Waikiki Saiko!!!

my friend louiz gave me this handy Kelley Blue Book Auto Report Guide. this is how it works at the auctions. you see the next car getting pulled up to the auction, you look up the year and make and find out the value. then you add in all the extras. then you use that number and hope to get it lower. all this in less than a minute. you buy the car, add on a few thousand dollars, and sell it. a quick way to make some cash. sounds easy? not so. what if the car has something wrong with it? tough luck…

this lure tokura-san bought in hawaii at hanapa. it got hit in the mentawais 4 times by big fish. look at all the marks on it. crazy. the fish hit, the reel line went out, we were trying to pull in the fish, but it came off as it came closer to the boat. 4 freaking times!! that’s why i hate fishing. you don’t even get to see what the heck was on the hook. diving, you see everything….

i was walking in the back streets of malaysia and got lost. these 2 young girls pointed me back to the city. it’s amazing how friendly the malaysian people are…

and last, i can’t wait till this dvd comes out. my high school friends derek and craig hoffmann made it and it’s going to be awesome. it’s a 40 minute documentary. i’ll let you know when it comes out….

good morning. 7 am aloha friday. we still have the south swell rolling into town. bowls looks head high and pretty fun. i’ve been surfing diamond head and it’s been uncrowded. in fact, going there right now. have a great day!!!

yesterday was my 6 month check up since my eye surgery. i was kind of worried because a small part of my eye was starting to get red again. again? yeah, same eye, same redness. so when my doctor went to take a look, i was expecting the worst. surgery again? 3x? no way. my doctor looked into my eye and said, “oh, there is one more stitch that didn’t dissolve.” he took the knife, cut open a part of my eye, got the sharp tweezers and pulled it out. was i scared? not at all. i’ve been through it so many times that you can poke me with a chopstick in my eye and i wouldn’t cringe. anyway, the naughty stitch came out and that was it. he said my eye was perfect!!! that made me pretty happy!!! thanks Dr. Rhodes…
hey, i asked my doctor to give me a special price for japanese that want to get their eye surgery done here in hawaii. he’s working it out now and i should know shortly. it ain’t going to be cheap but this doctor does it the right way and when it comes to your eyes, you don’t want to do it any other…

my doctors office had the hawaii fishing newspaper so i was reading it while waiting. this guy 3 pronged or “pole speared” this 101 lbs. ulua or GT. can you believe that? the fish had 3 big hooks in the mouth so 3 unlucky fisherman came up short. anyway, great story. i’m sharpening my 3 prong right now….

this photo was pretty funny. i see so many people in hawaii go to the boat shop, but a boat, and try to put it into the water. it ain’t easy, especially when you do it the wrong way. oh my gosh!!!

i was wondering who planted this palm tree in the middle of the park? who ever did it, thank you very much. i love it….