thanks ako???chan

good friday morning. yesterday was hot and today supposed to be hotter. and twice as humid. oh boy…. so far, it’s been such a great summer for weather but the worst for waves. everywhere the waves are flat, even in chiba. i’ve been here for almost 3 weeks and surfed head high waves once. come monday morning, i’m out of here…. just hope i can make it through the weekend… i would pay a hundred dollars right now if i could surf waist high on shore diamond head for 1 hour. and i ain’t kidding…. still no cell phone so today should be pretty peaceful. have a nice hot day!!!

the other night was sashimi/sukiyaki party!!! this is the fish kimura-san sent from wakayama. as fresh as it gets….

while i was cutting the fish, kenji was playing around with my camera. this is kenji sahara holding up his 34th beer that night… haha…

not too many japanese tried sawara or “ono” sashimi before. they usually make it nitsuke style here. i like it both ways because the meat is so oily. no matter how you prepare it, it just melts in your mouth…. oishikatta….

and last, it was pretty windy in shonan yesterday. the waves were flat but that didn’t stop this kind of surfer. lady kite surfer heading to the beach over the bridge at banyu. pretty cool…

and last last, craig sako isn’t only one of the best 5 star chefs in hawaii, he’s also one talented artist. check out the menpachi on his board. sick.. maybe i’ll have him draw kalua on my next board when i get back to hawaii. thanks craig….

good evening. hot hot hot!!! super hot here in shonan along with flat waves. some small east swell on the way so should be able to cool off this weekend. got the firewire junior pro going on this weekend at kugunuma beach here in shonan. that’s nao’s homeground. anybody want to bet she’ll win it? you’ll be a fool to bet me if you seen how she’s been surfing recently. hopefully i have some time to get down there and cheer on the kids… after 4 long years with my AU phone, it finally died. so i’m upgrading to a third generation soft bank phone. now i can take photos and post it straight to my blog. don’t have to run around looking for an internet connection anymore. so you’ll probably be seeing a lot more photos. real time photos…. well, probably get my new phone sometime tomorrow afternoon so in the meantime, i’m phoneless. and you know what? tonight will probably be the best i’ll ever sleep in years… good night….
**ok, i just got through listening to the cd kat gave me the other night. gosh, it was awesome. her voice is so awesome and i was wondering why this girl ain’t famous yet so i searched her on google. come to find out, she’s already famous here in japan. check this out…