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Apr. 10th, 2004 12:40 amDid the tour guide bit again today... went to Kailua, then out toward Kaneohe, northwest toward Punaluu and Laie and made a stop at the Malae Kahana beach park. Spent about 2 hours there, then continued on toward Haleiwa and the famed Matsumoto Shave Ice store. For those who visit Oahu, if you ever get a chance to visit the store, and it's open, you should definitely stop in.
Shave ice, for those of you who don't know, is Hawaii's version of a sno-cone, but it is not a sno-cone, per se. The big difference between the two is that while sno-cones are made of crushed ice, shave ice is made by actually shaving slivers of ice off a larger block of ice. In both cases you can flavor the ice with syrup, but I think it's only here that you can also get it with either ice cream or azuki beans.
Saw something interesting in a Barnes & Noble bookstore tonight... a book written by none other than the (in)famous Simon Cowell, the harsh Brit judge from "American Idol." I thumbed through parts of the book and read about how Simon deliberately tried to torpedo his chances of getting dead-end-type jobs as well as how his first season of American Idol was. One thing I'll have to definitely give him credit for, though: he is honest, perhaps brutally so, but he is honest. It's funny how a lot of people rag on him (and he's even satired that with a guest appearance on "The Simpsons"), but if you read the comments by the finalists of this season, a lot of them actually like him because he's honest. Unlike the other two judges, Simon won't candy-coat his comments. And I'll have to admit, a Brit may be just what we need to put us haughty Americans in our place.
One thing I might consider down the line, if I decide to stay in the military for 20 years and then retire, is to come back here and become a tour bus driver. That would certainly keep me busy and active, but without the pressure of having to bring home enough to pay the bills.
This week has been a busy, but fun, week for me, and admittedly it hasn't been work. Still, I have a very sneaky suspicion that when all is said and done I'll need a vacation to get away from this vacation.....
Shave ice, for those of you who don't know, is Hawaii's version of a sno-cone, but it is not a sno-cone, per se. The big difference between the two is that while sno-cones are made of crushed ice, shave ice is made by actually shaving slivers of ice off a larger block of ice. In both cases you can flavor the ice with syrup, but I think it's only here that you can also get it with either ice cream or azuki beans.
Saw something interesting in a Barnes & Noble bookstore tonight... a book written by none other than the (in)famous Simon Cowell, the harsh Brit judge from "American Idol." I thumbed through parts of the book and read about how Simon deliberately tried to torpedo his chances of getting dead-end-type jobs as well as how his first season of American Idol was. One thing I'll have to definitely give him credit for, though: he is honest, perhaps brutally so, but he is honest. It's funny how a lot of people rag on him (and he's even satired that with a guest appearance on "The Simpsons"), but if you read the comments by the finalists of this season, a lot of them actually like him because he's honest. Unlike the other two judges, Simon won't candy-coat his comments. And I'll have to admit, a Brit may be just what we need to put us haughty Americans in our place.
One thing I might consider down the line, if I decide to stay in the military for 20 years and then retire, is to come back here and become a tour bus driver. That would certainly keep me busy and active, but without the pressure of having to bring home enough to pay the bills.
This week has been a busy, but fun, week for me, and admittedly it hasn't been work. Still, I have a very sneaky suspicion that when all is said and done I'll need a vacation to get away from this vacation.....
