jenniferashe24

July 28-30 Saddened by the thought of this being my last few days, I found it difficult to kick my butt into gear today. Strange, I know, because you’d think I’d want to be out, enjoying my last precious moments of paradise; instead I spent much of the day inside the house. At least I had a Hash to look forward to. Around 4:30 I headed down the hill to Safeway to purchase the required swag for a Tuesday night Hash: liquor and a snack for afterwards. Terry, Dave, and Aric picked me up there and we headed just across the highway to the university where the Tuesday night Hash group stood around socializing before the run. It was a gorgeous run, in the sprinkling rain, around the Manoa area and through the UH Manoa campus. ... read more

July 22-24 I am tired. Yesterday was a long, full day of activity and today I slept it off and didn’t leave the house until after three. I didn’t have much in mind to do, just take the bus over to the Blaisdell Farmer’s Market before my Wednesday Niketown run. The farmers market was pretty small, but still there was tons of great stuff like fresh baked breads, organic vegetables, fruits, jams and spreads, and flowers. I bought my first apple bananas (smaller version of a banana that tastes pretty much the same, maybe a little sweeter?) and some fresh hamburger buns for dinner tomorrow night. With still about 30 extra minutes on my hands before having to be at Nike, I ran into Ross in search of a yellow shirt or sports bra. Tonight’s run ... read more

July 20 *I included a video of my newfound love: turtles, on today's blog..check it out. Caught a 7:50am bus to the North Shore trying to get the most hours as I possibly could out of this day. I'm becoming more bus savvy, and today I was equipped with my book: Harry Potter #1, ipod, and sweater. Time flies with something to read and pretty soon I had come to the first stop on the North Shore: Dole Plantation. I didn't really have this one on my list as something that was important, but what the heck? I'd passed by it numerous times, why not just stop to check it out. Unfortunately, everything there costs money, so I just wandered around the gigantic store and out in the back garden. Kinda interesting to see how pineapple ... read more

July 14-16 The time had finally come to say goodbye to the last of my Carlson friends. After the late night dinner and a previously long day, I slept in to 10:00. Up with no sun time to waste, I changed into my swim suit and hurried down to the beach to meet Sabina and Alex for our last hurrah. We laid out in the spot that I now claim as my favorite, the beach in front of the Moana Surfrider and we didn't move until after 4pm. Motivated by hunger, Sabina and I set out on a mission to find some cheap Thai or Chinese food - eventually settling on the Thai restaurant in the International Marketplace. It wasn't a bad choice, in fact the red curry shrimp that I ordered was pretty good, but ... read more

July 12 I don't like that word as it carries a negative connotation here, but today I was definitely a haole (pronounced kinda like ha-ow-lee). Somehow it was after midnight when I finally got to sleep which didn't help me to get up at 5am. Exhausted, I hopped out of bed, got dressed, packed all my stuff for the day, then ran out to the busstop. Unfortunately, it never occured to me that it was Sunday and the bus schedule is less frequent. I had only 20 minutes to get down to the meeting place and I began to get concerned that I wouldn't make it to the meeting place in time. With my backpack as heavy as it was, there was no way I could make it more than 2 miles in twenty minutes. Shoot! ... read more