This morning we spent a few hours in San Francisco’s Park Presidio, at the 16th Annual Aloha Festival. A couple years ago, we were also here for the first time. My daughter and her dance group, Merahi O Tehani, participated and performed at the festival. This year festival’s crowd didn’t seem to be as big as the one we attended in the past. Maybe the weather had something to do with the seemingly lower attendance. It was so cold and wet (misty) all day we were there. The kids were performing really well, as usual. Please enjoy the complete photo album: http://daudfam.net/gallery/v/2010/AlohaFestival2010/.
Hayward La Honda Music Camp – Concerts Day
31Jul10Today we went back to the camp ground. Today is the last day of camp and the campers show cased what they had learned at camp. The concerts was scheduled to start at 12:45pm but we went early so we could find a good spot to watch the kids performing. The stage is named “The Duke Campagna Music Shell”. In front of it there’s a lawn area where parents can sit and watch. Parents were told to bring folding chairs or picnic blankets. We did packed lunch with us and so did everyone else. The entire performance lasted about 3 hours.
Bar-B-Que Chicken with sweet soy sauce (Ayam Bakar Kecap) recipe
25Jul10This recipe is one of probably 10 different variant of recipes I know for sweet soy sauce, barbecued chicken, Indonesian style (ayam bakar kecap). My mom has her own, my mother in law has her specialty too, every street vendor has their own unique style. This recipe is my own. This recipe is probably more elaborate than any out there that I know. What I’ve done was to mix and match all recipes I had learn and come up with one that my family and I enjoy best. I’m sharing this recipe in hope some of you would fall in love with it too 
Hayward La Honda Music Camp
25Jul10“The Hayward La-Honda Music Camp is organized to challenge students in a variety of creative pursuits and is devoted to the development of musicianship for students grades 6-12. This is accomplished through a program of study, concentrated rehearsal, performance, recreation and general camp life.” That’s a quote from the music camp’s own web site (http://www.lahondamusiccamp.org/). My daughter, however, was not going to this music camp only for the music developmental purpose. She wanted to go to have fun and to enjoy meeting new friends. She was looking forward to the other extra activities around camp, such as, horse back riding, zip lining, kayaking, etc.
NY steak, grilled with simple rub recipe
18Jul10A steak rub is like a marinade with no liquid. Dry rubs add some unique tastes to your steak without overpowering its natural flavor. Dry rub makes a nice, flavorful crust on your steak.
Most of the time, when I grill NY strip steak, I would just sprinkle salt and pepper on the meat before hand. One rub recipe that I would use on my NY steak is this recipe:
