朝11:00頃チャイナタウン･カルチェラプラザから朝市の広がっている通りに差し掛かると見慣れた顔ぶれが目の前に現れました。 Hiromi,Bob,Charles,Doi の4人でチャイナタウン散策に来ていて果物や野菜を見て回り粉屋さんで麺やチャーシューの皮を眺めていました。チャイナタウンの朝市は、活気があって豊富に珍しいものがあるので時々散歩がてら市場を回り珍しい食材を確認しています。
Friday, September 25, 2009
チャイナタウンで遭遇 Hiromi,Bob,Charles,Doi
朝11:00頃チャイナタウン･カルチェラプラザから朝市の広がっている通りに差し掛かると見慣れた顔ぶれが目の前に現れました。 Hiromi,Bob,Charles,Doi の4人でチャイナタウン散策に来ていて果物や野菜を見て回り粉屋さんで麺やチャーシューの皮を眺めていました。チャイナタウンの朝市は、活気があって豊富に珍しいものがあるので時々散歩がてら市場を回り珍しい食材を確認しています。
From Joe
This photographer is from Oahu , but he is gaining international fame. He's a surfer himself and often gets wiped out just getting the shot, |
And you can see why! These incredible images of waves were taken by the Number one photographer of surf… Clark Little. He has dedicated his life to photographing the waves And has published a selection of the best images of his career. He captures magical moments inside the "tube," as surfers say.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
From Ann Kawaguchi about DH (3)
Papa Joe celebrated his birthday in July so we are looking forward to seeing him in Hawaii again this winter.
Jerry and Jeanne from Florida were here for the summer but had to go home early due to business matters. They always have slew of visitors when they are here in Hawaii. You know how the local saying goes: "You are never lonely in Hawaii" (everyone thinks of a reason to visit you).
Since much has been said and written about the H1N1 swine flu illness, I will share a bit of advice that was given to me by my acupuncture doctor. He told me that whenever you travel (or spend time in an airconditioned area such as a large store with many people), you should put a light coating of vaseline inside your nose, and put it as far in as you can. This coating will prevent microscopic cracks from forming along your nasal linings. The germs get into your system through these cracks. If the plane ride is a long one, repeat as necessary...never mind if you look funny doing this...it is better than getting sick. If you forget the vaseline, use water. (I have to admit that I don't know if petroleum jelly (generic name) is allowed on the planes anymore. We will have to ask airline personnel)
This note for Melody and Per: Remember the Chinese Junk that we saw when we had lunch at the yacht club? It was docked at the pier at the Ala Wai Yacht Club and I think we may have taken a photo of it. Well, a couple of months later, a few local guys joined the Chinese crew and sailed that boat to Taiwan. They were nearly there (about 30 miles from their destination) when, the night before they were to get to Taipei, they were run over by a large ship that cut the boat in half. There were 11 on board and were lucky in that only one man was injured. They clung to the boat and were rescued the next day. This was an authentic Chinese Junk ship that was built a long time ago. When the local members of the crew returned to Hawaii, he happened to meet on of our new tennis players named "J.C." . It was a surprise to me when JC started talking about this so I gave him the article that was in the paper which I had cut out to show you two. The name of the ship was "Princess Taiping."
(I think). Maybe you can google it and read the story. The article I cut out was from the Honolulu Star Bulletin but it was also in the tv news so I am sure it was in the Honolulu Advertiser, too.
Koichi is back from Japan, we had the pleasure of having Kini O. coming to play at DHTC, too. The city plans to redo Koko Head courts from the ground up so I think DHTC will get crowded when work starts there. There was a notice from the City that $11,000 was going to be set aside to patch or do work on our courts 1 to 4. Of course, they did not say when this work would commence (what year?). For those of you who are not here, imagine holding a china plate at arm's length and then dropping it on the sidewalk. The shattered pieces will give you a pretty good idea of what courts 1 and 3 look like. I call the really big holes "Diamond Head Craters".
One more important note. Thank you to Sam W. for all the volunteer painting he has done on the benches and fences at our courts. He is now doing some patching of the courts 5 to 10. The lower courts 1-4 are beyond help as far as patching goes. We also want to say Thanks again to Sam W. for speaking at the council meetings along with Karen H., Lurline F.. Joe C., Ray Y.and,Ann M. Many people don't know the time they have put into the matter of talking to the city. Lots of aggravation, too. And, thanks to Frosty, Karen H. and all of you who get on the phone and call the city, too. Ann organized an Adopt a Park clean up but we want to recognize the daily cleaning of these people: Ray Y., Eddie T., Koichi, Ernie D. , Bob F., Makiki John V.,Sam W. and anyone else who helps to pick up any bit of trash and/or leaves to keep our courts clean....A BIG MAHALO TO YOU!!!
Well, as Bugsy says:That's all,folks!
Aloha from Miss Hit
Jerry and Jeanne from Florida were here for the summer but had to go home early due to business matters. They always have slew of visitors when they are here in Hawaii. You know how the local saying goes: "You are never lonely in Hawaii" (everyone thinks of a reason to visit you).
Since much has been said and written about the H1N1 swine flu illness, I will share a bit of advice that was given to me by my acupuncture doctor. He told me that whenever you travel (or spend time in an airconditioned area such as a large store with many people), you should put a light coating of vaseline inside your nose, and put it as far in as you can. This coating will prevent microscopic cracks from forming along your nasal linings. The germs get into your system through these cracks. If the plane ride is a long one, repeat as necessary...never mind if you look funny doing this...it is better than getting sick. If you forget the vaseline, use water. (I have to admit that I don't know if petroleum jelly (generic name) is allowed on the planes anymore. We will have to ask airline personnel)
This note for Melody and Per: Remember the Chinese Junk that we saw when we had lunch at the yacht club? It was docked at the pier at the Ala Wai Yacht Club and I think we may have taken a photo of it. Well, a couple of months later, a few local guys joined the Chinese crew and sailed that boat to Taiwan. They were nearly there (about 30 miles from their destination) when, the night before they were to get to Taipei, they were run over by a large ship that cut the boat in half. There were 11 on board and were lucky in that only one man was injured. They clung to the boat and were rescued the next day. This was an authentic Chinese Junk ship that was built a long time ago. When the local members of the crew returned to Hawaii, he happened to meet on of our new tennis players named "J.C." . It was a surprise to me when JC started talking about this so I gave him the article that was in the paper which I had cut out to show you two. The name of the ship was "Princess Taiping."
(I think). Maybe you can google it and read the story. The article I cut out was from the Honolulu Star Bulletin but it was also in the tv news so I am sure it was in the Honolulu Advertiser, too.
Koichi is back from Japan, we had the pleasure of having Kini O. coming to play at DHTC, too. The city plans to redo Koko Head courts from the ground up so I think DHTC will get crowded when work starts there. There was a notice from the City that $11,000 was going to be set aside to patch or do work on our courts 1 to 4. Of course, they did not say when this work would commence (what year?). For those of you who are not here, imagine holding a china plate at arm's length and then dropping it on the sidewalk. The shattered pieces will give you a pretty good idea of what courts 1 and 3 look like. I call the really big holes "Diamond Head Craters".
One more important note. Thank you to Sam W. for all the volunteer painting he has done on the benches and fences at our courts. He is now doing some patching of the courts 5 to 10. The lower courts 1-4 are beyond help as far as patching goes. We also want to say Thanks again to Sam W. for speaking at the council meetings along with Karen H., Lurline F.. Joe C., Ray Y.and,Ann M. Many people don't know the time they have put into the matter of talking to the city. Lots of aggravation, too. And, thanks to Frosty, Karen H. and all of you who get on the phone and call the city, too. Ann organized an Adopt a Park clean up but we want to recognize the daily cleaning of these people: Ray Y., Eddie T., Koichi, Ernie D. , Bob F., Makiki John V.,Sam W. and anyone else who helps to pick up any bit of trash and/or leaves to keep our courts clean....A BIG MAHALO TO YOU!!!
Well, as Bugsy says:That's all,folks!
Aloha from Miss Hit
From Ann Kawaguchi about DH
We have had some recent visitors: Bruce D. from NZ, Terry from Palm Springs and also Bob from Palm Springs.
Dennis and Astrid are back for a few months after suffering a tragedy in the family. I know you all join me in expressing our deepest and heartfelt sympathies on the sudden passing of their new grand daughter on Mother's Day. That was a shock to all of us who know them especially since they were just about to go and visit her.
Dr. Hugh spent time in Greece with his son and daughter in law who are sailing around the world. He wrote to say that he had a very enjoyable time.
Rolf of Calgary is off to hike across England. For those of you who live in Calgary, Rolf's store (Racquet Central) has moved a few blocks away so he is operating out of a new location. Peggy and Jeff and Ernie of Calgary keep in touch. Jeff has a new job so trying to fit in a vacation has been tricky at best.
Bob K. sends his Aloha from Las Vegas where he is now living and working. He went to Costa Rica. Erman S. is back living in Hawaii and has a house for sale in Vegas is any of you are interested.
John S. of Victoria spent May and June here . John played tennis some days and golfed with Ray, Mako and Erman on other days. He was having some knee problems so we'll see if he needs an op. I think he had some cortisone shots but I haven't heard how he is doing. We do want to send our sympathies to John and his wife Ann. Ann's dad recently passed away in Victoria.
Alan of Oz was here in July. Alan has two groups he plays with, one at DHTC and one at Kapiolani Courts and he bounces back and forth(it's easy to imagine him bouncing!) playing with Big George Y., Eddie K., Ace Y., Bob F. , John W., Cruz, Koji, and so on. Alan's friend Peter had his whole family here so that kept Alan busy.
Delta Nancy F. was here for the month of June, her annual pilgrimage to Hawaii to play tennis.
Joe C. and Mike K (Bigfoot) both had knee surgeries. We didn't see Mike for a long time and Joe is still doing his rehab. Mike is back playing again. Ken B. hurt his shoulder but is back playing albeit serving underhanded...we always knew he was a bit underhanded but now we know for sure.
John F. of Santa Barbara phoned. His house was not affected by the fires there but it came very close to his daughter's place but, luckily, she is okay even if other homes in that area were burnt. John sends his Alohas to everyone he knows here. Papa Joe's daughter Frances and PJ's grandson Adam (Frances' son) stopped by to say hello to John when they were in SB on their way to SF.
（To be continued）
Dennis and Astrid are back for a few months after suffering a tragedy in the family. I know you all join me in expressing our deepest and heartfelt sympathies on the sudden passing of their new grand daughter on Mother's Day. That was a shock to all of us who know them especially since they were just about to go and visit her.
Dr. Hugh spent time in Greece with his son and daughter in law who are sailing around the world. He wrote to say that he had a very enjoyable time.
Rolf of Calgary is off to hike across England. For those of you who live in Calgary, Rolf's store (Racquet Central) has moved a few blocks away so he is operating out of a new location. Peggy and Jeff and Ernie of Calgary keep in touch. Jeff has a new job so trying to fit in a vacation has been tricky at best.
Bob K. sends his Aloha from Las Vegas where he is now living and working. He went to Costa Rica. Erman S. is back living in Hawaii and has a house for sale in Vegas is any of you are interested.
John S. of Victoria spent May and June here . John played tennis some days and golfed with Ray, Mako and Erman on other days. He was having some knee problems so we'll see if he needs an op. I think he had some cortisone shots but I haven't heard how he is doing. We do want to send our sympathies to John and his wife Ann. Ann's dad recently passed away in Victoria.
Alan of Oz was here in July. Alan has two groups he plays with, one at DHTC and one at Kapiolani Courts and he bounces back and forth(it's easy to imagine him bouncing!) playing with Big George Y., Eddie K., Ace Y., Bob F. , John W., Cruz, Koji, and so on. Alan's friend Peter had his whole family here so that kept Alan busy.
Delta Nancy F. was here for the month of June, her annual pilgrimage to Hawaii to play tennis.
Joe C. and Mike K (Bigfoot) both had knee surgeries. We didn't see Mike for a long time and Joe is still doing his rehab. Mike is back playing again. Ken B. hurt his shoulder but is back playing albeit serving underhanded...we always knew he was a bit underhanded but now we know for sure.
John F. of Santa Barbara phoned. His house was not affected by the fires there but it came very close to his daughter's place but, luckily, she is okay even if other homes in that area were burnt. John sends his Alohas to everyone he knows here. Papa Joe's daughter Frances and PJ's grandson Adam (Frances' son) stopped by to say hello to John when they were in SB on their way to SF.
（To be continued）
インフォメーションの Charles & John
カピオラニインフォメーションを担当する Charles & John テニスコートメンバーが交替で午前中を中心にワイキキを訪れた観光客の問合せに丁寧に答えています。地図,バス時刻 表,トローリー案内,ウォーキングロードマップ色々なものが取り揃えられ必要に応じて配布物を渡しながら説明します。不明なことがあれば積極的にインフォメーションを訪ね時間の節約をしましょう。
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Ann Kawaguchi wrote an article about DH
From: ann kawaguchi-brazier
Date: Sunday, September 20, 2009, 9:01 AM
Aloha to everyone! My computer is on for now so I hope to dash some news off to you ...I hope I can remember what has been going on this summer.
We have had a gorgeous summer with lots of blue skies and fluffy white clouds. The trade winds have kept us cool and perhaps it was the cold (cold for us) winter that started us off and kept us cool all summer. Of course, now that "fall or autumn" is here, you never know..the weather may turn hot! Mother Nature likes to keep all of us on our toes. We did have a few muggy days when we were being passed either to the north or to the south by hurricanes that had been downgraded to tropical storms. Actually, we had so little rain that Molokai had a fire that kept burning for nearly a week and we had fire problems in Waianae and Waiau (west of Honolulu area). We were even issued a fire warning for a few days.
Our Hawaii contingent to the Senior Olympics held in Palo Alto, California did very well. We had a large group there and they were able to cheer each other on and so several players came home with medals. Some of the players who went were Lurline F., Les N., Mike K., Ray and Mako, Curtis M., Jane P., Jerry B. to name a few. I don't know all the names but if any of you know of others who went , let me know.
Lurline did say that it was hot.
We have had some recent visitors: Bruce D. from NZ, Terry from Palm Springs and also Bob from Palm Springs.
To be continued.
Ozzie 登場
23日6時15分頃カピオラニ公園バスストップからコートに向うと懐かしいボディーが目に入ってきました。「Ozzie!!」と声を掛けるとがっしりした体が振り向き力いっぱい握手をしました。昨日シアトルからホノルルに入り今日がテニスをする最初の日です。コートに付くと Susan が来ており Welcome Hug が終わり Susan とツーショットを撮りました。Ozzie ｢6時20分だぞ｣と言っています。
With my uncle(Korean Ben) in Korea
Aloha!! everyone !! I'm suyeon Han.just call me Sue~~^^
I'm a niece of Korean Ben. I've never seen him for a long time.
so I've missed him so much.
I'm a nurse in korea. I'm working at Samsung hospital in Seoul.
If I have a chance, I want to work in Hawaii as a nurse.
Actually,I'm studying English nowadays but still not good at speaking fluency.
I hope to visit Kapiolani park pretty soon and meet to every tennis players.
Mahalo~~~~^o^ Sue~♥
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Hiromiナイスショットが決まる
Hiromi and Keone VS. Sachiko and Steve のゲーム Sachiko フォアハンドのいいボールが返って来たのを Hiromi がいいポジションでフォアハンドクロスを角度をつけて深く打ち返したのでそのまま決まりました。ミックスダブルス いい対戦相手でラリーも長く続き見ごたえのあるゲーム展開が続きました。ラリーが続くゲームは、見ていてもゲームをしても楽しいですね。
Successful Aging (5)
Ｔｈｅ ｂｅｓｔ ｐｌａｃｅ ｔｏ ｍｅｅｔ ｚｉｐｐｉｅｓ ｉｎ ＨＩ ｉｓ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ＫＰ ｔｅｎｎｉｓ ｃｏｕｒｔ ＃１．：
I discovered that Joyce (83), Jacey (85), Chang (89), and Susan were playing and enjoying tennis there. The total age of the zippies is more than 300 years old!!!
Monday, September 21, 2009
カピオラニ公園入り口 KP at 6:00 AM
ワイキキ側から歩いてきてここに来るとテニスコートに続く道が真っ直ぐ見えます。朝6時過ぎラケットを抱えこの道を真っ直ぐ進んでゆきます。少し早足で進んで行くことでウォーミングアップを兼ねて朝の体をテニスが出来る体に温めながら進んで行きます。いつもこの道を眺めるとこんな素敵な所でテニスが出来ることを感謝しています。
Defining Successful Aging
- Low risk of disease and disease-related disability
- High mental and physical function
- Active engagement with life (Relating to Others, Continuing Productive Activity)
Throughout the 1970s, interest in gerontology (the study of aging) and geriatrics (health care of older person) was fueled by recognition of the social, economic, and health care consequences of the unprecedented aging of US's population. Despite this energy, the progress of gerontology began to stall in the mid-1980s. Lacking was the conceptual foundation required to understand aging in all its aspect- biological, psychological, and social.........
In 1984, John D and Catherine T. assembled a group of scholars from major disciplines relevant to aging to develop the conceptual basis of a " new gerontology." The project: Conduct a long-term research program to gather the knowledge needed to improve older US physical and mental abilities.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Steve and Sachiko
Sachiko が本格的にテニスをしたのは、このカピオラニコートに来るようになってからです。このコートに通って皆に教えてもらい随分打てるようになりました。フォア,バック,ボレーと確実に打ち返しキッチリポイントを取っています。このショットは、ロブが高く帰ってきた所をスマッシュ気味に返してポイントを取ったところです。あまりにいいボールを打ったので Steve は、ただ眺めていただけでした。
Marguerite, Toshio and Keiko Shimada from Saitama, Japan.
When it comes to Toshio-san, he goes to Shizuoka. This is my home town and he is one of our best tennis-players. He is the best. Every weekend he practices in order to catch up on his skills. It takes 3 hrs to drive from Saitama to Shizuoka even if you use the high-way. Surprisingly, he spends 6 hrs in order to get there and come back home. Total 6 hrs!! Can you believe it?
Successful Aging (3) Michael Chang
Doi calls him, "Micheal Chang." He tells us, " Michael Chang is my little little brother, who was a champion of the French Open in 1988, when he was 18 years old." It turns out that this big big brother will be 90 years old next year. We have been exclaiming at the amazing degree of his age and his health. He is a perennial tennis player.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
コートサイドのインフォメーションボード
カピオラニテニスコート2面づつの中央にインフォメーションボードがあります。このボードに色々なイベント情報がポスター形式で貼られプレーヤー達に案内しています。このブログの案内,28日ポットラックパーティの案内が現在貼られています。滞在中に体験できる色々な案内が貼り出されますのでコートに来ると新しい情報が無いか確認してください。
Takako and Reiko
Reiko went back to Japan. Thank you for everything. Please keep posting to the blog even in Japan.
She will be back middle of December.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Sachi and Brian ( Steve Son )
Sachi がニコヤカにしているのは、Steve の息子 Brian とツーショットの写真が取れるので目一杯喜んでいます。 Brian は、Steve にトレーニングされサーブ,ショット共にスピードのあるボールを打ちます。土日にコートに来るので対戦して Brian のスピードボールを打ってみてください。
Thursday, September 17, 2009
My garden in Japan
食生活を変えない限り、アメリカの医療費はこれからも増え続ける。そのためには、ファストフードや加工品ではなく、自分で菜園を作り、オーガニックで栽培された野菜を中心とした食事に変えていく必要がある。人々が自然とのつながりを取り戻し、大地と太陽で作られた野菜を多く食べるようになれば、慢性病は格段に減ることは間違いない。
Lewers St. で Charles に出会う
18時過ぎ散歩からの帰り道 Red Mango でブルーベリー･ヨーグルトを片手に通りに出てきてベンチに座り正にヨーグルトを食べようとしている Charles に遭遇しました。 Charles は、色々なところを散歩していてこんな所でと言う場所で会うことがあります。 Red Mango 流行のフローズンヨーグルトのお店で沢山の観光客が集まります。 Charles は、おいしそうにブルーベリー･ヨーグルトを口に運んでいました。
Successful aging (2)
２１世紀に入り、体を動かさないでじっと寝ている「不動」の状態は、内臓や骨、筋肉、感覚器などにかえって悪影響を与えることが実証されました。
消化器系や泌尿器・生殖器系の器官の働きが規制され、便秘や体内に浮腫を起こすという結果も報告されています。
筋力の衰え、骨粗鬆症、血行障害など、さまざまなトラブルを生じます。
６５歳以上を対象にした最近の米国の研究では、高齢者が１０日間、トイレ以外に動かないでベッドの上に寝たままでいると、健康な人でも骨格筋が衰えてしまうことが実証されました。
この研究結果のように、過度な安静状態は、かえって高齢者をダメにしてしまいます。
この事実を、日本でも広く浸透させたいものです。
Successful aging (1)
米国マッカーサー財団のジョン・Ｗ・ローウェ博士らは、心身ともに健康な高齢者１０００人を研究対象に、どんな生活条件が健康な長寿をもたらすのかを、１０年かけて研究してきました。
上手に加齢を導くことを「成功加齢（Ｓｕｃｃｅｓｓｆｕｌ Ａｇｉｎｇ）」と名づけ、研究成果をまとめた本を９８年に米国で発表し、日本でも００年に「年齢の嘘（うそ）」（日経ＢＰ社）として刊行されました。
病気や傷害を予防し、心身の働きを高いレベルに保つ。
生産的な活動を続ける。
友人とのよい人間関係をもつ。
新しいことに挑戦し、積極的な生き方をする。
以上のようなことが成功加齢の共通条件のようです。
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