hawaii: Hawaiian Style
- 04/22/09 06:19 AM
There's a great newly revised website, that lets you find all kinds of information having anything to do with Hawaii. It's called e-Hawaii.com.
I just had to share that with you, as well as this piece of Local Style Hawaiian humour: "U Know U Local Eef" - e-Hawaii Joke You have a separate circuit breaker for your rice cooker/warmer. Only NOW you know that cilantro is the same as Chinese parsley. You measure the water for the rice by the knuckle of your index finger. You know which market shave poi on which days. You know that Char Hung Sut is … (6 comments)
hawaii: Second Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 03/16/09 09:00 AM
A while back, on Dec. 8 2006, I had posted a blog about the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. The point of the post was to share a little bit of trivia, about a Japanese Zero pilot who had crashed on the tiny island of Niihau, was captured by the locals, tried to escape and...well, if you want to know that story, click the link and read that blog. Today, the local paper ran a story that I had never heard about, and thought it an interesting history lesson to share with you. On May 4, 1942, the Japanese launched a second … (4 comments)
hawaii: Hawaii Active Military Installations
- 12/07/06 07:46 AM
There are currently seven active military installations in Hawaii. AIR FORCE: Hickam Air Force Base - west of Honolulu ARMY POSTS: Fort Shafter- Honolulu Schofield Barracks- west of Wahiawa Tripler Medical Center - Honolulu MARINE BASE: Hawaii Marine Corps Base - northeast of Honolulu NAVY BASES: Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard - west of Honolulu Pearl Harbor Naval Station - northwest of Honolulu … (3 comments)
hawaii: Honolulu City and County Down Payment Assistance
- 12/02/06 04:56 AM
Not everyone believes they can become a homeowner. For some people, the dream of owning their own home appears to be out of reach. Consequently, many people give up before they even try. Just as Fannie Mae has stated in its' charter, that it has the express purpose of making funds available to promote home ownership, Congress has established a national non-profit organization that distributes funding through local organizations. The information I am giving here is simply to make people aware that there are programs to help everyone achieve the dream of owning their own home. Most of the funding becomes available once … (4 comments)
hawaii: Market data for Mililani, Hawaii
- 11/29/06 03:30 AM
Tomorrow is the end of the month, and I am anxiously awaiting the end of the month statistics for November, which the Honolulu Board of Realtors will issue by October 2. In the meantime, I thought I would post some of the numbers from October and a bit of interpretation as to how this relates to the local market. The key to understanding this market is to understand how to interpret the statistics. For example, let's take a look at how this might work and use the statistics for my home town of Mililani. When you look at the numbers on a … (4 comments)
There's a great newly revised website, that lets you find all kinds of information having anything to do with Hawaii. It's called e-Hawaii.com.;)
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