good evening. went out to bowls this morning just to get wet. didn’t even check before i paddled out so thought it was small. once i got out, the sets kept on coming and coming. chest high and perfect. not too many guys out so it was super fun. i love this island…

the other day i was up at the pool, there was a open house right across the street. so curious me went inside to check it out. 4 bedroom, 3 bath, with the million dollar view. and at 2 million dollars, it could be yours. how would you like waking up to this every morning???

this is the open bathroom overlooking the mountains. sweet… when the realtor wasn’t looking, i used the toilet. haha…

speaking of mountains. got a bag of mountain apples from my aunty’s house down my street.

when i was a kid, these things use to grow wild everywhere in the mountains. i haven’t eaten one in years and when i took my first bite, all the sweet memories came back. and my friend who lives up in the mountains told me that the guava’s are ripe and ready to be picked. i’m going to go check that out….

and last, check out sunny garcia ripping it at the 6 star srilankan airlines pro in the maldives. i went to pasta point in the maldives before and they said we can’t surf there unless we stayed at the camp. so before you pay thousands of dollars on a luxury boat in the maldives, remember that you can’t surf anywhere you want. politics? yup… not in america…. anyway, watch the live broadcast of the contest by CLICKING HERE….

good morning. 6:45am tuesday. waves down to the waist high range. light trades, not too many surfers out. about 10 out at bowls, and a few out at the park. sunny skies, warm water, get out and enjoy. better than sitting on a jury right? see ya….

after court yesterday, i stopped by cooke street diner to eat my favorite hamburger curry plate. so good… and speaking about court, i had a blast. it was such a good experience for me. if there were no south swells coming, i would have tried hard to be a juror. i would love to sit there for 12 days straight, argue with 11 other jurors, and let that poor japanese elderly man win the case…

the other night, i went to long’s, bought some blueberry muffin mix, came home, and baked like a chick. it made my house smell good and was the best breakfast i’ve eaten in a while. muffin mix=$2.99, baking pan=$4.59, eating fresh warm blueberry muffins before surfing the best south swell of the year=PRICELESS….

if you think chicks are high maintenance, boats are higher maintenance. i found this leak last week and was letting it dry out. i sanded it down, put some fiberglass and resin. the steering system went so have to change that too. other things are being fixed and the moneys adding up. boat parts are expensive, but i guess cheaper than a channel bag so it’s all good. give me a few more days and my baby will be back in action….

good evening. i pull up to jury duty this morning. 40 people were called and they were only selecting 12. the process was long and there were so many questions being asked but the judge and lawyers. 3 hours later, the judge called me and it was my turn to go up and get a seat on the jury panel of 12. i was a little nervous. but first, this is the situation. an elderly japanese man was suing this doctor for malpractice. the elderly man walked in with an aloha shirt, his wife, and one lawyer. then comes the doctor, who walks in wearing an armani suit and two high profile lawyers. right there, i felt sorry for the elderly japanese man. it was the little guy against the big guy. and to make it all worst, the lawsuit was for malpractice for eye surgery. so there i was, the only guy in a t-shirt in the whole court room. the judge asked me if i understood all the directions. i said yes. then she asked me if there was anything i had to say. i said yes. i told her that i’m going to have surgery on my eye so that i may be bias in this case. she asked me why? i told her that my eye is important to me and that if some doctor messed it up, i would sue too. she asked me if i could block out my eye surgery for this case. i told her “no”, how can i not think about it when the witnesses are up here giving their testimony about eye surgery? of course i will think about it. she asked me again if i will be bias in this case. and i said yes again. the old japanese man looked at me, then the lawyers looked at me, and the judge looked at me and said “your dismissed”.
**as i was leaving the building, i was thinking to myself that there was no way i was going to let the old man lose. from the first time i seen him wearing his glasses and his old aloha shirt, i already felt sorry for him. the old japanese man with his wife vs. the rich young doctor? no chance…. sorry judge. being a juror won’t work for me. i’m on the small guys side… and always will….
**and get this, another instruction from the judge was “you are not to talk to this case to anyone, not family, or friends. and you are not to read the newspaper or watch the news because something might be related to this case on tv”. for 12 days? are you nuts? if i was chosen as a juror, i would give you up to date reports every single day. you know me. and i would probably ask the judge if i could shoot photos in the courtroom. haha…
**but i’m glad the judge sent me home. if i had to go back there for the next 12 days from 8:45-4:30pm knowing that there’s 2 swells on the way, i mind would be somewhere else…. remember judge, i’m a surfer. if the surfs up, i can’t concentrate….

i just came in from eating the hugest maguro kama. we threw it on the barbecue it was all good. court, yoga, and some fish. what a life…. goodnight….