After 14 hours of traveling, it was nice to be welcomed with the smell of flowers, fresh Hawaiian air, and people looking like us everywhere....
back to being common
It all started at SFO waiting to board our flight to Honolulu, Naia noticed other kids that looked like her brothers. She went over to them to say hi and just stared at them, as if asking, "are you my brothers too?" Since our arrival here, she's been calling local people, Dad, Papa(for Grandpa), MJ, Nyle and even Julie, my Brazilian friend who can pass as a local Hawaiian. Here, people know I'm Filipino... Nobody will think I'm Korean, Chinese or even Laotian like some people did in MD. Now to work on my pidgin...
the rainbow state
We were welcomed with a nice light rain... and what comes after the rain, a rainbow! The boys were so excited to see one after another, we've seen a rainbow each day since arriving.
the FOOD
Mike and I skipped the airplane meal because we were so excited for all the local food we were about to eat. Dad picked us up at the airport with his boys and treated us to local McDo food: local cheeseburger with extra pickles, local fillet-o-fish, local nuggets and local french fries. Later after checking in, Grandpa wanted to treat his #1 grandson for his birthday, so we had some local ChuckECheese for dinner! So that started our local food binging. YaY!
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| loco moco: spam, egg, and rice |
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| portuguese sausage, egg, and rice |
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| musubi, mandoo, chix rice bowl, and lumpia |
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| bbq Pinoy style |
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| John's store musubi |
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| shaved ice |
And we're not done yet! After their first local plate of spam, egg and rice, my boys declared that that was the best breakfast ever. They've been requesting for musubi for lunch everyday. I get to threaten them with no shave ice if they misbehave and it always works. BTW, I'm not missing my pots and pans yet.
the beach
sigh.. need I say more?
