{"id":6768,"date":"2011-06-19T03:59:57","date_gmt":"2011-06-18T18:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=6768"},"modified":"2011-06-19T03:59:57","modified_gmt":"2011-06-18T18:59:57","slug":"private-graduation-before-and-after-and-wow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=6768","title":{"rendered":"PRIVATE GRADUATION, BEFORE AND AFTER, AND WOW!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/adfd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/adfd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6769\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni went to holli&#8217;s son&#8217;s graduation Hawaii Baptist Academy last week.  it was at the blaisdell hall. i had the invitation in one hand, and a balloon and cookie corner lei in the other.  i parked my car 15 minutes away and walked in the hot sun causing the chocolate cookies to melt.  finally get there and i see a sign &#8220;no balloons?&#8221;  the lady at the entrance looked me and said, &#8220;no balloons!&#8221;  so i hide it on the side so i can grab it on the way out.  i walk to the entrance again, show the lady my invitation, and she asks me &#8220;where are your tickets?&#8221;  oh my gosh!!!  it just wasn&#8217;t my day.  i walked back to my car thinking &#8220;private schools suck!&#8221;  no balloons?  you need a ticket to congratulate somebody?  i&#8217;m still a true believer of the public school system.  anyway, congratulations Bryson Kihara.  wish i was there to give you the melted lei, cute balloon, and shake your hand.  welcome to the real world!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/nn20110609a1a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/nn20110609a1a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"376\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6770\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nphoto on the left taken in ishinomaki on march 12th.  photo on the right taken 4 days ago.  the rubbish from the water is not there anymore.  but i&#8217;ve heard that some villages are still the same as it was 3 months ago.  i&#8217;m getting ready to go back.  still need some help and ideas on building a park for the kids.  onegaishimasu.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/P60700771.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/P60700771.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6771\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthere are many roads to go to waikiki but i take this one on purpose.  why?  because every time i drive through this green tree tunnel, i think to myself &#8220;WOW.&#8221;  WOW!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i went to holli&#8217;s son&#8217;s graduation Hawaii Baptist Academy last week. it was at the blaisdell hall. i had the invitation in one hand, and a balloon and cookie corner lei in the other. i parked my car 15 minutes away and walked in the hot sun causing the chocolate cookies to melt. finally get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6768","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirby-blogs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}