The Friday Groove

As always, Hip Hapa likes to drop the jazzy rhythms on you to kick your weekend off right.

I know we already got this song playing on the tuner but I just love the video...

Mos Def- Umi Says

*** The Friday Groove Extra:

Here is a funny little story that happened last Friday that I have been wanting to share. Now, before I give you the details I have to lay down some background information. Ever since I can remember my father and I have had this on going joke about haole-kine and their mishaps with wasabi at sushi restaurants. Twice my father has seen unsuspecting sushi-newcomers take big chunks of wasabi and stick-it in their mouths. The ensuing red-face, beads of sweat and panicked water drinking always gives us a good chuckle.

However, never in a million years would I have thought it, but the opposite happened last week while out at dinner. As I was conversing with a friend of a friend who had recently arrived from Japan I noticed that the girl was tearing at the eye, turning red and had a shocked look on her face. As I looked down at her plate at what she had eaten it dawned on me, "Oh s*#t! Jalapenos don't exist in Japan!"