A great Dane

so what about the JC letters of intent?

Good for Dane Uperesa. Nice to see someone furthering their education.

Awesome of Dane Uperesa to make such a decision.

He was a terror at the tackle position! Best wishes to him!

But … but … I’d love for him to be a 49er! ❗

Can’t help but feel conflicted.

Well done, Dane, that’s a man who knows who he is and what he wants.

Hey, Tsaikos, be careful, I’ve heard there are cougars roaming on the last blog. Watch out, they might come over here now to hunt.

Jason, tighten your belt.

Top 10?

Good for Dane. Would have been nice to have him in a 9er uni but hey, gotta satisfy the soul. Good Luck Dane!! GO NINERS BABY!!! Did I mention two of the Niners last 3 wins (St. Louis and J-E-T-S), we (the hotel) fed the team their final meal at their SC practice facility the day before the game? Dang it was sweet meeting all the players, coaches, admin. Shoulda took pics but I had to keep it prof. Oh well….that’s my culinary story for you tsaikos today. Aloha!

al:

your “soft” remarks about having to wait until February 2009 on coaching “changes” makes me wonder if you have “previleged” information that you are very happy or comfortable with and will not divulge to any of us – oh, I stay jealous, but you can tell us and we won’t tell anybody!!

What’s your email, Nalani? I might have something you can use.

yeah al – spill the beans

Hey I saw Esme on TV the other day.

Good Luck. Big Dane.

What is Joe Onosai doing these Days????

Nalani – food, friends, food, football, food, family, food, fun, food….

I should refresh before I hit Submit …

Joe Onosai is head coach of Word Of Life Varsity Football team, for one.

…ok homey, start me off, but I’m almost afraid to ask…..

Thanks, Stretch and Jason for providing a response to Nalani!

Off to see MasaBoy!

That made me hungry, bbl, going to cook breakfast food for lunch.

Could be a good song Homey, but being a girl band, I don’t think we could pull it off. Maybe I can refer the idea to a boy band friend of mine.

I like the last 4 lines a lot. Could use that.

Did you just whip this off the top of your head?

Off course, Nalani,

I just read your note that you’re looking for ideas, this just came out off the top of my head, with some time…….

Nalani,

The four lines could make a good bridge.

and the spam you going get you can’t eat with your rice and eggs

Really Ralph? Thx for the tip. I have a good spam filter, but hate to think I’m going to get more.

Great Morning All!

Nice read about Dane Uperesa. Sounds like a “What I Did For Love” kinda thing.
Hey, if the BaseBows make it to the CWS maybe he can be the Beeg Fan! 🙂

I can’t believe I know Stephen Tsai. 😀

ST- I like looking at aerial fireworks from afar (ooh, aaaah). The smoke, I don’t like… used to give me asthma. I don’t care for the firecrackers (too loud) and the mess they leave behind. I always worry about injuries too. (I have a friend who is missing a couple of fingers from fireworks…)

Roman candles…gotta be careful of that last one; sometimes backfire! 😯
(Did Romans really use them as candles?)

Nalani,

Check ya email…

Apparently so, Tsai-rah, apparently so. Our ‘lil blog son is growing up right before our eyes… snuff… sniff…sob…

Is it any surprise that Nevada is wearing their all blue uniforms today at the Humanitarian Bowl in Boise?? Not the same shade of blue but close enough

we’ve got an annoying neighbor who calls to scream at us at 12:15 a.m.

I think you should be okay this year, I think your “annoying neighbor” is in or on their way to Vegas

I used to IM homey until he blocked me.

d1: Yeah, as OC. I absolutely love Singletary as HC. Bring back Shanahan, let him go crazy with Frank Gore. 🙂

But I doubt he’d go back to being an OC. There are so many HC openings, he’s bound to get one.

49’ers looking for new OC….back to futility, an all running game going nowhere soon….back to the stone ages…..this brew for you-since i haven’t found a good smiley site to tack one on here

ST, like you during small kid time I was a big fan, couldn’t wait to take apart those Baby Camels and the bamboocha Duck Brand so it would last through the night. My wife has asthma and she suffers, so now I have to vote for a ban on fireworks other than the organized events.

Two New Year resolution wishes:

One, to all those idiots with the illegal fireworks, why don’t you take the kala spent on this and donate it to the Hawaii Foodbank.

Two, Greg Alexander please sign up for a couple of the speed and quickness clinics to get ready for 2009.

Hauoli Makahiki Hou

LizKauai [iMac] BELIEVER:
December 30th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Kekoa- thanks for the ProBowl suggestions.
So- should we have some kind of Saturday night activity on the 7th?

Nalani:
December 30th, 2008 at 10:54 am
I like go Karaoke. When we going??

homey ℞:
December 30th, 2008 at 10:57 am
I’m with Nalani too! When is the next k-call?

Stretch:
December 30th, 2008 at 11:01 am
A Karaoke Kall is in the works.

Stretch:
December 30th, 2008 at 11:16 am
SteveM – check your email

Whooosh..I’ve never seen Stretch move so fast…maybe all this talk about dating 🙂 A BIG KARAOKE CALL was on the back burner but really heated up this morning…

😆 BIG KARAOKE CALL
Saturday, February 7, 2009
7:30 PM – 12:30 AM
Krazy Karaoke (big room) Young Street

Please RSVP on the blog…. ASAP
Stretch has made the reservation and must put down a $350 deposit by this Friday. Break-even point at 48 people (55 max.).
Probable cost is $15 per person for the room/karaoke
Bring your own refreshments and food (indoor tailgate)

– – – – – – – – – – – –

SteveM- I’m IN! Krazy Karaoke is da bomb – even if no mo nabeyaki udon… ❗

Jason,

Hope you have a smashing time with your female friend (DATE!).The
next time you see her, you’ll have a

LLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGG

bus ride.

DPK – my email software automatically recognized you as spam.

Nothing like portuguese sausage, over easy eggs, rice, and shoyu for lunch. For those aching to know, the portuguese sausage was Purity (costco 4-pack but ate just one of the logs), brown eggs (costco brown eggs with omega-3, ate only 3 eggs), small grain rice (from Don Quixote, forgot the brand name), and Aloha shoyu (lite, didn’t want to take too much of the egg and sausage taste away).

hhhmmm… unless I leave early and catch the last flight out… That’s a possibility – but it means getting in after 11pm. Too late??? O will the party be just getting started???

Wow, Robert Marve is leaving Miami-Florida. But there are restrictions to what conferences he can play in, didn’t hear the WAC listed.

Stretch – I wonder why it was male dogs?

MLiz – It’s best you wankel with the rotary gang. We’ll be thinking of you when d1 tackles that phantom of the opera song solo.

Hope djmitcho is FLYING OUT!!!

someone needs to give jm%&#@ a chill pill.

IF djmitcho is flying Hawaiian and was on the 805am flight out of Seattle, then he has already landed. If he was on the Hawaiian flight leaving at 920am, he must be sitting in the Seattle airport, it is delayed and not supposed to arrive until 730pm.

Why is the cougar making mathematicsl jokes? 😯

A graduate student of mathematics who used to come to the University on foot every day arrives one day on a fancy new bicycle. “Where did you get the bike from?” his friends asked. “It’s a `thank you’ present”, he explains, “from that freshman girl I’ve been tutoring. Yesterday she called me and told that she had passed her math final and wanted to drop by to thank me in person. She arrived at my place on her bicycle. When I had let her in, she took all her clothes off, smiled at me, and said: `You can get from me whatever you desire!'”

One of his friends remarks: “You made a really smart choice when you took the bicycle.”

“Yeah”, another friend adds, “just imagine how silly you would have looked in a girl’s clothes – and they wouldn’t have fit you anyway!”

1 in 2 Tsaiko’s make up 50% of all Tsaiko’s.

A biologist, a statistician and a mathematician are on a photo-safari in Africa. They drive out on the savannah in their jeep, stop and scout the horizon with their binoculars.

The biologist : “Look! There’s a herd of zebras! And there, in the middle : A white zebra! It’s fantastic ! There are white zebra’s ! We’ll be famous !”

The statistician : “It’s not significant. We only know there’s one white zebra.”

The mathematician : “Actually, we only know there exists a zebra, which is white on one side.”

I wonder if one of the friends in Jason’s story is chawan???

Was the girl wearing a bright orange jacket? 🙄

MLiz is on a roll!

chawan – Yep, I can see you very good! I did notice they showed you close up in the 1st half but farther away in the 2nd half.

hey now. i thought we were all picking on jason today.

Actually we are advising Jason and picking on jm96%.

RE: Fireworks

Nowadays I set off paperless fireworks near midnight and look at the aerials for 5-10 minutes. But when I was a kid–errr, a smaller kid– it was slingshots and crackerballs with penny (bottle) rocket battles 🙂 Tubes of Roman Candles much taller than I as artillary and sparklers on long steel rods for sword fighting and later recyled as rebar. Not too many cherry bombs and large fireworks–parents didn’t want me losing fingers. 😐
Dangerous and I wouldn’t want children to play with those these days, but give me some now and… 👿

So…jm2^11-2^8-2^6-2^3+1 – What do people mean when they say they’re giving 110%? I hate that (and similar) expressions! 😯

And how do they know it’s 110% What if it was really 104%? Would that have made a difference? Of course the statistician would say that is an insignificant amount.

cc – you know I was joking right?

brew – who knows.

Being a statisician means never having to say you’re certain… unlike being an accountant, where they have to figure out where every penny went!!!

Nalani:
December 30th, 2008 at 2:15 pm

DPK – i was out for a while and gotta run away again soon, but will look at what you sent and get back to you.

Translation: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

must be raining at the job site and golf course cuz stretch is on the blog all day long and its almost time to catch the flight back to oahu

what do you guys think about this fireworks tax that the city has imposed on us? its a tax, hidden in the ruse of “permits” to control the burning of firecrackers. they used the whole asthma and health thing to get the council and senate to pass this tax. look at all the other “legal” and off the shelf stuff. they produce more smoke and noise than the regular firecrackers. taking advantage of our cultural and historical background by taxing us like this.
ok, back to making fun of jason.

Some info for Jason:
Occidental College actually has a good D3 football program. They won their conference this past season (SCIAC) and were eliminated in the first round at Willamette. There was some controversy in that pairing because those two teams were the #1 and #2 seeds in the 8-team region and were forced to play because of “geographical considerations”
Linfield will be travelling to SoCal next season to play Oxy on the same day as the UH-UNLV game. That should be a good game with possible post-season implications for both teams (if things go right).
#1 son’s former coach at E. Oregon is now the OC at Oxy and if he has been allowed to run his offense, they are probably very challenging to defend. Similar to a BS-You type of approach with multiple groupings and sets and a thick playbook.
Of course, if Jason’s “friend” is not into football, all of that is for nada!
But aside from that, I’m told the school has very good academics. Not sure what the emphasis is as far as area of study…

…and while I was key-ing all that, Reno ties the game.

Actually, not to drive anyone away from this site but you guys should read the Mid Life Crisis blog about fireworks….although I don’t fall anywhere near that age group, a lot of the stuff talked about in that piece I remember doing as a kid……good times…

Oh yeah…and safe travels to the A-Houses and djmitcho…..

600????

Stretch,
Is that “aerial view” of the game from Boise similar to the view you had from the box?

“Fireworks tax” doesn’t apply to illegal aerials and such…. 🙄

chawan – did you buy any permits this year?

Hmmmm…. doesn’t J(J) still work (play?) on a “Jungle-Jim” sort of analogous work place, dealing with monkeys, skinning knees and getting spanked? 😯

Re fireworks, that permit thing is such a rip-off. We chinese people love to pop fireworks and now NYs just isn’t the same.

Use to make tank, airplane, car, ship, models throughout the year just to blow them up for New Years.

Oh oh…. that’s another thing I have in common with homey ℞….Yikes! 😯

brew – you sing Dancing Queen too? 😯

I should be able to attend the KK…..

LOL…Sorry, thinking about the funny car driver “Jungle” Jim….but we had a “Jungle” Jim Vasconcellos at school who could swing around a jungle gym like a gibbon….it was crazy….LMAO

Noooooo….not yet! Please don’t retire yet homey ℞! Don’t you have a pick-up truck that can (and is often) hosed off? 😯

Stretch,

C’mon. 🙄

(Jesse) James on a banana seat bicycle, with the wind in his hair…..

Gee…it seems the Roady’s Truck Stop website is overwhelmed….
anyone want to go look for one in Vegas next September?

jojo – gotta tell jeje to request off for Feb 7th.

that = than

What is the statistical likelihood of Al Davis rehiring Mike Shanahan as HC for the Raiders? Would it be greater or less that the statistical likelihood for Shanahan accepting such an offer? 🙄

Did bulla mean “dropping” or (post-tasting) “flopping” for his Bombers? 😯

Wow – Shanahan back to coach the Raiders. Now that would be a great NYs present for Shelton. (BTW, the Raiders beating J Gruden and the Bucs on Shelton’s BDay. That was a bonus!)

homey…yeah…I know…people say I look portuguese…but I’m 50% chinese….

Got it homey!

nighty-night

al…yeah, when I read that story about going in the house to “take a break from popping firecrackers” after some duck (camel, peacock, thunderbomb) blew up in your hand from holding on too long brought back memories….I did the same thing….LOL

re: fireworks

they are suuuper fun. though when i was a young i didnt like loud noises. now, i still dont like loud noises but for some reason this thing in the bottle that i tend to drink dulls the sounds…..(o_0).

soooo, who has aerials?!?!

There is a basketball game that evening against Idaho, but I’m sure will be stopping by on the way home.

I mean… “no worry, beef curry…” 😯

brew – perhaps it was from a pacific islander asian woman???

I agree with (Jesse) James and Nalani…

Fireworks is tradition in the islands. But all deez kine permit and stuffs making New Years moa shitty nowadays! For those of you who no like the fireworks laddat…ahhh bah humbug to you! Ainokea, you only live once, and only once a year is New Years, so why not go blast and have fun. I agree too about everybody nowadays is too paranoid about stuffs. Back in the day never have no worries…if get fire, get water…if get burn, get ice/band aid…if you dumb enough for hold the firecracker, well then you just dumb!

PB – looks like get 3 dummies so far, me, (J)J, and al. But only al went home and cried. 😆

Trickeration by Da Ducks!

homey ℞,

haha, nah I mento too cause same as holding rockets in your hand instead of using pipe to light em. Or having Roman Candle Wars wea you stand on opposite side and go fo broke see who get nuff sack for be last man standing. Maybe Coach Rolo can use dat as one drill for Greg Alexander…get about 5 Roman Candles light em and then point em at him from different angles, see if he can avoid getting hit!

myki has been trying to get an honorable discharge from the bombers but it looks like she is a bomber for life.

Nalani:

December 30th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
DPK – i was out for a while and gotta run away again soon, but will look at what you sent and get back to you.

oh dear….that is like opening pandora’s box!

Hmmm… the Jaeger Bombers haven’t flown since the August Karaoke Call. There are only 8 bombers…but the squadron might grow om Feb 9… 🙂

Jaeger Bomber Roll Call

Mrs. Bomber — check!
Dee — check!
Pammie — check!
Peaches — check!
myki — check!
homey — check! (note: bring bucket)
Esme — Esme? Esme? Karaoke call…
Rob25 — in Vegas now, probably check!

Congratulations to Dane Uperesa in choosing to continue his education & to be with his fiance!

I liked “looking out upon the city lights” & fireworks from the Heights over Honolulu when I was a little kid. I don’t like being in the midst of the smoke, though.

Nalani,

Ho’omaikai on 25 years!

once a bomber…always a bomber. the discharge ceremony is far too painful, something about suppository supplements etc., but that all ‘depends’ i guess…….haha, going to the dark side again….slap slap on the proverbial wrist…..

SteveM,

If we aren’t partying with my Mom for her birthday, I’m in for the K-Kall. I think my other tsinging sister will be here the week before, so the 7th might be open.

al – I guess it would have to be shemp ’cause curly joe did show signs of a limp wrist.

SteveM – um, why am I the only male bomber?

Wow!
U of O answers!
That’s some fireworks! 🙂

k-call

since it is a few days after the nli or loi day. we should officially invite coach mack to this event. cuz, he will be singing of the praises of joy with his first real recruiting class.

al – may as well invite the AD and his kinda shy better half.

Time to finalize cooking the PBS for tomorrow’s festivities!

HAPPY NEW YEAR everybody!

brew808,

Thanks, cannot access certain websites on these frikkin comps get all kine security firewall crap so irratating.

Hey ST are Kevin Williams & Zach Mausch still coming or do they have to wait until May?

brew,
I appreciate you waiting :29 to tell me that… 😆

snap, k thanks dang in an hour…

d1島 – You’re welcome. I didn’t want to forget about it and have it linger into the new year….. 😆

BTW – did we ever finish our discussion of Shari’s vs. Elmer’s? 😀

brew,

Table it….(so to speak) We going Roady’s! 😀

Can we count on LaCount? Which group of scholarships does he count against? Will he be able to participate in Spring Drills? We’re counting on him! 😯

who wants to bet that robert marve either called june jones or smu called robert?

he may also call hawaii.

he would have 2 for 2 after sitting out a second year as required for all transfers. but, could petition for a sixth year due to medical hardship his first year after sitting from a car crash.
doesn’t his mother still live in hawaii.

just throwing it out there.
is he the qb that may become available????

…”blue plate special”…. 😀

auwrite thanks ST must be a gift and a curse to be on the inside and be in the know yet have to keep quiet I applaud you for that cause it’s not something alot of people can do I know I couldn’t I’d be to excited. Oh yeah what about the safety from Poly Stan McKAy any shot at landing him. As for fireworks I agree about them being apart of local tradition cause mainland new years eve is alot different just champange poppers boring. I remeber holding single duck or horse fire crackers and trying to time when to throw’em man your fingers get numb when you don’t let go in time.

roysan,

me…you…simpatico!…Que sera sera… 😆

SteveM,

If my Mom isn’t playing mah jong that night, I’ll see if I can get her to come. My Other sister who sings is Sharon, who JD knows. She’s home to visit, but I think she leaves before the 7th. Now I have to figgah out what kine fuud to bring…

(J)J,

almos’…keep tryin’…LMAO!

300???

My football team(s) are either out of the playoffs or their bowl game is over. So I’m going to have to side with the Mrs. regarding fuud….. Maybe al has some extra mochi to share? 😯

I usually don’t but have to go to a meeting soon and don’t know when I’ll be back on….LOL

NSF,

Thanks…Not sure I going remember, but if you come to the TsaikoGates next year…. 🙂

I’ll put out a “mochi order” call next year..LOL!

Excuse me…WHAT EVERS…

“thick ankles” and all, Masoli can dish it as well as take it…

Masoli…Oregon…CCSF…Rush…. what/where was Rolo’s input/connection? 🙄

Que Sera Sera…what about A Hui Hou or Hana Hou? Maybe Hana Hou another 25 years?

The Firecrackers Song? Tradition, red paper, good fortune, family, chasing evil spirits, children of all ages playing, rockets, sparklers, fountains, New Years, family fuuds/feast, …. 😀

What is the statistical probability that Jason took his iTouch and sends blog comments/questions tonight? 😆

ST what about Malcolm Lane’s friend are they still going after him the one who checked out the practice between road games in El Paso.

Nalani,

You guys should make a song about how lucky we are to live in Hawaii and about the power of the Aloha Spirit and how there’s no comparison.

reading between the lines…..
does that mean that the five mid-year jc’ers count towards last year’s class. thus, a part of the reason we have offered over thirty scholies???

i realize some of this year’s class will also grayshirt. probably, hs olineman i would suspect.

yup we could really use another safety. that hawaii bowl was very indicative of our lack of speed in the backfield and how to exploit it.

well we have candidates for db’s

cb: pierre-davis(who looks like a safety to me), bryant, k.williams, davis, hopkins

safety: pierre-davis (i ain’t giving up on this one), smith, lolotai, brown, and, and, yup, we need at least one more to compete here.

Did somebody already mention this….I just opened a letter from Na Koa, and they say 2009 is UH Football’s100th Anniversary. Chee Hoo. Sounds like we gotta start planning a real party!!

Nalani:

December 30th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Did somebody already mention this….I just opened a letter from Na Koa, and they say 2009 is UH Football’s100th Anniversary. Chee Hoo. Sounds like we gotta start planning a real party!!

Nalani,

I think the fans are in for a treat next season… Coach Mack DID say that Under Armour is releasing an all green jersey for UH to wear in 2009. At first I wondered why wait one more year (when the deal with UA started this past season), but now I know why…

Kazz: MO DA KINE IN 2009!!!!

g1 Kazz 😆

my take on the bang bang on ny’s eve. played plenty wen was small kid, played moa wen got older cause was tradition and parents no can light dem cause to slow, let my kids play cause they enjoyed the lights and noise (had plenty illegal stuff back den). now days just sit back, enjoy with friends and fam. so no biggie only regret is the permits. damn cost more kala to buy it den the fireworks. how you figga ❓

oh oh is dat someone playing with loud fireworks or is the tunda returning.

if so quick everyone into you cars and head up Alewa heights and look for the lighted house. bwhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa j/k

OK, it’s that time of the year…
since my last post I’ve been going back thru those blog entries from 1-2-08 thru 1-15-08…..
(actually, I cheated and went back to entries from pre-Sugar Bowl)

what a fortnight that was. 🙄
(still get kinda choked up at some points)

😳 refrigerator, not refridgerator – don’t want Jason to have to correct my spelling errors again. 🙄

I heard the thunder too….

What is the Hawaiiana reason for thunder? 😀

Tsaiko explanation for thunder is hunger pains –> fuud required! 😆

…Plenty of beeru and sashimi to grind to keep it from spoiling…. 😀

nalani…..my letter said they need some greens as in dollars.

I got two letters!
Boy, are they targeting the wrong guy! 😆

whitey,

You are certainly welcome to keep it all over there!

Another Jason question/comment –

Doesn’t Jason always use his headphones to listen to the radio broadcast at live and TV games? I sure hope he doesn’t do that while keeping his “friend” company at the BB game tonight! 🙄

jason’s prolly got his hands full as we speak 😀

Re: the term “esme” –

Now – it can’t apply for making any kind of exit, quick or not, if you don’t even show-up (except on celebrity TV ads/shows)….. 😛

Looks like he thinking he’s back on the BI right now….

Eh d1島 – How come you get to watch all the fuutball while J has to slave away getting ready for New Year’s? Rhetorical Question only – no need to respond! 🙄

bulla, you still on maui? lahaina or kula?

top 325????

whitey sits alone… thinking of his Tsaiko friends who aren’t there to bond with…Maui no ka oi?… eventually remembers is oda friends in the dark with ice cold beeru at the ready… and ono fuud too! 😀 😆 😀 😯 🙄

waiting for reports from the SSC….
on the court and in the stands!

Email from Virginia starts off with “Hau’oli Makahiki Hou!” – but really means – Please send kala! … and a happy new year…. if you send kala! 😀

brew, what the odds for us to make the 1k post tonight?? my fingers already getting tired.

d1, what you making for tomorrow night or new year’s day, fuud special??

trying to eat dinner and post. dinner is very “wholesome” according to tv ad.

wholesome dinner?
tv dinner?
swanson’s?

i just saw one intense, well played, well respected game between Oregon and Oklahoma State. I wish people would talk about us like that.

Anyone hear any score from the bb game?

has Jason come on tv yet?

345, now gotto go rest my fingers and make another attempt later on.

whitey

the game is ppv.

Evening Tsai-kos!!

Attempts to reach 1k are futile (in the words of the Borg). Took almost 8 hours to reach 350. mebbe we can get to 600 but it’ll be a Stretch 😆 Depends on when ST decides to post a new topic.

Go Bows!!!

Just saw a pic of Jon Hee in the MPI Alumni mag. Too bad midori’s not here.

hot damn, just as i tell d1 we sent the thunda north, the sucka comes right back. sheeessshh.

Confucius says “Very good Kazz #291” DITTO!

also get lesson to learn, cannot do alone, so if other tsaikos no help, am in doomsville. same as warriors, need team to win, not individuals. most important lesson for team.

UH BB game over.

seeing that the pro bowl is still in the news, does the pro bowl have volunteers at the game and if they do, what do they or their organization get from the nf.?

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ho boy, wonder what Sarkisian has been up to lately?

Okay on the way to 400

Did anyone see Jason and his so called female friend (his date)
on TV.

UCLA DC DeWayne Walker announced as new New Mexico St head coach. Sounds like a positive step for them.

whitey, had to give my 1 finger a break after that record.

808ike

I think I saw Jason behind the U.H. bench but neva see the friend (the date).

Had a chance to view the game at friend’s house. Chose to
watch tomorrow morn.

Remember the movie “Harvey” starring Jimmy Stewart? It’s a favorite of mine. He had an imaginary friend, a 6′ rabbit that talked to him…. Umm…. any chance that there’s an imaginary friend from Occidental College….. Nah… couldn’t be, could it? Nah… 🙄 😯 😀

Should have asked Jason to wear orange. Then check guy/gal
next to him or empty seat.

Re-MWC and UH futile/passive attempt to join while Boise State might

About a week before Christmas I was reading the comments made by the Boise State president on how they would accept a bid to get into the MWC. On their part that is an excellent move. Better rivalries and games, with TCU, Utah and BYU, meaning higher television revenues than they would have made in the WAC. Plus they’d escape the high costs of traveling to Hawaii and Louisiana Tech. For them it would be a perfect opportunity. Boise State boosters on record have said they’d pay handsomely to see this get done.

And then I look at the Hawaii administrators with their lack of vision and foresight of not putting their name in the hat in being considered for the MWC expansion, too, like the Boise State’s president. How sad, again. Perhaps maybe their explanation is that their pledged loyalty to the commissioner. But the administrators less not forget this is the same commissioner that back in 1996 after being on the job for 2 years had the hair brained idea of increasing memberships of the WAC from 10 to 16 teams. For which the then departing schools argued by having 16 teams in the league it cut into each team’s slice of the pie or revenues. Plus how the league was formed then it didn’t allow teams to have their natural rivalries, meaning BYU playing with Utah or Wyoming was on hold at that time. This didn’t warm over with the fans, especially the BYU season ticket holders. And mounting pressure from the fans prompted the BYU, Utah programs etc to jump. Again big boosters and people with deep pockets paid to see this get done. And we can credit the commsioner for making the MWC commisioner look like a genius. And more so when he snags the two of the better teams from the WAC.

Taking us to the present. Hawaii should do whats best for Hawaii. The same as I’m sure Boise State is looking out for the best for itself and fans. And I’m sure Fresno is looking out for Fresno.In a perfect setting all the league members could, at one time, entrust in one another that they’ll all remain intact as a league. But with Boise State committing their feelings to the public a few weeks ago about leaving the WAC and welcoming a bid into the MWC then Hawaii should have plans too.

The trickle down effect of Boise State and then maybe Fresno State leaving together, would see the remaining members gasping for air. Because the marketability of the WAC would be almost non existent. Everything from television revenues to attendance at games to recruiting would suffer. The rivalries between Hawaii’s most formidable opponents, which does attract more people at the stadium and more television viewers, would be replaced with weaker teams that wouldn’t draw more fans to the stadium or television viewers. The high school recruits also coming out of Hawaii given a choice to play in the MWC, with a greater regional television exposure and bigger crowds, would surely take the MWC and the league with the greater prestige.

On the horizon as our administrators, JD and Pres. and company, look at the body language of the dialogues between the MWC commissioner and the Boise State president it has to have them holding their breaths, too. Both sides, MWC and Boise State, have openly said they are attracted to each other.

As June 30 of next year looms, the cut off date for the departing teams to be elgible for play in the fall of 2010 in the MWC, I’m hoping Hawaii expends the least ammount of time worrying about things it can’t control and figure the best options for the university in the future should Boise State and or Fresno State leaves.

whitey,

Tanks Ah?
No mo’ tundah from down undah as yet.

btw, making konbu maki and shoyu pork with squash.
Going market early for fish, roast pork, char siu, vegetables…and pick up sum dim sum on da way back!

HiFlyer,

Yes, and hes got Hickham #1 on his dream sheet for after training! Im praying for it daily!

jm2008&18.3%more – Huh? What do you claim I did now? Ha! And besides, only the missing one use to send me to the corner and she no stay! So there! Ha! 👿 😯 😈

Congrats to your son, PIAA DS.
Top shelf stuff, huh?

btw, “Terrapins” is OK. Terps is 🙄 haha

warthogs and F-22’s no mix! 😯

roysan, i understand what you are saying, but why worry about joining the MWC. they may have beat us in fb this year, but so far the WAC outclasses them in total sports. if BSU wants to leave, let them leave. Same as the nfl, they like go, go. BSU was nothing till the WAC invited them and now they think they can call the shots, kiss my arse. Same for the nfl pro bowl, they were nothing till they came to Hawaii. They think that Hawaii would let them come and go as they please. Kiss my arse!!!

Whitey, my son had the warthogs as his #3 choice after F16s, he loves that ugly old plane! He asks for goodies all the time for the guys who work on the jets, figures if hes good to them they’ll be good to him!

D1 – yeah, Terps is kinda goofy! but gotta live with it if your from Maryland!

brew, the new warthogs get the same weapon system as the 22’s.

the new hogs are awesome and if you like do some damage up close, you like be the pilot. mean is not the word for the hog, it damn right hell in your face for those on the ground.

hoooo hooo hoooo 401. brew, get chance. one more thing about the hog, when flying low and attack mode, bullets hitting the ground are only 6″ apart and only homey can escape cause he some fast.

well Im not familiar with all this military stuff, all I know is he’ll be 20k feet up in the air, not way closer to the ground like the warthog. The further away from the action the happier mom is.

Good job whitey and others. We’re 10 hours and 40 minutes ahead of yesterday. So where’s our resident statistician now? 😀

Is there an alternative to DU?

To be honest, don’t give a rat’s a$$ about the MWC. TRAITORS.

Can post faster with 1 liners.

woof, woof, woof. now we get the team moving and excited. you right d1, the next level is getting shorter. yeeeaaaaahhhhhh

brew and piaa, could have used the cannons from the hogs or 22s in november while in south dakota hunting pheasants. them buggahs were getting out of the field about 200 yds ahead of us, so they all escape. next time i going make like homey and stay low so they no can see me.

Whitey I totally agree. The wac is making a name for themselves. In the next couple of years the Wac should be a pretty good and competitive conference. With the hiring of DeWayne Walker at NMSU and Gary Anderson at USU. They should be able to put a winning attitude in these two programs making the WAC that much better.

I think if Boise was to leave the WAC that would be a big mistake in terms of status that they have now. Just look at the Bowl and how they got dominated. They will not last in the MWC. They will get beat down and will become the doormates of the MWC but like Whitey said, if they like go, go.

20mm round hits a pheasant and you have same mount of bird left as if you missed completely! 🙄

Nice find on the SHB finances whitey! 😀

SteveM

You can count me in for the K-call.

brew
the Warthog has a 30mm cannon and your right about the DU nasty stuff.

brew, you live in the oakland area?

808ike, you impressing me cause you posting longer post. keep it up. you doing good job.

thanks tsaikos, we going impress SteveM by going for mt everest without air tanks on our back. you all get the right stuff like PB’s company advertises.

HiFlyer – Yes, you’re right. It is a 30mm cannon! That means even less pheasant for whitey if he used that weapon, didn’t drink a bunch of beeru before hunting, and didn’t chase after the birds with the bird-dogs barking away, “Woof, woof, woof”. Haha! 😆

whitey – Oh I see, we mention weapon systems and you think of Oakland! Ha! I think you asked that question before and I ignored you. Right? 😕

stevem…

eh, bull. you should be one referee. cuz you need glass.

SteveM:

December 30th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
When I saw the Tsaiko-Gate photo of 808ike, I thought it was was d1島 at first glance. Any relationship?

there is no resemblance at all.

al, you get plenty to learn about plantation language. up your giggy is same as up your “arse”.

brew, i get amenesia, but i told you that before, i think. hooo boy.

Jason, my man, you are smiling, you sly mongoose. LOVE is in the air, ta ta tala, la, la

UH’s “fan” at the San Jose Mercury-News just took some shots at UH…

Let’s start with the big winner: WHAT A PERFORMANCE BY THE IRISH!!!

They won a bowl game for the first time in 15 years (over a team that struggled vs. Weber State).

They dominated their opponent (which lost to Utah State)

They were an offensive juggernaut, scoring 49 points and gaining 478 yards (against a defense that gave up 30 and 400 to New Mexico State).

They set the stage for a big ‘09 (when they play 17 home games) …

OK, in all seriousness: Notre Dame should have beaten Hawaii, which finished 7-7, but the lopsided nature of the victory was impressive — so impressive that it makes you wonder:

Loser: Hawaii Coach Greg McMackin. At least June Jones got slammed in the Sugar Bowl. To lose by 28, at home, against a .500 team: The heat’s on Coach Mac for ‘09.

Best of luck to Dane Uperesa! I respect his ability to put his football career behind him and start the next chapter for his life. It must make his fiancee very happy that he chose their relationship over football and I wish them a long, happy life together.

Nah….. I think we’ve all learned to ignore that wiener from the SJMerc. 🙄

I’m also happy because someone at Dell was kind enough to expedite the AC adapter that I needed. Here I was expecting to get it by early next week, and I get it two days after I put in the order.

Speaking of fireworks, what about the duds of UH Football in 2008 AD?

1. Tyler Graunke
– Colt Brennan’s air apparent, he failed to prepare for his big opportunity.

2. Dan Kelly
– Preseason favorite for All-WAC kicker, he became an offensive liability.

3. RGM
– Questionable decision to leave early; he gambled and lost. Meanwhile, DB is a likely to make the NFL’s All-Rookie team. Life isn’t fair.

4. Punt Return team
– Pitiful

5. UH Offense
– OL gets a lot of heat, but the truth is the whole unit never really got the groove. 4 QBs didn’t help but the question remains, can anybody else run JJ’s run and shoot?

roysan, you may be right about saban, but as far as dolpins and lsu is concerned he is one big snake in the grass. snakes use camoflauge (spp) to hide, so he might be doing this so the ncaa looks at the other schools because he saying that he is an upstanding coach. you can put on all kinds of nice things, but if you one snake, hard to change your markings.

Interesting that 1.1 million less men have jobs now as compared to a year ago, but 12,000 more women have jobs now than last year:

I’m home early because my friend had to be home early. And I don’t like catching the bus home late at night, it comes too infrequently. So we skipped the championship game, choosing to go eat in the hospitality room instead. By the time we left, some girls were in our seats already for the start of the second game. 😛

Pretty cool that they are evaluating a pill that will combat jet lag with no aftereffects.

Study found that 1 in 5 Americans aged 19-25 have a personality disorder!

Projection is that Asia is headed for an era of “mega-disasters”, due to urbanization, global warming, and food shortages. A single earthquakes could kill more than a million people in China, Indonesia, or the Philippines! Tsunamis and volcanoes pose a similar risk.

US schools will need 200,000 new math and science teachers over the next decade…and there is a bad shortage already, with over 40% of middle school science teachers not being certified to teach science! After I showed her this article, Lori talked about possibly becoming credentialed to be a math teacher instead of going back into Engineering when she re-enters the work force.

Nanoscopic metal particles may be able to greatly improve the ability for solar cells to harvest light efficiently.

26-year-old man wanted a remote-controlled airplane for Christmas and got upset that his grandmother gave him a Nintendo Wii instead. When he girlfriend called him names for not liking the Wii, they got into a fight and he allegedly dragged her down two flights of stairs…by her hair. He said that his girlfriend punched him three times. Both were arrested for their fight on Christmas day!

The spin of the Earth is slowing down, so they are adding a leap second tomorrow.

The US Navy and UK Navy have seized more than 20 tons of drugs since October along the “hash highway” in the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden.

Coca-Cola started a trend where 30 billboards in Times Square now use wind power. The wind power billboards will eliminate 1,866 metric tons of carbon dioxide each year.

Not only is newspaper circulation down for the printed papers, the time people spend on newspaper websites is down from last year.

stretch, garret said 1 in 5 americans age 19-24 have mental disorder. you not one of them, right????

roysan16, whitey,

Saban didn’t have a choice…the media already had the info on the agent’s dealings with the player and the news was going to come out. By suspending the player first, he minimized the damage…but if you read some of the news that has already come out, the info was not a secret.

garret, i was thinking about the same thing that the earth was slowing down cause i can go faster forward. hahahahahaaaahhh

ST so being that Hawaii only has five scholarships they can offer in January what happens to B.Stutzmann I thought he was enrolling in January and is Aaron Brown enrolling in May thanks I’ll take your answers off the air…LOL… Always wanted to say that.

yahooo, can see mauna kea coming up and we going over it with no problems.

I’m glad that a few people already posted the news about Walker taking the NMSU job. Walker is an *excellent* coach and deserves a head coaching spot…I thought he could have gotten a better spot than that, but he seems happy to have any head coaching job.

Before this, Walker coached at:

New England Patriots (secondary coach under Pete Carroll)
USC (first year that Carroll coached at USC)
NY Giants
Washington Redskins
UCLA (defensive coordinator)

If you compare his past 5 teams to NMSU, one of them seems quite out of place…

Jason, thanks for telling me about stretch’s age cause when he on Maui with me, he tell everyone that i am his dad. next time he going tell them that i am his granddad.

whitey,

On a serious note, blueberries and vitamins with added flavonoids will be recommended for many people with Alzheimer’s and those considered in danger for Alzheimer’s. They also will market to the elder groups. They also will market to college students, as anything that can boost memory while being healthy for the body will find a market!

Garret, thanks for the info on blueberries and been taking them for quite a while now along with plenty other herbs.

time to take a break and will be back later. keep going and it is going to be a fun evening with the Tsaikos cause no way can we do this tomorrow night. this is like the last hurrah for 2008.

LA Daily News discusses how getting rid of the BCS will be extremely difficult.

Pete Carroll doesn’t like it. Joe Paterno doesn’t like it. You don’t like it. I loathe it. Even President-elect Barack Obama finds it distasteful, and his plate is rather full.

But the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) is like a virus. It can’t be killed. It can’t even be contained. It is resistant to things like common sense and the basic nature of sports that demands a champion be crowned on the field.

But chances it’s not going to happen in our lifetime. And here are the eight reasons why:

Approximately $258 million.

That’s the projected total of the 34 bowl payouts to the 68 teams that “earned” a bowl bid this season. The teams share that money with their conference colleagues. The total isn’t 100percent accurate because there are contingencies to some bids (ticket sales) that make some games a break-even proposition. But that’s a huge number to throw on the table for college football, and it doesn’t include the TV money that’s generated by the five BCS games. Next time someone talks about the alleged riches of a playoff, remember that figure.

Sixty-eight bowl teams.

We used to complain about the glut of bowl games 10 years ago, where there were about 20. Now the number has swelled to 34. That means 68 teams get to say they went to a bowl game and use that in marketing and recruiting.

Crowds of 93,000 for the Rose Bowl.

Most bowl proponents believe a playoff system would kill some of the lesser bowls. There’s no proof of this. Just because there’s a playoff for, say, eight teams doesn’t mean the Chick-Fil-A Bowl can’t exist and as usual invite ACC and SEC also-rans to their holiday event.

But there is some truth to concerns that a playoff would impact the major bowls. Even in a year when the attraction for the Rose Bowl is lackluster, fans of each team will make the trek to Pasadena and sell 90,000 tickets.

Fans might not make that trip if, say, Penn State versus USC was a quarterfinal playoff game. Nittany Lions fans might stay home and hope their team advances to the semifinals or finals. The tourist component of the major bowls is why these games were created in the first place.

As fetching and as profitable as the NCAA basketball tournament is, a lot of first- and second-round games play to half-filled arenas. There’s no foolproof way to protect the bowls, which is why the plus-one proposal sounds so fetching even if it’s as flawed as the current system.

Helping you guys get to 600. I don’t know any jokes. Or short answers. Or short responses. And if you ever saw me I don’t smile too much. I’m so reminiscent of my late father, for he was never one for much repartee or smiling. And on further thought so much like my mother, too…ha. But I do like to write. And read, especially about stories about Tsaikos and bloggers and their personal stories. When there was a call today to come up with an idea for Nalani’s 25th anniversary song I went scurrying around the net to come up with an idea. I turned on Pandora Radio and listed to 6-8 hours of the lyrics of the Beatles, Paul McCartney, Lennon, The Who and The Monkeys to see if I can come with an idea. But none that strikes out at me, although this is where I would start if I aspired to write a great song. Songwriting, something of which I gave no thought to before, suddenly has caught my eye, because as I can see it’s really telling a story, perferable coming from the heart, with continuity and a purpose. And something that interests me. With the merriment of the New Year fast approaching, less than 14 hours away, I pray that everyone’s orbit and trajectory in life is good. And if 2008 wasn’t good here’s wishing that 2009 is better.

PIAA DS ~ I’m just in the door after last minute errands.

I’m visualizing a sleek, F-22 swooping over Aloha Stadium just before the National Anthem gets to that part about the “Rocket’s red glare!” The announcer acknowledges the Air Force fly-by is non other than the son of PIAA DS! The crowd goes wild as the roar of his afterburners kick in!

Thus the 100th Anny of UH is about to kick off, The ’09 football season is ready to rock ‘n roll!

Someone famous once said, “If you dream it – you can do it!”

Happy New Year Doris!

😆 BIG KARAOKE CALL
Saturday, February 7, 2009
7:30 PM – 12:30 AM
Krazy Karaoke (big room) Young Street

Tsai-kos who have attended the BIG calls before know the behind-the-scenes timing/finacial issue at this stage.

Please RSVP on the blog… ASAP …for preliminary count

We look forward to seeing new Tsai-kos at one of our first major parties of 2009. Singing not required, but there will be a lot of it 🙂 But very good! Click here to see photos and video of earlier large Karaoke Calls, and scroll down thru mid-August to see more.

• Probable cost is $15 per person for the room/karaoke
• BYOB
• Bring food/goodies (like indoor tailgate)

Thanks to Stretch for the arrangements!
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Continually updated Karaoke Call info in the Events Calendar section at:
http://home.roadrunner.com/~smurashi/tsai-kos/

Wow, what a difference between usu fb and bb. their bb team is 11-1. wac bb is going to be very competitive and every game will be important and tough. wish could say the same for woman bb.

Nalani ~ Knowing the musical talents of the Tsaiko Nation, your new CD will contain several very good cuts compliments of these forward thinking people. I’m certain of it.

roysan, nalani looking for some help in writing some new songs for their special 25th anniversay album. i am sure she would appreciate any ideas you may have.

Howzit roysan16 – Nice to see you blogging regularly. Hey – there’s no problems with form, or style or anything. You write and contribute whatever you want, and participate in any or all of the discussions. That’s the beauty of the blog format. It’s strictly voluntary and the content is “moderated” by the host and his/her appointed lieutenants.

I like your story about getting spun-up trying to think of a song and/or theme for Nalani. It’s kind of fun and provocative (thought-wise). Actually, you did describe a thread of a story – either a song, or a written log. It’s about your parents, how you are like both of them (you are), and yet you’re your own special person. You know that. And if you wanted, you could readily expand on that. Just my 2 cents. Keep blogging, and if you can and want to, join in one of the events, tailgates, parties. You can meet some of the real faces/people behind their blog persona. Bet the Tsaikos can get you to smile and laugh like a fool. 😀 😯 😆

chawan you left before the championship game, i guess you are a homer

Garret – Howzit! I know you’re having fun. How about the girls? It’s unfortunate that you couldn’t meet with the other Tsaikos in Vegas. I always enjoy your on- and off-topic posts! I’m going to head off and get me some blueberries ASAP tomorrow before I forget! 😀

808ike – Someday I’ll figure out your connection w/ MizLiz. Did you meet d1島? Do you think you look anything like that character? Really. 😯 😀

SteveM – Unfortunately for me, I will not be able to attend your K-call in February, so deftly arranged by Stretch and yourself. Although I must say that my attendance and participation might have significantly boosted sales of cotton-ball earplugs and hard-liquor sales…. 🙄

I don’t listen to the radio for basketball cause I don’t really care for Bobby’s call of the game. And we did eat at the Hospitality Room after the game. But I wanted a drink, so while we were at the bus stop I stopped by KFC, and I ran into chawan_cut. BTW, my friend had a bottled water, which is why I didn’t get her a drink; I offered to get her one, but she didn’t want one.

brew808,

The girls have had a LOT of fun! Circus Circus on Monday was fun for them as usual. They have enjoyed all the food here and have eaten quite well too…not as much meat as me, but they ate other stuff like seafood and fruits more than me. We went all around the Flamingo outdoor grounds today–Faith called it a “nature walk” and they enjoyed the flamingos, koi, and all the gazebos and pools. They absolutely loved the 2 water shows we saw at the Bellagio today.

Normally we hang out with family (my parents, my sister’s family) downtown, but this time we’ve been exploring the Vegas Strip landmarks. Aside from Circus Circus, everything we’ve done has been new to them and they really enjoyed seeing new things. The M&M World and Coca-Cola Museum today was really fun for them too. Next trip we’ll hopefully have Cattle Calls and will also hang out downtown with my parents…this trip we’ve done so many different things!

BTW, thanks to chawan_cut for offering me one of his two sodas when I was waiting in line and I said that my bus was scheduled to stop by any minute. But I wanted to try one of those “Fruit Fizz” drinks.

brew808–met d1.

If MizLiz is LizK, BG posted cell # on site. Had extra ticket to Wash St.
and Cinn. game so I called him. LizK needed a ticket to the Cinn.
game. Meet her at t-gate to give her the ticket.

Did you ever watch the Drew Carey show? This is the sitcom based in Cleveland. In one episode, they invented Buzz Beer – a combination of beeru and coffee. That was before Energy drinks! 😯

#464- good news for Jason!

whitey- we gotcha lightning and tunda going on in the mts. above our house…

was on hilo for the day visiting folks. did Bsmith get fired yet?

Clothes in dryer, almost done. Leaving shortly.

SteveM – Haha! I’m not duffer! 🙄

Huh? 😕

Get choke lightning on Kauai right now- we are on the fringe. Not much rain- just NOISE!
http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?zoommode=zoom&num=6&delay=15&rbscale=0.3307369565217392&scale=0.611&noclutter=0&ID=HKI&type=NCR&lat=21.96272469&lon=-159.67106628&label=Waimea,%20HI&showstorms=99&map.x=311.5&map.y=171.5&centerx=291&centery=177&lightning=1&smooth=0&showlabels=1&rainsnow=1

Botanical Gardens – I’m pretty sure it’s the same display year-to-year, for each seasonal/holiday theme. It’s still very beautiful and tranquil. 😀

Re-Teaching golf to my nephew

The first time I had read a Jack Nicklaus’ book on golf I’d had remembered the part about his approach on how he would teach a youngster, basically he said to go out there on the driving range and have fun. He warned the parent/instructor from yelling and screaming. And he said better re enforcement of learning the game come from a calm and easy tempered approach. And I did this with my nephew. And it works. I don’t suggests telling your son or daughter in trying to hit the caged tractor picking up the ball but I told my little one to go for it. The day he hit the 100 yrd marker he got a high five. So what if it was a ground ball. Little did he realize it at the time but I was building his confidence. And this is important.

Re-Taking the nephew to a UH practice

The impression I got from watching his reaction to practice was that I latter realized this was serendiptious moment, you know look for an egg and instead you come up with a golden egg type of moment, for his young eyes, maybe 7 or 8 yrs at the time, where instead looking at all the tall buildings, the round dorms across the way. And the coeds walking by carrying their books in their knapsacks. In a way, watching practice heightened his interests in schooling. Later when I talked to my sister she said this one practice helped him visualize the purposes of why you have to do well in school.

Ooohhh- impressive weather map of Kauai. Hey – I can see Liz‘s house with her new hydroponics gardening system! Oh wait, that’s just her whole backyard under water…. 😆

brew- you are a scary guy…
what am I wearing now?

lizk. NOTHING!!! hahahahahahhaaaaaaaaa!!!

roysan16- THAT is one lucky nephew you get! Every keed needs one unko like you!

(sorry for the “uncle” – I just had the get another ridiculous thread going…)

whitey- da tunda sounds like when you live in one condo and your upstairs neighbors are rearranging the major furniture…

40 something more to go to hit 600. can we do it in 30 min?

That nearly describes the noise my tummy makes after reading Garret’s post about his latest buffet binge, or after seeing photo’s of the latest Tsaiko T-gate! 🙄

what thunder? nothing on the windward side.

djmitcho- didja make it????

Who would have thought that the WAC would go 1-4 and that the only winning bowl team would be La Tech? Many of the WAC schools (and many people here) would like for La Tech to leave the WAC since the travel cost is so high and they don’t really bring much to the conference. However, with the potentially big problems with Utah State, Idaho, and NMSU, the WAC cannot afford for any team to leave (whitey, that includes BSU).

Hopefully the excellent hires by Utah State and NMSU will improve the bottom of the WAC…and that means that they get good nonconference wins and beat up some of the other teams in the WAC, not UH!

hmmm. checking his myspace… I think he made it!

Liz – my kid gave up golf after about a year. Couldn’t pass Casey Nakama’s beginning class. oh well. I just wish she was interested in sports.

Re-Best UH linebacker

My pick would be Jeff Ulbrich. Jeff had a nose for the ball. And he had a knack of getting pass the blockers in front of him. On sweep plays a lot of times you saw him in the backfield making a play. He was also explosive enough to shoot the gap. And also strong enough to hold up a blocker and react to the ball.

Methinks 808ike is multi-tasking – blogging and laundry! 😀

Kids and golf – IMHO, as long as it’s fun and not all parental pressure…. 🙄 😯 😆

golf is a simple game…all you need is a stick, ball, and hole. plus ball lays motionless.

welcome back 808ike. jm, no worry about your kid not doing well in golf, get plenty other things of interest.

ok, liz, still get thunda. mine finally gone, but get drizzle, so my deers do not want to visit me tonight.

Santa Claus?… Me?…. Too late…. Lost Cause….. 😆

whitey….in kauai it is spelled “gi-gi”. we no mo the english version.

just like “glass” is same as “glasses”.

Well, I’ve helped out the post count and it looks like #600 will be passed soon. I should get some rest because I we have an early day tomorrow, then I’m driving the entire way back, then we’re planning to attend the New Years’ fireworks at Legoland tomorrow night.

MLiz – uhhhh, your #2 and #3 sons have to buy 3 slippers each?

Nitey nite, Garret- have a good sleep and a FUN day tomorrow!!

Happy Belated Birthday 12/29 to Jameel Dowling, Laupepa Letuli, and former Warrior BJ Fruen

Happy Belated Birthday 12/29 to Jameel Dowling, Laupepa Letuli, and former Warrior BJ Fruen

Yup, dats our m-homey 😉

wow- BigWave96744, you one one-man-blog-runner!

600?

Wow, what happened?

almost…

Goodnight Garret! Have a terrific New Year’s Eve and please drive back safely! 😀

ah- batch posting server strikes again…

The start of 700.

blog stuttering sure helps with the post count statistics…. 😆

I gotta hit da hay.

Sweet Warrior Dreams!

made past 600!! Didn’t know Tsai-kos could count! 😆

where’s Esme? she looks good on tv. I wonder if they use those same “make Oprah look skinny” cameras for her commercial.

good nite lizk, but wake up early and need your help to climb mt everest.

roysan16 – That’s what Doug Flutie always said. Let the other team score because he had the confidence to score right back and make the 2 pointer.

jm2375—We don’t know how to count. It is counting for us. Just typing.

I have to count because i don’t have the numbers on the left.

Great basketball at both of the prime time games ronight – interesting that Colorado State lost it the same way that UH did in the first game – the tires deflated. UH won Pepperdine fairly easily, but my boy just kept pumping in those 3-pointers. If the team and the coaches can keep it together for the first six games, there will be much gnashing of teeth in the Nevada and Utah State locker rooms.

Saw Jason and his friend – wonder how she felt having sweat flopping all over her.

Mei Ling dropped by just before tipoff to say hi.

And Chawan_Cut dropped by as well just before the championship game as he was leaving early. He wasn’t alone – probably 2,500 others left the building after the UH game.

There was someone sitting almost directly below us about 15 rows or so wearing a white cap and a black Tsai-ko teeshirt – however, I never saw his face so I have no idea who it could be.

Mahalo for the info about the Buffalo Bills team name posted in yesterday’s blog. Definitely a DUUHHHHH!!! for me. Felt like someone should have Three-Stooged me upside the head for not getting it on my own.

MAKE A NOTE: For those of you who want to be at an event guaranteed to be DocFree, be sure to attend the Karaoke Call in February.

As for fireworks – thanx but no thanx – I lost my hearing when I was four years old because an older kid stuffed me in a metal garbage can, threw a whole string of lit firecrackers in it and then put the lid on the can. Fortunately, my uncle was standing just a few feet away and was able to rescue me before I caught on fire, but my hearing loss was such that I eventually had to have surgery three times over the next 30 years or so.

These days are spent holding paws and claws and trying to keep the furry and feathery friends from dashing into walls. I don’t ever remember doing anything on New Year’s Eve here in Hawai`i except trying to keep the roof from catching fire and calming our pets. We celebrate the next day.

The jerkbreath across the street – a major political powerbroker and labor union leader – spends about $10,000 every year on making life miserable for the rest of us here in Enchanted Lake on New Year’s Eve. Please Gods – may the rains fall hard tomorrow.

ALOHA STADIUM TURF UPDATE: According to staff at Aloha Stadium, as of this writing, there are NO plans to replace the existing artifical turf
There’s still a lot of research I need to do on the issue including an escorted walk-around with a professional turf installer who is honest enough to tell the truth.

Had my hair done at Macy’s today courtesy of an unexpected holiday gift – however, I was stunned to see that everything is charged separately – the streaking, the shampoo, the rinse, the labor, the styling. By the time I’d shelled out for the bill and a tip, I’d spent enough money to treat LizK & Ukuboi and BHF2 & Susan to the Pro Bowl. However, it was nice indulging myself after all the horrible hassles we’ve had to face over the past three months.

BACK TO SPORTS: What games should we watch over the next several days? We’ll record them rather than watching them live to speed up the process.

Time to wuz out of here – maybe we’kk hit 600 posts after all.

The last person can work on the song —-99 beers.

jeez, with everyone here, can we make it to 700 by the time ST puts up a new post?

whitey do a yodel from mt denali and listen for sarah palin’s response…let her know you can see russia better from on top of the mountain..

all I can say for jojo is yah!

EEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEE out!

jm~~~~ – stay home cook rice.

okay, i’m putting my violin away.

sorry gang, but my internet service went blank. ok, now back to normal. i think that ST is looking at this tonight and thinking whether he should put the new post up or not, but he not going put it up cause he knows all of you working hard to climb everest, so earlies it going be around 9 am today.

I was watching tv…

Congrats Jason…. Hope you had fun at the BBall Game.
Did you request a balloon bouquet from Chawan_Cut??

Jason, I hope you didn’t wear one of Gigi’s muumuu 🙂

ok, we going pass 650, so get chance to climb everest even tho some may think that we not going make it. main thing gang, we not going give up without trying.

heeeehaaawwww, 700 is right over the hill.

bigwave – why are you going thru that agony again?

🙄
In a few hours, it will be midnight and the new year somewhere in the world. Our Pacific island and far east bloggers will be first…

Please post a New Year greeting/wish on the blog when it is midnight your local time AND include your city/state or city/country in your post.

EXAMPLES:
Happy New Year from Salem, OR
Happy New Year from San Georgio, Italy

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This will spread your good wishes, increase ST’s hit count for The Warrior Beat, and help me update my Tsai-ko Mainland & International list! 🙂

Happy New Year everyone!

come on, we can do it!

so, is it too early for bhf2? he waking up da chikkins again?

damn, we get plenty tsaikos still up and unbelievable they care about what we doing tonight. it may be like a billy goat butting his head against a tree, but what the hell, that is better than doing nothing. damn rain.

ST – when do da bios resume? and da chats?

I haven’t watched the Hawaii bowl and don’t plan to watch it.

It’s pouring in Mililani.

Anyone watch the news that showed Obama golfing? At least he hits the ball.

Looks like i’m on my own here. I can do it.

LIGHTNING & THUNDER!

Get the flashlights!

RE: Post #658

Posts do not have to be exactly at midnight your time. OK to post earlier when convenient! Thanks!

BTW, my records show that of the people who posted here, we have at least…

180 Mainland/International Tsai-ko bloggers
1,677 Local Tsai-kos (or presumed local)

tonight we had brian smith and i thought he was the real deal, then he said he not brian smith. that neva bother me, but if you like impersonate someone, be honest, no try act. i don’t know coach smith and neva met him, but it is an insult to him to try and make believe you are him. if you are not him, don’t use his good name.

whitey – maybe he get same name as coach smith.

jm, thanks for sticking with us. if you recall anything about tonight, tell them you had fun.

homey, my man, we need reinfor4cements. i think the other lurkers want to be first of ST new post, but he not going post till 9 am tomorrow.

off from work and then she goes to sleep…wussy.

boring, they talking about shanahan.

More lighning bolts and thunder claps…

Pres-elect gives me hope for golf!

now I going nigh nigh…

sheesh can’t even spell lightning!!!!

Re-Only have one entree…yes coach

Returning from a football game the bus stops over at a cafetaria for dinner. Before getting off the bus the coaches reminds the players to only choose one entree. So as I get my plate with two steaks on it I pass all the brothers and grin. It was the most feel good moment in my life, maybe I made my mark. What came next was the worst moment in my life, for in front of all the players I got yelled at by three coaches. I was saddened and sorrowful. And something told me that I didn’t have to look up to know that the brothers were grinning at me. Looking back at that moment, even offering to pay for the second entree, I learned later it was the principal involved of not listening to the coaches that was really upsetting to them.

djmitcho – come out, come out!

700!

700

Happy New Year’s Eve everyone.

Here’s to a great 2009!!

Mahalo, K. Mark

sorry, m-homey…

Whoosh!

g’nite all…

BigWave96744:
December 31st, 2008 at 12:49 am
It’s 8:49pm 12/31 in Guam

Thanks, BigWave96744 — I think it is also just past midnight in Kiribati now. Too bad we don’t have any bloggers from Kiribati 🙂

Over 700! Going sleep now before someone checks my geography 🙂

Good night whitey!
Good night everyone!

ok, unbelievable, all of you can take a bow and pat yourself for doing an excellent job. us tsaikos no scared of challenges. we accept it, then go for it.

ok ST, make sure you no put new post till after 9 am cause we going set a new record for TSAIKOS WHO LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!

Whitey.

Shoots! I go.

But dakine uhhh… Wea dat stay?

ajoe, all right. i thought everyone gave up. i don’t know how much longer can stay because my frriend, remy mart6in vsop, is getting to my mind.

ok, if nobody stay, then it is tie to hele on. but, thanks to all, it was great fun and hope you had as much fun. damn rain.

Yo DANE…you nutz boy! Ha Ha HA j/k! Attended UNO way back when….recently visited OMAHA and LINCOLN in October…damn, those places have changed since i graduated from UNL in 1993. Maybe DANE no can live without his honey. 😉

Howzit Tsaikos. wait, let me get my vahka cran. ok, now i’m ready.
800 baybee. woot wooot!!! 😀

JD can generate revenue by dumping Bolla. need more peeps in SSC.

Graveyard shift is on duty now. All’s well on the midnight beat.

Whitey’s friend Remy went take him down. Remy is a good guy. He’s good company, but sometimes when you listen to his stories too long you get tierd and fall asleep.

Big hilo. how you stay tonight? I was just wit’ yo cousin. Dey wen eat at Zippy’s, but I neva like go. Sumtin about not eating afta 7:00 PM or sumtin lidat.

We gotta strap up and be ready for go. I think with that new coaching staff at NMSU, goin be a little bit more challenging in the WAC. That Walker guy is a very well respected coach in the fraternity. He will do real well recruiting that diamond in the rough city kids from L.A., Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, and Denver.

hi Pride.

my cuz is supah funny guy! I like move Hono cuz when you listen to his silky voice, he get all da Damien moves fo talk da chick’s pants off. 😀

he get da best one linahz: “cuz, I like you meet my next ex.” 😆

Wuz reading that San Jose article earlier. VERY disrespectful of us.

So the newspaper has Daniel Iopa, Keaau hs senior, going to the Samoa bowl on 1/2. 5’11 3/4″ 230 # DE/LB. fit. Thanks Doris for all your help. He get offers. Thank you. His mom, grandpa are soo excited.

I’ll see you there Hi-flyer.

I gotta figure out how this actually works. A coupla years ago Daniel went to the UH speed and quickness. They not offering him . Get a few great 8th graders over here and I’m thinking about the future. I know, Daniel is a borderline D1 midget. 😀 So is dat Maiava.

Maiava get attitude. Thats what you need, attitude. Like walking up to someone else’s watah and swiping em right out from unda da noze. 😀
plus, you gotta be able to take da hit and den crack back wit conviction an sum swerve kine moves an ah sultry key eye tonal inflekshun. 😆

Fall 1978 is the same year that Manu Tuiasosopo was a senior at UCLA. Manu was the starting defensive tackle alongside a true freshman from Hawaii by the name of Mark Tuinei. Mark said that he couldn’t understand why Manu was so emotional during the week of the USC game. Mark actually started laughing when Manu cried in the locker room after pre-game warmups. It was during that first game his freshman year when Mark truly learned what a rivalry was. He said that it was 100 times bigger than the Kamehameha-Punahou game.

I like reading your posts Pride. Nostalgic. 😀

Happy New Year Everyone in Tsaiko land.

Jason, I hope that you had a good time tonight at the game.

Pride,

you hear anythng more about UH recruiting foreigners?

BHfan2, I’m really out of the loop as far as information is concerned. I rely on my secret scources, Al and Stretch. Oops, sorry. Please keep their names a secret though.

BHFan2. Fans gotta be patient. The coaching staff is going to be good. Give them a few years to bring in some solid players, and get some solid coaching, and they’ll be fine.

i can tell you this much, Pride. you fine, I’m fine. but if you know the back bedroom is burning, you gotta let me know so I can do something. I’m VERY patient, if I know the cavalry is coming. But I no like be a Lions fan. I don’t need a no win season to read the sign. I get glasses. yuk yuk.

Every year is a new year. Every season is a new season. Like we learned last year, in January, you never know what’s going to happen. I don’t think the coaches know. Who would have thought eighteen months ago that the Army-Navy game would have two ex-Hawaii coaches playing such large roles. Who would have known one year ago that Norm Chow would be at UCLA. The coaching landscape is dynamic, always changing.

See you later then.

It’s been a great year Tsaikos. Was nice meeting all of you and making new friends. I hope we all have a prosperous new year. Please let’s all be careful tonight, play and drive safely. Hau’oli Makahiki Hou.

Good New Years Eve morning Pride & BHF2!

Had to prep some meat and tripe fo make da stew for tonite. Pops is up helping to cut veggies and pull KP duty. Da Oysters still remaining chilled in plenty ice.

Da brewksi count looking a bit low…wonder if Whitey was kaka’rochin da sauce! Down to just 2 bottles of German wine, gotta go Hickam class VI store to resupply.

Whitey!…you was hangin’ tuff tonite braddah! You and ‘Remy’ have that speshu relationship. Sounded like Mr. Miyagi celebrating with Daniel-San. Tank Q for getting da blog count up to 700 plus before flaming out!

Kekoa,

ho bro! tonite going be plenny firecrackers in da hood. da pigs gonna be headed deep into da bushes.

try wait, da lucky numba is coming

this is like running east west, looking for the hole.

lots of reps lots of reps

😀 😀 😀

whitey

loook at dis now.

so, did i put you to sleep big guy? 😀

woke up from my nap.
okay, back to sleep.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

bang bang bang.

where did all the slackers go? 😆

once you tap da opihi on da rock, dat bugga stuck an he not going open up and spill his guts, unless you pour kahlua on da head. 😆 😆

a fake to the left

hiya jm2375.86%. howz da cutie?

Kekoa,

I’m volunteering for the education patrol. 😀 I’m a bit rusty tho. been along while since i seen da insides ah ah bus. 😀

I say we send him to Big Hilo for advance classes…

Eh we getting closer to da 8 zero zero!

Al!…Hey!…Wat?…you wen poop out on us?

Al pooped! 😀

Great Morning All!

Made the mistake of lying down for “a moment” before getting to chop chop and was down for the count…
My last lucid moments were cheering for on to 500…now zero-ing in on 800! Yippeee!
Great job whitey!

Do it Brah!…punch in da 800 numbah!

🙂 ….on the button!

Okay gonna run out now. Headed for Oahu Market for a date with a fishmonger….name was Ah Hee??? 😉

Hope get ’nuff kala for some of da guud stuff!

Howzit Kekoa! 😀

Now, I gotta put all this cookery stuff in some kinda order before Mrs. K gets up. Da tripe stew is a work in progress.

I also going try make dis choco-cup cake recipe from jm2399. Curveball said I should try to seperate the gunpowder from the powedered sugar. Hmmmm, why?!

only 370 more for the new record.

okay time for go sleep, hope you guys keep it going for whitey.

Just finished work, rough night, tough crowd here at Psycho bar and fishing supply on Koreamoku St.
One guy kept harassing the girls so I had to beat him senseless with my haole koa peg leg.
The guy was a short Filipino with a shotglass of CR in one hand and a set of hashi in the other.
All he said was to mumble “no picture”
Then there were some men wearing skirts, they hadda go, but for some reason I felt just a little bit of kinship with those fellows.
At least Pac-Man Jones didn’t come last night.

Eh…last night watching NOVA…seems they found water on Mars using robots…still trying to locate life forms

Also got my NA KOA letter….anyone know if whatever we donate gets us some kinda of tax break…just wondering…prob old news for all you smart people….thanks in advance

Anyone else up yet ?….Hmmmm kinda strange…normally this place is cooking…..or…maybe thats what is happening…everyones cooking dis morning? Let me run outside and take a whiff to get a better idea……..no…just smell my dog…shish…she needs a bath.

Hey…another human life form…morning 808ike…Happy NY too u!

morning gang!

wow, maybe get chance for break da record?
over thousand posts since i left for my mandatory break yesterday am
mahalo for whitey and brew808 for starting it up

koakane™ – used to work in the downtown area and new years eve was always nutz

Loa – keep an eye on the clock, we no like you miss the 8am break time again today

i hope the rain lets up before midnite so i can at least burn one string for good luck
i was thinking of setting up one tent over’em but might catch fire

howzit again gang and befoa I forget Happy and Prosperous 09 to all the Tsai-ko’s and their ohana.

Ioa can’t imagine what its like in china town by now. plenty peeps trying to get dim sum, duck, char siu, roast pork whoa gotta stop cause getting hungry now.

eh stretch you getting together with g and sleeze befoe the bell tolls 12 today?

and remember the golden rule guyz n gals,
WHEN YOU MAKING NEXT YEAR’S RESOLUTION:

WINNERS NEVER QUIT

QUITTERS NEVER WIN