MY FIRST "MONKEY-GORILLA-KING KONG" BREAD!!!



WITHIN THE LAST WEEK OR SO, I BEGAN TO FEEL LIKE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH MY FREE TIME SINCE "BALLROOM DANCE CLASS" IS ON A 2 WEEK INTERMISSION BREAK AND WONT START UNTIL SOMETIMES IN EARLY NOVEMBER.

HMMMM...  I COULD'VE WENT AND GOT CRAZY AT SEVERAL PARTIES THAT I'VE BEEN INVITED TO, OR MAYBE GO ROUND UP COUPLE KOREAN FRIENDS OF MINES AND GO SING "KARAOKE" AND DRINK "SOJU" AND EAT "KAL-BI & KIM CHEE".  BUT INSTEAD, I CHOSE TO HAVE A FRIEND (WHO WISHES TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS), SHOW ME SOME POINTERS ON BAKING DESSERTS DISHES!!!  YUPZ!!!  I DECIDED TO LEARN HOW TO BAKE SOME SIMPLE YET "SWEET & ONOLICIOUS" DESSERTS.

AND MY FIRST LESSON IS ALREADY A SUCCESS WITH THE FAMOUS, "PAULA DEAN'S GORILLA BREAD!!!"

THIS DISH CAME OUT JUST PERFECT!!!  JUST ENJOY THE VIDEO AND BE PREPARED AS YOU MAY NEVER KNOW WHAT I MAY BRING TO THE PARTY.  COULD IT BE MY FAMOUS "SPAM MUSUBI???" OR MAYBE MY MYSTERY DESSERT DISH.

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

RESTRUCTURED THE ARTIC PORCH AT MY HOME!!!



ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

THIS PAST WEEKEND HAS BEEN ANOTHER BUSY ONE FOR ME AND MY STEP-DAD, JIMMY PETE AND GOOD FRIEND, ROBERT.  WE ALL WORKED ON MY OLD ROTTING ARTIC PORCH THAT WAS DAMAGED BY WATER FROM A LEAKY ROOF DURING THE RAINY DAYS IN THE LAST 2 YEARS!!!

WE CHANGED THE 2 X 6'S AND THE 3/4 INCH PLYBOARDS.  AFTER SEVERAL HOURS, IT FINALLY GOT DONE AND I FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT. 

BEFORE THEN, IT WAS NEARLY SCARY FOR ANYONE TO STEP IN MY ARTIC BECAUSE IT WAS READY TO FALL IN.

BUT NOW IT IS SAFE AND GOOD TO GO.

AGAIN MUCH MAHALO TO JIMMY AND ROBERT.

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

ENJOYING "AWESOME CHILIS' ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN BETHEL, ALASKA!!!



ALOHA EVERYONE, MOM AND I ATTENDED A "CHILI COOK OFF COMPETITION" HELD AT THE CULTURAL CENTER IN BETHEL, ALASKA.  THIS WAS A SPECIAL EVENT AS IT WAS A FUNDRAISER TO HELP OUT ONE OF OUR DEAR FRIEND, CASEY WHO GOT VERY ILL AND IS SLOWLY GETTING BETTER WITH THE MEDICAL BILLS.

COME HOME SOON, CASEY!!!

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WAIPA

KAHEALANI... DO YOU REMEMBER THIS CLASSROOM???



AFTER MY BALLROOM DANCE CLASS ENDED FOR THE EVEINING, I DECIDED TO VIDEO TAPE THIS SEGMENT OF KAHEALANI'S OLD KINDERGARDEN CLASS WHERE MR. YODER TAUGHT.  THIS PLACE BROUGHT MANY FUN MEMORIES FOR ME WHEN I USE TO PICK UP KAHEALANI AFTER SCHOOL IN THE GYM.

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WAIPA

GOOD OLE MEMORIES - FLAIRS OF THE PAST!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!
  
EVERY NOW AND THEN I WILL OCCASSIONALLY UPLOAD AN OLD BUT CLASSIC VIDEO OF SOMETHING FROM MY PAST FOR "MEMORIES AND LAUGHTERS". I FEEL THAT IT ALWAYS BRINGS GOOD HEALTH TO PEOPLE WHEN WE BRING UP OLD BUT GOOD FORGOTTENED MEMORIES.

ANOTHER COUPLE OLD VIDEO FOOTAGES OF ME PRACTICING FLAIR BARTENDING SEVERAL YEARS AGO.  AT ONE TIME IN MY CRAZY LIFE...  YES I WAS BARTENDER OR I LIKE TO CALL MYSELF A "MIXOLOGIST" WHICH SOUNDED MORE GEEKY, LOL!!!  I USE TO DO PRIVATE PARTIES AND MADE GOOD MONEY BUT AS KAHEALANI GOT OLDER I DECIDED TO RETIRE THE ON-CALL JOB AND PROMISED TO ONLY DO IT ON VERY RARE AND SPECIAL OCCASSIONS.

STILL TO THIS DAY, I GET CALLS EVERY NOW AND THEN BUT I TURNED DOWN MANY OFFERS AS I HAVE OTHER THINGS I LIKE DOING, LIKE BALLROOM DANCING!!!

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WAIPA

TO KAHEALANI, SOME PEOPLE WANTS TO SAY "HELLO" TO YOU!!!



MY WIFE, SHIRLEY AND MY AUNTY LINDA VISITING FROM EMMONAK, ALASKA.

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WAIPA

DADDY MISS YOU VERY MUCH, KAHEALANI.



JUST GETTING OFF FROM WORK PRETTY SOON.  GRAVESHIFTS HAS IT'S ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES, ALL DEPENDS HOW YOU LOOK AT IT.

ALOHA KAHEALANI!!!  I LOVE AND MISS YOU VERY MUCH!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHINESE SINGER, TERESA TENG.



MY 1ST TRIP TO CHINA WAS IN 1995.  I WENT TO GUANGZHOU AND STAYED AT AND AN OLD VILLAGE WAY OUT OF THE CITY LIMITS.  OUT THERE IS WHERE I SAW JUST ONE OF THE TRUE BEAUTY OF CHINA.  AWAY FROM THE CITY WHERE IT IS PEACEFUL AND POPULATED BY HARD WORKING FARMER CLASS PEOPLE.  I STAYED THERE FOR 5 WEEKS WITH A FRIEND AND HELPED THESE PEOPLE WITH EVERYDAY FARM WORK.  I'LL SAY THAT IT IS VERY HARD WORK BUT AT THE SAME TIME I FELT AT PEACE AND VERY TOUCHED BY THESE PEOPLE AS I MYSELF, AM A 4TH GENERATION CHINESE AND HAD NO CLUE WHAT I WAS IN FOR. 

EVERYDAY AFTER A HARD DAY'S WORK I WOULD GO DOWN TO A NEARBY BAR TO RELAX AND HAVE A FEW DRINKS AND ENJOY THE REST OF THE EVENING.  AT THIS VERY NIGHT CLUB, THEY ALWAYS HAVE A LIVE SINGER AND SANG CHINESE MUSIC OF OLD AND NEW.  IT'S WHEN SHE SANG THIS VERY SONG FROM THE VIDEO I UPLOADED, I WAS IN LOVE WITH THIS SONG, IMMEDIATELY I HAD TO ASK THE SINGER, WHO WAS THE ORIGINAL SINGER AND WHERE CAN I BUY THE MUSIC.

FROM THAT DAY ON, I NEVER FORGOT THIS SONG:

THE MOON REPRESENTS MY HEART

BY:  TERESA TENG

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WAIPA

GOOD OLE MEMORIES - KAIPO HITTING THE MITS WITH MATI.

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

EVERY NOW AND THEN I WILL OCCASSIONALLY UPLOAD AN OLD BUT CLASSIC VIDEO OF SOMETHING FROM MY PAST FOR "MEMORIES AND LAUGHTERS".  I FEEL THAT IT ALWAYS BRINGS GOOD HEALTH TO PEOPLE WHEN WE BRING UP OLD BUT GOOD FORGOTTENED MEMORIES.

THIS WAS TAKEN ON OCTOBER 2007 IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA AFTER I CAME BACK FROM JD & PRUDENCE WEDDING IN NANAKULI, HAWAI'I.  IT WAS 92 DEGREES IN HAWAI'I WHEN I LEFT AND WHEN I ARRIVED IN ALASKA, ON THIS VERY NIGHT IT SNOWED!!!

ANOTHER VIDEO OF BRADA KAIPO HITTING THE MITS WITH BRADA MATI.

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WAIPA

ANOTHER "6 - WEEKS OF WORKOUTS + CARDIO!!!"

I GOT RIGHT BACK ON TRACK AND ONTO MY 2 REPEAT AND ADDING CARDIO TO THE GAME.  I NORMALLY WOULD REST 1 WEEK BEFORE I RESTART ANOTHER "6 WEEKS", BUT I JUST COULDN'T WAIT TO GET BACK ON TRACK RIGHT AWAY AND STARTED UP!!!

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WAIPA

UPDATED PICTURES OF KAHEALANI SINCE MY LAST TRIP TO HILO, HAWAI'I!!!

FINALLY...AFTER LITTLE OVER 2 MONTHS AGO, I RECEIVED NEW PICTURES OF MY KAHEALANI.  I'VE BEEN WANTING TO SEE NEW PICTURES OF HER SO I CAN WATCH HER GROW IN HILO, HAWAI'I.

MAHALO NUI LOA TO MY SISTER LEHUA AND MY COUSIN LIANE.

I LOVE YOU BOTH!!!

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WAIPA

MY BEDROOM BEING REARRANGED - BEFORE & AFTER.

WOKE UP THE SAME MORNING AFTER SINGING KARAOKE UNTIL 4AM AND DID WHAT I SAID I WAS GONNA DO, 

"REARRANGE MY ROOM!!!"

I DID A "FENG SHUI" TWIST TO IT.  I LOVE THE RESULTS AND IT IS PERFECT AND PEACEFUL!!!

SPECIAL THANKS GOES OUT TO MY FRIEND, ROBERT FOR BEING A GREAT AND WONDERFUL HELPER.  WITH HIM, I COULDN'T GET THIS DONE AS EASILY.

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

GOOD FUN KARAOKE AT 123 BBQ - BETHEL, ALASKA!!!

THE BEST WAY TO END A GOOD KOREAN MEAL IS WITH VARIOUS KOREAN LIQUORS AND KARAOKE SINGING!!!

SPECIAL THANKS GOES TO THE GRACIE & HER ENTIRE STAFF AT "123 BBQ" RESTAURANT IN BETHEL, ALASKA.  YOU FOLKS REALLY MADE ME AND MY MOM FEEL VERY SPECIAL AND HONORED.  AS FOR ME, I HAVE TO ALSO ADD THAT THIS EVENT HAS BROUGHT ALOT OF MEMORIES OF MY PAST WHEN I WAS EITHER IN HAWAI'I, KOREA, AND CHINA ENJOYING KARAOKE AND THE AUTHENTIC FOODS WITH A FEW GOOD DRINKS TO RELAX. AGAIN THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART,

I LOVE YOU ALL!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA