Current Quote of the Day: "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
---Thomas Edison
- chain reaction
- after party
- quality time with the Platon's :-D
- Skyrie
- xmas shopping tomorrow and today
- what im looking forward to for the break.
1. So chain reaction was hella tite man. i luved it. sooo much fun. Steve Forton hosted the event and bought tix in advance. The great thing about Mr. Forton is that he's a do-er. he doens't wait around for something to happen, he makes it happen. and i wish i could do that. he knows how to bring ppl. together, plan fun events, and how to have a good time (responsibly of course lol) so he set up the whole chain reaction event in anaheim. it was really cool. Charlene, Charmaine, Mark Sescon, Jerrick, Steve, one of Steve's friends, and I all went.
we saw 3 bands. The Morning of, Danger Radio, and My American Heart. (each band went after the other in that order) Each band had their own strengths that i liked. i felt like the Morning of would had great variation in each of their songs so that not every sone they played all sounded similar or the same. it also has a girl and guy singer, which sounds really nice. altho they didn't bring much crowd energy nor did the Girl vocalist sing loud enuf. (maybe her mic volume was too low?)
Danger Radio was pretty solid all around. they kinda remind of of a cross between Maroon 5 and Hello Goodbye. they're pretty legit. charlene and Charmaine bought their cd and i like their style. i kinda felt like thier songs started sounding all every similar after a while, but they still produce good music. esp. their acoustic stuff. i'll post one of their songs in my next blog of sumtin.
and My American Heart had filipinos in their band. like... real talented filipinos! rofl jk. but yeah. they definitely brought in most of the crowd energy and ppl. got crzy with the moshing and crowd surfing. i wanted to get in the moshing, but i had my glasses on and i was somewhat concerned about Charlene and Charmaine with the ppl. around us moshing it up. i didn't wanna see them squashed like pancakes at the end of the nite. lol
and on another note about moshing... i kinda felt like what they were doing was hella stupid. like... i mean what steve and the rest of the crowd was moshing up and down was acceptable and cool cuz htey were just jumping up and down with the pushing here and there. but some guys next to us and charlene and charmaine was like... extreme moshing in a crzy deranged manner that just kinda made him look stupid. it was like... kicking around and elbowing the air in a wanna be punk manner. it could really hurt someone by doin that. and whats the point? just so u can look cool cuz ur too into the moment of the song? it was like... really dumb in my opinion. it looked like they were fighting with the invisible person next to them or like... they were trying to elbow thier own face or sumtin. iono man, it was pretty dumb in my opinion. but yeah. all in all Charin reaction was an excellent nite.
2. so the afterparty of Charin reaction was tite. Mark had to go meet up with the other older LOG ppl. to go drink it up. and charlene, Charmaine, and i exchanged presents with Steve. so that was pretty cool. so then the Platon's and i hit up a party that was walking distance frm their place. it was a lotta fun. we got to meet and socialize with a lotta cool ppl. it's always great to meet new facebook frenz ya know? lol we met this guy who was really good at beer pong, this one guy that cud take any punch in the stomache cuz the mofo had some crzy hard abs. it was kinda scary lol. and we met this one guy frm USC who was half Inidian and half Filipino. he was super cool. and just a heads up. the Platon's are redickulous wen it comes to beer pong. it was like their first time playing, and they totally dominated. it was scary. on thier second match, they were down like... 8 cups and they totaly came bak and won. so im telling u guys, watch out for them.
now we stayed up till four am that nite. it was kinda scary cuz there was a security guard that kept on threatening to call the cops on the house party. lol. and someguy had too much to drink and he puked. and there was connect four and i owned charlene. (lol sry, i had to brag about that : P) but the best part of that night was seeing the Platon's buzzed. ROFL. sooo much fun just watching them man. Charmaine was like... a giggly drunk on helium. she kept on talking like a 7 year old. it was sooo funny! omb. and like... she would laff at everything and anything. lol. she just wouldnt' stop giggling. and she was a bit off balance. as for Charlene, she was like... doin kartwheels in the parking structure. and then i had a few drinks so i felt like dancing and getting hyphy and Charlene tried to get hyphy with me! and charmaine was just ROFL. daym man.... those were good times. we were hella loud too. i got kinda worried that some of the neighbors would wake up cuz charmaine woulnd't stop giggling. lol. we tried watching a movie afterwards but we failed miserably cuz it was hella late. lol
3. but spending some good quality time with the Platons was just a great way to start my winter break. seriously... i had just finished my last 2 finals on friday, and i went over their pad and just kiked it and hung out with them till saturday. it was soo much fun just hanging out and chilling with them. Good time and good memories. cheers. i felt like my finals went okay. i did well in my ESS1 final. i thought i did deccent in my soc 2 final. and my ESS7 class had a final a bit more difficult than the midterm. and my soc 63 final was easier cuz i studied more for it and i just felt like it was easier than the mditerm in which i scored poorly on.
4. After my mini side-quest (yes, i know im nerdy) with the Platon's i went off to Skyrie. i went to mammoth with Kyrie. it was really fun. lots of bonding and fellowship. not very much God or reflection time, but at least i got to grow closer with this Kyrie group and learn more about the ppl. within the group. that part was really cool. i felt like many of the things i did could have been done here at socal, but it's all good. I'm not too sure if i got my money's worth is all. we had cramped sleeping areas. the drive up was uncomfortable cuz of a packed car. since i didnt' snowboard, we just watched movies, ate, ate out, took pictures, played in the snow a bit. i was kinda scared at some times cuz the weather was pretty extreme man. i think i have very poor blood circulation to my feet, cuz my feet got cold very easily, even with 3 layers of socks. i think it was cuz i was wearing regular sneakers and water got in easily with the snowmelt and the cold relentless wind. there were other expenses that i din't take into acount like buying clothes for the weather, eating out, and other things. there was also the incident going back home...
the drive down was even worse than the ride up. we were suppose to come home wednesday afternoon or night. we drive about 2 hrs and were forced to stop at a burger king due to weather conditions. the snow wouldn't stop falling. from what we hear, the freeways home are all closed down due to the weather. from what i heard, this was the first time in 15years that it snowd in that area. so ppl. were not prepared for the weather and the police couldn't do much. the burgerking we were at (that was suppose to be 24 hrs) closed on us around 6 due to the weather conditions. we were forced to move to a neighboring restaurant called "the roadhouse diner and restaurant" or something like that. we were only suppose to be at burger king for an hour until the snow plow came, but it never did come. we switched over to the 24hr restarant hoping it wouldn't close on us. we just played more cards to pass the time. we stayed at the same spot for about 6-8 hours not making any progress going home. we realized that we were gonna spend the nite. around 3 am someone said that the freeways were open again cuz the snow had stopped falling. we continue to drive out. about less than an hour later, we are stuck in traffic, the freeways are closed and none of the cars are moving. we were forced to sleep in the cold in the middle of the freeway in a packed 5 seated car. i sat int he back right that night. it was soo hard to sleep. i went outside to stretch my legs and i switched spots with my friend cuz he said it was hard to sleep in the middle seat. when i went outside to stretch my legs, the whole freeway was covered in ice and i sliped and got a bruise. so i sat there sandwhiched between Jerome, who is a 6foot3 inch korean guy with long legs, and dean, a semi-buff guy. i was cramped and uncomfortable and had a hard time sleeping. it suxed. the funny part. the skinniest guy int he car was the driver, and jerome's girlfirend (who was skinny too) took shotgun, so i was pretty much stuck there in the middle of a cold freeway not going anywhere. i didn't get home till the next day in the afternoon.
people got cranky too (which was natural in times of adversity) and it was just hard overall. i mean... i did my best to be optimistic and happy, but when ppl. around u are negative, it's really tuff.
but lookin on the bright side of things. i feel like i really did get closer to ppl. i learned sooo much about the korean culture and i learned a few korean words. hahah. so that was coool. i got to talk to ppl. in kyrie more. those who i wouldnt' normally talk to and those who i got to know on a better level. i ate some good food in mammoth(at the expense of my wallet of course) see snowfall and make snow angel for the first time in my life. I really made some good memories this past few days. I made some new friends and i realized a different side of ppl. i never really saw before. Jerome was really funny. i was kinda glad that i rode in that car tho, cuz he was just really funny thruout the whole ride and he's just great entertainment and a really rebelious, but cool person. i liked my passengers a lot. shout out to Justin the driver, who tuffed it out, Dean who was a really cool and chillax person, and Stephanie who kept Jerome on check wen he got to crzy for everyone. lol. i also played a lotta cards, learned new card games, and i played some poker, and i also managed to learn how to shuffle a stack of real clay poker chips. It was also the last event for Hyemi because she is going back to Korea so we surprised her on the last nite of Mamoth with cookies and a candle and cider. so i guess... reflecting back on it all, i had a great time, but i just wish i spent less money. lol but other than that. Skyrie was great, and i really do love all the ppl. in kyrie. it was great. = D
5. so today was a very productive day. i liked it a lot cuz i went with Val to go to the Spectrum and did some xmas shopping. im glad i got a few presents here and there. it felt good cuz i got to hang out iwth my roomie, i listened to her problems and we got to talk a bit. i knocked out some ppl. frm my xmas list, and i bought a new blazer at Urban Outfitters for only 10 bux dude!!! 10 bux! it was a total steal man. i was sooo excited and happy. i really didn't plan on buying anything for myself, only for other ppl. but serioulsy. i coudlnt' let that type of deal pass me by. i'd b crzy to let something like that pass me up. so that was totally cool.
6. what im looking forward to is buying the rest of my xmas goods for the rest of my fam and going shopping with my best friend tomorrow. and possibly meeting up with the Platon's. i really can't wait for some good quality fam. time. i miss my fam bam. and it was swt that they called and txted me today to see how i was doing during my skyrie trip. i can't wait to giv the presents i bought for ppl. im really excited for that. and i can't wait to eat my mom's homecooked meals. they're sooo bomb. i want some kare-kare (one of my mom's speciality) and some brocolli caserrole. daym that's some good stuff. i also am excited for new years. it'll be really fun banging pots and pans around the house. i'll describe more about that later in another blog. sry guys, im hella tired rite now. this was a long blog. lol
good nite everyone. you're all in my prayers.
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