Last Sunday, May 6, Gus and I were returning home from Kagman when we happened upon two stranded tourists in Papago. Meet our two new friends -- Yuki-san and Ai-san from Japan.
We returned to see if we could help as soon as we could find a safe place to turn the car around. It turned out they were first-time visitors to Saipan. They were staying at the Hotel Nikko and their car overheated on the way up the hill.
I offered them the use of my cell phone to call the car rental agency and then we exchanged contact information. Gus and I stayed and chatted with them while we waited for the car company to show up.
This gentleman from the car rental agency finally showed up with their new car and Yuki-san and Ai-san hurried to transfer their belongings to the other car. And the car representative took over the overheated car.
As we got back into our car, Ai-san came by to thank us and flash us this winning smile and "Peace" sign.
We said farewell and off they went on their way.
And this was the last I saw of this little green bug.
Here's a project that brother Gus and I were very proud to be a part of. Our Coastal Resources Management (CRM) agency produced this educational video to help protect our coral reefs. The videographer, Curt Klemstein, who had worked with us before, asked to use Olomwaay music. We didn't have any instrumental music handy, but he played the rough-cut video for us and then we quickly composed the two instrumental tunes you now hear in this video.
I believe one of the original plans was to have this video played on the airlines heading to our islands to help educate our diving tourist visitors and others about our fragile coral reefs prior to their landing in the CNMI. Unfortunately, the airlines wouldn't go for it. However, this video plays everyday on Channel 3, our Visitors Channel, which is now owned by Flame Tree TV, our newest local channel on Channel 2.
In fact, this came in handy during a recent meeting of the Association of Pacific Islands Legislators (APIL), which the CNMI hosted last year (in 2006). As Vice Chairperson of the House Committee on Natural Resources, and as a member of Olomwaay, I was proud to share this video with our visiting colleagues from Hawaii and Micronesia. They enjoyed the video.
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Last Sunday, May 6, Gus and I were returning home from Kagman when we happened upon two stranded tourists in Papago. Meet our two new friends -- Yuki-san and Ai-san from Japan.
We returned to see if we could help as soon as we could find a safe place to turn the car around. It turned out they were first-time visitors to Saipan. They were staying at the Hotel Nikko and their car overheated on the way up the hill.
I offered them the use of my cell phone to call the car rental agency and then we exchanged contact information. Gus and I stayed and chatted with them while we waited for the car company to show up.
This gentleman from the car rental agency finally showed up with their new car and Yuki-san and
Ai-san hurried to transfer their belongings 
to the other car.
And the car representative took over the overheated car.
As we got back into our car, Ai-san came by to thank us and flash us this winning smile and "Peace" sign.
