ok, the weather has been absolutely perfect recently!!! so i drive to mckinley car wash to have the best car washers on hawaii take care of the truck.

for $16, you can’t go wrong! the only bummer thing is that i have to wait a precious 40 minutes. but when i drive off the lot, i feel like a clean man!

then i drive home and couldn’t believe it started to rain!!! OMG!!! 10 minutes earlier the truck was spotless and clean. 10 minutes later it was just as dirty as it was before i washed it! i was shocked but at the same time, i had to laugh. and then cry. haha.

my friend Robert sold me his old boat a few years ago. it was called “Aku Picka.” that means catching a lot of akus. i remember him showing me the photos and telling me the stories. he lives down my street so i went to go talk to him because i want to eat aku or katsuo again. then he offered to take me out and find some akus. so on my next day off, i’m going to catch some akus and hopefully eat fresh katsuo tataki again.

9 months ago, Robert found a baby bird on the golf course. it was dying so he brought it home and took care of it. he told me his bird talks and i didn’t believe him. so i went into his house and the bird looked at me and said “what’s your name?” OMG! i almost had a heart attack! then it asked me more questions and started singing after. amazing!

then Robert gave me a bag of lures to catch aku or katsuo. i will test it out really soon.

caught my last wave in from rock piles and seen this girl surfing on the side. she seen me with my camera so did a little pose. i snapped the shot and here it is. soul surfer girl!

Kids at WAR!
Good morning 6:40am.
Bowls: Waist high with sometimes a chest high set and clean. 9 surfers out. Waikiki: Waist high and crowded!
Diamond Head shoulder high and side shore winds. Cleaner later in the day. Winds: Trades at 15-20mph.
Weather: Sunny, passing showers, and lots of rainbows!
Plan: Going Naminori!
Have a wonderful day!

super happy to see Yumi-chan enjoying the fish i speared the other day. from the ocean to the pan to the family. nice!

yeah, japanese girls can cook!

Yumi-chan’s super cool hawaiian host family. very nice, very kind, and very local.

and this is how you eat fish! all the way to the bone!!!

Fujiki-san and i had a super good surf session this morning. empty lineup and we pretty much caught mostly sets. of all the surf sessions i had with Fujiki-san, today he surfed by far the best! after, us hungry surfers went to eat hawaiian food at Highway Inn.

and what perfect timing! the finals for the Fiji Pro just started so we got to watch it at the counter LIVE! unbelievable surfing level and after watching the final, i felt like surfing again.

a very nice and kind man Fujiki-san is. always supporting go-naminori and “we are one” from the very beginning. people like him i have a lot of respect for. thank you again Fujiki-san and see you again on Monday! bigger waves!!!

i ordered the grilled chicken plate. ono brah!

and when there is a line at a restaurant on a weekday, that means it’s good! good choice Fujiki-san!