The Japanese Tourist Shaka

When doing all of the touristy things, we had no choice but to run into lots of tourists. This innevitably led us to noticing their odd, awkward shaka. Every pose included this strange hand position.

21st

Brandon and I have had a busy couple of days. Yesterday was his 21st birthday, so of course we went out and had some fun. First, at midnight we all went down to my neighbors house (it's her birthday too) and gave her a cupcake with 19 candles on it. That was one scary cupcake. Before she got her cupcake however, we had laid in wait in her house and when she came through the door Brandon and I roared, it was dark and it was awesome. She screamed for nearly an entire minute and then Holly came out with the flaming cupcake of doom to top it all off. That was when the scream became laughter, she thought it was awesome. I'm just glad she's got a good sense of humor.

Destiny (left) and her friend Cat

 

Next, about 18 hours later, we went down to the harbor and jumped on the Ali'ikoi for a nice relaxing ;) dinner cruise.

I was the DD so Brandon got to enjoy the tasty tropical drinks. Holly and I got him his first drink,

                       

and a key chain with a picture of all of us in it. Brandon was having a great time. He got up on the stage and danced the chacha and a congo line, it was hilarious. There was a Polynesian show which was a lot of fun to watch.

 

Not to mention the absolutely beautiful sunset that you see here. We even saw a whale, but weren't able to get a picture of it. Brandon and I were up on the observation deck and I saw a couple of Chinese people taking pictures of one another, I decided to take that opportunity to use my Chinese and asked them if they would like me to take a picture of them. It was fun and they were quite surprised.

Hiking at Manoa Falls

Brandon, Aleric, Ian and I all went up to Manoa falls today to do some hiking. I love that place. The forest has an awesome rainforest feel and I think that anyone who comes to this island should visit this place. It's like stepping into Jurassic Park only without the risk of a velociraptor eating you. Here are some pictures for you all to enjoy.

Well, this is just some pretty moss to show you how lush it is here.

I wonder if these berries are edible... Don't worry, I didn't try.

Fungus is cool... right?

Where is the Brontosaurus?

Brandon doesn't like to pose. But the next pic says he does.

                

"Just let me hide in here"      "A super cute baby and his uncle"

Brand New Software

I just discovered Microsoft's new bundle of Live software. It is really nice, I have to say, and I'm not a MS fanboy by any means. I am in fact writing this entry from the new Live Writer software. I am hoping this works as well as it seems to be. This is my brother Brandon, he is here visiting for a while. Obviously this photo was taken at our grandparents house since he is still wearing a sweater and clothing like that can prove lethal in Hawaii.