good evening. another day of so so waves. we say in japanese “ma ma’. not too good, or not too bad. and not good enough for me to drive out to the north shore. waves in town looked like it came up a little this evening. should have some 2 footers tomorrow. north shore is coming down with the next swell sunday into monday. tomorrow is the BIG UH football game. our guys are in nevada playing them on their home turf. someplace uh has never won before. it’s going to be a good game and i’m watching it for sure. 6pm start on ESPN…..

when the jungle gets growing, my brother and i head up to my mom’s nuuanu house. there’s a huge yard along the stream and it rains there everyday so that means; jurrasic park. haven’t been there for a while so things have gotten out of control. the trees needed to be cut down, and so did the grass and weeds….

i hate doing yard work but somebody has to do it. this was the beginning and i didn’t want to show you what i looked after. i was too dirty and stink…

after 2 truckloads of trees and bushes, it looked much better. you can acutally see the pond and stream now. i love this house. i was actually born here. right in that pond. nah, just joking. but my grandpa bought this land back in the 1940’s, worked really hard and built his dream house. it’s old school japanese style with shoji doors and everything. got a huge living room overlooking the yard and nuuanu stream. it’s super peacefull and quiet. can hear the birds churping and the cool winds blowing the trees. i want to live here when i get older. i just don’t want to clean the yard….

went up the mountain to check out the pigs this evening and go for a swim in the pool. brandon grabbed a little pig and it was screaming so loud. still waiting for them to get a little bigger before it’s on the barbecue. maybe super bowl sunday??

and another killer sunset on the way home. lucky we live hawaii….
**and shit, i ran into “DaSpot” to get a smoothie after doing yard work today. not even 30 seconds later, a freaking cop pulled up and gave me a ticket. i was pissed but it was my fault. something was happening around McCully today because there were cops everywhere giving tickets for every little thing. that’s cool. $35 isn’t too bad. better than $150 in japan….

this is page 110-111 of cloud 9 in surfing world. that guy getting barreled is jason shibata. i’ve know jason since he was a little kid. it was cool watching him surf better and better and at the same time, being such a cool person. of all the surfers from hawaii that went to surf the contest, jason was the most popular with the filipino locals. everybody likes this guy…. and on the left side, the real deal chicken fights. go there and it will blow your mind….

good morning. 7am thursday morning. no contest today on the north shore. too small. 2-3′ with a north direction. maybe laniakea? town is small too. gosh, it looked like it was coming up yesterday evening. a lot of surfers out this morning waiting for that south swell. hope it comes… i was just checking my calendar. can you believe thanksgiving is coming up next week? next thing you know, it will be christmas and new years. i don’t know about you but for me, this year flew by. anyway, going to do some yard work up in nuuanu today. it’s hard labor but kind of relaxing too. have a nice day…

about a week ago, it was overcast all day. then right around 6pm, it cleared up and some crazy ass colors lit up the sky. brandon took this photo from up his hill. it’s one of those rare sunsets that make everything pink, orange, and purple. can’t wait for the next one….

went to the new safeway yesterday. oh my gosh!!! huge!! and awesome. you can actually get lost in there. once you go there, you won’t go to any other supermarket….

the seafood there is so fresh too. and the poke? you have to try it. especially the tako wasabi….

good evening. another beautiful day here in hawaii. so so for waves. they finished up the womens event today at haleiwa. congratulations to winner megan abubo from hawaii and runner up layne beachley from australia. they were killing in the final. good womens surfing…. more mens rounds coming tomorrow. south swell on the way too but we’ll just have to wait and see. bumped into some friends on the north shore and they are calling this winter the worst in history so far…. pray for surf!!!

was checking out an island i’m planning to buy someday. it’s down to these two. got a sick perfect sandbar right during the summer and the diving is excellent during the winter….

and this island has a bank on the outer reef that holds 10′ clean surf in the summer. and during the winter, that same bank holds big tuna’s. can you help me decide? just don’t drop in because both are for sale….

my friend sent me this sunset photo of yesterday evening…. nice!!

and another friend sent me this sunset photo from yesterday evening from another spot. nice!!

this was diamond head cliffs at 2pm today. 2 guys out and super fun. just like the good old days…

got a flat tire? take your motorcycle down the street, have the local guy fix it old school way, have some little piglets come see if he’s doing a good job, pay $1 for the job, and eat a piglet on the way out… only in the philippines…

and last, the kids in china learning at a young age how to draw their country’s flag. how many kids in america know how to draw the american flag? how many stripes? how many stars? i bet a lot of you don’t know….