Liveblogging from Chek Lap Kok International Airport, where in an hour I’ll be catching a flight from Hong Kong to Nagoya, and from there to the state with the greatest theme song of all time.
As usual, it’s work-related. But it’ll be my first time back to Honolulu since the early 00s. It’ll be interesting to see what if anything has changed. I’ll try to do touristy stuff for yr entertainment, but between my work schedule and the jet lag, I wouldn’t set yr expectations very high.
And can I just say how annoying it is that when I Google “Hawaii Five-O”, most of the results are for the remake? (Yes, I’ve seen it, and no, I don’t care for it. I don’t care how cute Grace Park is.)
FUN FACT: I’ve been to the Hawaii Governor’s Mansion, you know. Around this time in 2001. I met the actual governor at the time,
Ben Cayetano. I wasn’t actually there to see
him – the company paying for my trip was promoting local R&D tech projects on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce, one of which (as I remember) was a laser beam capable of transmitting signals to the moon. Or something like that. Also, there was a biofarm specializing in algae extracts for medicinal purposes. Why they had a function at the Governor's house, I don't remember.
Anyway, Cayetano made the rounds, and we shook hands and spoke for maybe ten seconds. I didn’t know anything about him – I didn’t even realize he was the governor, at first – so there wasn’t much to say. But a month later I received a letter from him thanking me for coming by.
He remains to date the only state governor I’ve ever met.
Gubernatorial,
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