{"id":107630,"date":"2019-12-05T05:11:27","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T20:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=107630"},"modified":"2019-12-05T05:11:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T20:11:27","slug":"boys-to-men-dreams-after-lunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=107630","title":{"rendered":"Boys to Men: Fast Dreams to Hawaii…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"\u00a0i met Shunsuke-kun a couple years ago. \u00a0he was a very eager young boy that was chasing his dreams. \u00a0he would ask me many questions about so many different things. \u00a0he had passion, energy, and motivation which was very impressive… \u00a0anyway, he booked a few days of my Boot Camp and the rest is history…<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0i still remember this day clearly when we were eating lunch. \u00a0i asked Shunsuke-kun what his dreams were. \u00a0he said his dream is to live in Hawaii and just surf everyday. \u00a0i told him “wait, slow down!” \u00a0haha… \u00a0i explained that there are steps to make every dream come true. \u00a0i explained to him how i did it and how he should do it. \u00a0he was listening to everything i said and took it very seriously.<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0so yesterday i get a text and these photos from Shunsuke-kun. \u00a0it went like this: \u00a0aloha kirby-san, as you told me, i’ll graduate from college this year. \u00a0and next year, i’ll go to Hawaii to study abroad! \u00a0i’m saving money now. \u00a0my life was influenced by you. \u00a0thank you so much. \u00a0right now, i’m on my way to my dream!”<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0i remember teaching this kid how to keep calm. \u00a0how to slow down and enjoy the ride. \u00a0his surfing improved 100% and now he’s ripping like a pro!<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0then he wrote: \u00a0“i’ve been practicing foiling in japan. \u00a0it was very difficult but i’m flying recently! \u00a0i can’t stop my excitement! \u00a0i’m enjoying both surfing and foiling you taught me.”<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0OMG! \u00a0he’s flying!!! \u00a0i’m not an emotional person, but when i see my students achieve their dreams, i get emotional. \u00a0i always wanted to be a teacher and mentor to the youth. \u00a0there were just a couple people in my life that guided me to where i am today, so if i can do the same for others, my dream has come true too.<\/p>\n

hey Shunsuke-kun, thank you for the update in your life. \u00a0i knew you could do it!!! \u00a0it’s crazy how you achieved your dreams in such a short time. \u00a0that means you can do anything in life you strive for. \u00a0that’s an amazing thing. \u00a0i’m really proud of you, and i’m sure your Dad is really proud of you too. \u00a0congratulations for completing college! \u00a0 remember i told you once you can do that, you can do anything. \u00a0my Grandpa told me that, and i believed him. \u00a0now believe in yourself, keep working hard, studying hard, and let’s fly on the foil when you come to Hawaii! \u00a0i’m so stoked for you!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0i met Shunsuke-kun a couple years ago. \u00a0he was a very eager young boy that was chasing his dreams. \u00a0he would ask me many questions about so many different things. \u00a0he had passion, energy, and motivation which was very impressive… \u00a0anyway, he booked a few days of my Boot Camp and the rest is history… […]<\/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":["post-107630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-kirby-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107630","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=107630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107630\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}