Penn

So I got to meet BJ Penn on Friday. He was doing a promotion at this lounge called Level 4 and they were showing his new DVD. He was pretty much just chilling with all his friends. Anyway, here's a pic.

So I was thinking... everyone around me is moving to a phase of their life... (initially i always thought of it as, moving on... but i think.. it's more general to say it that way)... friends and family are getting married... settling down... and i think about me coming to here.... there's a couple of perspectives though....
should i be settling down? finding someone to spend the rest of my life with? and i thought... that's always what i wanted... plus of course a girl who is really cute.... but then.. there's gotta be more to life... there's so much out there for me to see... so maybe that's one reason i came here....
then there's the other view... did i feel that everyone is moving on? that i needed to get away? cause i wasn't at that point in my life? ... and i'm standing still... and some would say standing still isn't so bad... but it's the same as moving back... you're still not getting anywhere.... so i came out here to avoid the pressure... or maybe to find a pace of life that suited me?
in the end... it doesn't seem to matter.... trying to avoid my circular thinking... i'm here... i'm living in hawaii!.... it's pretty damn good.... i always said i'm just gonna go to hawaii one day.... i guess it's nice to chase your dreams... cause sometimes it just takes a couple of hours of thinking... and a strong will... and boom... 24 hours later you're in hawaii....

Monoa Valley Falls II

Monoa Valley Falls

Last Saturday walked to Monoa Valley trail. It was kinda mild. Trail was set with steps and all... better than Diamond Valley but still kinda boring. I was hoping the falls would be this grand fall where you could actually jump in... but... as you can see... far from it... i heard there are some on the island somewhere but gotta search harder...

so since i was bored... i went off trail and followed the stream for about 1/2 mile... it ran parallel to the trail. Probably not the smartest thing but at least it made it interesting... the top pic on the next blog entry shows what i was hiking through... pretty much just going from rock to rock in the stream... at one point, i wasn't sure if i should try jumpng onto a small rock 5 feet away just to immediately jump on another one 5 feet away... didn't seem that sturdy... but i went for it... almost fell in the stream... but i'm safe so no worries... finally found the spot where i could get back on the trail... and had a long walk home...

Next week gonna try Maunawili Falls... skydiving will have to wait until i can save up some more money...