Heave Ho! and Apa Kabar!


This week began last Sunday with our branch meeting in the Little Theater on campus because the Sunset Community center was being used as a 'place of refuge' for hurricane victims. Since it was basically a non-event in our area, it probably wasn't needed but I was happy to meet where we had air conditioning and we had our usual turnout so everything worked out just fine.

Tuesday was a big day for me - I got my hair cut. The girl who was doing it moved to California when her husband got a job writing for an ABC television series. He used to work at the library. So Kaylee works from her home and has two cute little kids. She is just getting going with her salon business and is excited to have a hair washing sink (in her laundry room) and a real salon chair. She did a pretty good job. It is hard to maintain any style here because of the wind, rain, and humidity - usually all in one day.
We also worked at the PCC in the evening and we were surprised and happy to meet a girl who graduated from Lone Peak High School and knows Kayla. I think her name might have been Kylee but I'm not sure. Here is her picture:

Lone Peak graduate 

On Wednesday we went to the temple and saw the third new temple movie. We always try to go to the 4:00 session because it is the handicapped session and they always need additional people.

Thursday we went to Aiea to have my arm checked out. It was no big deal and an excuse to have a fun day. We ran some errands. Dennis bought me a new purse. He also checked on the new part for the car. We are part of a Chevrolet recall and have been waiting for several months for the part to arrive and since we hadn't heard from them, Dennis decided to go check it out for himself. Yes, the part was there and had been for over a month but of course, no one had phoned to let us know or to schedule an appointment to get it replaced.  After that, we went to see the James Brown movie which was interesting even though I wasn't ever a big James Brown fan.

Friday morning we went over to Hukilau Beach to watch the launch of the "Iosepa," the BYUH sailing canoe which they built several years ago. It was last taken out about four years ago. They were supposed to launch between nine and eleven, but when it still was sitting there at 12:30 we left and did laundry. We checked back in the afternoon and it was still sitting on the beach. They decided to wait until Saturday.

Kaye with the "Iosepa" at Hukilau Beach

Putting the mast up

Saturday morning we went over to the flag circle on campus at 8:00 am to help the Indonesians celebrate their Independence Day. They began by singing their national anthem. I love to listen to them sing as they sing loudly and enthusiastically. We could learn from them. Then they had a little quiz and were asked questions about their history. It was interesting for us since we didn't know very much about their history. They could name all seven of their presidents and tell how they came to have independence from the Japanese and the Dutch after WWII. They have only been an independent country since 1945. Then they played silly games and just had fun and ate cheese puffs and Chips Ahoy cookies. For one game they cut slits in a cantaloupe and then shoved coins into it. Then they greased the whole thing with butter and the teams had a race to see who could pull the coins out first with their teeth. In Indonesia they have something similar where they grease a palm tree trunk or just a pole. They have prizes tied at the top and people take turns trying to get to the top to win a prize. I'm thinking family reunion. . .

Preparing the cantalope

Ready, Set, . . .

And the winner is!

Another game was with a pencil tied around your waist and a bottle of water. You had to squat down and try to get the pencil into the pop bottle until it reached the water. They made Dennis and me try this one and they were laughing their heads off at the two of us. By the way, dad won! More reunion fun?

Reminded me of squat toilets in China

After this activity we went back to the beach to see if the ship had been launched. No, but I guess they were waiting for Dennis because they got the flatbed thing stuck in the sand and then they called all the people on the beach to go help push this huge, heavy piece of wood into the water. After several tries, they eventually succeeded. Everyone started to cheer. They are sailing around Oahu and over to Kauai and then it will come back to Haleiwa where it will be taken out of the water and trucked back over to BYUH for another four years. It was cool to see! By the way, it is Monday night and it is still sitting in Laie Bay.

Dennis launching the ship

As you can imagine, Dennis was exhausted after single-handedly pushing the boat into the bay and so we finished off our day with a trip over to Haliewa to enjoy a famous Kua'Aina burger.

Who needs a Big Mac?