Cool Commercial......

Saw this cool commercial tonight:



Here's the original and still can't believe that MJ is not here anymore.....he was THE og Dancing Machine:

My Best 2010 Super Bowl Commercials.....

Nothing really really caught my eye this year - but here's my picks for the best.

No. 1 - http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-super-bowl-commercials/09000d5d81643d98/Kia-commercial (don't know if i would buy the car, BUT, Kia commercials are kool...but still not as good as their hamster one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFHCfwF87_o)

No. 2 - http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-super-bowl-commercials/09000d5d81643a5f/Vizio-commercial (how much can you recognize...???)

No. 3 - http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-super-bowl-commercials/09000d5d816439a3/Audi-Green-Police-commercial (i guess because i work in the refuse/recycling field)

Was a great game, btw.....good for the New Orleans Saints!!!

From HI.....Happy 2010!

When there's no vog, it's been pretty nice around here...

Swimmers, stand up paddlers, kayakers, fishermen, reef explorers, surfers, kids and people on the beach and playing in the water.....

Taken from here: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3394502

Weekend Sporting Wins...

SUMO: Asashoryu kicked some @$$ this weekend after first loosing to Hakuho during regular time. During the OT rematch it was super exciting as it looked like Hakuho had a slight advantage for a few seconds, but Asa somehow found a way to pull it off!!!

CYCLING: I was so happy when I found out Cadel won the World Championship Road Race! After much bull in the Tour and even more real bull in the Veulta, he finally got his redemption. Plus that, I think he is one of the few guys whose really doing it totally on his own without any "assistance."

A Train In Japan...

We were leading at this point...

On the way to Shinjuku (新宿), my brother getting in a few minutes of UH football against UNLV. Unfortunately, UNLV had this super tall receiver that just out "jump balled" our smaller DB. Our guy had perfect position but there was just nothing else he could have done...

2 Casio G Shocks...

So I couldn't resist and ordered two G-Shocks from the ones I was checking out before...

Casio G-Shock AWG100: This one was suppose to be my "bang around" watch, but, after examining it in person, it looks really really too good for banging around. And, I was really surprised to find that this one HAS the World Time function...perfect!


Casio G-Shock BG011: This is one that I really had to have, and after seeing it in real life...I'm glad I pulled the trigger. That dark green background is perfect for University of Hawaii games and the faint flower-paisley style backdrop and bold roman numerals on a rectangle face is so dope. This thing is literally built like a tank and is like wearing a brick of gold. I'm glad I found it on-line at Jomashop.com for only $83 cause just recently, I saw it on ebay for $119. Apparently, this model is getting rarer by the minute as it's not being made anymore by Casio...

Some G-Shocks...

I've been looking at some G's lately...and these are the ones that are perking my interest....

Casio AWG100 This is the one that instantly caught my eye at first - relatively inexpensive ($80ish), atomic w/ solar, the only thing really missing is world time. Lots of bezel protection and perfect for autocrossing.

Casio GW2500 Then this classy and expensive ($175ish) looking G REALLY caught my eye. Supposedly one of Casio's newest models - atomic w/ solar and world time. Very professional looking and the only thing I wish it had was more protection for the bezel like the AWG100 above.

Casio BG011 For some reason this discontinued metal bracelet square G has constantly been on my mind for months...w/ no atomic or solar, but with wt, I like it...don't ask me why...

Hawaii.....Happy Belated 50th...

Last Friday, August 21st, was the 50th anniversary of Hawaii becoming the 50th, and so far last State, of the United States of America. From what I hear, it was a great day in the State.

Happy 50th Hawaii...

Kam sa ham ni da!!!

...Was probably what Y.E. Yang was saying when he tanked his eagle chip on 14 to finally take the lead from "The" Tiger Woods. Then he goes on to hit an unbeleivable and perfect shot from the rough, over the trees, over the bunker, holding the left to right wind, to tight back LEFT pin position to like 10 feet, to seal the win...what an awesome shot...

Best Thing Since Sliced Bread...

1# of Homemade Bread!!!

Prepped, stacked and ready for bread maker action...
Hot, awesome crunchy crust, soft and fluffy, delicious, and so good smelling...

After getting my shipment right on time from Amazon (only 2 days w/ free shipping) and buying "bread" specific flour (more gluten), I got through 2 loafs of bread with the Zo this weekend. One basic regular white and one french, both soooo good. Should have bought this thing years ago...you'll never see me buying bread ever again!

No excuse for not having enough carbs during my workouts now.

Carbo Time...Homemade Style...

After a ton of research.....got this coming, supposedly on the 28th...

Mini Elephant "Zo" bread maker...supposedly the best bread machine that's not the size of a grand piano. I could have gotten away much cheaper with the Panasonic bread maker, or spent a little more for the top-of-the-line Zo machine, but those were just way too BIG.

Now on to doing the research on what is the best bread flour and yeast.

With all the riding I've been doing, this will help with the carbo loading for sure...

Broken Laptop and Autocross Practice

2/10/2009 Haven't been able to post for a LONG LONG LONG while - since my Toshiba M105-3004 laptop cr@ped out the other day. Either going to fix or get one of the new netbooks...or both.

THEN!!! - my desk top crapped out while I was writing this on the 3rd!!! After much research I ended up with an HP Mini laptop from Costco...90 days to decide if I want to keep it...


Took the Tetsuyagarage roadster out two Sundays ago to get some autocross practice - in the wet and on our 185 Yoko ES100's. Surprisingly, we could keep up with a lot of the higher HP cars on better and wider rubber...only after we figured out (after 12 runs or so) how to take the right lines.

It was really nice to see the car out there blasting around on our street setup - those bad a$$ looking SSR Star Sharks really set the car off nicely...

Magic...

Ever saw real magic??? I'm not talking slight of hand...but for real kine???

Today...I saw real magic, in person, when Moanalua High School teenager Tadd Fujikawa shot a blistering 62 to shoot to the top of the leader board in the Sony Open. When Tadd played in the Sony 2 years ago and made the cut...it was also unreal: http://serikaku.blogspot.com/search?q=tadd+fujikawa

When my brother checked the Internet and told me he threw 3 birds in the first 3 holes, we were psyched and quickly ate breakfast and headed out to Waialae. We entered through the 12th green gate and on the leader board there, it said that Tadd was 5 under!!! While walking towards the tee of the 12th, we heard a LOUD roar and knew he must have dropped another bird on the 11th!!! 6 under and 2 off the lead!!!

We, along with a large Tiger like crowd, followed Tadd from the 12th to the 18th. We were standing directly behind him when he hit an awesome shot to the tucked back left pin on the really hard 17th par 3 hole...the gallery went crazy when he dropped that putt for bird, and 7 under. 17th hole: http://serikaku.blogspot.com/search?q=sony+open

Then on the next hole, he launches a 2nd shot 3 wood from the bunker ON TO the 18th from like 230 yards out...the Golf Channel's "Shot of the Day." Too bad we couldn't track that shot cause it was a super hard fairway bunker shot and must have looked unbelievable! 2 putts later and Tadd was tied for the LEAD in a real PGA tournament at 8 under - Holy Smokes!!!

The entire course was buzzing with energy when Tadd was out there playing today, what a magical day for Tadd as well as all the people of Hawaii.

This is a great quote: "This year, I'm out there to win, and I know I can do it." Good luck tomorrow...we KNOW you can do it!!!

1st Sunset of 2009..

Spent yesterday, the 1st day of 2009, waking up late, then relaxing and fishing in the afternoon with my brother at Bamboo Ridge. We were going for Opelu...but didn't get any...

Sunset...


Crystal clear tidepool...

オイシイ Homemade Pizza...

No Pizza Hut (or Papa John's) for me...

Been making some awesome homemade pizza over the last couple of months...and today's was the best ever.

Ready for baking...


デキタ...Done...


Ingredients:

Bagel (Onion Flavor)
Homemade Pizza Sauce (Tomato Paste, Olive Oil, Salt, Pepper, Tabasco, Herbs, Water)
Fried Eggplant
Tomato
Sun Dried Tomato
Goat Cheese
Mozzarella Cheese
Pepperoni (Made w/ Turkey)

My brother's one is the one with no eggplant or pizza sauce. Mine are the other 3 with tons of tangy pizza sauce...just the way I like it...

RAINY DAYS...

Oahu and the entire island chain is getting hit by the worst rainstorms of the year today - flooding roads, houses and even the freeway to work! Making it even worse were the heavy winds causing all kinds of havoc out there.

EVEN THOUGH...I tried to go out for a ride during a short window of flickering afternoon sunshine, got in only about 15 minutes before it started to dump again...got soaked making it back home. If I had gone out just a little earlier, I could have gotten in a nice and dry 1 hour ride.....

UH Wahine Volleyball - 2008 WAC Champions!!!

Jamie Houston Smok'in the Coconut!

Left Side!


Right Side!


Back Row Soaring!

Cubie Crushing It!


The last point and celebration...


UH was just smoking tonight!!!

The whole team played awesome and Jamie Houston was just slamming the coconut like I've never seen before...but so was Cubi and Kanani. And Kaufman's and Brandt's serves were causing havoc! And the whole team was putting on a Block Party!!!

When UH was making their runs...the Wahine got that whole arena ROCKING and it was just like a HOT ROLL in Vegas!!! Super exciting...

Obama's Cool...

I Like To Ride...So Does Obama! Looks like he needs to pump up his back tire though. Also looks like he likes to trailer around his daughters.

Road&Ster...Hawaiian Style...

Instead of riding my bike on Lagoon today...I took a couple of action shots of my brother's roadster. This thing looks so awesome it belongs on the pages of Road&Ster magazine.

Some of the Cambio gang riding by...

Sun Line....

Took this short lived picture while riding home this afternoon.
Location: Under Nimitz Highway near Puuloa Road.