i'm just gunna take a minute and let it ride.

things have been good lately. and i mean really good.

here i am, having the time of my life. not a minute to lose. my cousin and i have hit the ground running, doing activity upon activity everyday! now this is exactly how i like to live my life, busy as can be. it's definitely not a bad thing, but sometimes you just need to stop and smell the roses.

time seems to be passing at rapid speeds. so fast, i catch myself forgetting to think! which is an interesting sensation, as i'm quite the thinker. but the problem i see with this is, that i'm not giving myself the chance to wait. to wait upon the lord. i've been asking Him what He would have me do, but now that i've put that out there, i need to be able to listen. which, as many of you know, can be very hard at times! times like now. perhaps He would set a divine appointment ahead of me, perhaps an amazing conversation I'm supposed to have? who's to know. but what i do hope, is that i seize it. that i would know that now is the time to further God's kingdom.

the Lord is so good. so faithful, loving and true. He's blessed me with everything i've got, and then some! i just pray that i hear him. there's so much to be done out here. my heart yearns for hawaii.

just some food for thought. and some prayers for me. :)

as for today, we are going snorkeling at sandy beach (a local spot)! i'm quite excited. i love fish. i hope i see a humuhumunukunukuapua'a. :D haha! that would be exciting. then later tonight, we're going to a local friend's bday party. the big 2-1! should be fun. im excited to meet more locals. haha. it's funny, because we've been hanging out with our local friends more than our new dorm friends. i kind of like it that way though. i'm getting a completely different perspective.

anyway, last night was chill, just went down to waikiki with some of the girls from our floor. chilled on the beach, and it was allll gravy. quite different from the previous night. ughh. the guys downstairs had a party on their floor and mad drama went down. a dude got a beatdown for no reason! lol all the girls are so turned off by this guy now. the football team lives below us, and one of the guys is just freaking aggressive. and no one's down with that here in hawaii. i think he needs to straighten up. anyway. we're stearing clear from those guys, i don't want any drama coming around here!

i should get ready though. can't waiittt!

OH. and i wanted to blog about one last thing. all the pidgin words i've been learning, ya! here goes nothin:

• honi honi- kiss; guys typically give girls kisses on the cheek as a greeting (why can't guys back home do this too??)
• moi moi- sleep! mmm, yess.
• titta- a huge, butch girl
• moke- an extreme local; kind of ragged and large
• pau- finished
• hanahou- "again", repeat
• howzit?- common greeting guys have between one another
• da kine- no particular meaning, but in reference to the context
• poi- sauce like dip made from taro. hawaiians LOVE it! they eat it with 2 fingers. it looks like purple glue :)
• grind- to eat, in a famished sort of way, "let's go grind"
• ono- delicious (haha apparently uncle loren wanted to name becca this!)
• kai- water, ocean
• akamai- smart
• broke da mout- meaning, reaaallyyy tasty; or like SO GOOD
• choke- a lot of something
• haole- caucasian in a negative connotation
• honu- TURTLE!!! my favorite word.
• kama'aina- local
• kane- man
• wahine- woman
• like beef?-"do you want to fight?"
• okole- butt
• pu pu- appetizer
• talk story- chatting
• hale- house
• palu- throw up, yuck!
• hele- to go
  

okay i think that's all i can think of for now, hope you enjoyed! ♥