High Tide Low Tide

A     L     O     H     A   !

 " Love much.

 Earth has enough 

of bitter in it. "

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

" You are remembered

 for the rules

 you break. "

Douglas MacArthur   

" Life consists not

 in holding good cards

 but in playing

 those you hold 

well. "

Josh Billings 

" At high tide 

the fish eat ants;

 at low tide

 the ants

 eat fish. "

Thai Proverb

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Only Clouds Passing

A     L     O     H     A   !

Pokai Bay, Oahu

 “ The lure of the

 distant and the difficult

 is deceptive. 

The great 

opportunity is 

where you are. ”

 John Burroughs

 Lum Sai Ho Tong

1315 River St, Honolulu, HI 96817

"One kind word

 can warm 

three winter months."

 Japanese proverb

" Gray skies

 are just clouds

 passing over.  "

Duke Ellington


May YOUR weather
be pleasing,
and your travels
be safe


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Turn to Solidarity

A     L     O     H     A   !

" Be wary of
'great leaders'.
Hope
that there are
many small leaders. "

Pete Seeger

" The moment of 
near despair
is quite often
the moment that
precedes courage. "

Christopher Hitchens

" Nobody 
owes anybody 
a living, 
but everybody 
is entitled to 
a chance. "  

Jack Dempsey

"Claw"

" For the wretched
 one night is like a thousand;
 for someone faring well 
death is just 
one more night. "


Sophocles 



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Come Hula - Come BE

A     L     O     H     A   !

 " The battles that count 
aren't the ones
 for gold medals. 
The struggles within yourself
 - the invisible, inevitable
 battles inside all of us - 
that's where it's at. " 

Jesse Owens

  "  What a new face
 courage puts 
on everything!  "

 Ralph Waldo Emerson

" You must look
 into other people 
as well as 
at them. "

Lord Chesterfield 

“That was a perfect set,” 
kumu hula Mapuana de Silva
told her women. . . her face glowing with pride. 
She said that she chose [Queen] Liliu‘okalani’s music
 to “celebrate the senses of love,
 its sounds, touches
 and tastes, 
and to bring the ha‘ena 
(glowing breath of life) here.” 

Hawaii Tribune Herald
LINK


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Mapuana de Silva
is just the loveliest person.

I have lived Hawaii
for almost 30 years
and have never seen her,
in a photo,
at a performance,
a weird camera angle
at a live TV event,
I have NEVER
seen Mapuana
that she is not 
smiling her sincere,
amazing SMILE.

Do an image search
on her name;
Get ready to
smile.

She is a top level
Kumu Hula
(Teacher, source,
spiritual leader-
choreographer,
cultural/language
expert, 
and more!)

But it is her Aloha 
that inspires on
every level,
in all she does,
far beyond her
hula family.

I hope these
shots inspire
YOUR day!

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Commitment

A     L     O     H     A   !

Self Confidence

is ultimately

a gift

that you give

to ALL around You.

Being Yourself

Being Your Best

is the Opposite

of Selfish.

 'Build your own dreams,
 or someone else
 will hire you
 to build 
theirs.' 

Farrah Gray

And if your dream

is to do a "humble" job

well,

to care for your

family,

to provide an

Honest service

to your community,

then You share my dreams

and have my respect.

Thanks so much

for looking in today.

Oh go ahead!

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New Year Lions Backstage 你好

A  L  O  H  A - Nihau - 你好

We see and taste,

and live China's culture

all over Honolulu,

all through Hawaii.

 Chinese New Year

  is a special time of year to me.

We Hear it,

See it, Taste it,

and 

SMELL it!

End of a Long Day - Heads OFF!

 Not ALL

 of the lion dancers are teens, 

OR Chinese.

 "Secret Alley" 

Chinese Cultural Center, Chinatown Honolulu

Lions in ones and twos,

retreated behind a closed door

while I took the shot 

above this one

(and some in our party

drank some "Alley Beers")

I snuck the door open a 

crack and found

the secret Lion Store Room!

The Year of the Wood Horse

starts Jan 31st.

Honolulu is just

getting started

GUNG HEE FAT CHOY!

Wishing YOU

the best year yet!

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PRO BOWL STARTING

A L O H A !

Welcome

 Pro-Bowlers & Fans!

NOT Super Sunny today in Honolulu

But it is Warm & Wonderful!

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