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Skyping Michelle! Zzzz on us? 17th Ward get-together!

Our visiting teach-ee, Tina!!! Mmmm Hmmm!

Pimpin ride!

the nightly ritual-"our corner" Oh, Henry!

today is the Sabbath-best day ever here! our ward is the BEST ever-we are going to miss everyone there :( we always have the best speakers in Sacrament and sunday school lessons! today, Raj gave the lesson-no worries, we came prepared this week! i feel bad cuz no one speaks up to help haha i think everyone has a hard time with English, so they get kinda scared-so we did most the talking! Jaym and Chelle announced our little "ward get-together" in Elder's quorum and after church, we got visit taught! we went to the caf and then took naps and worked on pics! we skyped Michelle for a bit too-we just can't separate for too long-it's too hard! haha everyone thinks we are connected at the hip, and we are! we went to the caf for dinner and then went to our little ward get-together! it turned out great!! there was dessert and one of the counselors brought bean dip that was a hit! our ward is so loud and funny haha i loved it! we took pics with Raj and Yao, of course and then did a little visiting teaching to Tina! we went out to meet Wit on the corner and she pulled up in a white, convertible MUSTANG! we all drove around campus again and again haha she was hoping everyone that hated her (NZ girls) would see-maybe even P-diddy! some of the kids on the other corner told us to turn our music down cuz it was the Sabbath. we dropped it back off at her brother's little condo-they are visiting for the week and let her borrow it for a couple minutes! we walked home and then had a little talk on the corner! Mel joined us and tried to set us up with his friends-the usual haha he must think that's ALL we want or that's all they ever want! Henry joined us too of course (when there's one, there's all!) and talked/sung our ears off-love him! haha we walked Chelle home, he asked if i was Latino, taught us some Tongan (cuz it bugs when they just start talking in their language in front of us cuz we know it's about us haha!): Fefe Haka? (How are you?) Sybe! (Good!) Alua! (Goodbye-leaving!) and something with a elele haha. we went in for bed and called it a night!

rain, rain... GO AWAY!

Heading to the beach... beach stuff and all! Spotted blondie again! Sack lunch on the beach...daily!

Writing in the sand! we were TOO much fun for Jaymee haha :)

:) Inception!!!

today was quite the day! woke up at 5 a.m. out in the courtyard (well, i pulled an all-nighter cuz someone had my pillow and bed taken over haha Jameson!!) and headed back to our rooms to sleep until five-to-ten to sack our lunches and get some breakfast! we felt like a train had hit us all... except Jaymee and Alexis-they slept in their dorms the whole night haha we got ready and went down to the beach. the clouds were dark and thick the entire day-not so good for laying out, but great for napping! we took lots of pics of writing in the sand and then slept until like 3:30 p.m. we did some laundry, got ready, went to dinner, and then went and say inception-holy deep! it was sooooo intense! kinda over my head, but really cool haha never thought so much about dreams and all that jazz! we got some ice cream at Angel's and "discussed" it! we went to Foodland for some goodies and dessert for tomorrows "Ward social" that Yao and Raj turned from a little us-get-together to our whole ward haha it should be fun! we went to watch a movie, but the guys have to be out of the lounge by eleven and Ky had Jin coming so we went out on the "corner" to talk! Tommy, Matt, and them joined us and of course Marie-she is hilarious! she came to the beach earlier too and just sat there while we napped haha love her! we called it a night-early church tomorrow... last Sunday :( last everything from here on out dang it! haha not for Jaym though!

Hale Iwa for the last time :(

Matsumoto's round 3! Hale Iwa!!!

Pizza Bob's pizza! :) Mmm candy!

finally, arcade anyone? Jaymee was in HEAVEN! night under the stars! (in the courtyard!)

two men, stolen pillow, and a uk!

today, we woke up and got some breakfast! it was SOOO full with little choir kids-just about as crazy as when EFY was here last week! we hung out for a bit-me and Jaym went and ran some errands-and then we went to lunch with everyone and headed for the bus. FINALLY, it came after a couple hollers haha not too scary at all-we were just about to start hitch hiking until it came (#55)! we shopped a bit in Hale Iwa, got some matsumotos (condensed milk on top and ice cream in the bottom is the BEST! for only like three bucks! haha), walked around a bit, went to the bathroom in THE SCARIEST bathroom i have ever seen, took a nap on the beach-perfect weather (kinda overcast the whole day), and then got some dinner at Pizza Bob's-really good, but took forever to get! then, we headed back to the bus and stopped at Foodland for some candy on the way home-have already ate almost half and am getting sick, but can't stop haha! we had NOTHING to do (of course, on our last weekend!), and hadn't heard about our camping going down-would agree with the fact that we got "stood up" by the NZs! so, we went to the arcade! it was sure happening! haha Marie and Adam with his new girl-Mariama came and we played a little table tennis around-the-world! walking back, pooped for the night, we came across Adam and Jameson sitting on "our corner!" we stopped and talked for a bit while Jameson serenaded us with his Ukulele! we still wanted to "camp out" under the stars-some more persistent than others, but we all didn't want to miss out on the fun even though it didn't sound too fun at the moment haha it was cold, going to rain, and just not the right time and place-we tried looking for somewhere we wouldn't get caught by security in the middle of the night, so we decided on the courtyard in between Hale 3 and Hale 5 (a.k.a. the "awkward couple courtyard" since tons of couples sit out their every night haha mixed kinds of people too!) we got our stuff and met the boys out there-i put down my sand mat and pillow and ran back to get more sand mats for everyone and Jameson took over my bed! he wouldn't move and so i had to sleep in between the two boys all night with Jameson on my stinking pillow and bed! haha i didn't know how to tell him other than "nicely" how to get off, cuz he wouldn't listen, so i just went without a pillow! me and Adam pulled an "all-nighter" and talked the entire time-probably annoyed everyone haha! Jameson started snoring in my ear and i plugged his nose! i fell asleep a couple times for a sec, but it was so UNCOMFY! it rained a couple times on and off-not too bad thank goodness, but it was freezing rain! i wasn't cold surprisingly-probably all the sweats and two body heaters next to me did the job haha i don't know if i would say it was worth it, but it was still fun and now we can check sleeping under the stars under the list! fell asleep to the ukulele playing in my ear and also woke up to it too! haha jk kinda! Adam was really cute and we talked the entire time and saw tons of shooting stars! all the sudden the sun started coming up and they had to leave so we all went in to bed at like 5:30 a.m. to sleep for a little bit more until breakfast! Jaymee and Alexis didn't join us, but Marie did! definitely paid for it the next day! good thing it was a chill sleep-on-the beach kinda day!

One more week of paradise until it's back to the Mainland!

Cereal after each meal? yep! attempting the longboard! check!!

Just a little tight in the back seat! On the green :)

as of today, we have one week until we go back home :( definitely a mix of feelings-it'll be so good to get back to life, Cafe Rio, Spoon Me, and the "USA" again (it feels like another country here cuz it's so laid back haha and i'm definitely feeling it-i want to just sit around doing nuttin!), but on the other hand we will miss the beach, BYU-Hawaii, friends, wonderful dorms :/, PCC, Poly boys of course (they are the REAL men haha what are we gonna do when we go back!? jk), Angel's ice cream, the CAF haha (i might go through blueberry bagel withdrawls or cut up pineapple or sack lunch specials-rice crispy treats, peanut butter crackers, nature valley bars, dry sandwiches with chips to cover up the sogginess, cut up carrots, oranges, and old bananas! not to mention cereal after EVERY meal!), and just being in HAWAII!! "Now this is Hawaii!" it's finally hit us, we are here and now we are leaving-where did those six weeks just go!? we went to class today and then hung out with Jake in Hale 2 lounge! after dinner, we Skyped Jen and Byron (miss them, but they will be home a couple days after us!), got ready and did some stuff, tried to longboard with Tauva, and then headed off to this private golf course along the beach with Jevan and Omrah! the stars are crazy here-there are soooo many and i forgot how much i love star gazing! we saw tons of shooting stars, with the sound of the ocean in the background haha ahhhh! we all squooze onto a blanket until Karl showed up with more! we fell asleep for a bit and then kept getting second winds to go do something! we took a little stroll down to the beach and then came back up and Alexis and Karl were gone, of course! haha we left them and headed home! it was a fun night and pretty sure we could listen to the NZ accents allllllll night :)

"Hey guys" or "Hey gurrrls!", there is a difference!

Marie: "Hey guys..."

Raj: "Hey gurrrrls..."

Raj and Marie are two of our favorite people here on campus! we love them to death and they make us laugh! today, we realized how similar, yet different their greetings always are haha.

We go beach?

Friendly note to Marie! Tauva-top security! haha

Butt-spelling game! Caught Jaymee in her room checking someone out on FB haha!

same ol same except today we started testing for Weight training! yeah, our grade depends on how much we can lift haha kinda funny! but, we did good! after classes, we ate our lunch on the lawn, put some sticky notes on Marie's bike (the Pais Pais one gave it away! haha), and headed to the beach to catch some rays! Totally saw Kalani again :) ahhh! Chelle texted J for me and he still hasn't text her back hahahaha shoooot! jk he's probably just dancing away in his luau and night show! we walked the long walk back home and the security lady hunted us down cuz we (well Jaymee of all people haha) were NOT in standards! haha she pointed Jaymee out "especially," but was nice enough to give us a warning since we are "new!" we changed, went and got some grub (sloppy joes tonight and they were actually pretty good haha funny how now we eat anything cuz we've given up with the caf!), topped it off with some cereal, saw Raj (today he wasn't as chipper :( dang it!) talked about Piltzy-poo (he is being SOOOO strange so wit scared herself out of texting him to confront him about it all haha and Alexis talked to him earlier and he just kept saying "i'm not looking for a girl..."), did our D&C assignment (so easy i love it!), and got ready for the night! we couldn't find Tauva to see if going to the PCC was still on so we walked to Angel's and got an ice cream! of course, on our way there the silver hatchback pulls up and the girls get out haha we're trying to kill um with kindness but they don't like us very much! we saw George (beautiful voice! ahhh) in Angel's with two other girls and once we came in and said hi the one girl made them go outside haha i think they hate us cuz our skin haha lil bit of a barrier i guess. or the blonde hair haha wit's roommate thinks her hair looks like "Barbie hair!" we came home and sat on the corner-naturally hahaha jk cuz our "plans" fell through not finding Tauva and the boys too tired to come so we talked and played the "spelling a word with your butt game!" Marie was the best at it! Jake came and joined us-still no text but Chelle talked to him and he is soooo bashful i love it! haha and, Wesley drove by honked, and stopped to talk for a sec (Jaymee's heart dropped hahaha), and travis rode by on his bike! wow, with our luck! haha Tauva rode past on her bike too and we talked to her about going into the PCC and she is a little rebel-you can tell she's thought this one through haha i'm excited to "ride the canoes through the tunnels" she says! ahhh glorious night! and, Kylie had a good one with Jin! :) even though we're "2-6" (definitely should've taken the Hukilau offer on the bike ride with "Shark boy" hahaha jk jk), Alexis is still holding strong and keeping us "alive!" Piltz is OUTTA the picture now-we don't speak his name haha on our way to the beach earlier, we talked about how we have probably forgot how to drive cuz it's been so long and we're probably going to speak broken English! haha all this Pigeon is getting to us! "We go beach!?"

The "Shaka" according to Wikipedia!

One theory, credits the gesture to Hamana Kalili of Laie, who lost the three middle fingers of his right hand while working at the Kahuku Sugar Mill. Kalili was then shifted to guarding the sugar train, and his all-clear wave of thumb and pinkie is said to have evolved over the years into the shaka. haha so the story is true! The shaka sign was popularized among locals in Hawaii through its use by second-hand car salesman Lippy Espinda in his television commercials, which were broadcast throughout the state in the 1960s. It was adopted as a salutation of friendship by the local culture at large from then on. Hawaiian locals use the shaka to convey what locals in Hawai'i call the "Aloha Spirit," a gesture of friendship and understanding between the various ethnic cultures that reside within Hawai'i. Depending on context it can also be used to communicate notions such as "all right," "cool," "smooth," and the like. Residents of states other than Hawaii who use the shaka may describe it as meaning "hang loose." It can also be used to signal "hello," "goodbye," " till next time," "take care," or "all right!"

And, according to Chase Carlston the shaka can be categorized into four different categories: "normal shaka," "mini/midget shaka," "medium shaka," and "large shaka!" haha