good morning. my body is finally recovered from the swim this past weekend. it was tough, it was fun, and it was challenging. i did it just to see if i could do it. and now i did it, i’m going to take the next challenge by entering a longer and farther one. next time i’m training and next time i ain’t letting people pass me by so easily. i’ll swim until i can’t swim anymore. i’ve been a pretty good doggy paddler but a terrible freestyle swimmer. i thought i wouldn’t last 44 minutes straight on freestyle but i fooled myself. can’t wait to do it again…
lot’s been going on. i bought a car yesterday, i got a new matchi shaped board waiting for my stickers to go on, my spearguns are all in pieces, and i have some images still in my camera from mentawai that i have to download. yesterday i went to my secret beach and seen over 50 turtles. don’t believe me? it’s ok. i know, my close friends know, and the turtles know. i was swimming alone with 30 of them taking photos. it was totally amazing….. anyway, it’s 5 am and i’m running late. have a nice day!!!

BIG NEWS!!!! HAWAIIAN AIRLINES WILL START FLYING TO HANEDA AIRPORT FROM HONOLULU!!
yeah!! i’m so happy!! i use to fly china airlines every time when they flew into haneda. why? because it’s super close to shonan. then china lost that route and i was bummed. but now, hawaiian air will start flying to haneda airport from october of this year. you know me… i’m flying hawaiian!!! i hope my friends can still hook me up with buddy passes. yoroshiku ne!!!

i’ve been looking for a good dive watch for a while. i owned some before but they all broke. then i started hating them because i use to freak out when i went too deep. i had one that always beeped at 60′ and every time i heard it, i would panic. so i stopped using it. anyway, i’ve been looking for a suunto d3 model for a while but couldn’t find one because it was discontinued. then yesterday was my lucky day!! i searched online and found a guy selling a used suunto mosquito model watch. this one is even better and more expensive then the d3. retailing at $450, well, that’s if you can find a new one, i got this one for $180. can you believe it? and the guy that sold it to me was a japanese guy living down my street. thanks yoshi-san. you made me a pretty happy guy!!

why is the d3 and mosquito models the best? because you can simple change the battery in the back by yourself. just get a coin and turn the cap. it’s that easy. now instead of paying $60 each time to have the battery professionally changed, i can throw in a $3 battery from longs in less than a minute. i’m so happy that i’m going to test it out today. we’re diving for “ono’s” or “sawara” in the deep blue water way out in the ocean. wish me luck. i hope to be eating sashimi tonight….

Nature Life..

recently, i’ve been shooting water photos with my mask and snorkel. it allows me to take both surfing above water, and underwater shots too. and when i’m swimming out into the lineup, i can check out the fish, pick shells, and explore. nothing beats it….

just the things you see underwater is so amazing. and guess what? i have good news. i just ordered a fisheye video camera that will mount on the top of my water housing. so your not only going to be able to see photos, stay tuned for some HD fisheye video soon. it’s called “killing two birds with one stone.” can’t wait….