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| holy shit... those are the only words needed to describe this morning. my next door neighbors house caught on fire @ around 4:30 this mornging. if there had been any wind at all, my house would be gone too. as it was, the flames were only about a couple of feet away from my house. when my mom woke me up this morning screaming "FIRE!!!," i thought that she was just bullshitting us... but then i heard my neighbors screaming and someone frantically honking their car horn. thank god everyone is safe. supposedly it started by a gas leak from a car in the garage. the garage and whole front of the house are gone and only the back is left.
this experience has shown me how great our neighbors are. everyone got up and tried to help... even those who don't live on my street. makakilo is filled with good people. i'm happy to have neighbors like them. i know that if my family gets into trouble, my neighbors will be there to help us.
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the fire was intentionally set.. they think it's a group of people including the ex-best friend & ex-boyfriend (which they just got a restraining order on) of one of the girls. those fuckers need to be caught and thrown in jail for life.
Suspicious fire leaves Makakilo family homeless
Fifteen-year-old Jenna Wagner of Makakilo woke up yesterday to popping
noises and flames shooting from the carport before escaping with three
generations of her family from a fire that investigators believe was
deliberately set.
Wagner should have been enjoying her last day at Kapolei High School,
saying goodbye to her friends for the summer yesterday. Instead she,
her mother, her sisters and her 2-year-old niece gathered outside the
charred shell of their family home, having lost everything but their
lives.
"Everything's burned," Wagner said, pointing out her bedroom, whose
front wall had vanished in the inferno, revealing the blackened frame
of her twin bed. Her room overlooked the carport, where the fire
started.
There was no sign of the carport, just three burned vehicles, including
the metal hulk of a Jeep, its rubber tires and upholstery incinerated.
"It was like 4 o'clock, and I heard popping in the garage," Wagner
said. "There was flames on the roof of the garage. I woke up my mom. We
got everyone out. "
Renee Wagner and her daughters, Lisa, 19, Michelle, 17, Rachel, 11, and
Jenna, along with granddaughter Angel Martinez, 2, were asleep when the
fire broke out. It jumped from the carport to a gazebo and on to the
main home, setting off a smoke detector. With the help of neighbors,
the family managed to get away before their home was engulfed.
"We were watching the whole thing," Michelle Wagner said. "I was just
screaming, 'Oh my God! Oh my God!' I was hoping my cat was OK because
he was my best friend." The Wagners' two cats and their dog also
escaped unharmed.
Fire investigator Warren Iseke said the fire "looks like it was
intentionally set." Detective Nani Hee of the Honolulu Police
Department said yesterday afternoon that the case was being
investigated, and no suspect had yet been identified.
The Wagners have lived in the three-bedroom, single-story house at
97-738 Nohopaa St., since 1992. Lisa Wagner said she and her daughter,
Angel, who live in Kona, were just winding up a month-long visit.
Still wearing her lavender pajamas, Angel flashed smiles as she trotted
around a neighbor's yard yesterday, putting out her hands to catch a
little sprinkle of raindrops. Later, as her mother held her, Angel
asked, "What happened to the house? What happened to the cars?"
The Fire Department received the alarm at 4:35 a.m., and engines
arrived eight minutes later and kept the fire from spreading to
neighboring homes, according to Fire Department spokesman Kenison
Tejada. Damage was estimated at $300,000 to the home and $100,000 to
its contents. The American Red Cross was to offer help to the family.
In the front yard, red seats on a swing set had melted into clumps of
plastic, and a bicycle with pink wheels lay on its side in the grass,
unscathed. Rachel Wagner sat on her neighbor's stoop and looked at what
was left of the home where she grew up.
"It had a big yard to play in," she said, then paused as she blinked back tears. "I don't think I'll be playing anymore."
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| so.. i'm at game stop in waikele buying dvds (their service is
horrible. it takes forever) and the stupid guys takes a look at the
dvd's and notices one is rated r. he then looks at me and says, "um,
can i see your id? i gotta make sure you're at least 17.." i give him a
look that says wtf, you're crazy then dig into my wallet to find my id
to show it to him. he reads my bday on my id then laughs stupidly as he
realizes i'm 20 and hurries to finish the transaction. geez... i
haven't been asked to show my id in years. stupid guy.
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| Young Asians in America come in many forms. Below are the major categories. Most Asians fit into multiple groups. For example, Rice-boys can also be Fobs and many Tabs are Fobulous. The only groups that are never part of another group are the Twinkies and the Asian-Americans. Claim your Fobbiness! When you see your Asian friend, greet them with "Wassup Fob!" And if your Asian friend says something ridiculous, say "Fob please!" Of course, when a non-Asian calls you a Fob, that is grounds for a fight. Ahahaha...
The categories below are to be taken lightheartedly. Read, recognize and laugh.
Twinkie
-Besides your nationality, there is little to distinguish you from white people
-Your significant other is not Asian and never has been
-You have few Asian friends, if any
-You are embarrassed at family events because you cannot speak your language and everyone has to switch to English to communicate with you
-You have no idea that the other types of Asians on this list even exist
-You think Hello Kitty is dumb and do not know what Sanrio is
-You are the only Asian on this list that does not know what Bubble Tea is
-You drive a Ford or some other domestic car and if you drive a Honda, it is stock
Asian-American
-You claim yourself as Asian, but real Asians think you're whitewashed and non-Asians see you as a foreigner. You fit in nowhere.
-You have heard of Bubble Tea but have never actually had any
-You are confused about your cultural identity and express this frustration through spoken word performances at your college
-You read A. magazine and think it's great
-You do not know who Leon, Aaron, Sammi, Hikki, or Kangta are
-You are only vaguely aware of the other Asians below
Fob (Fresh Off the Boat)
-You were not born in America
- You know who Leon, Aaron, Sammi, Hikki, and Kangta are. In fact, you
have seen them at Atlantic City or Las Vegas recently
-You speak your native language fluently and so do all your friends
-You do not have any non-Asian friends
-Your parents do not speak any English
-When you speak English, you like to make everything plural
-You get extremely good grades in school
-You cannot dance
-Your fashion sense comes from whatever country you're from and you incorporate nothing from American fashion into your wardrobe
SuperFob
-Your command of the English language is minimal and you don't care
-You like dim sum chicken feet
-You do not own a single CD, VCD, Video game, or DVD that isn't bootlegged
-Your only hangout is Chinatown
- All the lights in your house are fluorescent
-You dry your clothes outside your window
-You need a haircut
-You either smell like cigarettes or food
Fobabee
-You are an Asian-American or Twinkie who has recently "awoken"
-You have a newly found fetish of Asian girls/boys
-You have taken the Asian Studies course at college
-You are trying to learn as much as possible about your culture to make up for your lifetime of trying to be white (Twinkie ; Banana) or Black
Gangsta Fob
-You have shot another Asian
-Your favorite hangout is a pool hall
-When you talk, you sound like a cross between a Fob and an urban black kid
-Your hair looks silly, but no one will tell you because you'll shoot them
-You have a serious gambling problem
-You are a Rice-boy, but your mods are cheap and are never painted to match the rest of your car
-No one tells you your rice ride looks cheap because you'll shoot them
-You want to have a Tab girlfriend, but can only get Hoochie Tabs
Tab (Trendy Asian B*tch)
-You shop at A/X, Bebe, Banana Republic and Club Monaco
-You only wear black and will occasionally wear white to "mix it up"
-You do not weigh more than 105 lbs
-You have never paid for dinner at a restaurant in your life
-Platform heels are your favorite
-You are a makeup expert; in fact, you appear completely flawless
-You do not smile in public
-You are the object of desire of all Asian men and you know it
-You smoke
-Your cell phone is completely customized
-On the inside flip of your cell phone is a sticker pic of you and your man
-Somewhere in your purse is a Sanrio item
-You only date Asian and will only date a boy with a nice car
-You are often seen with Rice-boys
-You never travel alone. You are either in the company of other Tabs or your Rice-boy boyfriend
Hoochie Tab
-You are an import car model
-Your boobs are not real
-There are naked pictures of you floating around on the internet somewhere
-Stiletto heels are your favorite
-Your role models are Francine Dee and Kaila Yu
-Your boyfriend is a Gangsta Fob
-You cheat on your boyfriend
-Unlike most Asians, you do not do well in school
Rice-Boy
-You drive an Asian import. Usually a Honda or Acura
-Your souped up car (known as a Rice-ride or Rice-rocket) is unrecognizable from it's original stock form
-Your exhaust pipe is big enough for your head to fit in
-The spoiler on your car looks like it was made by Boeing
-The interior of your car also looks like it was designed by Boeing
-You always drive like you are racing someone
-You are not afraid of dying in a crash, but you are afraid of speed bumps and parking lot on-ramps
-The only other person besides yourself who can sit in your car is your 105 lbs Tab girlfriend. If anyone else sits in your car, the entire bottom of it will be touching the ground
-Even though your car is a Honda, it goes faster and is worth more than a Lotus Esprit
-If you drive a Civic, your dream car is a Supra. If you drive a Supra, your dream car is a Skyline (which you can never have). Poor Rice-boy.
Fobulous
-You speak perfect English and you are fluent in your native language
-You have Asian friends as well as non-Asian friends
-You listen to Asian pop as well as American music
-You are equally aware of both popular American culture and Asian pop culture
-You are a good dancer
-You date Asian by choice even though you could rock the opposite sex of any other race
-You are a good designer and have superior Html skills
-You have an Apt107 page AND an AA page and the guest books in both are packed
-For you, FOB stands for Fabulous Oriental Being
-You have lots of Asian pride | | |
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