well, i wasn’t too sad leaving cold and cloudy hawaii yesterday. dark, gloomy, and just not the best day in paradise.

get on the flight, watch 3 movies, all terrible! hardly slept, but so excited to come back to japan.

arrive in tokyo and same weather as hawaii. rain, dark, and gloomy. caught the train to tokyo, jumped in a taxi, and i was already frozen. i couldn’t believe how cold it was!!! had an awesome dinner and drinks with friends, passed out with my computer on my chest. i was trying to post a blog last night but fell asleep in 2 seconds. 3am now and of course, jet lagged. so i check out the forecast as i’m traveling somewhere tomorrow.

3am in the morning and get a surprise! SUPER TYPHOON HAGUPIT!!! a rare out of season super typhoon producing huge waves down south. going to make some calls when it gets lighted, going to book a ticket, and i’m flying down south tomorrow. lucky or chance? i think both. i was checking the world surf forecast for the past 4 days and instead of me flying half way around the world, it looks like the waves are coming to me. i’m pretty excited right now!
but at the same time, pretty worried for Kelia as she’s in china now and this typhoon will head right to her after it reeks havoc on the philippines. wish her safety and another world championship when the smoke clears.

Only 4:25pm and its dark in Tokyo!
And very cold.
Drink sake and keep warm.

ok, i leave today to japan. can’t wait to get on a flight. last night i was up super late figuring out where to go. checking the swell forecast, making calls, sending and receiving texts and emails, and just never ending. i probably spent a total of 8 hours on planning out my next trip. it will start off in japan and who knows where it will go after that. i was planning around the papua new guinea area but swell around there looks very weak. don’t want to spend $3,000 and to surf waist high waves. now that the pacific ocean is brewing again, including a rare out of season typhoon, my focus changed again. when i see red, i get excited, but when i see purple, i can’t sleep. come sunday, i’ll be surfing some purple waves! through all my contacts and research, i know where will be the best and that’s where i will be. but first, i gotta get to freezing cold japan.

it’s so hard to pack for a trip when you don’t know where you’re going. i know japan will be cold so i have to take warm clothes, but i want to surf in paradise so i need tshirts and shorts too. i’m carrying on everything so have to pack very light. moving fast, moving suddenly, and nobody knows my plans because i don’t even know it. where there will be waves, there will be kirby. this is a very exciting way to travel and one of my favorite hobbies. i love it! chase your dreams.