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Spoiler Alert!
How do you celebrate your birthday?
Please read no further unless you want to know details of a currently streaming movie that you probably have not heard of nor watched. This is your last chance to turn the page and, yes, I am actually telling you not to read my column unless you want to know all about the movie Fresh.
You have been officially warned and I take no responsibil- ity from here on out. Wait — what? You’re still reading? OK, here it goes. I work with a really great team of people. I think our publications reflect their hard work and I have nothing but praise for them.
TITUS NAKAGAWA
Business Co-owner, Liliha
“At the beach with friends and family, a hibachi and some fishing poles.”
KAT JIANG
Operations Manager, Waikīkī
“By going out with friends and having some delicious dim sum.”
EJAY UGALINO
Underwriter Assistant, Wahiawā
“With my close friends and family at a yakiniku restaurant.”
MAIA MAYESHIRO
Musician, Honolulu
“By trying a new restaurant with my friends and family. There’s nothing like good food paired with great company.”
Although I am old enough to be some of their fathers, we all get along really well and from what I can see, enjoy each other’s company. I’m a baby boomer II and the only one on the staff. The rest of the team are Gen X, millennials and Gen Z. For reference, my son is a millennial and my daughter a Gen Z.
Even with this age diversity on staff, we share a lot of the same interests. For instance, we all love movies. In between work crises, we sometimes talk about recent movies we’ve seen or TV shows that we’ve watched.
Ron Nagasawa
Director of Content / Supplement Products
Ginger Keller
Assistant Editor
Kelli Shiroma Braiotta
Senior Staff Writer
Anthony Consillio
Senior Photographer
Darin Nakakura
Director of Advertising dnakakura@staradvertiser.com (808) 529-4726
Nicole Monton
Managing Editor
Don Robbins
Regional Editor
Tasha Mero
Staff Writer
Jocelyn Lansangan
Staff Writer
Kenny Harrison
Director of Advertising kharrison@staradvertiser.com (808) 529-4351
Dennis Francis
President & Publisher
Dave Kennedy
Chief Revenue Officer
Bill Mossman
Executive Editor
Mark Galacgac
Senior Creative Artist
Darrell Ishida
Creative Artist
Lawrence Tabudlo
Senior Photographer
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Self-care Or Self-sacrifice?
The topic of self-care has gained in popularity over the past two years. Only time will tell if it’s simply a trend born from the pandemic or a practice that will sustain.
Something to note, though, is that when self-sacri- fice feels easier than self-care, it is sometimes a sub- conscious form of self-avoidance. It’s wonderful to put your needs aside because of a genuine call to tend to the needs of another. Yet, it’s another thing when you tend to the needs of others because you don’t know how to tend to yourself.
If you are unsure, ask yourself if your actions are inspired by your love for the person or an effort to get love from them. Self-love and self-care are intrinsi- cally woven together.
alice@yourhappinessu.com
A few weeks ago, I was speaking with two of our Gen Z staffers — assistant editor Ginger Keller and staff writer Jocelyn Lansangan — about recent movies we’ve seen and our personal recommendations. In spite of our age differences, we have somewhat similar cinematic tastes and interests. I can recommend great movies that I’ve seen, and they can recommend movies that I may otherwise never see.
I took it upon myself to watch all the movies nominated this year for the Academy Award for Best Picture. I was giving mini reviews to Ginger and Jocelyn about what movies they might enjoy. In turn, they both had a movie that they both saw and really enjoyed, and wanted me to watch it to get my take.
It was a movie called Fresh, and it stars actor Sebastian Stan, who plays Bucky the Winter Soldier in the Captain America movies. They both said it was kind of a rom-com. In spite of that, I promised I would watch it that evening.
At home, I announced to my wife and daughter that we were going to have a TV dinner and watch this movie high- ly recommended from two young women that I work with. Meals prepared, we sat down and I streamed the movie from Hulu. Turns out Stan is a serial killer and the movie is about cannibalism.
The next day, when I saw Ginger and Jocelyn, I told them goodbye as my wife and daughter told me to quit my job while I still could.
rnagasawa@midweek.com