{"id":107653,"date":"2019-12-06T05:31:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T20:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=107653"},"modified":"2019-12-06T05:31:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T20:31:23","slug":"2011-the-turning-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=107653","title":{"rendered":"2011:  The Turning Point"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-107655\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_0872.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>\u00a0i was in Tokyo last week and when i saw this overpass, i had a flashback. \u00a0it was almost 9 years ago when i made a split second decision that changed my life forever. \u00a0i was in a taxi getting dropped off right under an overpass, right as i opened my door to get out, i was offered an opportunity of a lifetime. \u00a0i took it and it turned out to be the best split second decision i&#8217;ve ever made in my life&#8230;\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-107656\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5418-663x442.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"442\" \/>\u00a0the next day, i was boarding private jets and was with some of the most elite people in the world. \u00a0for the following 2 weeks, we passed through remote islands in Indonesia, through Thailand, Japan, and back to Hawaii. \u00a0it was an experience nobody could ever dream of&#8230;\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-107654\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_1723-663x884.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"884\" \/>i learned how to sail, i learned how to go with the flow, i learned how to keep quiet, and i learned that there was a much bigger world than i thought&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-107657\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_3381-663x497.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"497\" \/>\u00a0what happened in those 2 weeks was amazing. \u00a0fish, sharks, boat trip, komodo dragons, champagne, and everything was a 5 star experience. \u00a0that trip was something i&#8217;ve never talked about before because looking back, it was a weird time in my life. \u00a0but now, i can finally look at all the photos i took and enjoy those precious memories all over again&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0i was in Tokyo last week and when i saw this overpass, i had a flashback. \u00a0it was almost 9 years ago when i made a split second decision that changed my life forever. \u00a0i was in a taxi getting dropped off right under an overpass, right as i opened my door to get out, [&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-107653","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\/107653","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=107653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}