Ben and Charles O from Korea

朝日に照らされるテニスコート

ダイヤモンドヘッドから太陽が顔を出し30分位経過した写真です。朝の光がテニスコートを照らしだし気持のよい輝きを見せてくれます。爽やかな温かさが日の出の頃感じられその中でテニスが出来ることを感謝しています。毎日毎朝違った空の色と光が降り注ぐカピオラニ公園の緑とテニスコートでの爽やかな汗が毎日の活力になっています。

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Kapi'olani homeless will have to find new digs beginning today

By Suzanne Roig
Advertiser Staff Writer

Nighttime closures of Kapi'olani Park and Kuhio Beach start today as part of a city campaign to spruce up Waikiki and to discourage overnight camping.

But the homeless who remained there last week said they didn't plan to leave. They'll just move.

"It's harassment," said Misty Martin, who said she has slept in the park for two years. "The homeless are a target. It's just not fair. We're among the working homeless. We just don't have enough to make the rent and all. Now we'll just have to adapt."

Despite more than a month's notice of the impending closure, tents and about two dozen campers were still in the park on Friday. Barbecues, tents, belongings covered in tarps, chairs and bicycles were clustered in little camp areas.

The number of homeless in the park last week was significantly lower than over the summer, when camping peaked at an estimated 150 people per night. Having that many homeless at the doorstep to the state's No. 1 tourist destination prompted complaints from residents and resulted in negative national publicity.

The issue simmered for months, until Mayor Mufi Hannemann launched "Ma-lama 'o Waikiki" on March 12 to address the situation. Now, park users and merchants say the effort has made a difference.

"The cleanup has gone really well," said Rick Egged, president of the Waikiki Improvement Association. "It's made a big difference in the appearance and the sanitation of the park. I am happy with what they're doing. I'm already hearing good comments, from residents and those who use the park on a regular basis, that things are much improved."

Kapi'olani Park is used daily by large numbers of walkers, runners, soccer players, youth sports participants, tennis players, archers and others.

"It will be nice to have the restrooms and other facilities spruced up," said Keith Johnson, a tennis player who voluntarily helps maintain the courts. "A lot of visitors use these courts. The homeless camps do detract from the courts and the community.

"I've been around here for many years, and it's tough to care for the park when it's so heavily used," he said.

KP will be closed from 12:00 AM to 5:00 AM

TONIGHT: Late Night Park Closures for Kapiolani Park

Mayor Mufi Hannemann today announced on April 8, 2009 that the City launched a new effort to clean and renovate public park grounds and facilities in Waikiki, including Kapiolani Park and the Diamond Head end of Kalakaua Avenue.

The final phase, starting today, involves late night park closures:

• Areas of Kapiolani Park, mauka of Kalakaua Avenue, will be closed from midnight to 5 a.m. daily. This includes the tennis courts.
• Areas makai of Kalakaua Avenue will be closed from 2 a.m. to 5 a.m.
• The comfort station behind the Police sub-station will remain open until 2 a.m., four hours longer than before.

The Wongs from Wayne

Su Wong marries Lee Wong. The next year, the Wongs have a new baby.
The nurse brings over a lovely, healthy, bouncy, but definitely a Caucasian, WHITE baby boy.

'Congratulations,' says the nurse to the new parents. 'Well Mr. Wong, what will you and Mrs. Wong name the baby?'
The puzzled father looks at his new baby boy and says, 'Well, two Wong's don't make a white, so I think we will name him...
The answer is in the comment below.
Are you ready for this?

ダイヤモンドヘッドからカピオラニ公園

ダイヤモンドヘッド頂上から観たカピオラニ公園です。左手に見えるテニスコートは、ダイヤモンドヘッドテニスコート,中央海側の4面コートがカピオラニテニスコートです。ダイヤモンドヘッドを上るには、バスNo23でダイヤモンドヘッド入口まで行きそこから徒歩で行きます。ゲートがある所まで15分位途中ココヘッドがきれいに見える場所がありそこを過ぎゲートで1$払いハイキングコースの入って行きます。40分位で頂上に到着します。最後の階段が長いですが展望場所に出ると360度展望でき上ってよかったといつも思います。(写真:友人のNemotoさん撮影)

Lisicki

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AFP) - German 16th seed Sabine Lisicki clinched her first career title on Sunday with her big serve, high-tempo game giving her a 6-2, 6-4 win over Danish fifth seed Caroline Wozniacki.

Lisicki had knocked out Venus Williams in the third round and the 19-year-old proved it was no fluke with a deserved victory in the one million dollar tournament over her 18-year-old opponent who had taken the Ponte Vedra Beach claycourt trophy last weekend.

4/19 It is too hot for us to move.

Weather: Sunny
No wind
temp:90F
Until Thursday very cool, but from Friday Too hot.
They can not move due to hot. It is too hot for us to move.

早朝フラワーポットの手入れ

ホノルル市は、街をきれいに保つをテーマにしています。15年位前から街路にフラワーポットを設けたり歩道を広げ花壇やベンチを設けたりして清潔できれいな街造りを継続しています。ワイキキの通りにあるフラワーポットに毎朝５時頃から市の車が水やりに回っています。季節に応じてフラワーポットの花を入れ替え花柄を取り除いたりしています。早朝に行われているので気付きませんがこういう取り組みが気持のよい街を作り私達を良い気持ちにしてくれるのですね。

The 18th annual Honolulu AIDS walk

Some 4,000 people are expected to participate in the walk, which begins at 9 a.m. at Kapi'olani Park. Registration starts at 8 a.m. at the park's bandstand.

There is no entry fee, but participants are asked to get sponsorships from their friends and family. A free trolley to the event will run between Kapi'olani Park and Kapi'olani Community College.

Keone and Chang

Mail From Uemura

４月上旬にテニスでお世話になりました植村真紀です。 （母親の方です）ほんの数時間でしたが、とても楽しい時間を過ごすことができました。 ありがとうございます。 そして、ブログ見ました！！ 私たちを載せていただきましてありがとうございます。 ブログにコメントをと思いましたが、なんか恐縮しちゃいまして・・・ こちらにメールさせていただきました。
私が撮影した皆さんの写真を添付します。 添付した写真の表示とかに問題がありましたら お知らせください。（こういうの苦手なので・・・）
私はミチさんと日本でテニスをさせていただくことになりました。 そして、今度同じ時期にハワイに行こうと計画していますので、 その時はまたよろしくお願いします。
まずは日本でテニスの強化です・・・ では、またよろしくお願いします♪♪

Famous tour "HATO BUS" in Tokyo!

4月17日
群馬県水沢観音にはまだ”桜”ありました

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　みさとの”芝桜”まつり　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　万座プリンスホテル、乳白色の露天風呂から　見る残雪、　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　
いかが！　How is this! ?

Happy Birthday Koba-san

This flower is for your 60 years birthday celebration.

Happy Birthday Koba-san

He became 60 years old, yesterday. Congratulation!!
In Japan, 60th birthday is kind of special.
Ben, please give him another flower.

Aloha,

Hilo 回復しました。有難うございます。誕生日の件ですが。４月１７日が、６０回目の誕生日になります。老齢年金の受給者になります。１９日に申請に行きます。有難いことで、今日から年金生活になります。前回のハワイで、TheBoatで２ドルクルーズを楽しみました。海側から見る、ダイヤモンドヘッド、アロハタワー、コオリナ　素晴らしい眺めです。まだの方は一度試してみてはいかがですか。

コバ

ハイビスカスまみれのTOM

コート周りのハイビスカスを剪定したときに剪定したハイビスカスを集めテニスボール空き缶にまとめました。丁度そこにTOMがハイビスカス模様のアロハを着こんで現れたのでハイビスカスを持たせ写真を撮りました。TOMは、ほぼ毎日6時10分頃テニスコートに現われ89歳とは思えない動きで激しくボールを打ちます。TOMは、レフティでストレートで抜いてきたりショートアングルクロス,ドロップショットと多彩なボールを打ちます。広い範囲でコートカバーができる脚力を持っていますのでTOMが相手の時油断禁物です。TOMの様に長くテニスを楽しみましょう。
ちなみにハワイ州の花は、黄色のハイビスカスです。

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BARBARA & BILL

Happy birthday, Bill and Barbara

Today is their birthday. Bill and Barbara have the same birthday.
I don't know how old they are. If they were born on the same day and year, they are twins? They do look alike.

In probability theory, the birthday problem, or birthday paradox^[1] pertains to the probability that in a set of randomly chosen people some pair of them will have the same birthday. In a group of at least 23 randomly chosen people, there is more than 50% probability that some pair of them will both have been born on the same day. For 57 or more people, the probability is more than 99%, and it reaches 100% when the number of people reaches 367 (there are a maximum of 366 possible birthdays). The mathematics behind this problem leads to a well-known cryptographic attack called the birthday attack.

Ann and Ben3

Ben3 has white hair and always wears long pants.
He was born in Hawaii, so he is very familiar with Hawaii.

Ann knows all 3 Ben's very well.

Ben1 and Ben2

Ben1 is known as Korean Ben.
He is a contributor and the
Tech manager in this Blog.

He is also a Preacher.

Ben2 is the son of Alma
from WA.
He is a student.
He has an i-phone with which he can post to this blog from the KP tennis courts.

Ozzie and Sandy will return to KP 9-20-09

After the French Open and the U S Open comes the KP Open.

We miss everyone and think of you often. Thank goodness for Hiro and this Blog.


Sincerely,

Ozzie and Sandy

Chang got a picture from Ben

Chang (89) stopped by the farmers market last Wednesday (papaya day) as usual. We took snap shots of him, which were on the blog before. He dosen't have a PC, so Ben printed out the blog and gave it to him. He is very happy to see that.

雨に洗われたテニスコート

シャワーが終わった直後空気中のチリが洗われテニスコートから緑濃くなったダイヤモンドヘッドがきれいに見えています。ダイヤモンドヘッドの上からシャワーの雲がドンドン進んできてテニスコートを濡らしますがシャワーの時間は、長くても10分位です。シャワーが来てもテニスプレーヤーは、誰も帰ろうとしません。皆5分から10分するとシャワーが終わるのを知っているので屋根の下に集まりお喋りして待ちます。シャワーが終わるとこの写真のようにクッキリしたダイヤモンドヘッドとグリーンに覆われたカピオラニ公園が目に入ってきます。皆でコート整備のスポンジローラを持って雨の処理にかかり何もなかったようにゲームが始まります。

Poll: The city plans to close all of Kapiolani Park overnight

Final result of the Poll: 調査結果

The city plans to close all of Kapiolani Park overnight.

ホームレス対策のため夜間ＫＰ閉鎖について。
YES:18 (69%)
NO:5 (19%)
IDK:3 (11%)

Thank you for your voting.
Charlie: Could you let the city know this result as an opinion of tennis players in KP?

Hiro Preparing To Serve !!!

Chizuko

After laser eye surgery she plays much better.
She is also a good contributor to our blog.
She translated Japanese to English many times.
She is always wearing 5 toe socks.

Saito( 齊藤) Akira(章) & Toshiko(敏子)

Akira and Toshiko will go back to Tokyo Japan tomorrow.
They are both very good players.
Saito is Yutaka's best friend, because they worked at the same company(Fuji Xerox)in Japan.