HAPPY ALOHA FRIDAY EVERYONE!!! WHOOO HOOO!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

 

WELL ITS BEEN AN AMAZING AND BEAUTIFUL WEEK!!!  THE SUN WAS SHINING BRIGHT, THE SKIES WERE MOSTLY BLUE WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN SHOWERS, AND I GOT A BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF A RAINBOW TOO!!!

 

I'M VERY GRATEFUL AS SPRING IS FINALLY HERE AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR SUMMER TO GET HERE TOO!!!

 

I GOT BIG PLANS AHEAD FOR THIS SUMMER, MY TIRE TRAINING GROUND SPOT LOOKS ALMOST READY TO GO IN A FEW WEEKS!!!  THIS WILL BE MY MAIN FOCUS FOR MY UPCOMING SPARTAN RACES!!!  JUNE IS GONNA GET HERE VERY SOON AND I'M ALREADY PREPARING A GAME PLAN FOR MYSELF!!!

 

TIRE FLIPPING, TIRE DRAGGING, HEAVY ROPES, SLEDGEHAMMERS, BUCKET CARRYING, KEG CARRYING, SPRINTS, AND THE DREADED BURPEES...  LOL!!!

 

 

"TEAM AWWWRITE!!!" SPARTAN TRAINING GROUNDS COMING SOON!!!

 

 

TODAY WAS ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL WALK!!!

 

 





AND TO END MY ALOHA FRIDAY...  WORKING AT MY FAVORITE JOB, ALASKA AIRLINES!!!

 

"READY-SAFE-GO"

 

 

 

ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL EVENING AT THE BETHEL, ALASKA AIRPORT!!!

 

 

 

NORTHERN AIR CARGO JUST LANDED!!!

 

 

AND ALL THE  WAY FROM KONA, HAWAI'I...

 

 

MY PINEAPPLE GIRLFRIEND!!!

 

 

SHE'S SWEET, JUICY, & YUMMY...  LOL!!!

 

I'LL BE SEEING HER IN A FEW WEEKS!!!

 

AGAIN, HAPPY ALOHA FRIDAY!!!

 

AWWWRITE!!!

 

WAIPA

5K TRAINING - DAY 02... HAPPY ALOHA THURSDAY!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

 

ONCE AGAIN GOD HAS BLESSED BETHEL, ALASKA WITH ANOTHER SUNNY DAY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME TO GO OUT AND CONTINUE MY 5K TRAINING!!!

 

BUT FIRST THING I DO PREOP MY PRE-RUN MEAL...

 

PEANUT BUTTER TOAST AND A FIBER SHAKE WITH OMEGA 3'S!!!

 

BUT THEN THIS HAPPENED...

 

 

I'M ALMOST OUT OF PEANUT BUTTER!!!  I EVEN HAD TO CUT DOWN ON HOW MUCH I NORMALLY PUT ON MY TOAST JUST TO MAKE IT LAST THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS...  ARGHHH!!!

 

THANK GOD I'M GOING IN TO ANCHORAGE THIS COMING WEEKEND, I'M BUYING A CASE OF PEANUT BUTTER...  LOL!!!

 

BUT I SURVIVED AND WENT OUT FOR MY 5K TRAINING RUN!!!

 

 

FOR THIS SESSION, I DEFINITELY PICKED UP THE PACE AND INCREASED MY SPEED A LITTLE BIT MORE...  AND I WASN'T GASPING AS I THOUGHT I WOULD...  THAT MUST MEAN A GOOD THING...  YEAH BABY!!!

 

I'M PRETTY STOKED THAT I STILL HAVE ALOT OF "HEART" IN THIS...  I'M DEFINITELY GOING ALL OUT AND "I WILL CONQUER & DEFEAT" MY OBSTACLES LIKE A "TRUE SPARTAN WARRIOR!!!"

 

ARRROOO!!!

 

AS SOONAS I WAS DONE WITH MY RUNNING. ANOTHER QUICK DINNER PREP BEFORE I GO TO WORK...

 

CHICKEN BREAST...  ITS WHAT'S FOR DINNER TONIGHT...  100+ GRAMS OF GOOD PROTEIN!!!

 

 

AND OFF TO WORK I GO!!!

 

TODAY WAS ANOTHER FUN DAY AT "ALASKA AIRLINES"...  A BEAUTIFUL ONE AT THAT!!!

 

 

ENJOYING THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD!!!

 



 

FIRST RAINBOW SIGHTING FOR ME...  A BEAUTIFUL ONE!!!

 

 

 

I GOT ASSIGNED TO WORK "TOP-SIDE" FOR TONIGHT'S INCOMING FLIGHT WHICH MEANS...  I GET TO OPERATE MY FAVORITE MACHINE, RIGHT BEHIND ME!!!

 

 

PRETTY EASY NIGHT FOR ALL OF US AND SAFE ONE TOO!!!

 

HAPPY ALOHA THURSDAY!!!

 

AWWWRITE!!!

 

WAIPA

 

ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY IN BETHEL, ALASKA... HAPPY ALOHA WEDNESDAY!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

 

AFTER A GOOD 7 HOURS OF SLEEP, I WOKE UP TO A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON, THE SUN WAS OUT AND BLUE SKIES AND VERY LITTLE WIND.  I DIDN'T PLAN ON IT BUT I DECIDED TO GO OUT FOR ANOTHER 2 MILE WALK JUST FOR THE HECK OF IT!!!

 

AND I'M SO GLAD I DID!!!

 

 

GOT SOME GOODIES IN THE MAIL...  MORE "CAFE LATTE" SHAKEOLOGY!!!

 

 

WHILE ON MY FUN WALK, I CAME ACROSS SOME KIDS PLAYING AND I JUST HAD TO TAKE SEVERAL PICTURES...  THE SIGHT OF SEEING KIDS PLAYING REMINDS ME OF KAHEALANI WHEN SHE WAS 5-6 YEARS OLD AND SHE WOULD BE PLAYING OUT WITH NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDS...  SUCH FOND MEMORIES!!!

 

 

I'M SO GLAD I WENT FOR ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL WALK...  I WAS LISTENING TO THE SONG, "ANOTHER RAINBOW" BY BABA B., IT'S ON ITUNES...  DOWNLOAD IT, ITS A VERY CHILL SONG WITH UKULELE TUNES TO IT!!!

 

RIGHT AFTER MY WALK I GOT READY FOR WORK AND MADE A QUICK DINNER TO GO...

 



100% PURE CHICKEN BREAST LOVE = 74 GRAMS OF PROTEIN!!!  I'M HITTING "NOT TOO BAD" ON MY MACROS!!!

 

 

I'M DROPPING WEIGHT AND BUILDING UP MY ENDURANCE WITH MY WALK/RUN INTERVALS, NEXT WEEK I START MY "HST" PROGRAM WHICH WILL BE ADDED TO MY RUNNING!!!

 

I'M PRETTY STOKED!!!

 

ALSO THIS WEEKEND I'LL BE DOING SOME SHOPPING AT COSTCO'S IN ANCHORAGE FOR THE WEEKEND AND I'LL GO SEE HAWAIIAN ISLAND REGGAE BAND. "H3" AT HUMPY'S!!!

 

CHEEE HUUU!!!

 

AS ALWAYS, WHENEVER I GET TO ALASKA AIRLINES AND ONCE I CLOCKED IN, I'M IN A ZONE AND I LOVE IT!!!

 

TONIGHT'S FLIGHT WAS DELAYED 90 MINUTES IN ANCHORAGE BUT AS SOON AS IT LANDED IN BETHEL...

 

 

ENJOYING THIS LOVELY EVENING!!!

 

 

DON'T FORGET TO THANK YOUR FAVORITE "RAMP MARSHAL", WAIPA!!!

 

PLANE FINALLY LANDED!!!

 

 

TIME TO GET TO WORK!!!

 

 

WE WENT INTO OVERDRIVE AND AS AN AWESOME TEAM THAT WE ARE ALWAYS ARE, WE OFF-LOADED AND UP-LOADED THE PLANE IN RECORD'S TIME AND THEN WE SEPARATED AND STORED ALL INCOMING FREIGHTS AND BYPASS ALL IN AN HOUR!!!

 

AND THAT IS WHY I AM PROUD TO BE PART OF "ALASKA AIRLINES" A COMPANY THAT ONLY KNOWS HOW TO FLY ABOVE THE LIMITS AND THEY KEEP GETTING BETTER YEAR OF YEAR!!!

 

ONCE AGAIN...  HAPPY ALOHA WEDNESDAY!!!

 

AWWWRITE!!!

 

WAIPA

HAPPY ALOHA TUESDAY - 5K TRAINING BEGINS!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

 

FINALLY I STARTED MY 5K TRAINING RUNNING PROGRAM!!!  ITS BEEN ALMOST 2 YEARS SINCE I'VE WENT RUNNING ON A DAILY BASIS!!!

 

MAN, WHAT WAS I THINKING ALL THIS TIME???  IT WAS SO GOOD TO BE BACK IN THE GAME!!!  YES, I'LL ADMIT...  I HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN AND WORK MY WAY UP TO A "HALF MARATHON" AND MY ANNUAL "SPARTAN RACES!!!"

 

CHEEE HUUU!!!

 

TODAY WAS MY FIRST DAY TRAINING ON GETTING MY RUN BACK...  AND IT WASN'T AS HARD AS I 'D EXPECTED TO BE!!!  I DID "INTERVALS" WALK & JOG AND BUILD MOMENTUM AS PLANNED!!!

 

 

 

NOT BAD...  AFTER BEING AWAY FOR 2 YEARS!!!

 

 

I CAN'T WAIT TO GO RUNNING AGAIN!!!

 

I'LL BE HEADING TO ANCHORAGE, ALASKA THIS COMING WEEKEND AND I'M BUYING NEW TRAIL RUNNING SHOES ASAP!!!  I LEFT MY OTHER SHOES IN HAWAI'I!!!

 

AFTER MY AWESOME RUN, IT WAS TIKE TO HEAD TO WORK, THE BEST JOB I THE WORLD...  "ALASKA AIRLINES!!!"

 

 

YOU GOING ALWAYS SEE ME SMILING!!!

 

 



TODAY WAS ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY IN BETHEL, ALASKA!!!

 

 

I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED YOUR ALOHA TUESDAY AS MUCH AS I DID!!!

 

STAY TUNED FOR MORE!!!

 

AWWWRITE!!!

 

WAIPA

HAPPY ALOHA MONDAY!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

 

FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AS SCHEDULED TO GO SEE MY DOCTOR FOR SOME BLOOD WORK RESULTS.

 

SO FAR SO GOOD, CHOLESTEROL, BLOOD PRESSURE, THYROID...  ALL GOOD AND BEST NEWS SO FAR.  BUT I HAD TO GET ANOTHER BLOOD DRAW FOR MORE ACCURATE READINGS ON ANOTHER CONCERNED ISSUE...  LETS JUST SAY I'M NOT READY TO DISCUSS THE DETAILS BUT PLEASE PRAY FOR ME AS I'M STILL FIGHTING THIS ILLNESS.

 

 

SIGH...  WHEN IS IT GOING TO END???

 

 

OKAY, TIME TO SWITCH IT UP...

 

AS SOON AS I GOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, I FELT LIKE I NEEDED TO BREATH AND START APPRECIATING EVERYTHING AROUND ME AT THE MOMENT AND SO I DID...

 

 

 

 

 

 





 



A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT OF "ALOHA" TO MY PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHER, "FERGULICIOUS" FOR YOUR AWESOME TALENTS ON CAPTURING MOMENTS AND FEELINGS ON CAMERA, YOU DEFINITLEY GOT SKILLS!!!

 

I HAD TO AT LEAST TAKE HIM OUT TO LUNCH FOR HIS WORK.

 

 

THE MAN...  THE PHOTOGRAPHER...  THE SKILLED...  JAMES FERGUSON!!!

 

 

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR LUNCH BROTHA MAN!!!

 

AND OF COURSE I END MY "ALOHA MONDAY" THE BEST WAY...

 

 



WORKING & HANGING OUT WITH THE BEST CO-WORKERS EVER!!!

 

 

ONCE AGAIN...  HAPPY ALOHA MONDAY!!!

 

AWWWRITE!!!

 

WAIPA

MY ALOHA WEEKEND!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

 

WHAT A BUSY BUSY BUSY WEEKEND FOR ME, I WORKED OVERTIME AT BYF AND RACKED UP SOME EASY AND FREE MONEY!!!

 

I WILL ADMIT, I WAS TIRED AND HITTING "BURNOUT" MODE, BUT I SURVIVED!!!

 

AFTER WORKING BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, IT WAS TIME FOR SOME REWARDS!!!

 

AND HOW DO I REWARD MYSELF???

 

I NVITED MY SISTER, BROYLINE AND MARCY FOR DINNER...

 

 

ITS ALASKA KING CRABS AND STEAKS!!!

 

I DON'T MUCH TO SAY...  THESE PICTURES SAYS IT ALL!!!

 

AGAIN, MAHALO NUI LOA E KA'IWA FOR SENDING THESE YUMMIES ALL THE WAY FROM SITKA, ALASKA!!!

 

NOW I'M JUST WAITING ON MY SCALLOPS!!!

 

LATER ON IN THE EVENING, WE GOT A SURPRISED VISIT FROM...

 

 

DENISE TOMMY!!!

 

ALTHOUGH THIS IS AN OLD PICTURE FROM THE PAST...  THIS GIRL DENISE HAD ALL OF US LAUGHING OUR ASSES OFF SO HARD I WAS CRYING!!!

 

WE WERE HITTING ON ALL KINDS OF SUBJECTS AND THEN WE STARTED TEASING EACH OTHER WHICH WAS THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG!!!

 

IT WAS SO GOOD TO SPEND TIME WITH THESE LADIES, I NEEDED THIS AND I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT WE MEET UP ALL OVER AGAIN!!!

 

I LOVE YOU LADIES!!!

 

OH AND I ALMOST FORGOT, SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2016 WAS OBSERVED AS "NATIONAL SIBLINGS DAY!!!"

 

SO MY SISTER, LOKELANI POSTED THIS PICTURE ON MY FACEBOOK...

 

 

YUPZ...  GO AHEAD AND LAUGH ALL YOU WANT!!!  WOW, THESE PICS ARE ANCIENT, BUT A DAMN CUTIE I WAS...  OR WAIT "I STILL AM!!!"

 

ON THE LEFT SIDE ARE MY SISTERS...  TOP TO BOTTOM:

LOKELANI, LEHUANANI, AND LEOLANI.

 

 

AND I CAN'T FORGET MY BROTHER TOO, MAURICE!!!

 

WITHOUT ALL OF YOU FOLKS, I'D BE SUPER DUPER LONELY AND CRAZY...  LOL!!!

 

AND I LOVE YOU ALL...  ALWAYS & FOREVER!!!

 

AWWWRITE!!!

 

WAIPA