Corner of the Sky

Decided to try putting up a video on my blog. :P Enjoy!

Ice Skating and Broadway Music

Whoah, again it's been a loooooong while since I posted. :P Many sincere apologies and my excuse, albeit lame one, is that I've been busy with so many things going on, including my midterms in school. But midterms are now over! ^_^

Let me tell you what happened on Saturday... Woke up around 9:00 then an hour later, Erin and I went to Ala Moana Shopping Center. Not to shop mind you but to do a kind of 'research' for my paper. What I had to do was visit an upscale retail store and write a report on it. For example, what kind of "feel" did the store have, where were the cash registers placed in the store, what color scheme was used, etc. Decided on checking out Coach which was fun and interesting. After making sure that I understood and new its layout, we left for home.

I started writing my paper then for lunch I made fried rice. Was sooooooo good! Because I've been so busy, the whole past week I haven't made myself lunch at all (just leftovers). Making lunch is sooo nice and much yummier.

Around 1:20, Naomi picked me up and we both went to take Aunt Jean and Reed to the airport (they're going on their belated/second honeymoon to Tahiti). Hope they have a safe trip and have lots of fun there!

Stopped by Tina's house because Tina is moving today. For the past two weeks, Naomi and Erin have been going to help her pack because she had a lot of stuff. :P Only stayed for a bit before Naomi and I swung by home for a second then headed off to the Ice Palace skating rink. Some of my musical theatre friends had decided to go skating and I had been invited (then I in turn invited Naomi). :P There were so many people, mostly kids! It was a very interesting experience to go skating in Hawaii. lol!

There were a few ice rink games I joined it which is a bit complicated so I won't get into. :P But both games I was among the runner-ups which was cool. ^_^ There was also a taiko game which to my shock and dismay, I lost againts Matt. :P Oh, well, I'm comforted in the fact that I'm a real drummer... lol!

In the picture above, that's Lani leaning over with Mitsuko and Matt behind her (I had a nice group picture but unfortunatley, blogspot refuses to put up any more pictures for some reason :S). Mitsuko and I REALLY get along because our personalities are very similiar. Plus she's also taken ballet with the same teacher at the college so likes to dance. She's also really energetic and funny... like me! It's so sad though that she's going back to Nagoya in December. *sobs*

Around 6:30 I say farewell to my friends and headed for home and a little after 7:00, with just enough time to change into nicer clothes, Tiffany picked me up to go to the Honolulu Symphony Concert. The concert was "Giver Our Regards to Broadway" in which there were several guest singers who came to sing famous Broadway songs from like The Sound of Music, Guys and Dolls, Pippin, etc. One of the singers was Guy Merola who I had LOVED playing John Jasper in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Then there was Cathy Fox who played Mrs. Meers in Thoroughly Modern Millie (these two productions are the ones I saw at the Diamond Head Theatre). There was Rocky Brown who was in the actual Broadway cast of Miss Saigon when it first came out on Broadway in 1991. Then old-timer Jimmy Borgers and last of all, 21-year-old Jordan Segunda who was actually in the top 12 in season 2 of American Idol. Such a great group of singers!

Favorite singers who most defintiely have to be Jordan and Guy who were simply excellent! Favorite songs were... "Bring Him Home" (Les Miserables), "This is the Moment" (Jekyll & Hyde), "Guys and Dolls" (self-explanatory), "Luck Be a Lady" (Guys and Dolls), and "The Last Night on Earth" (Miss Saigon).

And that's it for my wonderful Saturday! Until next time!

Okonomiyaki!!~~~

Ok, so this is yesterday's blog which I'm writing today. :P I have some time before my next class so I decided to write a bit and give an update on what's been going on.

Yesterday I had History and ESS class in the morning/early afternoon as usual. History class was cool because we got to watch this video about the American Revolutionary war, mostly in the south. In one scene, on the soldiers was none other than... Philip Seymore Hoffman! I mean... it HAD to be! All my friends were talking about it and we all agreed that it had to be him (for those who don't know, he won Best Actor last year). Strangely though, he wasn't credited. Hmm... I'll have to check into that...

After class, Maki and I went home and then the two of us plus Mrs. Sato and Naomi went to have a late lunch at Big City Diner. I got the classic burger which was yummy and REALLY filling. Oh, yes, something interesting happened there. I wanted the meat cooked medium rare but for anything under medium cooked, I had to sign a form saying that I requested it that way! At first I was a bit 'mock' suspicious and the waiter was laughing and saying it was only the first of about thirty more I have to sign. lol!

Maki and I then had Speech class in the afternoon. I got my first project/paper back... I got a 100%! ^_^ Sooo happy about that. Another 'happy' thing was that we got to leave after only about 15 minutes because all we did was go over the exam prep sheet for the exam we're having next Monday. I'm hoping this exam won't be too hard... :S

Went home and I studied BLAW. And last night, Naomi was on the radio! She and three of her co-workers, who had been involved together in preparing for the Hawaii BioScience Conference this summer, were being interviewed on a local Hawaiian station. It was about a 30 minute interview and Naomi got air time! It was pretty cool hearing a 'familiar' voice on the radio. lol! So that was a really cool that happened yesterday.

I took a BLAW quiz before dinner (got 100%; so relieved since it was a bit of a complicated chapter). And what a dinner we had because Mrs. Sato made her wonderful, stupdendous, absolutely incredible okonomiyaki! AAAAAAHHH! Missed eating it so much that it was quite the treat for all of us here. ^_^

A bit during and after dinner I watched last night's episode of Bones. Very good episode yet once again... I like the developing storyline involving two of the secondary characters in the series.

For the rest of the evening, I was actually studying in the living room (mostly because I was too lazy to move my laptop back to my room :P). The next day (this morning) I had a Psychology exam so I was studying for that. It was nice because Naomi 'joined' me later on with her laptop in the living room and she was working while I studied. Listened to music together and stuff. Also got to talk on the phone with my mother which was nice since we haven't had a chance to talk in a while.

Ok, today's blog I'll wait to write until tonight. :P Till later!

Thus Begins the Seventh Week of the Semester

First, a quick post on what happened yesterday (Saturday)...

Got to sleep in (yay!) and after going to the post office to send something, the rest of the morning was spent cleaning up the house with Erin and Maki in preparation for Mrs. Sato's arrival tomorrow. ^_^ And seriously, we cleaned EVERYTHING! lol, I don't think I ever remember cleaning so much since my mother cleaned the house last time she was here. :P I must say... it's really clean here now.

Had a delicious lunch (ramen) which I cannot stress enough of how good it was! :P In the afternoon I watched a Bones episode and watched Control Factor which I borrowed from Netflix. It stars Adam Baldwin who is a completely different character from the 'Jayne' I know. :P It was quite an interesting science fiction movie; obviously a 'tv-movie' but actually well-done. Very tense and exciting though the ending fell a bit flat. One of those "not-concluded-and-you-should-still-watch-out-for-the-bad-guys-out-there" type of ending. :P If that makes any sense...

Did some homework, particularly History and BLAW. My teacher's catching up on checking the posts so I need to make sure to keep on top of things.

Had Panda Express for dinner then aftewards, Erin and I played Lord of the Rings on my computer. It was pretty interesting doing the game in two-player-mode, especially since it was Erin's first time to play the game. It was sooo much fun as we were yelling and making so much 'noise' while playing. lol! You can imagine...

And now, for today's post: This morning we had our church service in which we listened to Masa's sermon, "Steps from Baptism." He preached this sermon while I was in Japan but since I was in the nursery, I never got a chance to listen to it so it was good to have the opportunity to listen in our service.

For lunch we went to eat at Genki-zushi which was as usual very good. I like going there because I get to eat chawan-mushi. ^_^ Went home and watched a Bones episode with Naomi then since I had 'free' time, I did some homework. Good, huh? :D

Tonight was 'taco-night' as well as potatoes and corn beef night... MmmMMmMmmmmm. We watched The Big Store which was actually Erin's first Marx Brother's movie to watch! EVERYONE has to watch a Marx Brothers movie at least once in their lifetime, don't you think? :P Watched a couple episodes of Hogan's Heroes, too; gotta love Hogan and Newkirk, though I also am very found of Major Hochstetter. :P

Chatted with some people and now I'm off to bed. Tomorrow Mrs. Sato will be here!!