Ho brah, we go grind den!

Tonight we had a nice gathering with the “Hawaiian crew.” Kenny Chang, an ophthalmologist who is friends with Paul, my fiancé, invited us over for a barbecue dinner. Laura, his fiancée, is a family medicine doctor in Riverside. Both Kenny and Laura are from Hawaii. Chris Chu and Ken Lim, also from Hawaii, joined us for dinner as well. Eduardo and I were the only ones with no Hawaiian connection. Nonetheless, it was a wonderful time.

Kenny cooked some mean dishes. I didn't know he could cook! =)

The stuffed tomatoes were a hit.

And our “barbecue” was modified to meet some of our vegetarian needs (vegetables on skewers!). =)

I suppose that since I am now engaged to someone from Hawaii I needed to be initiated into the Hawaiian culture. It’s amazing that during my entire lifetime prior to meeting Paul I knew nothing about “Pidgin,” the local slant on English that they use in Hawaii. =) For those of you who are as ignorant as I was about Pidgin, I encourage you to listen and even attempt to pronounce some of these words on this entertaining website:

http://www.extreme-hawaii.com/pidgin/vocab/.

After some research on this above-mentioned site you may be able to accurately decipher the title of this blog entry. Enjoy! =)