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.