Who is Champuru? 
Aloha, I'm Donna, known everywhere on the Internet as "Champuru." I'm a Christian, blissfully wedded to my perfect match (the yang to my yin) of 15 years and a stay-at-home mom to my miracle baby, born in October 2008. Living life in Hawaii, less than 5 miles from my hometown, seeking balance in her pursuit of family, faith, recreation, and rest. Read more on the About page.
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Dot-Com Days
In the days before dot-net.
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Kamu rocks the mic on Off the Air’s Geek Nation radio show
Now – on the air!
As promised, here’s a quick plug for my friend Kamu’s radio show, Geek Nation — which is now on the air, every Monday night from 7:00 – 8:00 pm on KUMU 1500 AM. You can even call in and talk to Kamu and Kento on the air. (Call 808-296-1500 and you might even win a prize!) If you don’t live in Hawaii, or can’t get AM on your radio, you can also listen online at their website InternetRadioNow.com. Continue reading Shameless Plug: Halloween Edition
Ryoichiro and Kenichi were in town. What a great excuse to assemble the culturally-minded champuru posse for an outing.
Okay, so maybe you haven’t heard of them – yet. They’re the Yoshida Brothers, two young talented virtuosos, musical phenoms that take the traditional art of tsugaru-shamisen and modernize it for their generation. They play the shamisen like Hawaii’s Jake Shimabukuro plays the ukulele: fast and furious. Continue reading Yoshida Brothers Concert
Admittedly, it was the weirdest gig I’ve ever done. We donned our kimonos and led a bon dance for a cafeteria full of children dressed in their Halloween costumes. It was quite surreal, dancing “Shichigwachi Eisa”, looking back and seeing a 6-year-old Dracula dancing in step with me.
We danced 5 songs and it seemed quite enough for me. The kids seemed more interested in the shave ice and cotton candy outside, but at least we had a small group of diehards who stuck with us until the end.
As always, it was great seeing bruddah Keith and the bon dance folks. Hopefully, the kids enjoyed it, too.
Mom is 74 today.
We celebrated her birthday at Makino Chaya where she was treated to a free dinner. Dad drank half of the 40 oz. bottle of Budweiser that he ordered. Hubby ate a lot less than I thought he would. I discovered the chocolate fountain. It was a good evening spent with the family.
Happy birthday, Mom. I cherish these moments and pray that we have many more of them to enjoy together.
 Favorite thing #17: Watching a chick flick on DVD with the Hubby on a lazy Sunday afternoon.
As the years go by, it seems that I am becoming a more emotional person. While this may not necessarily be a negative thing in itself, it can be somewhat inconvenient at the theater. Watching “Finding Nemo” and crying into my popcorn isn’t exactly something I like to do in public. Especially since I am not the type that can shed a few tears gracefully. No, not me. Almost instantly, my eyes get red and puffy and my nose swells to twice its normal size, beaming brighter than Rudolph’s. Worse than that, I don’t recover from a cry very quickly. Can you imagine taking me to a nice dinner after seeing “The Notebook”? (Incidentally, I deliberately avoided seeing it because everyone told me what a tear-jerker it is.) Continue reading Chick Flicks
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