Tantan's family in Hawaii 3/09

This was when Tantan and his family were visiting back in March. I got to spend the day with them before they left to go back to Japan. It was so good to see them!

Aina and Tantan

me, Leia, and Aina. the last time I saw Aina she was barley walking. Now she's 4 and can talk up a storm.

Tantan and Koa, their youngest daughter

Leia and Aina

Leia and her Banana Jamba Juice

me and the Yamaguchi family at Ward Starbucks

After Starbucks, they wanted to go shopping at Logos Bookstore...

Tantan and his TwinFin

Tantan and my TwinFin

...then it was time for a send off surf session at Kewalos! The last time me and Tantan surfed at Kewalos was the first time we had ever surfed together, so it was kind of a sentimental thing. The waves were pretty good that day, and I got to see Tantan rip it up on a few! =)

a pair of TwinFins at Kewalos

Tantan and Ai

Miss you guys!!

Cheryl and Lake's Wedding 5/23/09

The Bride and Groom!! Cheryl and Lake

Wedding Ceremony at Hawaii Kai Church


WOOOHOOOO!!!!

Wes, Kevin, and me
It was an honor to be a part of Cheryl and Lake's Wedding

Kevin as the MC

the Uyeda family: I-man, Chloe, and Wes

me and Joel

Kev, me and Kyle

Cheryl and Lake, CONGRATULATIONS!

Kyle's Birthday

This was at D&B for Kyle's birthday back in March

Chris, Kyle, me, and Josh

Denise, Chris, and Lexer enjoying some dessert

Josh rackin'um up!

FOCUS! Kyle san...FOCUS!

me and the birthday boy

Josh

me and Kyle

Denise and Lexer

Long time no see

I know...I know...it's been FOREVER since I've updated this thing...

*sigh*

so what have I been up to?

well, studying for Nursing...and more studying for Nursing! Haha

nah, here are some pics from this past semester

I'll be back, I promise. =)

At Ward Starbucks, where else

Shayna, Charity, me, Buba, and Mariah studying at the STEM center at KCC

Charity, Buba, and Shayna

Study group at Ward Starbucks for Exam #2, ZOOL 142 lecture class
Thank you Twain for taking the shot

Buba, Mariah, me, Charity, and Isaac

One of these days, when we all become RNs, we'll be able to look back at this...Good Times!

Suckered

It's begun...I can now be found on Facebook...

I signed up like yesterday and it was like an instant virtual reunion on steroids! What the heck?! People I haven't seen since Maryknoll High School or just in forever, I've been able to reconnect with. And it's been kinda cool actually. *smirk* I got to "multi-chat" for the first time! Haha, very funny.

...and here's how bad it is. Now whenever I take my study breaks, jumping on Facebook is competing with jumping on XBOX Live!

Ha! Oh boy, I need help...not to mention serious SURF withdrawals.

Always have... Always will...

*groan*

yet again, I find myself in the classroom of the subject I'm most utterly weakest in...

...I hate math!

Can't Fall Asleep

Christmas Break was here and gone and tomorrow is already the first day of classes for the Spring 2009 semester. Can't sleep so I'm sitting here with a bottle of bud light instead letting my mind wander for a bit. *sigh*

I got my sutures removed from my foot a few days ago. Doc said that the healing was coming along well and I have to check back again in 3 weeks. Now I got these sterile strips, kinda like band-aids, covering my wound. I've gotten about 70% of my mobility in my right foot back and now it's the home stretch and just waiting for the scar to fully heal and for my foot to get some rehab. Because of the surgery I didn't get to really do much for the break but I'm glad that I got it done when I did. Otherwise I'd be starting school again with crutches and a whole lot more pain.

I've also lost my tan because I've been inside for the most part. This is probably the longest streak of not surfing while living here in Hawaii. The last time I stood up and took a drop down a wave was early October and now it's January already! What the heck?

...it's now 12:15 AM but I don't care, it's the last night before school starts tomorrow and right now I'm gonna play some guitar.

Fresh Laundry Smell

Oh yeah, my phone after miraculously surviving the wash cycle, now smells like Downey fabric softener.

Christmas 2008

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!

This year we didn't do the usual wait til 12 midnight on Christmas Eve to open presents. Instead we all headed over to Uncle Edgar's house around 11 am for lunch and stayed til dinner. It was a great time talking with the family and catching up with them. I think that was the record for me sitting in one place without moving, because of my foot. I got up to use the bathroom once but in total it was about 9 hours straight!

My brother Jay called and said he was snowed in for Christmas at his place in Washington. He had his roommate's XBOX 360 so maybe I'll get to play some Call of Duty with him! That would be awesome. I think the last time we played video games together was probably high school. I wish he could've been here for Christmas instead of being stuck in the snow.

One highlight that I wish I had my camera for was when Roderick's son Blaze opened up one of presents and got "Thomas the Train" bibadees (underwear) Blaze is 2 so he didn't really know what to do with those and Roderick ended up putting a pair on Blaze's head like it was a beanie. And Blaze just smiled clueless as everybody was laughing.

Another highlight was playing Nintendo Wii with the family. At one point we were actually making a character for Uncle Edgar and it was super funny how close we got to making the character look like him! That was pretty cool. Out of the games, the boxing was the most fun to watch because it was the most physical. There was one match between Jordan and Uncle Edgar (Jordan's Dad) where Jordan made a final blow that made Uncle Edgar's character do some kind of somersault before hitting the floor for the count. Jordan was pretty much the champion for that game beating Uncle Edgar, Brenden, and Brandon. Then everyone started to play golf and that was cool to watch too.

Dang, pretty soon it's gonna be New Years 2009!