Thursday, January 29, 2009

bust a groove

had some serious tunes.

hiro kun's theme "natural playboy," is catchy as fuck.
hamm's theme "i love burgers," was my favorite back in the day.

bust a groove 2 disappointed me. shorty got cuter though. she had a bomber song in that game, only in japanese though.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Took a stroll

in the "new student union."

i went by to the pit and noticed that the new fitness center was open. and damn. :]

i'm going tomorrow to work out for 4 hours. then bike to little tokyo to get me some kogi bbq.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Only in LA

would you find taco trucks serving korean bbq.

http://kogibbq.com/
http://kogibbq.com/

Ryan Basilio, Kenny Wong, and Bryan Kim

would be or would not be pleased to know that I'll become at least a couple of hours nearer to them.

SJSU
SFSU
Sonoma State

=

non-impacted nursing schools.

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Monday, January 26, 2009

derek portea

a) fails at life
b) never tells a lie
c) is a twitter fiend
d) does not fuck up

final answer.

credits to slumdog millionaire.

Sunday, January 25, 2009

i'm tied

with napp for 18 posts for the month as of last post.

no longer

Saturday, January 24, 2009

I still have no love for LMFAO

but for MSTRKRFT, all of the love in the world. The utilization of distorted e-piano using contemporary pop chords in their remix of Love in this Club by usher is just plain amazing.

just putting that shit out there.

Glendale Galleria and Americana

Yo.

Outdoor malls are great. Romanticism comes to mind when architects plan to design this shit. When it comes down to nighttime urban shopping in these malls, especially in LA with The Grove and Americana, I feel a sense of something I can't explain. For sure.

Americana takes the cake for me. Something about glowing fountain shows and the unification of our generation with generations past makes me feel all tingly.

Despite of what Shadd said, who works at Boarders in the Glendale Galleria across the street, Americana trumps over Victoria Gardens, albeit considering the notion that Americana is about half the size of the reigning powerhouse of shopping of Rancho Cucamonga.

I realized after tonight that the more I experience LA and the surrounding areas, I fall more and more in love with the city and state of which I was born and raised. Olympic to Kerry. Ktown to West Covina. I will never forget my roots.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

ABDC

cheer up! you know who you are.

on a brighter note:
i like how napp and i can successfully predict what songs will be used on the show through our blogspots/myspace music.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

March 28th

I'm playing with some big names at Liberty Park in Cerritos, CA.

JR Aquino
RuSoul
Adrian Williams Project

Friday February 13th
Jennifer Chung
Tin Cagayat
Gabe Bondoc is a maybe
Derek Portea is not hyphy

I've come to the conclusion that I'm only hyphy if i play at venues such as The Wire, The Alley, and Chain reaction as I used to, but if it's acoustic, I drop the hyphy. Lame, but whatever.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

my friends are doing big things

aj rafael with his music video
randolph permejo and olivia thai collab
lydia paek and abdc



it makes me smile that they're all making a name for themselves through their passions. it truly inspires me that things can happen for anyone with a dream. i love all you guys.



on a sidenote regarding this early morning's post:
i think i figured out why i had the urge of trying something new today, and it hit me while walking to my car from the bus stop. well, i didn't actually figure anything out, but i thought of some epiphany-provoking coincidence.

america tried something new today, as i was urged to do earlier this morning. all those pictures i posted earlier were all within the past 8 years, and maybe, just maybe, that means some sort of significance.

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I'm sleeping again real soon

There's just something about sleeping at around 11 and waking up at 4am that gets you in the mood for blogging. Agree?

I just woke up with some sort of sense that I should go out and do something new. This is weird because this usually only happens if I feel that I'm fucking up somehow with life, but no, in this case and in this point in my life, I feel content and confident that I am keeping up with everything I should be (and usually were) worried about.

*goes out and steal one of dad's gatorades*

It's funny. This is only the second time this has happened to me lately. Last time I biked to the gym, worked out for an hour, and then watched the sunrise. I never really watched the sunrise before then; it was usually the other way around.

So much for detailed blogging. I'm going to stop here. There's been a lack on continuity on my part.


I remember when I used to be so into this shit. I remember when Franz rocked me when he lost weight.


This picture, as fucking old as it is, looks recent. Sophomore year.


Simpler times


old franz old me steeze


old in general


FUCKING 170. Summer before freshman year. RUFIO/spillcanvas show show


circa 2004-05. Wings Of Sorrow. This was before Maymeetsjune or Reminisce the Fucking Dream


chain reaction 2005. no one ever really threw down as hard as we did. ever.


i used to throw silly birthday parties.


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this was a random throwback that i didn't expect to do. it made me realize that people that just met me since the beginning of college don't know shit about me other than what they have witnessed growing up with me this past year and what i allow them to know about me. and this is the same with my knowledge of people i've just met since the beginning of college as well.

Monday, January 19, 2009

it takes a bit of inspiration

to get me up and working on a new song.

i had a dream, and this is what came out of it.

"Movie of Our Lives"

It all started on a sunday afternoon
the summer breeze told us that we just couldn't do
all the regular things that we ought to
like kids in love, since growing up is just way too soon

that's when i threw in the idea
we should make a movie that started off like this:
Once upon a time

bridge
i'll work the soundtrack and you do the lights
but didn't know what secrets you had inside
it turns out the plot had a twist
it turns out that my luck is either hit or miss

chorus
she wrote the script of the film that i
stole all the rights of this movie that was our lives
romantic comedy turned horror flick and i
held her tightly as i watched her die

this is the part where the hero comes:
saved her life, took her away from my arms and i..
should've pressed rewind
to the part where our lips intertwined
and pressed pause

/song


i guess it's not yet finished. we'll have to see what happens in the next dream or what happens in real life in riverside, inside the entourage house, in napp's bedroom. ;]

Sunday, January 18, 2009

i'm restraining

myself to put Chromeo's "Bonafide Lovin" as my blogspot song as of this moment.

Notable things to recall/quote from the last two days:

* "NOTORIOUS!"
* Dancing to Jason Mraz's "Make it Mine" at Hollister TWICE
* "Barack Obama!"
* "tb?"
* First time ever playing beer pong
* Random Black guy cipher
- "My rhymes are kinda thick, like missy elliot. and i'm like an illiterate literate work sorta like T.S. Elliot."
* "NOTORIOUS!"
* Fixie cranks broke
* Me becoming broke
* Not having Fabianne to kiss me on the cheek to get to Riverside
* "NOTORIOUS!"
* Bowling
-owing Napp 5 bucks, and him forgetting about it or at least being nice enough to not bring it up on the way home
* Getting on my way to beat Napp before some people ruined it
* HAPPY BIRTHDAY RACHEL LE
* "Yeah, Diampat."
* "Yeah, my sister rides."
* Heart to Heart talks Greatest Hits compilation with Napardet and Katrina
* big
* "NOTORIOUS!"
* "HANG LOOSE!"
* "RAWK ON!" *hand gesture*
* "You just can't find that."

Thursday, January 15, 2009

i decided

that in order to really step it up, you have to step down for a bit and accept your flaws and all the little intricacies that make you who you are.

i decided that in order to achieve self-actualization, you have to absolutely know what you want and what you need and distinguish the difference between the two.

i decided that in order to be happy, you need to be happy for others.

i decided that in order to be human, you have to live first.

i decided that. and i decided to be me for once.

it takes 3000 men to build an empire

and it only takes 3 words to bring it down.

i'm fucking stupid.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

riverside dreams, cavalier cream

shit on me all you want. i ain't stinkin
faggots wanna talk but i ain't blinkin
lamers wanna ask if i'm ever gonna change
hah, bitches ain't thinkin

i'm harder than hood

-napardet (my inspiration)

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

all this nothing i got

is all that's keepin me tough.

fixie haters. hah.

anyway. i'm on top of my thing. only thing i wished was a better lab time slot.

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Wednesday

Hopefully Franz or anyone from BMOB doesn't see this:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2468198

Rowland Ramen Ride with the Aboyz.

Last Kickback of The Break

Kickback, it was. Lame, it also was.

To straighten things up, yosh was imperative, and yosh served me well tonight. 4 dollar chicken bowl and 3 dollar wings, and I can't complain. My freestyle after the meal was mad diesel too.

Anyway. I need to fix my lower bracket on my one piece cranks :[
I'm selling my bike anyway. 300 down.

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Fixed

I was at yogurtland today for 3 hours. It only took 15 minutes for me to learn how to skid and another 15 to master it. My bike's not fast like Franz's though. I can't complain though. My first ride in the rain was pretty chill too.

F.S. stand up.

Thursday, January 1, 2009

2009

i vow to not fuck up.

health wise
academic wise
relationship wise
familial-relations wise

my new years resolution is to be the best.

the best son
the best brother
the best bro
the best boyfriend
the best musician i can be
the best friend i can be
the best period.

bring it on 2009. fuck you.





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