Fun surf day with many friends!

Wonderful Japanese snacks! Custard cake and somen noodles! I’m so happy!
Itadakimasu!
Thank you T-san and H-san! Hope to surf with you again!

weddings in hawaii and japan are pretty different. in japan, it’s just you and the bride. in hawaii, it’s you, the bride, and more. the groom has it’s best man and a couple of groomsmen. the bride has her maid of honor and a couple of bridesmaids. for this wedding, i was one of the groomsmen and was paired up with a bridesmaid, which happened to be the brides sister. we got there at 1pm and while the women were getting ready, they had a few drinks. us guys took it seriously and even though we had cold beers and jacksan in our room, we just drank water. so when we walked down to the wedding, the girls were buzzing! what? it supposed to be the opposite way around. so here i am totally sober walking Rickie down the isle. she was totally relaxed and kind of buzzing . me? nervous as can be. look at her funny face. haha! hey Rickie, i had super fun that night. thanks for the laughs!
right after this, i drank 5 corona’s before i was even supposed to do my banzai speech. then when i went on the stage, everything was a blur. i have no idea what i said, and no idea what i did. the good thing about this wedding was the open free bar! everybody was buzzing by then and it didn’t matter because we were just having a good time. my headache finally finished yesterday but my memory still didn’t come back. but when Kristie sent me this photo, little by little i started to relive the night. a night i hope to remember for the rest of my life. Banzai!

ok, i thought i knew everything and can fix anything. WRONG! when the delivery guys broke this window, i knew i was in trouble. no, you can’t go down to costco or home depot to buy another one. if it was that easy, it would have been fixed the next day. while i’m stressing out, the insurance guy said “hey, just fix it and we can negotiate later.” WRONG! i already knew that these custom double glass windows with blinds inside was imported from germany. i’ve never seen it before in my whole lifetime. and neither did all the glass shops and expert glass guys in hawaii. i had 3 experts come over to give me an estimate. nobody knew what to do. i even told them “hey, if this was your house, what would you do?” they still couldn’t answer. i tried and tried to track down the manufactures in germany. dead end. i searched and searched the web. dead end. now, i’m asking if there is anybody in this world that knows where or how i can fix this window. it’s freaking driving me crazy!!!!