{"id":60304,"date":"2015-10-01T05:32:14","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T20:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=60304"},"modified":"2015-10-01T05:32:14","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T20:32:14","slug":"life-changer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=60304","title":{"rendered":"Life Changer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>well, working this morning and going straight to the airport.  jumping on any flight out of hawaii.  where i land i still don&#8217;t know.  just going with the flow like usual.  what ever happens, happens.  and if something happens to me, i just want to say that i had a greatest life of all!  cheers!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-30-at-10.12.40-AM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-30-at-10.12.40-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-09-30 at 10.12.40 AM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-60333\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nhad a great time yesterday surfing with Niwa-san.  super cool surfer girl that kept on going wave after wave after wave.  she caught so many waves in the 2.5 hours we were out.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-30-at-10.15.33-AM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-30-at-10.15.33-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-09-30 at 10.15.33 AM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-60334\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nand she caught her last wave super far in from the outside!  it was like she was walking on water.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-30-at-10.15.46-AM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-30-at-10.15.46-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-09-30 at 10.15.46 AM\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-60336\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthank you Niwa-san for the wonderful surf and laughs!  please enjoy your home stay in kaneohe!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/11224369_10153660800568809_151385470238766512_n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/11224369_10153660800568809_151385470238766512_n.jpg\" alt=\"11224369_10153660800568809_151385470238766512_n\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60337\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nit just blows me away on how the circle of friends keep on growing bigger and bigger.  seeing photos like this makes me a very happy person.  the only thing i could wish for more was to actually be there in the photo and enjoying the precious time in hokkaido with my friends.  but that day will come soon.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_0492.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_0492.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0492\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60335\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ncheck out this photo of my sister and brothers when we were little kids.  can you guess which one is me?<br \/>\ni ended my speech up at Mid-Pac something like this.  all i hoped for was to have inspired 1 of the 175 kids sitting in that auditorium to live life to the fullest.  if i succeeded, that would make me a very happy man.<br \/>\nBy going to Japan as a volunteer has changed my life.<br \/>\nIt made me realize what is important, and what isn&#8217;t important.<br \/>\nIt made me realize what I need, and what I don&#8217;t need.<br \/>\nAnd most of all, it made me realize not to take things for granted.<br \/>\nWe must appreciate everything we have.<br \/>\nAppreciate your family, appreciate your friends, appreciate your life, appreciate each day that goes by.<br \/>\nAnd most importantly,  appreciate this chance of life you are given to live.  And live it to the fullest!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>well, working this morning and going straight to the airport. jumping on any flight out of hawaii. where i land i still don&#8217;t know. just going with the flow like usual. what ever happens, happens. and if something happens to me, i just want to say that i had a greatest life of all! cheers! 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