good morning. 6:30am on this chilly and windy tuesday morning. 2 more days till christmas guys!! well, one more for japan. gosh, how time flies. looking at the waves right now. north shore looks pretty flat. i can see a couple 1′ sets at pipe. town is small too. maybe 1′. umm, tough call today. maybe surf once in town, then once in the country. trade winds finally back strong. now the water should be cleaning up fast. i got my dive gear ready to go. and i’m more than ready to go. i heard obama has been sighted around the island. yesterday i seen so many police closing the streets in kaimuki. i think he was trying to find my house. haha.. but i was thinking what i would say if is seen him. maybe “hey president obama, let’s go surf!!”…. have a nice day….

when i was in bali in october, i went to kuta beach to drink a bintang while watching the sunset. i was blinded and my eyes were red from the sun being so bright. so i reached in my pocket for my polarized vonzipper glasses….

what a freakin difference. check out the same sunset through the lens. if you don’t have these, your missing out beautiful sunsets. that’s for sure.. thanks muramatsu-san and vonzipper for the support….

THE SHOT. back in papeete after a week long diving trip on manihi island. we stay at tim nakamura’s house on the mountain overlooking moorea. out comes his 6 year old kid manoarii. tim told us he just started playing chess. so he wants to play us. first goes wendell ko. the kid checkmates him. so after studying his moves, it was my turn. i’m not an expert in chess but i can play pretty good. and there wasn’t no way i was letting a 6 year old beat me. so there i was trying to make an attack move that manoarii would counter in a few seconds. i was trying so hard to beat him and thought i really was, until i heard “CHECKMATE”… oh my gosh. i lost to a kid. is he the next bobby fisher? i think so….
**and last, the first CD i ever bought was the carpenters greatest hits. i have it in my ipod on my favorites and listen to it all the time. to this day, i still karen carpenter has the most beautiful voice in the world. merry christmas darling is my favorite christmas song and when ever it plays on the radio while i’m driving, i roll up my windows and it’s instant karaoke.. i know the words by heart. haha. this song makes me happy…

it’s been a long time since i seen a beautiful sunrise so when i drove down my street early this morning, i knew it was going to be a nice day…

hey, take a look at this? haven’t seen this in a while yeah? blue skies…. gosh, the sun felt so good!!!

i went surfing with shin-san today. we surfed this little peak out at ala moana park. there were only 2 other guys out, then after they went in, it was only us. had some fun in the sun. i wanted to say thanks to shin-san and his wife for all the presents from japan… arigato gozaimasu…

my brothers friend sent over some treats from the big island. and now their all gone. it was so good!!!

and last, i’ve been so busy recently that i couldn’t even get a christmas tree. so this afternoon i went looking and looking, and looking. couldn’t find a real one so had to settle for this one. when christmas is over, i’m going to plant it in my yard and use it every year. i think this is the best christmas tree i’ve ever bought. think green and recycle….

8:30am no diamond head desu. mune kata de long riding desu. tenki
mou sugoi ii desu… happy desu…
this was 8:30am at diamond head. chest/shoulder high and good for
longboarding. sunny skies, tradewinds, and clean water. we finally
got hawaii back!!! i’m so happy…