Monday, October 26, 2009
Weather: halcion. (A bit more breeze, please
October 26 This guy keeps showing up like a shiny penny. Here is Boston Charlie hobnobbing with Wu-wu. Someday his son, Carl, will send me a picture of him back when................
Wow, do we have fun at KP. See Tom on the court? He's there early and late, and plays all the time. I want to be like him when I grow up.
Wow, do we have fun at KP. See Tom on the court? He's there early and late, and plays all the time. I want to be like him when I grow up.
October 26, 2009
Dear tennis buddies,
Guess what? No aches and pains today. Played 6 sets to prove it!!
Case closed.
I took several pictures today, but can't seem to get them transferred. Will try some more!
Guess what? No aches and pains today. Played 6 sets to prove it!!
Case closed.
I took several pictures today, but can't seem to get them transferred. Will try some more!
落ち付いた佇まい
テニスコートの行き来に目にする景色ですが見る角度によって色々な表情を見せてくれるカピオラニ公園 長い年月をかけて育った木々達と手入れのよい芝生が鮮やかにその木々の間を朝の光が真っすぐ差し込んできてジット見ているだけで気分がゆったりしてきます。風,光,緑,影,匂い 等々自然とリラックスさせてくれる風景を毎日見ながら行き来することでいい気持になる公園ですね。I always see this Kapiolani park view but it's chage expression from all angles sometimes. This is a well-kept turf ,trees and beautiful morning sunshine it makes me relax. Breeze, light, green,shadow,scent........We're happy to having this great park here.
From Michiko in Germany
ヒロさん
大変ご無沙汰してしまいましたがその後お元気のようで何よりです。
いつもブログのＩｎｆｏｒｍａｔｉｏｎ有難うございます.
こちらは急に寒くなったかと思ったらまた少しマイルドになり今日は１６度ぐらいになる予定です。
今はＣｈａｋｏさんとＪｉｒｏさんがハワイ滞在で楽しく皆さんとテニスをされている事と思います。
私の来年の２月のハワイスケジュールを考えております。
お会いできるのを楽しみにしております、そのときはまたどうぞ宜しく。
お元気で
ミチコ
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Aging is all relative! October 25, 2009
As I took the court this morning, I could hardly walk with a sharp pain in my side, making it hard to breath, sore heel from a cart at Costco that got out of hand, 
painful right elbow with bursitis. To add insult to injury, parking was disallowed so I walked from Diamond Head court area where I parked.
BUT; you know what, I won the first set 6-3, the second, 6-2, and the third 5-2 in a tie-break!!! That made it all worth the effort. My motto is, if it hurts, play harder tennis, get out the hedge clippers, climb Diamond Head. I am usually no worse off, and I feel a heck of a lot better.
This "Aging-business" has something to it.
painful right elbow with bursitis. To add insult to injury, parking was disallowed so I walked from Diamond Head court area where I parked.BUT; you know what, I won the first set 6-3, the second, 6-2, and the third 5-2 in a tie-break!!! That made it all worth the effort. My motto is, if it hurts, play harder tennis, get out the hedge clippers, climb Diamond Head. I am usually no worse off, and I feel a heck of a lot better.
This "Aging-business" has something to it.
Joe & Ermile Brothers
公園入り口スターバックス・コーヒーショップで談笑する Joe & Ermile Brothers です。Joe は、ダイヤモンドヘッド・テニスコートでプレーしています。Ermile Brothers は、カピオラニでプレーしていましたがひざを痛めて今は、プレーしていませんがウクレレが非常に上手なのでいつも背中に背負いこうやってベンチに座るとウクレレを弾き始めます。ウクレレ無料レッスンの先生を火曜日,金曜日10時からロイヤルハワイアンSC2Fでやっています。ウクレレ・レッスン覗いて見ましょう!!Joe&Ermile Brothers are having coffee in Starbucks Kapahulu. Joe is playing tennis @ Diamond head court usually. Ermile brothers used to play @ Kapiolani court but they have knee problem so don't play anymore but he is good at playing Ukulelehe always has that on his back and he starts to play Ukulele on the chair. He has free lesson on Tue. and Fri. from 10:00am @ Royal Hawaiian SC second floor. Check it out.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Hiro made it into the picture!
What a beautiful day for tennis in Hawaii!
Aging is easy this way, eh?
October 23, 2009 Rosy came to town!
Here's Rosy playing with Keone in a high-spirited match. I was banned from the court so don't know how it turned out.
Two for the price of one post!
How do you like this? It took two pictures to show the whole group!
See Lyman hugging every girl in sight; first Susan, then Shirley.
Mild-mannered Yoshi plays a tough tennis game.
See Lyman hugging every girl in sight; first Susan, then Shirley.
Mild-mannered Yoshi plays a tough tennis game.
a fun set
Think it was Thursday last, with Pauline, Susan,
Betty, and Tom. You can tell by the smiling faces
we don't even care who won, we all had a good time!
舗道のクリーンアップ
水族館前の道路を清掃する公園管理担当者 道に落ち葉や木の枝が毎日散らばっています。気持ちよく公園を利用してもらうため公園管理の人達は、朝6時過ぎから歩道や芝生の清掃,手入れを始めています。水族館前の道路をエヤーを吹き付けて落ち葉等飛ばしながら一か所に集めて行きます。結構強烈なエヤーが吹き付けられ一瞬で落ち葉等飛ばされてきれいな舗道になります。人目に付かないこういうことが気持のよい公園を造っているのですね。
From Charles
It takes a lot of "bread" to buy a loaf of bread in Honolulu, according to a survey of international cities.
A survey by British Baker magazine, a U.K.-based publication, reported that Honolulu was the second-most expensive city in the world when it came to buying bread.
The magazine reviewed March 2009 figures provided by the Economist Intelligence Unit, which monitored bread prices among the data it collects around the globe.
The report broke down prices in British pounds per kilogram. Converting that to U.S. dollars showed Honolulu prices at $4.28 per pound.
British Baker said only Caracas had higher prices ($4.33 a pound), though the magazine's Web site noted the top position may not be warranted because Venezuela fixes exchange rates at levels that don't reflect the real rate.
The magazine said the survey is performed by mystery shoppers who monitor prices of 160 goods in 128 cities.
The shoppers visit supermarkets, high-end food retailers and boutique shops to come up with the averages, a story posted on British Baker's www.bakeryinfo.co.uk Web site said.
Hawaii shoppers are no strangers to paying high prices, with electricity, homes and gasoline prices among the highest in the nation.
Honolulu shoppers may pay $4.28 for a one-pound loaf, but many buy bread for less by purchasing items when they go on sale or at big-box retailers such as Costco or Walmart.
Longs Drugs, for example, advertised a one-pound loaf of Cascade Pride enriched bread for $2.19 this week.
Don Quijote promoted a $3.89 price for a 1 1/2-pound loaf of Hawaii's Hearth Bread. It also advertised its own brand of bread for $1.89 a pound.
British Baker noted bread prices are high in general in the United States, along with Japan, France and Russia.
The least expensive loaf in the survey was found in Tehran, where bread sold for just 19 cents a pound, when currency and weights were adjusted to U.S. standards.
Reach Greg Wiles at gwiles@honoluluadvertiser.com.
Aloha , from Vancouver
I came to Vancouver on Oct.14th. This is English Bay in downtown. Vancouver is very beautiful city. There are many trees in the city and the color of the trees are turning to yellow,orange and red. It has been cloudy or rainy since I came to Vancouver. The weather here is always like this in fall. I miss the blue sky , white clouds , green palm trees and beautiful blue ocean of Hawaii. ←I am standing in front of Inukshuk, the symbole of Inuit.
Sachiko
Friday, October 23, 2009
Watch Your Gear and Keep an Eye Out for....
........Reward...Stolen Tennis Rackets... (Oahu)
Date: 2009-10-22, 10:51AM HSTReply to: mailto:sale-ubfrv-1433249428@craigslist.org?subject=........Reward...Stolen%20Tennis%20Rackets...%20(Oahu)&body=%0A%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fhonolulu.craigslist.org%2Foah%2Fspo%2F1433249428.html%0A [Errors when replying to ads?]
Stolen yesterday, Oct. 21, two like new HEAD RADICAL MICROGEL 110 frames with black grips, and Head backpack full of my stuff. Stolen at Central Oahu Regional Park. Reward for return or help leading to it. Mahalo Curtis 721-1789
Date: 2009-10-22, 10:51AM HSTReply to: mailto:sale-ubfrv-1433249428@craigslist.org?subject=........Reward...Stolen%20Tennis%20Rackets...%20(Oahu)&body=%0A%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fhonolulu.craigslist.org%2Foah%2Fspo%2F1433249428.html%0A [Errors when replying to ads?]
Stolen yesterday, Oct. 21, two like new HEAD RADICAL MICROGEL 110 frames with black grips, and Head backpack full of my stuff. Stolen at Central Oahu Regional Park. Reward for return or help leading to it. Mahalo Curtis 721-1789
目覚めのワイキキ
薄らと太陽が出始め海からワイキキの通りに太陽の明かりが届き始めた朝6時過ぎ静かなビーチから海の景色です。ソヨッとも風がなく澄み切った空に切り替わり行く景色を見つめいい気持ちで景色を見渡し「いい景色だなぁー」と思わず声が出てしまいました。It's past 6:00 am in Waikiki. The sunshine is coming from the ocean. It's soooooo quiet and I said "This is such a beautiful scene" in spite of myself.
Paul Suh and his fiance' So Ji Kim
They're visiting from Korea for Paul's heart surgery. They'll be staying here until next year near the end of Feb. Paul is a linguistic professor at Su Kang University in Seoul Korea. He also works as a tennis instructor. He said "Hello, It's great to meet you all here at one of the most beautiful tennis courts we have ever played. We are very happy to be playing on this gorgeous KP tennis court. Aloha to everyone"
Thursday, October 22, 2009
ライフガード トレーニング
カピオラニ公園入り口クヒオビーチ朝6時過ぎからハワイ大学ライフガードクラブ・メンバーがトレーニングをしていました。ビーチに置かれたマーカーを目標にジグザグ・ランニング,砂浜をスキップで往復,リーダーの笛を合図にダッシュとストップ 等々非常にハードなトレーニングを続けていました。全員真剣にトレーニングをしているので暫く見とれてしまいました。This is a life guard club from UH and they are training at 6:00am on Kuhio beach. They did zigzag running, skipping, dashing and stopping. Something like that is very hard training. I was fascinated by their serious training.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
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