Monday, November 8, 2010

Day 14 of my Oahu Vacation

Day 14    Thursday  August 19 , 2010

Morning :  I checked my e-mails, Facebook, and Twitter.
I helped my mom and Peggy carry packages to the Post Office in Waikiki to mail home because they do not have enough room in their suitcases for sourveirs . 

Noontime--My mom, Peggy and i had our lunch at Kaui Ka Pila Grille which is an open-air restaurant located poolside at the Outrigger Reef Hotel  on Kalia Road.

Afternoon---I went ocean swimming at my usual place.

Evening---My mom, Peggy and i went to the Cheeseburger restaurant on Lewers Street for dinner. I took more pictures in Waikiki .  Then I returned to my condo and i checked my e-mails, Facebook, and Twitter.  And i watched TV and i read my book , " Inca Gold" . 

End of  day 14 . 

Hawaiian vacation 2010 Day 13

I finally find time to write about my Oahu vacation 2010 once again and i have been so busy since this past september .  All my posts about my trips were already written in my travel journals .  Let go back to my travel-related posts now...... 

Day 13       Wednesday August 18 , 2010  

Morning :  My mom and i relaxed and read our books . I checked my e-mails and Facebook.

Noontime---My Mom, Peggy and i had lunch at Giovanni Pastrami on Lewers Street.

Afternoon--My mom, Peggy and i did our laundry in the Laundry room on 2nd floor.
I alone went to 27th floor rooftop swimming pool.

Evening---My mom and i had our dinner in our condo ,   I wrote a new blog post on my blogger.com  Then i watched TV and went to bed.  

End of Day 13.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Day 12 of my August 2010 Hawaiian Vacation.

Day 12  Tuesday August 17, 2010

Morning : My mom, Peggy and I visited the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor where Japanese attacked on December 7 , 1941 Sunday. Then we visited PunchBowl  National Cemetery of the Pacific, Chinatown.  We saw Iolani Palace , and the statue of King Kamehameha. But we did not go inside Iolani Palace.

Finally around 2 PM  we returned to our condo building and immediately we went to Subway sandwich shop for a late lunch.

Afternoon : I went swimming in the 27th floor pool.
Evening : We had our dinner in our condo and then I checked my e-mails, Facebook, Twitter.
My mom took pictures of street performers on Kalakaua Avenue.

END of Day 12. 

Day 11 of my August 2010 Hawaiian vacation.

Day 11  Monday August 16, 2010

Morning : I checked my e-mails, Facebook.
Afternoon : My mom, Peggy and I had our lunch at Yard House restaurant on Lewers Street. 
I went ocean swimming and then i went to the 27th floor rooftop swimming pool for some more swimming. It is atop of my condo building.

Evening : My mom, Peggy and i went to Giovanni Pastrami for Dinner and it is located on Lewers Street. 
I went to visit Apple computer store at Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center (RHSC) , then I went to Waikiki Town Center on Kuhio Avenue to watch a free hula show --my favorite hula show. Then I checked  out a few stores on Kuhio Ave.
And I returned to my condo by 9:30 PM.

END of  Day 11.

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Day 10 of Honolulu vacation 2010

Day 10   Sunday August 15, 2010

Morning: I checked  my e-mails.
My mom, peggy and I went to Denny's restaurant on-site.  Peggy had her breakfast, my mom and I had our snacks.  After Denny's  Peggy came to our condo to use my laptop PC .

Afternoon: Peggy & my mom used my laptop PC  while i read my book.

Evening : My mom, Peggy and I  had our dinner at Cheeseburger restaurant on Lewers Street.
I myself went to Waikiki Baptist Church for a 6 PM  sunday night service , and sadly there was no sign language interpreter for the Deaf !   Waikiki Baptist Church is a half-mile west of my condo building.  Its sunday night service lasted for one hour and 15 minutes. Its pastor is Andrew Large and he is a middle-aged white man. Pastor Large has eyeglasses, mustache, and goatee.  He wore sandals, long pants, and Aloha/ Hawaiian shirt !!!  I was shocked that he wears so casually for Sunday Night services ! 

I met Pastor Large's wife Suzanne and she is a cute Asian-American  woman . Suzanne looks 10 to 15 years younger than her husband . 

After Waikiki Baptist church I did little shopping  and then i went back to my condo.

I noticed Planet Hollywood restaurant at Kalakaua Avenue and Lewers Street is already closed for good, gone forever !!!

END OF DAY 10 . 

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Day 9 of Honolulu Vacation 2010

Day 9   Saturday August 14, 2010 

Morning: I checked my e-mails, Facebook, and Twitter.
Noontime:  My mom, Peggy, and I went to have lunch at Kaui Ka Pila Grille , an open-air restaurant located poolside at the Outrigger Reef Hotel on Kalia Road. 

Afternoon:  I walked around Fort DeRussy Beach and I took some pictures.
After 3 PM I went ocean swimming while my mom went swimming in rooftop pool on the 27th Floor of our condo building. My mom and I had our dinner inside our condo.

Evening : I went to a free hula show on 2nd floor of the Waikiki Town Center on Kuhio Avenue and I took some pictures of that show.  Then I took some pictures of street performers on Kalakaua Avenue between International Marketplace (IM)  and Lewers Street.  And I returned to my condo. 

END of Day  9. 

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Day 8 of Honolulu Vacation 2010

Day 8    Friday August 13, 2010

Morning :  I checked my e-mails, Facebook, and Twitter.
My mom, Peggy and I shopped at the International Marketplace ( IM) on Kalakaua Avenue.

Noontime : We had lunch at the Treetop Cafe inside the International Marketplace. That Treetop Cafe is an open-air restaurant and it has great food. It is affordable place.

Afternoon : I went ocean swimming at my usual spot on Waikiki Beach by the Royal Hawaiian Hotel ( pink hotel building).
My mom and I had our dinner in our condo.
Evening : We watched the Fireworks show from the 27th floor bar , " Ocean Suite Waikiki " , and I had a bottle of Bud Light.  After that I visited stores inside the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center (RHSC) , and I got back to my condo.

END of Day  8. 

Day 7 of my Honolulu Vacation 2010

Day 7  Thursday  August 12, 2010

Morning :  I checked my e-mails, Facebook, and Twitter.
Noontime: I had a one and half tuna sandwich my mom made, and some cookies for lunch in my condo.

Afternoon :  my mom used my laptop PC again, at same time I read a book, " Inca Gold " .  We then did our laundry in laundry room on 2nd Floor.
Evening :  my mom, Peggy and I had dinner at Cheeseburger Restaurant on Lewers  Street.
I myself went to the Shiatsu & Massage Center , WOW! I loves Shiatsu & Massage Center !
I returned to my condo , and I watched TV.

END of Day 7

Day 6 of my Hawaiian vacation 2010

Day 6        Wednesday August 11, 2010

Our shuttle bus left from our condo building at around 7:35 PM to participate in Grand Circle Island Tour on Island of Oahu ( where Honolulu/ Waikiki is ) , and that tour lasted all day. We got back to our condo building before 6 PM , and then we went straight to Giovanni Pastrami , a combo sports bar/restaurant for dinner.

Evening : At about 7PM I went to Waikiki Baptist Church for wednesday night bible study , and it was over around 8:30 PM. I walked back to my condo complex and I got few groceries at ABC store on-site  then I went to my condo and I watched " CSI: New York" on Cable TV.

Why I went to bible study in middle of my vacation ?  The answer is I do not want my vacation to be too secular ! The full street address of Waikiki Baptist Church is 424 Kuamo'o Street Honolulu, HI 96815 

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Day 5 of August 2010 Honolulu Vacation

Day 5   Tuesday August 10, 2010
Morning: My Mom went to the Owner's Meeting  in the Owner's Lounge on 26th floor. I checked my e-mails, Facebook, and Twitter. When I finished surf the Net I went ocean swimming by the Royal Hawaiian Hotel ( a pink hotel building).

At 12 Noon my mom, Peggy, and I had our lunch at Giovanni Pastrami on Lewers Street and it is a sports bar/ restaurant. I did not drink any booze there.

Afternoon:  Peggy & my mom used my laptop PC , at same time I read my book , " Inca Gold" by Clive Cussler.
After they finished use my laptop PC     I began  write my Facebook notes about my January 2010 Kauai Vacation.  Finally I am done write these Facebook (FB) notes about January 2010 Kauai Vacation.
My mom and I had our dinner in our condo.

Evening:  I found a camera store on the ground floor of the Outrigger Hotel on Kalakaua Avenue opposite the International Marketplace ( IM) , and I bought a camera strap for my digital camera, and later I bought another camera strap for my mom's digital camera.

END of  Day 5. 

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Day 4 of Honolulu vacation 2010

Day 4  Monday August 9, 2010

Morning: I checked my e-mails, Facebook, and Twitter.
Afternoon: I went to the Borders Express bookstore inside Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center (RHSC) and I bought a non-fiction book, " Professional Blogging for Dummies" . 
I then went to Pizza Hut / Taco Bell inside the Waikiki Shopping Plaza for lunch and I had 2 cheese personal pan pizzas and i walked to Starbucks Coffee at RHSC on Lewers Street and I treated myself with a mocha coconut frappuccino, and i got back to my condo.

Evening: My mom, Peggy and I went on-board  " Star of Honolulu" for our Dinner Cruise . We really liked our " Star of Honolulu " Dinner cruise. We then got back to our condo. 

END of Day 4

Day 3 of Honolulu vacation 2010

Day 3  Sunday August 8 , 2010

Morning:  I checked my e-mails, & Facebook. My mom & Peggy booked our Dinner Cruise and Grand Circle Island Tour ( For Island of Oahu).  Our schedule for this week....
Monday August 9 th  Dinner Cruise.
Wednesday August 11th Grand Circle Island Tour.
At 11:00 AM I myself went to a chapel (religious) worship service in the Owner's Lounge on the 26th floor of our condo, it lasted for about 30 minutes. Sadly there were NO sign language interpreters at all and then I returned to my condo.

Afternoon : My mom, Peggy and I went to the Yard House restaurant for a late lunch, it is on Lewers Street. After that lunch we walked across the street to a store , " Honolulu Cookie Company" and then we returned to our condos.

Evening : I walked and visited stores on Kalakaua Avenue and Kuhio Avenue
Jack in the Box fast food restaurant on Kuhio Avenue --GONE, Closed for good.
Then I returned to my condo before 10:30 PM.

End of Day 3

Day 2 of my Honolulu vacation 2010

Day 2  Saturday August 7, 2010

Morning: My mom & Peggy went to Hilo Hatties store.
Afternoon : We had a late lunch at Denny's on-site at our condo complex. Then my mom & Peggy used my laptop PC while I read my book , " Inca Gold " by Clive Cussler.

Evening : My mom & I had our dinner in our condo. Then we went to a new bar , " Ocean Suite Waikiki" on 27th floor of our condo building to watch a beautiful sunset. I had a glass of Bud Light.

Then we get back to our condo and we watched TV and did reading.
End of  Day 2 . 

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Day one of my August 2010 Hawaiian vacation

Day one of my August 2010 Hawaiian vacation , Friday August 6, 2010

My mother, Peggy, and I took off in a Hawaiian Airlines jet plane from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport at 8:15 AM Mountain Standard Time (MST) .
Peggy is my mom's close friend.

Finally our 6-hour flight was over when we arrived at Honolulu International Airport (HIA) before 11:30 AM Hawaiian Standard Time (HST).  Hawaii (state) Time is 3 hours behind Arizona Time.

After we checked into our timeshare (vacation) condo--The Imperial of Waikiki on Lewers Street in Waikiki part of Honolulu, Oahu.
Peggy got her own room. We went to Denny's restaurant which is on-site at the Imperial of Waikiki for our lunch. I had a Mahi Mahi fish dinner , mmm! Good.

After Denny's   I set up my laptop PC , at first I tried to connect to Internet via WI FI and I tried that again and again . Finally I decided to use a blue DATA cable provided by the Imperial of Waikiki and that DATA cable is avaiable in every room. And it was successful ! Then I checked my e-mails and Facebook. 

Night: after a light dinner in my condo  I went to a new bar on 27th floor in my condo building. Its name is : Ocean Suite Waikiki.  I had a bottle of Bud Light and I took some pictures of a fireworks show near my condo building. This new bar have open-air balcony. Then I returned to my condo (room) and i was tired from jet lag. 

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Online weather related web sites

Speaking about online weather related web sites ...I try Weather Bug which is okay but I am convinced that WeatherTap is one of the best weather web sites ever plus it is the fastest weather related sites I ever see. WeatherTap is commercial-free!  I strongly recommend using a paid version of WeatherTap because it has more features. It cost about 8 bucks every month.  Keep your eyes on weather daily.

Monday, July 19, 2010

Retro Television (RTV) and deaf people.

As a deaf man I am not happy with Retro Television !  Because all the TV programs on Retro TV are NEVER closed captioned !!! Shame on Retro Television (RTV)  !!!  Let us deaf people united to demand that RTV start closed caption their TV programs NOW !!! 

RTV channel on broadcast TV ( without cable and satellite) in metro Phoenix is 7.2    

We  can and should demand that all RTV programs get closed captioned asap !!!

Sunday, June 27, 2010

a vacant restaurant building in Gilbert, AZ

Today I was in Joe's Real BBQ which is popular restaurant in Gilbert, AZ. and as i was eating my lunch and i saw that old Grain Belts restaurant across the street which has been vacant for years now.

I have an idea for city of Gilbert government .....tear down that old Grain Belts restaurant building soon and then build a new parking garage for shoppers who shop and dine in Downtown Gilbert to increase  parking space which would benefit them .   My message to Mayor and Town council of Gilbert ....please tear down Grain Belts building and build a parking garage soon. 

I have been a resident of Chandler, AZ for 17 years now.   
Gilbert is a nice  and pleasant town .

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

My plans for the weekend of June 25 -27, 2010

Hello I am busy this weekend,  this sat  birthday party for my sister.  This sunday 27th     dinner group from my church.  

Have a nice day!

Chandler, AZ Mall

Earlier tonight I went to Chandler Fashion Mall and then i went inside Barnes & Noble store. I loves barnes & Noble stores i bought 2 non-fiction books ..." Digital Video for dummies" , and " The World Almanac and Book of facts 2010" .  I loves reading.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

I loves my new Blackberry Curve smartphone !

Hello  everyone !

Last month May 2010 I bought and got my new Blackberry Curve smartphone and I loves it.  

I believe that every deaf and hard of hearing adult in advanced countries like USA, Canada, Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Russia should have a Blackberry Curve smartphone ! !!  It is one of the best communications device for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing people around the world !  Blackberry Curve smartphones for the deaf / hard of hearing is avaiable at www.deafpagerstore.com/  
Please run to that deafpagerstore web site now.  

Thanks 

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Deaf people and blackberry curve smart phones.

Can deaf people use Blackberry Curve smart phones ?  YES !!!!

  1. Blackberry Curve  can function as : a digital camera, a PDA, , my personal photo collection, a video camera, and a video player & recorder.
  2. receive and send E-mails. 
  3. receive and send text messages (SMS).
  4. receive and send instant messages (IMs).
  5. surf the Internet wirelessly.
  6. send and receive PIN-to-PIN messages.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Arizona Immigration law SB 1070

Since Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed SB 1070 into a state law last month , guess what ? More people & businesses have started to boycott Arizona , plus more hispanics are moving to other states and even Mexico. 


So it means that Gov. Brewer made big mistakes by signing SB 1070 which is a racist law! Shame on Gov. Jan Brewer!  She is damaging Arizona economy . 

It is now time to repeal that stupid racist law 1070 and also to start the process to impeach Gov. Jan Brewer ... sooner the better.   Let's pray that SB 1070 and Gov. Brewer to be gone !  Gov. Brewer sure need to be retired from politics or be impeached !!!  

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Blackberry for Deaf

Hello ! I am back into blogging stuff now.

During last 6 or so months i have doing my research and i found out that most deaf people in the USA quit using TDDs/TTYs and they switch to Sidekick 2 or Blackberry Curves now.

I myself have been thinking about buying and using a Blackberry Curve this spring or this summer. I understand that more and more deaf people now favor Blackberry Curves over Sidekicks .

In fact I am reading a non-fiction book, " Blackberry Curve for Dummies" published by Wiley. Yes it is already written and printed ! Thank God for "------- for Dummies" books ! You can order that book at www.amazon.com

Take care ,
Paul Spears

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Tea Party movement

In past few weeks I noticed a lot of coverage regarding Tea Party movement on TV, Internet, and in newspapers. Well, I like that Tea Party movement because it favors tax cuts, smaller government, and they believe we should reduce our national debts. I feel that our national debt is too huge and it keeps growing.

We should quit from both democractic and republican parties asap because they did not keep their words which they said they would cut taxes, spending, red tapes, etc. but their words are vain. There is a phrase, " talk is cheap". I am not happy with these democractic and republican clowns and they should stop playing politics. Politics is NOT a game or a sport or a toy.

Let's join the Tea Party movement and it is the time to sweep the US Congress clean ! Where is Sarah Palin, former Alaska governor ? I hope she will lead our Tea Party movement soon.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Holy Bible and dating

Hello , there is a bible verse regarding dating and it is 2 Corinthians 6:14

2 Corinthians 6:14 from Holy Bible KJV 1611 ..." Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers..." I believe that christians should not date and marry lost sinners . I am a protestant christian hoping to date and marry a protestant christian woman.

Please pray for me to find a right woman for me as my wife. I am almost 50 years old now and I prefer 25 to 35 years old deaf/ hard of hearing woman ...that way I can become a father.

God bless you.

Sunday, January 3, 2010

My plans for the 2010.

Here are my plans for the 2010 ....

1. Continue to work full-time at Fry's Food & Drug .
2. Start and maintain a home-based business, an online business.
3. Start to invest in stocks, bonds, and mutual funds for the first time in my life.
4. Buy and use an iPhone or a Motorola Droid or a Blackberry Curve from T-mobile.
5. Continue to flirt & date young women.

New Year Resolutions ??? only one...

Write more blog entries every week and every month.