By Big Dog on
8/19/2007 8:50 PM
 Sorry I have been away for so long. I was in Japan traveling with the Monterey Jazz Festival County High School All Star Big Band. Did you know that you can get a great deal of exercise just traveling in Japan ...
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By Big Dog on
7/21/2007 1:09 AM
 One of the great things about Hawaii is that in almost every yard of a large house, there is a mango tree. As we enter the summer months, it is prime season for the mangoes to become ripe and very juicy. In th ...
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By Big Dog on
7/6/2007 6:30 PM
 I think this is the first time in 6 months that I actually picked up a golf club. My friends invited me to play and I was afraid that I had not practiced for so long and I would make everyone laugh. We played ...
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By Big Dog on
6/30/2007 10:57 PM
 There was supposedly a large school of fish near the Yacht Harbor area by Magic Island for about a month now. So, I pursuaded my family to go out fishing like we used to do when I was young. We used to wake up ...
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By Big Dog on
6/24/2007 7:05 PM
 The beginning of this month was packed with parades along Kalakaua Avenue. Whenever you see Kalakaua Avenue closed off like this, you should expect some kind of parade to come by.
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By Big Dog on
6/4/2007 10:00 PM
 It was early Sunday morning that we decided to take a walk for a little morning exercise. It felt so good to be outside wi ...
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By Big Dog on
5/26/2007 11:34 PM
 It was only about a week ago that we said farewell to Don Ho. I am back at the Hilton Hawaiian once again, but this time to say goodbye to a dear friend.
I am wondering if it is a normal custom ...
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By Big Dog on
5/21/2007 3:40 AM
I had guests from Japan visiting the Islands and we took them out to dinner the other night. We went to one of my favorite restaurants called Kai. It is basically Japanese Teppanyaki Style cooking but the items on their menu is unique and delicious.
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By Big Dog on
5/20/2007 12:01 AM
Kenichi, who was a student at the University of Hawaii and interned with us at our company, just graduated. I was thinking that he would decide to stay in the United States and find a job but he decided to go back to Japan to pursue his future. He was looking into working for a travel agency or an advertising agency. He has an interview with one of the major advertisi ...
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By Big Dog on
5/18/2007 7:51 PM
It was Mother's Day on Sunday and a lot of restaurants were busy. I happened to be in the Pearlridge Mall area and the Denny's had a line outside and it was only about 9am.
We all went to Makino Chaya at the Aloha Tower Marketplace for dinner that night. They really packed in that restaurant and there were lines to get the food. There was W ...
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