Category Archives: Da Kine: Sometimes Full-on Pidgin

Was getting close to da time foa Nolemana and I to head home, so I began to take photos from around da town wea, in all likelihood, I nevah going see again. I get no reason for go back. Da … Continue reading →

Ho, I wen get so caught up at da Farmer’s Market, and we still dea! Nah nah… hea da rest of da photos from dea.

When my dottah and I stay down my mom’s da first time, we wen notice had one Farmer’s Market across da street from our hotel. But was aftah my mom wen mahke [die], and everything stay so hamajang I neva … Continue reading →

Da first couple of days in Los Gatos, we wen get started on da enormous job of deciding who was going get wat, how we going hando if two peeps like have da same ting, and how much we going … Continue reading →

In her closet, foa alla years dat I can remembah, my mom kept one old, old, hand-carved Chinese chest. Inside it she kept all her treasures, like letters from my papa-san, old photos, stuffs lidat.

I am speechless… which is a pretty difficult thing to do foa one Portagee. LOL.

We wen decide to stay and wala‘au wit Nolemana’s ‘ohana even doe we knew it meant we were going get into commute traffic. Cuz we neva know when we going see dem again, and ‘ohana is ‘ohana. If we had … Continue reading →

I wen leave da motel reluctantly; I coulda watched all nā manu and da koi much longer. But we had to be in Walnut Creek around noon foa visit Nolemana’s sistah dem and have lunch. So off we wen go.

I had one hard weekend. And da buggah no stay pau yet. So I offer some comic relief. Gotta be local to fully appreciate but. Rap Reiplinger