I cannot believe all that has transpired this week. I will speak little of what happened at school because that is boring and short-lived. it is necessary that you understand that I have been in study groups all week preparing for a Biology exam. I got little sleep and am still un-prepared for the test on tuesday. The answer to your question is yes, i did manage to get to the beach a few times during the week. I feel it's an obligation for living in Hawaii. If i didn't, i wouldn't be respecting this great land mass.
My roommate and I were really excited about the open house for the Laie Temple. Our neighbor is less active and living with his girlfriend. we had befriended him as we walked through his backyard to go to the beach. He got to be pretty friendly with us and we felt we should invite him to go to the temple open house. so we gave him a pass along card of the Laie temple and invited him. it was really cool. we felt like missionaries again. after all, we were mission companions for a few months.
The openhouse went really well. For some reason, My buddy and I were asked to be the coordinators of the parking assistants. We got to drive our own golf carts and tell people what to do and give rides to the patrons. it was a really neat experience. we met people from all over the world. mainly from this island, but most of them were not members. Really Cool Experiences. I heard that Lavell Edwards was here, but I did not see him :( We were so good at it that they asked us to come back to the parking lots on the day of the dedication to run the assistance then as well. I am really excited for that because there will be general authorities everywhere. I am so blessed to have so many opportunities like these.
Now for Saturday night. I don't want to make anyone jealous, but I was in Waikiki saturday night. it was incredible!!!! I wont take too much time to explain because the photos can accomplish that. I will say that my roommate and I sat on couch cushions in the back of a small pickup for an hour to get there. more comfortable than you'd think. My friend's parents came to Hawaii to visit her and she invited us to hang out with her and finish up the hotel room expenses. so we went down and went to the Hilton Hawaiin Village. It is right on the beach and the main road of Waikiki, Ala Moana. we enjoyed chilling on the pool deck that was on the second floor. It overlooked a much larger pool on the main floor and the entire Waikiki. Unfortunately, the sun was setting and we had to watch it slowly sink into the nautical abyss. The sky changed from a baby blue mist to a gary golden spray. All of the while a live band jammed away sang the night away. Incredibly beautiful.
After the sun set, we went back to the hotel room and changed into our evening attire. we walked along the streets window shopping surf shops and trying to find a spot to eat. thanks to many Kenny Chesney country songs, i wanted to fulfill a life-long dream of eating at Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville. After some persuading, my fellow compadres folded. It is the coolest restaurant i have ever eaten at. The theme is underwater. the floor is blue with fancy painting that makes it look like flowing water. around the edges of the walls is crusted sand and the walls look like beach caves. there were artificial waves that rose and curled over a few of the tables. The most impressive feature of this restaurant was the artificial overlook. it was a wall of tv screens that changed every two minutes. the image on the tv screen was an overlook spot of famous locations in Oahu. such as Sunset Beach, Shark's Cove, etc. I had been to most of the spots. the image was so clear and massive that it looked as though you were actually looking out onto the beach, or into the sunset. it was video as well, not just a boring photo. you could almost feel the ocean spray when the waves crashed.
The food choice was pretty good, but the atmosphere is what made the experience worth while. My roommates challenged me to a nacho eating contest. The nachos were called Volcanic Nachos. It is a huge plate of various color chips topped with chili, cheese, black beans, avocados, sour creme, jalapenos, and probably much more. the waiter challenged us to eat entire plates. we only got about half of them eaten each, but it was a fun challenge.
another cool experience to finish off this weekly email is a family man playing his electric ukulele. his two little daughters were sitting on chairs just off to the side coloring in their drawing books while his ukulele rang through the city.
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