KARAOKE & DANCING!!!

THIS IS THE 2ND WEEKEND IN THE ROW WE'VE BEEN HAVING "KARAOKE & DANCING"!!!  LOOKS LIKE I'M GONNA BE HAVING THESE EVENTS ON A WEEKEND BASIS.  I'VE BEEN REUNITING WITH OLD FRIENDS WHOM I'VE HAVEN'T SEEN FOR SOME TIME, GOOD FOODS & DRINKS...  AND THE BEST OF IT ALL...  IT'S FUN!!!

I'M ALSO ANXIOUS FOR THE SPRING WEATHER TO ARRIVE BECAUSE I AM JUST ABOUT HAD IT WITH THIS ARCTIC WINTER!!!

COUPLE MORE WEEKS TO GO AND HOPEFULLY I'LL BE HEARING THE BIRDS ARRIVING FROM THE SOUTH!!!

MAHALO:  MY BRADDAS, KA'IWA & IOKEPA AND ALSO BETH, SARAH, AND SHARON FOR JOINING US IN THE FUN!!!

AGAIN...  STAY TUNED FOR MORE CRAZY, FUN, AND UNEXPECTED VIDEOS AND PICTURES AS YOU MAY NEVER KNOW WHAT COMES UP NEXT...  BECAUSE "YOU" COULD BE ON NEXT!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

KARAOKE FUN AT "WAIPA'S"!!!

WELL I FINALLY GOT TO HAVE SOME FUN TIMES WITH MY OHANA & FRIENDS...  AFTER GOING THRU A ROUGH WINTER OF ARCTIC FREEZE UPS...  I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO GET MY PLACE UP AND RUNNING.

WE STARTED THE EVENING EARLY AT 7:00PM WITH BETH COMING OVER AND HELPED ME WITH PREPPING FOODS...  "SPAM MUSUBI", "KAMABOKO MUSUBI", "SHRIMP COCKTAIL MUSUBI", BETH'S HOMEMADE HUMMUS WITH BAKED BREAD, IOKEPA'S DESSERT(WE NEVER DID EAT YET...  LOL!!!), I ALSO MADE MY FAVORITE "COLD GINGER TOFU SALAD", OH AND ALMOST FORGOT THE "KILLER JELLO SHOOTERS" AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT...  MY BRADAS, KA'IWA & IOKEPA CAME OVER AND UNEXPECTEDLY YET AMAZINGLY...  AMY FINALLY CAME OVER AND HANGED OUT WITH ALL OF US AFTER NEARLY 13 YEARS PASSED...  LOL!!!

WE STARTED THE EVENING WITH SOME "X-BOX 360 KINECT SPORTS 2", PLAYING "DARTS" AND "GOLF".  AFTER THAT WE WENT STRAIGHT FOR THE "KARAOKE" AND SANG OUR VOICES TIL WE LOST IT!!!

AND WE ENDED THE EVENING...  OR SHALL I SAY MORNING 6:30AM...  YOU READ CORRECTLY...  6:30AM WITH "JUST DANCE 3!!!"

IT WAS GRUELING AND EXHAUSTING...  BUT A NIGHT IT WAS!!!

BIG MAHALOS TO KA'IWA, IOKEPA, BETHE, AND AMY FOR COMING OVER AND HAVING AN AWESOME TIME!!!

SHALL WE DO THIS NEXT WEEKEND???

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WAIPA

HAU'OLI LA HANAU E IOKEPA!!!

BABY IOKEPA...  LOL!!!

CELEBRATED BRADA IOKEPA'S BIRTHDAY AT SHOGUN RESTAURANT WITH OHANA!!!  IT WAS GOOD TO BE BACK HANGING OUT WITH MY BRADAS WHOM I HAVEN'T SEEN FOR SOME TIME BECAUSE OF MY HECTIC WORK SCHEDULE AND EMT CLASS COMBINED.

BRADA IOKEPA, "HAU'OLI LA HANAU" AND I WISH YOU A WONDERFUL AND BLESSED LIFE FOR AS LONG AS YOU LIVE!!!

ALOHA ME KA MALAMA PONO!!!

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WAIPA

CRUISING BETHEL, ALASKA ON A CHILLY AFTERNOON!!!

ANOTHER VIDEO CRUISING THRU BETHEL TOWN BEFORE I GO TO MY EMT CLASS HELD AT THE BETHEL FIRE STATION!!!

A BEAUTIFUL CLEAR DAY BUT CHILLY...  LOL!!!  GOTTA LOVE THE BEAUTIFUL SNOW BANKS TOO!!!

ENJOY!!!

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WAIPA

EATING SPICY POKE IN BETHEL, ALASKA!!!

MY BRADA KA'IWA WENT TO ANCHORAGE LAST WEEKEND AND BROUGHT SOME "SPICY POKE" TO EAT.  I WAS THE HAPPIEST GUY IN BETHEL, ALASKA!!!  FOR THOSE OF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT "POKE" IS, 

Poke (English pronunciation: /poʊˈkeɪ/) is a raw fish salad served as an appetizer in Hawaiian cuisine. Pokē is the Hawaiian verb for "section" or "to slice or cut".

Modern poke typically consists of cubed ʻahi (yellowfin tuna) sashimi marinated with sea salt, a small amount of soy sauce, inamona (roasted crushed candlenut), sesame oil, limu seaweed, and chopped chili pepper. Other variations' ingredients may include cured heʻe (octopus), other types of raw tuna, raw salmon and other kinds of sashimi, sliced or diced Maui onion, furikake, hot sauce (such as sambal olek), chopped ʻohiʻa (tomato), tobiko (flying fish roe), ogo or other types of seaweed, and garlic.

The selection of condiments has been heavily influenced by Japanese and other Asian cuisines.

The traditional Hawaiian poke consists of fish that has been gutted, skinned, and deboned. It is sliced across the backbone as fillet, then served with traditional condiments such as sea salt, seaweed, and limu. Some Hawaiians would suck the flesh off the bones and spit out the uneaten skin and bones. During the 19th century, recently introduced foreign vegetables such as tomatoes and onions were included, and now Maui onions are a very common ingredient.

According the food historian Rachel Laudan, the present form of poke became popular around the 1970s. It used skinned, deboned, and filleted raw fish served with wasabi (Japanese green horseradish) and soy sauce. This form of poke is still common in the Hawaiian islands.

Raw fish dishes similar to poke, often served in Europe, are fish carpaccio and fish tartare. Poke should not be confused with raw fish dishes such as ceviche, Boquerones en Vinagre, ika ota, or kinilaw, which might use vinegar or citrus juice to denature the fish proteins and tenderize the fish.

SO THERE YOU HAVE IT FOLKS...  "POKE", A DELICIOUS MEAL EATEN REGULARLY IN HAWAI'I NEI!!!

I HOPE I MADE YOU FOLKS HUNGRY...  LOL!!!

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WAIPA

A QUICK UPDATE!!!

WENT OUT TO DINNER AND MADE SOME NEW FRIENDS!!!  ATE SOME THAI FOODS (THAI GREEN CURRY WITH CHICKEN, LEMON GRASS SOUP, AND FRIED TOFU) MADE BY MY FRIEND, GENTLE.  AWESOME BUDDY!!!

ALSO FOR THE SIDE DISHES...  A DELICIOUS GREEN SALADS WITH FRESH CUT APPLES AND FETA CHEESE MIXED WITH GREEN SPINACH AND LETTUCE; MADE BY AUBREY.

AND MY "COLD TOFU SALAD" WHICH IS A SECRET!!!

MADE NEW FRIENDS, BRENT, JESSICA, AND AUBREY!!!

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST...  "MAHALO" BETH FOR BEING MY DATE...  LOL!!!

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WAIPA

TRYING TO GET MY WATER & SEWER THAWED OUT!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

IT'S BEEN AWHILE SINCE I UPDATED MY BLOG.  I'M SORRY FOR APPEARING "MISSING IN ACTION"...  LOL!!!  BUT I FINALLY GOT MY WATER & SEWER PIPES THAWED OUT.  AFTER 5-6 GRUELING WEEKS OF NO WATER AND SEWER...  I MAY HAVE GOT A GLIMPSE OF WHAT'S IT LIKE LIVING IN THE OLD WAYS.  I AM HUMBLED WITH THE MODERN TECHNOLOGY THAT I LIVE AND DEPEND ON.

"BIG MAHALOS" TO MY STEP DAD, JIMMY PETE, AND MY STEP BROTHER JIM JIM, AND MY GOOD FRIEND NAGASIAK FOR HELPING ME OUT.  YOU GUYS ROCK AND I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU ALL PUT INTO TO GET MY HOME BACK TO NORMAL.

AGAIN...  "MAHALO NUI LOA!!!"

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA