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ups and downs

Ah to be in Hawaii again. The ups and downs I refer to jokingly are or were experiential as I spent a week on the sunny isle of Oahu or the Gathering Place. Ironically a rolling stone gathers no moss and so it was with moi. With all that walking along the shores and ridges and high mounts I did indeed not gather any moss but certainly gathered a fresh set of wonderful memories. The missing ingredients being the better 90 percents (as in wife and daughter) but oh well. They were traipsing through some scenery in Asia. Beginning with a Monday arrival I was able to get the rear limbs wet on Ala Moana beach,
our former stomping grounds when we lived on this isle a couple decades ago.
Then it was a quick bus ride and a half to a famous Malasada joint called Leonard's on Kapahulu for some amazing doughy goodness - Malasada being a portuguese invention and precursor to the donut.
Its simply fun to stroll along the streets and see the Hawaiian language spelled out on street signs and adverts and informational material and observe the hilarious meanings in another language for the same phonetics. Maharashtrians will esp enjoy them - from the innocuous Maitai
to Makai (meaning toward the ocean) to the other provocative signage in any language (other than the Asian original) it was comedy for free.
Minus the descriptors in many cases the readers would agree that the signage would have merely been food for thought! More of my travails (some one has to do the hard work) in the continuation of the trip - days 2 to 4.
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  1. RajendraNovember 10, 2012 at 8:26 PM

    Certainly beats snowstorms and the like now on in parts of the U.S. Yes, mai, tai, seem like words in Marathi. Oahu, I don't know..

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