We're Going Camping!!!

Well Mika and I went to go check out the camp grounds at Hau'ula and it looks pretty good. We picked a couple of spots that would be great for us so hopefully we can go early enough on Friday to get them. Here's an image and general description of the beach park:

It's a little bit far from the bathrooms, but we picked that area so that nobody would have to walk through our area. Showers are still close by. Plus, guys (and girls?!) could pee right off into that little stream thing on the side. And if anybody forgets anything, there's a 7-11 (God Bless America) right across the street. Another that I like about the site is that our cars are very close to the camp site so I won't be worrying too much about someone breaking in. If you wanted to camp with us or just stop by, we'll be there from July 25th-July 27th.

Other than that, not much going on. We went to the yard house for Jen's birthday on Friday night. Then work on Saturday where Soliven and I totally pwned Kuba and our other coworker Elvin in table tennis. Nightmare. Then we tried to make it downtown to watch our entry for Showdown in Chinatown. We didn't. They showed our movie first, which was unusual, so we went to Bar35 instead. And their happy hour is pretty damn good. Basic martinis and the majority of their bottles are $3 until 10:00. This is in addition to their $3 Guiness and Harp on draft. We might try to hit that up more often. I tried not to stay out too late since I got up at 4:30 Sunday morning to go fishing. We went out to Waianae side this time which was a nice change of scenery. Unfortunately, a huge striped marlin broke our line which was a total downer. It was sooooooo close. Sickeningly close. Don't even wanna talk about it anymore that's how close it was. Got to see a huge pod(?) of dolphins, at least 50, which was kinda cool. Still woulda been nice to get that marlin or an ahi though. Ahh well, next time.

Picnic in the park

Hmm not much going on in my life. I'm changing back to my old work schedule so I'll have Sundays and Mondays off again. I really missed having a day off that most of my friends have off so I'm definitely happy about having Sunday off. Plus that's the day that I usually go fishing. Speaking of which, I'm planning on going this coming Sunday, but we'll probably go out to Waianae side this time.

Let's see...the criteria for the next showdown in chinatown came out: Super hero movie, props-compass and alarm clock, line-"How would you like that?." I know that we're gonna get to use a good camera for this next one so it should turn out more awesome than usual. I like some of the ideas that were proposed so we'll see.

Oh yeah, getting back to the title of this post. A friend and I were thinking about having a cookout at Moanalua Gardens. It's a really nice, well maintained park that many people don't utilize. We figured that we would do it on a lazy Sunday, have some food, set up some croquet and badminton or whatever else people wanted to play. I think that it would be a nice get together before some of our friends leave to go back to the mainland. I guess that's all that's going on in my head right now.

Who's Gonna Be Crazy with Me?

Sooo the "Dark Knight" comes out on Friday, July 18th, which naturally means that I'm going to th midnight showing at Dole theaters Thursday night to catch the movie. This is the only movie that I've been looking forward to seeing this summer ever since I saw "Batman Begins." I just have to say that it's going to be AWESOME. As the saying goes, you snooze you lose. So if you would like to go and watch the movie, I suggest you go to Fandango and purchase the ticket online before hand. I already got mines. You better get yours. Peace.

No luck

Well we didn't get any bites yesterday, but it is still nice to go out on the boat. The only thing is that being out on the ocean for 5 hours is pretty damn tiring. I got about 13 hours of sleep last night, which is really really rare for me.


Well some good news. The second of four Futurama "movies" just came out, and if you're a fan of the show I suggest you go pick it up. I have movies in quotation marks because these were written to be split into three half-hour episodes and it kind of shows. After one viewing, I have to say that I kinda liked it better than the first one. I thought it was funnier and felt more like where the series left off. Go watch it. Later.

Gone Fishin!

Going fishin tomorrow with Kuba and his uncle so I'll be getting up 5:30am. We usually just go trolling but we might get to do some bottom fishing if the ocean is calm enough. We're hoping for an ono or ahi, but I'll be happy with anything we catch. There's nothing quite like the rush you get when you hear that line start reeling and the excitement grows even more when you finally realize what you've got as it jumps out of the water. It's something that I think everyone should experience at least once in their life. I'll tell you this though: fresh fish is always awesome, but knowing that you fought and reeled in the fish makes it tastes SOOO much better.

For the sake of it

Hmmm haven't updated it in a while and I don't wanna get into that habit. So here's some random thoughts. University of Hawaii College of Pharmacy at Hilo has just attained the status of Candidate which means that graduates from the school are considered the same as those that have graduated from an accredited institution. This definitely changes my plans as UH Hilo CoP has been bumped up to the top of my list. It will definitely be the best option financially and flying home wouldn't be a problem. Plus rent is pretty cheap there and I have family that live in the area. And I LIKE Hilo...I think that it'll be an awesome place to study since, you know, there isn't much to do. So now I just have to hope that I get accepted ;)

Speaking of which, I plan on taking the PCATs in August!? So if you don't see me out that much in the next couple of months, it'll be because I'm studying for the test. I just hope that I can get my act together and pull this one out. And so this post isn't all text, here's a picture I took of a common house fly:

Ringtone

I figured that watching "Short hair, butter thighs" wouldn't be enough, so here is the ringtone:


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Homemade granola

I haven't figured out what I want to post on this blog, so I'll try talking about something that I like to do. I made some granola last night to put into cereal or yogurt. I don't know why but I think that making things from scratch is pretty fun and it's always piqued my interest. Maybe that's why I like watching Good Eats on the food network. Anyway, you can customize it to fit what you want and the product usually ends up being superior to anything store bought. Now if you know me then you already know that I'm fairly adept in the kitchen, but you would be surprised at how simple some things are to make. For example, granola. Its basically just oats, but then you can add whatever you like to it. For mine, I added shredded coconut, almonds, and raisins. That's it. Then there's the flavoring, which was vegetable oil, honey, maple syrup, cinnamon, brown sugar, and vanilla. Just mix it all together, bake it for about 15 minutes, then BOOM you've got granola. Yeah, I think I like talking about food. Probably gonna do it more.

BTDub, some people brought up bringing back game night Monday's again. It's something that I started last year and it went on for about three weeks. I would invite friends over for some dinner and we would just play some board game like Cranium, Balderdash, or Pictionary. I know that it sounds pretty lame but it was actually kinda fun because everybody would get into it. It was also a nice night to just take it easy and recover from the weekend. But due to the cost of cooking for people, work, school, and people showing up three hours late, game night came to an end. So the plan is that if it does come back, it would probably stay as Monday nights, but start at a later time, probably around 8 or 9 o'clock. The only food that would be served is pupus and/or dessert.

More photos from Washington DC

Video from Showdown in Chinatown

Here is the video featuring rapper Juan P. Lyrical genius!!!