Aloha ‘Oe Aloha Stadium

Demolition crews began tearing down the area around Aloha Stadium last month, and plan to start demolition on parts of the stadium this month. I took this photo this past October as I had to make sure my all my department locations were cleared out. It was bittersweet to walk around the stadium. 

There were a lot of great memories of games, events, the people I worked with, alongside, and worked for. There are some great memories of games and concerts I attended as fan years before I began working there.

The new facility is scheduled to finish construction in 2029, and can't wait to see how the new place will look.

New Turf At The Les

Prior to the start of last season, the University of Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors baseball team had new turf installed at Les Murakami Stadium. This new turf at "The Les" features two-tone green in the infield and outfield, and dark brown warning track, bases, home plate, and the pitching mound. It also has "Hawai‘i" stitched in behind home plate and an "H" in centerfield. This field was a several years overdue, as the Bows played on the previous turf years past the end-of-life.

This weekend celebrated the induction of Les Murakami into the College Baseball Hall of Fame. A long overdue honor for Coach Les.

Orange

An orange passion butterfly spreads its wings while on an orange cosmo flower.

Birthday Boy

This week, our miniature dachshund Peanut, celebrates his 4th birthday.

Pro Bowl TV Timeout

During a TV timeout in the 2016 NFL Pro Bowl, the Aloha Stadium video crew captures a group of NFL Pro Bowl Cheerleaders performing in the south end zone, and the shot can be seen on the video board in the background.

Coincidentally, the two video crew are also San Francisco 49ers fans, and happen to be shooting the 49ers cheerleader.

Two Sides Of The Same Building

Two different sides of the First Insurance Building, one side in sunlight, and the other in the shade.

B-Roll

A videographer from Taiwan's EBC News shoots b-roll video of planes taking off from HNL's "Reef Runway" during the 2024 RIMPAC exercises, and he's waiting for this Delta Air Lines Boeing 767 to taxi past, as jet fighters were lining up to take off.

B-Roll is a TV production term for extra footage shot that will be added to a live or pre-recorded news report, sports broadcast, or feature piece.

Playing Pups

Yuki and Emi nuzzling and playing on the area rug.

Silence Of Night

Hau‘oli Makahiki Hou! Happy New Year!

This photo was taken from Maunalani Heights, overlooking Palolo Valley and metro Honolulu, at 2:30A. It was extremely quiet above the city. A rain cell is blowing out of Mānoa Valley.

I took this photo after my dad passed away about 2 hours earlier. After I got the call, I went up to talk with the nurses, and wait for the mortuary to pick him up. That took a while, and one of the nurses said I could sit out on the lanai. I spent time in prayer, listening to praise and worship music, while enjoying the cool breeze, and felt God's peace.

Pineapple Drop

While New York City has the ball drop at midnight on New Year's Eve, the town of Mililani in Central O‘ahu has the Pineapple Drop on New Year's Eve. Prior to development beginning in the mid-1960s, the land from the Kīpapa Gulch to Wahiawā, consisted mostly of pineapple fields.

Wishing you all a Happy New Year!

Baptism

It's been almost a year since my Dad graduated to Heaven. One of the proudest moments I have as his son, was when he decided to get baptized about a year after receiving Jesus. Dad is pictured with Pastor Elwin Ahu of Metro Christian Church after his baptism at Ala Moana Beach in 2013.

Also, we wish you all a Merry Christmas!

Keawaula Blowhole

At Keaweula Beach Park, also known as Yokohama Bay, there is a blowhole within the rocks along the shoreline. While not as well known as the Halona Blowhole on O‘ahu's east shoreline, this one does have some impressive spouts when the waves are right.

Ewa Airfield Memorial

On the morning of December 7, 1941, the Pearl Harbor Naval Base was not the only military that came under attack. Located seven miles from Pearl Harbor, was the Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, which neighbored Naval Air Station Barbers Point. MCAS Ewa also came under attack that morning. Marines shot at the attacking aircraft, but four Marines paid the ultimate sacrifice, and 12 were injured. This marker commemorates the four fallen Marines.

The base served throughout World War II, and into the Korean Conflict, However, it was closed in 1952, and absorbed into NAS Barbers Point. Part of the airfield and aircraft revetments remain untouched, with a lot of overgrowth. Part of the former MCAS is now the Barbers Point Golf Course (opened in 1966), owned and operated by the US Navy.

Hickam Army Airfield, Schofield Barracks, and Wheeler Army Airfield also came under attack on this fateful day 84 years ago.

Valley Clouds

Low clouds fall and fill in Kalihi Valley on a rainy day.

Makua Beach

Located along the Waianae coastline, is Makua Beach. This is the southern portion of the beach park.

Surfer X-ing

A surfer crossing sign in from of the Surf and Sea store in Hale‘iwa.

Mililani Sunset

The Sun setting behind the Wai‘anae Mountains during a high school football game as seen from Mililani High School's John Kauinana Stadium.

Salt Crystals

On the shoreline outside Wai‘anae High School, was a tide pool was filled with dried sea salt crystals.

Sunbathing Peanut

Peanut laying in the sunshine, soaking up Vitamin D after his morning walk.

River Ride

Paddling a kayak down the ʻAnahulu River in Haleʻiwa. The river is a tributary from the Koʻolau Mountains, and flows into the Pacific Ocean in near the Haleʻiwa Boat Harbor. The famed Haleʻiwa Bridge, or more commonly known as the Rainbow Bridge is ahead. I paddled under the bridge to the ocean and turned back up the river.