Survey Thursday: Favorite Teacher

K homeys, we’re back on the reminiscing tip this week. Y’all ready for this?

Last week we got CHOKE feedback about some of our favorite, now-out-of-business, businesses. This week, we’ll pay homage to those who sharpened our minds and molded our futures. Das right’chall, it’s time to give mad props to our favorite teacher(s) of yesteryear! I know ya got um! Here’s your chance to send some love to them! So, without further ado…

Growing up, who was your favorite teacher and why? 

I have two. Mrs. Carol Teruya at Wilson Elementary and Ms. Lori Sugimura at Kaiser High.

My memory’s a bit foggy for the elementary school daze, but I do remember that Mrs. Teruya was super nice and sweet and took a liking to me for some reason. I think she had a hand in sending me to A.T. (Academically Talented) classes as well. Big ups to Mrs. Teruya.

Ms. Sugimura was my Japanese language teacher as well as my sensei when I was her T.A. She was a super laid-back and an in-tune-with-the-students kinda teacher. She was on the younger side so she could relate to us a lot better, which made for a fun class. I think she took a liking to me as well. Probably didn’t hurt that I spoke Japanee. 😛 Shout out to Ms. Sugimura.

K, your turn yo! Who be your fave teech and why?

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Results from last week (Old School Joints)

• 5-7-9
• 3-Coins Restaurant -Wahiawa where Zippy’s is now.
• 9th ave bakery
• A&W restaurants?
• Aaron’s
• Ala Wai Canal rental boats
• Alex’s Drive Inn, Kapahulu
• All the bowling alleys that got shut down…
• All the Drive Ins
• All the sugar cane fields that originally existed from Waikele to Kunia, into Kapolei and Ewa
• Aloha Airlines/Mahalo/Discovery/Mid Pacific
• Andrew’s
• Andy’s (Same guy)
• Any trustworthy manapua truck
• Arakawa’s
• Atlantis
• Beacon Restaurant
• Bear In Mind (small, small shop – i think it was where the viking/sub zero showroom is now)
• Bea’s Drive inn (where Donald Duck was)
• BeeHive drive in – Wahiawa
• Ben Franklin (Kaimuki)
• Ben Ono’s Texaco (pearl city – that was my hs job)
• Big Way
• Black Angus
• Black Orchid
• Blimpie’s
• Blue Zebra
• Bobby McGee’s
• Boy London
• Brew Moon
• Bubble Gum
• Bullwinkle’s
• Cane Fields…and not fo suck face and make mufflah burns
• Canlis
• Capt’s Galley
• Carnival Carnival
• Castagnola
• Castle Park
• Catch of the Day Sushi
• C’est Ci Bon
• Chaco’s
• Charlie’s Bar and Grill – Kea’au
• Che Michele
• Cheapo (the generic Jelly’s)
• Chi Chi’s
• Chicken Alice
• Chico’s Pizza
• Chuck Wagon
• Chuck’s Manoa/Shipley’s Ale House
• Chun Hoon supermarket
• Chunky’s drive inn
• Church’s fried chicken
• Cilly’s and The Sting.
• Cinerama Theater
• Civic Auditorium – Wrassling! Handsome Johnny Barand (sic?), Ripper Collins,
• Clic Photo Kiosks
• Cobra Skateboards, that whole building is gone!
• Coco’s
• Coda
• Coin Power
• Compadres
• CompUSA
• Consumer Tire Warehouse – the one at Pearlridge is that furniture store now by Borders.
• Contempo Casuals
• Coral Reef Restaurant (Ala Moana)
• Coronet – Waipahu and Makaha
• Country Lanes in Waipahu
• Curious Porpoise
• da skate rink in waiau
• Daie pearlridge
• Dairy Queen in Wahiawa
• Dairyman’s
• dat saimin stand in pearl city that turned into a car lot
• dat theater in town dat play kung fu movies
• Delite soda
• Dennys Pearlridge used to be something else before, does anyone remember?
• Ditto’s (all UHers had to go there before)
• Donald Duck drive inn
• dunkin donuts
• Eagle Hardware – now Lowes
• Ebesu Catering and Delicatesen
• Elena’s…yes, back to waipahu
• Elephant and Castle in Waimalu
• Emilio’s Pizza
• Emjays
• Ewa Shopping Basket
• Famous Amos cookie stands
• Farm Fair at McKinley HS
• Farrell’s Restaurants
• Fast stop
• Fiasco’s (Hilo)
• Flamingo’s
• Food 4 Less
• Foremost – between Gaspro and OCCC on Dillingham Blvd.
• Foxmoor
• Francis Camera Shop–Ala Moana
• Frankie’s Market
• Game World/Mitsukoshi
• Gecko Moon
• GEMs
• Gibson’s
• Giving Tree
• Goodie Corner-Temple Valley Shopping Center
• Grace’s in McCully
• Granny Goose warehouse, right off Moanalua freeway where the coffin place is now
• Great Outdoors bike shop near Cutter Ford Aiea.
• GTE Hawaiian Tel phone mart in Pearlridge, next to Sears.
• H Saimin Stand
• Hamada Okazuya in Waipahu
• hanauma bay where you can go see toilet bowl
• Haouli clothing store at Pearl City by Longs
• harpos pizza
• Hartfields
• Hawaii Stars Studios
• Heavy Metal Barbell Co. – westridge
• Helen’s Chinese Food on Kapahulu
• Hickory Farms in Pearlridge phase II by the Hobby Company.
• Hoffman’s video
• Holiday Mart (I don’t care if it’s Don Quijote, it’s HOLIDAY MART)
• Honcell
• Honolulu Federal Savings and Loan
• Honolulu Stadium? Hawaii Islanders baseball.
• Honouliuli Shokai Store
• Honsport – I bought my in line skates there!
• HOPACO–Ala Moana
• Horatio’s
• House of Music
• huli huli chicken fundraisers
• Ice Garden at Gibson’s Mapunapuna
• Il Fresco/El Crab Catcher (where Red Lobster is now)
• Infinity
• Island infusion (Hilo)
• JB’s
• JC Penny’s
• Jelly’s
• Jet Raceway slotcars (Kaimuki Ciyt Mill)
• Jewelco
• JJ’s Diner
• Jolly Rogers drive inn (after Mynah Bird drive inn and now Kahala Zippys)
• Jumbo’s
• JW
• Kailua Drive in-theater
• Kaimuki Cue
• Kaiser Hospital when it was in the Hawaii Prince Hotel location
• Kalihi Bowl
• Kam Bowl/Kalihi Bowl/Bowl a Drome/Waialae Bowl
• Kam Drive in-theater
• Kamaaina Coffee Shop (I think that’s what it was called, the one outside the Kahala Mall Woolworth)
• Kapiolani Bakery
• Kapiolani Bar and Grill
• KC Drive In
• Keiki Land (Ala Moana)
• Kelly’s Coffee Shop
• Kengo’s
• Kenny’s Burger House
• Kimuraya Bakery
• King Sporting Goods
• King Theater
• Kings Bakery/Coffee Shop
• Kings Garden (10th Ave)
• Kinney shoes
• Klum Gym?
• Komokata
• Kramer’s
• Kress
• Kuhio Grill
• Kuroda Chevron in Aiea
• Kwong On
• Leeds
• Liberty House
• Liberty Theater – kung fu movies
• Lippy Espinda’s used cars
• Lynn’s Deli-
• Lyn’s Delicatessen/Little Sicily Pizza
• magic island when neva look and smell like one toilet bowl
• Magoo’s (The one from da van not too good)
• Manoa Chop Suey
• Manoa Grill
• Marina theatres
• Maroney’s Pizza in Wahiawa
• Marsh Company used to be on Dillingham by Sizzler.
• Marujyu when they was a super market.
• Masa’s
• Masa’s Kitchen (across cafe sistina)
• Masquerade
• mc donalds when still had da playground by lex brodies
• McCully Chop Suey
• McInerney
• Ming’s Palace (King Street)
• Moa Moa Tei on Kalakaua near Rock-Za
• Moose Mcgillycuddy’s
• Mr. Sub
• Mynah Bird drive inn (Kahala zippys)
• NEX Toyland used to be in the Waimano Home Road navy warehouses where Pearl City Wendy’s is now.
• Nicholas Nicklas – top of Ala Moana Hotel
• Nick’s Fishmarket
• Nippon Theater
• Oaktree
• Oasis
• O’Keefe and Sons (Hilo)
• original chuckecheese was huge!
• O’taheite
• P&P supermarket (Kaimuki City Mill)
• Pager one
• Palace and Mamo theatres
• Palomino
• Palowai drive inn – Waialae McDonald
• Parker’s Books
• Pay N Save
• Pearl City Tavern (bonus points for the spider monkey display)
• PENGUINS at Pearlridge phase I
• perridge “phase one and two” now referred to as uptown
• perridge drive in theaters fo suck face
• perridge four plex
• Pink Cadillac
• Pioneer chicken
• Pioneer Federal
• Pizza Bob’s
• Player’s
• Playwell
• Primo Brewery in Pearl City where Best Buy is now.
• Primo Gardens (waimalu)
• Punani’s
• quarry parking
• Rainbow Rollerland
• Ranch House
• Reuben’s
• Rexall
• Ritz – they used to be in ala mo and pearlridge.
• Round house
• Row Bar
• Royal Sunset Drive in-theater
• Royal Theater
• Rudy’s flowers
• Runway 7
• Salerno
• San Francisco Rag Shop
• sato’s shave ice
• Scoozee’s
• Scotty’s drive inn (Keeaumoku)
• Security Diamonds
• Shakey’s pizza
• Shan’s Bakery in Wahiawa
• Showbiz
• Skateland
• Skyslide
• Slices Pizza on Kapahulu
• south seas restaurant, kelly’s bakery and tops
• Spats
• Speedy’s
• Spindrifters (Kahala Mall)
• Spud’s Laundry
• Stadium Bowl o Drome
• Stecks?
• strawberry fields (S. King st)
• Studabaker’s
• Suehiro’s
• Super Slide
• Suzuki Japanese Restaurant
• Sweet thoughts bakery (manoa)
• Sweethearts Lei Stand
• Taco Hut
• Tahitian Lanai (my friend used to work there).
• Tanoue’s Saimin
• Ted’s Drive In – Moiliili
• Tempo Music/JR’s Music Shop
• TGI Fridays
• the “old” oceans
• The Bistro at Century Center
• The Body Shop
• The Dog House
• The Huge McDonald Land playground in Waipahu!
• The Meat Market
• The Moana and The Surfrider Hotels..
• The Point After
• the pump – liquor store at pearlridge by Anna Millers.
• The Red Vest
• The Ritz
• the saimin stand on the corner of waipahu st and depot rd
• The Trampoline place next to Rainbow Rollerland.
• The Waikikian and Tahitian Lanai
• The Wave Waikiki
• Thick n Juicy Pizza in waimalu
• Thom McCann
• Thrifty Drug Store
• Tic Toc Drive In
• Timber Town
• Tower Records
• Toy Land
• Toyo Theater – samurai movies (Zatoichi, Lone Wolf, ….)
• Toyo’s Superette!
• Us is Nuts
• Varsity Theatre
• Vball Hawaii – ward warehouse
• Victoria Station
• Vis A Vis
• Wahiawa Theater
• Waialae Drive Inn Theater
• Waialae Driving Range
• Waikiki 1 & 2 theaters
• Waikiki theater #3 with the fake coconut trees inside.
• Walden Books
• Wigwam, Dillingham
• Wiki Wiki Burger – Market City
• Wildflowers
• Wisteria
• Wong’s Saimin and Okazuya (Ala Moana)
• Woolworth’s
• World Cafe
• Yong Sing (Downtown)
• yumyum tree

WHEW!!!!!!!!!

Happy Survey Thursday… Woo Hoo it’s almost TGI(F)F!

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