Hawaii Blog

Aloha Everybody,
I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read
my blog. Today is our last weekend in Hawaii, and we all
made sure that we enjoyed our last weekend too. The weekend
started on Friday night when one of our lecturers by the
name of Dan Boylan offered to take us all out for Chinese
dinner. The dinner was a lot different than I expected.
Usually when I go to a Chinese restaurant I got boneless
spare ribs, pork fried rice, and egg rolls, but I did not
eat any of those foods on Friday. Instead I ate white rice,
duck, duck skin, and egg drop soup. This was not food I was
accustomed to eating, but overall the food was good. The
food was also a lot healthier than the Chinese foods I am
used to eating as the food was not drenched in grease.
Thanks Mr. Boylan for treating us to a nice Chinese dinner.
Saturday was cool as it was the first night we did not have
to worry about waking up early in the morning and going to
two 2.5 hour lectures a day. People took advantage of our
off day in different ways. Some people went whale watching
on a catamaran, some people went snorkeling, and others like
myself just relaxed back at the hotel and enjoyed the
beautiful weather. I went to the beach for a little while
and I stayed outside on my hotel porch and enjoyed the
beautiful scenery that the city of Honolulu has to offer. I
saw cars driving on the main strip, I saw some ocean
waves, and I saw beautiful hotel buildings that surrounded
us. Later on that night some people went to a play to see
the Hawaiian goddess by the name of Pele. Pele symbolizes
lava in the Hawaiian language. While some people went to see
Pele, myself and six other people went to a restaurant by
the name of Offshore. Offshore is a restaurant that is right
on the beach. It is a bit pricey, but it is a nice place to
come to if you want entertainment. A band is singing songs
when people are eating and at 9:30 the band leaves and the
restaurant turns into a karaoke place. What I liked about
the karaoke was that every age was invited to participate,
and I found it weird, because usually karaoke places are
bars for people 21 years of age or older. Also during
karaoke Liz, Melissa, Nicole, and Tanya represented
University of Hartford well when they got up and sang Shania
Twain "I Feel Like a Woman." I was getting ready to sing
Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girls", but Hawaii was not
ready to be graced with my wonderful singing so I let them
sing instead. What also made the restaurant unique was that
everyone had to cook their own meat on a grill. All the
restaurant supplied was the meat you wanted, but the amount
of salt, garlic, and how long the meat is cooked is solely
on the individual. I want to thank Chef Michelle as she did
a wonderful grilling all of our food. After dinner was over
we did some souvenir shopping.
Today was another relaxing day, as it was our first free
Sunday and our last Sunday here in Hawaii. Again I went to
the beach for a little bit, and went outside on my hotel
porch and enjoyed the beautiful scenery while surfing the
Internet. Later on that night I and three other people
(Brittani, Laura, Debi) went to the Cheesecake Factory. I
wanted to go to the Cheesecake Factory, because I never had
their cheesecake before. After my dinner I had a delicious
Oreo cheesecake. After leaving the restaurant, the four of
us watched people doing the hula dance we saw little kids
all the way to senior citizens doing hula dancing. It was
nice seeing the hula dancers, as the entire time I have been
in Hawaii I have not seen people perform hula dances until
today. After seeing the hula dancers I went back to my hotel
room, I watched some television, and then I went to bed
because I have to meet the rest of the group in the lobby at
8:45 am as we are going to see Pearl Harbor and the Audubon
Society.
For me this weekend was a fun-filled weekend that I will
never forget for the rest of my life. I want to thank
everyone on the trip that was a part of making this a good
weekend, I want to also thank my parents for helping me pay
for this experience, all the people that donated money for
me to come to Hawaii at a cheaper price, and I want to thank
all of you that are reading my blog for taking the time to
read my blog. Feel free to leave any questions, comments, or
concerns as I will gladly be able to answer anything that is
on your mind.
Alex