good evening. our economy in recession, the yen trading at 93 yen/dollar, stock market crash, terrorists in india, bangkok international airport getting taken over, and now this. “Pirates fire on US cruise ship in hijack attempt.” yeah, a U.S cruse liner with more than 1000 people on board almost got hijacked today in the gulf of aden. what’s up with this world? people laugh at me but when ever i go on boat trips in third world countries, i sleep with my passport, money, and my mask/snorkel right next to me. i thought of my plan and if that day ever comes, which i hope not, i will be ready to survive and get help. i’d jump off, stay under the boat, and swim away underwater when i get the chance. call for help, buy a freakin gun, borrow a locals boat, and go rescue the rest of the crew. maybe i’m watching too much movies? haha.. but really, the last thing i want to be is a hostage. no way. i’d rather risk my life escaping then to be held hostage. if i’m a hostage, i can’t surf or dive. that’s hostage enough….
wanted to congratulate russ and yoshika again on their newborn baby girl tia. and sorry yoshika for keeping russ out until 3am the morning before you gave birth. we had to celebrate!!! it’s a guys thing. welcome to america… haha…
i’m still so amazed on babies. so precious…..
i took this photo last year and totally forgot about it. this is the waikiki strip. i call this photo “Honolulu City Lights”. maybe my new screen saver. anyway, waves got big and out of control up on the north shore. i had a great day eating lunch with former USA olympic swimmer and legend free diver sonny tanabe. more on sonny tanabe tomorrow. then i drove around the island shopping for new dive gear. santa told me i could get a new gun. thanks santa….
**and last, check out this slide show of the 2008 pipeline bodyboard chicks going wild at pipe….
