Samoa won the sevens!!!!!!

woah! I bet no one expected that happening, beating the all-mighty Fijians, nice one!

Samoa faatatau!!

I'm Ready....

so after hauling my board etc over to Japan in April more than 10 months ago and waiting thru summer etc I'm FINALLY getting to go boarding!!!!! the seasons been going for a bit but ive been super busy but at last I am going. So I unpacked the ol board from the cardboard and newspaper protection I packed it in 10 months ago (see left of pic) which brought a strange nostalgia to me of packing my bags before i left for Japan (miss you NZ), chucked a spanking new yellow Alta sticker on it courtesy of the man Rory and santa, set up the bindings and now I'm all set and ready to go!!! yussss!!!! so while you guys in NZ are surfing and have Glennis Challenges I'll be up the mountain!! how weird is that?? today it snowed in Kurume, not enough to settle on the ground, but it was cool nonetheless, its fricking cold here!!!! So this weekend Im going to a little mountain called Tenzan which is nearby, from the sounds of it its kinda small and maybe icy but oh well. But next week im going to Hiroshima where there are real mountains with hoooopefully POWDER!!!!! and then the week after that and the week after that and theeeen HOKKAIDO!!!!!!!!!

ps, send me bbq/beach/summer pics!! I need to be reminded that it is supposed to be summer in February. this whole winter at the beginning of the year thing is too weird for me

Tonight........you!!!!!!

OK, so, I cant believe they are actually gonna make a whole movie of it, but its gonna be fricking awesome!!!!!! Just thought Id let anyone that didnt know, know. Uh, yeah.

ps, if you take yourself too seriously you probably wont enjoy this, but then again if you are reading this then you probably realise that most things I post up on this blog are of that nature. teehee


So for anyone that doesnt know the awesomeness of Aqua Teen Hunger Force (it pretty much encompasses my sense of humor perfectly), here is an episode for you and your mum (called Handbannana). If youre not into it, sucks for you

Welcome to Kurume

so, I had my welcome party cos Im neeew at Kurume last Sunday, I think I may have scared some of the students with my as per usual over-exuberance at karaoke, anyways, good times, heres some photos of some people from my new school



ps, still listening to Youth and Young Manhood, "Trani" is one of the most awesomest songs EVER.

Korea videos for your ass!!!!!

so, its been a month since I went to Korea, and ive been being a slack arse and not posting up any pics or anything, so herre are some videos I took

first up is some cool-ass energetic old people in Seoul, this was taken on New Years eve in this park we stumbled across, first thing we noticed was it was about 97% OLD MEN, which was kind of weird (actually really weird). but then we found this stage where what seemed to be some sort of karaoke contest for people over 90. out front were some peeps dancing, ahhh i dunno what else to say, check the dude in the white hat, hes my homie


next up is this video taken sometime just before new years in Yongsan Seoul, the video captures kinda how crazy it was, notice that when I do a 360 degrees pan (is that called panning?? Isnt panning just going side to side??) that all directions are TOTALLY NUTS, basically, everyone has big ass roman candles in their hands shooting them into the sky, this was going on from like 10:30pm to 1am, just like this whole street completly packed with people and lots of groups of drummers and everyone joining in dancing, holding hands and running/jumping around and shit, it was such a rad feeling of unity, at one point i was holding hands with an indian dude on my right and a korean dude on my left, me a white dude in the middle, and everyone was smiling and dancing and having a choice as time, its at times like this i wonder WHY the hell things like wars happen. i know im totally sounding like a hippy right now, but it really was that awesome. Korea, awesome


next up is just me being stupid doing a heel click in Seoul on New Years sometime after midnight, anyone who is feeling down I prescribe a hug and then a vigourous running heel click, after that you will feel awesome, my man Stu knows how awesome heel clicks are


currently listening to "Youth and Young Manhood" by The Kings of Leon (on vinyl!!!!!!!!!!)

Japan + Records = Good

so, now where I live I ride my bike past a record store everyday on the way to work, its torture, torture I tell you! trying not to go in! but anyways check out these gems I bought today, yes thats right Presidents on vinyl! you know im playing some shit off that at your wedding Nick!!!!! for only 940 yen I just HAD to! cant believe Ive gone this long without buying Cuban Linx...

also, today I finally started doing Japanese lessons. Nihongo o benkyo shimasu!!!!!! so hopefully soon i might actually be able to have a proper discussion (or not)

Taiko is awesome

So I dunno how many of yoose doodes know what Taiko drumming is (see videos and pics). But its totally rad. Anyways, last year when mum and dad were over we went to the Kokura Taiko Gion festival which is basically this massive festival with about A KABILLION of these groups of people with drums on wheels going around the streets and eventually culminating in the park, its super loud and chaotic and happy, thus I was loving it! So I thought "I wanna do this!!!" So found out that the Florence and the Sam were in a group with the So. Sooo I and some others are now going to this groups practice once a month in Kokura to practice the art of Taiko drumming, its a lot harder than it looks, there is a definitive technique to it, but hopefully under the guidance of Taiko-master So I will be aiiight. I just cant wait for the festival in summer!!!

I know, I know its an average video.......

When informercials were awesome

so anyways, I totally stole this off Stratons myspace page but whatever, its so awesome

so this is off the legendary blu-blockers infomercial, waaaay back in the "golden era" of informercials, when Tony Robbins was just getting started there were these awesome glasses, Im sure just about everyones dad or uncle or something has a pair

"It's so not bright, but bright!!!!!!"

and who remembers this guy =====>

"ITS TECHNIIIIIIIIQUE!!!!!!!!!!"

unfortunatley i couldnt find a video of Tonys famous catch phrase, but check this out, its pretty fricking funny (well I think it is)

My apartment = boxes and bags

so I'm in my new apartment and stuff in Kurume, was a bit of a stupid crazy mission moving apartments and stuff and then when i finally got into the aprtment the gas was turned off thus no hot water!!! i had to teach the next day so i went to school without having had a shower, sexy. anyways its all good the gas is on now so hot showers are a go, although im missing my nice big shower in Akama, i feel a little clautrophobic in this one. anyways, new aprtment is aiight, much smaller than my old one, but kinda cute (and i got internet access, holllllaaaaa at me on msn!!), haha i just said holla at me, weak, lame. new school is nice, very new, lots more students, also had another cock-up and i dont have any of my lesson plans so i have had to re-plan lessons so i been mad busy, rrrrrr, but oh well whatever, im just glad i can sleep in tomorow finally, havent had a decent sleep since i got back from korea

oh yeah,

Korea was awesome!!!! Korea number 1, NZ number 2, Japan ...........(if you were there you know the joke..... so thats like only 3 people, haha) oh and USA number ran raaaow

as soon as i get my aprtment in order and have a decent sleep I shall post up MANY pictures and VIDEOS, New Years at Seoul was INSANE, seriously, definitly the best, most craziest new years ever!!!!

anyways, in the meantime, check this really good song by Pharoah Monch

Best use of bus powered USB. EVER.

Check how the USB is blurred out. Laughter laughter, oh how I am laughtering.