Spent the Kamehameha Day holiday at the sandbar in Kāneʻohe Bay. It was a treat! Mahalo to Tim for taking us on the outing. The weather was spectacular! (Click to enlarge.)
Photo courtesy of @WendyLOliver
We launched his boat from He’eia Pier and laid anchor at the sandbar. There was a bunch of tourists there, but it wasn’t crowded at all. Enjoyed the great company, Noe’s spam musubis & Funyuns, and Wendy’s Arizona Iced Tea.
The kids had an absolute blast! Their highlight was getting towed on a raft and doing a bit of “wakeboarding.”
Had an amazing 2013-2014 school year at Kamehameha. Looking back, here are some of my memories….
After servicing the elementary & middle school campuses for the past 10 years, I finally moved up to the high school. Blessed to be a part of a great team, the “Bishop Boys.” We started a tradition of Crock-pot Wednesdays.
The highlight of the school year for me was traveling to Beijing, China with Liz and Doug to present at RDFZ Xishan School’s International Summit. It was an amazing experience. The best part was reuniting with good friends, Jessie, Sunny, C.Y., and Raj.
But what makes working at KS so great is our amazing team. We are a family. Here we are at our Christmas party at the Bishop Museum.
Unreal. In February, KS was able to host students from RDFZ Xishan for two days. The RDFZ Performing Arts Team toured Honolulu, L.A., and San Francisco. They stayed overnight in our dorms and performed for our elementary and middle schools. They bonded with many of our high school students. It was a great experience and a total team effort.
In March (and on a Saturday,) our KS EdTech Team held its first annual “Mashup” professional development day for teachers. A Mashup combines the best elements of a conference and an unconference. We received nothing but positive feedback.
Photo courtesy of TEDxYouth@Kamehameha.
Our high school’s TED Talks Club hosted our very first TEDxYouth event on campus. It was a huge success! Already looking forward to next year.
Finally, the year ended with our annual KS EdTech Conference at the Blaisdell Center. It was a great time of learning and collaboration.
Extremely grateful to be a part of Kamehameha Schools. What a great year! Imua.
We did it! It has been a dream for a few years to someday host a TEDx event at Kamehameha. Today, that dream came true. Please click on this link for the full post. Our speakers were simply AMAZING!
And our awesome club made it happen. Great job! It was real-life, project-based learning in its purest form.
So blessed to have attended Passion 2014 tonight at the Blaisdell Arena. “Passion exists to glorify God – uniting students in worship and prayer for spiritual awakening in this generation.”
And doubly-blessed to have reunited with awesome friends from Hope Chapel Kapolei. This made my night.
I guess I was first online, so I got a great seat (Section BB, Row 1, Seat 1.) Never sat in the front row before. It was pretty cool!
It was an amazing night of worship! This is Chris Tomlin. He’s my 2nd fave worship leader (after my nephew Grayson.) He was joined by David Crowder. The music was incredible. But the highlight for me was the message given by Pastor Louie Giglio. He spoke on the “Prodigal Father.”
My takeaways:
Parable of the Lost Sheep: The shepherd leaves his flock of 99 to find the one who is lost. If churches had 99% attendance, they’d be happy. 99% doesn’t quite cut it for God.
Jesus didn’t come to change our condition (make the “bad,” “good.”) He came to make the dead, alive….
It’s kinda difficult to describe just how amazing it was. Guess you really had to be there….
It’s been a longtime dream to travel to Paris. However, I booked this trip on impulse. I also wanted to go solo (YOLO) and enjoy the city at my own pace. I went with only one carry-on bag. It was an amazing adventure and a dream come true….
It was a 6-day trip (2 days of travel) from March 21st-26th. Getting there took over 19 hours, and I lost a day. Expedia flew me to Maui first, to catch a flight to LAX. On my flight to L.A., I met a nice family from Minnesota who was vacationing on Maui. Then I sat next to a couple from Sweden on my flight to Paris. I guess traveling solo frees you up to meet more people.
I didn’t want to stay at a franchise hotel, so I booked a Parisian boutique hotel called the Hotel du Dragon. I arrived in the late afternoon. I was greeted by the staff, a young dude with a cigarette and an iPhone. After telling him that I was from Hawai’i, he became very pleasant.
The building is over a hundred years old. It has no elevator, crooked stairs, and free Wi-fi. I would describe it by saying that it bordered on the fine line between “quaint” and “ghetto.” Haha. I loved it.
The room was tiny with old French furniture like this charming armoire. The bathroom was galley style.
But I selected this hotel based on location. I stayed in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighborhood in the 6th arrondissement on the Left Bank. In other words, I stayed in the café district within walking distance of all the attractions. I walked around to orient myself to the surrounding area.
Here are two of the most famous cafés in Paris (the world.) I liked both equally, although I did go to Café de Flore more.
I stopped by this brasserie before returning to the hotel. I picked up a few bottles of water at a boutique market. I felt tired, excited, and happy.
Alan Tamayose 