Monthly Archives: September 2015

In the Spring of 2013, by chance, I found Jasmine Thompson’s music on Youtube as I was looking for songs by certain artists.  I like her voice because it sounds so angelic.  Recently, she has had some commercial success with some of her songs as well as being the vocals for some EDM songs produced by DJ-Producers such as German DJ Felix Jaehn.

Below is Jasmine’s wonderful cover of Beyonce’s “Halo.”  If I could ever be so lucky to get my first novel published and produced into a movie, I would love to have her version of this song in the film to bring out the emotions that the characters go through.

Remember those walls I built?
Well, baby they’re tumbling down.
They didn’t even put up a fight.
They didn’t even make a sound.
I found a way to let you in.
But, I never really had a doubt.
Standing in the light of your halo.
I got my angel now.

It’s like I’ve been awakened.
Every rule I had you breakin’.
It’s the risk that I’m taking.
I ain’t never gonna shut you out.

Everywhere I’m looking now.
I’m surrounded by your embrace.
Baby, I can see your halo.
You know you’re my saving grace.
You’re everything I need and more.
It’s written all over your face.
Baby, I can see your halo.
Pray it won’t fade away.

Hit me like a ray of sun.
Burning through my darkest night.
You’re the only one that I want.
Think I’m addicted to your light.
I swore I’d never fall again.
But this don’t even feel like falling.
Gravity can’t forget to pull me back to the ground again.

And it’s like I’ve been awakened.
Every rule I had you breakin’.
It’s the risk that I’m taking.
I ain’t never gonna shut you out.

Everywhere I’m looking now.
I’m surrounded by your embrace.
Baby, I can see your halo.
You know you’re my saving grace.
You’re everything I need and more.
It’s written all over your face.
Baby, I can feel your halo.
Pray it won’t fade away.

I can see your halo.

2015 Biannual Hawaii Council of Jodo Mission Kyoku Convention on the morning of Saturday, September 19, 2015.

Can you hear me calling?
Out your name?
You know that I’m falling,
And I don’t know what to say.
I’ll speak a little louder.
I’ll even shout.
You know that I’m proud.
And I can’t get the words out.

Good Situation.

I attended the Hawaii Council of Jodo Mission Kyoku Conference on the evening of September 18, 2015 at Jodo Shu Hawaii where members attend from across the State of Hawaii.  The conference is held on September 18 to 19, 2015.

Did I ever say, how I feel about you?
A thing I never found, that easy to do.
The things that you do, don’t need to be heard.
You know your actions, baby, speak louder than words.

“Bring Me Your Cup” cover by Pure Heart.

“Bring Me Your Cup” by UB40

Oh Cherry oh, Cherry oh, baby,
Don`t you know I`m in love with you?
If you don`t believe it`s true,
What else is there for me to do?
Look how long I`ve been waiting,
For you to come right in.
And now that we are together,
Please make all my joys come over.

(Chorus)
Whoa -oh-oh-oh oh oh oh oh
Whoa -oh-oh-oh oh oh oh oh
Yea-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay
Yea-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay

Oh Cherry, oh, Cherry, oh, baby,
Don`t you see I`m in love with you?
If you don`t believe I do,
Then why don`t you try me?
I will never let you down,
I will never make you wear no frown.
If you say that you love me madly,
Well babe I will accept you gladly.

(Chorus)

Oh Cherry, oh, Cherry, oh, baby,
Don`t you see I`m in love with you?
If you don`t believe I do,
Then why don`t you try me?
I will never let you down,
I will never make you wear no frown.
If you say that you love me madly,
Well babe I will accept you gladly.

(Chorus)

Here I am baby, come and take me, here I am baby. Come on and take me, take me by the hand.

UB40, Ali Campbell – One of my all-time favorite artists.

A Fundraiser for Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Keith M. Kaneshiro

Date: Thursday, October 15, 2015

Time: 5:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M.

Place: Bishop Museum

Suggested Donation: $25.

A song to dance to under the coconut trees on a starlit night.

I write fiction because I want to assure you that everything you’ve experienced in life had a purpose – the good and the bad. In my career, I’ve worked on and drafted a number of laws, but no law can ever express the emotions that I feel inside. Only a novel can do this. I want you to see the world that I see, and to share with you all that exists within it. Peace is within us.