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Last night was Christmas Eve, and Mary had made us reservations at the fancy steak and seafood restaurant in the Sheridan. After some familial picture taking we headed in and were surprised to discover that it was a buffet.
But oh what a buffet it was. It was heaven. I had spicy tuna sushi rolls. California rolls. Calimari salad. Green salad. Three varieties of sashimi (though I don't know what they were, as they were just labeled 'Tricolor Sashimi' and were red, pink and white, though my dad insisted that was three shades of one color). Chilled shrimp. There were some main courses too, but I didn't bother with that with all the delicious other things sitting around. There was some desert too, which included an utterly delicious chocolate yule log. I've been avoiding chocolate on the trip, but had to try this and it was very tasty.
This morning I went with the folks to Church. Not a usual habit for me in the least, but I wanted to spend time with them. I last went for my Grandmother's service back in 2003. This was in a small little missionary church out by Koloa. The minister was a very nice Japanese gentleman and everyone was very friendly. There was lots of singing of hymns, and the minister always led them while playing his guitar while a a few other stringed instruments were played as well by handsome gentlemen and beautiful Pacific women. It was exactly what you'd expect to see at a Hawaiian church (but I wouldn't have actually expected outside of a movie). I listened to my dad singing some during the service, and he really seemed to be enjoying himself, which was cool.
Afterward we came back to the condo and opened presents. I have the Battlestar Galactica miniseries from Kimberly, a very interesting looking book called Escape from China, which is about post-Tiamen China from Mary and my Dad, and a box of delicious loooking See's Candies from Melody. I also apparently have a game on the way from Timewellspent. It'll presumably be at the PO box by the time I get home.
We're going out to Poipu Beach in a bit more than a half an hour, and Kim is going to try snorkeling again. Hopefully this will be more successful than yesterday.
But oh what a buffet it was. It was heaven. I had spicy tuna sushi rolls. California rolls. Calimari salad. Green salad. Three varieties of sashimi (though I don't know what they were, as they were just labeled 'Tricolor Sashimi' and were red, pink and white, though my dad insisted that was three shades of one color). Chilled shrimp. There were some main courses too, but I didn't bother with that with all the delicious other things sitting around. There was some desert too, which included an utterly delicious chocolate yule log. I've been avoiding chocolate on the trip, but had to try this and it was very tasty.
This morning I went with the folks to Church. Not a usual habit for me in the least, but I wanted to spend time with them. I last went for my Grandmother's service back in 2003. This was in a small little missionary church out by Koloa. The minister was a very nice Japanese gentleman and everyone was very friendly. There was lots of singing of hymns, and the minister always led them while playing his guitar while a a few other stringed instruments were played as well by handsome gentlemen and beautiful Pacific women. It was exactly what you'd expect to see at a Hawaiian church (but I wouldn't have actually expected outside of a movie). I listened to my dad singing some during the service, and he really seemed to be enjoying himself, which was cool.
Afterward we came back to the condo and opened presents. I have the Battlestar Galactica miniseries from Kimberly, a very interesting looking book called Escape from China, which is about post-Tiamen China from Mary and my Dad, and a box of delicious loooking See's Candies from Melody. I also apparently have a game on the way from Timewellspent. It'll presumably be at the PO box by the time I get home.
We're going out to Poipu Beach in a bit more than a half an hour, and Kim is going to try snorkeling again. Hopefully this will be more successful than yesterday.