Sungi's adventures in Japan have been keeping me entertained, and also revved me up to write a bit again. It is amazing how difficult it is to keep posting when no one else posts anything. I suppose people are reading, but with no comments and no replies, it feels like shouting into the wind: a waste of time.
So after pounds and pounds of soba, sushi, tempura, soup, and Ohhashi Omlette special, i am proud to say that all the weight I lost not drinking booze is back on my hips. But I enjoyed putting it there!
Will post some more, but for now, I am just gonna post some photos. Full screen is better than not. To get to full screen, just click on the scrapblog logo on the lower right-hand corner.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Monday, February 4, 2008
Undecided?
Going back to politics.
Super Tuesday is coming up. L is going for Obama baby, but I for some reason am inclined to go for Hillary. Although I just love Ron Paul so much, I might vote for him. I vote in Texas, which is always republican dominated, so my vote basically is for nothing.
Here are some cool things I dug up for the undecidedes:
Super Tuesday is coming up. L is going for Obama baby, but I for some reason am inclined to go for Hillary. Although I just love Ron Paul so much, I might vote for him. I vote in Texas, which is always republican dominated, so my vote basically is for nothing.
Here are some cool things I dug up for the undecidedes:
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Sunday, January 27, 2008
For Tuugii
Sodo, if Tuugi comes to visit, tell him these are just a few of the things we will do!
Fly above the Volcano!
Teach him to to Paddle Surf, this is a video of my brother, Paul. I do it too! It is easy!
Snorkel during the day
We can snorkel this one, he doesn't need to know how to dive! The manta rays are harmless:)
We have horses too! We can go herd cattle!
See a show!
Let me know if his parents are going to let him him out of their sight for a week or so :) I wouldn't if I were them, he is too great! :)
Fly above the Volcano!
Teach him to to Paddle Surf, this is a video of my brother, Paul. I do it too! It is easy!
Snorkel during the day
We can snorkel this one, he doesn't need to know how to dive! The manta rays are harmless:)
We have horses too! We can go herd cattle!
See a show!
Let me know if his parents are going to let him him out of their sight for a week or so :) I wouldn't if I were them, he is too great! :)
Well, I haven't really blogged lately. It really is unmotivating to blog when no one else does, but since Sodo (who hasn't blogged for over a year), and Ellie both picked up again, I thought I would too. Won't do a summary since everyone knows what I have been up to since Facebook has been so popular among our circle.
I have been trying to figure out where to go with Luis. We both need a trip to get out of here, and I think we have settled on going to Japan in April. I wanted to go to India but with 30 hours of flying and 2k per ticket compared with 8hrs and 800, the price and time decided for us. We won't stay with Ellie, as her family has been through a lot lately and doesn't need house guests, and we want the freedom to go party until late or take a nap in the middle of the afternoon :) I think we are going to spend 4 days in Tokyo, and then spent the rest traveling all around.
I have been reading a lot lately, which has just been so wonderful for me. I used to read a lot, and then I listened to Audio books, but now I do both! I really miss reading. I am actually thinking about investing in Kimble, which is Amazon's new electronic book. You can keep 90 books in there ( I traveled to PR and took five books, and they were heavy!), download new ones anytime you want through cell phone technology, and it has a dictionary so if you come across a word you don't know, you can look it up instantly!
I am reading The Master and Margarita, one of most important pieces of protest literature coming out of Russia. It is great, the devil goes to Moscow and terrorizes the literary community.
My cats are wonderful, Pista is going through a Mamma's boy phase (he usually spends more time with his pappa, so I am enjoying his company when I take a nap or I am working on my computer. IT is lovely.
Well, that is it for the evening. I just watched "There Will Be Blood," which is phenomenal. Need to go digest
I have been trying to figure out where to go with Luis. We both need a trip to get out of here, and I think we have settled on going to Japan in April. I wanted to go to India but with 30 hours of flying and 2k per ticket compared with 8hrs and 800, the price and time decided for us. We won't stay with Ellie, as her family has been through a lot lately and doesn't need house guests, and we want the freedom to go party until late or take a nap in the middle of the afternoon :) I think we are going to spend 4 days in Tokyo, and then spent the rest traveling all around.
I have been reading a lot lately, which has just been so wonderful for me. I used to read a lot, and then I listened to Audio books, but now I do both! I really miss reading. I am actually thinking about investing in Kimble, which is Amazon's new electronic book. You can keep 90 books in there ( I traveled to PR and took five books, and they were heavy!), download new ones anytime you want through cell phone technology, and it has a dictionary so if you come across a word you don't know, you can look it up instantly!
I am reading The Master and Margarita, one of most important pieces of protest literature coming out of Russia. It is great, the devil goes to Moscow and terrorizes the literary community.
My cats are wonderful, Pista is going through a Mamma's boy phase (he usually spends more time with his pappa, so I am enjoying his company when I take a nap or I am working on my computer. IT is lovely.
Well, that is it for the evening. I just watched "There Will Be Blood," which is phenomenal. Need to go digest
Monday, December 10, 2007
famer girl
So what was I doing on a tractor? The woman who owns the company that I work for, MenuNetwork.com, had me come up to a business meeting in Eugene Eugene
It is a working farm. The have cows, pigs, two dogs, two cats, four horses, bunnies, and a garden (in the summer). The vegetables we are eating now are canned and pickled. It is amazing living with people who really live off the land. The make their own wine, plum liquor, EVERYTHING. Water is from right on their property.
If the world were to go to pieces, they would be self sufficient (they have lumber for building anything, and their entire house is heated by a wood burning furnace). They have old tractors, they dig their own trenches, mend fences, and it is just nuts. The amazing thing is, is that to run a real farm, it takes all day, and a big family. Dawn until dusk, literally.
I was entertaining the idea of having a place with animals, but you have to feed them, clean up their poop (the horse’s create about 500 lbs a day), and you can’t go on vacation. Maybe not my style.
Tomorrow I am going riding up in the hills with Kathleen, my boss. Will post more pictures then!
Friday, December 7, 2007
Saturday, December 1, 2007
A tropical Saturday
Luis and I got up and went to the farmers market this morning. One of the lovely things about Hawaii is that once you get to the farmers markets, you have a great abundance of tropical fruit. Here are some of the ones we bought:
This is called Egg Fruit, or canistel. They gave it to us for free, and told us that in two days, it will be ripe enough. The flesh inside is sweet, but has the consistency of a hard boiled egg. It is from Central America, so maybe Carlos knows it by another name.
This purple one is fun, but expensive, even here! The Mangosteen is eaten like an orange, that hard purple rind is cut off and the white part is eaten in sections.
This one should be a familiar tropical fruit. Maracuja, or parcha (in Puerto Rico), has go to be my favorite. I am making cookies tonight during the UH game, and the cookies are going to have a yummy passion fruit (or likiloi) jelly on top.
I love lychee, but unfortunately, in Hawaii, they just appear in the summer. Lucky for me, its slightly bigger cousin is a fall fruit! Rambuton looks scary, but the inside is just like lychee, except I think the seed is bigger, so not so much flesh.
Later, we had brunch at this amazing cafe in Holualoa, which is the main coffee growing area in Kona. I had seared ahi with poached eggs, and Luis had moonfish, or opah. In case you have never tried it, it is a white flaky fish, similar to John Dory (delicious and abundant off the pier in our little town in NZ). Here is photo in case you wanted to see one alive.
Then after running to some friends at a kids fest in Keahou, we hit the puppy swap meet and saw some puppies for sale. We aren't looking for one, but felt like looking at something cute. We fell in love with three English Spaniels. Their noses are a little longer than American Spaniels.
I had always heard they were stupid, but when I checked Wikipedia's list, they weren't the dumbest. Here is a list, and the link, if you were wondering about the methodology.
Top 10 Smartest Dogs
This is called Egg Fruit, or canistel. They gave it to us for free, and told us that in two days, it will be ripe enough. The flesh inside is sweet, but has the consistency of a hard boiled egg. It is from Central America, so maybe Carlos knows it by another name.
This purple one is fun, but expensive, even here! The Mangosteen is eaten like an orange, that hard purple rind is cut off and the white part is eaten in sections.
This one should be a familiar tropical fruit. Maracuja, or parcha (in Puerto Rico), has go to be my favorite. I am making cookies tonight during the UH game, and the cookies are going to have a yummy passion fruit (or likiloi) jelly on top.
I love lychee, but unfortunately, in Hawaii, they just appear in the summer. Lucky for me, its slightly bigger cousin is a fall fruit! Rambuton looks scary, but the inside is just like lychee, except I think the seed is bigger, so not so much flesh.
Later, we had brunch at this amazing cafe in Holualoa, which is the main coffee growing area in Kona. I had seared ahi with poached eggs, and Luis had moonfish, or opah. In case you have never tried it, it is a white flaky fish, similar to John Dory (delicious and abundant off the pier in our little town in NZ). Here is photo in case you wanted to see one alive.
Then after running to some friends at a kids fest in Keahou, we hit the puppy swap meet and saw some puppies for sale. We aren't looking for one, but felt like looking at something cute. We fell in love with three English Spaniels. Their noses are a little longer than American Spaniels.
I had always heard they were stupid, but when I checked Wikipedia's list, they weren't the dumbest. Here is a list, and the link, if you were wondering about the methodology.
Top 10 Smartest Dogs
- Border Collie
- Shetland Sheepdog
- German Shepherd
- Golden Retriever
- Doberman Pinscher
- Poodle
- Labrador Retriever
- Papillon
- Rottweiler
- Australian Cattle Dog
Welsh Corgi (Pembroke) (Yea Ellie!!)
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