Yuri-chan's leaving

Today, I went to one of the beaches in Hilo, called 4 mile beach.

My friend Yuri will move to O'hau island for her 4 year education at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.

We had nice time at the beach.
We swam and slept.

There is a nice playing glass area at the beach.



It was beautiful day! It was really hot. I cannot believe that now is winter time.

Oh, the ocean was so beautiful. I recharged my energy there.


Mahalo e (thank you for) her!


I hope Yuri's future at a new place.

My Mini Garden at the lanai

I am growing vegetables at the lanai. Since the baby plants have been here for 2 weeks, they start to be green!
This picture is the most recent one!

One day, I want them to see the ocean view that I am in love with.
Please grow taller so that they can see beautiful view from here.
Now, at least, I hope they enjoy the sea winds and sounds of ocean waves....



This picture was taken one week ago.
Can you see differences from the above picture? The baby plants started to grow!




This picture was taken when the baby plants arrived to the lanai.

It is very fun to see their growth, it's it?

lunch on 12/15, 2009

At 10:00 am, the 92-year-old lady, who I am taking care of, and her sister in-law, and her day-time care givers, and I went to the early lunch at our friend's neighbor house (in the bayshore towers).

All decorations and food were fantastic!!!

Also, we had really nice talks with a beautiful ocean view.

I feel that life is really joyful.

Since I stay with the 92-year-old lady, death becomes closer to me and my life.

I want to do what I can do today and feel happy as much as possible.

Beautiful Views from the lanai

Aloha.


I want to share with you beautiful views from the lanai I stay.
Every day is different. All views are entertainers.


Especially the sun set and sun rise time has the best beauty of the sky patterns.



If I die, I want my body to be in ocean.




When I see the sky every day, it remains me the power of nature, and I realize that we are a part of nature.

My Own Laptop

I have my laptop now.
It is used one, which I like about because I like to reuse things!
I usually do not buy new stuff at stores. Many things I have are given by my friends, or I bought them at the second hand (used) stores.

The laptop is kind of new edition even though it is used.

A funny thing is that the keyboard of this laptop is European type (model), so it is different icons I have to use when I type and remember which icons should be for English version.

I like this laptop. I bought it from my money that I owned.

Mahalo! Mahalo! Mahalo!

I wish that this laptop will be the last one in my life.

It is now my partner.

A New Home from 11/22 to present

I moved to a new place, again.
I found another better potential housing near the hilo bay.
I live at ocean front, which I was dreaming of.
It is more near to my work and school. I now ride my bike to move around. Good exercise!

I am taking care of a 92-year-old lady as a night helper and given a free room with a private bathroom.

The ocean view enriches my life!

Taking care of an elderly person has a lot of responsibilities. I am learning how to deal with the lady and the dying process.

I had hard days to communicate with her. I struggled a lot.

Human's brain can work unexpectedly.

I have been learning a lot through her mind.

Still, I am learning how to deal with her mystery mind. She has rich experiences in her life, so she has many drawers and doors of her minds.

I usually get her words personally. Other her caregivers taught me not to receive her words personally. Of course, it performs every situation at the outside of the world. "Do not get someone's words personally if it makes you unhappy."

I understand what they meant through spending time with her.

Not only her mind but also all man's minds can be mystery.

She makes me re-think about how our mind and brain works.

Staying with her is not easy.

She can easily make me cry and upset.

At the same time, I am blessed to learn manners, communication skills, and a lot of things from her.

I will do my best because many people have supported me through my new changes here.

Especially, one of her sons helps and supports me very much.

What life I have now!

I used to trying to walk without thinking of what the right now moment; but, now I learn to stop to see what is happening right now. Not looking back the past, I believe that this experience I have will enrich my personality and life.

A Postcard from Hula 'Ohana

Mahalo e sharing your mana'o (thoughts) from Lana'i island.

Some of my hula 'ohana went to Lana'i island to support kumu's hula brother's found-raising event. He recently opened a museum. Therefore, kumu and they flew from here to Lana'i island for the event.

Now, I am taking off for hula with kumu hula. However, how great the 'ohana I have.
This postcard makes me so happy and special.

Mahalo nui loa (thank so much).

This card is my treasure now.

Christmas Party with USDA members!

Christmas is coming!
It is one of exciting events in the U.S. including here in Hilo.

I had a Christmas lunch at a Chinese restaurant with USDA members on December 4th.

Our top boss played guitar without hesitation, we followed him with singing Christmas songs in his funky tunes.

I was laughing about the boss who knows what party is supposed to be: joyous and happy!

Everyone ate a lot. Always, Chinese food enriches humans' appetite.

Especially, If it is a case of a buffet style.

It was buffet! I had no choice that I filled up my plate with many kinds of Chinese dishes.

We also had potluck-style sweets after lunch. People bring sweets. All sweets are no way to complain.





We exchanged a Christmas gift. We brought a $5 gift.
My surprised gift I got was a silver gecko bookmark.

A big strong-looking man got a Hello Ketty calculate from me....
Life is funny sometimes.

For around 1 hour, we ate endless food, sang Christmas songs with the funky boss, and enjoyed surprising gifts!


Mahalo for organizing such a fun lunch time!!!

Thanksgiving Day in 2009

In November 26, I was invited to my supervisor's house for a thanksgiving dinner.
Her wife has prepared a lot of dishes for the day.
Thanks to her skills, all food was fantastic!

People usually eat turkey, potato, cranberry source, and pumpkin pie.

American Indians celebrated on the day for blessed food they had.

Not only turkey meat makes people sleepy, but also eating a lot of food makes us more sleepy. Many people take a day off on the next day, so they have no choice of excuse, "Eat and sleep well!"

After I come home from my supervisor's house, I had more dishes of thanksgiving. I hardly ate after that.

Thank you for all food! I was blessed!!

How my supervisor cooked the turkey??
He wrapped it with ti leaves, which has good smell, and steamed in a barbecue grill.
Yammmmmmy!

I tried to eat less because I did not want to be sleepy.


Anyway, my thanksgiving day ended happily in Hilo.