February 17, 2025 • 70 mins
Join us as we introduce the remarkable Kanako, known to her Instagram followers as Style.Leaf, who shares her motivating journey of health and fitness, along with the mental hurdles she overcame. Her story is more than just a tale of fitness; it’s a testament to personal growth and resilience, offering a heartfelt look into the mental health challenges that often accompany physical transformation. As Kanako opens up about her experiences, listeners can expect to find inspiration in her unwavering commitment and the valuable lessons she offers on consistency and perseverance in the world of fitness.
We'll take you through the therapeutic solitude of solo workouts, where independence meets common gym frustrations. From being mentored by friends to more lighthearted pet peeves—like machine hoggers and phone addicts—this segment is sure to resonate with any gym enthusiast. We also explore the social dynamics of gym life, touching on everything from unexpected interactions to the unspoken rules of gym etiquette that often fly under the radar.
Rounding out the episode, we dive into the colorful lives of content creators who balance fashion, thrifting, and motorcycles. Discover how personal style can be a form of artistic expression, with insights into thrifting that might just inspire you to reinvent your wardrobe sustainably. We hear tales of motorcycle adventures, sewing dreams, and the camaraderie that binds riders together. This episode promises a rich blend of creativity, authenticity, and undeniable passion across various lifestyle pursuits.
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Aloha, okay, this week my guestis somebody I've been a fan of
her Instagram page and also thequality of the content that
(02:26):
she's putting out there.
It's unique, different, not thenormal, I guess, influencer,
content creator model kind ofperson, but she's different.
Kaneko, what's up, girl?
I'm sorry, kanako.
Yeah, I just fucked that up,like I do that all the time.
(02:46):
It's okay, I'm just going tocall you Style Leaf, because
that's your Instagram.
Alright, I met you at the gymand you definitely Kind of From.
The demeanor you show at thegym is a lot different than I
(03:07):
guess what you are once I got toknow you.
You see, when I first saw you,I was like, oh, she's working
out pretty hard and she lookedlike not to bother her, like
nobody wants, like you look notstandoffish but not approachable
, which is totally the oppositeof the person you are.
And randomly, I got to meet youin the sauna and you were like
(03:32):
the one girl that stands on thesauna, I would assume because
it's hotter when you're higher.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
OK, yeah, I like to do the sauna on hard mode.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
Yeah, yeah, that's intense, but from watching your
Instagram I know you reach a lotof fitness goals throughout the
year and I can tell by how youwork out.
And I always judge girls.
I guess I guess I do.
Yeah, I judge girls on how theywork out Because I know when
(04:04):
girls are faking it.
Or I guess I do, yeah, I judgegirls on how they work out
because I know when girls arefaking it, or I guess everybody,
or girls that are just there totake Instagram pictures so they
can post it, or going throughthe motions, but you work out
pretty religious and consistentand I guess that's the key,
right.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Absolutely.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you know, umI how.
So I started working out inlike almost 10 years ago
actually, it's gonna be 10 yearsvery soon and it was just
something to do with the homies,because a bunch of my friends
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were dudes and they like to hitthe gym, so I just wanted to
hang out with them at the gymand then they would teach me how
to lift.
so that's where I built myfoundation of like how to lift
weights and I would lift with,like the guys because, yeah and
not, you know, I didn't have anygym like girlfriends to go with
(05:09):
, so I would lift like a dudeand I ended up really enjoying
it.
But it took me a long time toactually start lifting because I
would, we would all go intogether and then I would just
go straight to the cardio roombecause the gym was so new to me
and then, like for a few months, I was just like doing, I was
running, I was cycling, I was onthe elliptical and and then,
(05:33):
once I started gettingcomfortable, then I joined the
guys to lift.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Well, it looks good, because I was noticing today
that you had the horseshoe inyour arms when you were working
out.
I was like, oh, now she'sgetting some cuts in her arms.
I don't know.
I always take notice of thatkind of stuff and I like to see
people progress through theirfitness goals.
But you kind of had somedramatic changes from, I guess,
(06:05):
your appearance to what it isnow, from what you posted on
Instagram, and I wanted to knowa little bit about that.
But I definitely want to know,like, how do you maintain it and
like, how does it work?
Because I need to learn somestuff too.
You know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Oh yeah, need to learn some stuff too.
You know what I mean, oh yeah,so at my heaviest I was 140
pounds, which is I'm currentlyaround 112 right now.
So so bad at math, almost wait.
Is that 30 pounds?
Oh yeah, almost 30 poundsheavier than I am now.
And I got there becausebasically it was because of my
(06:46):
mental health, like I fell off abit.
Um, I was depressed and I wasjust eating my feelings away,
staying up and doing all thelate night eating, and then me
and my friends, sometimes we'dgo through the drive through
twice.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Like we wanted that.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
McDonald's ice cream cone or the Wendy's frosty, two
times all right and then I justgained so much weight so quickly
that I found myself not beingable to fit my clothes anymore,
and it was like kind of it mademe more depressed actually.
(07:26):
Yeah, and at the time, uh, Iwas seeing a guy, and you know I
was, I was venting to this guyand telling him oh, I want to, I
want to be the way I used to be, and he actually motivated me
in like the most weirdest waypossible, because his response
(07:49):
to that was like you know, thattime you were basically a child
like you're.
You're getting older now, andthen I was just like wait, what?
Like I think he was trying tobe Um, Trying to Supportive a
(08:12):
little bit, trying to besupportive, but it came off very
offensive.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Well, maybe it's because he's trying to not Like
make it a situation when it'snot your fault.
It's like oh, you're a littleolder.
When you get older, metabolismchanges, so don't beat yourself
up over it.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Maybe that yeah, that's like what he was trying
to say, I think, like, don'tbeat yourself up for like yeah
now.
Um, but that actually motivatedme.
I'm like, oh, I was a childback then, that's why I was so
skinny, all right let me proveyou're wrong.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
Game on it worked.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
It did work, it did.
But maintaining this, oh, ithad to be a lifestyle.
Definitely be a lifestyle, yeah, because the one at my heaviest
.
I was working at a bar and Iwas like drinking shots all the
time and then that would triggerlike those late night munchies
even more.
And then at at work at the time, all we had was fried food and
(09:16):
I really like the garlic fries,yeah, so I just had to not drink
so much anyway and watch what Ieat.
Yeah, I'm I.
First I made like very smallchanges.
Like I stopped drinking Sprite,because the thing I would drink
while I'm working with Sprite.
(09:37):
So, like I know, no Sprite,just water, water.
And then I tried to switch someof my carbs into, you know,
like, instead of white rice, eatbrown rice and then in the
morning, have oatmeal to stayfuller longer and for the fiber
content and, um, yeah, and thenI've always loved hiking, and so
(10:02):
while I was working at the bar,you know some girlfriends I
knew they came in and then saidwhat's up?
And then they told me like they, they want to be more active
and I'm like girl, I'm, I'm down, let's do it.
And surprisingly, we actuallydid do it oh nice yeah, like for
(10:24):
a summer, every sunday we woulddo something different, whether
that's the beach or hike orboth, and um, yeah, that was
like a lot of fun, made reallycool memories and um, really
fell in love with hiking allover again and and then I would
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hit Coco Head.
That was like around I wouldhit Coco Head more seriously and
when you do Coco Head, it'ssuch a good challenge that you
want to keep getting better atit.
Like my first time going there,I took like actually the very
first time I didn't even get allthe way up, like I went halfway
and then I felt sick.
And I'm like, actually the veryfirst time I didn't even get
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all the way up, like I wenthalfway and then I felt sick and
I'm like, okay, I got it andthen the first time I actually
completed it.
It took me 45 minutes to get upand so I made my goal to get up
in 20 minutes and really, yeah,I go to go, go ahead quite
religiously till this day.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
And you can get out there in 20 minutes.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
Yeah, my PR is 17 minutes, 17 minutes and 20
seconds Wow that's impressive.
Thank you, that's veryimpressive.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
I spend more time looking at the ground so I don't
fall in between the steps.
I did it once.
I definitely didn't do it in 20minutes.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
Yeah, that's great, it's been quite a fitness
journey and it took me threeyears to lose all the weight
that I have gained and I waslike sitting at between 115 and
120 for a long time.
And then I actually got reallysick, um two years ago, and I
(12:13):
was, I couldn't, I was sonauseous, I couldn't eat
anything and I ended up losinglike 10 pounds, oh yeah, so I
went down to 104 pounds.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
Oh, that's not good.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
Yeah, it was not good , but I jumped back in weight
after a few months, afterhealing from what I was dealing
with.
Yeah, that's cool.
That's when I went to the gym.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
Oh, okay, yeah, as you were losing your weight from
hiking and changing yourlifestyle, you could see gradual
changes.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
Yeah, yeah, I would take progress photos.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Oh, that's smart.
And then when you see itworking, that's also good
motivation to know that oh, it'sworking.
I got to stick with it.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
Yeah, yeah, all that.
Oh, it's working.
I gotta stick with it.
Yeah, yeah.
And then people who I would seewould be like, oh, you lost a
little bit of weight whichfurther like reinforced that I
should keep on doing what I'vebeen doing yeah but at the time
I would never count calories oh,I like to do it intuitively and
yeah, just drink water, no sodaand stay away from fried food
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and processed food.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
Oh yeah, that's the hard part especially.
Well, I guess where you worknow there's not that much bad
food, Like, yeah, you have goodfood at where you work.
Well, you said there were friesthere, right?
Speaker 1 (13:47):
there was fries, there was yeah, well how,
everything's grilled.
So yeah it's, yeah, it's goodwe'll get into that.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
But yeah, I definitely like the food where
you're at, so do all my friendsthat went.
But, um, you've been in the gymreligiously and you work out
like I wouldn't say like a dude,but you work out like a beast
like you.
You're, you can tell you're,you know what you're doing, you
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work out correctly and, like yousaid, that's half of the battle
, like if, um, that's one thing,because my dad and you probably
see him in the gym.
He's this small little oldkorean guy with the shortest
shorts, bright yellow shortsguarantee, you've seen him,
everybody's seen him in there.
I'll show you him next timehe's there.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
But oh yeah, show me yeah yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
But he always taught me is like you gotta learn how
to do it correctly, and so startoff with light weights and you
can always gradually increasethe weight.
But if you do it wrong, nomatter how much weight you put
on, it's still going to be wrong.
So I kind of always have thatin the back of my mind and I and
I watch people how they workout and sometimes it's like, oh,
(15:01):
that person isn't doing itright or it's like, but you seem
to know what you're doing, andthat's probably from working out
with your friends.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
Thanks.
Yeah, one of my friends I wouldwork out with he was real
strict on me when I was beingtaught how to do deadlifts and
squats.
He would critique me so hardSometimes, or one time I was
like ready to cry.
I was ready to cry but then Ilike sucked it back in and just
(15:31):
did it because I was tooembarrassed to actually cry.
But he was hard on me but for areally good reason.
Yeah, I don't want to get-.
Well, it works.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
Yeah, but you kind of work out by yourself, right?
Speaker 1 (15:46):
I do.
I do now, since I work in theevening and a bunch of my
friends have nine to five jobs.
So yeah, I I don't really havea choice but to work out with
myself, which I don't mindbecause I get to do what I want
at the pace I want yeah, I'm thesame.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
I like working out by myself.
I don't have to cater tosomebody else and I can get in
my own head and for me, that'smy therapy.
I'm constantly doing stuff forother people, but when I'm in
the gym, that's strictly justfor me.
I don't have to worry aboutanybody else, and it it's my
time and it definitely is mytherapy.
(16:24):
So I definitely and it it's mytime and it definitely is my
therapy.
Speaker 1 (16:30):
so I definitely understand how working out by
yourself is cool and I get tomeet cool people too.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
That's true, yeah, yeah, I, I would.
Okay, I wanted to ask you thisand, um, I'll let you know what
mine are.
But what are your gym petpeeves?
And I have a few of them.
I wanted to know if you havethem too.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
Absolutely Okay.
So one of my pet peeves is whenpeople are using more than one
pair of dumbbells.
Oh, okay, that's my pet peeveBecause sometimes I saw one
person use three pairs ofdumbbells.
(17:09):
I needed I needed one of thoseweights yeah as a girl, like we
have a limit to how much we canlift.
Yeah, like I.
It's not like I could like golike, but then going lighter
wouldn't be a challenge.
Yeah, yeah, I would getfrustrated at that.
(17:31):
And also when people don't wipe.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
Oh, that's a good one .
Speaker 1 (17:35):
I like what they use yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
Yeah, mine would be when I'm trying to like, say,
because I have a set schedulefor the most part, cause I got
to pick up my daughter fromschool, so I'm I kind of have a
religious timeframe where Idon't, I can't like my time is
strict.
So if I have to, I want to goon that machine or this machine
and somebody's on it and they'rejust on their phone, and
(18:02):
they're just on their phone.
Like a couple of times I wouldsay something where I'll go to
the next thing that I'm going todo and come back and they're
still on their phone and thenI'll just be like you know what?
Can I jump in?
Or like are you done?
Like that's one of my biggestpet peeves.
And the other one is whensomeone say someone's benching
(18:23):
or using a certain um machine oror situation, and then they put
their towel somewhere else tolike save that machine too.
So it's like they're going,they're saving one machine, but
they're using the other one andit's like I need one of them,
like you can't have both.
(18:44):
And yeah, I got into it withsomebody over there One time a
while ago.
They were just tiled on thestairs.
I was like I don't give a rip.
But that's my two pet peeves.
And yeah, as a girl working out, and since you're by yourself,
do you get approached a lot?
Do you get hit on?
Speaker 1 (19:07):
Surprisingly?
No, and since you're byyourself, do you get approached
a lot.
Do you get hit on?
Surprisingly?
No, not in the Kaneohe locationanyway, I've only been
approached once and that was it.
And it was very respectful, ina very respectful way and very
direct, which I appreciate avery respectful way and very
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direct, which I appreciate.
Like they're.
They're not wasting my time bylike sweet talking me and trying
to impress me or like gruntingwhile they're doing their sets
next to me, yeah, but at thekapiolani location I I have been
approached in a very obnoxiousway a guy trying to ask for my
number and I keep saying hekeeps asking me oh yeah, I would
(19:53):
assume that would be annoying,especially when you're trying to
just get your job done and getout.
Speaker 2 (19:58):
But yeah, I've never hit on a girl in the gym for
this reason only.
Well, I'm engaged now, but, butbefore.
I wouldn't want to get rejectedand have to move gyms because
the gym is right up the streetfrom my house Because I probably
would.
I'd be so shamed that Iwouldn't go back.
So I'm like no, I just this islike.
(20:19):
I'm not going to try.
Speaker 1 (20:23):
Yeah, you know, like, like you said, the way I work
out it's not.
I'm kind of like unapproachablein a way.
Yeah, it's kind of on purpose.
I don't want to make much eyecontact with someone.
It's kind of weird.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
Yeah, there's some interesting people there, but,
yeah, you wear your hat low andyou just have your bag and
you're just on a mission everytime.
Yeah, that's what it's about,though, but getting to talk to
you, you're totally not what youperceive to be as the gym.
(21:00):
You're way different, and, yeah, it was kind of cool to check
you out at work, and my friendslove your place where you work.
Um, they love the atmosphere,they love, they love your drinks
, and, yeah, it's starting tobecome, uh, our pre-game spot
(21:22):
for some reason, and we're gonna, yeah, but, um, how long have
you been working at?
I don't know if you, if youmind me saying where you work,
but no, absolutely not at obake.
How long have you been there?
Speaker 1 (21:36):
at obake.
I've been there for um a yearand a half a little over a year
and a half a little over a yearand a half.
Speaker 2 (21:46):
Okay, yeah, that place is so unique because it's
kind of indoor, outdoor, andbefore there was an indoor right
there was yeah, but you havelike a little it seems like just
a homemade bar and you just doyour thing over there and we
(22:08):
just cruise over there.
But that place is cool and thefood there is surprisingly good,
I guess, yeah, surprisinglybecause it we're just outside
and they're just grilling somestuff, but it's uh kind of
different.
And, yeah, my friend hansen,who's a vegan, he loves your
mushrooms and the those pepperthings, so yeah, it was he.
(22:30):
He always wants to go back now.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
Yeah, oh, that's surprising.
Like those two items are reallygood, but for him, as a vegan,
that's kind of like all hereally can eat.
That's kind of like all hereally can eat besides.
So for those two things to begood enough to come back, yeah,
it says a lot actually, so Ireally appreciate that I wanted
(22:53):
to know if they uh, if it's thesame grill they're using, that
they're grilling the pork bellyon, because then he's getting
pork juice on his peppers.
I guess you don't have to tellhim that.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
I hope he don't watch this episode.
If he does, then yeah, he's notreally a vegan.
But you make all these craftdrinks and they're kind of Asian
themed and we had the peach oneand then the winter melon grape
this past weekend and I think Ilike the winter melon grape.
(23:32):
Out of the two, I think I likethat one better.
But who comes up with thosedrinks?
Are they you or you?
Speaker 1 (23:41):
No, our head bartender Comes up with them.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
Yeah, and I just.
I just follow directions andcount to four and then Serve it
up.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
Well, it takes a while and you gotta muddle some
stuff and do all that, yeah,garnish it.
What would be the Most populardrink that you're always serving
?
Speaker 1 (24:07):
Oh, definitely the yuzu chuhai.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
Oh, okay.
Speaker 1 (24:11):
Yeah, it's Balanced, super citrusy and it's
refreshing and very easy todrink.
Speaker 2 (24:18):
Okay, when you're working, since you're Kind of I
don't know what, would youconsider yourself like an
influencer or a content creatoror a blogger, right, or?
Speaker 1 (24:34):
what would it be?
You know, when I hearinfluencer, I cringe a little,
because influencer me it'salways like um the like, they're
always trying to sell yousomething Like oh, use my promo
code and get a discount.
Yeah, I've tried that.
You know, I've tried the promocode discount thing.
(24:54):
I never make sales.
I never make sales.
But I think I would categorizemyself as a blogger slash
content creator okay, that works.
Speaker 2 (25:07):
Do you get recognized when you're at work sometimes?
Speaker 1 (25:12):
oh, really surprisingly.
Speaker 2 (25:14):
Yeah, yeah, which is a huge compliment, I think yeah,
yeah, because, um, when Ibrought Hanson, he I was telling
him, oh, this girl I met at thegym, I think she bartends here.
And then he was like oh, who'sthat?
And I told her her name.
He's like I don't know who thatis.
And then when we got there,he's like, oh, I totally follow
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her, I love her stuff.
And I was like, oh, okay, yeah,but I would assume you get
recognized a lot.
I would assume you getrecognized a lot.
Um, being a content creator andhow you are with your content,
do you think is kind ofdifferent?
Well, in my opinion isdifferent than what you normally
see.
But how did you come up withthis kind of genre of of
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instagramming?
Speaker 1 (26:04):
you know it's.
Uh, it was not a calculatedmove the way I even became this
like influencer slash.
Speaker 2 (26:14):
Content creator was all by accident.
Speaker 1 (26:18):
I started off just posting my outfits that I like
to put together and I wouldwould cut off my face because at
that time it was only thesquare.
Um, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
So I would just like cut myface and it would be all about
the outfit.
And then people would commentand be like, oh, why are you
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cutting off the most importantpart?
And they're like, okay, I'llshow my face.
Okay, so I I started, you know,doing my outfit of the days
with my face, and it actuallycaught the attention of
photographers.
Oh, they thought like my stylewas really cool and I was
photogenic enough to photograph,and so then I got content that
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I could share, you know, theselike oddly photos, and it kind
of went from there and thenreels came out and I'm like, oh
my gosh, this, this is a way toshowcase more outfits in a more
dynamic way.
Speaker 2 (27:26):
Were you, were you always comfortable in front of
the camera though?
Yes, okay been comfortable.
Speaker 1 (27:35):
I I definitely like being in the forefront of things
in the background, even thoughI think I'm more introverted.
Um, but for some reason I liketo be in front of the camera
well, that's good because itworks.
Speaker 2 (27:51):
but you kind of created like your own kind of
style and I don't know for onething.
I wanted to ask you how do youhave that much clothes?
Because you have like everyvideo you have is like five, six
different wardrobe change andthere's multiple videos.
I'm thinking how big is ourcloset?
Speaker 1 (28:14):
Oh man, my closet is overfilled with clothes, to be
quite honest, and I love most ofmy pieces, like I remember when
I got it, where I got it from,and that all coincides with,
like, what I was going throughat the time.
Clothing is such a big part ofmy identity and symbolizes so
(28:41):
much of the time I'm in, butit's kind of a problem, though.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (28:51):
Do your styles change throughout the year?
Do your styles changethroughout the year?
Or it's kind of similar, whereyou can keep creating same
outfits with the same clothes,or you're constantly buying new
stuff it's pretty consistentthroughout the year.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
Yeah, luckily with hawaii's weather, we don't have
seat.
I'm not forced to wear thingsseasonally.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (29:17):
And so I do keep re-wearing clothes that I
already own.
I try not to buy new too much,unless it's secondhand, because
it's more sustainable that way.
But if it's from like a localbrand, then I really want to
support it.
Then I'll buy it.
Speaker 2 (29:37):
Oh nice, so you do thrifting.
Yeah, I'm huge on thrifting ohokay, so where do you go for
that?
Speaker 1 (29:48):
Oh, anywhere.
Really, Salvation Army is myfavorite.
Speaker 2 (29:54):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (29:55):
And I think they're the most reasonably priced.
Speaker 2 (29:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
I found some good gems there.
Speaker 2 (30:04):
Yeah, I definitely went a few times.
I took my daughter or mygirlfriend and they found some
stuff.
I just didn't find anythingthat I like, but I kind of oh, I
found a tie one time, but Ihaven't really done much of
thrift shopping but they seeminto it and we've done it in
(30:26):
Seattle and stuff like that,where my girlfriend found a
bunch of stuff that she usestoday.
And it makes sense, because ifit's a good article of clothing
and it it's not all musky anddirty, you just throw in a wash
and then it's, it's kind of cooland I guess that way you can
create your own style and itdoesn't cost as much as if
(30:48):
you're like stuff and new yeah,I, I agree.
Speaker 1 (30:57):
I think thrift with thrifting.
It really forces you tounderstand what you truly like,
instead of, if you're going tolike a regular store, they're
telling you what to like.
It's being marketed to you.
Speaker 2 (31:11):
But yeah, or you choose what you want, and I
think it's a great way todevelop your own personal style
yeah, I definitely wish mydaughter was more into thrifting
, because we just went to newyork and I took her to soho and
dropped some scripts on herlittle shopping habit.
And she has her.
(31:32):
She has her own style and sheknows what she wants and the
look she's going for, which I Ilike to support because she's
creative with it and I see howshe is in relation to her
friends and her classmates and Icould tell like she she has her
own mood, her own vibe and Ilike that she's not conforming
(31:56):
to how they dress.
She's going to do what shewants and sometimes it kind of
changes to where they start,kind of dressing like her.
And if you ever see my daughter, she's less than five feet and
she's just I don't know how shecan influence anybody, but she
has that attitude.
But it's a unique thing to beable to create your own style
(32:20):
and I've watched your instagramand your style is very I don't
know how to explain it to.
I don't know how to explain itto you how I think it is.
I think it's very tasteful andsexy at the same time.
(32:40):
So it's not like those ratchetInstagram girls.
It's like, oh okay, there'ssome thought behind this and you
create such a good, positiveatmosphere on your Instagram
that it kind of resonates thatway, but you do research behind
(33:01):
it.
I noticed that you did one withAloha shirts and I actually
learned some shit from that.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
Thank you, that was definitely my goal.
I have a formal background infashion, design and
merchandising.
Speaker 2 (33:18):
Okay, that's where it's from.
Speaker 1 (33:20):
Where it comes from.
I had to take a fashion historyclass and that was one of my
favorite classes.
I'm absolutely fascinated bythe history of fashion and where
things come from and howthey're designed, and so I want
to do more of that type ofcontent recently, just like
informing people like aloha,shirts are not tacky.
(33:43):
It's rich in history and thisis some of the history behind it
I definitely like that one.
Speaker 2 (33:49):
and and then you, you wore an aloha shirt and you
made it like cool for a girl.
It it was kind of putting yourown style into it and giving the
history behind it.
I thought that was supercreative.
How do you come up with yourcontent?
You just like, oh, I'm going tothrow this on, or is it
something that you've seensomebody else do and then want
(34:12):
to recreate it?
Speaker 1 (34:15):
A little bit of both.
Sometimes I create content on awhim, like I'm just like
scrolling, and then I see, like,say, a shirt, and I'm like, oh
my gosh, I this reminds me of ashirt I have, oh, okay maybe I
should build an outfit with it,or even like color combinations
(34:36):
that I think are beautiful.
I will create like I would.
I have created a series basedon that and um it's.
It's a lot.
On a whim, though, I will say Ido have inspirations saved when
it comes to audio to use, yeah,or like poses I want to do with
(34:59):
it, or like certain angles, sodo you, how do you edit all your
videos?
I edit it all on my phone inthe Instagram app, really, yeah,
I mean I use like InShot forother things that Instagram
can't do, but for the most partit's all Instagram app.
Speaker 2 (35:24):
Yeah, well, I mean it's working.
Where do you kind of want thiswhole Instagramming blogger
thing to take you?
Or is this something you'redoing for fun or you have a goal
, or is it something you want tosee blossom into something in
the future?
Speaker 1 (35:44):
it's mostly for fun.
I don't make much money off ofit.
Unless it's um like a way topromote modeling, then, like the
most I've ever made through myInstagram is the connections I
make from modeling, but Idefinitely don't have like a set
(36:07):
goal for it.
I would like to see it growbecause eventually I want to get
back into my upcycling business, and so creating that following
following would help withsucceeding in that business.
Wait, what is that?
What is upcycling?
Upcycling?
it's taking already existinggarments and creating something
(36:31):
new out of it oh okay, oh, soyou can sew and all that yeah,
so like going back to like myeducation I I have a focus in
fashion design so I can sew andpattern design things in general
okay, so you can create yourown products then and try and
(36:54):
sell that.
Yeah, that's kind of like thedream Okay that makes sense.
Speaker 2 (37:00):
Okay, that's super cool, all right.
Well, hopefully that could work.
I could see you running yourown boutique or something like
that, or online one.
Speaker 1 (37:14):
Yeah, one day.
One day, in small, small steps.
Yeah, I think with the contentI make, it's not.
It's not very flashy, um, orlike the most sensational.
So it's been very slow growth,but the growth has been very
organic.
Speaker 2 (37:34):
Yes, well, I think that's what works for you.
You don't have to like showyour ass or anything, you know.
I mean it's, it's tasteful andit honestly is refreshing.
Like I scroll through so manydumb like instagram models and
it's like, oh, like there's nodepth.
At At least you have depth.
(37:56):
And one thing I do like aboutyour stuff is you're not afraid
or ashamed to be silly orembarrassing yourself or
whatever, and say funny stuff ordo silly things.
I think that's what I like themost.
That's what I like the most isbecause so many girls they need
to keep an image or kind of away they have to do things and
(38:21):
you're just like doing whateverand it's funny.
Speaker 1 (38:26):
I appreciate that.
Yeah, I think having a sense ofhumor is really important, and
showing your personality is whatdefines your personal brand.
Showing your personality iswhat defines your personal brand
.
Like anyone, can be beautifulor pretty, but if that's all
there is, then you kind of havea ticking clock yeah.
Speaker 2 (38:50):
I agree and it's refreshing because, yeah, I like
to see girls being silly orstupid or embarrassing
themselves or not in a way whereit's like mean or anything, but
just like not taking lifeserious, because I mean, if
you're not having fun doing life, then then it's kind of shitty
(39:12):
yeah I noticed something whichkind of I thought was super cool
was that you ride, and Ithought at first that you're
just like with your boyfriend orsomething on the back of his
bike, but you actually ride, andfor me that's impressive, thank
you, yes, yes, for me that'simpressive.
Speaker 1 (39:33):
Thank you, yes, yes, you know, when I posted that
photo of myself on a motorcycle,people were DMing me like, oh,
you ride, you ride.
Because I think they wereassuming that I'm just posing on
a bike and that's it.
But they don't, you know,they're not realizing that that
is my motorcycle.
I rode it there.
(39:53):
I have my own gear and amotorcycle license.
Speaker 2 (39:57):
That's super awesome, and I definitely fell victim to
that Because I assumed that youwere being packed and I don't
know a lot of girls that rideand, for one thing, how did you
learn how to ride?
Because it's kind of Tricky atfirst.
Speaker 1 (40:14):
Yeah, I actually Drive Manual is kind of tricky
at first.
Yeah, yeah, I actually drivemanual.
I drive a manual car, so theconcept behind driving a
motorcycle is just the same.
It's just different like handsand feet.
It's just like differentmechanically in that way.
But yeah, my, my first car Iever got is still my current car
(40:39):
, which is an Acura RSX, and Ilove that thing and yeah, it was
just, it was easy learning it.
I think the part that wasdifficult is getting like
understanding the physics behindit, like the leaning instead of
(41:03):
steering kind of thing.
Yeah, because with the car yousteer, but with the bike you
lean into it.
Speaker 2 (41:11):
Yeah, have you ever took a class or like for me?
I took the class and then,during I, at the ending of the
class, they test you for yourlicense.
So it kind of worked out.
Speaker 1 (41:23):
But yeah, I did take a class, but prior to the take
taking of the class and gettingthe license I I got like a crash
course on learning how to ridefrom a friend who loves to dirt
bike.
Speaker 2 (41:39):
Oh, okay.
Speaker 1 (41:40):
I learned to ride on a dirt bike first, oh, then I
was like, oh shit, this is kindof fun, mike.
Speaker 2 (41:48):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (41:50):
You know what I'm going to get my motorcycle
license.
Speaker 2 (41:54):
Yeah, oh, so you took the class at LCC.
Speaker 1 (41:57):
I did.
Speaker 2 (41:58):
Okay, I knew how to ride before I took the class.
How boring was that.
When you got to push each otherin the parking lot, I'm just
like, oh my God, you can't gofaster than second gear.
Speaker 1 (42:12):
I was losing it, oh yeah, yeah, it wasn't too boring
.
I guess I was just excited tobe able to ride on a motorcycle,
because prior to that it wasjust a dirt bike.
So, just like feeling thedifference between like the dirt
(42:33):
bike ride versus the motorcycleride.
Like I, I found it interestingand I um I, when I learn
something new, I definitely liketo do it at a slow pace, like
even if I'm learning something,I want to understand it
correctly yeah, so right afteryou took the course, you got
(42:58):
your first street bike, or howdid?
Speaker 2 (43:00):
how did that progress ?
Speaker 1 (43:02):
Yeah, after I took the course.
By the way, at the course, theonly bike they had that could
fit my height was the Grom, andso I really liked the Grom
because I could have two of myfeet on the ground, which is
really nice.
But after I got my motorcyclelicense, like a year later, I
(43:23):
got a KTM 370 or 390, and that'slike a European brand bike.
I just love the look of it, tobe quite honest.
European brand bike.
I just love the look of it, tobe quite honest.
And I bought it from a girlrider who was in the military
and, um, we're the same height,I believe.
(43:45):
But I ended up not liking itbecause I couldn't.
I couldn't put two of my feeton the ground very comfortably
and so, like that made me veryanxious, like, oh, shoot, like I
think I could fall on thisquite easily, and yeah, so I
only rode it around a very fewtimes and so we, I ended up
(44:09):
selling it later on and then, ayear later, I I got the Yamaha
MT.
No, okay, before the Yamaha,then I got a Grom.
I was like, okay, maybe Ishould just gradually become
more comfortable and confidentbefore getting a taller bike.
(44:32):
So I went back to the Grom andI was riding that for a little
bit and then I got the um yamahamto3 okay and it fits.
Speaker 2 (44:42):
I know the feeling because I'm short and I wanted a
cbr and this was a while agoand I couldn't straddle it.
My like, I look like a littlekid with my legs.
I couldn't, and I would weartimberlands and everything.
I couldn't do it and I got agixxer.
(45:02):
But I had them shave my seat sothey reapport, they pull out
the upholstery and then they,they shave the foam down and
which was perfect, and yeah, itmade me feel I was more in the
bike than on top of the bike andyeah, that was, oh man, I miss
riding and watching or hearingyou talk about it.
(45:25):
I know the feeling ofexcitement, like the days you're
gonna ride or like.
For me it was alwaystherapeutic because if I was
having a bad day or whatever I Iwould jump on my bike, ride to
Kahuku and back and I'll besmooth after Something I do miss
, something that I know I can'tdo.
Once I had a kid.
(45:47):
My daughter is 14 now and Ididn't have a bike for over 14
years because of it.
Yeah, I didn't have a bike forover 14 years because of it.
Yeah, as something I miss,something that I think I will do
in the future, maybe not streetbikes but some kind of two
wheels.
But as a girl rider, how fun isthat?
(46:07):
Because people must look at youlike, oh shit, she's riding.
That's kind of cool.
Speaker 1 (46:14):
I think it's pretty cool riding, that's kind of cool
.
I think it's pretty cool.
Um, being a girl rider, I feelit is there.
There is a sense of empowermentin that because it's such a
male-dominated sport.
And one time I was riding towork and then this guy in the
truck next to me at the redlight started talking to me,
(46:35):
invite me to like their ridesand stuff, and so I was pretty
cool and I like the ridingculture because when you're on a
street bike, anyway, if, ifanother street biker sees you,
they're like yeah, the shaka orthe hands yeah it's like
(46:57):
unspoken brotherhood in a waythat's super cool.
Speaker 2 (47:03):
Yep, I definitely know that we'd always shaka, or
especially going when I would goto north shore and stuff.
When guys are riding back, theyalways wave or yeah, definitely
, definitely a good culture.
Have you ever laid your bikedown?
Speaker 1 (47:18):
oh yes yes, really yeah, I have, it was.
Uh, it was so embarrassing too,and I I was going to work and
at the time I would park insideum the gate and so I would have
to get onto the sidewalk inorder to get into the gate and I
(47:39):
had to do a right turn and Iwas going like a little too slow
.
Speaker 2 (47:43):
Oh yup.
Speaker 1 (47:44):
It just tipped over and this is like Chinatown and
there's people around and I tryto get.
I try to like lift the bike onmy own, but it was just, it was
too heavy.
I was.
I was all full embarrassmentand luckily two guys were who
saw me as they were crossing thestreet.
(48:07):
They helped me, but I was sosad that that happened, like
getting into work yeah, allright, I definitely.
Speaker 2 (48:17):
Yeah, I think that could be very embarrassing.
I my, I think I laid my bikedown.
It was my friend, frank.
He has, uh, he had like a littlechicken farm in kahalu was his,
and we rode over there and hisdad was outside Smoking a
(48:38):
cigarette and dad was kind ofelderly at the time and I
stopped my bike and then I wentto get off but where I stopped
it was all dirt and grass sothere was a divot and I put my
foot down and it went more thanI thought and I just dumped it
(48:59):
and his dad, like, was trying tohelp me up and his dad's all
old and shit and I was sobecause his dad used to ride
harleys and stuff and Icommitted there with my little
rice rocket and he's justthinking when this guy just laid
his bike down in front of me.
That was embarrassing.
And then, um, one time I was itwasn't me, but we were kind of
(49:26):
drinking and and riding, not atthe same time, but we were we're
bar hopping and my friend wereon ward and he either put his
foot down too late or he he puthis foot down on.
You know, like in the sometimesthe middle road there's those
(49:46):
reflector things yeah and hisfoot slit and he just went down
and I was like kind of next tohim and I just heard him go down
like what the hell justhappened and like he was shook,
like because I guess he was alittle drunk, and he cracked the
window, um the mirror on hisbike, and I was just like how
(50:09):
did you freaking eat it, likejust at a stop, I think that was
.
That was pretty bad.
And then one time my friend hada.
It was like one of those customchoppers and if you go all the
way at the top of ward, um,we're going all the way to the
top and the hill is kind of yeah, I it was a red light and he
(50:34):
couldn't get it, get it intofirst gear.
He kept stalling.
You know, if you release theclutch, oh, that's scary, oh my
god and it was where like twored lights changed so it went
green, red, green andeverybody's honking and I'm just
like brah, what are you doing?
(50:55):
And his, his bike was huge, itwas like one of those chopper
things.
So, yeah, I'm just like bro,you gotta get it together.
And he finally got it.
But oh, he pissed everybody off.
And yeah, that was, that was arandom incident, but we used to
ride a lot and we would do whatthey call poker runs.
(51:16):
Have you ever did that?
Speaker 1 (51:18):
No, what is?
Speaker 2 (51:18):
that.
So we'd have a group of guysand we would go riding and we'd
designate spots and every singlespot you get one card and then
at the end of the run, whoeverhas the best poker hand wins.
I think everybody throws inlike 50 bucks or something.
So we go around the island andyou every every stop you get one
(51:41):
card and then at the end of therun then you see who has the
best poker hand oh wait, who'sputting the cards at the
location?
no, no, we just have a pack ofcars and then you get one.
Yeah, yeah okay, okay.
Speaker 1 (51:57):
Oh, that's seeing.
You're not like the riding likethere.
There is structure to that.
I like that yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (52:07):
And then we went to um.
Have you ever did?
Speaker 1 (52:09):
toys for tots I always get invited, but you got
to do that.
I I make it to one of those.
Speaker 2 (52:20):
I honestly could tell you one of the best days of my
life was um one of those runs.
My friend woke me up one dayand he's like bro, you got to
get up, we're going to go ride.
I'm like fuck that I'm notleaving the house.
And he talked me into it and werode and it it's.
You go down um waikiki and it'slike all bikes and everybody's
(52:44):
there and then you end up at Idon't know if it's still there,
but we ended up at um copulinecommunity college and they had
this big, big container and youthrow whatever toy you brought
in the container and then it'sjust bikes and bikes like Harley
(53:05):
street bikes, choppers, just awhole like the whole parking lot
is full of bikes and peoplejust walking around talking
story and, yeah, you get tocheck out all the bikes.
It was so much fun.
I was like anybody that ridesshould go Toys for Tots at least
once.
It's super cool.
Speaker 1 (53:23):
That's pretty neat.
I think, riding as a group issuper fun.
I feel very safe when I'mriding in a group.
Speaker 2 (53:33):
Yeah, that's super cool though, yeah, if you have a
chance to do it, I wouldsuggest do it, because Toys for
Tots and it's for a good causeyou get to give toys to kids or
whatever but yeah, it's a goodday.
We went Sandy's after and, yeah, it was like it was one of the
more memorable days of my lifethat Toys for Tots run.
(53:53):
Well, we've been going for anhour.
Um, I appreciate you takingtime to come on my podcast.
You're definitely somebody Iwanted to have on and I think
(54:13):
what you got going on is sounique and different.
And one thing it kind ofresonated with my friends that
just met you and they seen yourpage and were like, oh, that,
that um girl's different.
She's not the same kind ofinstagram person or content
creator is there like, like whatI said, there's more depth to
it, and they thought it was coolas well.
(54:35):
So it's like I hope it kind oftransitions in this podcast
where people can check you outand see what you got going on,
because I think it's somethingrefreshing.
Speaker 1 (54:47):
I really appreciate that.
I think your friends are moreon the creative side of like the
brain and so I see how theyresonate with the content,
because there is a lot of depthand sometimes it's kind of like
art.
Some people think art is boring.
You know, going to a museumit's so boring, but then if
(55:09):
you're a creative person it'slike so cool because it's like
an, a look like a painting or asculpture is a look into
someone's mind and I think thepeople who understand that is
definitely the people I can vibewith yeah, that makes sense.
Speaker 2 (55:28):
I never thought of that.
It is art and I had avideographer on that does like
all these cool videos and stuffand I and I thought it was art.
But now that you say it, thatis art.
You're creating content forfashion and stuff, which is
definitely art.
And I always want to be able tosee things through artists eyes
(55:53):
or hear music.
Like like my, um, like my bestfriends, dj Hoppa boy, I would
love to hear music how he hearsmusic, because it's not the same
, like he'll break down a songfor me or like it will be
somewhere and he'll just stopand be like, oh shit, I'm like
what, and then he'll explain tome and I was like, fuck, I wish
I could hear stuff like that orsee art through artists eyes.
(56:17):
I can I have different sensesor different things, that kind
of pop to me, but it's not thesame as it would be to someone
who's more creative orespecially in those fields.
I always thought like, oh, if Iwere a singer or musician, I
wouldn't mind just listening tomusic through that kind of ear,
(56:41):
just as what kind of what youexplained, like how it resonates
.
Speaker 1 (56:48):
Yeah, that's definitely true, and I think
that's kind of like the beauty,like one of the beauties of
humanity.
We're just so different, eventhough we share the same kind of
being on, but, uh, ourperspectives and how we see
things and even like tastethings are all different.
Speaker 2 (57:07):
Yeah, and that's art.
Like food, shoot, like chefsand stuff.
What they do is art too.
I know what I wanted to ask you.
You also are a foodie, becauseyou do all these food blogs too,
right?
Speaker 1 (57:23):
I do, I do food blogs too, right, I, I do, I do.
That was also by accidentbecause, uh, I would.
I would get invited to thesefood um food viewings, just like
in exchange for posting abouttheir restaurant or food spot, I
can eat there for food, yeah,yeah.
(57:45):
So I kind of fell into that and, um, people really like that
content.
You know everyone eats food, soit's it's content that everyone
can enjoy.
So I I try to put like sprinklethat in along with my fashion
and lifestyle things it kind ofmatches.
Speaker 2 (58:05):
It matches like the whole circle that you're going
for.
But you can hype some of theserestaurants up.
Your delivery is very witty inhow you deliver and it kind of
makes it easy to listen to andunderstand.
You're not like overdoing it oryou're not sugarcoating
(58:27):
anything, you're just kind ofexplaining it.
And how do you just record?
You just make the video andthen record voice over it, or
yeah, I make the video and thenI just record the voiceover.
Speaker 1 (58:42):
if it's a lot of information, I'll write it down,
just so I get the sequencingand the information correct.
But it's mostly pretty candidoverall, like on my phone, but I
also have a mic too if there'sa lot of background noise where
I'm at.
Yeah, and with like the my foodreviews.
(59:09):
What what I try to do is justkind of like show the product
and where, where it's at andwhat to expect, and just like
point out the things I enjoy,and I try not I try to stay away
from making like very bigstatements like, oh, this is the
most amazing, best ramen.
Okay, my life.
Like to me that's veryover-exaggerating and yeah, that
(59:30):
sometimes I'm coming in as likean influencer and so the the
service I might get, could bebiased, yeah, or like the, the
quality of the food I get couldbe biasing too, and so I try to
keep that in mind and if Ireally enjoy the food, then I
(59:53):
post about it, but if I don'tenjoy it then I won't post about
it.
Speaker 2 (59:56):
OK, that was going to be my next question.
Did you eat some stuff thatwasn't good and just like I
don't know what to say now?
Speaker 1 (01:00:07):
it wasn't good and just like, uh, I don't know what
to say.
You know, eaten is is prettygood.
There was this one restaurant Ireally wanted to post about,
because I didn't see anyone elseposting about it, because it
was really new.
And so we, uh, my boyfriend andI, we went there, we ate and we
hated it.
We honestly hated the food.
You know, while I was it I waslike taking all these videos and
stuff, planning to make it real, and then at the end of it I'm
(01:00:30):
like I cannot post this, I can't, I can't, I'm scamming my
audience.
Speaker 2 (01:00:39):
if I do post it, yeah , Well, that makes me feel a lot
more comfortable watching yourstuff, because I know it's legit
.
Speaker 1 (01:00:48):
I know you won't post some nasty shit, so how annoyed
is your boyfriend when you'redoing all that and he just wants
to eat oh he's, he's uh prettyannoyed, but he's used to it as
as well okay he knows that if aplate comes onto the table, to
(01:01:09):
wait don't touch it okay to waityeah and some I'll use him to
like oh hey, can you like pullthis bread apart so I can like
film what it looks like, thetexture thing so he's a good
sport.
Speaker 2 (01:01:25):
I was fortunate enough to meet him that night
and, yeah, he seemed like a nicedude and was cool and he gets a
ride with you, so that's that's.
That sounds like a lot of fun,like being able to ride with
your significant other yeah,super fun yeah, I for like food
stuff.
Like my girlfriend will justalways take pictures and I don't
(01:01:46):
know why she got to takepictures of my food because it's
not.
I'm like why are you?
You're just posing, that's not.
You ain't even gonna eat thatand don't take pictures of my
shit, and then I can't eat it.
But it's like we had a uh ohwith hoppa for his birthday.
So I don't know if you know whohis dad is.
His dad is tiny, tadani, tinytv, oh yeah.
(01:02:08):
So the dad took us out tomaharani's.
I love that, oh, it was, it was.
It was so awesome.
But we, the dad, they said hecould bring his family in and he
just got to do some blogs orwhatever so we can eat free.
(01:02:32):
So we got to try everything,like literally everything, from
the poo-poos to the dessert andeverything in between the
poo-poos to the dessert andeverything in between.
They brought out a bigflatbread that was like this big
.
It was like the best shit ever.
But every single time we had totalk about it and I was like,
(01:02:54):
let me just eat this.
I was like getting annoyed.
But yeah, that place is supergood.
So you've eaten there.
I have yeah, did you do a blogover there?
No, no.
That would be a good one.
Speaker 1 (01:03:10):
I try to blog for restaurants that really need the
marketing.
Oh okay, and I yeah.
If a place I feel is busyenough on their own, then I
don't feel the need to postabout them.
Or if I really enjoy it, thenI'll post about it.
But for the most part I try touplift as much as I can.
Speaker 2 (01:03:36):
Okay, that's cool.
So, being that you're a foodie,that means you tried a lot of
food and been to a lot ofdifferent places.
What is your top three on theisland that you would like
guarantee you want to go to,because I'm always down to try
new food.
So I would love to hear youryour picks of of what your top
(01:03:56):
three restaurants would be thatI would want to check out oh,
izakaya naru is one them.
Speaker 1 (01:04:04):
Ever heard of Izakaya Naru?
I have not.
It's on King Street, next towhat used to be Glazer's Coffee.
Speaker 2 (01:04:15):
Okay, okay.
Speaker 1 (01:04:17):
Yeah, so they're a very small restaurant, but they
serve Japanese and Okinawanstyle food.
Speaker 2 (01:04:24):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (01:04:25):
And it's delicious.
It's food and it's delicious.
It's delicious and it's uniquetoo.
They sell things that you can'treally find anywhere else.
I tried myself going back.
They have a sukiyaki pizza.
Speaker 2 (01:04:42):
Oh, that sounds pretty good.
Speaker 1 (01:04:43):
Yeah, they have the Okinawan taco rice, which is a
sizzling stone pot, and thenthey um, mix it up for you and
then you let it sit so it canget all nice and crispy on the
bottom.
Yeah, so that's pretty cool.
Speaker 2 (01:05:03):
Okay, that's one.
Speaker 1 (01:05:05):
And then a second one .
Hmm, that's difficult.
It's got to be Sorry.
What was it?
Sorry to put you on the spot, Idon't know, oh, I don't know
(01:05:32):
why I'm I'm blanking out.
It's a sushi place, though, atthe Prince Hotel yeah, something
, midori, that's one of my.
That is actually my favoriteplace to get sushi.
Oh okay, yeah, the fish isfresh.
(01:05:53):
I really enjoy the portion,Like the fish torino.
Speaker 2 (01:05:59):
Oh, that's important.
Speaker 1 (01:06:01):
Very important.
Speaker 2 (01:06:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:06:05):
I actually got to go to their location in japan, oh,
which reinforced my love for forthis restaurant okay yeah,
absolutely delicious all, I'lllook into that.
(01:06:25):
Okay, one more Okay.
So this is a place I eat atevery week before work, but it's
for Vietnam, oh okay, forVietnam Okay.
Yeah, I eat the same thing, bythe way, every week, and it's a
Hainan chicken Okay, with aHainan chicken Okay, and with a
(01:06:47):
iced coffee yes, I go thereevery week.
They already know me, theyalready know my order.
I walk in and they're like oh,you want the same thing.
I'm like yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:06:58):
Just have it ready.
That's cool.
All right, I'll have to try allthree of those places I
definitely.
Speaker 1 (01:07:08):
Yeah, there's other places to get hainan chicken,
but I think the one f of vietnamis a really great value.
It's um how much was it?
Oh, it's 18 dollars okay andother places sell it for over 20
.
Yeah, but I mainly eat it forthe protein okay, that's good to
(01:07:34):
know.
Speaker 2 (01:07:34):
I'll.
I'll check that out for sure.
I uh.
For one thing, you're good atdescribing food, like I said,
and even hoppa made you describehis food when we were at your
bar this past week and, like youdid it professionally.
So it's like, okay, she's afoodie.
That's why it sounded good, didyou?
Speaker 1 (01:07:55):
remember doing that.
I remember doing that.
Chicken, chicken thigh sauce,mushroom topped with ginger
scallop sauce.
Speaker 2 (01:08:06):
Yeah, that's good.
At least you know your product.
Speaker 1 (01:08:10):
Yes, very important to know.
Speaker 2 (01:08:12):
Well, I will take your recommendation.
I hope people listening to willkind of check those places out.
Trust that your opinion isprobably good.
It's probably better than minein food.
Speaker 1 (01:08:24):
I hope it's good.
Speaker 2 (01:08:25):
Like food, food is art, so it's uh subjective
sometimes yeah, that's true, butif it tastes good, it tastes
good.
Well, like I said, we've beengoing for about an hour.
Um, where can people find youon Instagram to kind of see what
you got going on?
Speaker 1 (01:08:48):
You can find me.
My username is at styleleaf.
Speaker 2 (01:08:55):
All right and go check out her content and yeah,
it's definitely something yougot to see and I definitely like
it.
And for us, as always, you canfind us on Instagram Above the
Bridge Podcast, our YouTubechannel Above the Bridge Podcast
.
Our website is atbpodcom and myInstagram is thadidaddyhi.
(01:09:17):
I knew I was on to somethingwhen my friends were like, yeah,
I like her stuff.
I was like, see, I knew I likedsomething.
Good, I know I like stuffthat's cool, but, um, it's
always good to see you in thegym working out.
I'll probably see you tomorrowand thank you so much for coming
on my show.
I know it's kind of random, butyeah, I was super stoked that
(01:09:41):
you said yes.
Thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 1 (01:09:42):
I really enjoyed, stoked that you said yes.
Thank you so much for having me.
I really enjoyed talking withyou and getting to know you
better.
Yeah, it's a privilege, sothank you.
Speaker 2 (01:09:54):
Right on.
Well, shakas for the cameras.
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Aloha, okay, this week my guestis somebody I've been a fan of
her Instagram page and also thequality of the content that
(02:26):
she's putting out there.
It's unique, different, not thenormal, I guess, influencer,
content creator model kind ofperson, but she's different.
Kaneko, what's up, girl?
I'm sorry, kanako.
Yeah, I just fucked that up,like I do that all the time.
(02:46):
It's okay, I'm just going tocall you Style Leaf, because
that's your Instagram.
Alright, I met you at the gymand you definitely Kind of From.
The demeanor you show at thegym is a lot different than I
(03:07):
guess what you are once I got toknow you.
You see, when I first saw you,I was like, oh, she's working
out pretty hard and she lookedlike not to bother her, like
nobody wants, like you look notstandoffish but not approachable
, which is totally the oppositeof the person you are.
And randomly, I got to meet youin the sauna and you were like
(03:32):
the one girl that stands on thesauna, I would assume because
it's hotter when you're higher.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
OK, yeah, I like to do the sauna on hard mode.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
Yeah, yeah, that's intense, but from watching your
Instagram I know you reach a lotof fitness goals throughout the
year and I can tell by how youwork out.
And I always judge girls.
I guess I guess I do.
Yeah, I judge girls on how theywork out Because I know when
(04:04):
girls are faking it.
Or I guess I do, yeah, I judgegirls on how they work out
because I know when girls arefaking it, or I guess everybody,
or girls that are just there totake Instagram pictures so they
can post it, or going throughthe motions, but you work out
pretty religious and consistentand I guess that's the key,
right.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Absolutely.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you know, umI how.
So I started working out inlike almost 10 years ago
actually, it's gonna be 10 yearsvery soon and it was just
something to do with the homies,because a bunch of my friends
(04:46):
were dudes and they like to hitthe gym, so I just wanted to
hang out with them at the gymand then they would teach me how
to lift.
so that's where I built myfoundation of like how to lift
weights and I would lift with,like the guys because, yeah and
not, you know, I didn't have anygym like girlfriends to go with
(05:09):
, so I would lift like a dudeand I ended up really enjoying
it.
But it took me a long time toactually start lifting because I
would, we would all go intogether and then I would just
go straight to the cardio roombecause the gym was so new to me
and then, like for a few months, I was just like doing, I was
running, I was cycling, I was onthe elliptical and and then,
(05:33):
once I started gettingcomfortable, then I joined the
guys to lift.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Well, it looks good, because I was noticing today
that you had the horseshoe inyour arms when you were working
out.
I was like, oh, now she'sgetting some cuts in her arms.
I don't know.
I always take notice of thatkind of stuff and I like to see
people progress through theirfitness goals.
But you kind of had somedramatic changes from, I guess,
(06:05):
your appearance to what it isnow, from what you posted on
Instagram, and I wanted to knowa little bit about that.
But I definitely want to know,like, how do you maintain it and
like, how does it work?
Because I need to learn somestuff too.
You know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Oh yeah, need to learn some stuff too.
You know what I mean, oh yeah,so at my heaviest I was 140
pounds, which is I'm currentlyaround 112 right now.
So so bad at math, almost wait.
Is that 30 pounds?
Oh yeah, almost 30 poundsheavier than I am now.
And I got there becausebasically it was because of my
(06:46):
mental health, like I fell off abit.
Um, I was depressed and I wasjust eating my feelings away,
staying up and doing all thelate night eating, and then me
and my friends, sometimes we'dgo through the drive through
twice.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Like we wanted that.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
McDonald's ice cream cone or the Wendy's frosty, two
times all right and then I justgained so much weight so quickly
that I found myself not beingable to fit my clothes anymore,
and it was like kind of it mademe more depressed actually.
(07:26):
Yeah, and at the time, uh, Iwas seeing a guy, and you know I
was, I was venting to this guyand telling him oh, I want to, I
want to be the way I used to be, and he actually motivated me
in like the most weirdest waypossible, because his response
(07:49):
to that was like you know, thattime you were basically a child
like you're.
You're getting older now, andthen I was just like wait, what?
Like I think he was trying tobe Um, Trying to Supportive a
(08:12):
little bit, trying to besupportive, but it came off very
offensive.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Well, maybe it's because he's trying to not Like
make it a situation when it'snot your fault.
It's like oh, you're a littleolder.
When you get older, metabolismchanges, so don't beat yourself
up over it.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Maybe that yeah, that's like what he was trying
to say, I think, like, don'tbeat yourself up for like yeah
now.
Um, but that actually motivatedme.
I'm like, oh, I was a childback then, that's why I was so
skinny, all right let me proveyou're wrong.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
Game on it worked.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
It did work, it did.
But maintaining this, oh, ithad to be a lifestyle.
Definitely be a lifestyle, yeah, because the one at my heaviest
.
I was working at a bar and Iwas like drinking shots all the
time and then that would triggerlike those late night munchies
even more.
And then at at work at the time, all we had was fried food and
(09:16):
I really like the garlic fries,yeah, so I just had to not drink
so much anyway and watch what Ieat.
Yeah, I'm I.
First I made like very smallchanges.
Like I stopped drinking Sprite,because the thing I would drink
while I'm working with Sprite.
(09:37):
So, like I know, no Sprite,just water, water.
And then I tried to switch someof my carbs into, you know,
like, instead of white rice, eatbrown rice and then in the
morning, have oatmeal to stayfuller longer and for the fiber
content and, um, yeah, and thenI've always loved hiking, and so
(10:02):
while I was working at the bar,you know some girlfriends I
knew they came in and then saidwhat's up?
And then they told me like they, they want to be more active
and I'm like girl, I'm, I'm down, let's do it.
And surprisingly, we actuallydid do it oh nice yeah, like for
(10:24):
a summer, every sunday we woulddo something different, whether
that's the beach or hike orboth, and um, yeah, that was
like a lot of fun, made reallycool memories and um, really
fell in love with hiking allover again and and then I would
(10:44):
hit Coco Head.
That was like around I wouldhit Coco Head more seriously and
when you do Coco Head, it'ssuch a good challenge that you
want to keep getting better atit.
Like my first time going there,I took like actually the very
first time I didn't even get allthe way up, like I went halfway
and then I felt sick.
And I'm like, actually the veryfirst time I didn't even get
(11:05):
all the way up, like I wenthalfway and then I felt sick and
I'm like, okay, I got it andthen the first time I actually
completed it.
It took me 45 minutes to get upand so I made my goal to get up
in 20 minutes and really, yeah,I go to go, go ahead quite
religiously till this day.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
And you can get out there in 20 minutes.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
Yeah, my PR is 17 minutes, 17 minutes and 20
seconds Wow that's impressive.
Thank you, that's veryimpressive.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
I spend more time looking at the ground so I don't
fall in between the steps.
I did it once.
I definitely didn't do it in 20minutes.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
Yeah, that's great, it's been quite a fitness
journey and it took me threeyears to lose all the weight
that I have gained and I waslike sitting at between 115 and
120 for a long time.
And then I actually got reallysick, um two years ago, and I
(12:13):
was, I couldn't, I was sonauseous, I couldn't eat
anything and I ended up losinglike 10 pounds, oh yeah, so I
went down to 104 pounds.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
Oh, that's not good.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
Yeah, it was not good , but I jumped back in weight
after a few months, afterhealing from what I was dealing
with.
Yeah, that's cool.
That's when I went to the gym.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
Oh, okay, yeah, as you were losing your weight from
hiking and changing yourlifestyle, you could see gradual
changes.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
Yeah, yeah, I would take progress photos.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Oh, that's smart.
And then when you see itworking, that's also good
motivation to know that oh, it'sworking.
I got to stick with it.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
Yeah, yeah, all that.
Oh, it's working.
I gotta stick with it.
Yeah, yeah.
And then people who I would seewould be like, oh, you lost a
little bit of weight whichfurther like reinforced that I
should keep on doing what I'vebeen doing yeah but at the time
I would never count calories oh,I like to do it intuitively and
yeah, just drink water, no sodaand stay away from fried food
(13:31):
and processed food.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
Oh yeah, that's the hard part especially.
Well, I guess where you worknow there's not that much bad
food, Like, yeah, you have goodfood at where you work.
Well, you said there were friesthere, right?
Speaker 1 (13:47):
there was fries, there was yeah, well how,
everything's grilled.
So yeah it's, yeah, it's goodwe'll get into that.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
But yeah, I definitely like the food where
you're at, so do all my friendsthat went.
But, um, you've been in the gymreligiously and you work out
like I wouldn't say like a dude,but you work out like a beast
like you.
You're, you can tell you're,you know what you're doing, you
(14:17):
work out correctly and, like yousaid, that's half of the battle
, like if, um, that's one thing,because my dad and you probably
see him in the gym.
He's this small little oldkorean guy with the shortest
shorts, bright yellow shortsguarantee, you've seen him,
everybody's seen him in there.
I'll show you him next timehe's there.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
But oh yeah, show me yeah yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
But he always taught me is like you gotta learn how
to do it correctly, and so startoff with light weights and you
can always gradually increasethe weight.
But if you do it wrong, nomatter how much weight you put
on, it's still going to be wrong.
So I kind of always have thatin the back of my mind and I and
I watch people how they workout and sometimes it's like, oh,
(15:01):
that person isn't doing itright or it's like, but you seem
to know what you're doing, andthat's probably from working out
with your friends.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
Thanks.
Yeah, one of my friends I wouldwork out with he was real
strict on me when I was beingtaught how to do deadlifts and
squats.
He would critique me so hardSometimes, or one time I was
like ready to cry.
I was ready to cry but then Ilike sucked it back in and just
(15:31):
did it because I was tooembarrassed to actually cry.
But he was hard on me but for areally good reason.
Yeah, I don't want to get-.
Well, it works.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
Yeah, but you kind of work out by yourself, right?
Speaker 1 (15:46):
I do.
I do now, since I work in theevening and a bunch of my
friends have nine to five jobs.
So yeah, I I don't really havea choice but to work out with
myself, which I don't mindbecause I get to do what I want
at the pace I want yeah, I'm thesame.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
I like working out by myself.
I don't have to cater tosomebody else and I can get in
my own head and for me, that'smy therapy.
I'm constantly doing stuff forother people, but when I'm in
the gym, that's strictly justfor me.
I don't have to worry aboutanybody else, and it it's my
time and it definitely is mytherapy.
(16:24):
So I definitely and it it's mytime and it definitely is my
therapy.
Speaker 1 (16:30):
so I definitely understand how working out by
yourself is cool and I get tomeet cool people too.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
That's true, yeah, yeah, I, I would.
Okay, I wanted to ask you thisand, um, I'll let you know what
mine are.
But what are your gym petpeeves?
And I have a few of them.
I wanted to know if you havethem too.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
Absolutely Okay.
So one of my pet peeves is whenpeople are using more than one
pair of dumbbells.
Oh, okay, that's my pet peeveBecause sometimes I saw one
person use three pairs ofdumbbells.
(17:09):
I needed I needed one of thoseweights yeah as a girl, like we
have a limit to how much we canlift.
Yeah, like I.
It's not like I could like golike, but then going lighter
wouldn't be a challenge.
Yeah, yeah, I would getfrustrated at that.
(17:31):
And also when people don't wipe.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
Oh, that's a good one .
Speaker 1 (17:35):
I like what they use yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
Yeah, mine would be when I'm trying to like, say,
because I have a set schedulefor the most part, cause I got
to pick up my daughter fromschool, so I'm I kind of have a
religious timeframe where Idon't, I can't like my time is
strict.
So if I have to, I want to goon that machine or this machine
and somebody's on it and they'rejust on their phone, and
(18:02):
they're just on their phone.
Like a couple of times I wouldsay something where I'll go to
the next thing that I'm going todo and come back and they're
still on their phone and thenI'll just be like you know what?
Can I jump in?
Or like are you done?
Like that's one of my biggestpet peeves.
And the other one is whensomeone say someone's benching
(18:23):
or using a certain um machine oror situation, and then they put
their towel somewhere else tolike save that machine too.
So it's like they're going,they're saving one machine, but
they're using the other one andit's like I need one of them,
like you can't have both.
(18:44):
And yeah, I got into it withsomebody over there One time a
while ago.
They were just tiled on thestairs.
I was like I don't give a rip.
But that's my two pet peeves.
And yeah, as a girl working out, and since you're by yourself,
do you get approached a lot?
Do you get hit on?
Speaker 1 (19:07):
Surprisingly?
No, and since you're byyourself, do you get approached
a lot.
Do you get hit on?
Surprisingly?
No, not in the Kaneohe locationanyway, I've only been
approached once and that was it.
And it was very respectful, ina very respectful way and very
direct, which I appreciate avery respectful way and very
(19:29):
direct, which I appreciate.
Like they're.
They're not wasting my time bylike sweet talking me and trying
to impress me or like gruntingwhile they're doing their sets
next to me, yeah, but at thekapiolani location I I have been
approached in a very obnoxiousway a guy trying to ask for my
number and I keep saying hekeeps asking me oh yeah, I would
(19:53):
assume that would be annoying,especially when you're trying to
just get your job done and getout.
Speaker 2 (19:58):
But yeah, I've never hit on a girl in the gym for
this reason only.
Well, I'm engaged now, but, butbefore.
I wouldn't want to get rejectedand have to move gyms because
the gym is right up the streetfrom my house Because I probably
would.
I'd be so shamed that Iwouldn't go back.
So I'm like no, I just this islike.
(20:19):
I'm not going to try.
Speaker 1 (20:23):
Yeah, you know, like, like you said, the way I work
out it's not.
I'm kind of like unapproachablein a way.
Yeah, it's kind of on purpose.
I don't want to make much eyecontact with someone.
It's kind of weird.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
Yeah, there's some interesting people there, but,
yeah, you wear your hat low andyou just have your bag and
you're just on a mission everytime.
Yeah, that's what it's about,though, but getting to talk to
you, you're totally not what youperceive to be as the gym.
(21:00):
You're way different, and, yeah, it was kind of cool to check
you out at work, and my friendslove your place where you work.
Um, they love the atmosphere,they love, they love your drinks
, and, yeah, it's starting tobecome, uh, our pre-game spot
(21:22):
for some reason, and we're gonna, yeah, but, um, how long have
you been working at?
I don't know if you, if youmind me saying where you work,
but no, absolutely not at obake.
How long have you been there?
Speaker 1 (21:36):
at obake.
I've been there for um a yearand a half a little over a year
and a half a little over a yearand a half.
Speaker 2 (21:46):
Okay, yeah, that place is so unique because it's
kind of indoor, outdoor, andbefore there was an indoor right
there was yeah, but you havelike a little it seems like just
a homemade bar and you just doyour thing over there and we
(22:08):
just cruise over there.
But that place is cool and thefood there is surprisingly good,
I guess, yeah, surprisinglybecause it we're just outside
and they're just grilling somestuff, but it's uh kind of
different.
And, yeah, my friend hansen,who's a vegan, he loves your
mushrooms and the those pepperthings, so yeah, it was he.
(22:30):
He always wants to go back now.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
Yeah, oh, that's surprising.
Like those two items are reallygood, but for him, as a vegan,
that's kind of like all hereally can eat.
That's kind of like all hereally can eat besides.
So for those two things to begood enough to come back, yeah,
it says a lot actually, so Ireally appreciate that I wanted
(22:53):
to know if they uh, if it's thesame grill they're using, that
they're grilling the pork bellyon, because then he's getting
pork juice on his peppers.
I guess you don't have to tellhim that.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
I hope he don't watch this episode.
If he does, then yeah, he's notreally a vegan.
But you make all these craftdrinks and they're kind of Asian
themed and we had the peach oneand then the winter melon grape
this past weekend and I think Ilike the winter melon grape.
(23:32):
Out of the two, I think I likethat one better.
But who comes up with thosedrinks?
Are they you or you?
Speaker 1 (23:41):
No, our head bartender Comes up with them.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
Yeah, and I just.
I just follow directions andcount to four and then Serve it
up.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
Well, it takes a while and you gotta muddle some
stuff and do all that, yeah,garnish it.
What would be the Most populardrink that you're always serving
?
Speaker 1 (24:07):
Oh, definitely the yuzu chuhai.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
Oh, okay.
Speaker 1 (24:11):
Yeah, it's Balanced, super citrusy and it's
refreshing and very easy todrink.
Speaker 2 (24:18):
Okay, when you're working, since you're Kind of I
don't know what, would youconsider yourself like an
influencer or a content creatoror a blogger, right, or?
Speaker 1 (24:34):
what would it be?
You know, when I hearinfluencer, I cringe a little,
because influencer me it'salways like um the like, they're
always trying to sell yousomething Like oh, use my promo
code and get a discount.
Yeah, I've tried that.
You know, I've tried the promocode discount thing.
(24:54):
I never make sales.
I never make sales.
But I think I would categorizemyself as a blogger slash
content creator okay, that works.
Speaker 2 (25:07):
Do you get recognized when you're at work sometimes?
Speaker 1 (25:12):
oh, really surprisingly.
Speaker 2 (25:14):
Yeah, yeah, which is a huge compliment, I think yeah,
yeah, because, um, when Ibrought Hanson, he I was telling
him, oh, this girl I met at thegym, I think she bartends here.
And then he was like oh, who'sthat?
And I told her her name.
He's like I don't know who thatis.
And then when we got there,he's like, oh, I totally follow
(25:36):
her, I love her stuff.
And I was like, oh, okay, yeah,but I would assume you get
recognized a lot.
I would assume you getrecognized a lot.
Um, being a content creator andhow you are with your content,
do you think is kind ofdifferent?
Well, in my opinion isdifferent than what you normally
see.
But how did you come up withthis kind of genre of of
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instagramming?
Speaker 1 (26:04):
you know it's.
Uh, it was not a calculatedmove the way I even became this
like influencer slash.
Speaker 2 (26:14):
Content creator was all by accident.
Speaker 1 (26:18):
I started off just posting my outfits that I like
to put together and I wouldwould cut off my face because at
that time it was only thesquare.
Um, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
So I would just like cut myface and it would be all about
the outfit.
And then people would commentand be like, oh, why are you
(26:39):
cutting off the most importantpart?
And they're like, okay, I'llshow my face.
Okay, so I I started, you know,doing my outfit of the days
with my face, and it actuallycaught the attention of
photographers.
Oh, they thought like my stylewas really cool and I was
photogenic enough to photograph,and so then I got content that
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I could share, you know, theselike oddly photos, and it kind
of went from there and thenreels came out and I'm like, oh
my gosh, this, this is a way toshowcase more outfits in a more
dynamic way.
Speaker 2 (27:26):
Were you, were you always comfortable in front of
the camera though?
Yes, okay been comfortable.
Speaker 1 (27:35):
I I definitely like being in the forefront of things
in the background, even thoughI think I'm more introverted.
Um, but for some reason I liketo be in front of the camera
well, that's good because itworks.
Speaker 2 (27:51):
but you kind of created like your own kind of
style and I don't know for onething.
I wanted to ask you how do youhave that much clothes?
Because you have like everyvideo you have is like five, six
different wardrobe change andthere's multiple videos.
I'm thinking how big is ourcloset?
Speaker 1 (28:14):
Oh man, my closet is overfilled with clothes, to be
quite honest, and I love most ofmy pieces, like I remember when
I got it, where I got it from,and that all coincides with,
like, what I was going throughat the time.
Clothing is such a big part ofmy identity and symbolizes so
(28:41):
much of the time I'm in, butit's kind of a problem, though.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (28:51):
Do your styles change throughout the year?
Do your styles changethroughout the year?
Or it's kind of similar, whereyou can keep creating same
outfits with the same clothes,or you're constantly buying new
stuff it's pretty consistentthroughout the year.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
Yeah, luckily with hawaii's weather, we don't have
seat.
I'm not forced to wear thingsseasonally.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (29:17):
And so I do keep re-wearing clothes that I
already own.
I try not to buy new too much,unless it's secondhand, because
it's more sustainable that way.
But if it's from like a localbrand, then I really want to
support it.
Then I'll buy it.
Speaker 2 (29:37):
Oh nice, so you do thrifting.
Yeah, I'm huge on thrifting ohokay, so where do you go for
that?
Speaker 1 (29:48):
Oh, anywhere.
Really, Salvation Army is myfavorite.
Speaker 2 (29:54):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (29:55):
And I think they're the most reasonably priced.
Speaker 2 (29:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
I found some good gems there.
Speaker 2 (30:04):
Yeah, I definitely went a few times.
I took my daughter or mygirlfriend and they found some
stuff.
I just didn't find anythingthat I like, but I kind of oh, I
found a tie one time, but Ihaven't really done much of
thrift shopping but they seeminto it and we've done it in
(30:26):
Seattle and stuff like that,where my girlfriend found a
bunch of stuff that she usestoday.
And it makes sense, because ifit's a good article of clothing
and it it's not all musky anddirty, you just throw in a wash
and then it's, it's kind of cooland I guess that way you can
create your own style and itdoesn't cost as much as if
(30:48):
you're like stuff and new yeah,I, I agree.
Speaker 1 (30:57):
I think thrift with thrifting.
It really forces you tounderstand what you truly like,
instead of, if you're going tolike a regular store, they're
telling you what to like.
It's being marketed to you.
Speaker 2 (31:11):
But yeah, or you choose what you want, and I
think it's a great way todevelop your own personal style
yeah, I definitely wish mydaughter was more into thrifting
, because we just went to newyork and I took her to soho and
dropped some scripts on herlittle shopping habit.
And she has her.
(31:32):
She has her own style and sheknows what she wants and the
look she's going for, which I Ilike to support because she's
creative with it and I see howshe is in relation to her
friends and her classmates and Icould tell like she she has her
own mood, her own vibe and Ilike that she's not conforming
(31:56):
to how they dress.
She's going to do what shewants and sometimes it kind of
changes to where they start,kind of dressing like her.
And if you ever see my daughter, she's less than five feet and
she's just I don't know how shecan influence anybody, but she
has that attitude.
But it's a unique thing to beable to create your own style
(32:20):
and I've watched your instagramand your style is very I don't
know how to explain it to.
I don't know how to explain itto you how I think it is.
I think it's very tasteful andsexy at the same time.
(32:40):
So it's not like those ratchetInstagram girls.
It's like, oh okay, there'ssome thought behind this and you
create such a good, positiveatmosphere on your Instagram
that it kind of resonates thatway, but you do research behind
(33:01):
it.
I noticed that you did one withAloha shirts and I actually
learned some shit from that.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
Thank you, that was definitely my goal.
I have a formal background infashion, design and
merchandising.
Speaker 2 (33:18):
Okay, that's where it's from.
Speaker 1 (33:20):
Where it comes from.
I had to take a fashion historyclass and that was one of my
favorite classes.
I'm absolutely fascinated bythe history of fashion and where
things come from and howthey're designed, and so I want
to do more of that type ofcontent recently, just like
informing people like aloha,shirts are not tacky.
(33:43):
It's rich in history and thisis some of the history behind it
I definitely like that one.
Speaker 2 (33:49):
and and then you, you wore an aloha shirt and you
made it like cool for a girl.
It it was kind of putting yourown style into it and giving the
history behind it.
I thought that was supercreative.
How do you come up with yourcontent?
You just like, oh, I'm going tothrow this on, or is it
something that you've seensomebody else do and then want
(34:12):
to recreate it?
Speaker 1 (34:15):
A little bit of both.
Sometimes I create content on awhim, like I'm just like
scrolling, and then I see, like,say, a shirt, and I'm like, oh
my gosh, I this reminds me of ashirt I have, oh, okay maybe I
should build an outfit with it,or even like color combinations
(34:36):
that I think are beautiful.
I will create like I would.
I have created a series basedon that and um it's.
It's a lot.
On a whim, though, I will say Ido have inspirations saved when
it comes to audio to use, yeah,or like poses I want to do with
(34:59):
it, or like certain angles, sodo you, how do you edit all your
videos?
I edit it all on my phone inthe Instagram app, really, yeah,
I mean I use like InShot forother things that Instagram
can't do, but for the most partit's all Instagram app.
Speaker 2 (35:24):
Yeah, well, I mean it's working.
Where do you kind of want thiswhole Instagramming blogger
thing to take you?
Or is this something you'redoing for fun or you have a goal
, or is it something you want tosee blossom into something in
the future?
Speaker 1 (35:44):
it's mostly for fun.
I don't make much money off ofit.
Unless it's um like a way topromote modeling, then, like the
most I've ever made through myInstagram is the connections I
make from modeling, but Idefinitely don't have like a set
(36:07):
goal for it.
I would like to see it growbecause eventually I want to get
back into my upcycling business, and so creating that following
following would help withsucceeding in that business.
Wait, what is that?
What is upcycling?
Upcycling?
it's taking already existinggarments and creating something
(36:31):
new out of it oh okay, oh, soyou can sew and all that yeah,
so like going back to like myeducation I I have a focus in
fashion design so I can sew andpattern design things in general
okay, so you can create yourown products then and try and
(36:54):
sell that.
Yeah, that's kind of like thedream Okay that makes sense.
Speaker 2 (37:00):
Okay, that's super cool, all right.
Well, hopefully that could work.
I could see you running yourown boutique or something like
that, or online one.
Speaker 1 (37:14):
Yeah, one day.
One day, in small, small steps.
Yeah, I think with the contentI make, it's not.
It's not very flashy, um, orlike the most sensational.
So it's been very slow growth,but the growth has been very
organic.
Speaker 2 (37:34):
Yes, well, I think that's what works for you.
You don't have to like showyour ass or anything, you know.
I mean it's, it's tasteful andit honestly is refreshing.
Like I scroll through so manydumb like instagram models and
it's like, oh, like there's nodepth.
At At least you have depth.
(37:56):
And one thing I do like aboutyour stuff is you're not afraid
or ashamed to be silly orembarrassing yourself or
whatever, and say funny stuff ordo silly things.
I think that's what I like themost.
That's what I like the most isbecause so many girls they need
to keep an image or kind of away they have to do things and
(38:21):
you're just like doing whateverand it's funny.
Speaker 1 (38:26):
I appreciate that.
Yeah, I think having a sense ofhumor is really important, and
showing your personality is whatdefines your personal brand.
Showing your personality iswhat defines your personal brand
.
Like anyone, can be beautifulor pretty, but if that's all
there is, then you kind of havea ticking clock yeah.
Speaker 2 (38:50):
I agree and it's refreshing because, yeah, I like
to see girls being silly orstupid or embarrassing
themselves or not in a way whereit's like mean or anything, but
just like not taking lifeserious, because I mean, if
you're not having fun doing life, then then it's kind of shitty
(39:12):
yeah I noticed something whichkind of I thought was super cool
was that you ride, and Ithought at first that you're
just like with your boyfriend orsomething on the back of his
bike, but you actually ride, andfor me that's impressive, thank
you, yes, yes, for me that'simpressive.
Speaker 1 (39:33):
Thank you, yes, yes, you know, when I posted that
photo of myself on a motorcycle,people were DMing me like, oh,
you ride, you ride.
Because I think they wereassuming that I'm just posing on
a bike and that's it.
But they don't, you know,they're not realizing that that
is my motorcycle.
I rode it there.
(39:53):
I have my own gear and amotorcycle license.
Speaker 2 (39:57):
That's super awesome, and I definitely fell victim to
that Because I assumed that youwere being packed and I don't
know a lot of girls that rideand, for one thing, how did you
learn how to ride?
Because it's kind of Tricky atfirst.
Speaker 1 (40:14):
Yeah, I actually Drive Manual is kind of tricky
at first.
Yeah, yeah, I actually drivemanual.
I drive a manual car, so theconcept behind driving a
motorcycle is just the same.
It's just different like handsand feet.
It's just like differentmechanically in that way.
But yeah, my, my first car Iever got is still my current car
(40:39):
, which is an Acura RSX, and Ilove that thing and yeah, it was
just, it was easy learning it.
I think the part that wasdifficult is getting like
understanding the physics behindit, like the leaning instead of
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steering kind of thing.
Yeah, because with the car yousteer, but with the bike you
lean into it.
Speaker 2 (41:11):
Yeah, have you ever took a class or like for me?
I took the class and then,during I, at the ending of the
class, they test you for yourlicense.
So it kind of worked out.
Speaker 1 (41:23):
But yeah, I did take a class, but prior to the take
taking of the class and gettingthe license I I got like a crash
course on learning how to ridefrom a friend who loves to dirt
bike.
Speaker 2 (41:39):
Oh, okay.
Speaker 1 (41:40):
I learned to ride on a dirt bike first, oh, then I
was like, oh shit, this is kindof fun, mike.
Speaker 2 (41:48):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (41:50):
You know what I'm going to get my motorcycle
license.
Speaker 2 (41:54):
Yeah, oh, so you took the class at LCC.
Speaker 1 (41:57):
I did.
Speaker 2 (41:58):
Okay, I knew how to ride before I took the class.
How boring was that.
When you got to push each otherin the parking lot, I'm just
like, oh my God, you can't gofaster than second gear.
Speaker 1 (42:12):
I was losing it, oh yeah, yeah, it wasn't too boring
.
I guess I was just excited tobe able to ride on a motorcycle,
because prior to that it wasjust a dirt bike.
So, just like feeling thedifference between like the dirt
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bike ride versus the motorcycleride.
Like I, I found it interestingand I um I, when I learn
something new, I definitely liketo do it at a slow pace, like
even if I'm learning something,I want to understand it
correctly yeah, so right afteryou took the course, you got
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your first street bike, or howdid?
Speaker 2 (43:00):
how did that progress ?
Speaker 1 (43:02):
Yeah, after I took the course.
By the way, at the course, theonly bike they had that could
fit my height was the Grom, andso I really liked the Grom
because I could have two of myfeet on the ground, which is
really nice.
But after I got my motorcyclelicense, like a year later, I
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got a KTM 370 or 390, and that'slike a European brand bike.
I just love the look of it, tobe quite honest.
European brand bike.
I just love the look of it, tobe quite honest.
And I bought it from a girlrider who was in the military
and, um, we're the same height,I believe.
(43:45):
But I ended up not liking itbecause I couldn't.
I couldn't put two of my feeton the ground very comfortably
and so, like that made me veryanxious, like, oh, shoot, like I
think I could fall on thisquite easily, and yeah, so I
only rode it around a very fewtimes and so we, I ended up
(44:09):
selling it later on and then, ayear later, I I got the Yamaha
MT.
No, okay, before the Yamaha,then I got a Grom.
I was like, okay, maybe Ishould just gradually become
more comfortable and confidentbefore getting a taller bike.
(44:32):
So I went back to the Grom andI was riding that for a little
bit and then I got the um yamahamto3 okay and it fits.
Speaker 2 (44:42):
I know the feeling because I'm short and I wanted a
cbr and this was a while agoand I couldn't straddle it.
My like, I look like a littlekid with my legs.
I couldn't, and I would weartimberlands and everything.
I couldn't do it and I got agixxer.
(45:02):
But I had them shave my seat sothey reapport, they pull out
the upholstery and then they,they shave the foam down and
which was perfect, and yeah, itmade me feel I was more in the
bike than on top of the bike andyeah, that was, oh man, I miss
riding and watching or hearingyou talk about it.
(45:25):
I know the feeling ofexcitement, like the days you're
gonna ride or like.
For me it was alwaystherapeutic because if I was
having a bad day or whatever I Iwould jump on my bike, ride to
Kahuku and back and I'll besmooth after Something I do miss
, something that I know I can'tdo.
Once I had a kid.
(45:47):
My daughter is 14 now and Ididn't have a bike for over 14
years because of it.
Yeah, I didn't have a bike forover 14 years because of it.
Yeah, as something I miss,something that I think I will do
in the future, maybe not streetbikes but some kind of two
wheels.
But as a girl rider, how fun isthat?
(46:07):
Because people must look at youlike, oh shit, she's riding.
That's kind of cool.
Speaker 1 (46:14):
I think it's pretty cool riding, that's kind of cool
.
I think it's pretty cool.
Um, being a girl rider, I feelit is there.
There is a sense of empowermentin that because it's such a
male-dominated sport.
And one time I was riding towork and then this guy in the
truck next to me at the redlight started talking to me,
(46:35):
invite me to like their ridesand stuff, and so I was pretty
cool and I like the ridingculture because when you're on a
street bike, anyway, if, ifanother street biker sees you,
they're like yeah, the shaka orthe hands yeah it's like
(46:57):
unspoken brotherhood in a waythat's super cool.
Speaker 2 (47:03):
Yep, I definitely know that we'd always shaka, or
especially going when I would goto north shore and stuff.
When guys are riding back, theyalways wave or yeah, definitely
, definitely a good culture.
Have you ever laid your bikedown?
Speaker 1 (47:18):
oh yes yes, really yeah, I have, it was.
Uh, it was so embarrassing too,and I I was going to work and
at the time I would park insideum the gate and so I would have
to get onto the sidewalk inorder to get into the gate and I
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had to do a right turn and Iwas going like a little too slow
.
Speaker 2 (47:43):
Oh yup.
Speaker 1 (47:44):
It just tipped over and this is like Chinatown and
there's people around and I tryto get.
I try to like lift the bike onmy own, but it was just, it was
too heavy.
I was.
I was all full embarrassmentand luckily two guys were who
saw me as they were crossing thestreet.
(48:07):
They helped me, but I was sosad that that happened, like
getting into work yeah, allright, I definitely.
Speaker 2 (48:17):
Yeah, I think that could be very embarrassing.
I my, I think I laid my bikedown.
It was my friend, frank.
He has, uh, he had like a littlechicken farm in kahalu was his,
and we rode over there and hisdad was outside Smoking a
(48:38):
cigarette and dad was kind ofelderly at the time and I
stopped my bike and then I wentto get off but where I stopped
it was all dirt and grass sothere was a divot and I put my
foot down and it went more thanI thought and I just dumped it
(48:59):
and his dad, like, was trying tohelp me up and his dad's all
old and shit and I was sobecause his dad used to ride
harleys and stuff and Icommitted there with my little
rice rocket and he's justthinking when this guy just laid
his bike down in front of me.
That was embarrassing.
And then, um, one time I was itwasn't me, but we were kind of
(49:26):
drinking and and riding, not atthe same time, but we were we're
bar hopping and my friend wereon ward and he either put his
foot down too late or he he puthis foot down on.
You know, like in the sometimesthe middle road there's those
(49:46):
reflector things yeah and hisfoot slit and he just went down
and I was like kind of next tohim and I just heard him go down
like what the hell justhappened and like he was shook,
like because I guess he was alittle drunk, and he cracked the
window, um the mirror on hisbike, and I was just like how
(50:09):
did you freaking eat it, likejust at a stop, I think that was
.
That was pretty bad.
And then one time my friend hada.
It was like one of those customchoppers and if you go all the
way at the top of ward, um,we're going all the way to the
top and the hill is kind of yeah, I it was a red light and he
(50:34):
couldn't get it, get it intofirst gear.
He kept stalling.
You know, if you release theclutch, oh, that's scary, oh my
god and it was where like twored lights changed so it went
green, red, green andeverybody's honking and I'm just
like brah, what are you doing?
(50:55):
And his, his bike was huge, itwas like one of those chopper
things.
So, yeah, I'm just like bro,you gotta get it together.
And he finally got it.
But oh, he pissed everybody off.
And yeah, that was, that was arandom incident, but we used to
ride a lot and we would do whatthey call poker runs.
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Have you ever did that?
Speaker 1 (51:18):
No, what is?
Speaker 2 (51:18):
that.
So we'd have a group of guysand we would go riding and we'd
designate spots and every singlespot you get one card and then
at the end of the run, whoeverhas the best poker hand wins.
I think everybody throws inlike 50 bucks or something.
So we go around the island andyou every every stop you get one
(51:41):
card and then at the end of therun then you see who has the
best poker hand oh wait, who'sputting the cards at the
location?
no, no, we just have a pack ofcars and then you get one.
Yeah, yeah okay, okay.
Speaker 1 (51:57):
Oh, that's seeing.
You're not like the riding likethere.
There is structure to that.
I like that yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (52:07):
And then we went to um.
Have you ever did?
Speaker 1 (52:09):
toys for tots I always get invited, but you got
to do that.
I I make it to one of those.
Speaker 2 (52:20):
I honestly could tell you one of the best days of my
life was um one of those runs.
My friend woke me up one dayand he's like bro, you got to
get up, we're going to go ride.
I'm like fuck that I'm notleaving the house.
And he talked me into it and werode and it it's.
You go down um waikiki and it'slike all bikes and everybody's
(52:44):
there and then you end up at Idon't know if it's still there,
but we ended up at um copulinecommunity college and they had
this big, big container and youthrow whatever toy you brought
in the container and then it'sjust bikes and bikes like Harley
(53:05):
street bikes, choppers, just awhole like the whole parking lot
is full of bikes and peoplejust walking around talking
story and, yeah, you get tocheck out all the bikes.
It was so much fun.
I was like anybody that ridesshould go Toys for Tots at least
once.
It's super cool.
Speaker 1 (53:23):
That's pretty neat.
I think, riding as a group issuper fun.
I feel very safe when I'mriding in a group.
Speaker 2 (53:33):
Yeah, that's super cool though, yeah, if you have a
chance to do it, I wouldsuggest do it, because Toys for
Tots and it's for a good causeyou get to give toys to kids or
whatever but yeah, it's a goodday.
We went Sandy's after and, yeah, it was like it was one of the
more memorable days of my lifethat Toys for Tots run.
(53:53):
Well, we've been going for anhour.
Um, I appreciate you takingtime to come on my podcast.
You're definitely somebody Iwanted to have on and I think
(54:13):
what you got going on is sounique and different.
And one thing it kind ofresonated with my friends that
just met you and they seen yourpage and were like, oh, that,
that um girl's different.
She's not the same kind ofinstagram person or content
creator is there like, like whatI said, there's more depth to
it, and they thought it was coolas well.
(54:35):
So it's like I hope it kind oftransitions in this podcast
where people can check you outand see what you got going on,
because I think it's somethingrefreshing.
Speaker 1 (54:47):
I really appreciate that.
I think your friends are moreon the creative side of like the
brain and so I see how theyresonate with the content,
because there is a lot of depthand sometimes it's kind of like
art.
Some people think art is boring.
You know, going to a museumit's so boring, but then if
(55:09):
you're a creative person it'slike so cool because it's like
an, a look like a painting or asculpture is a look into
someone's mind and I think thepeople who understand that is
definitely the people I can vibewith yeah, that makes sense.
Speaker 2 (55:28):
I never thought of that.
It is art and I had avideographer on that does like
all these cool videos and stuffand I and I thought it was art.
But now that you say it, thatis art.
You're creating content forfashion and stuff, which is
definitely art.
And I always want to be able tosee things through artists eyes
(55:53):
or hear music.
Like like my, um, like my bestfriends, dj Hoppa boy, I would
love to hear music how he hearsmusic, because it's not the same
, like he'll break down a songfor me or like it will be
somewhere and he'll just stopand be like, oh shit, I'm like
what, and then he'll explain tome and I was like, fuck, I wish
I could hear stuff like that orsee art through artists eyes.
(56:17):
I can I have different sensesor different things, that kind
of pop to me, but it's not thesame as it would be to someone
who's more creative orespecially in those fields.
I always thought like, oh, if Iwere a singer or musician, I
wouldn't mind just listening tomusic through that kind of ear,
(56:41):
just as what kind of what youexplained, like how it resonates
.
Speaker 1 (56:48):
Yeah, that's definitely true, and I think
that's kind of like the beauty,like one of the beauties of
humanity.
We're just so different, eventhough we share the same kind of
being on, but, uh, ourperspectives and how we see
things and even like tastethings are all different.
Speaker 2 (57:07):
Yeah, and that's art.
Like food, shoot, like chefsand stuff.
What they do is art too.
I know what I wanted to ask you.
You also are a foodie, becauseyou do all these food blogs too,
right?
Speaker 1 (57:23):
I do, I do food blogs too, right, I, I do, I do.
That was also by accidentbecause, uh, I would.
I would get invited to thesefood um food viewings, just like
in exchange for posting abouttheir restaurant or food spot, I
can eat there for food, yeah,yeah.
(57:45):
So I kind of fell into that and, um, people really like that
content.
You know everyone eats food, soit's it's content that everyone
can enjoy.
So I I try to put like sprinklethat in along with my fashion
and lifestyle things it kind ofmatches.
Speaker 2 (58:05):
It matches like the whole circle that you're going
for.
But you can hype some of theserestaurants up.
Your delivery is very witty inhow you deliver and it kind of
makes it easy to listen to andunderstand.
You're not like overdoing it oryou're not sugarcoating
(58:27):
anything, you're just kind ofexplaining it.
And how do you just record?
You just make the video andthen record voice over it, or
yeah, I make the video and thenI just record the voiceover.
Speaker 1 (58:42):
if it's a lot of information, I'll write it down,
just so I get the sequencingand the information correct.
But it's mostly pretty candidoverall, like on my phone, but I
also have a mic too if there'sa lot of background noise where
I'm at.
Yeah, and with like the my foodreviews.
(59:09):
What what I try to do is justkind of like show the product
and where, where it's at andwhat to expect, and just like
point out the things I enjoy,and I try not I try to stay away
from making like very bigstatements like, oh, this is the
most amazing, best ramen.
Okay, my life.
Like to me that's veryover-exaggerating and yeah, that
(59:30):
sometimes I'm coming in as likean influencer and so the the
service I might get, could bebiased, yeah, or like the, the
quality of the food I get couldbe biasing too, and so I try to
keep that in mind and if Ireally enjoy the food, then I
(59:53):
post about it, but if I don'tenjoy it then I won't post about
it.
Speaker 2 (59:56):
OK, that was going to be my next question.
Did you eat some stuff thatwasn't good and just like I
don't know what to say now?
Speaker 1 (01:00:07):
it wasn't good and just like, uh, I don't know what
to say.
You know, eaten is is prettygood.
There was this one restaurant Ireally wanted to post about,
because I didn't see anyone elseposting about it, because it
was really new.
And so we, uh, my boyfriend andI, we went there, we ate and we
hated it.
We honestly hated the food.
You know, while I was it I waslike taking all these videos and
stuff, planning to make it real, and then at the end of it I'm
(01:00:30):
like I cannot post this, I can't, I can't, I'm scamming my
audience.
Speaker 2 (01:00:39):
if I do post it, yeah , Well, that makes me feel a lot
more comfortable watching yourstuff, because I know it's legit
.
Speaker 1 (01:00:48):
I know you won't post some nasty shit, so how annoyed
is your boyfriend when you'redoing all that and he just wants
to eat oh he's, he's uh prettyannoyed, but he's used to it as
as well okay he knows that if aplate comes onto the table, to
(01:01:09):
wait don't touch it okay to waityeah and some I'll use him to
like oh hey, can you like pullthis bread apart so I can like
film what it looks like, thetexture thing so he's a good
sport.
Speaker 2 (01:01:25):
I was fortunate enough to meet him that night
and, yeah, he seemed like a nicedude and was cool and he gets a
ride with you, so that's that's.
That sounds like a lot of fun,like being able to ride with
your significant other yeah,super fun yeah, I for like food
stuff.
Like my girlfriend will justalways take pictures and I don't
(01:01:46):
know why she got to takepictures of my food because it's
not.
I'm like why are you?
You're just posing, that's not.
You ain't even gonna eat thatand don't take pictures of my
shit, and then I can't eat it.
But it's like we had a uh ohwith hoppa for his birthday.
So I don't know if you know whohis dad is.
His dad is tiny, tadani, tinytv, oh yeah.
(01:02:08):
So the dad took us out tomaharani's.
I love that, oh, it was, it was.
It was so awesome.
But we, the dad, they said hecould bring his family in and he
just got to do some blogs orwhatever so we can eat free.
(01:02:32):
So we got to try everything,like literally everything, from
the poo-poos to the dessert andeverything in between the
poo-poos to the dessert andeverything in between.
They brought out a bigflatbread that was like this big
.
It was like the best shit ever.
But every single time we had totalk about it and I was like,
(01:02:54):
let me just eat this.
I was like getting annoyed.
But yeah, that place is supergood.
So you've eaten there.
I have yeah, did you do a blogover there?
No, no.
That would be a good one.
Speaker 1 (01:03:10):
I try to blog for restaurants that really need the
marketing.
Oh okay, and I yeah.
If a place I feel is busyenough on their own, then I
don't feel the need to postabout them.
Or if I really enjoy it, thenI'll post about it.
But for the most part I try touplift as much as I can.
Speaker 2 (01:03:36):
Okay, that's cool.
So, being that you're a foodie,that means you tried a lot of
food and been to a lot ofdifferent places.
What is your top three on theisland that you would like
guarantee you want to go to,because I'm always down to try
new food.
So I would love to hear youryour picks of of what your top
(01:03:56):
three restaurants would be thatI would want to check out oh,
izakaya naru is one them.
Speaker 1 (01:04:04):
Ever heard of Izakaya Naru?
I have not.
It's on King Street, next towhat used to be Glazer's Coffee.
Speaker 2 (01:04:15):
Okay, okay.
Speaker 1 (01:04:17):
Yeah, so they're a very small restaurant, but they
serve Japanese and Okinawanstyle food.
Speaker 2 (01:04:24):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (01:04:25):
And it's delicious.
It's food and it's delicious.
It's delicious and it's uniquetoo.
They sell things that you can'treally find anywhere else.
I tried myself going back.
They have a sukiyaki pizza.
Speaker 2 (01:04:42):
Oh, that sounds pretty good.
Speaker 1 (01:04:43):
Yeah, they have the Okinawan taco rice, which is a
sizzling stone pot, and thenthey um, mix it up for you and
then you let it sit so it canget all nice and crispy on the
bottom.
Yeah, so that's pretty cool.
Speaker 2 (01:05:03):
Okay, that's one.
Speaker 1 (01:05:05):
And then a second one .
Hmm, that's difficult.
It's got to be Sorry.
What was it?
Sorry to put you on the spot, Idon't know, oh, I don't know
(01:05:32):
why I'm I'm blanking out.
It's a sushi place, though, atthe Prince Hotel yeah, something
, midori, that's one of my.
That is actually my favoriteplace to get sushi.
Oh okay, yeah, the fish isfresh.
(01:05:53):
I really enjoy the portion,Like the fish torino.
Speaker 2 (01:05:59):
Oh, that's important.
Speaker 1 (01:06:01):
Very important.
Speaker 2 (01:06:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:06:05):
I actually got to go to their location in japan, oh,
which reinforced my love for forthis restaurant okay yeah,
absolutely delicious all, I'lllook into that.
(01:06:25):
Okay, one more Okay.
So this is a place I eat atevery week before work, but it's
for Vietnam, oh okay, forVietnam Okay.
Yeah, I eat the same thing, bythe way, every week, and it's a
Hainan chicken Okay, with aHainan chicken Okay, and with a
(01:06:47):
iced coffee yes, I go thereevery week.
They already know me, theyalready know my order.
I walk in and they're like oh,you want the same thing.
I'm like yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:06:58):
Just have it ready.
That's cool.
All right, I'll have to try allthree of those places I
definitely.
Speaker 1 (01:07:08):
Yeah, there's other places to get hainan chicken,
but I think the one f of vietnamis a really great value.
It's um how much was it?
Oh, it's 18 dollars okay andother places sell it for over 20
.
Yeah, but I mainly eat it forthe protein okay, that's good to
(01:07:34):
know.
Speaker 2 (01:07:34):
I'll.
I'll check that out for sure.
I uh.
For one thing, you're good atdescribing food, like I said,
and even hoppa made you describehis food when we were at your
bar this past week and, like youdid it professionally.
So it's like, okay, she's afoodie.
That's why it sounded good, didyou?
Speaker 1 (01:07:55):
remember doing that.
I remember doing that.
Chicken, chicken thigh sauce,mushroom topped with ginger
scallop sauce.
Speaker 2 (01:08:06):
Yeah, that's good.
At least you know your product.
Speaker 1 (01:08:10):
Yes, very important to know.
Speaker 2 (01:08:12):
Well, I will take your recommendation.
I hope people listening to willkind of check those places out.
Trust that your opinion isprobably good.
It's probably better than minein food.
Speaker 1 (01:08:24):
I hope it's good.
Speaker 2 (01:08:25):
Like food, food is art, so it's uh subjective
sometimes yeah, that's true, butif it tastes good, it tastes
good.
Well, like I said, we've beengoing for about an hour.
Um, where can people find youon Instagram to kind of see what
you got going on?
Speaker 1 (01:08:48):
You can find me.
My username is at styleleaf.
Speaker 2 (01:08:55):
All right and go check out her content and yeah,
it's definitely something yougot to see and I definitely like
it.
And for us, as always, you canfind us on Instagram Above the
Bridge Podcast, our YouTubechannel Above the Bridge Podcast
.
Our website is atbpodcom and myInstagram is thadidaddyhi.
(01:09:17):
I knew I was on to somethingwhen my friends were like, yeah,
I like her stuff.
I was like, see, I knew I likedsomething.
Good, I know I like stuffthat's cool, but, um, it's
always good to see you in thegym working out.
I'll probably see you tomorrowand thank you so much for coming
on my show.
I know it's kind of random, butyeah, I was super stoked that
(01:09:41):
you said yes.
Thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 1 (01:09:42):
I really enjoyed, stoked that you said yes.
Thank you so much for having me.
I really enjoyed talking withyou and getting to know you
better.
Yeah, it's a privilege, sothank you.
Speaker 2 (01:09:54):
Right on.
Well, shakas for the cameras.
All right, we're out.
Shout out to the Artist GrooveNetwork Aloha.
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