when i went to thailand, i heard it’s cheap to get your teeth cleaned. so i went to this dentist near my hotel. it’s called Bangkok Dental Spa….

i was surprised how clean it was…

so i fill out the necessary forms and get a complementary wet towel, water, and some sweet watermelon…

i walked into the room and was greeted two beautiful thai doctors. gosh, it felt weird to have a girl work on my teeth. first time for me. but the cleaning went good and then they asked me if i wanted a massage. what?? a massage? what kind of massage? haha… there happened to be a spa in the dental office and they give free massages to their customers. free? yeah, i said free. i’ll take it…

one of the best foot massages i’ve ever gotten. and the shoulder massage was awesome too….

so there i was enjoying my massage when my dentist walks in. she gave me a chocolate bar. i asked her if it was ok to eat it right after i get my teeth cleaned. she said “why not?” so why not, i ate it.. only in thailand…

then her assistant asked me why i was in thailand. i told her that i wanted to go deep and explore the thai lifestyle. she went to grab a pen and paper and wrote this down. and let me tell you, that place was deeeeep in thailand….
*just wanted to say that the thailand people are awesome. so friendly and so kind. kind of reminded me of the first time i went to japan. i was so lost but everybody seemed to get me on the right track somehow…. so wanted to day “KHORB KOON”
*will i go back there? heck yeah… and if you want to go there and get your teeth cleaned by 2 hot chicks, i mean 2 beautiful dentists, eat sweet water mellon, get a free foot and shoulder massage all for $37, check out their website by CLICKING HERE…. ask for doctor lily….

good morning. yesterday i was watching 2 contests. the tahara pro in irako to the left, and the rip curl pro in bali to the right. it was a day for the hawaiians in both small shitty beach break waves to epic 100 yard perfect barreling lefts….

dustin cuizon kicked ass, pulled airs, and ripped up the waist high waves to win the tahara pro. check out the shaka….

while bruce irons was half way around the world pulling into 5′ barrels beating fellow hawaiian fred patachia in the final to win the rip curl pro. it’s about time the hawaiians start to get some results. i’m tired of watching kelly slater and the australians winning everything. i hope this is a confidence booster and hope more wins are to come. hawaii needs another world champion…. and so does japan….

gosh how time flies. a big project was in the making about a year ago that i was invited to. it’s coming up next month but i can’t talk about it too much. all i can say is that i will be somewhere in the indian ocean standing in the front of this huge boat holding my surfboard in one arm, my speargun in the other, my camera around my neck, and my a beer in my mouth. it’s called “DREAM SURF TRIP”….. shit, i can’t wait. bon voyage….
**and last, check out CHIAKI’S BLOG for a clip of the fireworks saturday night in chigasaki. pretty sick…

good evening. wow, last night was nuts!!! went to the fireworks show at chigasaki and gosh, it was unreal. i went there last year but this year was 10X better. the coordination of the show was amazing. probably the best fireworks show i’ve ever seen. it was an hour long with all different types of fireworks. heart shaped, star shaped, happy faces, and there was even a water mellon one. yeah, it was nuts. we had front row seats and i’m still buzzing from what i saw…

people were screaming and everything. it was loud, bright, and right in your face…

they had this awesome fireworks that shot off to the side and landed in the water. then the thing lit up the whole place. never seen that one before. waterproof fireworks? what’s next?

after every fireworks show, there is a party that follows. this year it was at pop’s. it’s weird how small japan because i felt like everybody knew everybody in that place. daisuki and simple vibrations were jamming live and the vibe was awesome… and to my friends in hawaii, there were more girls than guys. only in japan….

the happy faces of japan….

more happy faces of japan…. gosh, i looked at my camera this morning and these were the only photos i took. i blew it because there were so many of my friends there. guys like u-ske, matsuo, kazuya, and many many more. the only bummer thing was there was no jacksan. so i ended up drinking beers all night and now i’m paying for it. atama itai….

i tried to take a photo of the band and all of the people jumping up and down dancing. and this how it turned out. gosh, i suck at taking photos in the dark. can somebody please step forward and show me how to take these kinds of photos. i know there is a way and i can’t freakin figure it out. it’s killing me…