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Michelle Wie steps up to help
Being that I'm from Hawaii, I am well aware of the child phenom Michelle Wie though she isn't like Tiger Woods in that he won every amateur title before turning pro. Wie never attained that but recently with her millions of dollars... she stepped up to the plate. It's quite shocking and while it may be for publicity... at least she is doing ( Read more... ) -
I agree with this lady
In today's paper a lady wrote about compassion for the homeless in Hawaii. I guess it's stating the obvious but far too often compassion is lacking. Fortunately this lady stated the obvious and I agree with her... instead of bitching about the homeless in Hawaii... why not try to do something about it???? Here is her letter:
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Is this true about Ikaika Hussey?
Someone responded to my post about Ikaika Hussey that I made in February 2006 here:
http://haolegirl.livejournal.com/1004318.html
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Haha
Sometimes I really like to make some people laugh but I've always been that way. A total goof ball. Anyway here is one of my best statements ever... in bold LOL:
"Yeah... I was writing as a Hawaiian. As a human being on that level... the effects are the same. Like in the Lion King... it's the circle of life. We are all connected in some way...."
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I never tell people what languages I understand
I never tell people what languages I understand... in case I hear them talk bad about me LOL But I do and can understand many languages. Well lately Kalani and I have been discussing languages. He speaks Hawaiian and Spanish in addition to English. This is what he told me recently:
"That’s why I like speaking Spanish w/ those who dunno English. ( Read more... ) -
I wrote about him in September 2005
I wrote about Eric Poohina here ( Read more... ) -
Spanish tutor and work
Today my Spanish tutor told me to read some passages aloud and he told me I am at an intermediate level LOL I don't brag though but he likes how I pronounce words in Spanish.
Of course I laughed when he had Sesame Street cards in English and in Spanish because I have the same ones LOL They look something like this:
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Sad news
One of my mentors who has been nothing but helpful to me well I found out her father had a heart attack and is in a coma. He's been that way since Friday. How terribly sad ( Read more... ) -
More on languages
I don't know how accurate this information about learning languages is but I found this online. It's quite interesting ( Read more... ) -
CEO Bill Brown of the Bishop Museum
I've never liked Bill Brown of the Bishop Museum. Granted the museum now offers jobs to many local people including but not limited to Hawaiians but he's always rubbed me the wrong way because he seems disrespectful. I could feel it in my naau ( Read more... )