MISSING MY KAHEALANI BECAUSE SHE IS "MY INSPIRATION & MOTIVATION".

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

I NORMALLY ALWAYS UPDATE MY BLOG WITH FITNESS & FUN ON A WEEKLY BASIS, BUT THIS TIME I DID SOMETHING TOTALLY UNPLANNED AND JUST WENT WITH THE FLOW OF WHAT I'VE FELT AT THAT VERY MOMENT.

MY KAHEALANI HAS BEEN AWAY AND MOVED TO KEAUKAHA, HILO, HAWAI'I EXACTLY 4 YEARS AGO.  IT WAS AND STILL TO THIS DAY THE MOST DIFFICULT DECISION I'VE MADE AS I KNEW I WAS IN FOR THE BIGGEST "CHALLENGE" OF MY LIFE.

AND AS I LOOK BACK NOW AND SEE HOW FAR SHE'S PROGRESSED AND SUCCEEDED IN LIFE, I DON'T REGRET MY DECISION BUT IT DID COME WITH A PRICE AND SACRIFICE.

NOT BEING ABLE TO WITNESS THE DAILY LIFE AND GROWTH OF KAHEALANI, WAKING UP EVERYDAY AND NOT HAVING HER NEXT TO ME...  HOW I MISSED TUCKING HER INTO BED, WAKING HER UP FOR SCHOOL, HELPING HER WITH HER HOMEWORK, DROPPING OFF AND PICKING HER UP AT SCHOOL, LAUGHING AND WATCHING SCARY MOVIES, GOING TO THE PARK, HAVING HER FRIENDS SPENDING THE NIGHT ON WEEKENDS, AND SO ON.

AND NOW 4 YEARS LATER...

KAHEALANI HAS TRULY BLOSSOMED INTO A VERY BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL FROM THE CUTE LITTLE ESKIMO HAWAIIAN GIRL WEARING HER KUSPUQ WITH HER HAWAIIAN ATTITUDE, PLAYING IN THE SNOW, PICKING BERRIES IN THE TUNDRA, TRAVELING UP TO EMMONAK, ALASKA, BUILT "AWWWESOME" FRIENDSHIPS WHERE EVER SHE WENT IN ALASKA SINCE SHE WAS A BABY!!!

NOW SHE HAS DIVERSE HERSELF INTO THE HAWAIIAN CULTURE FILLED WITH ALOHA AND LOVE FROM HER BEAUTIFUL OHANA IN KEAUKAHA, HILO, HAWAI'I.

SWIMMING IN THE OPEN BEACHES OF KEAUKAHA AND PLAYING WITH THE HONU UP CLOSE, DANCING AND EMBRACING THE HULA, LEARNING HAWAIIAN CHANTS, PLAYING THE UKULELE, MAKING NEW FRIENDSHIPS, PRETTY MUCH LIVING THE LIFE OF "HAWAI'I NEI", EVEN HER PIDGIN ACCENT IS DOWN TO EARTH...  LOL!!!

SO I MUST ALWAYS REMIND MYSELF WHY KAHEALANI IS WHERE SHE IS AT IN LIFE.  

"PERPETUATE"...  HER "BEAUTIFUL LIFE!!!"

KAHEALANI...  DADDY WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YOU IN HEART & ALOHA!!!

KAHEALANI...  FROM THEN TO NOW.

ALOHA & MAHALO FOR ALL YOUR LOVE & SUPPORT TOWARDS KAHEALANI.

DAD, MOM, LOKELANI, LEHUANANI, LEOLANI, AND MANY OTHERS WHO HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO MOLD HER INTO A PRECIOUS YOUNG GIRL...  I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL TO EVERY ONE OF YOU!!!

I LOVE YOU ALL!!!

KAHEALANI AT KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOL KEAAU, HAWAI'I.

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

MY 2ND WEEK INTO MY "HYPERTROPHY - STRENGTH TRAINING" & MORE FUN!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

I FINISHED "WEEK 02" INTO MY "HYPERTROPHY - STRENGTH TRAINING" AND ITS GOING PRETTY WELL.  STARTED TO REGAIN MY STRENGTH AND GRADUALLY SHOWING SOME SIZE INCREASES IN MY ARMS & LEGS...  BUT MANY WAYS TO GO...  LOL!!!

MY ENTIRE WEEK'S STATS:

AND  "AWWWESOME" CLEAN EATINGS WITH "BLAHH FOODS"...  LOL!!!

MY VERSION OF "DECONSTRUCTED JAP CHAE" DISH!!!

MISO-GARLIC GLAZED FRESH CAUGHT KUSKOKWIM SILVER SALMON!!!

ANOTHER ROUND OF "JAP CHAE".

AND FOR "ALOHA FRIDAY"...  HANA HOU "JAP CHAE WITH PORK".

PAPAYA, MANGO, RUSSIAN RED KALE, SPINACH, CILANTRO!!!

BANANA, AVOCADO, TOFU!!!

I'M SOAKING IT ALL UP WITH ALL THESE COOL MEALS AND DRINKS!!!

AS FOR THIS PASSED SATURDAY...  I CANCELLED "TIRE TRAINING" BECAUSE OF MANY OTHER TASKS NEEDED TO GET COMPLETED  AS THE SUMMER IS COMING TO A CLOSE END.

I GOT TO GIVE MY "ALOHA A HUI HOU" TO MILI & HER OHANA...  I'LL MISS THEM DEARLY BUT AT THE SAME TIME I AM HAPPY FOR ALL OF THEM!!!

ALSO MY NEPHEW, SVEN RETURNED FROM HIS FIRST "J. ROB WRESTLING CAMP" IN OREGON!!!

CONGRATS!!!

SUPER PROUD OF YOU!!!

I ALSO GET DO SOME LEISURE FUN...

MY BEAUTIFUL WALK ALONG THE KUSKOKWIM RIVER.

PHOTOBOMBER...  LOL!!!

BEAUTIFUL BREEZE AND LESS GNATS IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!

LATER ON IN THE EVENING...  I WENT OVER TO THE WILLIAMS HOME AND ENJOYED SOME YUMMY STOUT BEERS PLUS FRIENDS & A FIRE PIT!!!

ALOHA ANDREW AKA "AUKMAN", ENJOY YOUR UPCOMING WILD TRIP...  KEEP ME POSTED AND AS ALWAYS...  KEEP IN TOUCH!!!

THE NEXT DAY WAS MY LAST DAY WITH MY NEPHEWS, KIMO & IKAIKA.  WE WENT TO THE MOVIE THEATER AND WATCHED "PLANES: FIRE RESCUE" AND ENJOYED SNACKS AND VIDEOGAMES AT MY HOME AFTERWARDS.

AND AFTER ALL THE FUN IS DONE...  IT WAS TIME FOR THEM TO RETURN BACK TO THEIR MOM IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA.  I WAS SAD TO SEE THEM LEAVE BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE FUTURE VISITS.

MAHALO DANIELLE FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THESE WONDERFUL NEPHEWS.  THEY ARE SUCH A BLESSING TO HAVE WHILE THEY WERE VISITING BETHEL, ALASKA.

I ALSO GOT SAY "ALOHA" TO GRACE WHO IS ALSO RETURNING BACK TO EAGLE RIVER, ALASKA.

LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN THE WINTER!!!

AND THAT CONCLUDED ANOTHER "SUPER AWWWESOME" WEEKEND!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

MY MENTOR & MOTIVATOR... MY "AWWWESOME" COUSIN TROY!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW MY COUSIN TROY...  HE'S THE MAN THAT ADDED THE BOOST TO MY PERSONAL LIFE & TRAINING!!!

WE GO WAY BACK WHEN WE WERE LITTLE KIDS CHILLING AND LAUGHING LIKE ANY BEST COUSINS WOULD DO GROWING UP IN BEAUTIFUL HILO, HAWAI'I NEI!!!

FAST FORWARD 20 SOMETHING YEARS...  MARRIED TO BEAUTIFUL KANOE AND BLESSING ME WITH 2 BEAUTIFUL NIECES, POHAKEA & HULILI.

WE REUNITED IN 2011 AT A FAMILY REUNION AND FROM THEN ON WE KEPT IN TOUCH BY FACEBOOK & TEXT!!!

LAST YEAR IN 2013 HE ASKED ME TO GO TRY OUT THIS RACE INVOLVING A SWIM & RUN.  I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS GETTING INTO.  BUT I DID IT AND ALTHOUGH I CAME IN LAST PLACE...  THAT VERY EVENT WOKE ME UP AND I BECAME HUNGRY EVER SINCE!!!  IT OPENED UP MY EYES TO MORE OPPORTUNITIES AND I'VE BEEN PRETTY DAMN FOCUSED EVER SINCE!!!

THIS IS A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO THE MAN I RESPECT AND LOOK UP TO...  TROY AH LO!!!

BECAUSE OF YOU COUSIN TROY...  I'VE MORE FOCUSED AND DETERMINED TO FOLLOW YOUR FOOTSTEPS IN STAND UP PADDLE BOARD, RUNNING, AND OTHER FUN FITNESS ACTIVITIES... AND OF COURSE...  THE "PAY OFF!!!"

PARTY & RAGE IT UP!!!

MAHALO BRADDA TROY FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR ME AND ESPECIALLY MOTIVATING ME TO LIVE A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, AND MORE FITNESS LIFESTYLE!!!

WORK HARD & PLAY HARD!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

MORE FUN PICS FROM ANOTHER "AWWWESOME" WEEKEND!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

ANOTHER EXCITING WEEKEND FOR ME AND FRIENDS!!!

FIRST OFF...  "ZUMBA FUN!!!"

OUR FIRST AND LOVABLE ZUMBA INSTRUCTOR, CINDI IS HAVING HER LAST ZUMBA FUN CLASS AS SHE IS MOVING AWAY FROM BETHEL, ALASKA.

SAD TO SEE HER TO LEAVE BUT VERY HAPPY FOR HER TO BE HER FAMILY!!!

SO WE ALL MET UP AT THE M.E. SCHOOL GYM AND DANCED AWAY LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW!!!

  

AFTER ZUMBA DANCING, WE HAD A LITTLE POTLUCK OF YUMMY FOODS TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE...  SPAM MUSUBI, PANCIT, FRIED RICE, FRESH CHERRIES & GRAPES, AND PISTACHIO PINEAPPLE AMBROSIA DESSERT!!!

A FUN EVENT FOR ALL OF US!!!

MAHALO NUI LOA FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE AND CONTRIBUTED TO BETHEL, ALASKA!!!

WE'LL MISS YOU VERY MUCH...  COME BACK AND VISIT US SOMETIMES!!!

STATS:

NEXT UP...  "TIRE TRAINING FUN!!!"

THE MORNING DIDN'T LOOK NEARLY AS GOOD AS IT DID A WEEK AGO...  LOL!!!

IT WAS CLOUDY, LIGHT RAIN, NO WIND AND...  GNATS GALORE!!!

I MEAN THE GNATS WERE IN HEAVEN TODAY!!!

THEY WERE ATTACKING ME AND TALK ABOUT DISTRACTIONS!!!

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT???  HOW THE HELL CARES!!!  NO FRICKEN GNATS OR MOSQUITOS ARE GONNA STOP ME FROM TRAINING!!!

ITS MY HEALTH AND MY BODY AND THEY BOTH DESERVE THE BEST TRAINING...  AND THAT IS WHAT THEY GOT!!!

SUNNY AND CHRISTINA...  YOU LADIES ROCK!!!  SHOWING UP AND PUSHING YOUR LIMITS IS ALL IT TAKES TO SUCCEED IN LIFE!!!

CONGRATS!!!

STATS:

HYPERTROPHY - LOWER BODY & ABS MUSCLES.

TIRE TRAINING.

AND HERE COMES MY POST WORKOUT SHAKE!!!

STRAWBERRIES, RUSSIAN RED KALE, MINT, SPINACH, FRESH SQUEEZED LIMES, ORGANIC HONEY, WATER!!!

AND CREATINE AND WHEY ON ANOTHER SEPARATE SHAKE!!!

"ONOLICIOUS!!!"

AND THAT PRETTY MUCH CONCLUDED MY "AWWWESOME" WEEKEND OF FUN!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA