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Nohona….

….means to practice, whereas ‘ike means knowledge.

Our Kamehameha Schools Education Technology Services Team (ETS) went on a nohona outing yesterday to Kailua. We met at Kailua Beach Park and had a cool icebreaker activity.

We downloaded the iPhone app called Seek ‘n Spell which is like Scrabble using the iPhone’s GPS. It was a blast! My team came in a respectable 4th place. (Photo courtesy of Keith.)

We then hiked up to the Lanikai Pillbox. The view was spectacular! Another one of God’s masterpieces. It was an extremely windy day, but fortunately no one lost a hat.

We came back to the beach park and played Hanohano Wailea on our ukuleles. It’s a song written by Kihei DeSilva about the ancient place names of the area.

We then picked up lunch from K & K Barbecue Inn. We all ordered the garlic shrimp w/ fried rice on Uluhani’s recommendation. It was awesome.

The entire day was awesome. Mahalo to the planning team. And mahalo Ke Akua for blessing me with a team of great people.

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“Worship Him” Honolulu 2011

Attended the HIM (Hawaiian Islands Ministries) Conference this past weekend. It was my ninth conference in a row. It’s something that I look forward to all year long. The teaching is incredible and the worship is amazing. Such a blessing!

Here I am waiting outside the Convention Center’s main ballroom. I’m always early to each general session so that I can get a good seat. I know, crazy….

There were about 4000 attendees. You can’t see me (obviously because I took this picture,) but because I’m usually in the 2nd or 3rd row.

Here are the highlights that I will remember from this conference:
1. Deepening my relationship with God.
2. Dave Gibbons from Arizona and Pete Greig from London were fantastic speakers.
3. Koa Siu sitting in with Cory’s band on Friday. Amazing song….
4. The Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia ice cream (dipped in dark chocolate) that I always get there.
5. Saturday morning’s worship. The youth are allowed to come up near the stage for worship. They usually dance and “move all over.” They are awesome. But this morning, these two local old men (one with a cane) came up to the front in the aisle next to me. They were dancing and praising out loud. It was great. It was absolutely contagious and inspiring to say the least. They really knew how to WORSHIP HIM.

Already looking forward to next year….

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Blessed….

….to be leading worship at Kamehameha. I serve at one 7th grade chapel service and one joint devotion per month. We also run a student club called “Faith 808” that assists with chapel services. It’s a blessing to be at a school that worships Jesus & prays together. Mahalo Ke Akua….

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Saturday Night is PPV Nite….

Seems each week I’m tweeting that I’m off to Aiea for a pay-per-view party. It’s become a Saturday ritual, especially during the UH football season. I meet up at Kel & Rob’s for either UH football or the UFC.

We hang out in a covered patio area that’s decorated with Kel’s grandpa’s boxing memorabilia. There’s always good food, good friends, and good times….

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Why I Blog.

I started blogging in January of 2008. I actually got into it during the time when Web 2.0 was exploding onto the scene. I wanted to keep up with new emerging technologies since it’s vital to my role as an education technology specialist. So I blogged, just to teach myself how to do it. Funny thing happened. I got hooked. Since then, I have learned that you are the #1 reader of your own blog (unless it goes viral.) So yes, I blog for myself. I keep a blog as a public, but personal diary of my life. I have a bunch, but my primary blog is “musings on living aloha….” (chronicling the life & times of a local boy growing up & growing old in downtown Honolulu.)

When blogging started to get popular, social networking took over. Still, there is a huge difference between the two. And that is why blogging will continue.

I blog to express myself. I blog to think. I blog to document the major events and defining moments in my life. And I kinda like doing it.

As life continues to move at a faster pace, I blog to pause.

Blogging can be artsy, deep, or even random. To each his own….