2 Weeks Already?!

Jeez, I can't believe that it has already been 2 weeks since my last blog. I guess the last 2 weeks have been pretty busy. Let's see, two birthdays, a old sport revisted, and a TV season finshed. No wonder I'm so tried.

Anyway the last two weeks have been pretty busy. One weekend was my mom's 50th birthday. I can't believe that my mom has turned 50. I see her almost everyday so I guess the aging goes unnoticed. Its weird because I just thought of a memory when I used to be in 1st grade and I stayed with my biological grandparents every once in a while. I remember sitting in the car as a ride to school asking them how old they were and they said that they were 56 or something. Which means that when I was 5 or 6 my grandparents were already 50, just like my mom. It's kind of weird how time doesn't slow down for anything or anyone. Anyway that Friday we went to Hy's Steak House and celebrated as a family. But I felt that the majority of the night was about Krystal and I getting married. But I guess it was expected from my mom reaching grandma age. After dinner my mom wanted to go singing karaoke so went to the usual place only to find Lauren and Wayne were in the room next door. My mom sang to her hearts desire and that was that.

The next day we went to Kailua Beach to frolic and try the breakfast place Boots and Kimo. They had a famous Macadamian Nut syrup that we just had to try. I guess there's a reasion why its so famous. It was fricken awesome!! The actual meal wasn't anything too special except for the sauce. Kailua beach was its usual windy and somewhat choppy self. We did play for a long enough time to get a little sunburnt. I was itchy all week after that. We also made it a point to try our hand in tennis again. I went into the closet to fish out my old racket. Which looked good as new since we haven't played in forever. I was surprised how fast Jake can move and cut up the tennis court. He was almost as nimble as a gazelle! Our goal was to get good enough to beat Lisa. With Lisa, having experience, in tennis ever since 10th grade I thought that it was a good goal to shoot for. Next time we meet on the courts I know that we're gonna kick ass!

Work is work. The same pressures, the smae worries, and the little triumphs.

The following week was just as

Do you remember...

the 5th night of September? Well its seems like I blog very Wednesday for some reason. But I think its because the ending of the week is solely devoted to getting through to the weekend and the beginning of the week is hectic to prepare for the coming week and my only breath of fresh air is on Wednesday. We just came off a three day weekend and it went by a lot faster than I had wanted it too.

Friday was our first session of eDnD. My friend wanted to try NeverWinterNights. It felt really geeky because it turned into a LAN party with five people playing Dungeons and Dragons on our laptops. It doesn't seem to get geekier than that. But nevertheless it was pretty fun. I mean it does have its pros and cons but I was more on the pro side. It felt kind of like Gauntlet where you run around killing people. But I think the next time we need to plan how we're going to create our party. The characters selection was a little unbalanced and had we actually went through some hard stuff we would have died. Anyway that went into the early morning and we walked away being more of a geek than ever before.

The whole three day weekend was planned by Krystal and day 1 was all about the "Lucky you live Hawaii!" In the morning we woke up at a decent time to go to the Okinawan Festival. Every year Jake is quick to remind us that its that time of year to get our annual fill of andagi and andogs. And it was no different this year. It was crowded as usual but I felt that I didn't stand in too many lines as I did last year. Anyway the andogs were eaten and all of Okinawan culture soaked up to last us until next year. After the festival we decided to cool off from the heat with a viewing of Blades of Glory. But that turned into justification to take a small mid weekend nap. We woke up just in time to go to Jake's house to watch the season opener of Warrior Football. It was a blow out with the UH Warriors killing U of Northern Colorado 63-6. Although the game was no where close to being a super game, it was fun drinking and eating with friends all cheering the same team.

Sunday somehow turned into a shopping day. Jake needed to buy some new work shoes so we made a trip to Waikele. And of course Krystal was in! We started at Ala Moana for some lunch at Genki Sushi and a quick stop at a cosmetic store. Then at the Outlets we found pretty much all the things we set out to find and of course Krystal spent most of the time in one store but everyone left happy and that was the main point. I also got a chance to get some ideas for some Halloween ideas for this year. Last year, I had just started teaching the week of Halloween so I had more things on my mind then how to decorate my room but this year I'm starting early. I know this year my room will be awesome! After shopping all day we made a pit stop at home to freshen up and then we dusted off our tennis rackets and made our way to a court. It had been over three years since I last held my racket and I had to admit it just felt "nice." We went to Kapiolani Park to play but I was surprised at what we saw. On one of the four courts a group of guys had started a dodgeball game. I kept flashing back between Kyoto and the present as I watched the rubber balls of death fly through the air! But the "show" ended abruptly when a snobby looking man started to complain that the "kids" playing dodgeball were to get off because"he" wanted to play tennis. I could understand if they were being hooligans and making a scene but supposedly they waited for their turn and were playing a clean game of dodgeball. The old man threatened to call the cops and I think he actually did but I'm sure the cops have better things to do than to police public tennis court rules. We were on a court ourselves in about 30 minutes or so and had the time of our lives! There was a sense of joy that came from "trying to play" tennis because we weren't all about the rules but successfully making it over the net in bounds. We got a nice workout and had lots of fun at the same time.

Monday was Labor Day so we planned early and made a point to get an early start. we had planned to eat a breakfast fit for a king and have a mini-road trip to the north shore to the Beach of Perfection. It held up all the expectation of a beach of perfection except that the waves were a little stronger than usual. After fighting Mather Nature for about an hour and half we decided to go into town to go to Lisa's pool. But not before we stopped off at Dole Plantation for some Dole Whip and McDonald's for dinner. The pool wasn't as fun as the beach but it did quench my thirst for external full body hydration. We called it a night at around 7:30 and the three day weekend slowly came to and end. I don't have any more three day weekends to look forward but I do have the fall break looming overhead in about three weeks. From here out its going to be fun all the way to Christmas. We got holidays, birthdays, and few long weekends coming up.

I can't believe that its been over a year since we have been back from JET. And even within the year I feel as if we have come a long way and there new experiences popping up everywhere. Let's just hope that lady luck is still on my side for a little while longer for all the good things I am receiving. Let's make Fall 2007 something to remember!

I'm so tried...

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