I think we're both pretty jet lagged, which seems to be giving us headaches.  I'm not sure that we'll be partying too much tonight, and I'm not sure we'll even make it to midnight.  Midnight will be 5am in the time zone we're used to, though we're committed to getting on schedule.

To help, Sachi's mom is putting together some homemade sushi and some jook, which is a chinese chicken and rice gruel (comfort food).  Some where along the way, I started calling it "gak", which is now a family joke. 

I'm sure it's no suprise, but in Hawaii, New Years is all about firecrackers. We've already heard a bunch of people lighting the traditional 10,000 firecrackers, which welcomes the good luck for the year.  You have to have a permit to have 5000 firecrackers that costs $25 and does not include the firecrackers. 

I was amazed by this story today.  A hawaiian guy got in the water with a 17 ft. great white shark. That buggah is big. Here is one of the photos:

Photo by Juan Oliphant  

I'm a little more knowledgeable about the islands as of today.  We went to the Bishop Museum, which is all about Hawaiian and Polynesian history, along with a Science Adventure Center.  The museum was in need of a little maintenance, but was well done. I wasn't impressed with the Adventure Center, which is new and more for kids.

            Fake Eruption                                Real Shark Tooth Sword
 

Happy New Years!  See you in 2006