Mike Foley's blog
Here are a couple of samples:
Laie Hawaii Temple…undergoing renovations
The Laie Hawaii Temple on March 6, 2009, stripped of its gleaming white paint while construction workers totally overhaul the 90-year-old edifice. [Story and photo by Mike Foley, originally published in Kaleo, April 2009] While we’re happy that the Laie Hawaii Temple is undergoing renovations (for approximately the next 16 months) that will enhance and improve the […]
Hawaii-based film cgi veteran encourages BYUH students
[Story and photo by Mike Foley, originally published online in the BYU-Hawaii Newsroom, March 29, 2005] Cheryl LaMont [pictured at right], President and CEO of Dot C Software — a Kailua, Hawaii business that does photorealistic 3D computer generated imagery (cgi) for Hollywood and other major clients around the world — urged students interested in […]
A primer on Polynesian pronounciation…
When I first started learning Samoan in 1965, I soon discovered: It is totally unrelated to English or any other European language, except for ‘upu afakasi — borrowed or “half-caste” words. Please note, Samoa does not have a caste system, but the word afakasi refers to someone or something of mixed heritage. English speakers can […]
With the queen at the Great Council
[Story and bottom photos by Mike Foley, partially published on April 24, 2009] I remember the first time I saw HRH Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain: It was during her coronation on June 2, 1953 [pictured at right] — and one reason that event sticks in my mind is because it was also the […]