March 8, 2006

• I have another coming home story for you all. Fortunately, when I arrived at home, my lola was downstairs and washing dishes. That means a couple of things. She was doing well yesterday. That was good to see. This, however, is tempered by the knowledge that the mind and body reach a level of clarity in preparing for death. I not only heard of this phenomenon, but witnessed it in my mother while she was on her death bed. I wonder if that is the case here. Regardless, it was good to see her up and about.

  
  

  The ultimately less important but exciting for me news is that I received an e-mail this morning. It reads,

  
  

  "Dear Bobby Roy:
  
  On behalf of the program planning committee, we are pleased to inform you that your proposal has been accepted for the Filipino American National Historical Society conference to be held June 29 through July 1, 2006 at the Renaissance Ilikai Waikiki Hotel in Honolulu, Hawai`i...."
  
  So if anyone wants to go and see me present my paper, but more importantly, have fun in Hawaii, let this be an invitation to do just that. For one, I could use the support. Secondly, from what I hear, Hawaii is amazing! I just have to withhold my reservations about what tourism does to the native Hawaiian population, for the time being, or at least do my best to not utilize services that exploits them. Having said that, you may download registration forms from the FANHS web site, http://www.fanhs-national.org/. On the opening page, click on "Conference," then click on "Conference Registration," and scroll down and click on either the .doc or .pdf version of the "Conference Registration Form."
  
  By the way, if anyone has airline or hotel (Renaissance Ilikai Waikiki Hotel in Honolulu) hook-ups, please let me know, as I could really use them.

  • 12:17 pm
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