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HAWAI‘I’S FAVORITE MEDIA SURVEY By Kelli Shiroma Braiotta What food is delicious but a pain to eat?
LKnockout Ingredients
ike most parents I know, my wife and I are very proud of our two kids. Well, young adults, actually — and they are both accomplished in their own right. Our
32-year-old son recently received a post-doctorate fellowship at Macalester College in Minnesota. He should be receiving his Ph.D., after which I can refer to him as Dr. Nagasawa!
No less impressive, our 23-year-old daughter has almost completed her first year of teaching her class of fourth-grad- ers. She has done an amazing job, as evidenced by the praises of love from her students and accolades from their parents. I’m confident her positive influence will leave a lifelong im- pression on these precious children. In that sense, she certainly takes after her mother.
LUKE DAHLQUIST
Honolulu, Contracting Officer Representative
“King crab, because it cut da hand, but broke da mout.”
ASHLYN CHANG
Honolulu, Marine Machinery Mechanic
“I love to eat seafood
boil, but peeling all the seafood takes time and it is extremely messy to eat.
BRENNAN TAKAYAMA
Hilo, Campus Minister
“Oxtails are delicious, but hard to eat. In order to get all the best parts, you have to pick up the bones and suck out the marrow from the small pukas.”
MAHINA CHONG
Honolulu, Marketing Researcher
“Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. This addicting chip leaves such bad evidence stains on my fingers and mouth.”
However, there are some things about my daughter that I know come from me. There’s her twisted sense of humor and her unique personal style. Most of all, she is constantly working toward self-improvement in many of the same self- help ways that I do.
For instance, she has made various skin-improving facial mask concoctions from ingredients you can find in your kitch- en. She once made something for both herself and her mom. They applied this green “mud” to their faces and reclined on the couch. It might have worked, except that our two dogs, Buddy and Wilson, kept licking their faces. She has done the same thing with homemade shampoos and conditioners with such things as beer and eggs — but I put a stop to that as she was depleting my breakfast supplies.
A MINDFUL MOMENT
Alice Inoue
CThoughts On Clarity
larity is overrated. People come to me be- cause they want clarity. “If only I had clarity, I would know what to do,” they say.
We beat ourselves up when we are not clear, thinking that we should be clear.
Well, there’s something I’ve found to be true about life, and it is this: Some of the most celebrat- ed successes — both in business and in our personal lives — did not start with clarity. It started with an idea, a thought, a feeling or an impulse — but there was definitely no detailed plan.
From there, it is an exploration through avenues of self-doubt. Clarity is rarely ever found at the be- ginning. It’s found at the end. Clarity goes through phases, just like the moon, and each phase can last minutes, days or even years.
alice@yourhappinessu.com
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Her recent pursuits have been with “detoxing,” which is something my mom, her nana, had done for years.
My mom used to take these Japanese tablets called Sun Chlorella. Later, she switched to a powder called Green Mag- ma, which is made from barley grass. Both products were based on the positive effects from ingesting plant chlorophyll.
Our daughter said the latest thing is to take liquid chloro- phyll. Because of its popularity, it is in short supply. So, she asked if I would find some for her the next time I made my run to Down to Earth. I’ll do anything for my baby girl.
Recently, I went to the store and sought out a clerk to help me find it. A pleasant-looking woman asked what I was look- ing for. I had a “senior moment” and drew a blank when suddenly I asked, “Do you have liquid chloroform?” With a confused and concerned look on her face she said, “Abso- lutely not!” Realizing my verbal mistake, I corrected myself.
Thank goodness I didn’t ask for the other item my daughter wanted, which is a homeopathic remedy to get rid of blisters: duct tape.
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