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4 MIDWEEK MAY 5, 2021
HAWAI‘I’S FAVORITE MEDIA SURVEY By Kelli Shiroma Braiotta What is the best piece of advice Mom ever gave you?
T Taking A Leak
he other day as I was preparing to leave work, my wife called. She was somewhat frantic, and I suddenly became concerned.
“Ron, there’s water all over the kitchen floor! I looked un- der the sink and one of the pipes has broken off!”
TAYLOR CARDINES
Mililani, Real Estate Agent
“Growing up, my mom always taught me to choose my friends wisely. She used to say, ‘You are who you hang around with.’ I took that advice to heart and always tried to find positive and powerful people to surround myself with so that I could enjoy life to the fullest.”
CHRIS YANUARIA
Kahului, Social Worker
“Drink milk so that you’ll have strong bones.”
CAMILLE YANO
Waipahu, Business Development Specialist
“It doesn’t matter how much or how little money you have. You should always give.”
ED SUGIMOTO
Mililani, Business Owner
“Concentrate on what is in front of you (your eyes) and give it your best.”
Once I discerned that it wasn’t a water supply pipe and that it was the disposal drainpipe, I told her that I was leaving and would be home soon to “fix” the problem.
My wife did her best to mop up the water, and under the sink were a bunch of beach towels to catch the residual drips from the pipe. I switched on an LED flashlight that I bought for hurricane preparedness and snaked under the sink on my back. It was an awkward position to be in, and I knew I would regret it.
As I used a pipe wrench to remove the broken pipe, water trickled down my arm into my armpits. Garbage disposal water splashed onto my face, and for the first time in months, I actually wished I had my face mask on to prevent water from going into my mouth!
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A MINDFUL MOMENT
Alice Inoue
A Time Is Flying
s you turned the monthly calendar page, were you as surprised as I was to realize we are in May already? Many of us want more
time, so we attempt to slow it down by shaving off minutes in order to gain more hours. Yet, it seems we still don’t have enough time because at the end of the day, we only think about all we didn’t finish.
To “stop” time from flying, start by creating space and being more present with the moment. Think about music. It’s the space between the notes that makes it enjoyable. Imagine music with no reprieve between the notes. It would be annoying. Yet, this is how we structure our lives.
Where in your life do you need to pause between notes?
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(Note: You know you’re getting old if you’re Japanese and shout “yoy-sho!” when you get up from the floor.)
I threw the pipe pieces into a Ziploc bag and drove to City Mill for replacement parts. There were a billion pipe replace- ment configurations in both metal and PVC, so it took me a while to find the piece that matched.
I crawled back under the sink only to find that while I had the right configuration, the connections were for a threaded pipe, whereas the existing pipes had pressure lock connec- tions. Long story short, I needed to change out all the pipes!
While I was under the sink and swearing up a storm, my wife, in an effort to lighten things up, started groping and tickling me. I avoided smacking my head against the pipes while laughing and shouting, “Quit it! I’m trying to work here!”
My wife went out to the store, so I decided to call my brother to see if he knew anyone who could do the work for me. My last resort would be to call a licensed plumber, al- though our household budget is kind of tapped out right now.
My brother called a friend who immediately showed up and got right to work under the sink. I didn’t want to be one of those guys who watch over a workman’s shoulder, so I went to my room to check email. Our dogs heard my wife come home and in a split second of thinking, I dashed into the kitchen to intercept her.
While the repair guy might not mind, I wanted to save my wife the embarrassment of groping a complete stranger.
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