Once in awhile you just gotta vent it out (a la sistah Rosey), so for this Fave Five Friday edition let’s go against the flow and call it an “I’m So Over It Friday”. Get it off your chest! All those things, people, and topics that have been making you all “irrrimatated” … Vent it out people.
Just remember, this is a family show so let’s keep it classy and “G-rated”. We don’t want the Advertiser to give Ed the boot.
Here’s my “I’m So Over It” Five:
The singing Mayor – I don’t even have to name this guy and we know who it is. Don’t get me wrong, he’s a decent singer. I’d just rather have my mayor talking about key plans to improve the city, not finding his key on the magic mike.
Furlough Fridays – there’s like five left for the year … How about we just bunch um together and make Spring Break one week longer? Wait, didn’t they trim Spring Break by one week in order to keep the kids in school? What the?!
Brett Favre – just say you going play already cuz’. We all know you will. (And we know Ed is targeting you for his fantasy team).
“Prices differ in Hawaii” – weren’t we all stoked when Pizza H ran that “any size, any toppings all for ten dollars” ad? Then Bam! It costs us like sixteen dollars for the same deal. It ain’t costing six bucks more to make the same pie here in Hawaii. Price of Paradise and all … Puh-leeze!
Dude with the surgical mask – buddy, you ain’t the only one suffering in this economy. I’m sure if you really need the scripts for a good reason, somebody might help you. But please, stop messing with the safety of customers and employees.
And with that … I’m So Over. Whew! Thanks for hearing me out. Enjoy the weekend, and VHO7V Friday to y’all!
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The Guest Blog Schedule:
THU 03/11 – Chicken Grease – “TheGrease and TheBus”
FRI 03/12 – kuya.d – “I’m So Over It”
MON 03/15 – JMAW – “Something like a Phenomenon”
TUE 03/16 – frankie – “The Curse of the Murse”
WED 03/17 – kako mochi – “Where in Oregon is kako mochi?”
If you haven’t managed to indulge our fair city’s TheBus system in a while, or, uh, ever, well, it’s high time that you do. We got rail coming after all, so, practice, citizens. At the very least, you’ll be able to contribute to the inevitable record about what public transportation was like in Honolulu, pre-2525.
The Grease had to take TheBus (hereon referred to not in its mere referent sense, but, rather, as the respective TheBus buses that I took. These would include Express-type buses [which usually take you directly from one major destination to another with a limited amount of stops, i.e., from the main Alapai TheBus lot to the place of ya'll residence or whatever; these Express buses usually operate in the morning and afternoon, catering to TheWork crowd] and regular city buses [you know, the kind we grew up with way back when. The kind the folks told you and your friend(s) to take to go beach, movies, comic book shops sometimes w'en they was lazy drive us keeds. Gosh. I really hate the language we use to describe our hana bata days, don't you? Yeah, you do, too. Anyway . . .], which are seemingly the opposite – the city buses stop at every bus stop so much so that if you’re somehow carrying a history book with you whilst on a city bus, take a look inside once you reach your destination; your own route might be addressed in there. And I know what you’re thinking: why’s this parenthetical reference so long? Show your kids. Tell ‘em a parenthetical passage this long will get them a treacherous, and deserved, red mark on essays) recently because his car, you know, had something wrong, yeah? I must admit, though, initially realizing TheBus as the best way to take a brotha’ to and from the workage in my case, The Grease’s hips weren’t exactly movin’ like “yyyyyeahhhh,” the bus driver would’ve, instead, called HPD if I asked him to play my favorite song (via announcement speakers on TheBus; more on that in a moment, yeah?), and, in the end, the churning in a brotha’s gastro’ while ol’ big yellow, white, and black trimming in motion couldn’t exactly be linked to butterflies. Ehyyy-yaaayyyyy eee-yay-yay, not ‘zactly a party on TheB-U-S. Ahem.
All ½ kidding aside, The Grease has greased a newfound appreciation of this award-winning (oh, yes! TheBus was bestowed the American Public Transportation Association’s equivalent of the Best Picture Oscar as America’s Best Transit System in 1994 and 2000[1] [!] as confirmed with a bus driver TheGrease spoke to; oh, ‘nother thing here: there is a warning on TheBus to please not speak to TheBus driver whilst TheBus is being operated and/or is in motion. Certainly doesn’t explain why they’re able to talk on their cell phones so much – HA, HAAAAA, nah, nah, nah, jus’ joking ’bout that!) mass transportation system. You must needs wonder dosh’te[2] people LOVE their kurumas[3] so much and/or hate on TheBus enough so that they, uh, what’s the word, uh, oh, yeah, so that they NEVER include this very proved Oahu public transportation in at least, oh, I dunno, ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR, MAYBE in their shopping, love affairs, movie goings, and street parties goings to around town?! S’matter? Hah? Bus too good fo’ you, brah???
[Composes self] Well, award-winning or not, TheGrease – in his livin’ la vida renaissance o’ TheBus – hath noticed a few things ’bout TheBus of Honolulu of today. Come along and reminisce (’cause my cah fix alreadies, cheee dahggies!!!!) with bruddah as if we’re listening to an old-time slow jam that the radio station nevah play long time, OK? Let’s ride:
Preciously located near the in/out doors of TheBus are clear (relatively speaking) plexiglass-type windows/partitions. Upon first glance of the oddly-shaped plexiglass, you wonder why they’re there. You also wonder if they’re somehow bulletproof (which in itself presents a conundrum – those plexiglasses aren’t big enough to cover even the skinniest of us, and, anyways, oh, mercy, if you’ve seen WHO boards TheBu . . . oh . . . I better shut my Rod Tam-ness up). And, you know, you recognize these flat panels from somewhere else, I mean, you’ve HONESTLY seen such panels before – not fake kind flashback that you use to tell girl at club, “‘ey, I t’ink I seen you from befo’.” The Grease is still trying to figure out wh . . . oh, waitaminute, I JUST recalled (“recall, recall, recall!!!” Hey, how come HBO doesn’t air Total Recall on a more regular bas . . . sorry for this tangent. Let’s move on, sorry), yeah they remind you of the partition glass between and an inmate and visitor in prison movies!
It might also be fair to mention that the material from such penal code partition fare seems to be shared by TheBus’ own outer windows and windshields. What? You thought such monolith, easy-for-kids-to-hit-rocks-with passenger crafts included GLASS windows? And if luck chooses a window seat for you, you might well notice, oops, yeah, you’re reading this right . . . a substance smeared upon such window that would’ve fit just perfectly in Alien egg and face-hugger scenes from the Alien films. Yeah. Though you quickly surmise that the “eyeuuuuww” is, in fact, hair grease (no relation) unintentionally left by some poor soul so tired during his destination that he went comatose enough to . . . well . . . enough to unconsciously smear his head grease on TheBus window [!]. Poor t’ing, but, what a decidedly unique ambience, then!
Sticking to décor, seats on TheBus of today are cloth-based and, so, yeah, I initially wondered what all of you are wondering here: is there a TheBus person or people specifically assigned to go through each TheBus with a brush or vacuum to eradicate any of TheLice (I mean, we learned as much from our elementary school days, no?) from such cloth seats? I mean, the immediate contact area is just NOT a place to get TheUkus infection. I think one of Dr. G. Watanabe’s recent blogs, yes, here at the Advertiser Blogs, talked about scabies, too, so, go take a look. Oh, I digress. Well, nothing ended up happening to bruddah, TheLice-wise during my stint on TheBus. Also of note: the older buses have a decidedly dudu brown color (what? It’s the color The Grease thought of when he first saw; kind of smart for TheBus to use such scheme, when you think about it) and others, still, instill a red pattern – as if to scream, “OOH, island theme! Volcano-kind you see?!?!” – on their seats. Now, your newer TheBuses sport, wouldn’t you know it, a Nav’i blue theme a-goin’ (this ain’t the last Avatar reference in this WWE sub’. Sorry. Yeah, I’m on Team The Hurt Locker myself) as their own seat covers!!! And this was BEFORE the film’s release [!] as I understand. Bet Pandora doesn’t have new bus smell anywhere in its jungle, though.
There was that problem a while back with that one TheBus driver playing some kind of hand-held video game while driving. I say promote bruddah if bruddah could manage to even FIT that game where he operated TheBus. Gadzooks! There is hardly any room to DRIVE much less get these poor drivers’ classic Joust play on. I would love to hear yells of “eh, no mo’ room in th’ cabin! UNION!!!” at their next TheStrike. Give these cats a bit more room! In the very least, the size of the Millennium Falcon’s cockpit would do. Then, they’ll be able to bring in a console game system.
The Na’vi-studying (see, I told you) Dr. Grace Augustine herself, even, would have one heckuva headache in classifying and categorizing TheBus regular riders. The Grease is telling you, a regular blog is called for TheRegularRidingTheBusFolk. Here are just SOME of them:
The owner-starer, whose millisecond mean gaze (that’d make the garden-variety island-flavored stink eye look like one of Lilo’s pals) to convey that you, newbie, are sitting in their regular seat. The owner-starer has somehow extended the cost of bus fare (yes, the same price that you paid) to outright seat ownership. Do not engage in conversation, do not stare back, ignore their heavy, habut[4] steps. They have realized they have lost today; be prepared for aggressive gallop action by the owner-starer tomorrow.
TheAlmostTOOWellDressedian for TheBus. SO well-dressed and SO equipped with TheLatestGadgets that you wonder if they manage to afford that with all TheMoney they save by not paying for TheCar, TheCarInsurance, and TheCarRepair.
The, you know, God still watches you even off-campusian appears 100% student and usually sports an emblazoned, fancy and sometimes stitched school crest on the shirt being worn. Facial skin condition (i.e., acne). Emits foul language and enough gossip that would get thee most gossipiest gossip girl from your own alma mater to a nunnery like one that might be associated with the campusian’s very school if she had to contend with such next generation gossip. Your best bet in dealing with this particular encounter is to pretend to ignore them (they tend to travel in packs) as you will discover an inability to ignore their rants more fit for a Dante’s Inferno and Comedy Hour live show; see, this being has evolved to enable itself to project over said spacecraft-class roar of TheBus engine and blaring hate-on Al Gore air conditioning unit.
TheTwitterstoSelf without ‘lectronic devician, speaks to self and, well . . . none have managed to get the, what’s Ed say? Oh, yeah, the “dilly-o” on this cat. Just leave this one be.
The “What? Only use TheBus when yo’ cah need servician?” People like Chicken Grease. ‘Nuff said.
There’s more. But, like I said . . . ‘nother blog needed for the thousand other types.
Now, TheBus riders are treated to periodic, recorded announcements from loudspeakers ‘pon TheBus ceiling. These hand-crafted, constant, indoctrinating announcements would make an OCP Corporation/World War II Axis/Lord Vader’s minions collective quite jealous. Thought you could take a nice nap on pub’ trans’ as was somehow implied in a TheBus “hey you should ride, you know?” fancy brochures and TV ads? Check out a few o’these TheBus gospels and judge for thyself:
“Please silence mobile phone ringers and refrain from loud conversations while riding TheBus.” This is assuming you can hear your handheld a-ringing and/or hold a conversation (or talk to yourself when it comes to some TheBus riders, see above TheBus TheRegulars discussion) above previously mentioned NASA rocket-like decibel-class engine and the anti-Al Gore blare of TheBus air conditioning unit). Mmm. School kids with school crests on their uniforms are exempt from this rule, apparently.
“If you see something, say something. Immediately alert TheBus driver or call 9-11 if you witness any suspicious activities on board TheBus or transits or depots,” something or other. Now, this is my favorite announcement because TheBus shows their concern for my TheBusRider pursuit of safetyness. Mercy, though. What a tall order: ON board the bus AND at transits and depots. I better not read or check e-mail and stay alert, then. Hey, now . . . I thought we implemented Sky Marshals a long time ago. You know, though, I think if the bad guys ends up targeting TheHonolulu TheBus system, I think we pretty much have the suckers cornered, i.e., on an island [!], no? By the time they have to go after our ‘aina to make their point? You would suppose their explosive devices would be laughed out of the store by our own indigenous non-permit firecracker aisles, even. For Pete’s sake, “immediately alert the Bus Driver or call 9-11″??? Whyn’t we craft law outside of Rod Tam logic to give TheBus drivers TheDiscretion to refuse the boarding of ne’er-do-wells and evildoers. They know how they look like, WE riders know how they look like, OK? Crud, somebody call CBS! This has GOT to be 5-0 new series fodder – episode description: McGarret and a heavily armed 5-0 crew attempt to neutralize a suspicious activity onboard . . .
Well. At least I got to fit in a quasi-The Hurt Locker reference, yuk yuks. AND a 5-0 reference? From the NEW show? Do I get points for THIS, Ed? [Note: See "Epic Beard Man" on Youtube for the above. Classic!]
Street announcements. TheBus, I kid you not, via this announcement system, will mention the respective street at which TheBus a few seconds ‘fore reaching the respective stop. Consider, especially in the case of a long TheBus ride, a rider’s anticipation in arriving at their happy place via TheBus; such rider’s yearning finds, indeed, kinship with something ‘tween the juvenile classic “are we THERE yet?” with the adult-based air travel self-prayer of “let’s get there THIS YEAR please!” Yet, here, TheBus has managed to give more than they need to (see? Giving isn’t always better than receiving). These street announcements make you think you’re on some other alternate Oahu (Lost eat your heart out). TheBest example of what a Grease is a-talkin’ ’bout finds itself in how certain Diamond Head-heading TheBuses will make a stop at . . . well, you know the King Kamehameha I statue facing Iolani Palace? Well, apparently, that’s a MAJOR, MAJOR TheBus stop (as the digital marquee onboard TheBus evinces). Note that the announcement at THAT stop goes a little somethin’ like this: “Iolani Palace, King Kamehameha statue, Honolulu Hale, Kukui Gardens, Main Library, Queen’s Hospital . . .” and, so, you quickly question if we actually have that many places on the island. Or maybe The Grease was out of town the day The Incredible Hulk came to town and mashed up all these places in one big, 100 foot concrete and metal ball. OK, OK, all right, heck, I get it: guess TheBus figured some of us need an overage of sticklers to tell you where you’re at. I dunno if such folk need to relocate to a less challenging geographic like a 10 foot by 10 foot island [!].
“As a reminder, please offer seats to the elderly and to persons with disabilities.” “Shucks,” I thought, when I first heard this one. THE one thing I was looking forward to in my forced bus journeys was to refuse my seat to these types – I mean, how d’a heck d’ey rate more than me, I figgah. They get to have reserved seats? A “regulation” the signs on TheBus tell me? Come ON, now, I mean, I’m standing strong on two feet – there MUST be some law still on the books that define me as more superior to both classes, I just know it. “Offer seats to the elderly”? That MUST somehow be wrong; we live in a very youthful tech’ age, by gum. Anyway, just WHO d’a heck qualifies as “passengers with disabilities?” Someone call Rod Tam, please.
Like TheBus “friends,” these announcements are just SOME of the announcements you’ll hear as TheBus’ wheels go ’round and ’round.
Now, The Grease wants to conclude (and, really, it’s about time I end all this, yeah?) with how TheBus riding presents a fine way to experience keita no denwa[5] texting while riding (but, not personally driving; oh, no, kid, we know that’s not allowed [!]) at 60+ miles per hour (and, tangent: hooo, baby, best BELIEVE some of these drivers make you see President Lincoln, Kamehameha [all of 'em], authentic World War II battles, and dinosaurs with how fast they drive; TheBus Admin’ and bosses, please, no scol’ these drivers ’cause fun, yeah, ‘cuz? Fo’ us riders). So if you want to get in the face of the law and morality AND do so LEGALLY, well, pull out that overpriced plan keita no denwa and start texting as Union bruddah happily drives you to wherever you need to go. I trust all of you, so, I’ll give you a glimpse into one of The Grease’s private, recent texts rendered on L’TheBus:
GREASE: [sends txt mssg.] “Yo.”
GREASE FRIEND: [responds] “what’s up?”
GREASE: “I dunno. Just texting you.”
GREASE FRIEND: “what?”
GREASE: “I am on the road.”
GREASE FRIEND: “dangerous!”
GREASE: “I am on TheBus.”
GREASE FRIEND: “I don’t have unlimited text like you what you want?”
GREASE: “I am just trying out to see what it is like to text at 60 MPH.”
[no response from GREASE FRIEND until the end of The Grease's ride, about 1/2 hour, for the record]
So there. Better stop here (pardon the pun, heh, get it? “Stop here”? As in “bus stop”? Ha haaha ahaha hahaha hhaah ah haa h . . ha .. . ha . . . ha).
And I just better stop altogether. Hey, go green other than with UH sports, OK? No sce’d, give your cash and credit cards a break from the gas station sometimes and take TheBus to ya’ll future destinationses.
Thank you for your attention.
- Chicken Grease
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[1] As indicated in TheBus thrived under manager’s leadership article by Venus Lee, from the 07/21/2005 The Honolulu Star Bulletin, from archives.starbulletin.com . . . what the . . . a reference from THE COMPETITION??? Eek. Eh! Keep TWO ‘papers in d’is town!!!! Wikipedia’s article on the Honolulu TheBus system mentions these two awards as well. So, there.
[2] “Dosh’te” = “why” in the Japanese lingua. Are you able to read this small font? Yeah? Excellent.
[3] “Kurumas” = “cars,” also in the Japanese language. Sorry, I’ll stop. Well, I’ll try. OK?
[4] You don’t need an explanation for “habuts” do you? Ask around if you do. Sheesh.
[5] “Keita no denwa” = “mobile phone” or “carry around phone” . . . again, in the Japanese language. OK, for reals, this was the last footnote reference. Write-up almos’ done anyways.
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P.S. The Grease also wanted to include a video of THIS brotha’: Sawada Kenji, with the caption “Brotha’ throws a HAT!!!!”.
Brotha’ throws a HAT!!!!
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The Guest Blog Schedule:
THU 03/11 – Chicken Grease – “TheGrease and TheBus”
FRI 03/12 – kuya.d – “I’m So Over It”
MON 03/15 – JMAW – “Something like a Phenomenon”
TUE 03/16 – frankie – “The Curse of the Murse”
WED 03/17 – kako mochi – “Where in Oregon is kako mochi?”
We had a clean sweep last week when Bruddah Takeshi guessed the name, location and map, all based on a photo of a little shrubbery. Crazy! With that, kesh has put a stop to rayboyjr’s insane streak of 8 straight, and has, as a result, taken sole possession atop the leaderboard. Congrats kesh!
This week, we’ll be going Triple F on y’all: Food, Fun and FBI! How’s your Big Isle recogmatizing skillz? We shall see! (No get too hungry k?)
Points L’dat!:
* Name of Location: 1 point
* General Location: 1/2 point
* Price of dish (at the time this photo was taken): 1 point
Where In Hawaii is Edward Sugimoto? – March 10, 2010
Hint: FBI yo!
Da “Where In Hawaii” Winnahz Circle!
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – March 3, 2010: Takeshi – 1 (Exact Name of Location: Oahu Country Club), Takeshi – 1/2 point (General Location: Nuuanu), Takeshi – 1 point (Google Maps Street View link)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – February 24, 2010: Coconut Willy – 1 (General Location: Waikiki/Kapahulu), Coconut Willy – 1/2 point (x4), and rayboyjr – 1/2 point (Cross Streets: Kapahulu, Ala Wai, Paki, Leahi, Hollinger), Takeshi – 2 points (Google Maps Street View link)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – February 10, 2010: NaPueo – 1 ((General) Name of Business: St.-Germain Bakery), NaPueo – 1/2 point ((General) Name of Location: Beretania St.), rayboyjr – 2 points ((Exact) Name of Location (based on web site’s description): Beretania Times Arcade), Rosey – 2 points (Mushy Valentine’s Love Story: guy has 50 cents…)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – February 3, 2010: BananaFysh – 1 (Name of Restaurant: Sansei), Takeshi – 1/2 point (Name of Location: Waikiki), kuya.d – 1/2 point (Name of Island: Oahu), tita leerz – 2 points (Timestamp of Photo: 7:41PM), rayboyjr – 3 points (Most Comments: 102!)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – January 27, 2010: snow – 1 (Name of Beach: Waikiki Beach (Kuhio)), rayboyjr – 1 point (Name of Island: Oahu), rayboyjr – 1 point, Scott – 1 point, and tita leerz – 1 point (Three Funniest Captions: “Buns and a Weenie”, “Dude, I am so missing Hawaii right now!”, and “I wonder, do GUYS ever wanna stick your face in that like you wanna in boobs?”)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – January 20, 2010: Dave – 1 (Name of Establishment: Tsukiji Fish Market), rayboyjr- 2 points (Game: “first plug up each urinal … 3 guys, with six-pack of beer in hand … first one to guzzle down the beer and fill up the urinal wins … disqualified if you cannot aim straight and the stream hits da floor!!!”)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – January 13, 2010: BananaFysh – 1 (Name of General Location: Chinatown), kuya.d – 1 (Name of Specific Location: Maunakea Marketplace), Coconut Willy and rayboyjr- 1 point each and Takeshi- 2 points (Guess what the sign said: “White Headless Shrimp – $4.95″)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – January 6, 2010: Takeshi – 1 (Name of Business: Foodland), Coconut Willy – 1 (Location of Business: Market City), kuya.d, rayboyjr, and tita leerz- 1 point each and Rosette- bonus 0.5 point (Top 3 Captions: “Ed Sugimoto with a tan”, “Tiger ain’t got nothin’ on me!”, “Boobs, it ain’t just for women” and Rosey’s “YES ADD an inch to my chest…!” was too good to pass up!), Takeshi, David In Oregon, BananaFysh, rayboyjr, kuya.d, and Coconut Willy- 1 point each (Names of Celebs: Tosca Reno, Amanda Bynes, Pink, Rihanna, Joel Stubbs, Kim Dolan-Leto)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – November 25, 2009: Coconut Willy and rayboyjr – 0.5 (Dole Park in Lanai City), rayboyjr – 1 (Lanai Airport), Coconut Willy and snow – 1 (Hulopo’e Beach at Manele Bay), snow – 1 (Lodge at Koele), kuya.d – 2 (Tanigawa Burgers from Canoes Lanai)
02.0 – Scott, NeedaHobby, MakiSushi, hemajang, Syxx, jr.
01.5 – pink lady, skycastles
01.0 – Dave, David In Oregon, carokun, mcat, YN, Marvo, k15, getITon, Kage, miLL-viLLe, jack, frankie, Ynaku, Rodney, teej, BarbieQ!, kako mochi, ijiwarui, GumbysHorse
00.5 – bB, Coconut Willy’s wifey, MoOgooGuypAN
Great Eights!
* rayboyjr
Heavenly Sevens!
* rayboyjr
Sexy Sixes!
* rayboyjr
Five Alive!
* kuya.d, rayboyjr
Quad Playaz!
* kuya.d, rayboyjr
Turkey Turkeys!
* kuya.d, Takeshi, rayboyjr
Back to Back Winnahz!
* snow, Paco, Syxx, NaPueo, MakiSushi, pink lady, kuya.d, Takeshi, BananaFysh, Coconut Willy, tita leerz
P.S. Adding this footnote to all future WIH posts… If any of y’all have pics you’d like to contribute to the “Where In Hawaii” game, feel free to email them to me and I’ll post um up in future blogs! And yes, you aren’t allowed to guess on those days! LOL!
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Guest Blogs in Full Effect!
No fo-get, starting tomorrow, your WWE `Ohana members will be taking over this spot for the next couple weeks. Please check in and support them and their fun kine blogs k?
THU 03/11 – Chicken Grease – “TheGrease and TheBus”
FRI 03/12 – kuya.d – “I’m So Over It”
MON 03/15 – JMAW – “Something like a Phenomenon”
TUE 03/16 – frankie – “The Curse of the Murse”
WED 03/17 – kako mochi – “Where in Oregon is kako mochi?”
Guest Blogs in Full Effect!
During my temporary hiatus, these brave souls have volunteered to take on the arduous task of guest blogging for a brutha (and for all y’all):
THU 03/11 – Chicken Grease
FRI 03/12 – kuya.d
MON 03/15 – JMAW
TUE 03/16 – uncle jimmy or frankie (TBD)
WED 03/17 – kako mochi
THU 03/18 – tweetpeep22
FRI 03/19 – S-Ticket
MON 03/22 – tita leerz
TUE 03/23 – skycastles
WED 03/24 – hemajang
THU 03/25 – uncle jimmy or frankie (TBD)
Please help me thank them for taking time out of their busy schedules to keep our WWE `Ohana a-gossipin’. Please also check on in, read and post comments on their blogs on those days mmmkay?
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OK, so it’s been a while since part 6 of this never-ending, 23 part caption contest yeah? But I know you’ve so-desperately been missing it so hurr we go!
But first, please help me congratulate JJ for the Kids In the Hall reference: “I’m Crushing Your Head!” Ahahaha! OK, now, hurr we goooo!
Photography at the Right Angle – Caption Contest (7 of 23)
Da “Photography at the Right Angle – Caption Contest” Winnahz Circle!
Ay-yo, I tweeted about this one a while ago, but just realized that I’ve never blogged about it… One of my favorite commercials in recent memory: the Old Spice – The Man Your Man Could Smell Like one! Ohh Emm Gee, it cracks me up every time it comes on, so, if you’ve been living under a rock, and have yet to see it, check it:
Old Spice – The Man Your Man Could Smell Like
Pure hilarity yeah? Got any funny/favorite commercials of your own to share? Some that come to mind are:
The “Wassaaaap” ones
A lot of the Jack-In-the-Box ones (the Bowl Cut one still cracks me up today!)
And many of the ones that run during the Super Bowl
Post your favorite commercial(s) below and some of your favorite lines from them.
Wanna be a Guest Blogger?
I’m going on vacay in a couple of weeks. Here’s your chance to take over WWE and show the `Ohana what real blogging is supposed to be like… Not none of this amateur-ish nonsense that spews from my piehole on the regular. And, if history is any indication, your guest blog should get CHOKE kine action on the comments! So if you wanna hijack this spot and dish about anything ranging from Celebrity Gossip, Music, Movies, TV, or whatevs (feel free to talk about “anyt’ing you want. Anything? Anyt’ing!” ), just email your blog to me, I’ll queue it up for ya, and hilarity should ensue! Holla!
The Sched (so far)…
FRI 03/12 – (Open)
MON 03/15 – JMAW
TUE 03/16 – (Open)
WED 03/17 – kako mochi
THU 03/18 – (Open)
FRI 03/19 – (Open)
MON 03/22 – tita leerz
TUE 03/23 – (Open, but maybe skycastles?)
WED 03/24 – hemajang?
THU 03/25 – (Open)
FRI 03/26 – (Open), but it’s a holiday (Kuhio Day) for some so the readership may not be there
To decide on date: uncle jimmy s-Ticket tweetpeep22
To all the WWE ladies up in hurr… HAPPY GIRLS’ DAY (Hinamatsuri)! I bet some y’all fellas forgot. That’s why I’m here. I take kea. And now, on to our regularly scheduled programming…
Ho, rayboyjr is going all nuts! He got his 8TH WIH correct guess in a row last week (albeit with a 0.5 point doozy ), and made history yet again. Bruddah Takeshi made it two weeks in a row with his two point Google Map gem, and Coconut Willy almost had a clean sweep with 5 total correct guesses. And guess who the Top “tree” WIH leaders are? Congrats beej, kesh and Dubbs!
Y’all are probably gonna wig out at this week’s photo cause it’s yet another vague-as-heck shot. Sorry, but I gotta make um last as long as possible, and you guys be too smart for me. Good luck gang!
Points L’Dat!:
* Exact Name of Location: 1 point
* General Location: 1/2 point
* Google Map Street View link of entrance: 1 point
How to get Street View (in 5 easy steps ):
1) Find location on Google Maps
2) Zoom all the way in OR drag the man at the top of the zoom bar (orange guy on the left side) onto the street near your location.
3) Drag/navigate/zoom to show location
4) Click on “Link” on top right of image and copy URL
5) Win point!
Where In Hawaii is Edward Sugimoto? – March 3, 2010
Hint: Almost jail?
Da “Where In Hawaii” Winnahz Circle!
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – February 24, 2010: Coconut Willy – 1 (General Location: Waikiki/Kapahulu), Coconut Willy – 1/2 point (x4), and rayboyjr – 1/2 point (Cross Streets: Kapahulu, Ala Wai, Paki, Leahi, Hollinger), Takeshi – 2 points (Google Maps Street View link)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – February 10, 2010: NaPueo – 1 ((General) Name of Business: St.-Germain Bakery), NaPueo – 1/2 point ((General) Name of Location: Beretania St.), rayboyjr – 2 points ((Exact) Name of Location (based on web site’s description): Beretania Times Arcade), Rosey – 2 points (Mushy Valentine’s Love Story: guy has 50 cents…)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – February 3, 2010: BananaFysh – 1 (Name of Restaurant: Sansei), Takeshi – 1/2 point (Name of Location: Waikiki), kuya.d – 1/2 point (Name of Island: Oahu), tita leerz – 2 points (Timestamp of Photo: 7:41PM), rayboyjr – 3 points (Most Comments: 102!)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – January 27, 2010: snow – 1 (Name of Beach: Waikiki Beach (Kuhio)), rayboyjr – 1 point (Name of Island: Oahu), rayboyjr – 1 point, Scott – 1 point, and tita leerz – 1 point (Three Funniest Captions: “Buns and a Weenie”, “Dude, I am so missing Hawaii right now!”, and “I wonder, do GUYS ever wanna stick your face in that like you wanna in boobs?”)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – January 20, 2010: Dave – 1 (Name of Establishment: Tsukiji Fish Market), rayboyjr- 2 points (Game: “first plug up each urinal … 3 guys, with six-pack of beer in hand … first one to guzzle down the beer and fill up the urinal wins … disqualified if you cannot aim straight and the stream hits da floor!!!”)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – January 13, 2010: BananaFysh – 1 (Name of General Location: Chinatown), kuya.d – 1 (Name of Specific Location: Maunakea Marketplace), Coconut Willy and rayboyjr- 1 point each and Takeshi- 2 points (Guess what the sign said: “White Headless Shrimp – $4.95″)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – January 6, 2010: Takeshi – 1 (Name of Business: Foodland), Coconut Willy – 1 (Location of Business: Market City), kuya.d, rayboyjr, and tita leerz- 1 point each and Rosette- bonus 0.5 point (Top 3 Captions: “Ed Sugimoto with a tan”, “Tiger ain’t got nothin’ on me!”, “Boobs, it ain’t just for women” and Rosey’s “YES ADD an inch to my chest…!” was too good to pass up!), Takeshi, David In Oregon, BananaFysh, rayboyjr, kuya.d, and Coconut Willy- 1 point each (Names of Celebs: Tosca Reno, Amanda Bynes, Pink, Rihanna, Joel Stubbs, Kim Dolan-Leto)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – November 25, 2009: Coconut Willy and rayboyjr – 0.5 (Dole Park in Lanai City), rayboyjr – 1 (Lanai Airport), Coconut Willy and snow – 1 (Hulopo’e Beach at Manele Bay), snow – 1 (Lodge at Koele), kuya.d – 2 (Tanigawa Burgers from Canoes Lanai)
02.0 – Scott, NeedaHobby, MakiSushi, hemajang, Syxx, jr.
01.5 – pink lady, skycastles
01.0 – Dave, David In Oregon, carokun, mcat, YN, Marvo, k15, getITon, Kage, miLL-viLLe, jack, frankie, Ynaku, Rodney, teej, BarbieQ!, kako mochi, ijiwarui, GumbysHorse
00.5 – bB, Coconut Willy’s wifey, MoOgooGuypAN
Great Eights!
* rayboyjr
Heavenly Sevens!
* rayboyjr
Sexy Sixes!
* rayboyjr
Five Alive!
* kuya.d, rayboyjr
Quad Playaz!
* kuya.d, rayboyjr
Turkey Turkeys!
* kuya.d, Takeshi, rayboyjr
Back to Back Winnahz!
* snow, Paco, Syxx, NaPueo, MakiSushi, pink lady, kuya.d, Takeshi, BananaFysh, Coconut Willy, tita leerz
P.S. Adding this footnote to all future WIH posts… If any of y’all have pics you’d like to contribute to the “Where In Hawaii” game, feel free to email them to me and I’ll post um up in future blogs! And yes, you aren’t allowed to guess on those days! LOL!
Happy Hump Day Where In Hawaii Wednesday y’all. Shooooots!
Given the latest events happening around us as of late (e.g. purchase of the Advertiser, tsunami worries, etc.), heaven knows we’re in need of a “Fun Day Monday” up in hurr. But instead of my usual silly nonsense, let’s do a little sumthin’ sumthin’ that most of us can agree is actually entertaining: movies.
In June, Sony pictures is releasing a remade version of the cult classic Karate Kid. Check it:
Karate Kid (2010)
Whatchu t’ink? Personally, it looks pretty ridiculous. Though the music and editing and epic scenery makes it look somewhat watchable, it’s not even close to being interesting to me. Not only is Jaden Smith (Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s son) and Jackie Chan totally unbelievable (in a bad way) in their respective roles, I’m still not even sure why they used the name “Karate” Kid because they are using Kung Fu as the martial art. Am I alone on this? Do you guys actually wanna see this?
Now, here’s a looksee at the O.G. Karate Kid trailer:
Karate Kid (1984)
Still a bit dramatized and Hollywood-ish, but at least it’s a little more believable. Definitely a must watch and makes me wish it was never redone.
Talk to me!
* Do you think the original Karate Kid is a must-see cult classic?
* Favorite line from Karate Kid? (here’s some help)
* Are you interested in watching the new Karate Kid movie?
* What are some old movies you’d love to see redone?
* Which actors would you hire to play what roles?
Please help me say a prayer for all Advertiser and Star Bulletin employees in this unsure time of theirs. In the meantime, have a great week all, and check out my latest AroundHawaii article (which included a visit to the United Fishing Agency Honolulu Fish Auction):
rayboyjr has been on a mean tear as of late yo. Last week bruddah made it 7 weeks in a row with his 16th correct WIH guess! Crazy! Takeshi also earned his lucky 13th point and bB got on the board with his 0.5 point “Waikiki” guess. Woo hoo! Please help me congratulate all of these fellas.
This week, we’ve got a brain-teaser for y’all! Since the “main” image can be just about anywhere, I’ve sprinkled in a 0.1 second animation to help a brutha/sistah out. If the electrodes in your brain can catch up with what your eyes see, the points could very well be yours this week!
Here’s how we’ll do…:
Points L’Dat!:
* General Location: 1 point
* Cross Streets: 1/2 point each (3-5 possible)
How to get Street View (in 5 easy steps ):
1) Find location on Google Maps
2) Zoom all the way in OR drag the man at the top of the zoom bar (orange guy on the left side) onto the street near your location.
3) Drag/navigate/zoom to show location
4) Click on “Link” on top right of image and copy URL
5) Win points!
Where In Hawaii is Edward Sugimoto? – February 24, 2010
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – February 10, 2010: NaPueo – 1 ((General) Name of Business: St.-Germain Bakery), NaPueo – 1/2 point ((General) Name of Location: Beretania St.), rayboyjr – 2 points ((Exact) Name of Location (based on web site’s description): Beretania Times Arcade), Rosey – 2 points (Mushy Valentine’s Love Story: guy has 50 cents…)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – February 3, 2010: BananaFysh – 1 (Name of Restaurant: Sansei), Takeshi – 1/2 point (Name of Location: Waikiki), kuya.d – 1/2 point (Name of Island: Oahu), tita leerz – 2 points (Timestamp of Photo: 7:41PM), rayboyjr – 3 points (Most Comments: 102!)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – January 27, 2010: snow – 1 (Name of Beach: Waikiki Beach (Kuhio)), rayboyjr – 1 point (Name of Island: Oahu), rayboyjr – 1 point, Scott – 1 point, and tita leerz – 1 point (Three Funniest Captions: “Buns and a Weenie”, “Dude, I am so missing Hawaii right now!”, and “I wonder, do GUYS ever wanna stick your face in that like you wanna in boobs?”)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – January 20, 2010: Dave – 1 (Name of Establishment: Tsukiji Fish Market), rayboyjr- 2 points (Game: “first plug up each urinal … 3 guys, with six-pack of beer in hand … first one to guzzle down the beer and fill up the urinal wins … disqualified if you cannot aim straight and the stream hits da floor!!!”)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – January 13, 2010: BananaFysh – 1 (Name of General Location: Chinatown), kuya.d – 1 (Name of Specific Location: Maunakea Marketplace), Coconut Willy and rayboyjr- 1 point each and Takeshi- 2 points (Guess what the sign said: “White Headless Shrimp – $4.95″)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – January 6, 2010: Takeshi – 1 (Name of Business: Foodland), Coconut Willy – 1 (Location of Business: Market City), kuya.d, rayboyjr, and tita leerz- 1 point each and Rosette- bonus 0.5 point (Top 3 Captions: “Ed Sugimoto with a tan”, “Tiger ain’t got nothin’ on me!”, “Boobs, it ain’t just for women” and Rosey’s “YES ADD an inch to my chest…!” was too good to pass up!), Takeshi, David In Oregon, BananaFysh, rayboyjr, kuya.d, and Coconut Willy- 1 point each (Names of Celebs: Tosca Reno, Amanda Bynes, Pink, Rihanna, Joel Stubbs, Kim Dolan-Leto)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – November 25, 2009: Coconut Willy and rayboyjr – 0.5 (Dole Park in Lanai City), rayboyjr – 1 (Lanai Airport), Coconut Willy and snow – 1 (Hulopo’e Beach at Manele Bay), snow – 1 (Lodge at Koele), kuya.d – 2 (Tanigawa Burgers from Canoes Lanai)
Back to Back Winnahz!
* snow, Paco, Syxx, NaPueo, MakiSushi, pink lady, kuya.d, Takeshi, BananaFysh, Coconut Willy, tita leerz
P.S. Adding this footnote to all future WIH posts… If any of y’all have pics you’d like to contribute to the “Where In Hawaii” game, feel free to email them to me and I’ll post um up in future blogs! And yes, you aren’t allowed to guess on those days! LOL!
Happy Hump Day Where In Hawaii Wednesday y’all. Shooooots!
Having a bad day? Whaaat? No can! It’s only Monday! But seriously, if you eez, then here are some funnies to help bring a smile to your face. Enjoy!
Feeling unappreciated? World got you down?
Worker dead at desk for five days
Things Got Ya Down? Well Then, Consider These …
In a hospital’s Intensive Care Unit, patients always died in the same bed, on Sunday morning, at about 11AM, regardless of their medical condition. This puzzled the doctors and some even thought it had something to do with the super natural. No one could solve the mystery as to why the deaths occurred around 11AM Sunday, so a worldwide team of experts was assembled to investigate the cause of the incidents. The next Sunday morning, a few minutes before 11AM, all of the doctors and nurses nervously waited outside the ward to see for themselves what the terrible phenomenon was all about. Some were holding wooden crosses, prayer books, and other holy objects to ward off the evil spirits. Just when the clock struck 11:00, the part-time Sunday sweeper entered the ward and unplugged the life support system so he could use the vacuum cleaner.
Still Having a Bad Day?
The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska was $80,000.00. At a special ceremony, two of the most expensively saved animals were being released back into the wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute later, in full view, a killer whale ate them both.
Still think you are having a Bad Day?
A woman came home to find her husband in the kitchen shaking frantically, almost in a dancing frenzy, with some kind of wire running from his waist towards the electric kettle. Intending to jolt him away from the deadly current, she whacked him with a handy plank of wood, breaking his arm in two places. Up to that moment, he had been happily listening to his Walkman.
Are Ya OK Now? – No?
Two animal rights defenders were protesting the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn, Germany Suddenly, all two thousand pigs broke loose and escaped through a broken fence, stampeding madly. The two helpless protesters were trampled to death.
What? STILL having a Bad Day?
An Iraqi terrorist didn’t pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It came back with ‘Return to Sender’ stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb; he opened it and was blown to bits. God is Good!
There now, Feeling Better? I know I am, LOL***
There. Did that help to turn that frown upside-down? I hope so. Have a great week y’all!
Talk to me!
* Which story above made you laugh the most?
* Got any other funnies to add?
* You liking the Olympics so far? Almost pau! What has been your fave moment so far?
* With the holiday last week Monday and this today, how much are you missing our “Photography at the Right Angle” caption contests? What? Not much? Too bad, they’re makin’ a comeback next week!
We’ve all dreamt it I’m sho. Having that one super power that will take us over the top. The man amongst men. The woman amongst women. Would be nice right?
Well, instead of just talking about and dreaming about it, let’s put it on paper and make it a goal. You know what they say, write down your goals and you will achieve them. Soooo, post your ideal super power below and it shall become reality. K, maybe not, but play along won’tcha?
At first, I thought of the most logical choices:
* Flying/Teleportation: Going on a trip, anywhere in the world be sa-weet! * Living forever: I am Team Edward after all… * Invisibility/X-Ray Vision: duh! Ya bettah axe somebody rayboyjr why. Joking!
But the more and more I think about it, I think my superpower would simply be to make fo’ real kine money with the wave of my hands. See, I’m easy.
Why? Well, because if I had an unlimited amount of cash flow, I would personally own my own jet or teleporting machine to travel. I could just buy a hyperbaric chamber to live (almost) forever. I could just pay to get an invisibility suit or x-ray goggles. Well, if they ever existed. So you see, with money out of thin air, I could just about do what I want. Muhahahaha!
I know, it ’s the root of all evil, but what they hey, we’re living in the fantasy world right now.
So what’s your superpower wish? Post it below and I’ll buy it for ya!
P.S. Tomorrow night, the UH Rainbow Men’s Basketball Team takes on Cal Poly at 8PM at the Stan Sheriff Center in the Oceanic Time Warner Cable sponsored ESPN Bracketbuster game. Oceanic will be passing out an eco-friendly tote bag for the first 2,000 fans. Come on down if you can! (The Wahine are also in action earlier that night, taking on La Tech at 5PM.) Go Bows!
Oceanic Time Warner Cable/ESPN Eco-Friendly Tote Bag
A-ight peeps. I’m back from Hilo, but unfortunately for all y’all, this week’s photo is not FBI. We’ve got yet another one from O-town (Oahu) for you to chew on. First off though, please help me congratulate last week’s winnahz: NaPueo, rayboyjr and Rosette. Yep, you heard me right! Rosey!
For anyone who has been to the below, it should be pretty duck soup. For the sake of the contest though, I’m hoping that none of you have ever been. Let’s see which it will be!
Points L’Dat!:
* Name of Place: 1 point
* Name of Location: 1/2 point
Bonus Kine:
* Why wuz I dea?: 1 point
* Month and Year: 2 points – (Must get both correct in the same post to get both points)
Where In Hawaii is Edward Sugimoto? – February 17, 2010
Hint: Not in Hilo.
Da “Where In Hawaii” Winnahz Circle!
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – February 10, 2010: NaPueo – 1 ((General) Name of Business: St.-Germain Bakery), NaPueo – 1/2 point ((General) Name of Location: Beretania St.), rayboyjr – 2 points ((Exact) Name of Location (based on web site’s description): Beretania Times Arcade), Rosey – 2 points (Mushy Valentine’s Love Story: guy has 50 cents…)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – February 3, 2010: BananaFysh – 1 (Name of Restaurant: Sansei), Takeshi – 1/2 point (Name of Location: Waikiki), kuya.d – 1/2 point (Name of Island: Oahu), tita leerz – 2 points (Timestamp of Photo: 7:41PM), rayboyjr – 3 points (Most Comments: 102!)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – January 27, 2010: snow – 1 (Name of Beach: Waikiki Beach (Kuhio)), rayboyjr – 1 point (Name of Island: Oahu), rayboyjr – 1 point, Scott – 1 point, and tita leerz – 1 point (Three Funniest Captions: “Buns and a Weenie”, “Dude, I am so missing Hawaii right now!”, and “I wonder, do GUYS ever wanna stick your face in that like you wanna in boobs?”)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – January 20, 2010: Dave – 1 (Name of Establishment: Tsukiji Fish Market), rayboyjr- 2 points (Game: “first plug up each urinal … 3 guys, with six-pack of beer in hand … first one to guzzle down the beer and fill up the urinal wins … disqualified if you cannot aim straight and the stream hits da floor!!!”)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – January 13, 2010: BananaFysh – 1 (Name of General Location: Chinatown), kuya.d – 1 (Name of Specific Location: Maunakea Marketplace), Coconut Willy and rayboyjr- 1 point each and Takeshi- 2 points (Guess what the sign said: “White Headless Shrimp – $4.95″)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – January 6, 2010: Takeshi – 1 (Name of Business: Foodland), Coconut Willy – 1 (Location of Business: Market City), kuya.d, rayboyjr, and tita leerz- 1 point each and Rosette- bonus 0.5 point (Top 3 Captions: “Ed Sugimoto with a tan”, “Tiger ain’t got nothin’ on me!”, “Boobs, it ain’t just for women” and Rosey’s “YES ADD an inch to my chest…!” was too good to pass up!), Takeshi, David In Oregon, BananaFysh, rayboyjr, kuya.d, and Coconut Willy- 1 point each (Names of Celebs: Tosca Reno, Amanda Bynes, Pink, Rihanna, Joel Stubbs, Kim Dolan-Leto)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – November 25, 2009: Coconut Willy and rayboyjr – 0.5 (Dole Park in Lanai City), rayboyjr – 1 (Lanai Airport), Coconut Willy and snow – 1 (Hulopo’e Beach at Manele Bay), snow – 1 (Lodge at Koele), kuya.d – 2 (Tanigawa Burgers from Canoes Lanai)
Scott – 2 NeedaHobby – 2 MakiSushi – 2 hemajang – 2 Syxx – 2 jr. – 2
pink lady – 1.5 skycastles – 1.5
Dave – 1 David In Oregon – 1 carokun – 1 mcat – 1 YN – 1 Marvo – 1 k15 – 1 getITon – 1 Kage – 1 miLL-viLLe – 1 jack – 1 frankie – 1 Ynaku – 1 Rodney – 1 teej – 1 BarbieQ! – 1 kako mochi – 1 ijiwarui – 1 GumbysHorse – 1
Coconut Willy’s wifey – 0.5 MoOgooGuypAN – 0.5
Sexy Sixes!
* rayboyjr
Five Alive!
* kuya.d, rayboyjr
Quad Playaz!
* kuya.d, rayboyjr
Turkey Turkeys!
* kuya.d, Takeshi, rayboyjr
Back to Back Winnahz!
* snow, Paco, Syxx, NaPueo, MakiSushi, pink lady, kuya.d, Takeshi, BananaFysh, Coconut Willy, tita leerz
P.S. Adding this footnote to all future WIH posts… If any of y’all have pics you’d like to contribute to the “Where In Hawaii” game, feel free to email them to me and I’ll post um up in future blogs! And yes, you aren’t allowed to guess on those days! LOL!
Happy Hump Day Where In Hawaii Wednesday y’all. Shooooots!
Happy Presidents’ (Washington’s Birthday) Day y’all. I have the day off and am busy poke-ing it up in Hilo, but thought that this story would be a good read for those of you who are still checkin’ on in today.
My friend and classmate from high school (Roslyn Kanae) is the Tech Coordinator at Honowai Elementary School. She shared a story about some of her students, known as the Honowai Robotek Team, making a difference in their community. Check out their story and I’ll meetcha at the bottom:
Honowai Elementary School is located on Honowai Street in the Ewa end of Waipahu. It services 824 students, grades preschool through 6th. Many of our students walk to school due to working parents. Six years ago, our principal and vice-principal met with the Department of Transportation to resolve the issue of speeding cars in front of the school. (Honowai Street is a busy road that leads into Fort Weaver Road before it joins with H2.) This meeting resulted in having two bright yellow pedestrian signs posted at the crosswalks fronting the school.
For the past two years, students at Honowai Elementary School have studied the traffic patterns fronting Honowai Street. Students have clocked cars going 5-10 miles over the speed limit in front of Honowai before, after, and during school hours.
Students have also interviewed faculty and community members about the speeding issue. Some nearby residents have seen many near- misses between speeding cars and students. Speeding cars injured three students during the past five years. No residents can recall ever seeing a police car ticketing cars for speeding down this busy thoroughfare. There are currently no posted signs to remind drivers that an elementary school is present; only the signs for pedestrian crossings and one 25 miles per hour speed limit sign.
To help slow the traffic fronting Honowai Street, the Honowai Robotek Team proposes that the two lane road be restriped to visually narrow the road and posting signs with flashing lights to remind drivers that children are present. They are also recommending that police cars monitor Honowai Street more frequently during school hours.
The students have presented their suggestions to Councilman Nestor Garcia, Representative Henry Aquino, Senator Clarence Nishihara, the Waipahu Community Neighborhood Board, and forty families from Honowai Elementary School. On February 12, 2010, the student members of the Honowai Robotek Team presented their findings at the 2010 S.M.A.R.T. Youth Summit held at Leeward Community College. The Honowai Robotek Team is also currently drafting a resolution for the Waipahu Neighborhood Community Board to approve at the February 25th meeting. The resolution, like their presentation, is completely student written. This is the most comprehensive traffic safety project ever undertaken by students at Honowai Elementary.
The members of the Honowai Robotek Team are sixth graders: Francis Camama, Abigail Aguada, Ray Anne Galzote, Cyndie Rayoan, Breana Domingo, Crystopher Mendoza, Katherine Piniol, Lourdes Dela Cruz, and 5th grader Sherrie Gracie. The coaches are Kawika Davis, Grant Kiyabu, Roslyn Kanae, and Rainard Mineshima.
Pretty impressive yeah? Our young keiki making a difference! Congrats Honowai Elementary! Keep it up gang!
Post your words of encouragement below if you gotum! Have a great week y’all!
So wifey sent me a link to a Yahoo! article titled “20 weird food combinations people eat“, and thought it might make an interesting topic for us to discuss on this here blog. Y’all down? To expand our topic area up a bit more, let’s also include “bizarre foods” in general (ala Andrew Zimmern) in the convo. Cool? Cool!
Weird Food Combos (to others?) I Eat:
* Raw eggs cracked over hot rice and shoyu
* Cucumbers dipped in shoyu + mayonaise dip
* Sometimes I mix my mac salad in my gravy. Yeah, not very weird to us, but perhaps to da non-locals?
Bizarre Foods (to me):
* Frog legs – never had it, but somewhat interested. Tastes like chicken right?
* Basashi (raw horse) – had it, but doused it with shoyu. Tasted just like maguro sashimi.
* Balut – never had it, and am a bit afraid. Tastes just like ___?
Post your votes for weird food combos and/or bizarre foods in the comment area below. Doesn’t have to necessarily be stuffs you actually ate.
On a side note, here’s an amusing image from the Super Bowl that was sent to me by kuya.d. Too funny!
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Wawaweewa!!! (*in the voice of Borat*) Last week, we had a record breaking 304 comments! Following that, we even had one with 282 comments (and counting?). Yes, both were pseudo contests/games, but who’s asking?
Within those 304 comments lay the answers to last week’s WIH contest. Please help me congratulate da winnahz: BananaFysh, Takeshi, kuya.d, tita leerz and last but not least, rayboyjr for his incredible, borderline insane, 102 single-handed comments.
To help celebrate (or remind, for some of us guys! ) the glory that is Valentine’s Day this weekend, hurr’s an apropos shot for this week’s Where In Hawaii contest. Check the below for the point action:
* (General) Name of Business: 1 point
* (General) Name of Location: 1/2 point
* (Exact) Name of Location (based on web site’s description): 2 points (requires some Google magic!)
Bonus Kine:
* Mushy Valentine’s Love Story: 2 points – Yes, I have a heart. Submit the most touching Valentine’s story (yours or one that you’ve heard), and you will be get these 2 “bonus kine” points.
Where In Hawaii is Edward Sugimoto? – February 3, 2010
Hint: Valentine’s Day is this Sunday. Yeah, not the hint you were looking for, but you’re welcome anyway fellas.
Da “Where In Hawaii” Winnahz Circle!
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – February 3, 2010: BananaFysh – 1 (Name of Restaurant: Sansei), Takeshi – 1/2 point (Name of Location: Waikiki), kuya.d – 1/2 point (Name of Island: Oahu), tita leerz – 2 points (Timestamp of Photo: 7:41PM), rayboyjr – 3 points (Most Comments: 102!)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – January 27, 2010: snow – 1 (Name of Beach: Waikiki Beach (Kuhio)), rayboyjr – 1 point (Name of Island: Oahu), rayboyjr – 1 point, Scott – 1 point, and tita leerz – 1 point (Three Funniest Captions: “Buns and a Weenie”, “Dude, I am so missing Hawaii right now!”, and “I wonder, do GUYS ever wanna stick your face in that like you wanna in boobs?”)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – January 20, 2010: Dave – 1 (Name of Establishment: Tsukiji Fish Market), rayboyjr- 2 points (Game: “first plug up each urinal … 3 guys, with six-pack of beer in hand … first one to guzzle down the beer and fill up the urinal wins … disqualified if you cannot aim straight and the stream hits da floor!!!”)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – January 13, 2010: BananaFysh – 1 (Name of General Location: Chinatown), kuya.d – 1 (Name of Specific Location: Maunakea Marketplace), Coconut Willy and rayboyjr- 1 point each and Takeshi- 2 points (Guess what the sign said: “White Headless Shrimp – $4.95″)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – January 6, 2010: Takeshi – 1 (Name of Business: Foodland), Coconut Willy – 1 (Location of Business: Market City), kuya.d, rayboyjr, and tita leerz- 1 point each and Rosette- bonus 0.5 point (Top 3 Captions: “Ed Sugimoto with a tan”, “Tiger ain’t got nothin’ on me!”, “Boobs, it ain’t just for women” and Rosey’s “YES ADD an inch to my chest…!” was too good to pass up!), Takeshi, David In Oregon, BananaFysh, rayboyjr, kuya.d, and Coconut Willy- 1 point each (Names of Celebs: Tosca Reno, Amanda Bynes, Pink, Rihanna, Joel Stubbs, Kim Dolan-Leto)
Where In Hawaii Is Edward Sugimoto – November 25, 2009: Coconut Willy and rayboyjr – 0.5 (Dole Park in Lanai City), rayboyjr – 1 (Lanai Airport), Coconut Willy and snow – 1 (Hulopo’e Beach at Manele Bay), snow – 1 (Lodge at Koele), kuya.d – 2 (Tanigawa Burgers from Canoes Lanai)
Back to Back Winnahz!
* snow, Paco, Syxx, NaPueo, MakiSushi, pink lady, kuya.d, Takeshi, BananaFysh, Coconut Willy, tita leerz
P.S. Adding this footnote to all future WIH posts… If any of y’all have pics you’d like to contribute to the “Where In Hawaii” game, feel free to email them to me and I’ll post um up in future blogs! And yes, you aren’t allowed to guess on those days! LOL!
Happy Hump Day Where In Hawaii Wednesday y’all. Shooooots!
One day I’ve gotsta mix in some randoms for these Monday posts to keep y’all guessin’ … But not today! We’ve got yet another caption contest for y’all to feast your eyes on…
But first, big ups to JJ and M for being last week’s winners! Your “Turbo powers….ACTIVATE!” and “Just blowing smoke out of my butt.” was good stuffs!
Hurr’s this week’s photo. And try to keep um rated PG a-ight pervies? I know what you’re thinkin’! LOL! Nah. Gogetum!
Photography at the Right Angle – Caption Contest (6 of 23)
Da “Photography at the Right Angle – Caption Contest” Winnahz Circle!
And, if history is any indication, your guest blog should get CHOKE kine action on the comments! So if you wanna hijack this spot and dish about anything ranging from Celebrity Gossip, Music, Movies, TV, or whatevs (feel free to talk about “anyt’ing you want. Anything? Anyt’ing!” 
