{"id":1881,"date":"2010-09-15T22:08:04","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T05:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=1881"},"modified":"2010-09-15T22:08:04","modified_gmt":"2010-09-16T05:08:04","slug":"hawaii-day-2-my-wildest-dreams-came-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=1881","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii &#8211; Day 2 (My wildest dreams came true)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">6eptember ( US timing) we woke up bright and early and made our way to the airport.\u00a0 Today we are heading to Hilo ( The Big Island)<\/p>\n<p>As we left Honolulu, we not only saw the beautiful clear waters BUT also the Diamond Head Monument which we climbed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/hawaii-009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1882\" title=\"hawaii 009\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/hawaii-009-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/hawaii-009-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/hawaii-009-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/hawaii-009-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/hawaii-009.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/hawaii-009.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once we reached Hilo, we went for breakfast at Ken&#8217;s &#8211; it&#8217;s a Hawaiian kind of Denny&#8217;s\/ IHOP<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/ken.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1883\" title=\"ken\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/ken.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/ken.jpg 404w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/ken-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/ken-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love the coffee which I later found out that it&#8217;s Kona coffee ( Kona is in Big Island)\u00a0 Nice! Bought 2 packets of coffee powder home. We had Macadamia nut pancakes and the poisonous <strong>Loco Moco<\/strong> .I love LOCO MOCO &gt; super nice!! BUT super high in calories.. I only had 2 mouthfuls and I feel so guilty\u00a0until NOW\u00a0\ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p>AFter breakfast, we visited Akaka Falls<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/P1110228.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1884\" title=\"P1110228\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/P1110228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/P1110228.jpg 368w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/P1110228-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>then drove to the Volcanoes National Park<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/volcano.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1887\" title=\"volcano\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/volcano.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/volcano.jpg 404w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/volcano-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/volcano-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Us in front of Pacific Ocean<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/P1110252.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1894\" title=\"P1110252\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/P1110252.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/P1110252.jpg 400w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/P1110252-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Arc behind me made by the water\/lava? I was holding onto my cap, fearing that it will fly away.. haha<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ak-snc4\/hs678.snc4\/61874_436988312286_797537286_4809064_6622297_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"256\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You really see the smoke from the volcano<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/P1110262.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1890\" title=\"P1110262\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/P1110262.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"370\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/P1110262.jpg 370w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/P1110262-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>AND<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/P1110266.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1891\" title=\"P1110266\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/P1110266.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/P1110266.jpg 245w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/P1110266-178x300.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>haha.. so just as I was fooling ard and taking photos&#8230;BH and I stopped in front of Mauna Loa, world&#8217;s largest active volcano<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/P1110279.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1892\" title=\"P1110279\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/P1110279-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/P1110279-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/P1110279-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/P1110279-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>BH set up the tripod so that we could take a picture together&#8230; then suddenly&#8230; he knelt down.. took out a box&#8230;. and&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/PROPOSE1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1893\" title=\"PROPOSE\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/PROPOSE1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"365\" height=\"771\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/PROPOSE.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>AG: &#8221; ehh.. u kuku ah!&#8221;<br \/>\nBH: <strong>&#8221; Would you marry me again? I wish our love would be like this active volcano, always burning..&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nAG: *staring at the ring and OMG in my heart* &#8220;YES YES!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>soooooooo cheesy&#8230;probably the most cheesy yet original proposal line I heard!\u00a0BUT I was super happy!!! \ud83d\ude00 He\u00a0was so sincere\u00a0.. the very thought that\u00a0he don&#8217;t need to do this again but he did brings a tear to my eyes! For once ( in many blue moons), I felt that I marry the right man and reconfirmed that BH is super duper nice to me!<\/p>\n<p>To think that\u00a0I was saying how I don&#8217;t want to rem how BH proposed to me? haha.. now I wanna rem how he re-propose to me \ud83d\ude42 awww&#8230; it felt like my wildest dream just came true !!! can&#8217;t believe that BH can be this romantic!<\/p>\n<p>The precious ( ring size was wrong but he didn&#8217;t have time to resize it.. how can I not\u00a0forgive him.. wahaha)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/P1110274.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1888\" title=\"P1110274\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/P1110274.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/P1110274.jpg 345w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/P1110274-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Right after the <em>romantic <\/em>proposal, we needed to leave so that we could catch our flight back to Honolulu. By right, we should b able to see lava flowing from the volcano BUT it wasn&#8217;t dark enough, so we can&#8217;t see anything. Both of us were quite disapted.. So we told ourselves that we will\u00a0 go back again \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>On the plane back to Honolulu, we saw orange lava-like glow frm the skies.. haha.. not sure if it&#8217;s lava BUT we convinced ourselves that it&#8217;s lava. haha<\/p>\n<p>What a lovely day! hehe.. active volcano!! keep burning!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ak-snc4\/hs643.snc4\/60361_428376142798_664092798_5244575_4090888_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6eptember ( US timing) we woke up bright and early and made our way to the airport.\u00a0 Today we are heading to Hilo ( The Big Island) As we left Honolulu, we not only saw the beautiful clear waters BUT also the Diamond Head Monument which we climbed. 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