My child’s been involved in a couple of youth theatre experiences lately. It’s something he seems to show a liking to and we’re seeing how far it’ll go. Will he be future movie star? Perhaps…right now I don’t see a lot of asians represented on TV and screen, but maybe by the time he’ll be of age that will not be...
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When offered to go on a genuine work-related field trip to ‘Iolani Palace, I jumped at the opportunity. Here was my first real field trip (lunch included) opportunity since my elementary school days. Sure, I’ve chaperoned some of my child’s trips out recently…but here I was given the opportunity to check something out for my own benefit....
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In on of my early bands we recruited a young singer off of a music ad. He was super young…I think at the time he wasn’t even old enough to play in some of the clubs we had booked because he was under-age to be anywhere near the bars. So we sometimes had to arrange with the venue to get-in and get-out without hanging around so nobody got in...
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It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything just randomly inspirational on my site. Not that I haven’t seen anything lately….my online behavior has changed in recent years where I just don’t use my blog as much. It’s a shame…I really had fun with this at one point. I’d like to get it going again. Baby step:...
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I might bitch a lot about getting old lately. Watching a kid grow up before your eyes and an ever increasingly sore body will do that to you. But I WILL tell you one area where getting old is great — Business! Back before I turned 30 I once had a personal visit with local celebrity, Emme Tomimbang. Kids don’t know her here now, but she was...
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The art of Origami always fascinated me but I was never really good. Too this day I can’t figure out out how to blow the crane origami the right way so it puffs up nicely. I remember I once had an origami book that showed a process how to take 2 colored sheets of paper and weave them together to make something like a soccer ball…again, it...
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LoweStudio Inc was founded by me, Raphael Lowe, a Honolulu based illustrator and web designer. I presently design and manage a few dozen commercial websites, but my main focus these days is acting as the head developer for Kapiolani Community College and teaching New Media Arts.