushi is for anywhere and anytime. lol! We were able to have very good fellowship while enjoying a great lunch.

Naomi and I then went to do some last minute shopping at Kahala Mall. I was able to find a few more gifts and we also got some things for the church Christmas Party in Japan. We also ran over to Star Market on King's Street though unfortunately they didn't have what we were looking for. :S

By the time we got home we were pretty tired but I had to finish packing up my second suitcase. After we were done with that, we watched some tv to relax and it was pretty cool because we caught the skating championships taking place in Canada right now. There were many familiar faces since Naomi and I kind of keep up with ice skating. The Olympic gold medalist Canadian team did a REALLY great dance (most remembered for the famed 'Russian/Canadian Gold Olympic Medal scandal' :P). Alexei Rudalov also performed for the men's single competition and he was simply amazing. We also saw a show where they were giving an inside look on decorators as they decorated... the White House! It was pretty cool to see just how much work it is to decorate such a place.

At around 6:15, the four of us left the house and drove to Waikiki to meet Aunt Jean, Reed, and Christ at Buzz's Steak and Lobster. :P Yup, I know we were 'just' there but Aunt Jean decided to take us there to celebrate our getting through our first semester of school and also in a way to celebrate an early Christmas together. So for the past few days I've been on the phone with my friend Eric to get all the reservations and everything all set up. He was very nice through all of it and got us a nice table and was a great 'server'. ^_^

We spent a really fun two hours there, eating great food and having an enjoyable time together. I shared the seafood combo with Naomi so this time got to enjoy the salad/soup bar a bit more. :P It's just too bad that Donald Trump bought up the whole block and is going to shut down the restaurant; I love the food and am going to miss it!

(On the right, father and son 'clink their drinks', though in fact Reed is holding up A1 sauce... :P)

For dessert, Naomi and I shared the New York style cheesecake which was delicious, especially since it was 'lighter' than a lot of the 'heavier' American cheesecakes. Very yummy... Erin and Maki shared the Macadamia Nut Ice Cream which also looked great (you can see how much they enjoyed it). ^_^

Went home and after getting a little settled, we opened up our Christmas presents. :P Yeah, I know it's early to open the presents but we did this so that we won't have to bring the presents to Japan and stuff. Aunt Penny sent me some dvds and I simply loved them! She knows me so well, she got the musicals Bye Bye Birdy and Annie. ^_^ I can't wait to watch them since I've known and have been wanting to watch them for a while.

From Erin I got a beautiful glass chess set! I've been wanting a chess set for so long; thank you sooooooo much Erin! Can't wait till I come back from Japan so that the girls and I can play. ^_^ I haven't played in a while though, I hope I remember all the rules...

The rest of the evening was spent basically getting ready to leave. I think I've gotten everything ready and 'secure', just a lot of last minute things to do. Soo... I guess it's 'see you tomorrow' for a lot of people!