good morning. shock!! planned a surf trip down south but got the report early this morning. FLAT!!! eeh?? now what? gosh, i feel like surfing so bad. shonan is completely flat. these are the times i miss hawaii. it’s never flat there. oh well, i’m going to head to 7/11 and eat some oden. then sweat. have a nice hot 100 degree day….

tipi from bali sent me this update from padang. and you know what? it doesn’t look too good. i hope the heavy boat didn’t damage the reef too much. if it changed that perfect wave, i myself will go strangle the captain that screwed up….

things like this happens all over the world. even in hawaii. and this isn’t the first time. i’ve seen boats stuck in the lineup at diamond head lighthouse, bowls, and kewalo’s. what a disaster to our beautiful reefs….

we stopped by takami-san and toda-san’s hula hawaii shop in the huge mall at shizuoka. gosh, that shop is awesome. good feeling, good people, and good location. all that equals to good business. last year, they were talking about this dream. this year, it came true. congratulations on such a huge accomplishment.
**by the way, the ASP WCT contest is being held at uluwatu’s if you didn’t know. ripcurl is trying to keep it like a secret location or something by calling it “somewhere in bali”. that somewhere is ulu’s…
*also, my sister is looking for a home for “lucky” the little pig. they won’t be able to raise him along with kalua so if you want to provide a loving home for one dam lucky little pig, please let me know. oink oink… mahalo..

i was in shizuoka the other day surfing with some local friends. for lunch, they took us to this awesome restaurant/cafe.

here’s the menu. for $14, you can order an entree of food, along with all you can eat desert and drinks. and all gourmet food and deserts..

all fresh gourmet deserts made right there..

take your pick…

i started off with the blueberry cream cheese and custard pie. and this is before my lunch comes. it’s the first time in my entire life that i ate desert before my meal. my mom would have scolded me….

then my meal comes. rice on the bottom, topped with curry and a raw egg, covered with cheese… oh my gosh. so good…

then i go for the cream puff and rare cheese cake…

then end it off with a brownie and fresh vanilla ice cream. along with the 5 fresh squeezed orange juices i drank. all for $14. are you kidding me? what a deal..

the shizuoka locals took us there and when i asked toda-san why he didn’t take me there the times i went there before, he said “kirby, little by little, not all at once”… i thought that was pretty classic. now i can’t wait to go back and discover more of japan’s hidden secrets…. thanks toda-san and takami-san for the awesome lunch…
**and the next time my friends come to hawaii, i’m going to start them off at mcdonald’s. and if they ask me why, i’ll tell them what toda-san told me, “little by little, not all at once”…. haha….

good morning on what ever day this is or what ever time it is. give me one more day and i’ll be over this jet lag. since i got here a few days ago, i’ve been eating like a pig. good food every meal. even my lunches from 7/11 are good. i finally got through to my emails so i’m pretty much caught up on everything. now i can go to the park, lay down under a tree, and relax. 10 minutes later, i’ll be all sweaty and will have to move on. haha… going to jump in my little car, drive around shonan, and visit my friends. then go back to the park and lay down under the tree again. have a nice day….

hey guys, want to watch kelly slater win another contest? CLICK HERE…
**got some clips i put together of the kids saving the little lucky piggy. check it out…