over the mega-holiday that was president’s day, chinese new year, and valentine’s day, i took a short trip to hawaii. i should’ve known that the trip could’ve only been considered short had i left from california, not boston. hawaii is a lot farther away than i thought…dude, it’s practically halfway to japan! note to self: never fly cross-country, cross-pacific from hawaii, and attempt to come back to work after two red eyes in a row. it’s not pretty.

as curtis had eloquently said, this was a trip “10 years in the making.” indeed, it was, since my best college friends and i had been talking about visiting mike in his native state since freshmen year. the trip was an absolute BLAST and totally worth waiting 10 years for. a huge THANKS to mike and his family for their ohana hospitality. in between all the fun i had snorkeling with giant sea turtles, sea kayaking to remote islands, eating every variety of shave ice imaginable, playing blockus till the wee hours of 3am, i managed to squeeze in a *few* quick shots with my camera:

gearing up at snorkel bob’s

my dad had specifically requested that i bring him back a hot hula girl. so i got what i perceived to be a hot for dude for my mom and a hot hula girl for my dad. my dad was not pleased by my choice. =P

…so…when are we going back again? =)