good evening. another dark day here in hawaii. rain and clouds but the waves were going off on the north shore. i was busy getting my boards and diving gear ready for tomorrow. i feel like it’s going to be my first time surfing or diving. i probably ain’t going to be able to sleep… but i’ll try.. goodnight…[:Zzz:]

i use to be paranoid about eating street food in third world countries. for the first 10 or so years of traveling, i wouldn’t even think about trying it. now a days, i pretty much charge anything. i guess my stomach must be pretty solid now. i know a lot of people that would probably get sick eating this, what ever it was..

i think this was pork. well, that’s what the guy said. this lunch with mochi rice cost me 50 cents. and it was pretty dam good. so good that i rode my bike 40 minutes back there the next day to eat it again.

i was driving by waimanalo the other day so i stopped by my friend Abe Leonard’s nursery. Green Flamingo Nursery that is family owned. or should i say, surfer/musician family owned. mike and abe leonard surf all over and are the coolest guys you’ll ever meet. and gosh, if you want to see green nature, you should go there and check it out. feels like your in a paradise jungle or something…

got some pretty cool and trippy looking plants. if you want to do some hawaiian landscaping, the green flamingo nursery is the place to go…. thanks a lot abe for the plant… here’s the number for directions. 808-259-9200

today wa sugoi ame dayo. soto nanimo mienai desu. movie mitte
yukkuri shimasu…. wow, it’s raining so hard outside. i can’t even
see the mountain. it’s a good day to stay in bed and watch a movie.
that’s what i will do…

good sunday morning. looking like another wet day here in hawaii. small waves in town with a lot of people out. 12 guys at rockpiles, 8 at bowls, and 15 or so spread out along ala moana park. north shore is the place to be. laniakea is looking pretty dam good. head high with 20 guys out. pipe has 10, mostly bodyboarders with super clean conditions.. one more day of being a land lover and tomorrow, i’m back in the ocean. dive or surf, it doesn’t matter. clean the body, clean the mind, and clean the soul. i must be acting like a bitch around people recently. just give me one more day and i should be back to normal. or even better than normal… have a nice day..

i went to my first ever baby shower. baby showers supposed to be only for girls. thank goodness i wasn’t the only guy there. had a great time talking to my high school friends. wanted to say congratulations to russ and yoshika trinidad!!! can’t wait till baby comes. please don’t forget to call me.

at showers, you play all kinds of games. this one is guess the chocolate? yeah, there were 4 diapers with different kinds of chocolate bars melted into it. this one was the nestle crunch. i got that one right…

then as i was leaving the shower, there was a weight lifting competition at ward warehouse. there were girls lifting 100 plus kilos over their heads. gosh, imagine pissing one of those girls off? they could throw you around like a rag doll. scary….