good morning. it’s 6 am and raining pretty hard outside my house. i seen some clean chest high sets at bowls right now. already 20 dawn patrollers. i was out at bowls yesterday from 9-12 and the waves seemed like it was getting better and better. not too many surfers out. today i’m probably going to surf somewhere different. well, have a nice day!!!

i dropped everything i had to do yesterday at 3 pm to watch the final NBA championship game. it was the first time i years i drank a beer in the afternoon. gosh, i didn’t know how awful bud light was. and to think i use to drink 20 of these during football games. yuck… i much prefer better quality beer like asahi, or red stripe…

right during the game, a blackout? what? all the electricity went off near ala moana so the bar we were watching at was pitch dark, no air condition, and no game. so we were out of there!!

ended up at kiki’s to watch the rest of the game. i was cheering for boston and guess what? we lost!!! i was pretty bummed… it felt like i was a player and lost. my good 2 beer high went to depression. haha…

and wanted to say hello to satoshi kubota and everybody over there at ON THE BEACH. how’s the waves in miyazaki? i hope to go there again this year. as for the photo of these mempachi’s. $12.09 for 2? oh my gosh, takai!! i use to give a lot of these away. maybe i should eat them all now? haha.. going to look for a couple tomorrow….

**wanted to say hi to my pen pal claudia from brasil. he came to hawaii and told me about his trip.

i’m glad you got a seat at maguro-ya. wasn’t it good? that’s my night time favorite teshoku-ya. did you try the maguro kama? oishi yo!!

and hey claudia, next time, just go up to tony moniz and introduce yourself as my friend. i know your nervous but he is a true hawaiian who is welcoming to everybody from around the world… thanks for the photos and i’m glad you enjoyed your trip!

speaking of tony, i’ve been going down to the sheraton to hang out there once in a while. i pull up to the valet where the boys take care of me, i walk by local motion to say hi to maki-san, pass the infinity pool, say hi to tony and tammy, i grab a standup, paddle out to canoes, run over 5 tourist on every wave (that’s because i suck at stand up paddling), go in, sit under the umbrella and sip a margarita, take a dip in the pool, pass by local motion and say hi to maki-san, go out to the front of the hotel where wendell kong is waiting with my car at the valet, go home, and sleep like a baby. now you know why i feel like a king. thanks boys…

Oh my Gosh!!!!