March mischief...

Hey,

Sorry it's been a while. Things at the BSC have been crazy and I promise that we actually have been doing things and not just sitting around pretending to do things.

In case I didn't mention before, the BSC staff was lucky enough to be invited to see Rev. Yoshiaki Fujitani speak at a presentation of the VVV on February 23. It was quite special to see a film on the VVV and to hear Rev. Fujitani talk about his experiences with the VVV.

As I may have previously mentioned here we took Yuiya Yokoyama to a UH baseball game. What I probably didn't mention was that his father Mr. Wayne Yokoyama gave a presentation on his work as a translator. You can read at least part of his talk here. It's really interesting because he found D.T.Suzuki's orignal introduction to the Kyogyoshinsho! He also briefly mentioned when he visited On March 3 that he's been very busy working and his work is finally coming out, which is quite good news for us!

In March it was also Dwight and Rev. Kevin's birthdays so we celebrated with an M&M ice cream cake. umm...as you can tell there was an incident with breaking the knife. It was a really good birthday for both of them though. There will be more updates to come though and it will be great!

Oh! Also if you are on facebook.We are there too! Link! You should be our fan because if not you are missing out on some interesting stuff not featured on our website or our blog!

Living Treasures and SuperBowl Party!

In Case you haven't heard there's a new Bishop in town or there will officially be one very soon. Rev. Eric Matsumoto of Moiliili Hongwanji will take office on March 1. This was official news at the 99th Giiseikai.

To celebrate the adjournment of Giiseikai and honor several of Living Treasures of Hawaii there was a lunch at the Sheraton Waikiki. If you want to see the food pictures let me know... Here's a few pictures:

Rev. Fujitani gives his usual speech on how the Living Treasures of Hawaii began. I believe it was let's honor this person. Cool! Here

Representative Hanabusa stopped by to say a few words

Rev. Murakami was honored for his 25 years of service

Rev. Soga was also honored for his 25 years of service. He and his wife wore kimonos made by their mothers for the occasion.

Here's a picture of most of the ushers and our wonderful leaders

Sunday, Feburary 6 was as many people know SuperBowl Sunday. The BSCFC celebrated with their typical party. It was a good game :)

Obviously we picked the right team to cheer for ;)

How do you fall asleep during the SuperBowl?!? At least he continued to cheer for the winning team...

They shared the whole couch but he was leaning one way more than the other. He really did fall asleep like that!

We couldn't resist...but seriously! Who falls asleep?!?

We love you Haley!

Spring Hi-jinks with Fabulousness

Spring Tetsuya has come and gone. It has clearly been expressed this year that Tetsuya has definitely changed since it started and perhaps it has come with the times. Here's a few pictures of the day we grilled. Oh that grill is amazing! Thanks David!

Casey looks worried as he cooks the teri burgers. He didn't do so well with the zucchini :/

Wayde helps to get the fire for the grill started. It took forever :( I miss days where there were expert grillers at my finger tips, anyone want to volunteer for me?

At the end of the week, Grant dropped off the Kapi'o with an article on Brass Knuckle Ballad. Click the link below to read the full article. A couple of people from the BSC have been working on this film set to be released at the Fall HIFF. So exciting :)

Story of Brass Knuckle Ballad - Entertainment

Saturday May 15th to conclude the World Jodo Shinshu Conference that was held in Honolulu there was a private tour of the Arizona Memorial with Governor General Tachibana and Shinmonsama, Shinurakatasama.

Wayde takes care of the wreath the Hongwanji placed at the Arizona Memorial.

The older group was unable to get a picture with the dignitaries so we took one with Jake and the wreath. Jake isn't smiling on purpose just to prove he's not having fun and Wayde, who apparently is having fun decided to go a little Captain Morgan on us. Photo courtesy of Alan's camera :)

Shinurakatasama, Shinmonsama and Governor General Tachibana

USS Utah and memorial.

Fact: There are 54 crew members and one civilian that died on Dec. 7th, 1941. One of the crew members was going to give his young child a sea burial and didn't have a chance to do so when the attack occurred.

Fact: The white blocks of concrete scattered around the Arizona Memorial are where the ships were positioned the morning of the attack.

USS Missouri where World War II was declared ended.

Arizona Memorial

A rainbow decided to peak out when we got there

Offering leis into the ocean with flower petals

the leis and flowers floating out to sea.

Unable to post the big group picture because it would have looked really small, since apparently this blog doesn't like big pictures.

Jr. YBA took a picture by the anchor monument.

Don't forget Young Adult Retreat coming up in August. Links on the BSC website and get your forms into Jake as soon as you know. Have a great summer and more coming soon :)