Kanalu Young scholarship established

june jones always paying dividends, thanx

Nice to see JJ establishing this scholarship for non-athletic students.

5

so are we getting another local commit today?

TICKETS!

Cannot go but TICKETS!

DPK – you showing up 2morrow?

Mahalo to the Former Coach!

homey,
Be nice to wallstreet; da buggah jus’ seeking some refuge here.

homey- yup things are going smoothly. Future wife finished the center pieces and now wants to go to the game with me, I just hoping she no go all Bridezilla on me and get into fights at the game 🙂

charlie manual momma passes away, RIP to her , go victorino but go dodgers

Top 20 – first time. Big thrills.

hew?

-Pakini Bass
-Accordion
-Banjo
-Washboard
-Cowbell
-Fiddle
-Spoons

Overalls and barefoot optional.

a-joe,

Yikes! Sounding a lot like one Deliverance-kine hoedown!

Warrior M:

Your prize will be delivered to yur office today between 10-11am.

Nice to see that scholarship established. Thanks JJ.

Off to LA this weekend. Some of my neighbors invited me to go with them to see the ASU-USC game, since they had an extra ticket. If I read the lines that Vegas has been giving for this game, they don’t think the Sun Devils will score more than 10 points in this game.

Given how far they’ve tumbled since the loss to Vegas, I’m not surprised, nor will be surprised if they don’t produce.

A-Joe – no forget the harmonica. I could do the thigh and chest slap with beat box background but I no mo rhythm and spit too much.

Good Morning Tsaiko-land! Sounds like everyone’s getting ready for tomorrow.

ST-
Nice post about the scholarships.

A-joe-
Gotta add darts to the list

Homey-
What is this?

homey ❺:
October 9th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
midori7 – Just don’t let A-Sports hang it.

And this…
homey ❺:
October 9th, 2008 at 1:40 pm

m7 – do they share their darts? Do we need to bring anti-bacterial wipes if we are going to share darts? What else does UHfan808 and A-Sports have in their car?

Of course I’ll share my darts. I just bought anti-bacterial lotion…for your piece of mind.

And this…

homey ❺:
October 9th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Rob5×5 – by the time you get to the t-gate the dart board will be shredded due to excessive dart force.

I know my name is not in there, but coming from you, it’s implied.

And finally, this…

homey ❺:
October 9th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Ronnie – Believe it or not Darts and alcohol do mix! I can just see it now…myki minding her own business at the picnic table, next thing you know, A-Sports dart is lodged in myki’s shoulder.

Homes, I do not take out my friends. But for you I’ll make an exception. I’ll even dip my plastic tips in lead for tomorrow…just for you.

d1,
I should be able to do that.

I saw this on The Unit last week…kevlar not going stop darts. Actually was arrows, but I figgah same ting 😉
homey, you got a problem.

Aiyah! I was going to wear my ninja turtle costume but realized the shell is only polyester.

I know, I’ll disguise myself as a dartboard! She’ll never be able to hit me! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Thank you JJ Foundation!

koakane:
was that really you on Leahey & Leahey this AM calling out LA Ralph?

midori7 – will those random names be the same as the persons who tied?

*jumping up and down, waving arms wildly*
Pick me! pick me! 😀

nalani…….

funny stuff.
some guy on sports hawaii forum has stolen your scoop regarding the hilo high recruit.
har
har

al,
shouldn’t you be hapai furniture about now?

POMAI: re: postcard.

I think the problem was that the check went to UHF with an earmark for the purchase of the bracelets – no big thing. I’ll be there tonight cheering!

jm2375 – Senior eyesight…we understand.

Homey – yeah, yeah. And we know how many times YOU have misread posts. 🙄

I’m back…

Hi Pahtnah!

No worry…so far…you still safe. Homes on the other hand gotta worry. I going use reverse psychology. Since you claim that I will not hit the dartboard (you), I will aim for everything else and therefore hit the dartboard (you). Didn’t you ever try not to aim for something and end up hitting only that one thing you were not aiming for?

d1-hmmm. Maybe he had a different grade or bad angle. What is The Unit? Or I’ll wait until Homey gets hit by the sprinklers. Bwahaha.

Kudos to JJ and his foundation for the scholarship.

A-Sports – nah, I can’t find stuff I’m looking for and find stuff that I’m not looking for. So far when looking for my car keys I found my lost turtles. Of course it was only the shells. I don’t know where their bodies went.

addahknowsports,

d1-hmmm. Maybe he had a different grade or bad angle. What is The Unit?

I not touching dat one!
….on so many different levels! 😯

Good that the JJ foundation found it in it’s heart to honor Dr. Young… He was truly an inspiration and the Ha’a would not be what it is were it not for Dr. Young. Aloha, JJ Foundation and the family of the late Dr. Kanalu Young…

NEO(Tsai’ked up for Tsaturday)

whooosh

Hi Midori7
My guesses
UH total passing yards 294
UH total rushing yards 126
attendance 38,826
combined score 57
tie breaker 3 LaTech players knocked out of game

al,

Wat da Numbah!?!?

MIH – It’s just a vinegar based food. Something like salt and vinegar potato chips.

midori7

UH/La Tech game predictions:
UH total passing yards – 254
UH total rushing yards – 221
attendance (announced/tickets sold) – 39,824/41,231
combined score – 71

Homey,

Did you really lose your turtles? My condolences if so.

About the stock thing, don’t get me wrong, our 401ks are taking a beating like everybody else’s’. But this morning on Headline News, they were taking calls from around the country, and families are eating one meal a day and other things like that just to make ends meet. The worldwide repercussions from our country’s financial crisis is devastating countless people abroad. I’m thankful to God for His blessings to us, and I pray for those who are less fortunate. What’s really sad is that this mess was largely avoidable but for one thing; greed.

That’s my rant/prayer for today. Back to work.

“kanikapila”? Eh, I only know three chords on the Ukelele, and nobody want’s to hear “Hang on Sloopy” or “Ah-la-la-la-la bamba” on the uke, these days. Besides, I forgot the words.

DPK,

And the guys responsible for much of this panic? Not only do they get bailed out with tax dollars, but they go on a retreat??!! I say, each and everyone of them should have an IRS audit of their taxes for the past 7 years… just for starters.

oops buy = by slip of the thumb!

I believe Ray Hisatake’s only got one more year after this season. I hope they play him more often and get him ready for next season. I’d like to see him do well his senior year on the O-line.

DPK, you stay right about the 401K. Mine stay down to 301K now. Lucky for me I wen go put’em all in bonds some time back. You know bonds you not goin’ get rich, but not goin come poor either.

pride….

just be selective on your meals.
well where you dine that is most important.
buffet, buffet, buffet.

and taking a tip from auntie pualani machado-tanaka, bring ziploc bags. of course one would have to sport a purse to accomplish that task.

The most successful diet I ever went on lasted two weeks and I lost 14 days.

Howzit DaBolts – welcome to the blog.

fighting victorinos 4 manny’s boyz 1

victorino 2 out 2 run single, he’s damn clutch

Homey –

RE: PBS – You feign ignorance of acknowledging one of the most beloved Hawaiian soul foods EVER ! Sneaky buggah, you. I know you already packed in your truck one big saimin bowl and spoon…none of the small styrofoam bowls and plastic spoons for you…j/k 😉

What bowl? I thought Homey eats right out of those 6-pack type coolers? Less items to clean that way and it keeps it warm longer.

Inoke is humble. Appologizing for not being Colt Brennan. Sheesh! Funaki is his own man. I’m looking forward to see him do even better still against LaTech.

I am very, very happy about the news of Chauncy’s commitment! I’ve been hoping and waiting for OL commits for the 2009 recruiting class, and that was a key piece missing after everything else seemed to be going so well. Great news from ST in #91 that more OL news should be coming soon!

Here’s the World Class Ticket Team warming up on the sidelines.

Considering the debate we’ve had here in the past about UH adding an athletic fee to get more money for the Athletic Department, I’m amazed at what SDSU is doing now. They are NOT even letting the students have a say and are making a huge money grab for their Athletic Department…considering how pitiful their attendance has gotten, I guess they need the money badly.

The proposal for fall 2009 would increase students’ activities fee from $190 to $350 a year. This would mean as much as $4.5 million more for the athletic department, which would help relieve annual budget pressures stemming in large part from persistent football revenue shortfalls.

The measure was proposed by the SDSU administration and will not be subject to a student referendum, unlike in 2004, when students voted against increasing the same fee from $30 to $190 annually. SDSU President Stephen Weber overrode that vote, imposing it then because he said “it needed to be done.”

This time, SDSU instead will use “alternative consultation” with various campus constituencies before Weber makes the final decision. The two new women’s teams would help SDSU meet California State University gender-equity guidelines for scholarship rates. Those teams could begin competition in 2010 or 2011.

Last year, the activities fee contributed $6.3 million annually to SDSU athletics, in addition to about $6 million from the general fund and $3.3 million from the broadband contract. Those combined university allocations of around $15 million comprise about half of the SDSU athletics budget, twice the Division I-A average for university subsidies, according to NCAA research.

With two new women’s teams, SDSU would add about 20 new grants-in-aid for women: 12 for lacrosse and around eight for “sand volleyball,” an emerging NCAA sport.

I wonder if UH has any pipelines into this high school in Texas with a big Tongan population.

So imagine a recent evening when the Odessa Permian Panthers, whose historic dominance of Texas football inspired the book, movie and TV series “Friday Night Lights,” looked across the field and saw the rival Trinity Trojans doing a Polynesian war dance.

At the sound of a tone blown over a large conch shell, 17-year-old senior defensive tackle Alex Kautai threw off his helmet, freeing a mane of curly black hair. He shouted several sentences in a foreign tongue and waved his arms as 93 visibly agitated teammates gathered behind him on the sidelines.

On cue, they dropped into a wide, crouching stance and began the ritual known as the haka. “Ka Mate! Ka Mate! Ka Ora!” (We’re going to die! We’re going to die! We’re going to live!), they chanted in unison as the fans went wild. For the next 60 seconds, the players acted out an ancient battle in which a big hairy man saves the life of a Maori chieftain.

With each phrase, the players slapped their thighs, arms or chests. They stomped back and forth, symbolically thrusting and jabbing at the enemy. At the end of the dance, Mr. Kautai jumped in the air and landed on one foot, his right fist in the air and his tongue lolling out of his mouth as he sneered fiercely.

Few other high-school teams could pull off that routine without looking silly. But at Trinity, the war dance embraces the culture of a growing population of immigrants from the island kingdom of Tonga, in the southwest Pacific east of Fiji. An estimated 4,000 people of Tongan descent live in Trinity’s hometown of Euless, a city of 52,900 whose boundaries include about 2,800 acres of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

Pretty interesting how a big Tongan community was created in Dallas.

Tongan community leaders say that most of the Pacific Islanders were drawn to the area over the past 20 years by jobs at the airport, where many of them work as baggage handlers or service employees. For those with airline jobs, company flight privileges have made it easier for them to fly home regularly.

Most of the 24 players of Tongan descent on the Trinity football team weigh between 250 and 308 pounds and stand at least 6 feet tall. Besides that, they are quick, so the combination makes Trinity an intimidating force on any high-school field. The Tongan players helped transform Trinity into a Texas football powerhouse.

Last year, Trinity won the Class 5A Division 1 state football championship. It went undefeated in this year’s regular season and administered an old-fashioned 40-14 whupping to the Permian Panthers. Trinity begins the first round of state playoffs Friday night against nearby Arlington Martin High School.

“We do the haka to ignite the breath of competition. It means that I’ve got your back and you’ve got mine,” said Mr. Kautai, who stopped shaving and let his hair grow long this season to make himself look even more intimidating than he already does at 6-foot-2 and 280 pounds. He likes to splash water on his face and hair before the haka so it will fly off in a mist as he performs the movements.

Pretty cool how they learned the haka via YouTube.

Trinity first performed the haka two years ago after one of the Tongan players saw a video on the Internet of New Zealand’s All Blacks rugby team doing the war dance before one of its games. The haka is more than 200 years old and originated with New Zealand’s Maori people. Since then, it has been adopted by a number of Polynesian cultures, including that of Tonga.

Several of the players, including Mr. Kautai’s 19-year-old brother, Richie, went to a nearby park to work on the moves without attracting unwanted attention. Practice was rained out a couple of weeks later, so they persuaded Coach Steve Lineweaver to let them teach the dance to the rest of the team. “When we all dropped into the crouch for the first time and did those first steps, it made the hair stand up on everybody’s arms,” Richie Kautai recalls.

After consulting with local Tongan community leaders, Mr. Lineweaver agreed to let the team demonstrate the haka at a dinner for the football boosters. “I can’t even wrap my West Texas tongue around some of the words, but every boy on that team has made it a point to learn it,” Mr. Lineweaver said.

Doing the haka to prepare for elementary school testing…wow!

The team has performed the haka at elementary-school assemblies in order to fire up the children before state-mandated tests. It has performed for the City Council. Before last year’s championship game, one fifth-grade class learned the haka and performed it to cheer on their newfound heroes. “It’s amazing that a little chant has that much power,” said Trinity principal Andy Cargile, a lanky Texan who is quick to point out that he sometimes wears a printed Polynesian skirt known as a lava-lava around the school.

It is awesome how the haka has led to increased acceptance of Tongans who are living in Texas.

Ilaiasi Ofa, executive director of the Voice of Tonga, the organization that serves as a local advocate for Tongan immigrants, said the haka has become a source of pride for a community that hasn’t always been sure of its place in Texas. Shortly after the team first began performing it, Mr. Ofa showed a videotape of it to a group of older Tongan residents. Their attention immediately gravitated to the white players standing in the front row, performing the war dance alongside their Tongan teammates.

“I had two older men with tears in their eyes tell me afterward, ‘After seeing that, we know that our future generations will be accepted here,'” Mr. Ofa said.

Although he thought at first that the haka was a passing fad that would last just one season, Mr. Lineweaver says he wouldn’t dream of trying to discontinue it. “Little first-graders are learning how to do the haka before they learn to block and tackle,” he said. “If I tried to stop it now, I’m afraid I’d get run out of town.”

aloha

wot phillies up and da pitcha driving in runs chahooooooooooooooooooo

A

There is even a website called the “Voice of Tonga” that is based in this small area in Texas! The video on the website is *really* cool.

Interesting comment on the website about how the team should be doing a Tongan dance instead of the haka from New Zealand. When I read that I immediately thought about how the Warriors created their own ha’a…

Congratz for having an awesome team…..BUT!!! why are’nt you all doing the Sipi Tau…..instead of a Maori Haka.

If you still insist on doing the Haka ….please learn to do it right….the way its being done now is an insult to the Maori ppl.

How can someone say it’s “cool” that someone learned a sacred tradition that should only be taught by a qualified practitioner over youtube? What’s wrong with you?

Good Morning Tsaikos and Tsaikettes!

D

135?

Doing the same thing Garrett is doing. If I accidentally win, I give my tickets to #151

good gosh victorino 4 rbi’s he da man, this game ova

“It’s another Warrior – Touchdown”

That’s for Stephen’s daughter…still cheering loud and proud!

Back to work…I’m sorry if my comments offended anyone, I’m just giving my opinion. I obviously am not qualified to judge whether or not this tradition should be passed along this way. Judging from how the Tongan residents in Euless seemed happy with what is going on, I do think it is cool that the players are doing the haka in Texas.

If this is considered offensive, then the M&M haka and some other stuff posted last year would *really* set people off.

Okay, I’ve done my job. Someone should win in the next few minutes. Good Luck!!

655.

Hey is this Chauncy boy related to Pikai Winchester from the World Champ Little League team?

go ryas

Nice job Rob25!!

So there I was trying desperately to get back on the blog to hit the magic 150 and poof! Power outage in this Banana Republic!

“sounds” like another OL

Congrats to Rob25!

Hi ST, Mrs A-house, dpc, Garret, and all da odda Tsai-kos hanging around da playhouse!

Crawling back into da kitchen to check on my Turkeys to see which lucky one will be minus a tail next…

dodger backer here but gosh if howard and rollins ever get going, this series is over. 7rbi’s from meyers and victorino. phew

not to make light of victorino’s ability, but he’s one of the supposed table setter, 9 rbi’s in the postseason, that’s gotta lead the team i’m thinking. very proud of him

jm2375 ~ I suppose you will be expecting cocopuffs served with a wide variety of hot or cold beverages…

i think we need at least

3 more olineman
1 running back (2 if there are some outstanding ones)
1 more quarterback
2 more receivers
3 cornerbacks
2 def tackles

we have 11 commits and depending upon what year the greyshirts (and i think there are seven) fall, 2008 or 2009, we should have room for that many more recruits.

i think one oline guy went jc route so he is off the greyshirt list i believe.

we actually will have a lot of reloading to do next year. especially on defense and receivers. i’ll be concerned if this year’s recruits at all receiver positions don’t catch on. literally and figuratively speaking.

jm2375 – I don’t really need all four tickets that I won…would you like a couple of them?

I love that there are more local high school boys that want to come to UH.

GO WARRIORS!

Let’s try for 300+ posts –

KoaMahu –

I think about you every day. Not in that kine of way, but only positive thoughts for your well-being. If you have not viewed the movie, “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar”, I encourage you to do so. I sense that you are still in the “drag princess” category and aspire to one day become a “drag queen”, like Vita Bohemme, Noxema Jackson and Chi Chi Rodriguez. Follow these rules and you, too, may someday be crowned “Drag Queen of the Tsaikos” –

1. Let good thoughts be your sword and shield…

2. Ignore adversity…

3. Abide by the rules of love…

4. Stand up for your beliefs, approval of others not needed
but will be accepted, imagine good things, and believe in
yourself.

Good luck…I am still hopeful that someday you will come up to me and ask, “eh, wea da book fo sign”…

Go Warriors! Just do it!

mrs ahouse

my favorite musubi is iriko with tsukudani nori. whoa broke mout. just like grandma used to make em.

Glenn –

In my heart, I hope Midori7 considers your request to change your “total attendance” guess. I don’t hold out much hope that she will acquiesce…she previously stated, “no revisions will be permitted”…she’s a tough cookie…even though you may be good-looking, rich, unattached…she probably won’t budge. 😉

Dang it Koakane… there goes my diet….kau kau time!

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20081010/BREAKING01/81010056

Let’s all keep positive thoughts as we know people who are in this group.

Hi Al –

I know what iriko is…great pupu, yah! So, do you spread the tsukudani on the first layer of rice like PB, then sprinkle the iriko right out of the package on top, then second layer of rice? Ok, let me test the recipe first. Sounds much easier than the favorite spam only filling. You sure it will appeal to everybody’s taste…

Loa,

I have a pair of “REEF” slippers like that. I bought them because they were nice, comfortable, etc… it took me about a couple of months to figure out what the hell those things at the bottom were.

I did try it out and they do work as a bottle opener, but I wasted a beer because honestly… would you want to drink from a bottle that was opened with something that touches the ground?

Loa….
I just hope they weren’t telling you to “kick the can.” Not nice!

Kazz –
cannot believe you wasted a beer, 😆
for emergency purposes only, i keep one opener in my truck

Stretch ~ We heard Frank speak of training. It’s tuff stuff, and constant. Unfortunately the going gets really hard, and guys drop out. High price to pay to be in that particular group. God Bless ’em all…

no no Mrs. Ahouse tv was showing shane at bat and had a note saying his favorite fuud is spam musubi. but if you make um sure I eat um.

my bad mih but at least I neva mention also had one wendy double cheese burga with thick malt 😳

Come on and bring in those big boyz.

Welcome Chauncy to the Warrior ohana.

UH Passing Yds: 214

UH Rush Yds: 138

Attendance: 41, 597

Combined Score: 57

al no look now

loa seven inning 8-5 philly go shane boy

no look.
ah too late already.

okay, hush, hush on the redsox game okay.

A-Joe:

If I can locate one, I’ll bring a tambourine.

Kazz –

My son loves that book. I haven’t read it myself, but he has a hard cover and paperback version. Thanks for the quote.

He was glad that he got to listen to the game in Okinawa…I don’t know how, but somehow he did. Maybe over the internet…with BC.

Stephen Tsai:

October 5th, 2008 at 7:38 am
My daughter said Ronnie and Rob25 are two of the funniest people. They led their own cheer of: “That’s another Hawa‘i … first down!”
And they yelled: “That’s another Hawai‘i … touchdown!”

This just goes to show that determination and heart will win…oh and this is also the reason why I still haven’t completely found my voice.

FYI, Fresno was not really the “armpit” that I thought I was going to find. The Homewood Suites were very nice (love thos Hilton beds) and it was sort of pretty in our area. BC makes it sound worse, but then again maybe I was lucky to not be in the bad areas.

Kazz:

quotes from Sun-tzu brings back memories as I studied that in my military education starting at the Career Course, Command and General Staff College, and the Army War College.

“On War” by Clauziwits(?) was also very good reading to learn strategy and how to prepare for war/battle.

One specific quote was in reference to the military being the final arm of political situations which deteriorate into war. He went on to say that it is not right to blame the military for war because of civilian failure to solve crisis.

For tomorrow’s game against LaTech and following the big win at Fresno State:

– Sun Tzu, “The Art of War”

Rob25 – #175 – thanks for the offer, but I gotta pick up my daughter at 8:30, so won’t be able to stay for the whole game (match? what are they calling it now?)

MAHALO JUNE JONES FOUNDATION!
Dr. Kanalu Young Hawaiian Studies Scholarship – a thing of beauty.

Coach Jones- miss you. But all is well.

kim wah….is that the new korean/chinese fusion cuisine?

bottle opener in slippers? Ewwwwwww!!!

“(let’s see, 224, 225, 226…almost there)”

Mrs A-House…. where are we going???

Calvin from Kona –

Howzit my hanai son! Haven’t heard of serious vog on the news so hope the levels are manageable in Kona right now. Mahalo for your previous posts. Brevity and good sportsmanship are indeed two of your most redeeming qualities. Well done, my boy!

(let’s see…226, 227, 228…almost there…)

Good job Mrs. A-House!

Nice to have a welcom face in the house when all the others are out playing.

WHO IS THE BIG ISLAND O-LINE RECRUIT?

Hi Mrs. A-House and Rob25,

Looking forward to making some noise with you all tonight! Actually I’m really one of the silent intent fans at VB games. Maybe some of your enthusiasm will rub off on me. sj is much more animated and involved than me.

See you both soon.

have fun at the volleyball game everyone!

myki- cheer for me!!!

Mrs. A-House:
Mrs.curveball is joining us at the gate…please do not tell her I am bald and 15 years older than her…I have been keeping it a secret

Myki –

Don’t put yourself down now. I, too, am very shy and quiet by nature, BUT I have sat next to Midori7 for many, many years at sporting events, and it has changed my life. That sweet little thing is FIERCE and VOCAL beyond imagination. Because of her I have added the following vocal outbursts to my repertoire:

– WTF (who the fool), you stupid refs, you need glasses…

– Aw SH_ _! stinkin’ refs, bettah start calling ’em BOTH ways, or else…

– Aw come on refs, call it right or else…I know where you park your car and I know where you live…

– Watch the holding, watch the holding…da_ _ you refs, happened right in front of you!

Even coaches are not immune from her rants –

-Ah cmon Coaches…watch the clock, watch the clock…get the call in NOW!

So in conclusion, Myki, if you want love and companionship, sit next to Jerry, if you want vocal action and heightened stress, sit next to Midori7. You’ll enjoy it!

Mrs. A-House, I have seen her in action at baseball games. She is totally involved and I can see how contagious it can be. It’s great ! and I really enjoy watchng her. Who knows maybe I’ll catch some on her enthusiasm. We shall see.

curveball- no worry, we’ll tell Mrs. curveball that homey is really curveball – young, with a full head of hair… 😆

Myki- pies are ordered!

Mrs. A-House… WOW!!! Why The Foul???? Surprising, but appropriate language from our dignified, Tsai-ko auntie!

Mrs. A-House is particularly intimidating when her bandanna goes on and she starts to flex. Yikes! Time to RUN!!!

WTF = Women Think F……………………………….

oia dad….tba. perhaps they await his sat results?

al – What you expect from someone who wears a banana.

Hiya Liz and myki!

I would cheer loud for all of us, but then I left my voice at Fresno State!

OK, I don’t use WTF, but WTH surely comes out of my mouth.

I, like homey, have anger management issues when it comes to the refs. Who picks those idiots anyways? Could they find anymore men with sight problems????

Pies? Did I hear pies are coming? Good thing that I am going to get there before the game…not much, but I’m sure that I can eat a piece, if there are any left.

Thanks XLiz for bringing the oyster pies!

Mrs. A-House,
no worries about food. tons here. There’s these “teriyaki” franchise stores that serve an ok plate lunch.
there’s also tons of filipinos up here with a couple of take out places.
and the asian influence is everywhere, so there’s shoyu and rice and miso soup in the “ethnic” section of the supermarkets.
i’m eating good. no worries about that.
have fun! tell everyone tonight i said what’s up and “GO NA WAHINE!” i might try to watch through the internet.

oops, first of = or

homey,
did you get your prize hand delivered by a certain someone?

I thought the football guys are in a hotel in Waikiki?

Rob25 – I learn from Stretch.

homey ?:
I heard BBQ tongue is an aphrodigiac..better than oysters

oyster pies…
BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!

HI UKU@LA!!!

curveball- watermelon, eh???ok???

g-nalo – tripe is good!

Anyone bringing the beanbag “horseshoes” tomorrow???

curveball – Thanks for the tip. I’m gonna put bbq sauce on my tongue tonight.

cause you need it????

XLiz – hopefully Kazz can convince his pal’s pal to bring the game.

g-nalo – like you don’t have a 64 oz jar of bbq sauce in the fridge!!!

So I’ll be seeing you all tomorrow. Have a safe night and just for my daughter…

GO MILILANI!

yep, time to sneak out.

everyone enjoy whether its the volleyball game, watching TV, or a DVD of your favorite Shaw Brothers kung fu movie.

Homey – no forget wipe the excess BBQ sauce, you don’t want to be obvious. 🙂

g-nalo:
October 10th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
yep, time to sneak out.

As long as you put in your “honest 8”, I guess it’s okay for you to sneak out of the office.

condolences to shane victorino and his family for their loss…

dpc- what happened to Shane’s family?

Mojo- better take wifey with you to BOI and go to HER favorite place right afterwards for a romantic holiday!

Play calling is such a chess match. Each week Mack and Ron must come up with a couple of new schemes and packages to outwit the opponent. I have a feeling Ron is going more vertical in this game so…

Passing: 265
Rushing: 119
Points: 52

Curveball ~ I nevah realized you wuz bald. I thought that was just the way you parted your hair.

Mac salad would be great, but for the cold storage part. Watermelon is cool.

Mrs A-House ~ Omigooness! You are at the absolute top of your game today my lady! I’m laughing my ‘kole off ovah hea!..Hehehe!

Can’t wait to see you and *Megahorn Midori* at the SSC tonite.

Going to have a last minute change in the lineup Stretch. I’ll get with you at the box office about it. See ya there, gotta go find that cross island light rail Mufi promised me.

enjoy the volleyball game tonight

like the band director in “drum line” said go out and enjoy being with your tsaiko mates. and the concept “one band one sound”

enjoy see yall on saturday

UH total passing yards – 267
UH total rushing yards – 153
attendance – 42,352
combined score – 44

Go Warriors! Whoop dem Doggies!

Holy sh**!!!

Mrs. A-House was sure cursing up a storm earlier. It just (sexual intercourse) (urinates) me off when people feel they can just (female dog) and moan and use what ever words pops into their (slang of sexual intercourse) heads.

Nah. Mrs. A-House. I know you were simply relaying what your sweetie-pie daughter shouts at those wearing the prison stripped garb. Dang, I just do not want her angry at me — I would probably start crying. Yep, that would be me. Mr. Overly-Sensitive.

Now to get back to grading the quizzes of those miserable miscreants, frosh, who cannot keep their mouths shut and their brains out of the gutter. So far, no one is passing — serves them right.

Uh. I meant. I must be doing something wrong for them not to understand and pass their quizzes. I have to work harder.

Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Kekoa . . .

Remember when you mentioned yesterday you thought I was being kind of ambitious with the passing yardage? Looks like the numbers are climbing. I will admit I still have one of the higher guesses; I think I am third or fourth highest now.

But, just have to remain positive!

to all the Tsaikos,

let us all have good thoughts and send them to the Warriors as they prepare for victory tomorrow. one snap and clear, one play at a time, one quarter at a time, one game at a time.

GO WARRIORS

GO WILDCATS

Forget the pork. Forget the chicken.Forget the grilled beef tongue. Everybody……. JUST BRING PIE

Mav- possum pie is really an oyster pie, but the oysters pretend they are dead until the potential eater goes away… Bwahahaha!
okok…
time to go home!

Prayers and thoughts for one of our brave warriors and his family.

wafan:
October 10th, 2008 at 5:39 pm

Uh. I meant. I must be doing something wrong for them not to understand and pass their quizzes. I have to work harder.

gald you caught youself almost had to call you into the VP office for some educational encouragement. 😀

wafan- oysters, abalone, opihi, mmm… I drew the line in Pusan in 1965. There were beach vendors everywhere with the freshest sealife snacks. I could not try the sea worms… they were reeeaaaalllyy ugly and gross looking.

Since then, I have had prepared sea cucumber at a couple local luau. Those were white and delicious. Not what I expected at all from the name.

Koakane . . .

How are you doing Mr. VP? I guess I need to flagellate more often. HA!

MIH . . .

What disappointed me the most was there was no pearl there. I do not think the hot sauce would have helped. I could “feel” that guy trying to crawl back up on the way down. Then I know it was looking around and wondering what the heck happened to its shell.

LizK . . .

I will eat just about anything unless the mouth feel is unpleasant. Some things I just cannot bring myself to enjoy. Balut is one of them. And, I just cannot enjoy stuff that reminds me of mucus. But, I figure the less I eat of the good stuff, the more there is for everyone else!

wafan- I hear ya.
But I was raised on strange stuff. I still remember my mom’s delicious calf brain soup. The broth was like oxtail soup.
When I moved to Hawaii, I began to experience Filipino cooking and ate okra for the first time. That has a slimy quality but I love it – and bitter melon.
ok…getting dark. REALLY time to go home now!!

LizK . . .

Calf brain soup? Sounds interesting. Must be like a beef broth. Mmmmm.

But, with CJD, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, I think that food is going to be a bit risky.

Play calling is a chess match. Mack and Ron have come up with a couple of new schemes and packages every week to out wit their foes. Mack may play more man and stack the box. Ron may have some play action to go vertical. Who knows…

Passing: 255 – Inoke career best
Rushing: 118 – LaTech stacks the box
Points: 54 – UH 41 – LaTech 13
Attend: 43140 – Bandwagon gets rolling

looking in da crowd for da tsaikos wea dem?

jes got home.

Total passing yards: 195
Total running yards: 135
Attendance: 39,008
Combined score: 37

Thanks

Wow LizK. Late night at work. Did you at least have a nice dinner before getting home?

Tsigh.

Sitting here all by my self. All alone.

This is the last time agree to guard the Tsai-ko club house when everyone else goes to the game.

Heck, if I sleep on the job who will know? Homey’s poodles went to sleep, too. So much for being fierce guard puppies.

howzit Wafan,

pssssttt… quiet…. i stay watchin da game…. 😀

There was a short presentation of the Softball Bracelets. I’m trying to capture it and put it up on the web. BBS.

Dang that game went by too fast. Going take longer to write the sports recap than it took to play all three sets.

Hi, mih!

ok… half uploaded so far.

Here we Go-
Soccer Wahine Bracelet Presentation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvmK_0jPFdE

Double whoops…
SOFTBALL- not soccer…

Thanks Liz for that video.

Come on Leahey, get with it. It was Pomai and the Tsaikos!!

Canadian man says that he shouldn’t have to pay child support because he was asleep when the child was conceived!

Pretty cool that the marines are using samurai techniques to help them with mental health issues.

Free play links pau.

Evening Tsai-kos!

Wow wafan. Kinda tough on da keeeds. 😉 What subject(s) you teach anyways?

Condolences to the Vicotrino ohana.

Congrats to the Phillies, Bosox and da Wahine. Another uno, dos, adios match. 😀

*peeking through da windows, finds nobody home and da poodles dreaming of chasing chihuahuas around, carefully opens da window and climbs in*

Woo hoo! Let’s do some redecorating! *puts up lots of Jr Bows stickers, Georgetown, Redskins and of course, UH posters*

*makes PB sandwiches for da poodles to keep em quiet and helps self to bowl of uhfan808’s PBS* yummmm.

*slips out back window, gives schmoodles da sandwiches*

AHA!
Caught in the act!
Kekoa was right about jm2375!

Howzit fellow Tsaikos. Hope you’re ready for the LaTech game tomorrow. Letz go Warriors!

Hi Liz! Howzit, oh blog guru! I know nothing! I’m innocent I tell you! Innocent!

Pomai:

We recorded the game for you and what was shown on tv for the presentation which was minimal. Will drop it in the mail Monday am after we record the Sunday match with New Mexico State as well. Plus the match itself was nothing to shout about when compared to earlier ones this year.

However, there were plenty pictures taken so folks here will put together a photo album for you. The Tsaikos got Big Time credit during the presentation, but I am not sure anyone’s name was mentioned.

Afterwards, the team came up to where we were sitting and thanked everyone on an individual basis. Virginia Hinshaw, Jim Donovan and and Carl Clapp came up to where we sat to give their thanks as well.

Muchomahalos to Stretch for arranging this.

Change of subject: Set aside 10 am on Tuesday for another very special event – details out Monday morning. Das all ken say at dis time.

LTUHF- as Mrs. A-House would say – er think- WTF! No wonder we beat Fresno! Bwahahaha!

whew. what a week!

just got back in from haleiwa town. i must say traffic was really good.
can’t wait for tomw.

warriors will pound the ball tomw. i forsee a smoother running offense this week. it is gonna get better each week with one quarterback and no controversy. so inoke has had about three weeks at the helm now so i expect things to run well tomw with the new inoke package in place. in particular i like the sprint out passing game. that will keep the opponents in check not knowing if he is gonna fly or fly the ball.

i believe we will also see more option stuff as well.

it will truly morph into a pure kind, “RUN and shoot”.

maybe we label it the “run and gun”.

LizKauai, Mrs A-House said that….Where’s the Foul??

Al,

We had lunch @Ray’s Cafe with retiree friends today. Good friend made some some kala at crap table in Vegas and invited us. Wow, what a treat! We split rack of lamb and shrimp scampi and boss had prime rib. Couldn’t finish all so had leftovers for dinner.

ltuh

work late tonight.
stop by on on to pick up some favorites.

salt pepper shrimp
salt pepper pork chops
stuffed eggplant w/dao see sauce
chow fun
choi sum w/oys sauce

urp.

Al,

As usual you continue to eat unabashedly good kine kau kau here and on Maui…

oh- served with the last of the Costco gimchi…

It was a very nice ceremony tonight, and a real honor for the softball girls to come up to where we were sitting and say thank you. I’m sure photos will be around soon enough.

But midori7 — eh, you should have clarified the attendance thing earlier! UH box scores publish both tickets distributed and turnstile. My total was for turnstile; I don’t care about tickets distributed, cause what counts is the fans in the seats! (Well, we’ll take the money from the no-shows too.) I’m sad now, I’m thinking my number will be a tad too low. If I had known it was tickets distributed that you wanted, I would have guessed 42,821. 🙁

some times its cold pizza.

Wow, this blog clock is off. Not even 11:59 yet. 😉

Lots of photos were taken, but I was so busy with the young ladies, I really didn’t have time for that stuff.

Yep, Kekoa was blushing the whole drive from Mānoa to Salt Lake. And no, that red was not because of the Byron’s strawberry slush float he bought; I didn’t give that to him until he dropped me off. 😀

our new run n gun offense will offset and provide misdirection against the la tech blitz packages.

the sprint out pocket, option offense, and quick passing game will diffuse the la tech blitz. it should freeze them enough times to be very effective.

jm2375 ~ I’m making arrangements with my cousin Judge *HW* to make sure that will also be your prisoner number!

I’m so glad I had the Turkey Tails under protective custody tonite.

G’nite all! See you at the T-gate. (Wafan – we left the light on for ya!)

A-House please re-send the email, the email address you have for me is no longer valid please change it to pomai @ tsai-kos . com if anyone else has the old one please change it.

Wassupdoc thanks for taping the presentation even if K5 fell short on it, seems to me that this would have been a good recruiting opportunity.

KekoaI expect you to either deliver the smooches or return them to their owners.

Nitey Nite, Pomai!

Sweet Warrior Dreams, Ka Kou!

Fo hanred an wan!

Capitol -ist/WassupDoc:
October 11th, 2008 at 1:37 am

Re the K-5 coverage: I talked to their Chief Poobah twice, and he said that they could not cover the entire event because it was more important to sell advertising as well as give the announcers time to go over the first two sets.

Hey Doc doesn’t sound like dat buggah knows what he’s doing yeah? Let see –
K5 guy – Now Mr. Store owner you should buy the ad air time in between the volleyball games because we are going to show the news rather than the Na Wahines receiving their awards for winning the WAC Championship in softball, so there will plenty of people watching. NOT LOL

Thanks Doc for what you do!!

Pomai,

if she can make a spam musubi that quick, she’s my hero 🙂

Happy Warrior Game Saturday everyone!

i was going brrrrr, because i just checked a webcam for Bozeman Montana, and the beast will be playing in the ‘white stuff’ today

Warrior Nation,

today is the day we have waited for, another stepping stone in the path to repeat as WAC Champions.

let’s go beat these chalupa lovers today…..hey, drop the chalupa

last night waianae vs. mililani was a good game. with about 9 minutes left, Mililani’s Stevenson goes 70 yards on a slant pattern….cya, turbos, and no one can catch him…..great game

I think it is time to bury my crispy tomato plants. Last night was a good frost.

I have fresh frozen little green tomatoes.

hey wafan,

i think popcorn is what i hear. they have a turf field, so no mud, but still cold. whew,

Bulla . . .

Popcorn not so bad. Only issue is all the roughage. It is a good reason to run (to the locker room)!

And, all those little kernel pieces that get stuck between the teeth. Make sure the Beast carries his floss!!!

Brew . . .

If I were a farmer I would starve. I like tomatoes so I plant some every year. The most fruits I have ever enjoyed has been a grand total of 5. That is correct. FIVE.

This is over a 10-year period. An average of half a tomato per year. Yahoo!!! Maybe it is time I selected a different plant (to kill).

But, I do really well with green onions. Water and fertilize then leave them alone. Geez. Brainless farming, I excel at being brainless. Maybe I pay too much attention to the tomato plants.

Wafan-
Saw your post with the raw oyster moment.

The heavens above have provided us hot water and a pot for good reasons. When there raw, it’s galla galla.

Good Morning! It’s GAME DAY!!!! Hope everyone has a good time at the t-gate today.

I believe UH recieved the lucky draw on scheduling for the Boise game next week, and not today.
4″ of snow forecasted for the Boise region today.

Interesting conversation with the local newspaper “customer service” department. Been having problems with non-delivery over the past six weeks. I keep calling them to resolve the problem. They keep playing the blame game and passing me from person to person.

Today, I was passed to three people. Two of whom I had previously spoken in the past several weeks. Yeah, I am one of those people who keep a log of who, when and results when dealing with companies. Anyhow, they kept saying, “I hear you”, “I understand your frustration”, “I will file a report”, “I will follow up”, and the one that irritates me the most, “If you do not see improvement contact me blah, blah, blah”.

So, today I kind of pressed the issue and spoke with the supervisor’s supervisor. Hmmmmm. Same old story. Ended up giving her a lesson in customer service. I am not sure she understood — or cares. Toward the end of the ‘conversation’ she was not saying much.

What is so difficult about providing a quality product or service, in a timely manner, especially one for which you have already been paid?

Awesome story of two boys in wheel chairs.
http://www.komonews.com/sports/heroes/16236927.html?video=pop&t=a

Storyabout the Mill Creek, WA, little league team and what one company did for them! Aside of a parade did anything like this happen for the Hawai’i WORLD Champions?
http://www.komonews.com/sports/heroes/29646779.html?video=pop&t=a

IT’S FINALLY SATURDAY!!!!!

Good Morning Tsaiko Family!

Good Morning Warrior Nation!

hey hey ronnie got your dim sum warming up and warriors apparel on? phone us lattas so you can get serenaded by the tsaiko signers. enjoy yourself today .

Oklahoma now playing Texas but only up by 1 at the half.

So, the paper sends out someone to hand deliver today’s paper to me.

Nice touch but still a loser solution.

It was Thursday’s paper.

Good Morning Koakane! the champagne is already on ice! And I have my Warrior green on today!

wafan – I’m sorry the situation is so frustrating for you, but the way you tell it it funny for the rest of us. I wonder what would happen if the Tsaikos started calling on your behalf…

Koakane . . .

No contact from them. Left a message, though. I hope I called the correct number. HA!

Have not heard anything from anyone so I do not know if it is really happening.

chawan nothing like dat here. sun shinning, beverages cooling, meat soaking and blood rising for a fball battle. bring it on.

wafan will call them lattas and ask what da scoop. know when you meet them you will fit in perfectly.

ronnie champagne eh …. wow girl ready to rock and roll. far cry from what I remember KS girls used to drink uhmmmmmmmm boonsfarm mixed with 7up. 😀

homes if you getting ready no foget to bring da charcoal and matches. D1 is always getting on our case for forgetting something.

good morning chawan_cut! btw, who are you sitting with at the Boise game?

Anyone want fresh frozen little green tomatoes? I can send you the entire “crop” of 2. No wait, there are 3.

C_C . . .

When I lived in Poulsbo I notice there was a lot of “white” around, too.

Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

I was the only minority on staff in the district for my first three years. Heck, I was the only minority at the entire high school for the first five years.

Koakane . . .

Geez. Gula-gula. Are we talking about raw oysters again?

HA!

Great Morning All!

IT’S SATURDAY!

Wow! Nevah tink A-Joe was serious about da sound system ’til I saw WDoc went store fo’ try buy one tambourine!
Had to beeline to Radio Shack las’ nite fo’ pickup all da parts fo’ one PA kit! No mo’ PA KIT! Had to buy all da parts ala carte…..

Soldering iron lost!
Azauryte…I one Tsaiko….if no can, still can.
I jus’ pau TAPING all da parts together. My car no mo’ speakahs and I used up all da extension cords in my house but going get one PA at da TsaikoGate! Yeehawwwwww!
(AJoe, I go drop ’em off at the appointed time but going leave b4 you plug ’em in, ‘kay? Jus in case 😉 )

Last night was a very humbling experience.

First it must have been a very HUMBLING experience on the court for the Lady Techsters 😆 . Bulldogs… YOU’RE NEXT!

Then, as the 2007/2008 Rainbow Wahine Team were on the court getting their DESERVED acknowledgement for a wonderful 2007 run they saw us up in our seats and waved at us and I thought that was awesome. But then, they ALL made their way up to us to thank us one on one, including all the coaches and JD, Chancellor Hinshaw, and Carl Clapp as well.

This was indeed a humbling experience for us all and something I will never forget.

MAHALO TO POMAI, A-HOUSE, STRETCH, AND ST FOR BEING THE FOUNDATION FOR LAST NIGHT’S EVENT/CELEBRATION.

Of course, the bracelets are AWESOME!

Wafan, I delivered newsppapers in my young days. I had a direct phone line from my customers for those incidents that your going through.
It worked.
That’s how instant messaging first started. !

99club,

Only saw the “int”

99 club,

Thanks.

IDK why they keep calling this the Red River Rivalry.
It’s nothing if not a Shootout

Game…

Morning all…PARTY DAY..going to let my hair down and whoop it up..oh yeah forgot about the bald thing….wow its tough being ranked #1 this year … great game

al:

October 11th, 2008 at 9:33 am
speaking about colt mccoy…..overheard last night on espn radio, the announcers were talking up the game between oklahoma/texas. and they made reference to the texas quarterback, colt brennan.

Pffftttt. HA! They WISH!

24-17, Hawaii

i guess i will have to behave because it looks like the boss is coming.

New post up . . . .

Go Warriors!