http://www.roiratjournal.com Adventures of a haole in paradise Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:59:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Iakwe, it is time for chapter 2 of the novel I'm working on.  Here it is: Chapter 2                  In the morning I found my own way to the cafeteria.  I was told I needed a meal card but they decided to cut me a break recognizing I was new in these ... http://www.roiratjournal.com/158 Hi, it has been a while since I posted because frankly I ran out of humorous and informative stories.  In the mean time I've been working on writing my first novel (actually it is not the first novel I ever started but hope to actually finish it).  To that end, ... http://www.roiratjournal.com/157 Iakwe, This week on Discovery is shark week, one of my favorite weeks of the year television wise.  It sure has brought back lots of memories of my time on Roi and the great diving there.  Tonight they had a show on the 10 deadliest sharks.  Unfortunately I missed the first ... http://www.roiratjournal.com/153 Last night I watched the movie Letters from Iwo Jima which I quite enjoyed. By coincidence today my mother sent me some letters I had written to my family when I worked in Riyadh back in 1991. Though far removed from Roi-Namur I thought it might be interesting to see ... http://www.roiratjournal.com/151 Perhaps when I described the huge tuna that I caught off Airok folks may have had their doubts about the size of the fish I caught despite the photo I included. That's fine. But let me tell you, this week I received some photos from former Roi resident ... http://www.roiratjournal.com/145 Aloha, Today I watched the Pro Bowl in Hawaii and sighted a Kwaj. sign in the stands. I can recall guys going there for the Pro Bowl as the closest professional football game to Kwajalein atoll. I enjoy watching any sport called football, while my favorite is what I ... http://www.roiratjournal.com/142 Posted February 1, 2008 “I swim like a fish in the sea all the time, if that’s what it takes to be free I don’t mind” – Toots Hibbert Sunday mornings on Roi-Namur for me meant it was time to go diving. The local activity center provides Bayliner boats for fishing, diving, ... http://www.roiratjournal.com/135 Yokwe. Tonight I was sitting in the bar at Buffalo Wild Wings playing buzztime trivia with my friends. I was having a decent night having won one game and finished second or third in all the others and had a perfect game going into the last question when ... http://www.roiratjournal.com/131   Posted 1/1/2008 The title is kind of a tease because I only know one Roi-Namur ghost story. There was a huge battle fought on Roi back during WWII. There were quite a few Japanese soldiers and a few American soldiers who lost their lives during ... http://www.roiratjournal.com/128 Well Christmas is almost upon us so I would like to thank all of my readers and wish everyone out there a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Most likely your next question is, what is Christmas like on Roi-Namur. That is a very good question but it ... http://www.roiratjournal.com/123