My Aunty Ping was in Hawaii for a rare visit (lives in Virginia, was on extended stop-over from the Philippines) so we took the opportunity to take her to a few of our favorite places on Oahu. Can’t go wrong with Kakaako Park on a sunny day; rolling green hills, blue sky, crashing ocean, and of course, cardboard surfing! I brought along the fabulous Kodak Zi6 HD cam and propped it up at the bottom of a hill. Check out the crazy dragonfly/helicopter at around the 1:24 mark!
New Year’s Eve 2008 was spent in the two havens for illegal fireworks on Oahu; Kalihi and Kaneohe. All my years here, I’ve proclaimed Kalihi as the capital, but this year, Kaneohe takes the crown. Every other house on my auntie’s street had the aerials going. Ash and paper were raining down on our heads! Here’s an example:
Yes, my auntie was definitely enjoying that. These were going off about 50 feet away from us and exploding above our heads. Here’s the finale:
All the noise deterred Oren at first from getting in on the action, but with a little help from Grandma, she braved the intense pyrotechnics and spun her first sparkler!
We celebrated the New Year with a bevy of braided paperless firecracker strings (spun by Auny Gart, myself and Uncle Julian). All the noise of a firecracker with none of the cleanup!
By the way, all the videos in this post were shot were the awesome Kodak Zi6 pocket HD camcorder. If you’re computer can handle it, watch the videos in YouTube and click the “Watch in HD” link. Pretty amazing for a $200 camera the size of an iPod.
As most of you remember, December 26 was the infamous Oahu blackout day. What did you guys do to entertain yourselves? I fired up my laptop and switched on my pocket camcorder and got this clip of Oren getting down to some music. Hilarity ensues as she craps her pants mid-move! (Sorry, Oren, I’ll take this video down if you ask me too).
Christmas Day was spent at my mom’s house as usual, but this year, Oren participated in the lunch preparation by helping Lola (my mom) pick calamansi for the pansit. Who knows if she grabbed the good ones, but the pansit still tasted great! We also got to meet our friend’s (and mom’s new neighbor’s) baby Kaya for the first time! What a cutie!
These were going off about 50 feet away from us and exploding above our heads. Here’s the finale:
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