Some more Hawai'i

     Today was a pretty normal conference day.  I spent most of the day either attending talks or helping man our booth.  One of the talks was very interesting!  It was about how to use Minecraft as a language teaching tool.  I've never played Minecraft, but now I have an excuse to start.  :)
     I've had this perpetual headache since arriving here, probably due to a lack of sleep.  So around lunch time today I took a stroll around the Koi Pond behind the building where the convention is being held.  It is very beautiful and relaxing there.
     After lunch I decided to take a nap.  It almost felt like a crime.  Here I am in Hawai'i at this conference that I've wanted to attend for several years, and I'm taking a nap?  Well, when I woke up two hours later, I felt much better and my headache was finally gone.  :)  And it was time to go to dinner at the Aquarium.
     I had a very nice time at dinner chatting with Doug Nelson, a game designer, and two European ESL instructors.  One of them, Rose, was very disappointed that there was no alcohol at the dinner.  And to be honest I was quite surprised myself!  But it was a very nice dinner and we had a great time just chatting for over an hour.  They had very good food, we got to watch the fireworks a little way off in Waikiki, and we got to watch a hula dancer perform to a live band playing Hawaiian music.  But by far the best dancer was this adorable little girl that was trying to copy the hula dancer!  She was so cute!
     After dinner we looked at a few of the animals in the aquarium before they closed for the night, then everyone else headed off to a bar while I came back here.  I am pretty tired.  It's only 10:00 pm local time, but it in Austin its 3:00 am.  So, off to bed!
     Oh yes, one more thing, when I got off the bus I walked past a parking lot that was filled with feral cats.  There were at least 20 and probably more like 30!  They weren't aggressive at all, but it was quite a sight.  I have never seen so many cats, let alone feral cats, in one place at the same time.  I tried to take some pictures, but I don't think they came out really well.  Many of the cats were in  the shadows and my phone's camera doesn't have a flash.  Oh well.