BEER GARDEN!!!

PHOTOS: The fulla dressed as a chick is my bro Andy.. cuzzy hooked me up with free drinks all night..chur


Well a couple of weeks back we went to enjoy one of the great attractions that they have in KYOTO.. temples did you say,Geisha did you say.... no.. none of that crap... but with summer approaching here, one of the great attractions has reopened for the summer season...yes thats right BEER GARDENS!!!!! what are beer gardens i hear you say.. they are not lovely raked gardens with beer cans in them... no basically its heaps of tables and chairs on the top of the roof of a building with all the beer and food you can drink and eat for 4 hours....i went down early and meet up later on with our mates from shizuoka, Max and Hinekura plus our mate whetz from kobe who were down in kyoto for Kapa haka Business.. Chanel turned up later on, but called it an early night as she wasnt feeling well...

But this didnt stop these horis from going HARD!!! the system was suppose to be pint for pint.. hello what do these maoris do.. go around tables looking for empty classes then filling them up and stock pilling our beers... man it was MEAN!!!! lets just say we got hammered!!!!

after this closed we went to the pub to carry on the festivities...at about 1 or 2 we decided to hit the Clubs... Max and them decided to call it quits..but this was not the end of the night or me..oohhh no son.....lucky for me one of my mates was working on the bar, so just raged until 6am... somehow mangaged to stumble to the subway to catch the train..ended up going pass my stop by 3 stops so over to the other track to get back to my stop... got on my final train back to Omihachiman..sat down and crashed all the way to my stop.. just by dumb luck i guess, i opened my eyes as the train doors opened at my stop.. bam out the door and taxi to home to hit my pillow at 10am... mean night....

MAORI ART EXHIBITION IN JAPAN

well after 2 years of painting it has finally happened.. i was lucky to have my very own Art exhibition... The show was held here in Omihachiman in one of the malls here.. i was lucky enough to have 8 paintings on show.. The Paintings are quite large sizes and are all Maori contemporary art, with strong pacific influences linking the migration of Maori to Aotearoa.

I was really lucky that i have been supported by my Art teacher at school, Noguchi Sensei,who orgainised and guided me into exhibition sorted and out there for people to see..

The exhibition was for 3 days and i recieved alot of positve comments and responses about my works.. i am really lucky and thankful to be able to get this opportunity to not only develop my Painting but to also showcast it the masses has been a great experience and joy...
chur

The BIG 3 0

well its official.. im OLD... turned 30 on may the 4th... we had a BBQ and a few drinks at our place... was a primo night.. the day started at 2pm and it was a great day.. although i was pretty much stuck to my chair with my cast in all.. but this didnt stop me as we celebrated the day with a few quiets...

As the sun went down more peps turned up and it was raging...lets just say that i got hammered.. lucky that i didnt have to stumble too far to go to bed... was a top night...

Classic All Blacks!!!

Well after the Touch tourney i ended up being in a cast for 4 weeks... Man talk about hoha..Had a week off school but after that trooped and went back to school.. man what a mish..going up 2 flight of stairs for some classes..what a mish... but this didnt stop me from trooping to Kobe to watch the Classic All Blacks vs Japan.. Man it was primo to see some of the old school ABS... Jonah, Carlos, Justin Marshall, heck even Eric rush was playing..and boy at the age of 42 he was still carving up.. mean...
Japan played really well and took it to the ABs.. must be rustiness as the ABS were slow to get out of the gate.. only coming home in the last 5 mins...

Was a great night.. hooked up with heaps of kiwi mates and made a night of it..no aftermatch drinks for me though.. had to mish it back home to catch our last trip cast and crutches and all.. all in all a top night....

Touch Tourney.... CHAMPIONS!!!!!

April, was indeed a busy month as the Annual JET touch tourney was held in Tokushima.. This Tourney was to be a great and also tragic tourney as you will find out... We left friday night on our team bus ,2 teams-28 of us packed onto the bus... really bad start as the driver was koretake, turned up nearly an hour late and bloody got lost on the way... heck we didnt get to the venue until 3am..Not a great start...but the team bonded well on during the trip..

Saturday...
Touch time... well we started well easily winning a first 2 games..carving up in fact, but that led to my worse moment of the tourney.. during our 3rd game i ended up rupturing my archillies.... ohhh the pain as i fell to the ground.. felt like someone had kicked me from behind only to turn around to see no one was there.. well from then on i turned to being NO 1 supporter.. we ended the day unbeaten and looked good for the next day...

Party.. we had the BBQ/ piss up later that night... although injured badly, this didnt stop me from going hard and downing a few brews.. dont know if i did it more harm then good, but was not going to miss out on this party.. had a mean night catching up with all the maoris and kiwis there.. was a primo night..

SUNDAY-Championship Time...
Today we had a 4 game round robin for the championship... our team played really well and killed the opposition.. the combination of our ladies scoring tries and cuzzy anou carving up proved too strong for the opposition.. finally after 3 years of trying we had finally won.. although i didnt play as much as i wanted it was still good to take the tourney out...

Concerts...

PHOTOS: These were pics from the Beyonce concert in Osaka..


Kia ora all.. well was a busy month in March/April as we went to watch Stevie Wonder and Beyonce in concert in Osaka.. Man it was really primo to get the chance to see them both in concert..

first up was the Stevie wonder concert..Me , Chanel and our Mate Whetz went along and danced the night away..it was a primo night... for me, seeing him in concert was a highlight as he been one of my favourite singers for a long time. Stevie is getting on with age but man he can still sing...really awesome to hear him in person..

In April Me and Chanel went to see beyonce in concert.. damn she is HOT!!!! a real professional...she can sing the house down too.. was a really primo night and we really enjoyed ourselves...