Generic Asian Look?

I went to the Zoo yesterday, and it was pretty fun just hanging out and seeing the animals.  But this post isn't going to be about that.  When I first walked into the gates, this Taiwanese lady came up to me speaking in mandarin, asking me how she can get in for free.  I wasn't even the first one! She just bypassed everyone else and asked me! haha luckily I was the only one that knew mandarin (although broken).  I didn't really think much of it until when we left the zoo, an old chinese man goes directly to me asking: "ji dian? ji dian?" (what time is it?) heh then we started laughing about how I probably just have that Asian look so people just know I speak Chinese

Then I realized that this wasn't the first time I've encountered this:

During our Asia trips to Thailand, Japan and Vietnam people would talk to me in their native language thinking that I was from there!  It happened a lot more often to me than it did to Henry.  We laughed about it then too.

Oh yea, there was this photo album on Facebook from our Mt. Diable hiking trip.  Anju tells me she had a friend that asked her if we were hiking in China.  Why would he ask that? He had pointed directly at me asking "That guy's from China right?" hahaha man..

So yea, I am the Generic Asian Man (except for Filipino, as stated by Gary and Andy)

Life is like a box of chocolates

You never know what you're gonna get.  Or where you're going to wind up. 

Yea I was gonna do a New Years post about the great times of 2009, but its 4AM now and I won't do 2009 justice if I try to power through.  So this will be an announcement of sorts of the huge change in 2010 that I'm going through.  It's kind of a new chapter in life.

My uncle has asked me to help out on his new design project and business venture.  Pretty exciting!  But the thing is, I'll be spending most of my time in Portland.  Wow, I've been in the Bay Area my whole life so this will be a complete lifestyle change.  All of my closest friends are here in the city, and it's going to be tough being away from everybody. 

But I've made my decision.  This project we're doing is something I'mvery interested in.  It involves implementing green technology and will really help the environment. (I'm not gonna post the details online, but you can ask me in the real world!) It's going to take a lot of hard work and dedication because it will certainly be challenging.  I'm going to be able to do a lot of engineering design which is what I really like doing.  So I guess this is somewhat of a calling. 

I've been telling people little by little, and I'm happy all my friends have been supportive.  There's some suggestions of a going away party, but I really don't want that.  Those things are way too emotional.  For these two weeks in SF, I'd just wanna hang out with my friends and chill.  Portland's not far away, and I'll definitely be back a few times every year.  But I'm gonna miss everybody and the fun of the citay by the bay.

From: San Francisco

To: Portland

2009 was all play and pretty much no work :P heh

2010 will be my productive year!  It's time to make something of myself. 

Goooooodnight!

Christmas with the Family

Ahh I had a great Christmas with my family this year.  We've had many of these Christmases and having 7 cousins in one house every single day is rowdy as hell.  We all generally get along pretty well and have a lot of fun and laughs every time we get together.  Our traditional go-to games to play are Charades, wrestling, and human stacking feats ("I bet you can't carry two of us up the stairs at the same time!" "I bet you can't carry three kids at once!" "I wonder if the kids (108-115lbs) can support us (155-175lbs) in a pyramid this year")  This year we had some new games like: Blokus!! Counterstrike! Mario Wii!


This is how our family is structured:
Ages 21-23: David, Dillon, Me
Ages 14-16: Wilton, Kenneth, and Daniel
Age 10: Celina the only girl (Dude, my little 10 year old cousin Celina was quick-scoping in Counter-strike and got the most sniping kills USING A TOUCHPAD. savage. )


You can see how rowdy it can get with so many guys.  It's never a dull moment.  And we pretty much got to feast on my Dad's cooking every single day.  RIBS godamn. that almost made me tear up they were so good.


This year's X-mas Loot:

1.  Haha this was the most awesome gift wrapping I ever got.  A Mario question mark box that Dillon told me to punch to get the gift inside.

What could be inside?

 A mushroom of course! hahah this is totally going in my car.. for the extra boost of course :)

2. Failblog book for the toilet, and a TMNT shirt!  sweeeeet

2b. (or not 2b?) a warm winter jacket siiccck.. as Brian put it:  Plaid for Chad haha.  You can see it in my hand.

 3.  Tempur-pedic slippers!  So warm and cushy

4. Flight of the Bumble-bee sheet music (yes!)
5. Heated Mattress Pad (woohooo)

6. And of course.. HELLA cookies

Merry Christmas!

What about NYE you ask?

• Sober.
• Turned on TV at 11:46.
• Countdown with the Seacrest and Dick Clark.
• Eat Cheesecake.
• Play 2 hours of Counterstrike.

(it was actually more fun than it sounds heh)

My Greatest Fear

What are you most scared of? I never really had an answer.  Death? Cancer? Ghosts?  Not really.  They aren't my greatest fears.  I have some fears, like going down a steep slope snowboarding, trying to jump over something tall, public speaking, ...... women? hahaha

But this winter I realized what really shakes me up are: PIMPs

No, it's not what you think.  PIMP is an acronym for People In My Peripheral.

This is a story of the U-PIMP (U stands for Unexpected).  Just a couple of days ago, I was sitting in the passenger seat with two of my cousins when all of a sudden I sensed a presence at the window next to me.  I completely flipped out! Blood-curdling scream with my arms and legs flapping.  It was a complete involuntary action and I my mind pretty much blanked out until after my scream.  I looked at the window and it was my other cousin holding my camera that I left behind.  The guys in the car were laughing like what the hell was that?! When I told him that I was for real and not faking it.  They just died laughing.  This was seriously the purest of fear that I can possibly experience, and it wasn't the first time.

Another time I remember was the case of the I-PIMP (Imaginary Person In My Peripheral).  This was even more crazier than last time, but there was only one witness.  I was waiting with Gary in his car when I saw a dark figure right next to the window from the corner of my eye.  AHHHHHHH!!!!!!  pure fear in my expression.  When I come to, I realize its just a shadow of the tree next to us.  Gary was like.... Dude. what the f was that? Hilarity ensues.

I got problems.

So, let's make this an interactive post shall we?  What are some of your fears, and do you remember the time you've been most scared?

Thanks!

It's a Hardknock Life

It was 10:32PM on a Sunday and I was just hanging out at one of my spots in the city.  *BZZT* My Blackberry flashes and I get an e-mail from a dealer friend of mine.  Yo wutsup man, I got some high demand for that H, get here by 12.  Damn, I just hit the lottery, I had 20 G's worth of Heroin stashed and this guy needs it bad.  I'm gonna make some bank tonight, Ibiza here I come.  I pop open my safe and grab as much as I could fit in my messenger bag.  SHIT! I just realized my G35 is in the shop because my knucklehead cousin nearly totaled it streetracing.  No matter, the streets are my dealership and my 9mm is my down payment.  I quickly hail down a Taxi and knock out the driver with my 9mm.  As his body hits the ground with a thud, I stomp on the gas and head toward the bridge.  I gotta get to Northside Park quick, or I'm shit out of luck. 

My heart is racing as I dodge traffic, weaving in and out bumping into cars and barely missing pedestrians.  It doesn't matter, the car isn't mine, and the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is huge. *BAM!* I just rear-ended someone.  DAMN, oh good, car still works, but as I reverse I noticed the words on the back of the trunk.  Siren's are blazing as I gas forward.  I make the bridge with two patrol cars tailing me.  I can shake them I can shake them.  I know i can shake them!  I see the exit and I swerve three lanes over to barely make it.  YES! I look back to see one of the cops just busted into the divider.  One to go.  As I look back on the road, I see this huge brick wall in front of me. oh..god. *SKIIIIRRT* phewf, I brake just in the nick of time to prevent me from being graffitied onto the wall.  But the window suddenly shatters and I see a gun in my face.  Busted.  NOOOOOO  $$$

Oh well.  At least I saved before I left my place.  :)

haha, so I was looking for things to bring on the trip to Oregon and I got this game GTA: Chinatown Wars for my DS because it got a 9/10 on Gamespot.com

I'm now hooked.  I loved GTA I, II, III and on and this was a really nice package for the DS.  The view was birds-eye view just like the older GTA's but the gameplay was just as fun as the newer ones.  The great thing about this game is that they really incorporated the side-stories and side-missions well.  Right now, as you can see from the above account that I've been making money as a drug dealer.  So fun!!  I love fake crime. 

I recommend this game if you're into them gangster movies and games like I is.