Aloha peeps.. many apologies, yet again for the delay in my posts. What can I say.. just toooo busy these days. :/ That's ok though.. I can't wait to share all the fun stuff I've been doing... here we go:
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| These were some atriums that were going to be thrown away after the CAH Gala.. I asked if I could take them and hand it out to the elderly - at least it would be appreciated rather than wasted.. they said yes. I brought them home and it turns out my 80+ yr old neighbor was headed to a 90 year old's bday party at a nursing home the next day, she took all 9 atriums and gave it out at the event - everyone was happy. :) |
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| Over 40 Orchid leis were left over from the event that would've been tossed as well.. they gave them to me so my group and I could commit random acts of kindness and hand them out to strangers the next day. It was a fun walking through the streets of Waikiki, handing them out at bus stops and inside busses. :) |
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| The Hawaii Street Festival in Waikiki - hoards and hoards of people everywhere you can see. :) |
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| Kelly and I went to go explore the local outdoor shooting range on "hunting and fishing day" the range was free.. but apparently not. We weren't able to shoot. :/ Unlike California where we can rent guns, in Hawaii, you have to own a gun to shoot it at the range. |
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| Target Practice - someday that'll be me |
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| Mediations on the beach, practically every Sunday - life is soooooo good! :) |
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| At meditation, every week, I bring a veggie dish to share with those who come to meditation. This week I made "kichidi", fresh tomato/cucumber salad and "emli ki chutney" which is the tamarind sauce you see drizzled on top. Ono! |
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| View from my boss's office at the law firm - I no longer work there - 10/5 was my last day. I finally work for 2 non-profits.. no more legal field. Really happy! |
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| An Ice Breaker gift I picked up from the Make-A-Wish headquarters for my interview with a new Make-A-Wish kid at Tripler Hospital. She a 9 yr old who wishes to go to disneyworld and meet cinderella :) |
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| My dear friend Smita flew in from Maui to attend the Art-After-Dark event at the Hon Arts Museum. Here she's with me at the Make-A-Wish Headquarter's office hugging the main character from Monsters, Inc. |
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| I was gifted with a delicious Karma Tiffin gift from Smita when she arrived. She made kichidi at home and brought it to Oahu for us to share. A lovely gift which I shared with the meditation group on Sunday :) |
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| Art-After-Dark was all about the Bhangra Beats - the museum hosted DJ Rekha from New York of Basement Bhangra fame. It was an awesome night. Here Smita is giving a bhangra lesson before the event begins. |
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| In this pic, the awesome Dholi is Malinder Tooray of DholNation in the forefront and DJ Rekha working her magic in the back. |
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| Every year since DJ Rekha has been coming, the museum reaches its max capacity at her event.. everyone looks forward to this event and has a great time. |
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| Smita and I had such a great time we had to go home and soak our feet in hot water and coconut oil. :) Totally worth it. |
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| We were elated to find out DJ Rekha would be performing another night. Yay! |
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| As you can see - we were a mess.. we danced so much that our clothes are soaked. HA.. totally worth it.. I can't wait to organize another event and bring Malinder back. |
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| This pic is of us at a community theatre event - we went to go see a documentary called "As goes Janesville". The documentary was about a town in Wisconsin which relied upon a car factory for its source of jobs/livelihood.. so much so that when it closed down, the city practically came to a hault. What would happen if something happened in Hawaii's tourism.. what would we do? Great discussion afterwards. |
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| Also this month, our volunteer group went to learn more about the Affordable Housing and Homeless Alliance (AHHA). |
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| After learning about the organization, my volunteers and I put together food kits and hygiene kits for the homeless. Good work team. :) |
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| Making emli ki chutney (tamarind sauce) |
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And veggie samosas for my co-workers on my last day of work at the lawfirm. Great group of people - I will really miss them. The smaller bundle below is for a cute lil 60-yr old Filipino uncle who parked my day everyday at the garage.. whenever I would drive up he would start dancing to the bhangra music blasting from my car. :)
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| My awesome roomie and I at the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5 mile walk. The very first "walk" I've ever done in my life.. we started after 7 and finished by 830. I was surprised with my time.. in highschool I did 30 min miles! :) |
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| Such a privilege to be part of the Making Strides community |
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| My roomie and I at the Hon Arts Museum - Bhangra Night. :) |
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| Oooo la la.. A pic of me (a total mess.. dancing on the grass - bare foot and had to roll up my pants - but did I care? NO! I had a blast finally dancing to some great music here on the island. :)) with my friends and DJ Rekha and Malinder Tooray :D |
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| The week after DJ Rekha, we had another treat.. the Delhi 2 Dublin crew came to town. Got to take a pic with them.. I'm soooooooooo in love with the Dholi - Ravi, who's in the black shirt next to me *sigh* |
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| My writing on the top right there says "Why can't I ever win anything awesome, like the lotto??" :) |
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| Just this past week, my volunteers joined me at Dave N Busters to help surprise my wish kid for his send-off party to Rome - he's going to meet the Pope! :) |
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| My awesome Roomie and I. |
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| Kristen's friends, family, RAOK volunteers and the patrons of D&B who wanted to be in on the action! :) |
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| The surprise was a success.. :) |
Though Kristen was excited and beyond happy - he really was quite calm and I was running around being so excited.. It reminded me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkuBv2tOo2U
