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Going back into history

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:36:33 GMT

So its the weekends again. Honostly love the weekends here. Im always out with my church friends. And me being the only international student among them, ahahah we decided to go pearl harbor. When we went there they had a list of people that was killed there during the Japanese attack. we saw like 6-10 people killed with the name of Eugene. So sad. And as we looked further down. It was much worse cuz those ppl whom were killed by friendly fire, they actually had a small line below their name "killed by 'friendly fire'". Ahaha i felt kinda sad for those ppl whom have their names like that. So then we went to the place where they had the list of ppl whom actually survived. No body with the name of Eugene actually survived. Oh man... so sad. So anyway we then had to take a ferry over to the USS arizona memorial. Here are some pics.

Thats the actual Torpedoes used by the Japanese to Bomb the Battleships. This one kinda miss hit the target was able to be salvaged later.

The actual propeller used by the Japanese planes

And there she goes. The USS ARIZONA.
The tomb for hundreds of american soldiers.
There still is alot of them in that ship. So we were asked to respect them.

If you can see the small white ball by the end, Thats the ending point of the ship. And far behind is an old and decommissioned battleship. The metal thing there is actually one of the big gun turrets.

Notice the Oil floating?.... Yea its been almost 60+ years now and oil is still leaking out from the USS arizona. You can actually see quite alot if you go there and check it out.

Thats the 3rd huge gun turret which was eventually cut down and made into like that.

I think this is the smoke vent that was eventually cut too... this vent leads us all the way down to teh engine room of the USS arizona. I tried looking down, but i think they kinda blocked it with weird things.
More of the gun turret.

These are actually little parts of the ship that could be seen from where we were. We were right ontop of them if you guys didnt know.
Yea so we thats pretty much about it. I saw a couple of war veterans that were from pearl harbor too. No i did not take any picture with sailors cuz i wasnt interested in taking pics with any of them. Some japs did it though. Saw a couple of destroyers too. The recent destroyers. Will wait for the carriers to come back. Then mayb ill come back again to see them... SWEEET.
Anyway thats about it... MAHALO

Thank God I Came To Hawaii

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:51:46 GMT

So its been about a month and a half now here in hawaii. Im loving it more and more by the day. But today i had a set back. Was tested positive with TB and so now i had to take an xray test. So expensive. 27 DOLLARS!!! Oh man!!! Anyway schools nice and all... Here are more pics

Looks like the set of Jurrasic park? But wheres the dinosaurs?!

RAWRRRRR tutooo tutooo tu tu tu tu tu tooooooo.
RAWRRRR!!!!
ITS EATING SOMETHING!!!

Probably the nicest car ive seen on the road so far. A SHELBY

Thats my knee... Riped it while curve boarding at church.

HELLO! JELLO! FELLO!

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:04:46 GMT

HELLO! been bz lately... had alot of work to do and since i have 2 quizes every week.... im always bz at work... and i have a few exams coming up next week. so im bz trying to get everything right!
Here are some pics of my weekends again..... with my uber small and unclear phone camera.

The Beach on the windward side of Oahu
its nicer cuz got less tourist! YES!

Mountains YES!

Nerf Gun (dont shoot!)

Aloha Stadium the day before t he pro bowl

Taby and Cherise... I finally got her name right

Look! My foot! and thats jeremiah in the background

me in the beach

Windward view from the very high up highway....
Till then... ciao

Hawaii On A Sunday

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:07:13 GMT

So its sunday again! Its almost a month here and im enjoying looking at the sun set actually...taken quite a few pics of them actually... so here they are!

Its not the sun! ahahah dont worry we were just having fun

Cherrise.. dont really know how to spell her name yet... but she's the oldest among us!
Thats jeremiah and cherrise legs! ahahahha he was driving....

Sun setting

More sun setting

Sun setting take two

The Funniest Highway name in Hawaii "Likelike hwy"

Going to waikiki

City view from teh highway

thats the huge slurpee i was drinking.... i think its 40oz... might be wrong
Well Thats All for now! have a nice day!
Mahalo!

Aloha!

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:57:28 GMT

Aloha peeps! Just got back from college. Had quite a day. Did my first ever graded quiz here... Was alright... mayb didnt know one question but no worries! ill be the best soon! Went to the back to sort out my account.. Ahahah they sent my card to Malaysia... how sad... And then i bought my first ever HPU merchandise! Tell me if it looks too big for me aight?

Big? Just Nice? Small?

Another Sunday

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:55:04 GMT

So its my second sunday here and i must say its getting much better these days! Apart from me doing my homework, i'm beginning to enjoy life here and understand why everything here is so laid back and just relaxed! Had to get up early today cuz i had church but ended waking up alil bit earlier for the liverpool game which thye drew again! ahhh man! So anyway went to church and after church we went to the beach for a swim. Again was really relaxed today and all. After the day at the beach i walked across the street to join my friends for football (soccer). Had to use my friends boots which gave me a really bad blister till my leg was bleeding! Ahahahah was screaming while i was in the shower till it got better! Anyway here are some pics!

Heres the church ive been attending to for the past 2 weeks. Really huge by the way! Ahahah its empty cuz we were waiting for ppl to leave the church before we headed to the beach!

Heres the super expensive AV room.

Heres the car jeremiah higa uses to fetch me every sunday morning for the past 2 weeks. Havent figured out how to use the bus to get there yet! And it sp happened to be the first left handed steering wheel car that i drove! Ahahah it was fun for the first few times! And easy too! Sadly Jeremiah will be replacing this car next week.... WITH THE AWESOME CLASSICAL VOLKSWAGEN VAN!!!! AHAHAHAH I CANT WAIT TO DRIVE IT!

This was how i found out my leg was bleeding! ahahahah the stain on my sox is actually my blood! Didnt know till i got back!

Heres a crack on the floor from the church! ahahahah something random i know!
Anyway Happy Chinese New Year

Day At The Beach

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:31:04 GMT

So ive been here for a week now and ive only went to the beach twice. At the moment im having sun burns on my face but its kind anice going to a clean beach with a bunch of white old couples wearing thongs walking around the beach! EEEEE saw the sun set on the beach the other day which was really nice! here are some pics!

Live From Hawaii

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:41:48 GMT

Aloha! Live From Southside Wikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii! Ahahah its my 4th day here and everything seems to be getting better! Have been abit down lately cuz i feared the worst, losing jesus and not finding a church! Roommates really nice. Abit sissy but he is really nice. He isnt gay! ahahah Thats wat he says! but ill trust him! Thank Gods Blessing in disguise cuz he is also a protestant and will be going to his church on sunday! Anyway things here are laid back as every knows and they are really friendly here! Minus those white americans that drink and smoke alot and are really wild! They seem to look down on asians! Dont know why! Ahah anyway will be going to pearl harbour later on to see the USS Arizona! WOOO!!! Cant wait! Ohh and whoever is reading this! ahahahah I have a TV in my room and my room mate brought his PS2 and all his games! ahahahah! so been watching family guy and stuff like that last night! Missing home but getting to know this place seems quite fun! Here are some pics from my room window!

Greetings And Salutations

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:10:18 GMT

Hello everybody, just got back from Camp the other day.... had a great one though i feel i could've done things better but yet again i must be happy with what i have done. Camp was great and a pitty for those that missed it.... its actually my last camp here in Malaysia. Will be leaving for Hawaii later in January. On the 11th of January to be exact. My days here are coming to an end how i wish i could've spent them wisely and much more productive compared to what ive done lately. Been busy with church and college work and for now i shall have my break.

I Have A Dream

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:07:57 GMT

Like what the title of this post mean, no it isnt like the great speech martin luther king jr presented before he was killed, it literally meant i had a dream! ahahahah so anyway been playing alot of computer games lately and one of it really got me hyped up about and i dare say its my number two game so far behind call of duty. Non other than gears of war. ahahah been thinking about it soo much i had a dream about it last night... was kinda funny because i dreamt i was one of the heroes in the movie... you those kinda alien movies or horror movies where your stuck in some place and den theres a killer among you guys? ahahahha yea the dream was set like that... i was one of the heroes stsuck with a group low on ammo... and slowly everybody keeps dying.. ahahah so then we found out that someone was a locust ( the enemy) dressed up as us humans... ahahahah i know kinda funny.... so anyway we go around killing people and there was a part where i was being chased by a group of locusts and at the end i see a beach with my calvary waiting to pick me up.... so i was running and running towards the back-up ahahahah and it was so close... like the locusts are able to reach me and im able to reach my back-up.. ahahah and then i wake up..... damn funny....
GEARS OF WAR 2 IS COMING OUT!..
although i wont be able to play it but i think it still would be kinda cool to get to play it every once in awhile....