Day Three

March 7, 2007, Wednesday

Today was quite different from our Hawaiian experiences. Instead of mostly working outside, we worked inside. We worked in a classroom that Bill works at, which is Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA). The high school campus was enormous! They had an inside gym complex, football field, baseball field, soccer field, performance arts center, several dorm buildings, and classrooms. Basically, the campus had everything!

When we arrived at HPA, the group immediately started working on their blogs. We also received a tutorial from Bill on a new type of blog. We used the server at HPA to help us set up the new blog. Learning about editing and tweaking around with the new blog was frustrating, tough, and confusing. However, everyone stuck with it and never gave up. In conclusion, the students (and even the teachers) learned more about behind the scenes of a blog.

Except, in the end, the teachers decided that the students should start using iWeb to build ANOTHER blog. The good thing is that the iWeb application is more user friendly! Yes! Hopefully, Alan, who is a scientist working with the ASOF students, will give us an iWeb tutorial.

After working at HPA from 8:00 in the morning to 4:00 in the afternoon, we headed into Pu’u Wa’a Wa’a. The area was and is still used for ranching. There was so many cows, horses, quails, sheep, and goats in the area. All these animals remind me of food.

For dinner, we had locals generously cook Hawaiian (and a bit of Japanese style) food. We all enjoyed the salmon and steak! Yum! Also, during dinner, some local high school students joined us. With some frustration, education, good food, and relaxing time, life is going well here in Hawaii.