That is I of course. I guess the new camera is going to be fine. And the beer still tastes good! 

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Ted, our 4th Navy Buddy, he also has a sweet heart over here but she is busy in her Sari Sari Store. A Sari Sari Store is a Philippine miniature 7/11 copy and there several on every block. 

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Our daughter Karla likes to come to our Hawaiian Round Table meetings because she can swim in the ocean or the swimming pool and Daddy buys an ice cream. 

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My wife Rowena and our daughter Karla; she is now 9 1/2 years old. In two days the US Embassy is coming up to take care of us US expats and she will get her US Passport renewed. 

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I, again. Bye, bye, have a good day. 

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-Ted is an ex YN (Yoeman), Alan a SK (Storekeeper), Bill a Master Diver and I a BM (Boatswains Mate and diver). We have at least 4 more Hawaiian Navy Buddies here. 

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-Here is Alan, a Korean American, we both were 17 years old when we immigrated to the US. He and his family settled in Hawaii. 

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Bill. I am glad Bill is back, he also brought me military belt buckles. In the last year, my local bought one rusted to hell, it crushed while putting my pants on. 

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Yolly 

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Rowena shot this on automatic, I guess it is better to shoot portrait and focus on one person. Here am I, left and Alan is right. By the way we were all sailors in the Good Old USN. 

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Rowena, my sweetheart, a little closer! 

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Nory, Alan's sweet heart. On our get-togethers the ladies sit on one side and men on the other for better conversations. 

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Close-up of last pic. All these images were shot with a low resolution. I will shoot higher in the future so I can crop better. 

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Bill is back and next day we Hawaiians all met at our favorite watering hole, the Arizona Hotel. Here is Nory, Alan's sweetheart and my young 'Old Lady' Rowena. 

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Bill and Yolly with the Arizona Hotel Mai-Tai is area in back. 

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Bill's sweetheart Yolly, happy to be back together. 

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-Bill is back and brought a new camera. My daughter took this 1st image, also played with my binoculars and had ice cream. See the album description below. 

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