45 posts from January 2008

If you seen my previous blog, it was a bunch of pics I took while circling Oahu's East and North shores.  This is the food part of that blog.  Here's a pic of the "crouching lion" mountain.  Can you see it off in the distance?

 

Here's our first option of the day.  It's the original shrimp truck, Giovanni's.  This one isn't too busy but let me tell you that the Haleiwa one is always packed.  Passed it though.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was really hungery for some good Mexican food and Cholos on the North Shore is known for their seafood tacos.  Kinda bummed when we got there because they were renovating the kitchen.  2 days!  I can't wait that long...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next stop....Kua'aina burgers.  This place is right across the street form Pizza Bob's and Rosie's Cantina.  Let's take a look shall we.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instead of explaining the menu, here's a big pic of it so you can get the idea.

 

Well this is what I got.  It's the hot turkey ortega with provalonge cheese.  Delish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My coworker Sam got herself the bacon burger with a side of fries.  Sorry missed the fries in this pic. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's a nice shot of another coworkers cheese burger with side of fries.  In Hawaii we say "ono da buggah".  If your in town for some burgers, stop by Kua'ainas.

We started the day on the east side of the island.  Took the H3 and started our day from Kaneohe 7-11.  This is us driving past Kualoa Ranch side.  Beautiful.

 

Traveling through Kaaawa, Punaluu, Laie, Pupukea, North Shore side, Haleiwa, and lastly through Wailua.  Damn that was a long drive.  Beautiful though.  Did I mention that I scored a papasan chair in great condition from one of the dumpsters we saw.  All I had to do was buy a new cushion which was on sale at Pier 1 for 30 bucks.  Woohoo!

OK here's the story line.  I'm at a major intersection in the extreme right lane.  I'm the second car back from the stop light.  There's a sign that says "no turn on red except from right lane."  Do you think this dumb @ss driver driving this red Geo Metro hatchback is going to go when it's clear? NO!!!  The dumb @ss stays right there!  So what do I do?  I blow my horn at that driver.  Now, normally I don't beep my horn unless the driver in front is un aware of the light change or if someone is cutting in on a dangerous angle.  This m*%6a f^&*a is just plain dumb.  Get off the street and retake your license?! Well the light finally turned green and this dumb @ss takes off.  What an I D I O T?!

If you work on the west side of Oahu like me you probably caught the traffic caused by the semi that jack-knifed between both directions.  Here's a shot of the traffic pushed back a little past Kunia heading town bound.

 

I felt bad for the west bound traffic because these news crews on their side of the road was causing a snarl all the way back into Peral City.  I heard that all the surface streets were packed too.

 

Here's the aftermath of the accident.  I actually didn't get to see the wreckage but heard that the driver was OK and that nobody else was hurt.  Lucky.  The clean up was pretty quick because I got there only 45 mintues to and hour after it happened.

 

With all this devastation, there still is a silver lining.  Look at this rainbow shot.  Beautiful.

This has got to be one of the more funnier emails I got.  it just goes to show how out sourcing can effect our local economy.  Hey, if outside places can do it for cheaper, more power to them.  It's our fault that Americans need so much to live.  Maybe it's just that we Americans are spoiled?  Do we really need all this fancy tech to live happy?  Are these other places that much worse off than we are?  IDK, I've been watching a lot of Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations and his travels all look good to me.  You gotta take a look at this funny story cause it seems pretty true.

 

Joe Smith started the day early having set his alarm clock (MADE IN
JAPAN) for 6am.. While his coffeepot (MADE IN CHINA) was perking, he shaved with his electric razor (MADE IN HONG KONG). He put on a dress shirt ( MADE IN SRI LANKA), designer jeans (MADE IN SINGAPORE) and tennis shoes (MADE IN KOREA). After cooking his breakfast in his new electric skillet (MADE IN INDIA) he sat down with his calculator (MADE IN MEXICO) to see how much he could spend today. After setting his watch (MADE IN TAIWAN) to the radio (MADE IN INDIA) he got in his car (MADE IN GERMANY) filled it with GAS from Saudi Arabia and
continued his search for a good paying AMERICAN JOB. At the end of yet another
discouraging and fruitless day checking his Computer (Made In Malaysia -
with tech support in INDIA), Joe decided to relax for a while. He put on
his sandals (MADE IN BRAZIL!) poured himself a glass of wine (MADE IN
FRANCE! France !!) and turned on his TV (MADE IN INDONESIA),
And then wondered why he can't find a good paying job in.. AMERICA ...

Some days...scratch that...most days I wish I wish I were golfing.  Too bad I don't have a job where I could play golf all day long.  I know what your thinking...become a pro golfer.  Well, I suck.  I just like going to the course to drive the cart around and drink beers at the same time.  It's the only place where you can legally drink and drive.  Hopefully I'll be playing a round soon and will post some pics when I do.  Anyway, here's a funny vid of a couple of blokes tryng to pull the wool over their boss' eyes.  I know that we all want to do this some time in our working careers.  Right?

 

If you heard of the Airbus A380 it's old news by now.  I mean one has yet to fly a bunch of people across the globe but a whole bunch of airlines have put their order in.  Too bad.  Let me introduce you to the new form of speed and aero-dynamics.  It's the new Boeing 797.  It's the answer to the Airbus and the future of the skies for passneger travel.  It's new wing and hull design will increase the lift to draf ratio by 50% and reduce overall weight by 33%.  Not only that, it will have a cruising speed of Mach .88 or 654mph vs. the Airbus' 570mph.  This mack daddy will hold up to 1000 passengers which is 445 more than it's counter part.  In part with it's high body rigidity, it will greatly reduce turbulence and give this plane a 8800 nautical mile range.  Talk about thinking outside the box.

This has got to be the sickest fighter jet I've ever seen.  I mean even Star Wars has nothing on this jet.  Infact, this would be equivelent to the "death blossom" on "The Last Starfighter".  Kick ass.

 

For those of you not in the know, this is the new FA-37 or AIr Vehicle Number 1.  This monster of a "space ship" goes a neck breaking Mach 4.  Yah, that's faster than the Blackbird at Mach 3.  Not only that, this puppy is stealth, "Klingon" anyone?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I mean WTF?  Any other country wanna still f*&^ with us?  I wouldn't.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Get ready for blast off, cause we're taking it to "where no man has gone before."

Well, he made it out of the hospital.  He has all his air purifiers set up and his meds all in line.  When I went to go visit him yesterday he looked like a new man.  I told him that he's standing alot straighter and that he looks way better than he did before the surgery.  In fact, I think he grew a couple of inches.  It's almost as if the new heart made him 10 years younger.  Either that or I just got used to looking weakend.  So, all is doing well so far and hope for a full recovery soon.

 

Just a little something for you home away from home people.  You see that tower thing to the left?  That's Central Union Church.  Missing home yet?