Greetings from the Lums

Here is the 2010 version of our Holiday Greeting. Our kids came with their boyfriends from NY, San Francisco and Miami and my mother came from Honolulu. It's probably more information than anyone wants to know about our family, but you might find the video entertaining and informative. Plus, it will give you a peek at the kind of fun we can share if you come to visit us.

DejaViewDigital has shared a video with you on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL1Np5EI-70 Lum Holiday Video 2010 Holiday greetings from Elliott & Linda Lum. Get a peek into the fun times we shared with family and friends. Here is our holiday video. As usual, we had a hilarious time together. We spent a lot of time making music together. Kristin just bought a ukulele, and Allison will have access to a Fretlight guitar like I have. Tiffany also plays the guitar. The title slide is green, because 2009 was the year that we "Went Green" to the hilt. We've had a solar pool heating system for 7 years. In January, we added a solar photovoltaic system which dramatically cut our electric bills. We also added a weather based irrigation controller which sets our sprinklers based on weather conditions. In October, we bought a new Prius. We really like the 50 mpg and the Radar Cruise Control. In December we made our finances greener by refinancing our mortgage at 4.625% with ZERO costs! All of this investment and cost reduction sets the stage for Linda's retirement on March 1. Her last day of work will be January 29. So far, we're planning trips to the East Coast, San Francisco and Hawaii. The other highlight was our trip to Korea from May 11 - 22, 2009. We assembled a family group of 12 -- including Elliott's mother Dora, sister and cousins -- and joined a group of 39 others to finally see the country where Dora's parents were born. Life is good. Elliott & Linda

Sing-A-Leong

Chuck Leong saw my Ellivis blog posting and discovered that we shared a common interest in guitars, singing and golf. He and Deanna were vacationing in Newport Beach and they drove to Carlsbad for an evening of dinner, Wii games and singing. This video captures the spirit of the great time we had together.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj2_yicrufs

P.S. If any other classmates visit San Diego, please look us up.

Eddie Hamada Services

A memorial service for the late Eddie Hamada '46 has been set for Sunday, January 31 on the 'Iolani School campus. Visitation will begin at 9:00 am, with a service to follow at noon. Parking will be available in the Kamoku Street structure and on the baseball field.




Mr. Hamada passed away at his home on January 3 at the age of 81.

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.

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.

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.

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.