Makana Sings OUT

A L O H A !

 Our local slack-key celebrity Makana

used his performance at the APEC leaders' dinner

here in Waikiki on Saturday night

  as an opportunity

to get a pro-Occupy Wall Street movement

message to President Barack

  and the other world leaders.

Wearing an "Occupy with Aloha" t-shirt
under his black blazer
he sang his newest song, "We are the Many,"
 including lyrics such as:
"Ye come here gather 'round the stage;
The time has come for us to voice our rage."

"I didn't want to get shut down," 

said the 33-year-old.

So he kept it subtle.

Understandably afraid about singing the song,
he decided to do it anyway
because he believes APEC's leaders
are not representing common people.

 "They are not representing the people they purport to represent."

But he told reporters afterwards

that he wanted to send his message 

without being disrespectful or rude.

 Here's a picture I took of Makana a while back

when he was stopped next to me at a red light.

Always a gentleman, he gave me a star-quality smile. 

That post is HERE

Makana posted a video on You Tube

explaining his decision to perform the song.

You can also go to his FaceBook page

to let him know your opinion.

  Of course YOUr comments
are always valued
here!   Thanks! 
                                    Warmly, cloudia

Come Normal

A L O H A !

" Only some people 

get what they want.

Those are the people

who show up

to get it. "

Dianne Houston

" Genius

is the recovery of childhood

at will. "

Arthur Rimbaud

" I'm always looking for sounds

that are pleasing at the time.

The sound of a helicopter

is really annoying

until you're drowning

and it's there to rescue you.

Then it sounds like

music. "

Tom Waits

“ This is the final test of a gentleman:

his respect for those 

who can be of no possible service

to him ”

 William Lyon Phelps

" Beauty is everywhere 

a welcome guest.  "

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

They Were Professional, Friendly & Polite.
Made us proud

 " What is there more kindly 

than the feeling between host 

and guest?  "

Aeschylus

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Truthfully, 

Waikiki is always hosting

visitors

from all over the world.

But having world-leader

security 

has been stressful.

(see recent posts

if you don't know what I'm talking about) 

When to leave-

How to go-

How to get home-

How to complete mundane tasks-

The road closures

& motorcades-

It will be SO nice

to be "just us & visitors"

again!

Thanks for looking in.

YOUr comment is valued.

                                                            Warmly, cloudia

Aloha From the Security Zone

Your ID Papers Please-

This is What Normal

Looks Like

This is What President Obama

& Other Heads of State

Staying/Meeting Nearby Looks Like

Neighborhood Streets

We Walk Every Day 

Now Have Barriers &

Check Points.

Look at this 

Cool Portable Observation Tower

Overlooking Our Boats!

Just A Day at the Beach

for Baby & US Coast Guard.
The President played at this beach
as a child too.

" A well-ordered life

is like climbing a tower;

the view halfway up

is better than the view from the base,

and it steadily becomes finer

as the horizon expands. "

William Lyon Phelps

But Visitors Don't Stay Forever

Next Week Will Be Lazy & Quiet Again . . .

     =^.^=

Thanks for Stopping by!  

    YOUr Comments are always welcome

Below is a Security Slide Show YOU can watch.   

                                                              Warmly, cloudia

Rainbow Saturday

A L O H A !

 

Hope YOU are not bored yet with Rainbows

" The first study

of the one who wishes to be a poet

is complete knowledge of himself. "

Rimbaud

Perhaps something grittier?

That's what I love about Honolulu:

it is a real city

set on a lovely island!

" The city is not a concrete jungle,

it is a human zoo.  "

Desmond Morris

 

Your daily necessities most likely reached you in a truck/lorry;

  Here on the Hawaiian Isles, ours travel by sea.

"The art of the sailor is to leave nothing to chance."
Annie Van De Wiele

" If you can't repair it, maybe it shouldn't be on board ."

Lin and Larry Pardey

"Ships are the nearest thing

to dreams 

that hands have ever made."

Robert N. Rose

Here's my new slideshow!
                                                Thanks for visiting- Warmly, cloudia

World Meets Hawaii

A L O H A Warms World Press
Notice how many say that Hawaii reminds them of home!

Hu Jintao in Waikiki 歡迎胡錦濤

Nihau      歡迎胡錦濤       ALOHA!

Mornings in Waikiki 

are usually peaceful.

But my walk to the post office

yesterday morning

was very different.

Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State,

was speaking at my alma mater

University of Hawaii;
Treasury Secretary Geithner
was holding a meeting nearby.
But this was 
BIGGER!

The BIG show

was heading right for Waikiki.

Vacationers/holiday makers

looked on with interest.

Honolulu Police Officers

in their APEC Aloha finery 

were there:
President of the People's Republic of China
HU JINTAO
was on his way!

Local Chinese-Americans 

were present for the big day

The pride of this young couple

was evident!

Motorcades are always a quick let-down.

  The cheers of the crowd were exciting.

Now:

How To Get To the Post Office!

 True!

Below

is a slide-show

of events.

Thanks for visiting.

YOU
are a dignitary

here!

Comment for the record?

                                      Warmly, cloudia

AURA

A L O H A !

" The aura given out

by a person or object

is as much a part of them 

as their flesh.  "

  Lucian Freud  

" You have to defeat a great player's

aura

more than his game.  "

Pat Riley

“ Words were never invented

to fully explain the peaceful aura

that surrounds us

when we are in communion

with minds of the same thoughts. ”

 

 

Eddie Myers

" Sexy is kind of like

an aura

around someone. "

Shane West

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 Thank YOU

for visiting.

YOUr aura

is invited

to glow in comments-

                                                Warmly, cloudia