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Hanging out in San Diego – September 13 & 14, 2013

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So there is one thing I’ve come to realize since I’ve moved out here. I’m never going to like a beach here it seems. I’ve been spoiled by my home of beaches. Nothing against the coastal beach parks crew and all but it’s just not that great to me. 

I’m from Hawaii, where our sand isn’t dust. When Limu (seaweed) washes up on shore, it doesn’t smell so bad and infested with so many tiny bugs. I really didn’t know what to do.

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However, here are some photos from San Diego.

Now, the rest of San Diego was nice. Went to Old Town San Diego which was like a little Mexico if that’s what it’s like. Everything had a real Mexican vibe about the place.

We ate at a place called Casa De Reyes and wow was it great. There was a 40 minute wait to get a table but that wasn’t really all that bad considering the restaurant was surrounded by shops. They had a stage where people were performing dances. By the time I had been through two stores and a bit of entertainment, it had already been time to get our table.

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I had a great Cumin Rubbed Salmon with Mango. OMG TO DIE FOR!

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Anyways, take a look at the rest of the set up top on the slideshow.

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626 Night Market – August 31, 2013 – Arcadia

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Here are some of the photo I took during the 626 Night Market out in Arcadia California. It was an interesting experience. So much more food than my stomach could handle ever. I wanted to try everything but alas I couldn’t. They had the world’s largest cup of Boba Ice Tea there. I don’t know how I felt about them serving the drinks out of it though.

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Mini Vacay Post #1

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Well hello folks. How goes it? It’s been a while since I posted up something here blog like. Sucks doesn’t it? Don’t you all wish I posted more? This that part where I go back and read this and realize I sound super full of myself right now LOL. Well anyways, I’m here on vacation right now in Sacramento. Actually drove here. That fucking sucked. HAHA 470 miles from Victorville, CA. That was a serious drive to say the least. It was fine though. Saw more of California that I haven’t seen yet. However, most of it was brown but whatever. Didn’t really start turning green until we hit Sacramento which was crazy. Some of you might be wonder, “Why the fuck would you go to Sacramento?” Well the short answer is this guy:

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My buddy Logan is here and I haven’t visited him here in a while so I figured, why not. So the drive here was interesting. Barely over 100 miles in I needed to pee really bad so we stopped in a town that had a McDonald’s.

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The toilet however had graffiti on it which was pretty depressing. I mean come McDonald’s, get these guys some new walls to write on. There was so much on the walls that they had to use the seat to tag something. So not cool for them.

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Eventually I had to trade spots with Julia and let her drive for a bit because it was taking a toll on my mind. At some point we drove passed this giant field of cows. Thousands of cows. The first thought that crossed my mind? “HO BAH LIKE BEEF?!”

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Finally get to Sacramento and check in to the hotel at around 6:30pm. Longest drive ever! We meet up with Logan for dinner at a place called Red Rabbit. Good stuff man. I had the Rabbit Ravioli and it was goooooood.2013-07-25 20.03.04

Julia had the Shrimp Tacos. I didn’t try it but there was a sweet chili hot sauce in the middle and holy shit they weren’t fucking around with the heat there. That sauce was fire, literally.2013-07-25 20.03.08

Logan grabbed the Red Rabbit Burger with everything. That was a monster of a meal.2013-07-25 20.50.51

After that I mentioned that we should check out Rick’s Dessert Shop for some cake as I know it was good, but Julia had never been with it being her first time in Sacramento. They didn’t disappoint. Chocolate Moose Cake for me, Tiramisu for Julia and I have no idea what Logan got but it looked good.

Sac Town is interesting though as everything you need and want is basically all within walking distance. It’s pretty cool. We basically walked from the restaurant to dessert and back again.2013-07-25 21.49.49

Later we went to check out Old Sac Town and looked at some of the really neat stores and stuff there. It was a good time all around and a great first day/night here. Stay tuned for more as I’ll be posting it up eventually. Laterz!

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What a fucking cluster fuck of a day

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Well let’s just start out by saying first that I hope everyone who survived the plane crash in San Francisco is going to be alright. I can only imagine what they have gone through and what their families are going through.

However, why am I so out of wack? Well today my baby was supposed to be coming home. It was looking alright up until last night when I noticed that her flight was delayed by 40 mins getting to Tokyo. I thought to myself that she will need to be rushing to catch her next flight to San Francisco. The flight to Tokyo being late however caused the next flight to San Francisco to be late as well. I was thinking to myself though, maybe they can make up the time in the air and once they get stateside everything would be alright.

That was not the case. Turns out that they spent so much time in customs that they missed their connecting flight to LAX. By the time I had traveled most of the way to LAX its when Julia called me up and told me the news about them missing their flight. She told me that they would get on a later flight and be in LAX by about 2:50pm. That wasn’t so bad. I’d be spending just a few more hours in L.A. than I had originally planned.

About 20 mins later she calls me and tells me that the airport is closed down. She said that there was fire on the runway. At that point I was thinking, ‘ok just a fire shouldn’t be too bad.’ Look it up on Google and reports about a plane crash are being posted by various news sources. Immediately I start to think that this isn’t going to be just some waiting around.

So on to why I’m so annoyed. At some point I started thinking to myself that I should just drive to San Francisco and pick her up. However, there were talks about them allowing flights out. I didn’t think they would but I was hopeful. Sadly, her instructor never got a connecting flight out and the rest of them were on a if it happens then it happens kind of basis. So instead, right now they are all in a car (sick out of their minds) driving to L.A. I could have done that a long time ago…. ugh.

Oh well, hotel room for the night it is. Peace out.

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Journal writing

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They say that writing helps with the brain. I wonder about that sometimes. Not where it is true but whether or not I should start writing more. Should I?

Right now I have been trying to write a story but at the same time I have so many distractions. I can’t say that I don’t have the time. I guess a way to say it is I don’t make the time for it. There is just so much consumable media to be seen and games to be played that I always find myself keeping busy being completely unproductive. Sad really.

I think it is high time I started making some real goals for myself. I should start looking in to becoming more fit. I think I’ve let the lack of oxygen here get to me. I don’t bike like I used to, I barely walk anywhere. When I come home I’d rather just veg in front of my computer. For certain I came up here with a plan to better my financial situation and have the experience under my belt. The experience of the mainland. Some day I’ll move back home. Some day I’ll be able to live comfortably back home. Until then I need to start planning for the years to come rather than tomorrow.

I want to live in the now but the future is suffering for it.

:-\

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What do I want to do?

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I’ve come to realize that I am a man of many talents. It might sound a bit full of myself but it is true. First and foremost my job as an IT Professional is what I do for a living and I don’t see that changing at all. However, I want to pursue my hobbies that I’m good at. Photography, Videography, DJ, Musician, Blogger, Voice Recording and Racing. The thing is I want to focus on one of these things and make it my thing to do. I feel like I’ve been spreading myself thin on things I want to make vs. things I want to do.

Videography: I love going to places and exploring new areas and I usually film them. However, when it comes to putting together a video I lack the knowledge of video production. So I thought, maybe I should go to school for it? Many problems associated with that though. Time and Money are at the top of the list on this front. I could always go out and self learn what I need to learn but then time becomes the issue.

DJ: I love music. There is no doubting that but what I lack is gear and skill. I feel that I can put together great music and keep people happy with what I play, but I’m just a solo act that not many people have heard of or know. Gear is just one of those expenses that goes hand and hand with the line of work it is.

Musician: As much as I love music I do also love playing music as well. I’m Hawaiian, it’s what we all assume we can do. Kanekapila isn’t the same out here so I’m left basically playing with myself. (Get your head out of the gutter.)

Blogger: What is there to blog about now a days? I go to work and I go home and relax.

Voice Recording: I love talking into a microphone and talking up a script for a commercial. However, my voice only gets used inside of this building. Would be great to have a contract to record my voice and have my voice all over the place. It’s not that I love hearing my own voice, I just love going nuts in front of a microphone. :-P

Racing: Oh boy has this been a passion of mine since I was a kid. Problem is as a grown up you need to pay for the damages you do to your car and well I’m not ready for that just yet.

Photography: The first thing on the list. Something a lot of you know me for. Something I have almost completely fell out of. I haven’t had a passion for shooting in a long long while. Honestly, it might have something to do with the fact that I’m living in the middle of a desert. All the inspiration of the islands is nothing compared to what is out here. Maybe I need to find something out here to get me shooting again. Until then, I barely use my camera any more.

So the question is, what do I want to do?

 

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Oahu Vacation – November 14-19, 2012

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So I finally had a chance to come home on vacation and well of course I had my camera. So this will be a documentation of that vacation. I must say that where I have moved to really really lacks color so I was excited to finally put my camera to use again. Also, sorry to all the peeps that would have expected me to cover an event while I was down there but I really was just looking to relax. Maybe next time. So lets start this Journey.

It was a long drive to LAX from Victorville, but when I got there and on the plane I was pleasantly surprised. I got to ride on Hawaiian Airline’s new Airbus. Talk about awesome! I really wish I paid some attention to when I was choosing a seat so I would have been more prepared for the long flight. You see that each seat has a Touchscreen in them, but right next to them is a USB slot. Before the flight I loaded up my phone to have a good amount of videos for me to watch on the flight over. Hawaii Five-O’s episode could not have been more timely for this flight as it was a “terrorist” episode. Couldn’t help but laugh at that. Anyways, what I did not know was that the screens are able to interact with a USB drive. I probably could have loaded all those videos to a thumb-drive and watched them on a bit bigger screen. Oh wells, next time. Also, no it didn’t recognize my phone as a thumb-drive, but it did keep it charged the whole flight so that was awesome.

Another surprise was the lunch! WOW!!! Grilled Chicken, Brown Rice, Peas & Carrots, Chocolate Cake, Salad? ON AN AIRPLANE!!! Almost unheard of now a days. Thank you for being so Awesome Hawaiian Airlines.

 This was a nice sight to see, Rain. Something as simple as rain made me so happy. Where we are now, it has rained maybe five times. I never realized something so simple would have been missed so much by me. This was also in Ewa Beach and the brand new shopping center they were building.

Soon after landing though and dropping off all my stuff at my parents place, I was ushered off to dinner. My brother chose the spot so Hooters in Aloha Tower we went. Since I had been on a plane for so long and then driven all over the creation, well lets just say I had to “go.” So go I went and to my surprise I found something pretty fucking hilarious. Well I thought it was hilarious.

While waiting for my brother, I saw two beautiful sights still around. The Falls of Clyde and amazing sunsets.

I also started using what I thought would be a catchy hashtag on Instagram called #hawaiinoneedfilter. Well it really doesn’t need it at all.

After dinner my dad wanted to go and see One Drop playing at Mai Tai’s so we went to Ala Moana. Oh how I have missed this mall. I never would have thought that after working that mall for almost five years that I’d miss it that much. The holiday decorations were in full effect there as well so that was a treat as well.

Center Stage was snowing like they have been doing for the last couple years with their soapy snow. If only the people knew what we do with those foam cannons during certain show :-P LOL

One Drop started playing at around 10 so it was going to be a great show from then on. Only thing was that it was getting late for me as I had already been doing a lot of shit!! My ass needed some sleep so when they took their first break we talk story with them then took off and went home. Good time though to hear live local music again.

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It’s been a while hasn’t it.

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I haven’t really put much into here as of recent. I really do miss talking with everyone who reads my blogs. Who ever you are that has read my blogs before, I thank you very much.

So what am I doing writing at this time of the night? Something every other person on the planet has a problem with from time to time. Can’t sleep. In my case I’m just not feeling well. As of recent my schedule in life is all over the place and I haven’t really given myself the time to take care of myself properly. My health has never been my top priority in life. I’m that live for the moment kinda guy. Do it all before it’s all said and done. Be proud for what you have done with the many things you have accomplished. Problem is, I still have many things to accomplish still and I feel like my health is slowly getting worse.

Biggest problem with me sleeping tonight is that my stomach is feeling really weird and I’m dizzy. Lots of things could be contributing to this problem, but the worst overall has to be my acid reflux. Acid reflux has been this bane on my life for almost 5-6 years now. You think taking some pills is just going to make it better, but it really doesn’t. Sure it helps however I’m still affected by it.

Now I feel crazy writing here like this because I haven’t written anything here in such a long time and the first thing I write is me competing about health issues. Truth is, this is first time I’ve felt good all evening. I guess it really does help to just start talking make yourself feel better LoL.

Well to give any one who wants to an update about me living on the mainland. It’s just like any other transplant would say, it’s not home but it is something. Since moving here in late January I’ve experience winter through summer. Fall is coming up and we’ll be back at winter again. In my case this is strange to me because I’ve never really experienced fall before. I’ll see everything planet like around me die and wilt away. Never had to deal with that one before. The people are certainly different I guess. Trying to get people to stop butchering Hawaiian culture is always amusing. “No they are called flip flops. It is called slippers.”

Man I am getting tired. Hopefully with all my stomach pains I can get some sleep soon.

The other fun things I’m finding is being able to drive around all these places I’ve only heard of in songs and movies. They ain’t as ghetto as some rap artists tend to make them sound but maybe I’m just in the wrong areas. Maybe I should say the right areas lol.

The beaches down here are certainly not the same. I can be completely honest in saying that yes I’ll visit a beach or two while living here but I am not getting in the water. To cold and not as clean. No offense to anyone who maybe from a sound these areas but it’s just not the same as the clean water around my islands lol. The mountains are beautiful though. A couple weeks ago I had the chance to go zip lining in the trees in Wrightwood and wow was that an experience. Flying through the trees is something to be marveled at for sure. Went hiking before that on a trail around Big Bear. It was an interesting hike. Not because it was my first night on the mainland, but it really taught me about the air and how much thinner it is up there. I was huffing in a matter of 30 minutes. Me huffing? Not good. Either I’m out of shape or it really was the altitude lol.

Bought a bike on Monday. Darn that thing was expensive lol. Spent about $560 on it. It is a good one so it’ll get some use. Julia’s schedule versus my job means one of us is really going to need the car and she should use it not me. She has further to travel around than I do.

Well this has been fun typing all of this with Swype on my tablet but I really should try and get some rest. I hope life is reading everyone well. Until we see each other again later.

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Utada Hikaru – Meet and Greet 07-12-09

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This has been sitting on my site not working for some time now. I couldn't find the original file that I had made as this is over four years old now. I did however find this FLV version that I had uploaded to my website. It's not the best quality but it is what I got. Please enjoy and don't forget to comment.

Still saddened by what Hikki has had to go through as of late but hopefully we all have something bright to hold on to for her to remain strong.