good evening. hot hot hot!!! super hot here in shonan along with flat waves. some small east swell on the way so should be able to cool off this weekend. got the firewire junior pro going on this weekend at kugunuma beach here in shonan. that’s nao’s homeground. anybody want to bet she’ll win it? you’ll be a fool to bet me if you seen how she’s been surfing recently. hopefully i have some time to get down there and cheer on the kids… after 4 long years with my AU phone, it finally died. so i’m upgrading to a third generation soft bank phone. now i can take photos and post it straight to my blog. don’t have to run around looking for an internet connection anymore. so you’ll probably be seeing a lot more photos. real time photos…. well, probably get my new phone sometime tomorrow afternoon so in the meantime, i’m phoneless. and you know what? tonight will probably be the best i’ll ever sleep in years… good night….
**ok, i just got through listening to the cd kat gave me the other night. gosh, it was awesome. her voice is so awesome and i was wondering why this girl ain’t famous yet so i searched her on google. come to find out, she’s already famous here in japan. check this out…

**kalapana is one of my all time hawaiian bands. and many classic moments is one of my all time favorite songs. check out this clip… makes me want to go back to hawaii and ride my twin fin….

**here are more pages from the magazine kelia did a photo shoot with in china called “milk magazine”.

day 3- hanauma bay. gosh, the water looks so dirty… we use to fish in there and eat the fish. i remember peas, carrots, and bread coming out of the stomach when we use to clean it. classic…

day 4- boat trip. now these are some pretty cool photos…

day 5- waimea bay. now these are some cooler photos. so much to do at the bay…

day 6- shopping, hiking, and fireworks. gosh, you can do all of that in one day? cool place we live in yeah? for those of you who haven’t been up to the pali lookout, you should go. go there on the windy trade wind day and hold on to your hats. and your clothes…

day 7- last page. what a week they had in hawaii. kelia must have been tired from having so much fun…. i got tired of looking at all of that fun….
**by the way, good news!! the waves came up in chiba according to hayato. check out the mail he just sent me.
hey,the waves came up today!
6inches bigger!yeah!!!!
hahaha… that’s a good one…
**and last, wanted to thank kimura-san for sending shirasu and a whole sawara “ono”. we had a sashimi/sukiyaki party last night and it was delicious…. and thanks to mai-chan for cooking the great food…. oishikatta…