teen changs

jacie and jay boy: present day teen changs.

teen chang

my dad emailed me these photos... i'm not sure where he found them or who took em but there he is, the third kid (if you're counting from left to right). apparently this is his band. brothas had style, no? matching red blazers and skinny ties lookin sharp! he has a high school reunion coming up and the band is getting back together... it's a reunion reunion! and it's serious... guys from the mainland are flying in early to rehearse and everything! somebody put that on youtube!

LWLH: diamond head hike: afterparty

had an early dinner at diamond head grill and grinded across from kapiolani park. earlier in the day i took kaleb surfing at canoes so i spent nearly the entire day in waikiki. its a beautiful place.

LWLH: diamond head hike: funnies

1. we were enjoying the view when we noticed these tarps flapping in the wind down below. not sure if you can see 'em but we counted about 4 "camps" homeless folks had set up in the bushes, literally across the street from million dollar homes.

2. my wife is HAWAIIAN! we almost didn't go hiking because one of her big toes was bruised and she couldn't wear shoes. plan B? slippahs! one the way down, she was like, "i no need slippahs!" and made it down barefoot. meanwhile i had shoes on and an ankle brace. not hawaiian.

3.it's windy at the top. this photo doesn't do the hat graveyard any justice.

4. we were commenting on japanese tourists hiking attire (jeans, longsleeves, dresses, fancy shoes) when this guy walks by wearing a kid on his back!

LWLH: diamond head hike: scenics

got rid of the kids and went on a hike date. chee!

the new karate kid

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i'm not sure i'm into it. first of all i'm sorta over the re-doing of old movies thing. it seems like every other movie that comes out now is a re-do. i guess karate kid is a classic, but is it old enough for a re-do? am i in denial of my oldness?

whatever, i'm old, re-do it. but i don't get the new twist... its called karate kid, but its set in china, with chinese jackie chan teaching kungfu. karate=japan. kungfu=china. huh? either hollywood is dumb or hollywood thinks america is dumb. is there an explanation? has anyone asked the producers/director about this little cultural faux pax?

hawaii athletics: on the map

per capita, i think hawaii has the most athletic kids in america. especially in sports where height is not of significant value, we excel. our advantage: heart. coming from an isolated place where historically we have always been considered outsiders imprints on us an underdog mentality. did you see when the ewa beach
kids won the little league world series a few years ago? that was some heart.

this year?
stanford's title winning mens volleyball team... 7 hawaii kids.
hpu just won the DII womens softball title... 11 homegrown girls.
brian clay, the undersized gold medal winning decathalete won yet another meet in austria.
UH womens softball team just beat no. 1 seed alabama to make it to the college world series... 8 hawaiians.
UH mens baseball just won the wac title and is in arizona for their regional tourney... 10 local boys. (kolten wong from hilo was wac tourney mvp)