hello everyone, finally got to cloud 9. it took a while to fit our boards and stuff on that little propeller airplane in cebu. it was a little 15 passenger plane which they had to take out the half the seats to fit our board bags in. when we checked in, they even made so get on the scale so they could figure out where to seat us to keep the airplane balanced. so half the plane had our boards and the other half had us. it was a pretty smooth. a little scary, but smooth. we got this room right in front of cloud 9. while lying down on my bed, i can see right out to the lineup. sick… well, as for internet access, got to walk down the street so don’t know when i can post this. also, the sim card i bought for my cell phone in cebu doesn’t work here. shit, i wasted two dollars. going to try to find another one tomorrow. oh, and how’s our dinner we had tonight? chicken mango curry. it was so healthy and good. anyway, getting ready to sleep but hayato is sleeping right next to me snoring so loud. hayato!!!! haha…

now he’s snoring again…. hayato!!! haha….

looking out the little plane heading to cloud 9. not too many people know this, but the water in the philippines is as clean as it gets… well, that’s if you stay away from the cities…

and this is u-ske and kazuya checking out the suckling pig for lunch. it was so soft and juicy… sorry kalua….

do you know jasmine trias? i don’t know about japan, but in hawaii and in the philippines, everybody knows who jasmine trias is. she’s that little high school girl that made it in the top 5 of american idol a few years back. since then, she’s turned into a beautiful young lady that can sing. the first time i heard her voice, i got chicken skin. jasmine is from hawaii and her nationality is filipino. she’s a huge superstar in the philippines. so when ever i’m in the philippines, people ask me where i’m from, i tell them hawaii. the next question is “do you know jasmine trias?” my answer? yeah, she’s my younger sister. haha. just joking…. but gosh, she’s grown up and has become this successful beautiful singer. check out her website at: http://www.jasminetrias.net/. it’s great to see talent come out of hawaii…..

and do you know who kirby fukunaga is? kirby is this old guy still living in the days of “Ice Castles”. he frequents ice palace in hawaii and has been practicing for the 2008 winter olympics in alaska. you got to see him skate backwards…. haha….. “please, don’t let this feeling end”….. oh, i love that song. makes me want to ice skate. this was last week, the day before i left to japan. this winter, i’m going to call all my japanese and hawaii friends and head to ice palace. that’s going to be classic…. then i’m going to video it and put it on youtube…. haha…

mabuhay from cebu….. good friday morning.. hanging out here in cebu and waiting for our flight to cloud 9. going to go do some shopping and check out the city. it was another hassle at the airport in tokyo. we were 50 kilos over so at the excess baggage rate of 2200 yen per kilo, we were looking at about $1000. hayato’s charm and the plumeria flower i took for the girl got it down to $450. still freaking expensive but that’s life…..

gosh, we are staying the the waterfront hotel near the airport. this is such a nice hotel with a casino and everything. this is us arriving lastnight. the guys from japan are shinpei horiguchi, kazuya sato, hayato maki, tokura-san, and photographer u-ske. it’s going to be a freaking fun trip…..

after we checked in, we headed to this local style barbecue. take your pick and they grill it for you. gosh, the dog was the best. haha. just joking…. anyway, got to get out of here, it’s an hour flight to cloud 9 so be back tonight. have a nice day…. salamat….