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Day 2 in Canada was a day of passing through beautiful towns and taking walks in these amazing cities.
One thing I love to do when traveling is organize Tweetups so I can meet my twitter friends! And going to Hawaii is no different. We had a “Hulaween” Lunch Tweetup on Saturday, Oct. 31st. It’s a good thing that it was on a Saturday because all the kids were able to attend.
We had lunch at Nico’s at Pier 38, which is a favorite place of ours ever since @hawaii introduced it to us last year! Anything with the seared ahi is good!
It was such a nice and friendly tweetup group. 19 people attended (more came after this photo was taken). More photos to come (after I’m back from my vacation).
p.s. This photo should be on Hawaii IRL! :)
Vacation is finally here! Albert and I left for LAX in the afternoon to catch our flight to Honolulu. Traffic was amazingly non-existent, and on a Friday afternoon too!
I love Hawaiian Airlines. It’s one of the few airlines that still serves food on their flights! My 5-hour flight was pretty enjoyable. Before I knew it, we landed in Honolulu already!
Ed was sweet enough to pick us from the airport when we landed, and took us out for dinner at Sanoya Rahmen. The service here was a bit slow, the food here was definitely worth the wait. The portions were huge, and slowly, but surely, I finished my bowl of ramen!
Before heading back to the hotel, we stopped by the biggest Safeway on the island to pick up some snacks. We had to pick up some POG (Passion, orange, guava juice) while we were at it! It’s a favorite of ours, along with the Hawaiian sun drinks.
We then checked into Aqua Pearl Waikiki and called it a night. It’s right on the other side of the International Market. So if you like shopping, it’s within walking distance to all the little shops. But since it’s close in town, it’s a bit on the noisy side as well.
First night in paradise.. and we can’t wait for tomorrow’s Tweetup! Going to see a lot of friends at Nico’s at Pier 38!
I had such a great time at the Anime Expo with my siblings and my friend Steve. We went to the Morning Musume (a Jpop music group) live concert. This was their first concert in the United States.. and I got the chance to see/hear it. They’re very upbeat and happy! I loved it. My favorite songs so far are Aruiteru and Love Machine.
After the concert, I wandered into the exhibit hall and I was determined to bring back some manga home. I ended up getting Kana de Manga and The Manga Cookbook which are very adorable. I also got the Morning Musume cd. :)
We left the expo at 5:30pm and had dinner in Little Tokyo. It’s now a tradition to have dinner at Teishokuya of Tokyo after the Anime Expo every year. :)
I’m thinking about heading back tomorrow just to take photos of all the great costumes. But that’ll depend on my family engagements.
More photos from AX 2009:
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To be honest, I don’t know much about Anime or Manga, but @dragonal‘s cousins and aunt convinced us to go Anime Expo last year. I had a really great time. So I couldn’t miss this year’s event! My sister and brother are both addicted to it too, so why not make it a family affair? :)
The one thing I really love about this conference is seeing everyone all dressed up. You can’t help but smile at all the amazing costumes. I’m going to attempt to buy some Anime stuff this time so I can learn a thing or two about Anime. :)
And if you didn’t know already, I’m a big fan of Pikachu! Last year I managed to find Ash and cute little Pikachu. I wonder who will show up this year. I can’t wait until tomorrow! If you’re at the Anime Expo tomorrow, let’s meet up! I’ll be tweeting where I’m at. :)
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