{"id":104428,"date":"2019-08-21T05:01:02","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T20:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=104428"},"modified":"2019-08-21T05:01:02","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T20:01:02","slug":"happy-japanese-birthday-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=104428","title":{"rendered":"Happy Japanese Birthday Boy!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-104444\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_7992-e1566278852634.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/>since this kid is so special, i made another birthday party for Mateus at my house! \u00a0so yeah, he got 2 birthdays! \u00a0or maybe even more? \u00a0haha.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104445\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_7984.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/>the Moniz boys were very cute growing up, but i don&#8217;t remember them being this cute? \u00a0 haha. \u00a0Mateus finished his first week in school and i asked him &#8220;are you getting in trouble already?&#8221; \u00a0he said &#8220;yeah.&#8221; \u00a0i said &#8220;why?&#8221; \u00a0he said &#8220;because me and my friends don&#8217;t listen to the teacher.&#8221; \u00a0haha&#8230; \u00a0how can a teacher be mad at this kid? \u00a0just look at his haircut and it will make you laugh. \u00a0haha&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-104443\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_8001-e1566278859641.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"640\" \/>then we opened Japanese presents. \u00a0Mateus wants to thank Masae-san for the book of Japanese cars and trucks!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-104442\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_7951-e1566278865663.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/>and Mateus wants to thank Seira-chan for the Japanese snacks. \u00a0here&#8217;s one more tooth cavity for this boy. \u00a0haha&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104436\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_8074.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>back to yesterday&#8217;s ceremony. \u00a0Seira-chan got 6th place in the finals which is awesome! \u00a0i was so proud of her to even make the final because all the other girls were super good surfers. \u00a0next year we only go forward!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104437\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_8076.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>getting a lei is the Hawaiian way&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104434\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_8080.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>and the finalist got some good prizes from Shiho-chan and her sponsors&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104435\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_8081.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>i asked Seira-chan &#8220;do you know who Shiho is?&#8221; \u00a0she said &#8220;no.&#8221; \u00a0haha. \u00a0i guess Seira-chan is too young and pure. \u00a0for those of you who don&#8217;t know, Shiho is one of the most famous super models in Japan. \u00a0i would compare her to someone like Cindy Crawford&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-104432\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_8086.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>meet the finalists for the Women&#8217;s International Division! \u00a0good job girls!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-104440\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_8093-e1566278755553.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/>for the men&#8217;s division, i was so stoked to see Ryo Kubota in the finals!!! \u00a0good job Ryo!!!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-104433\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_8087-e1566278750264.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/>this was a very good experience for this very young girl. \u00a0i&#8217;m sure she will use it to make her future even more promising because this girl only LOOKS FORWARD!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104438\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_8102.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>such an amazing day in Waikiki! \u00a0happy surfing, happy waves, and happy faces. \u00a0congratulations to all the competitors again. \u00a0just to surf Queen&#8217;s for 25 minute heats with only 5 other surfers is a dream in itself&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104439\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_8104.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/>i had to park my car 30 minutes away and there was no way i was going to skateboard in the blazing sun. \u00a0instead, i booked an Uber and a big black Cadillac Escalade came to pick me up. \u00a0i thought i was a movie star! \u00a0haha&#8230; \u00a0this is me and my new foil board going home. \u00a0everybody went home happy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>since this kid is so special, i made another birthday party for Mateus at my house! \u00a0so yeah, he got 2 birthdays! \u00a0or maybe even more? \u00a0haha. the Moniz boys were very cute growing up, but i don&#8217;t remember them being this cute? \u00a0 haha. \u00a0Mateus finished his first week in school and i asked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-104428","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirby-blogs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}