Waiting For Buses

I wanted to spend Monday morning going to Byodo-in Temple in the Valley of Temples. Since I only had the bus as my mode of transportation, I decided that it would be an adventure! Unfortunately, that adventure went no where for an hour. When another 60 minute interval bus came and went without a single appearance of the bus I want, I decided that going to Byodo-in Temple today was a bad idea.

Instead, I went to Bishop Museum. I learned about Hawaiian history and culture, but unfortunately, most of that knowledge leaked out of the ears and puddled onto the floor. :(

(I need to go take the #2 bus again. It passed through Chinatown and that place looked very interesting and worth a pedestrian look-see.)

Once I got back to my hotel room, I ate some left over food from yesterday’s trip to Shirokiya and got ready for the Welcome Party at the Hale Koa Hotel.

There were conversations and congratulations, alcohol and food. It was really quite an enjoyable time. It was really strange seeing Stacey wearing full-on make up and a dress. Bizarro world.

After the welcome party, some of us went to play some video games with the groom’s group. He brought his PS3 as his personal carry-on. MW2 on the PS3 feels different than on the 360. At midnight, I decided to walk/bus back to my hotel.

I also managed to freak out my friend in Hawaii when I tweeted that I was waiting for the bus at midnight. The groom’s brother got worried as well, and drove out to give me a ride back to my hotel. I didn’t think it would be a huge deal because I figured there would be a number of people out to witness (and hopefully stop) anything bad from happening. I was wrong. Oops!

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