max's photo blog

in all this

2011-08-08T04:19:00.001-07:00

really, in all of this madness,

in all of this running about,
and, in all of this chaos,
in all of this searching,

in all of this everyday,
what i really want to do,
is get you know you more.

quickies!

2011-05-15T06:07:00.000-07:00

happy birthday OP and KONA!

probably thinking about what to eat for his birthday meal!
nah nah! haha

so do we look alike? mommy's day!

miku caught this one! cute!

i caught this one randomly after church!
i want a son! aww!

Umeka's Grad!

brought out the les paul..
she hasn't been played in sooo long~

and pizza party after, of course.

miku! :D

kisses

2011-04-26T04:59:00.001-07:00

i love my makiki family

quick catchup!

2011-04-18T04:24:00.000-07:00

camp! forgiven!

Kuroda Sensei's retirement!

Saori's super fun kankou day! yay!

and i miss you!

busy days

2011-03-23T13:07:00.001-07:00

busy days!

another really great day

2011-03-18T12:26:00.001-07:00

i think that sometimes,

you can relive the past.

sisterly love

2011-03-16T15:51:00.000-07:00

sometimes i really wish i had siblings

all we can do is pray

2011-03-14T03:31:00.001-07:00

respect.
prayer warrior.

pray for japan

2011-03-12T02:06:00.000-08:00

this is how i spent my night of
3.10.11 to 3.11.11
news, news, news
earthquake by miyagi, Japan
prayers going out to all of Japan

what kind of utsuwa are you?!
-pastor kuroda

teehee

last robe

2011-03-10T15:08:00.000-08:00

is this the last time he's going to wear this robe? :(

why'd i stop doing this?

2011-03-09T02:50:00.000-08:00

i think im back?

whatever it takes..

2010-07-11T04:12:00.000-07:00

I've always done things I was told not to do,
but I've never felt like I've disobeyed more than
when I didn't do what I was called to do..

WIT'10
SANBI EC'10

best pic yet! kion!

2010-05-08T05:34:00.001-07:00

you are too cute!
i think this is my best picture yet!
(edited a bit in post)

boots and kimos!

2010-05-04T04:09:00.000-07:00

mmmm
mac nut pancakes
mmmmmmm

longhi's

2010-05-03T03:21:00.001-07:00

this food looks so much better!

i knew i should have used a shorter lens
@longhi's ala moana
have a nice vacation tiffany!

i suck

2010-05-01T04:39:00.000-07:00

so i currently work at
kaiwa restaurant
and one of the managers asked me to
take pictures of the new lunch plate for the menu
i agreed but ..
i suck and it doesn't look tasty at all :(
gotta light it better, i think..

but here's a picture i do like!

kilo tt

2010-04-29T04:11:00.000-07:00

why do i keep doing this
anyway
reppin' the best bike shop in j-land

whale cramp!

2010-04-26T04:08:00.001-07:00

missed the focus

but didn't miss the ferocity!
nalo and back
4.25.10
see you around whalen!

the lunch box collab: bc burritos!

2010-04-24T17:52:00.001-07:00

hit up BC Burrito with
the lunch box

they were HUGE
(lens cap for reference)

we got in early so we picked up the breakfast burritos

variety of sauces, Maui one was bomb

inside stay nice

bling bling!

money aint a thang

shit happens, new day

2010-04-24T17:47:00.000-07:00

i miss you :(
put it short
false crack
+ putting bike down for a sec

daiginjo matsuri! (kinda, not really)

2010-04-20T02:42:00.000-07:00

this was actually friday night
but whatevers

bonus aloha sunday pic:
good fun, not my pic

aloha sunday 4.18.10

2010-04-19T07:09:00.000-07:00

this is my 2000th picture
with this camera

i need a shorter lens
this is at 18mm

oh wait
today was aloha sunday

genius

2010-04-18T03:04:00.000-07:00

"we left a lot of tip so we can do this"
-matt

hahaha

chrome turds for gold 4.16.10

2010-04-17T07:17:00.000-07:00

got my pair in!
whoop whoop!

the chase 4.15.10

2010-04-16T06:19:00.000-07:00

can't believe i chased after a girl
who talked to me after work
this is where i ended up

but i'm looking at you,
onewishchallenge!
your turn now :)

social networking

2010-04-15T03:06:00.000-07:00

no good picture today
but social networking sites are scary

im never gonna get a job now, haha
(via jon aaron, dollar tuesday)

mooses 4.13.10

2010-04-14T08:48:00.000-07:00

dollar drink tuesdays

met a guy named naoya

btw this pic is further proof that
i need a lens shorter than 50mm

aonori ga hairimasu 4.12.10

2010-04-13T04:32:00.000-07:00

my mommy made me yakisoba!
青のりが入ります！

hard lesson learned 4.11.10

2010-04-12T03:03:00.000-07:00

totally forgot my battery on my mom's birthday

wondered why it didn't turn on :(

gospel night 4.10.10

2010-04-11T04:51:00.001-07:00

another amazing gospel night!
5 bands gave it their all

awesome crowd

great message

quick game
(that everyone lost)

♥

p.s.
i've realized that most days it's impossible to pick
just one picture. sorry.
haha

a photo a day

2010-04-10T04:09:00.000-07:00

picked up a t2i
so i'm gonna try and take a photo a day
for an entire year

of course, first picture has to be of

the super secret build!

my first real model :)

and my most photogenic model :)

aloha sunday, skye's birthday, sake street, matchy matchy, chandan, going broke

2010-03-20T04:18:00.001-07:00

aloha sunday revival!
(3/10/10)

played polo for the first time in my life,
and it was HARD

skye also had her birthday extravaganza!
she had too much tequila

you're not even in the picture!

btw she's the one in the black.
haha

matt hooked it up
chandan, my new favorite incense.

so weird story,
ex coworker looks at current coworkers facebook,
sees my picture.
said ex coworker calls me up excited
tells me that i need to come to her current workplace
called sake street (facebook)

call up two friends i met over the past weekend
and we go enjoy some sake!
(didn't take pictures, whoops)

im going broke!

but friday is bike matchy-matchy day.
i swear i didn't plan it,
it just happened like this

and some friends are leaving for japan!
boo :(
Ayumu and Tomoe!
farewell brians.
have a great time in japan!

nothing too exciting

2010-03-11T02:31:00.000-08:00

recently i found out a friend of mine
really really really

really
really
reaaallllllly

likes ben and jerry's ice cream.

and hit up the sake shop, which was pretty cool!
lots of good stuff.
better brands, world sake imports..
gotta come back when i got money
and someone to drink with

i love this group
good fun, always

bonus pic of a random phone number
i found in my back pocket.
i seriously, honestly don't know where it came from..

today i met some ritsumei people!
a bunch of girls and two guys
hopefully i'll get to see them again,
maybe in kyoto?

anyway, life has been pretty boring
lots of work and less and less school
but i want a DSLR so that my pictures
aren't all just blah iphone pics

sorry

2010-02-24T03:52:00.000-08:00

sorry, i don't feel like reading your blog anymore

island unstoppable!

2010-01-20T03:23:00.001-08:00

island ride!
(my first ever, kinda)

pretty big turnout!

around 30 people

all suited up in my spandex

made it to swanzy's!

awesome job m a r i c C H A R I!!

had lunch cause of pestering old man

shrimps!

yuuki and i continued on to
matsumoto shave ice
(about 80mi)

caught the bus home

not enough sun to finish :(

like the wind!
woooosh!

new year, new bike

2010-01-04T04:37:00.000-08:00

before the year ends..

m a r i c C H A R I's (very) belated birthday!

and fond farewells :(

heihei

mami

eri
(simultaneous translation team! yeeeaahh!)

but hello to a new bike for a new year!

countdown (free) ozoni!
@akinono

yearly mochi pounding tradition!

natto and kinako~

and a FIRST!
zenzai! (by my request, muahaha)

delicious!

first date of the year too :)
@kohnotori

and..

first barspin of the year!
:)

bye bye sammy :(

2009-12-14T17:54:00.001-08:00

2/25/09
-

12/14/09

accomplishments:
500+ miles in Japan
Haleiwa Metric Century
Honolulu Century Ride

you'll be missed dearly..

TA1 rando :(

2009-11-24T07:03:00.000-08:00

I went through the rando that
my brother
TA1
gave me :(

高知での
思い出のタイヤー　（笑

from japan with love!

2009-11-19T04:10:00.000-08:00

usps told me i got a package!

it was from hiro, who i met riding randomly in machida!

look at all this amazing goodies!

what?!
who are those two baby looking things?!

omg!
keirin kewpies!!!
AWESOME!

japanese people

2009-10-29T06:08:00.000-07:00

can't hold their alcohol,

happy 21st, hiro!
it was cool meeting you

spaghetti!

2009-10-27T07:39:00.000-07:00

pietro's!

sometimes good things come when you least expect it :)

Century Ride! (and Kohei)

2009-10-09T03:46:00.000-07:00

i haven't updated in a while :(

i'm alive though!
sept 27 was the honolulu century ride
100 miles or 160km

silly spokes!

there was about .. 8 of us?
on fixed gears.
people rode past us and called us crazy :)

i didn't think i'd do it,
but i did all 100 miles!
total time was about 8 hours.
i think i could have done it faster but
we waited for a lot of people at the rest stops
about 1 hr of rest time?

wasn't tooooo sore the next day,
but then again i wasn't pushing myself that hard

but that night, kohei said he wanted to get fucked up
(he let me stay at his house in kyoto)
so i bought him some drinks

guess which one is kohei!

POORBOYxMAXDESU wut

2009-09-21T22:56:00.000-07:00

today is the first ever

poorboyparadise
x
maxdesu

collab!

we like riding bikes :)

so the idea behind poor boy paradise
is that Seth and Sau try to eat as cheap as possible in paradise.
Sau, being the brilliant guy that he is,
decides that todays challenge is how much food you can get for
five dollars at whole foods

sau with:
i don't even know what those circle things are
+ banana

seth with:
rice, nori, yogurt
+ banana

aly and nimz with
various teas
+sanrio ice creamz

maxdesu coming in with a pound of meatloaf!

apparently the poor boys don't waste food,
so i had to eat the whole thing
x.x;;

but mainly riding

2009-08-24T05:31:00.000-07:00

Thanks,
KFC!

not only riding!

2009-08-24T05:18:00.000-07:00

not only did i ride bikes, but i ...

saw yosakoi!

wake boarded!

inner tubed?

hanabi taikai!

ate sushi!

did my own hanabi taikai!

and started a super secret project!

and finally, Kochi!

2009-08-24T05:13:00.000-07:00

kochi is so dope.
met up with riders the first day i got there
k.f.c. <3

it was crazy hot

but riding with these guys was the best

Himeji!

2009-08-24T05:10:00.001-07:00

so my bike has been packed up this whole time
like 3 days of no riding.
haven't gone that long in a while..

but we went to himeji!
pretty much the most badass castle in japan.

huge!

it was crazy hot outside, so we checked it out
and stopped in a shop for some anago don
it was suuuper good
(forgot to take pics before..)

Kobe!

2009-08-24T05:02:00.000-07:00

okay! real day in kobe.
had to kill half of the day waiting,
but went to nanking machi,
the china town(street) of kobe.

black manapua was crazy

got pulled into a hole in the wall
chinese food shop cause it was
'ヤスクテ-オイシイ'
i think that's all she knew how to say!

but it actually was pretty cheap and delicious

and our server was really nice!

kobe jazz swing of lights!
prettyyyyy

i hadn't ridden a ferris wheel in forever!

finished our night with some medal game
someone gave us a butt load of tokens!

Pack up the bike, off to Kobe! Nara?

2009-08-24T04:56:00.000-07:00

so i know what you're thinking.

no deer in kobe! they're in nara!

i met up with my friend in kobe
and we went to nara!
daibutsu!
君、その饅頭をとってくれない？

had some tempura deer soba!
(i keeed)

^_^

osaka!

2009-08-04T08:51:00.000-07:00

i haven`t gone to a service in two weeks

so i rushed to see takashi get baptized!

congrats!

it was a suuuper cute church!

that night we went to this super far place to eat ramen

one of the best ramen i`ve ever had!

the drive was like an hour.. crazy

totally worth it though.

takashi took me around osaka the next day

namba, kuidaore, etc.

ocean cycle factory!

met up with kanako the next day

to see this freaking huge aquarium!

kaiyuukan.

entry fee was kinda expensivos

but totally worth it.

ritsumeikan!

2009-08-04T08:44:00.000-07:00

dont know if you remember these girls,

but they visited hawaii a while back.

started the day with a parfait!

off to kiyomizu!

there was a omikuji there
regarding love!

i picked one and out of like seven levels,
i got the second to the worst.
i kept it anyway :p

saw kinkakuji!
my harlem!

ended the night again at an izakaya.

this one was really good though,

300yen per item

so it ended up really cheap!

super fun day

kyoto!

2009-08-04T08:38:00.000-07:00

this station is huge!

got to kyoto station.

stayed at a hotel that night,

was bored so i called some friends

and we decided to have some drinks in the lobby.

takuji got pretty crunk

sightseeing the next day!
ginkakuji!

kyoto university!

got a message that night from

the ritsumeikan girls

saying that they could meet up.

im pretty badass at ufo catcher.

ended the night at an izakaya

which was pretty cheap

and pretty good!

Hikone!

2009-08-04T08:29:00.000-07:00

decided that nagoya - kyoto would be too far

so i only spent one night in nagoya and

decided to sleep at hikone instead.

i think it was about 70km from nagoya to hikone,

(i rode a bit at this point, and hikone is past maibara)

caught up with some slow ass roadies, haha.

Hikone!

theres a castle in hikone,

which is why i decided to stop there.

i also stopped by a little bike shop

where we talked for a bit.

super cool lbs!

at this point, i decided that

hikone would be too boring to stay at

and a waste of money,

so i took a train to kyoto.

i`m practically out of money,

so at this point i`ve semi-officially given up

the bike trip.

biking costs money (hotel)

and by the end of the ride,

im too tired to sightsee

biking at the destination is so much better.

so it`s now going to be the bring the bike along,

backpacking, trainriding trip.

One day in Nagoya..

2009-08-04T08:22:00.000-07:00

nagoya sky tower!

last year, i couldn`t really see nagoya

so i wanted to see what nagoya had to offer.

went to my mom`s high school.

muahahaha

Nagoya Castle!

i was kind of bummed,

the inside is like a museum!

not castle like at all ; ;

and thanks to my nagoya family! :)

Toyohashi! Keirin, Round 1, Family, Hotochan!

2009-08-04T08:13:00.000-07:00

Toyohashi Keirin!

freaking intense!

hawaii needs a track...

i even won!

210yen.. haha

bowling for the first time in years!

thanks to my family in toyohashi.

super super super nice

i wish i could have stayed longer!

hotochan!
you know you`re jealous!

Longest Ride Yet! Shimizu - Toyohashi 160km

2009-08-04T08:06:00.000-07:00

left shimizu at 6:30

for toyohashi, which is about 140km away

if you go the short mountain way.

i decided on the long flat way :)

there were a ton of cool fruit stands

to keep my stomache from eating itself

which was really nice!

japanese fruits are delicious..

long... long.. rides...

not really sure what this is, but it was cool.

finally got to toyohashi!

got in at around 7:30?

it was about 13 hours..

ride rest ride rest ride rest

repeat

Off to Shizuoka, Rain, Chari Cross!

2009-08-04T07:58:00.000-07:00

left machida for shizuoka.

decided that i`d try to get to Numazu,

but the rain and mountains were too intense

ended up about 40km short,

about 60km away from machida

in a place called gotemba

i couldn`t believe it, but

yossy was following behind me by car

the whole way!

amazing guy, i hope he comes to hawaii

---

a guy on mixi messaged me

saying that there was a crew in shizuoka

that i should hang with.

i texted him the day before

and he said he was free,

so i asked him to show me around

mt fuji!

him, his friend, and his friend`s girlfriend

drove me around, and we went to mt fuji!

didn`t know it was going to be so cold...

coffee!

ota, ayako, ushi.

there was so much fog that

it was impossible to see mt fuji.

kinda lame, but i was there!

went to chari cross` practice that night.
super tight group, lots of riders who have lots of money.
not super amazing at tricks, but they have heart!
super fun crew

ended up going to a tachinomi bar

that was themed after hawaii!

bwahaha

they let me in the bar

Not much in Machida.. STRATOS?!

2009-08-04T07:53:00.001-07:00

so aside from the amazing crew in machida

there isn`t much to see,

so yossy was super nice and took me to asakusa!

taiyaki delicious mm

and ryuuji happens to know a builder

stratos!

super dope factory!

Akihabara, Obirin, Machida!

2009-08-04T07:40:00.000-07:00

so after such a long day of riding,

i needed a maid to help me feel better,

so maid cafe!

kokoro was my maid :)

i think this was the day before,

but there was a bike carnival that was pretty dope

i wish i could have gone earlier and bought a frame :O

then off to machida!

met up with the famous mariccha at obirin!

probably around a 50km ride

stayed over at ryuuji`s house that night

and i did laundry the next day.

yossy was super cool, and took me to a coin laundry!

machida crew

after getting kicked out of kanamori!

LOTS OF RIDING.

2009-07-21T09:36:00.001-07:00

lots and lots of riding

lunch

sugino 75s are expensive
(so is a lot of other stuff)

yay!
apple GINZA

bridge!

odaiba!

that day was
Omori - Shibuya - Harajuku -
Shinjuku - Hatsudai - Ginza -
Odaiba - LOST -

TRAIN.

Marissa has MAD SKIDS

Two Days in Japan, Lots of Bike Riding!

2009-07-17T09:20:00.001-07:00

i wish i could do these huge updates frequently from the road..
but i don't think it's going to be possible
no computer :(

anyway,
ANA said my bike can fly for free!
yay!

it was so hard bringing it on the train
and walking from the station to the place im staying at
but i made it!

thanks to this person, i was able to find my house..

my first night in tokyo, there was a huge event in yoyogi park,
and i was like,
'if i remember the google map correctly, it's directly north of here!'
so I used the 3gs compass and headed north!
it took 40 minutes but i finally ran into some people riding fixed
and found the place!

marissa entered the race, crazy!
she was only 6th too!
not too shabby :)

went home and got HELLA lost
dunno where the fuck i was
thank you 3gs and the map i bought

tokyo is a big place :(

day 2:

met up with ichigo,
she didn't know it was my first time in tokyo
but when she found out, she took me to
ikebukuro!

we stopped in shibuya though!

and i ate this nasty shit
in the top of namchatown?
i had to try it, squid ice cream and cow tongue ice cream..
video!

and as i was looking for internet,
i ran into these guys
and we talked and ended up having dinner and a few drinks
i love this fixed community!

Flight!

2009-07-15T13:55:00.001-07:00

i thought i'd make use of whatever free internet i had,
quick update.

all nighter, starbucks, rockstar.
arrived at the airport waayy to early,
thinking i'd have to argue with the desk
about how my box was ART not a BIKE
but they guy knew it was a bike immediately,
i didn't deny it or say it was
and he checked it in and was like
'okay your gate is *point* and your seat is *point*'

NO CHARGE?!
....

NICE!

(the freaking plane is delayed 40 minutes though)

NO CHARGE?!

NICE!

Two more days..

2009-07-14T00:52:00.001-07:00

And the ride of my life begins!

Haven't posted in a While..

2009-07-13T00:27:00.001-07:00

two 21st birthdays in a very short amount of time!

happy birthday Jaymee & Kyoko!

i'm 99.9999% sure i didn't take that picture..

but i don't think i could be sure of anything that happened that night..

ojiya!

zippys!

and a training ride to kailua

Aloha Sunday (久々！）

2009-06-01T04:57:00.000-07:00

first aloha sunday in a looong time
i haven't ridden with these guys in a while too
so it was cool seeing them again

sadly, i had work a few hours after
so i couldn't partake in a lot of
the tasty beverages..

could the weather have been any better?!

it was blistering hot
but it was a beautiful day

命の水

2009-05-28T03:23:00.000-07:00

inochi no mizu
sanbi festival
olivet baptist church

Tiffany's Wedding!

2009-05-07T10:22:00.000-07:00

Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Phung!

(my cousin got married!)
doesn't it look like we got married? haha

but yeah, i took a short weekend trip up to california
thanks to james, i was able to check out
some sweet bike shops.
↑↑LBFG Citygrounds

LABrakeless
(soo many colors!)

and we got to eat at..
jerry's?
some deli-restaurant place

pome!
(i think)

and today,
may 5th,
took a sunrise bike ride out
met a guy named robert who caught up
to me while i was crusing in ala moana beach park
and we rode to lagoon drive
pretty cool guy but,
i didn't want to get too friendly,
so i blasted it halfway home, keke

hit kaka'ako for pics!

New Parts! <3 Samson

2009-04-27T13:54:00.000-07:00

all city double straps
traitor cycles seatpost
mks sylvans!
chee!

Metric Century! (いちこさん、おめでとぉー！)

2009-04-26T21:00:00.001-07:00

Haleiwa Metric Century!

this is the route.
100km, 62 miles.
brutal (but fun!) ride

(oh yeah, it's from A to B, then BACK to A)

there were a few muddy spots..

it started at 7:30,
so i woke up at 5,
got ready, left to meet OMC at 5:45,
got there at 6:45 after a bit of trouble,
headed out at 7!

came back at 10:35, so
3:35 total riding time!
not too shabby

and this was me after the race,

anything that came in contact
with the saddle was numb...
still numb.

Ichiko san Omedetou!

i wanna get married!

Parties, Last Days, Rebirth, Maids, Food.

2009-04-14T23:40:00.000-07:00

water with lemon is what kings drink

i make it rain

last day in hawaii,
but i'll see you in japan!

rebirth!
ある意味 last day

another last day.
i'm sure a lot was on his mind

who does this maid like better?

i think this robot had a thing for me
his hand was on my shoulder..

last big meal with everyone..

bonus: last time i'll ever see a balla-ass purple dumptruck

word

Kochi Daigaku!

2009-03-21T13:50:00.001-07:00

rainbow connection receiving 09!

starting to get visitors from Kochi~
bible study, then waikz, then brians!

took em up to tantalus after!
ﾏｼﾞやべっ

Ritsumeikan!

2009-03-14T01:22:00.001-07:00

girls from Ritsumeikan Daigaku in Kyoto
came to UH for a month to study english
and hang out with the students.
Minami, probably the hottest one there, haha.

Saori, who looks like she'd study hard, but didn't.
she bought three designer bags and two ipods!

Ai, who i kind of met on the last day,
she was super nice though!

and Saki!
when i had to leave for bible study,
she almost cried!
i didn't know what to do, haha.
i don't think i've ever had anyone cry
when i had to go!

bye!

New Stuff!

2009-03-11T00:20:00.000-07:00

i think a few people know this,
but i'm allergic to nickel~
and i found a place that does stainless steel buckles
so i got a new belt!
it'll change over time too :)

my dad apparently had this in a shed
it's a really old trek road bike
in amazing condition!
gears!
it'll be my new project bike

and of course my new baby, the samson!
crazy tight geometry,
straight off the track in Japan!

Tom Mosher

2009-02-27T15:17:00.000-08:00

so Tom Mosher is in town!
i drove him home so that he didn't have to
sit in the back of a truck

last night i went out at about 11:30
to watch the guys tricking/drinking
and totally forgot there was a japanese test today!

came home at about 3:30,
figured out how i was going to
get my bike together before
MACAFRAMA!
and how to study
and got to baisuta
and how to go to the Japanese Culture Center

woke up late and the car was gone
the beginning of the day was super lame
but i'm halfway though and
almost got the bike up for MACAFRAMA
and everything seems to be on schedule!

Samson (NJS!)

2009-02-25T19:28:00.001-08:00

yup, I'm stupid

bike stolen

2009-02-22T01:59:00.001-08:00

no pics cause theres nothing to post

can't..stop..eating..

2009-02-17T19:37:00.001-08:00

went to the crack seed store
and got some goodies
but now i can't stop eating!

lihing dried strawberry
is super bomb

best webpage ever?

2009-02-12T19:13:00.001-08:00

uh, do websites get any better?
girls on biycles

am I a host?

2009-02-03T22:19:00.001-08:00

so i got to do this job again
where i show girls around
and get paid for it!

my friend said that it was pretty much like
a host club, just outside.
it's not, right?!

i made them walk pretty far,
felt kinda bad, but they said they had a good time!
they even wrote me a thank you card. :)

loco moco!

and this kid looks better in my hat than i do :(

hats!

2009-01-23T17:39:00.000-08:00

so after i cut my hair, i've wanted to have lazy days

where i just leave the house without touching my hair
and so i thought, i need a hat!

picked this one up at stussy

then i walked to in4mation
(should have walked there earlier)
and saw this beauty!

i had to have it!
so now i have two hats,
which is good, i guess...
more lazy days?

a guy at campus center was playing yazz flute!

bike pile-up at some bar in aloha tower!
(can you spot mine?)

gifts and birthday people

2009-01-18T05:25:00.000-08:00

spread the gospel the best way you know!
use your gift,
and do church as a team!

party!
happy birthday to
Amanda, Takuji, Derek, Maaza!

whoo!

winter break 08!

2009-01-05T23:56:00.000-08:00

kind of a huge update,

haven't had access to a computer in a while.
if you haven't heard,
grandma passed away..
but she's with Jesus now =]

its always nice when family gets together :)
we don't have too many chances to get (almost) everyone in

fish!

had a little bit of time to chill in melrose with the cousins,

went to orange 20 bikes!

and i was super blessed to be able to go to EC!

in loving memory of
Harue Suzuki
12/18/08

a loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother!

Cram Session!

2008-12-16T00:26:00.001-08:00

late night cram session!

(i didn't study though, haha)
$0.75 monsters and snacks!

teehee

Christmas Concert! 心に光を！

2008-12-07T20:37:00.001-08:00

we just had our Christmas Concert!
心に光を！
this year, i did gospel hula,
and was in the joint gospel choir!

and i got my bike back up!
(almost!) all black components!
so stoked, but so broke~

WISH!
ういっしゅっ！

Frame!

2008-12-04T16:37:00.000-08:00

still missing a couple of parts
can't wait to ride again~

A Food-Filled Weekend

2008-11-29T12:35:00.000-08:00

kota's 23rd! (wednesday)
nabe party at the iwasaki place (like old times)
soooo good!

and of course, thursday is thanksgiving!
despite totally pigging out the night before,
i stuffed my face with american delight!
(didn't eat the entire day though, haha)

takaya lost a game of baka, haha
バツゲーム：おばちゃん達と花札参加！笑
penalty game: play a game of hanafuda with the ladies! haha

and i randomly saw this on the side of the road
while walking to church on friday..
i guess it wasn't just me who had a
food-filled thanksgiving!

Crash!

2008-11-24T17:31:00.001-08:00

coming down metcalf, jumped on the sidewalk
wanted to jump on the road so I flipped to see if it was clear
car came, paniced, went back to riding on the sidewalk
big blue mailbox appeared out of nowhere!
prepared for the crash,
tire hit the mailbox, face hit the mailbox
and my frame is fucked!

Ten..nai..gakuen? Yuuki's Birthday!

2008-11-12T20:48:00.001-08:00

picked up these girls
walking around waikz
they liked my bicycle!

nah nah nah!
so I get to hang out with girls from japan

and get paid for it!
they were from some school near Ikebukuro.

then right after, KARAOKE!
for yuuki's birthday.
お前と追ったらおもろいゎー！♪

CPK!

it came out pretty cheap too!
good meal, good fun.

bonus shot! (as always!)

small kine stress
recently!
so I jumped on my bike
went town -> school st -> down past the big bus stop (loves)
-> nimitz -> up lagoon drive -> into salt lake
and remembered that my grandma lived in salt lake
so I visited her :)

Pink Party!

2008-11-11T04:51:00.001-08:00

Xyloh Pink Party!
Scored a glow.. ring!
don't know what's going on!

Seiwa Gakuen Visit 08!

2008-11-09T01:35:00.000-08:00

Seiwa Gakuen from Kochi came over
and hung out with us

about eleven freshman came
and six of them slept over at my house!
talk about intensity!

Seiwa Gakuen BBQ!

and a bonus starbucks stop bike pile-up!

海洋高校 bbq!

2008-10-19T02:37:00.000-07:00

they sailed over from kochi japan
caught 12 tons of tuna
and we threw them a bbq!
super windy, good food though

she's a trooper

wheels! paint!

2008-10-19T02:23:00.000-07:00

long post warning!

pink base coat
masked, blacked out
unmasked
wheeled up!

:O

2008-10-13T22:48:00.001-07:00

uh oh, what's going on
(hub stripped, new wheels soon!)

Aloha Sunday! 9/28

2008-09-29T02:28:00.001-07:00

another super fun day of riding
with the Aloha Fixed crew!
got zero points, but
still got a shirt for entering!

bonus pic! mah current setup
it gets me places

ride day!

2008-09-23T01:20:00.000-07:00

Kicks/Hi Ward -> Lagoon Dr -> A'ala Park Ghettodrome
I couldn't keep up.. haha.

CROTCH!

2008-09-10T11:26:00.001-07:00

crazy hill climbing + a bunk chain =
bruised knees and a hole in your crotch

RRDG@3mo

2008-08-23T19:02:00.000-07:00

denim update:
3 months
nudies regular ralf dry greycast
(note: not as faded as they are in the pics)

purple!

2008-08-21T03:21:00.000-07:00

special thanks to erin and marissa
for all of the hard work!

paint prep!

2008-08-14T01:49:00.001-07:00

here's what it looks like so far~
took off the bottle holder and
most of the places for the screws.
it's almost ready for paint!

first blood!

2008-08-13T04:26:00.001-07:00

i was practicing track stands
and my foot was caught in the cage and i tipped!
i thought it was bleeding a lot more than it should have been,
and when i cleaned it out,
there was a piece of glass that rolled out of it.
(you didn't need to see any of this. haha)