Honolulu

Tina, Steve and I are in Honolulu with Mom for our Uncle Mun Kin Wong's memorial services. We had the good fortune of seeing Mun Kin and Auntie Simmy (Mom's younger sister) and their family often while growing up even though they lived in the islands.

It was strange walking into Simmy & Mun Kin's home late last night, and to see Simmy sitting by herself at the table where we had shared so many meals and snacks with her and Mun Kin. Whenever we would visit, he would make sure that we had our fill of papayas, and we would get a taste of his favorite flavors as we did at Fook Yuen restaurant when I visited during Thanksgiving week this past November.

This is the first time that all three sibs have been in Honolulu with Mom, so we took the opportunity to get in touch with our Hawaiian heritage this morning at her cousin Wilfred's Young's Fish Market where we devoured lau lau, poi, lomi salmon, kahlua pork, rice.

We also stopped at Wailoa Shave Ice.