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Santa’s Helper

Category : On Maui, Photography
Date : December 25, 2012

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Busy baking and cooking chicken—never a dull moment when I’m back home. Hope I made the nice list.

Maui, 2007

Category : Coast to Coast, On Maui, Photography
Date : September 19, 2012
Today my uncle, Maui Mike, sent out this image he took of Maui’s south side from Upcountry. Although this made me a little homesick for the beach and my family, it was also reminder of everything I have for me back at home.
Looking at the date, August 2007, I was reminded this was the same month I left home for my first year in college at the University of San Diego. Moving away is a difficult thing to do, especially when home is Hawaii–a very unique , warm, and loving community–but I have realized a few things since leaving home. I would never be so grateful of where I am from if I did not leave. This theme has come up multiple times in many of my art works and my motivation. I know I am not moving home anytime soon, but one day I will return home to share what I learned with the Maui community. A lot of people want to flee the islands and never turn back, soaking up all the opportunities on the mainland and beyond. It is one thing to leave, but to me, coming back is just as important. Taking the opportunity to share experiences with younger generations, is helpful to provide guidance and relieve the fears many people have of leaving our very amazing, tight-knit Maui community.

A Taste of Asian Blend

Category : On Maui
Date : September 13, 2012

A little more than a month away–a poster design I did this summer for an amazing fundraiser at home benefiting Hospice Maui and the HP Baldwin High School Foundation. I’ll be missing out on the delicious food prepared by many talented Maui chefs and Maui’s own Chef Colin Hazama, of the Sheraton Waikiki. However, I’ll still be represented by my art! Today I started working on my donations for the silent auction. I can’t make a lot of things, but they will be good things.

MIA

Category : Family, On Maui, Photography, So Fresh
Date : July 11, 2012

Missing MAUI in action. True, it’s been over a month since my last post, but for good reason.  I thought it would be a good break from the computer when I went back to Hawaii to recoup for a month.  I didn’t too much, but I spent time with the most important people, my family. Happy to be home, just like how happy, my friend Jonathan was to see me. Enjoy!

Top to bottom, left to right >> Jonathan, Launiopoko, Kahului Harbor, Launiopoko, Bretty, Lei-making with mini-crownflowers, Flo, Vicky, Lea the escapist, Yoshi Monster, Lychee, Homemade Plate Lunch, Papaya<<


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