Sometimes skateboarding isn't skateboarding.

-famous quote by Papa Puff.

Sometimes bike building isn't bike building, either.

Its all just tinkering though, right?

Weld-me table.

Size small.

Moyou is not too sure about this.

 Getting closer.

 I'm sorry for being so loud.

 One more thing.....

 Something like this?

 I'll get to you tomorrow.

 Soul saver.

O.R. organization re-attempted.

(minus) White cart

Japan. 2006. ?.

I found 3 roles on cd of 110 photos from Japan while I was in the basement the other day.

You could think of it as a miniature version of medium format I guess.
Toy camera.

This is the first one.

The CD is labeled 2006.

Memories.

I randomly started talking to an old woman next to the skatepark one day.

 She said her dog loved skateboards so she took him here a lot.

 Random street setup.

 Timmy!

 Chillin' in Kuramo's bug.

 Kuramo's arm.

 The old road bike I used to keep there.

 I used to ride the bike 15 miles one way to skate this park in 90 degree weather a few times a week.

In Tokyo traffic.

Sometimes I would barely make it home.

Learned backtails and smith grinds here.

That prefab 5 was so fun...

 Nice hair.....

 More of TJ.

 Yuto.

 2 summers before I started teaching?

 Lambo.

I miss Tokyo.

I miss it a lot.

My Eating Job

Working as a food tour guide, I have so many chances to meet different people from different nationalities everyday which makes me feel like I'm traveling around different parts of the world daily and also learning so much from my clients.

It's so hard to nominate my favorite clients or my favourite nationality because most of the people who make a booking with Hanoi Street Food Tours are food lovers so we have an instant connection. It's like we speak the language of food. I would never say that I teach my clients about food but I do show them what is special from the city I love, Hanoi, even though I'm not from here. I suppose I'm the one who helps them to understand more about Hanoi food. I enjoy working everyday and I'm pretty much always excited about going to work.

Many people think it is a very easy and relaxing job where I simply eat, drink and talk to earn some money. But from my experience, you need to have a genuine love for people and food, plus a determination to keep every tour upbeat and special for every client. The tours are not only about eating around Hanoi, but also is about the culture around the food. In Vietnam, we love to eat but we eat in a very healthy way! My clients regularly ask me "Why are Vietnamese people so skinny because it looks like they eat and drink all the time?" The answer is that we eat healthy food with lots of herbs and veggies. We are also meat lovers but we always balance meat with steamed or sir fried veggies and pickle fruits. And another very important factor is we do heaps of exercise everyday.

For my job I frequently work 3 to 6 hours a day, 7 days per week and sometimes, I have to walk around the city eating for 9 hours a day. For exercise, I do a bit of running around the tennis court trying to use up the calories and maintain my weight. At the end of the day, I have to admit that I love eating and I would never complain about hard work. I am a very lucky guy to be able to work in my desired field compared to million of people around the world without jobs or un happy with their jobs. I try to live by the saying "Work Hard, Play Harder".