walking into Eboshi in Chigasaki is very troubling for me. the reason is i can’t decide what lunch special to get!!!
today, i chose the zukedon and aji fry combination. 
this is the Japanese style poke bowl… i can’t even describe how happy i was eating this!
Eri-chan and i got along very well ever since the day we met a very long time ago. we get along because we live lives of “freedom,” we get along because we love life, and we get along because we don’t give a shit about what people think. we live our lives for ourselves, and not for others. so when we meet up, the vibe is always positive and so good. i’d call Eri-chan a friend, sister, and a very special person in this world. if this world had more Eri-chan’s, it would be a better place. but the bummer thing is that there in only one Eri-chan. and if you ever met her, you’d know what i mean…
thanks girl for being a very positive vibe in my life. always good to catch up with you. see you on our next surf trip!
i took a little side alley in the big city and came across some cool little hidden restaurants. this is the kind of Japan i love to discover. and this is the kind of place i will go back and back and back…
don’t let the sun fool you because you can be getting sunburnt and frostbite at the same time. it’s so cold i thought my ears were going to fall off last night…
took a train to Chigasaki to visit my friends. so happy to see Matsuo who i tell everybody he’s the nicest guy in the world. he’s going up to the mountain tonight to power snowboard and i almost jumped in the car with him. but my doctor and friends would scold me if i went so i didn’t…
at the corner of my eye, i seen a familiar surfboard. repair for the Apple Genius…
it’s times like this that make me really appreciate life and all the wonderful people in it. just to sit in front of a stove warming up and talking about everything in life. we talk about religion, politics, relationships, spiritual, nature, friends, traveling, and of course, surfing. to Matsu, Eri-chan, Naoka, and Matsuo, you guys are not only my friends, you guys are my family. thanks for cheering me up because it’s something i really needed. love you guys…
another train, another journey…
when the first videos of Ocean Ramsey swimming with the shark came out, i thought it was pretty cool. then towards the end of the video, i saw her touch the shark and kind of ride her. right there, i knew that was going to be a problem down the line. and sure enough, i heard she’s now been getting bashed on mainstream and social media, and even had death threats. was it the right thing to do? well, if you want my take on it, here it is… and if you don’t want my take on it, stop reading now…
Ocean Ramsey is a free diver. so am i. it’s something about free divers that we can connect to the ocean and what ever it throws at us. we’re not scared of sharks and we’re not scared of dying. if i were to see something like this, i’d be memorized. frozen in the moment taking in every aspect of what’s happening. would i touch it? probably not because i know the backlash i would get if i did. now days, no matter what good or bad you do, you will always face the backlash of the jealous haters in this social media world. that’s actually one of the reasons i don’t have Facebook or Instagram. i don’t have time to listen to the people that try to bash you for every little thing you do. my life is better than that. and i’m sure Ocean Ramsey’s is too. but this poor girl that had the experience of her lifetime now has to deal with all the bullshit social media crap for the rest of her life. this world is ruthless and when you give haters the chance to attack you, they will pounce on it.
