Whale watching

Aloha everyone! This is Misako Fukuchi, MLI's new student assistant. I will be filling you in on the latest MLI news.

On Friday, February 19th 2011, the MLI students went to Maalaea for whale watching. It was a beautiful day. The sky was clear and cloudless. The ocean was crystal blue.

Look at the perfectly clear blue ocean! Isn't it amazing??



This is one of videos that I took from boat. We could actually watch whales breeching around us everywhere from the beginning to the end.




This is also an amazing video. A whale swam directly under our boat, like a torpedo, and it left a jet stream of aqua marine bubbles behind. It was very rare to see. We were so lucky!

I'm looking forward to sharing many more adventures with you.
Aloha Misako

New Beginnings, New People, and a New Year

Happy very late NEW YEAR! It has been crazy here at MLI with so much to do with little time to do it in. Fall 2 session and another year has come to a close as we open with a new year, new students, and a new beginning. We had our last MLI gathering for the year on December 09, 2010 as we ate, laughed, and said our last good-byes to each other. Congratulations to all graduating students!

This year we are thrilled to have an increase number of students from all over the world. We have gained new students from France, Switzerland, Thailand, and even Brazil. MLI staff is very excited and pleased to have a growing diversity of students filling up our classrooms. Our instructors are having a blast with our growing student body as we kick off our third week of Spring 1 session.

Well it is about that time where I say, "Aloha 'Oe (uh-low-ha, O-eh)" until we meet again! I will keep all of you update the best that I can.