{"id":395,"date":"2009-05-16T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-16T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fugutabetai.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/16\/another-saturday-2009-05-16\/"},"modified":"2009-05-16T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-16T13:00:00","slug":"another-saturday-2009-05-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fugutabetai.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/16\/another-saturday-2009-05-16\/","title":{"rendered":"(Another) Saturday 2009-05-16"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nTwo beds for the newlyweds<\/a><\/p>\n\n


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\nAwesome view from our balcony<\/a><\/p>\n\n


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\nBig Wave Beer for Risa. Good stuff.<\/a><\/p>\n\n


\n
\nWhen I had to work, I did a lot of it from the balcony, like this. It
\nwas great.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n

\nI had arranged for a rental car, not a great deal, but a good enough
\none through National. We got our choice of about eight cars, none of
\nwhich Risa really liked, but in the end she took a Chevy HHR<\/a>. It is a
\npretty nice SUV-style PT Cruiser knock-off. I probably should have
\njust sprung for more and gotten a convertible, which is what Risa was
\nafter.\n<\/p>\n

\nWe drove over to our hotel, the Aston Waikiki Banyan<\/a>, but we were
\nrenting for two weeks from a Japanese-oriented company so the check in
\nwas on the 3rd floor instead of the normal place. We sorted all that
\nout and headed up to our room on the 36th floor. It has an amazing
\nocean view. The place is a bit old – the building was built in the
\n70s sometime – and it looks a bit old. Most of the electrical
\nfixtures in our place for example are loose. I get the feeling that
\nit isn’t the kind of place that Japanese people would like. Usually
\neven older places are better kept than this place. It isn’t bad
\nthough; just a bit on the older side. For what we are paying – which
\nisn’t really all that much, especially given the amazing view – I’m
\nquite happy. Risa doesn’t want to use the kitchen though because the
\npots & pans & plates are a bit dirty. They look fine to me though.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe strange thing is that we have two beds. Separated. Which is a
\nlittle strange for a newlywed couple I think, but whatever. Turns out
\nit wasn’t much of a problem because usually we were exhausted when we
\ngot back and just fell asleep anyway. Also, the beds were pretty
\naverage, not really so great. And only two pillows. And small ones.
\nThere were some more up in the closet, but I didn’t even bother to
\npull one or two down. Too tired.\n<\/p>\n

\nI was pretty tired, but went out and did some shopping, and arranged
\nto get the broadband option: a broadband over powerlines (a Motorola
\nClear Wire modem) solution. It wasn’t wireless though, just one wired
\nconnection. Good thing I had bought an Apple Airport Express the
\nother day. Set all that up and we were good to go. Well, I had to
\nchange to a different outlet than the one I originally chose because
\nthe outlet was loose and the internet connection was bad. Not
\nsurprising. It isn’t the best connection, but works well enough.\n<\/p>\n

\nI also picked up some local beer (Big Wave<\/a>) for Risa.\n<\/p>\n

\nIn the evening we went out for a walk, checked out the beach, and got
\nsome dinner at a Korean BBQ place. It was very good, but not cheap.
\n(Although, now on the second and third days I’ve noticed that as a
\ntheme: things are not cheap here!) I have some pictures of the food
\naround here somewhere (Risa likes taking pictures of food) but it was
\njust regular old good Korean BBQ, so I won’t bother to put those up.\n<\/p>\n

\nWe headed home, and I fell asleep immediately. Risa took her time, but
\nI have no idea what she was up to.\n<\/p>\n


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