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Or this will happen.....

Sign This Kid Now!

Holy crap! Check out this peewee football player. He's like a combination of Ray Lewis, Earl Campbell, and Reggie Bush. Awesome!

Cheap Kimbap!

Wow, they're charging just 500 won (or about 50 cents) per roll of kimbap in this photo. Man, Palama charges $4 per roll here!

Things That Make You Go Hmm.....

Didja know....

that the Korean word for a married couple is "boo boo"?

Hmmm.....

BNO - Kanpai Sports Bar

Kanpai is located where Dixie's Grill used to be on Ward Avenue.

I apologize for my poor picture taking skills. I can't figure out how to take pictures in dim lighting. If I turn the flash on, the pics come out too bright with no detail. With no flash, the pics come out too dark. Anyone wanna coach me? I think there's only 1 decent pic in the bunch below.

The norm on a BNO. Chilled Petron shot. Yum! Pour was kind of weak here though. Andadog knows where the good pours are.
Follow that up with an ice cold beer! Stella's a pretty smooth beer I've been enjoying lately.

Ahi shoyu poke. Not bad, but not the freshest either.
Spicy garlic chicken. A little salty (as was most of the food here) but tasty and a good match with the beer.
Ahi belly. Tender and tasty.
Fried rice. Quite bland, and a little mushy. My least favorite dish of the night.
Garlic poke. Better than the shoyu poke.
Kimchee ribeye steak. Didn't really care for this but the gang thought it was pretty good. We ordered it medium but it came out closer to rare. Also very salty and the kimchee wasn't seared along with the steak. It was just piled on top of it.
Overall, an average culinary experience but the atmosphere's decent and the service was good. I wish the food wasn't so salty and the Petron pour was better. With the plethora of sports bar type establishments around, don't really see myself returning to Kanpai.

The iRack

I thought this skit was pretty funny...

BoA Will Eat You Up

Don't know who BoA is? Then you haven't been following the Korean and Japanese pop music scene the last few years.

BoA is a Korean pop singer who debuted at the age of 13 and has become a superstar in both Korea and Japan with numerous hit albums. Now at the age of 22, she is attempting (as so many other Asian pop stars before her) to make a splash in the US, releasing the English song "Eat You Up".

Here is the Asian MV

And here's the American version

The Asian MV version is much better. The American version just looks so cheap and amateurish.

As for the song itself...well, it isn't the best. The lyrics are ridiculously immature and it sounds like a cheap wannabe version of a typical Britney song. That being said, I hated it the first time I heard it and then discovered myself hating it less and less the 2nd and 3rd times. I now find it kinda catchy and it has a good beat you can dance to. Yeah...this song rocks! ^^

But the girl definitely has talent, even if not evident in this song. And you can at least see how good a dancer she is. But of course, she's no Son Dam Bi.

Anyways, if you're interested, this song is also available on iTunes so check it out!

I Don't Like 24 Hour Fitness Pearl Kai

I don't know what it is about this place but I really don't like this place. First of all, compared to Kapiolani (the other branch I frequent), the facilities are very old and cramped.

But the thing that's weird for me is that for whatever reason I can't get a full workout here. Whenever I lift at Kapiolani, I do a 2 mile warm up run on the treadmill. But for some reason at Pearl Kai, I'm kegging after just 1 mile and my legs are burning. I never get this feeling at 1 mile at the Kapiolani 24 Hour. Are the treadmills at Pearl Kai harder? Or am I just mental?

Also, the weights seem heavier at Pearl Kai. Maybe it's because the dumbbells have thinner handles at Pearl Kai than at Kapiolani. Or maybe I'm just a dumbbell.

Maybe it's because I haven't lifted in 3 weeks cuz I was studying for my LEED AP exam and then spent the last week catching up at work. But during my workout today, I was feeling very weak.

24 Hour Fitness is supposed to open a brand new branch at the old CompUSA location near Sam's Club and I can't wait for that to open. New spacious facilities, new equipment, etc. will all lead to a better workout.

Lunch In Waipahu Part 2 - Wong Kung Chop Suey

This is eggplant with chicken over chow mein noodles. Just $4.75! Where can you get lunch for $4.75 nowadays? Not even at McDs!

This was actually very good and filling as well. They have about a half dozen lunch choices for $4.75 so I may be going back to sample other selections.

Wong Kung Chop Suey is located in the shopping center that has Jack in the Box. Sorry, I don't know the name of the shopping center. But if you're driving on Farrington Highway and see Jack in the Box, it's right behind it.

And The Most Annoying Person On The Amazing Race Is....

Tina from the separated group of Ken and Tina. Didja see last week's episode?

All of the teams headed to the airport for a flight to Brazil and she was the first in line. At first, they were told that the earlier flight was sold out and that they would have to wait till 11:30 for the next flight. But then, the airline decided to change the plane to a bigger one, allowing ALL 10 teams to fly out earlier at 6:30am or something like that.

But this stupid lady goes around to all the teams, claiming the airline switched to a bigger airplane just for her and wanted to take credit for this major accomplishment from all the teams. Whatever! Yeah, lady, I'm sure the airline decided to go with a bigger plane just because of your annoying pleading and begging. And then, why would teams have to thank her anyway? It's not like only some teams got on the earlier flight. They all got on. So there was no benefit whatsoever.

But Tina was thoroughly convinced that she had done a major thing and looked for credit and gratitude from each of the other teams. LOSER!

Runner Up Award goes to Terrence of the newly dating couple. Jeez, talk about needy! He was angry at his girlfriend teammate because she was talking to the other teams during the pit stop and not hanging out with him. And then he just whines about everything else such as her running to fast for him, etc. This guy is a total weenie.

I Am Now LEED AP

Took my LEED (Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design) AP exam yesterday and am so relieved to have passed. I spent about 2 weeks studying for the exam and man, was it tough!

When I first started studying I didn't realize how hard and extensive the exam would be until I really got into the material. I figured, I'll just study a little everyday and I'll be fine. I ended up studying about 2-3 hours a day and then 4-5 hours on my weekends! And I still wasn't feeling quite confident about it up until the last minute.

So I was so relieved to receive a passing score and I actually did a lot better than I thought I would. Whew! I'm so glad I don't need to study anymore.

I haven't studied this much since my Professional Engineer's license!