this morning was so beautiful!!! and the waves were much better than yesterday.
i used another teaching technique with my student and after 7 years, it finally worked! now his switch is ON and he’s getting better and better each wave.
this is a very cool and confident man. i’m so happy to see that happen so fast!
after lunch, we went to the Okinawan Festival today and there was this one moment that almost made me cry. when Honoka started to strum her ukulele, i got chicken skin. then when the guys started to pound the taiko drums, my heart jumped. then when Honaka started singing the lyrics to one of my all time favorite songs “Sanshin no Hana,” all my precious memories of Okinawa came straight to my heart. i missed my friends, i missed the culture, and i missed everything about Okinawa. i had to hold back my emotions and so was my Okinawan friend sitting next to me. imagine us 2 grown men crying together. haha.
wiped away the tears and tried to find parking at Ala Moana Beach Park. there was a Volkswagen car show so zero parking available.
luckily i had my little van so we squeezed into a parking stall, then headed out to the surf. and since there was no parking, i knew it was going to be empty.
omg, i thought we were going to surf knee high waves. BUT, there was a South swell pulse and the waves got bigger and better. we scored!
