Saturday, October 31, 2009

Willows Pictures

My pictures from the Willows are now on Picasa.  Click the slide show in the right column to go to the album.  If anyone else has pictures, please email them to me at: iolani61@gmail.com.

As a matter of fact if anyone has pictures from any class function, past or present, email them to me.  I was thinking of putting together old pictures from HS days, but I need your help in finding and scanning.  I found out that Clifford has some old pictures, so I'm sure there are more out there.

Please send them at full resolution.  Please do not resize them.  If you do, please make them at least 1200 px wide.

Alternatively, if you're somewhat competent on the web, you can create a Picasa Web Album account and upload images.  Then you just need to give me your account name, password not necessary, and the name of the album.  If you want, I can always walk you through the process.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Videos Links from Willows

I edited and uploaded four videos taken while we were updating Mr. Taylor on what we were doing presently.  YouTube limits videos to 10 minutes so I had to edit what I had and separate them into four separate videos.  Here are the links:

#1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btd5NXKcKoI
#2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DnQmip16e0
#3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBMyKsdSY6M
#4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk6iVmxxZ0M

There's a lot of background noise, but that is because we were next to the pond and the waterfall.  The pictures aren't the best because of the lighting.  In case anyone is interested, I was using the video function of a Canon Power Shot SD780 IS, not a camcorder.

I usually take a camcorder and a digital camera on our trips, but the video function on this camera is good enough that I'm planning to leave my camcorder at home on our next trip, a cruise down the Amazon.  We start in Manaus, Brazil, and cruise the Amazon and the Atlantic to Buenos Aires, with stops in Rio and Montevideo.

Stay tuned, I'll work on the still images next.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Dinner with Reed Taylor at the Willows

We had dinner on Sunday with Reed Taylor at the Willows.  Attending were: Mr. Taylor, Mo, Campbell, Mumper, Ken & Jennifer Lee, Tom Teruya, Clifford Uejio (must have left early..not in picture), Emmett & Judy Yoshioka, Tsuda, Mike Chun, Milton, Steve Takaki, Jimmy Miyashiro and Warren Ho.


We each gave a short update on our lives since we last saw Mr. Taylor.  I have videos taken with my regular camera (not a video camera) which I need to edit before I upload them.  I'll edit this post when the videos are uploaded.  They're not the best quality, but good considering the camera.

I also need to edit and upload some other images which I will upload to Picasa so you can see them.  I'll also publish a post when that is done.

Ken & Jennifer Lee paid for the dinner.  Everyone else contributed the cost of their dinner to the class treasury.  Mo found a $25 coupon on the internet and then when it came time to pay, we also got a senior discount.  Thanks to Ken & Jennifer.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Hawaii Star Ball

Lorrie and I attended the Hawaii Star Ball at the Hilton Hawaiian Village last week.  We were there to support Mike and Trudy Uechi.  They competed in the Grand Seniors, dancing the Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango and Quick Step.  In the afternoon competition they came in first place and in evening competition (exactly the same dances and competitors) they came in fourth.