BBQ & Drive In

Hey guys. Just dropping in to let you guys know how our little gathering went. It was so fun to see old friends and i really liked seeing our kids running around playing together. We had some great grinds at Andrea's house then went out to the drive in. Andrea and her family are seasoned drive in goers and brought like 20 chairs! One downside was that i guess its not summer nights just yet cause when the sun went down it got pretty cold. Still good fun and i'm looking forward to doing it again. I hope next time we can get more people and kids out. Here are some pictures i took of our gathering. Enjoy :)

Nicole Francisco

NICOLE FRANCISCOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Born and Raised in Hawaii. Living in the 808 from 1982-2000. She left for 2 years after graduating from Kahuku class of 2000 to BYU Provo then came back and attended BYU-H from 2002-2004. Didn’t finish there though “Drop out style” she says. I think maybe because she got to distracted making awesome cups and pots with me and Reggie in ceramics class (remember that?LOL), hunting down the nearest Radiohead concert, and planning her next tattoo design and location haha. That latest Radiohead one looks awesome by the way!
Radiohead Tatoos
WAIT! But don’t count her out just yet with school because she is now living in Salt Lake City going to U of U and is majoring in Political Science.
Nichole says she is “Single as a pringle” and is having tons of fun hanging out with her BFF’s.
Me and my BFF! Drew!

footfoot is my awesome cat!

Ralph is my awesome guinea pig!
What are your future plans?
“Move somewhere that doesn't have snow!” You and me both sistah! :)

Where have you been in the world in the last 10 years?
“Utah, California, Arizona…all over the west really. and NYC, DC, and Philly.”

So what’s happening now?
“I'm just working at the U, neurology clinic. No, I'm not going into medicine, it's just a job that cuts my tuition in half. I also volunteer for a couple different animal organizations in Utah. I love it. I volunteer for no more homeless pets, Community Animal Welfare Society, and the Ching farm Animal Sanctuary."

Where else can we find you online?
“I'm on myspace, facebook, twitter, livejournal. I love the internet. I'm all up in it.”

What do you miss the most about the old days?
“Cereal nights. Cutting school to go to the beach.”

Where was your peaceful place in Hawaii?
“The BEACH”

If you went back to Laie for one day what would you do?
“See my nieces and nephews (Tanya has 5 kids now!)”

Tell me something you've learnt in the last 10 years?
“Oh this is going to get cheesy, but whatever. Every experience is worth having. The good, the bad, they all shape you.”

THE LAST FIVE:
- All time favorite band
RADIOHEAD (I'm seeing them 7 more times this summer!)

- Favorite local food
well, I've been vegan for the past 4 years, so there isn't much local food I can actually eat anymore. I miss my mom's chow fun helluv bad.

- Favorite beach
Waimea
- Obama or Your mama (a.k.a Hillary)
Kucinich!!!

- Famous last words
“I'm not famous enough to have last words.”

GWEN AND NICOLE | Winter 2007

If you'd like to email Nicole hit me up at cubworld@gmail.com and i'll connect you.

"LETS MEET"

Probably not word you want to hear from someone online but hey, you know me haha. So here's the deal friends, i know not all of us are in Utah but a good number of us are. With the good weather we've been having FINALLY!!(in the 70s and 80s) i think it's time we hang out. Mandy and I hung out at Andrea's on Sunday and we thought it'd be fun to have everyone come out and join us for some food and a drive in? that's right i said DRIVE IN :). Old school and oh so fun. Dont give us the "i have kids" excuse haha because we pile our 3 little ones (all under 5 yrs) in our little car and go out and have a fun time. Andrea got us going and it's perfect for this time of year, your kids will be able to run around this type of theater, and we can catch up.

So here's how its going to go down and we'd love to see all of you who can make it. I mean, we'd like to see those that cant too but "you know what i mean" :)

I'll email this out as well in the 808update mailing list (if your not on that list want to be email me cubworld@gmail.com)

We'll be meeting up at Andrea's house this weekend MAY 10th @ 4:30

Bring a dish, whatevers, chips, dessert, Tongan dish ;)...anything you like. No pressure.

We'll eat and hang out till about 8-ish then make out way to the Drive in. Drive in usually starts around 8:30. Here's how to get to the drive in if you want to just meet up there. Link

I wont post Andera's address here so if you don't get it in an email from me email me at cubworld@gmail.com if you need to call get my number off my facebook page.

Totally looking forward to hanging and hope you guys can make it out.
Aloha
Jake

Chillin at Links house. I'm thinking this is from 2006.

Auguste | The Toluta'u Family

Gusto! A.k.a Kalisi , a.k.a. Samuela, a.k.a Tongan stud muffin hahaha. Re-meet Auguste Toluta'u.FYI, I grew up with Gusto in Tonga way back in the days. Back and dem true hanabadah days. Gusto’s been busy and up to some great things so let’s catch up with him.

Auguste lived in Hawaii from 1991 to 2005. Kahuku class of 1999 , BYUH class of 2005, and also getting his masters at BYU in 2007. Gusto got his degrees in Information Systems.

Now married with two children Auguste’s wife’s name is Elsie Moleni from New Zealand. She is a very talented singer/song writer and some of you may have heard of here brothers The Moleni Borthers. Their album kept me company on my mission and my favorite track on the album was actually written by Elsie. Sorry, side tracked for a sec. The Toluta’u kids Emmie Wetekia Toluta’u (2 years old) and Auste Sixto Toluta’u (0 years old haha). Beautiful kids and I am putting money down now that little Gusto will be in the NFL :).
Elsie
Baby Gusto
Emmie
The Toluta’u’s are now living in Murray Utah while Auguste is working as a technical consultant and programmer at the University of Utah. Elsie is a great stay at home mom and works at gold gym part time.

This is why I love Gusty. I asked him what his future plans are and he said this: “Travel the country for work. Have seven kids. Retire early and serve lots of missions. :-)” Only this guy can have his whole life plan in 15 words. Love it! Always keeping it real. I think I want to copy his plans now too. All of it except for the 7 kids haha.



Where have you traveled? “Mostly Utah and Hawaii. Went on a summer trip to Tonga, New Zealand, Australia.”

What do you miss the most about the old days?
“I miss playing in band, playing tennis, and dancing at PCC.”

Where was your peaceful place in Hawaii?
“The Temple.”

If you went back to Laie for one day what would you do? “Spear some fish.”

Favorite Websites? Where else can we find you online? “I don't exist online. :-)” Actually, I did a search for Auguste Toluta’u and found these places with stuff about him hahahaha

http://starbulletin.com/2000/02/07/news/story8.html

http://www.danielmapu.com/news_fireside.html

Well that’s all I could find really so I guess he pretty much is non existent. Crazy cause Gusty taught me everything i know about computers :). If any of you want to touch base with Gusto feel free to hit me up at cubworld@gmail.com and i'll connect ya.

Tell me something you've learnt in the last 10 years? (man we are getting old haha)
“Obedience to gospel truths brings the greatest happiness.”

THE LAST FIVE:
- all time favorite band/artist: Cubworld of course :)

- Favorite local food: Papa Ole's

- Favorite beach: Sand bar in Kaneohe Bay

- Obama or Your mama (a.k.a Hillary): Obama

- Famous last words: K-den ... doodoo boys!!!!! Hahaha.


All photos in this post taken by Natalie Norton