**it was back in 1994 when i went on my first indonesia boat trip. we were fishing everyday and i won’t forget the day we finally caught a katsuo or “aku.” as soon as we caught the fish, everybody was thinking “sashimi.” so the captain asked if any of us knew how to cut the fish up. nobody did. so he took out his knife and went to work. oh my gosh!!! he butchered the thing. i mean, he did a terrible job in cutting the fish and i remember the look on some of our faces. shock!!! on a boat in indo? craving for sashimi? we each brought a tube of wasabi but i swear we only ate 2 pieces of sashimi on that trip. i will never forget that…
fast forward a couple years after that to another boat trip to new calidonia. we fish, we catch, our captain “Eric Morat” gets out his filet knife, and cuts up the fish like a professional sushi chef. i was sitting there in awe thinking to myself, “wow, that’s cool, i want to do that.” so i asked eric to teach me how. my first fish looked like hamburger. haha. yeah, it looked terrible. but we ate it anyway. then i started to get the feel. ever since then, i’ve been cutting up my own fish for sashimi. the fish just tastes better when you catch it, clean it, filet it, and prepare it yourself. if it wasn’t for those two boat trips, i would still be clueless. thanks captain 1 for giving me a shocker experience, and thank you captain 2 for teaching me a valuable lesson in life….

if you asked me 15 years ago if i could filet a fish, i would tell you no. if you asked me now, i would tell you to get your wasabi ready. this papio i speared yesterday went pretty well with a few beers…
**to all you fisherman out there, catch your fish, clean it, and try to filet it. it takes time to learn but once you do, you will be glad you did. ganbatte ne[:?????$B!x(B???:]

i split the head down the middle because i want to make indonesia style soup, look what i found… a freakin fishing hook!!! it was way in the back of the mouth stuck in the throat. shit, if i wasn’t careful, i would have ate that… abunai….

Awesome Photo!!

good morning. first, i’d like to wish all you fathers out there a Happy Fathers Day!!! hope you have an awesome day!!! as for the waves, chest high out on the north shore at laniakea. town looks like there is a nice shoulder high set coming in once in a while. it’s sunny, warm, and looks like it’s going to be another perfect day in paradise. hope you enjoy it!!!

i went down to my garage the other night to grab something. and as soon as i opened it, i seen this shinny black motorcycle with the keys in the ignition. ummm… temptation! i turn the key, i put it in neutral, i start it, the loud noise echos in my garage, i back it up, and i take it for a spin around diamond head. i just couldn’t resist. my brother knows that if something is in my garage, it’s pretty much free game. plus, he wasn’t home. haha… the funny thing is i don’t even have my license. haha.. and the biggest bike i rode in my life was my small motorcycle in bali. what a difference. i felt the power of this huge motorcycle and if you were around diamond head 2 nights ago, you would have heard me coming from a mile away….
i’m going down next week to get my license…
the waves were really junky so i went for a quick dive yesterday. i tried to launch my boat from the ala wai but there was so much traffic. what was it??? yup, the gay parade again!! it seem that every year i try to dive from the ala wai, there is the gay parade. what’s going on??? if you missed it, check out what you’ve been missing….

so i back out of traffic and head to sand island. i’ve been trying to spear a palani ever since i dove in yoran island, okinawa. the reason is because i want to eat the liver. see that thing in my hand? i dug it out of the stomach guts. i tried it in yoran and it tasted like clam. and the palani sashimi was good too. that will be my dinner tonight. i’ll let you know how it tastes…