And then that moment's gone. . .
I had a great week with Chiron. Hawaii's beautiful, but downtown Honolulu, ooh-la-la Capital of Hawaii, looks like the city was build by legos. LOL!
I have a Hawaiian nickname and it's Gary = Kali, I guess. So I said that to some Hawaiian people, "Hi, I'm 'Kali from Cali'". LOL! I guess Chiron influenced me into getting my own Hawaiian name too. Hawaii suits me but then, hello, it's the paradise, duh. I'm sure it's agree with anyone who visits there or lives there, I'm sure of it.
I found that two cameras were not enough to take pictures in a just single island. So like a true dorky tourist, I brought 2 more cameras in Hawaii and I'll be picking it all up tomorrow after the films are all done with developing. I think I will post pictures part 1, 2, 3 and 4 because posting over 100 pictures in just one entry might be overwhelming or too much work or something, I dunno.
In Hawaii, I tried to do everything in O'ahu, but it's totally impossible to do everything in a week because O'ahu island is pretty B-I-G. When I rented an SUV, the mileage was like 100 miles or something and when I had to return SUV back to rental place, the mileage was like over 1,200 miles in just 6 days. o_0 So, yeah if you want to visit one of those big islands in Hawaii, you might want to take tourist buses (if you don't want to go through the hassles of finding the parking space because the Hawaiian population is THAT dense) or rent a car, I guess if you want to drive for a long ride around in O'ahu from one side (Honolulu/Waikiki Beach) to the other side of island (Wahiawa/Waimea Bay Beach). Chiron lives in the middle of valley in the island, so yeah we needed the car and it saved us so much times, that's the most important part of vacation in my personal opinion. The gas was not that bad, I guess because Chiron spent about $70-80 on gas for a tank and full-half. So, no worries on that part. The only real problem was we were late for the bus due to heavy traffic and Chiron just had to stop by a food store to buy a pack of cigarettes. Grrr. We were supposed to be there on time so that the bus can take us to cruise and the magic show, so we thought we were incredibly lucky that we found a parking space close by just in time. But alas, a cruise and a magic show later, we got back to our rental SUV and I got a $35 parking ticket for parking illegeally on certain days. Fuck that! Other than that, Chiron just knew where to find a good parking space, so we never had this problem with finding parking spaces since he knows O'ahu areas very well. I think I'm pretty lucky to have such a best Hawaiian friend - even if he just moved there from Arizona in November. :)
I think I spent over $1.5k mostly on food, alcohol, car, shopping, etc but I still have some money (like 2k) left which is good because I didn't blew all of my money in Hawaii or that I can start over again easily. I think I could've had spent less TBQH when I think about it because I feel like I spent way too much money but then again, like I said before, I can start over again.
I brought just few cute things in downtown Honolulu Mall like this Banana Republic Garrett sunglasses and some cute outfits from Old Navy, American Eagle and various few other stores like gift shops. Ah, you'll see the pictures soon enough. Anyways, I saw Prada store, I saw Gucci store and all those expensive fancy stores in the mall and down the popular Waikiki street, interesting. I saw the designed clothes are really something else and the price tags are really not, if you know what I mean? Maybe if I was a really rich, gay bitch. . . That would be a different story. lol
Most of my skin is now "sunburned black" from being under the sun all the time. About 65 percent of my skin's all dark with tan now. Not too painfully, thankfully but the dry, dead skin is peeling off my nose, my cheeks, my entire face, my arms and my legs already. Wow, I don't think my skin's used to being this much exposed from the sun. I didn't even bothered to use sunscreen lotion because Chiron said he doesn't use it and like a fool tourist, I followed his way and that was a mistake. LOL! That's all I can say for now. Pictures are comin' up next, don't wait up. :-P
Oh yeah, Chiron and I now know how to make perfect Pina Colrada, my personal favorite cocktail drink, with two different kind of rums, Parrot's Bay's and Malibu's. Then we got drunk hard one night at his place and next morning, we were barely hungover. Good times. :-P We also smoked cigarettes like fiends, drank like fishes and enjoyed fun in the sun all week along. Sun, alochol and cigarettes; I honestly won't be surprised if I suddenly look 10 years older than I really am right now. "OMG, GARY, YOUR FACE! LOL!" Pina colrada, Hmm... BRB bbz, gonna make me 1 now.
Gary.
I have a Hawaiian nickname and it's Gary = Kali, I guess. So I said that to some Hawaiian people, "Hi, I'm 'Kali from Cali'". LOL! I guess Chiron influenced me into getting my own Hawaiian name too. Hawaii suits me but then, hello, it's the paradise, duh. I'm sure it's agree with anyone who visits there or lives there, I'm sure of it.
I found that two cameras were not enough to take pictures in a just single island. So like a true dorky tourist, I brought 2 more cameras in Hawaii and I'll be picking it all up tomorrow after the films are all done with developing. I think I will post pictures part 1, 2, 3 and 4 because posting over 100 pictures in just one entry might be overwhelming or too much work or something, I dunno.
In Hawaii, I tried to do everything in O'ahu, but it's totally impossible to do everything in a week because O'ahu island is pretty B-I-G. When I rented an SUV, the mileage was like 100 miles or something and when I had to return SUV back to rental place, the mileage was like over 1,200 miles in just 6 days. o_0 So, yeah if you want to visit one of those big islands in Hawaii, you might want to take tourist buses (if you don't want to go through the hassles of finding the parking space because the Hawaiian population is THAT dense) or rent a car, I guess if you want to drive for a long ride around in O'ahu from one side (Honolulu/Waikiki Beach) to the other side of island (Wahiawa/Waimea Bay Beach). Chiron lives in the middle of valley in the island, so yeah we needed the car and it saved us so much times, that's the most important part of vacation in my personal opinion. The gas was not that bad, I guess because Chiron spent about $70-80 on gas for a tank and full-half. So, no worries on that part. The only real problem was we were late for the bus due to heavy traffic and Chiron just had to stop by a food store to buy a pack of cigarettes. Grrr. We were supposed to be there on time so that the bus can take us to cruise and the magic show, so we thought we were incredibly lucky that we found a parking space close by just in time. But alas, a cruise and a magic show later, we got back to our rental SUV and I got a $35 parking ticket for parking illegeally on certain days. Fuck that! Other than that, Chiron just knew where to find a good parking space, so we never had this problem with finding parking spaces since he knows O'ahu areas very well. I think I'm pretty lucky to have such a best Hawaiian friend - even if he just moved there from Arizona in November. :)
I think I spent over $1.5k mostly on food, alcohol, car, shopping, etc but I still have some money (like 2k) left which is good because I didn't blew all of my money in Hawaii or that I can start over again easily. I think I could've had spent less TBQH when I think about it because I feel like I spent way too much money but then again, like I said before, I can start over again.
I brought just few cute things in downtown Honolulu Mall like this Banana Republic Garrett sunglasses and some cute outfits from Old Navy, American Eagle and various few other stores like gift shops. Ah, you'll see the pictures soon enough. Anyways, I saw Prada store, I saw Gucci store and all those expensive fancy stores in the mall and down the popular Waikiki street, interesting. I saw the designed clothes are really something else and the price tags are really not, if you know what I mean? Maybe if I was a really rich, gay bitch. . . That would be a different story. lol
Most of my skin is now "sunburned black" from being under the sun all the time. About 65 percent of my skin's all dark with tan now. Not too painfully, thankfully but the dry, dead skin is peeling off my nose, my cheeks, my entire face, my arms and my legs already. Wow, I don't think my skin's used to being this much exposed from the sun. I didn't even bothered to use sunscreen lotion because Chiron said he doesn't use it and like a fool tourist, I followed his way and that was a mistake. LOL! That's all I can say for now. Pictures are comin' up next, don't wait up. :-P
Oh yeah, Chiron and I now know how to make perfect Pina Colrada, my personal favorite cocktail drink, with two different kind of rums, Parrot's Bay's and Malibu's. Then we got drunk hard one night at his place and next morning, we were barely hungover. Good times. :-P We also smoked cigarettes like fiends, drank like fishes and enjoyed fun in the sun all week along. Sun, alochol and cigarettes; I honestly won't be surprised if I suddenly look 10 years older than I really am right now. "OMG, GARY, YOUR FACE! LOL!" Pina colrada, Hmm... BRB bbz, gonna make me 1 now.
Gary.