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07 November 2008
29 August 2008
brand new.
i never really have new years resolutions.
i try to but yknow how that goes.
but i do tend to shoot for new school year resolution.
with that imma let you know that i will be attending nursing school starting nov 10. yep. nurse john. wsup? hah. but f'real. i was afraid the schedule was gonna put a damper on my life. but turns out i'll be set. busy but set.
getting into freestyling. rapping not dancing. hah. gonna start cyphering with some of the dudes on grv. had a good one today after rehearsal at the in-n-out parking lot.
gotta clean my room.
i want some cereal.
peace out.
27 August 2008
back.
yep. i'm back. after a month and 24 day long hiatus.
anyway
never went to that colby o shit i was talking about in july. haha. but yeah. it was a damn good july. life experience indeed. adventures. missions. you name it. i wont get into too much detail.
umm...had my last performance with mavyn 0708 at mario and clara's wedding. congrats btw. heh.
grv workshops were at the end of this month. i'll talk about that later.
let's generalize things now...
DANCE
i am now a member of GRV. yeee! and for those who've never seen em, watch this. i'm maaad glad i made the team. the people are great. my kind of people. steez is dope too. but yeah. now that i am on GRV, i had to give up MAVYN for a while. well, just until i get settled with school, GRV, coaching wesco all male, and a job (when i get one).
another dance related item, i taugh at SHARP international's camp at the pomona fairplex and sheraton hotel. good experience. classes went from 10 students to 100+. i swear. it was madness. but a good experience.
i went to watch HIP HOP INTERNATIONAL's WORLD HIP HOP DANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS in vegas. that shit was tight. haha. filipinos! wooo! hahah.
oh yeah...i'm doing choreo for my friend marnin's debut. i guess that's dance section worthy. hah.
SCHOOL.
i fcuked up in my first year out of hs. and i never really registered/applied for fall 08 term. so now...i am doomed/destined to take a nursing school. schedule seems manageable. so i'm not too worried. i just gotta get my shit straight because that shit is maaad expensive. but i believe i can do this. i wanna do this. i see the benefits from it. so yeah. imma handle.
LADIES.
i just thought i should have a LADIES section. well...it's complicated, yet simple, yet complicated. heh. i'll elaborate if i like you. haha.
so yeah. that's my past 2 months in a nutshell.
imma start blogging more.
i blog for me. not you. mainly to remember shit. i'll vent if i wanna. but not now. maybe some poetry. hahah. jk. but yeah. long blog. i need pictures. peace out.
now let's clean my room.
03 July 2008
lobsters.
anyway.
sleeping in. playing with andrew's new puppy. taco bell. wesco practice.
mad tired...mad sore.
02 July 2008
lazy.
let's see.
SIX FLAGS. good times. that place is the business.
EDC. drug free =). maaad long.
played ball here and there.
chill.
so my july is pretty much booked. =)
going to an audition for the colby o tour/show/iono on sat.
maaad sore.
i'll start this up again.
17 June 2008
long time.
not much happened.
lotsa chillin. that's it.
i worked on saturday. so payday is coming soon. =)
sunday was fathers day. happy fathers day.
rearranged my room. i'll post photos later. i like it. feels like my owm little shoe store. my room feels more welcoming.
anyway. watching 'he got game' starring denzel washington and ray allen of the boston celtics (who then was just graduating from UConn and headed to the milwaukee bucks). cleaning my room at the same time. hanging shirts up. gonna put my shoes where they belong and organize some stuff.
TM is hosting master classes again. gonna train and take all the advanced classes. that's $10 a week gone. but it'll be worth it. care to join me?
lakers in 7.
13 June 2008
my girlfriend is a pussycat doll.
yesterday, thursday the 12th, i went to the live taping of 'so you think you can dance.' pretty cool. went there in support of rayven and twitch. pussycat dolls performed. i stood on the balcony next to stephanie v and she yelled out 'this nigga is single!' and pointed at me. well...she didnt really say it like that. but still. it caught the attention of one pcd and she mouthed something to the extent of 'youre my boyfriend.' then i mouthed 'me? yeah?'. then she mouthed it again. then i mouthed 'yes.' and that's that. hahaha. i believe her name is jessica.
anywhoo...
went back to wesco got there at approx 745. went to wendy's. listened to the laker game on the radio. then disappointment happens. lakers blow a 24pt lead.
went to watch 'the incredible hulk' at midnight with phillip and claudia. pretty kick ass movie. the avengers are coming together!
lakers in 7. dammit.
10 June 2008
feels so good.
boston leads series, 2-1.
on the down side...
it is impossible to buy an iPhone with out signing on with at&t for 2years at the time of purchase. "wigity-wigity-wigity-wack!" as my homies, kriss kross would say. so my iPhone plan is a bust...
lakers in 6.=)
09 June 2008
timing is of the essence.
it looks pretty freaking sweet. everything about it seems magical.
so now to connect my blog title with the blog:
my birthday is in a month (july 9th, if a) you're an ass and dont know or b) you cant do the math) and the iPhone gets released in a month and 2days. if my calculations
game 3. my house.
08 June 2008
down?
but the lakers are.
fcuk! lakers in 6. but a game 7 would be epic. i just hate that WHEN they win it, it's gonna be in boston. so to make it more dramatic...let's take it to 7.
anyways. let's be honest, me and phillip never stated the drill team and all male montage til saturday. and today, sunday, was banquet. after a total of 3hrs of total sleep between friday and sunday, we were done. but we were 3 hours late to banquet, but whatever. it's done. i'm done. i'm free.
i got a final at 7AM. then another at 1030AM. ehh...not ready really. but it means summer is here for me.
ahh yes.
summer.
sum-mer.
two syllables that sound like sweet sweet music to my ears.
my sunburn from the tournament is killing me.
07 June 2008
basketball jones.
sunburn.
in-n-out.
home.
pretty happy with today. i love basketball.
maybe gonna watch 'you dont mess with the zohan' tonight.
thanks to julianne for driving.
kevin was pooped.
yeah, abdc? yeah?
a little quickie.
anyways.
thursday, june 5
school. nap. mall with jackie. i bought the kb24 shirt/jersey. and paid for her kg5 shirt/jersey because that's what best friends do. and she has to get me a dope birthday present. hometown buffet. free, of course. laker game at kevin's. lakers lose. dang. it's all good. maybe my first prediction was right. lakers in 6. but i'm going for 5 because it'll be sweet if they won at home. after. wingstop. ball. sleep.
saturday, june 6
assembly at the high school. brought over music (which was not needed...whack). wendy's. home. basketball/workout. chill. stuff. not much.
BASKETBALL=PEACE AND LOVE.
for me, at least...when i was shooting around in my backyard, i came to the realization that basketball is my greatest escape. i had the iPod on, both earbuds in my ears, drowning out all the nonsense out in the world. and for that one hour and a half, i was completely at peace. i sometimes wonder what wouldve happened if i never started dancing (or if i left all male after my sophomore year like i was planning to). coach told me i couldve been one of the best in the san gabriel valley. but i chose a life of dancing instead. makes me second guess my choice sometimes. anyways...basketball is the only thing i am comfortable with "showing off' (dont know how else to put it). i'm not mad about freestyling in front of people i dont know, but put a basketball in my hand and i'll go apeshit.
gonna go play in common ground's 3-on-3 tournament today. the squad is me, kevin, and julianne. cedric was suppose to be our sub. but he said he's probably gonna have to pull out due to a conflict of interest with his mother. but it's all good. we can handle playing second of everygame. i wouldnt have it any other way. i hate sitting out. so yeah. looking forward to play, especially with other dancers. it's always fun to see dancers outside the dance world.
gonna play like tony parker. floaters. jump shots. dimes. =)
05 June 2008
04 June 2008
hooky.
anyway...
i played a little hooky today. i chose not to go to school. i had to finish choreo for my gig that would happen later. (teaching at some school where they are attempting to start an all male squad.) did that. did other stuff. whatever.
a little before noon, i call richelle because she said she was gonna buy me wendy's today and that we would eat at noon to 1230ish. my phone call wakes her up. she said she was getting up and that she'll call me back.
she never did.
called her around 1 o'clock to see if lunch was still on. and it's on like donkey kong (but less intense). she drops her car off. i drive us to wendy's. then we invite phillip, who just got on his lunch break, to join us. richelle pays for me. i asked for a 5 piece, jr bacon cheeseburger, and a value drink. i pay for richelle. she asked for 2 5
time to go to segerstrom high school in santa ana, ca.
pick up kevin. and off we go to santa ana to teach a potential all male squad. good thing i took kevin or else i wouldve been stuck in traffic. we get there. it's kinda awkward. these kids have never been exposed to choreography. taught them a little bit of 'can we chill.' really simple. i wish we wouldve gotten to the groove section. i love that part. makes me happy. but yeah. after, we had an open session. kevin said i look like i know what i'm doing when i krump, house, and bboy. but really...i just fake it. but i guess i fake like a pro.
after...
jane, the dance coach, takes me and kevin out to rubio's. some friendly conversation. talking about dance. she doesnt know the dance community me and kevin know, so that lead to a lot of convo. plus talked about our all male careers. then she says she's paying the both of us. sweeeeet. except for the fact that it was my choreo and kevin just assisted. but it's all good. kevin's my nigga. and it just means he's gonna get me a dope birthday gift next month.
back to wesco.
spirit spectacular.
home.
procastination.
sleep?
maybe.
GAME 1: los angeles lakers @ boston celtics. 6PM PST on abc.
viewing party at my house. =)
03 June 2008
nyc pigeon to wc pigeon.
my bad.
that means the games are played like this...
- in boston
- in boston
- in los angeles
- in los angeles
- in los angeles
- in boston
- in boston
with that...
lakers in 5.
but let's shoot for 4. =)
gotta win it at home. =)
the line-up.
LAKERS in 6. (but let's shoot for a sweep)
02 June 2008
ketchup? catsup?
anyways...long time no blog. time to ketchup/catsup. (ehh ehh? no? fine.)
did some stuff this past weekend.
friday.
museum of tolerance and museum of psychiatry: industry of death (scary as fcuk!) with the best friend, jackie. then 50 first dates at night with cedric, jackie, and phillip.
saturday.
work. pomona fairplex. "judged" the stunt down, tumble down, and best toe touch event. first time to be introduced as "judge john." did a whack ass gainer.
later...
discovered by the germans in 1904, they named it "san diego," which of course in german means "whale's vagina."
- ron burgundy
off to san diego i went with cedric, jackie, vinh, phillip, jamie, andrew, and marnin. i was in cedric's car with jackie and vinh. we had the longest stop at the view point place. talked to some squirrels ala prince edward talking to pip the chipmunk. some sick ass "bboy" poses. hahah.
anyway...
body rock 2008too lazy to write about it. venue was maadd swanky. decent seats. dope show. dope vibe. i wanna compete. dang...but yeah. congrats to TM (3rd), theCompany (2nd), and choreo cookies (1st). props to everyone that performed. thanks for a dope show.
mission failed...hahah.
in-n-out.
back to wesco.
sunday.
church. applebee's. parents leave for morongo. staff meeting. home. chill. 21. homework.
level up? hahah. (you dont know what i'm talking about)
monday. (today)
school. jackie's. church's chicken with cedric, kevin, julianne, allen, and jackie. home. chill. parents buy me some jeans from the outlet. sweeet.
that's all for now. probably gonna chill some more at home.
i just got a gig to teach an all male team from the santa ana area thanks to jane, my co-worker on sharp. gyea. first gig outside of wesco all male. gotta choreo by tomorrow night.
sorry for the lack of photos.
i seem to have misplaced my camera.
sedine posted a screenshot of his macbook. so imma do the same with my iMac.
need to get a job. need to clean room.
job = car by the birthday =)
LAKERS in 6.
but let's be optimistic and hope for a sweep. =)
gotta win in it LA.
30 May 2008
enchanted.
so i thought i would put on "enchanted" while i clean my room. my sister has been bugging me to find an instrumental for "that's how you know," so i thought i should download the movie and watch it to find out what all the commotion was about.
so the download finishes. and i put it on.
no room cleaning took place. =(
however, i did find myself feeling mad gay. no homo. just warm-and-fuzzy-inside type gay. hahah. it could be the no sleep in me talking. but yeah. i feel mad fuzzy inside. if you were to turn me inside out, i'd be a carnival game prize. (i would say a teddy bear, but i'm way too tall to be a teddy bear, unless i was won at a carnival. y'know?) so yeah. "enchanted" made me warm and fuzzy inside.
no homo. =)
sleep < john.
as you can see by the inequality that is my title, sleep is less than john. not necessarily meaning that john is greater than sleep. it simply means that i won this battle and am here blogging at 3 in the morning with a messy room that seems to get messier every second.
anyway.
the past couple of days have been a blur. not that they went by quickly. it's just that nothing much happened.
short recap.
wenesday, may 28.
school. nap. a lotta nothing. got my body rock ticket. =) mavyn. going to see my mavyn family was probably the most exciting thing that happened. i havent seen them since the 10th and it's weird not being at the studio on wednesday nights and sunday afternoons. unfortuneately not everyone was there. a lot were either in or supports jaychris' carnival set. but it's cool. i just like to get out of west covina when i can.
thursday, may 29.
school. nap. a lotta nothing. lakers. johnny-ray lim's bday party. party was chill. jokes. skate. session. the usual.
that's pretty much it.
so yeah.
the lakers are back in the nba finals. heck yes. probably wont see em play 'til tuesday. i predict the boston vs detroit series will go to 7. i like detroit. but i want boston to win. not just for the whole lakers vs celtics flashback. but because detroit is tougher for the lakers. lakers can take the celtics for sure.
so i'm excited for body rock. one day away. i'm excited for several reasons. =)
time to clean my room.
for real.
(sorry no photos. maaad lazy)
28 May 2008
sleep is for the weak. (or tired)
so as we speak...i am eating a bowl of cap'n crunch berries. just thought you should know.
anyway...
where was i?
oh yeah.
i went to all male practice to see what's up. got there. they were team bonding aka f*cking around. they played duck duck goose freestyle while sidney and i sessioned kinda. but my stay was short because i had to take my sister and ria to the thrift store.
so we leave. and arrive at the thrift store. walk around for a bit. just browsing. interesting stuff.
then...
out of nowhere...
i stumble across a pair of nike SB dunks lying in the shoe rack. mochas to be exact. they were $3.99. what a steal?! the downsize is...they're size 12. and i am size 9-10. so you do the math. but i simply couldnt resists. so i bought em. =)
after that...went to sharp practice. lotsa stretching. technique. did pretty well. proud of myself.
after...cassie took me and brittany to in-n-out. but brittany did not eat due to a "tummy" ache. me and cassie had cheeseburgers. we got it to go btw.
no i am home. doing this, eating cap'n crunch, and watching the late night lineup on nbc.
now to connect this blog with the title:
i have agreed with myself not to sleep at all tonight (maybe an hour). i am chosing so because i need to do homework because i promised jackie i would do it because she's my bff. and i must clean my room. i'm tired of it looking the way it looks. so yeah. i dont know how long all of this will take, but it must be done.
sales galore.
aisle.
lake elsinore storm.
$3.99 for mochas. =)
(all images take by the trusty sk3)
oh yeah....
lakers won! heck yes! 3-1!
i can taste the finals.
i can smell a championship.
mmmMmmm. crunch-a-tize me, cap'n!
27 May 2008
memorial day madness.
well...not really.
yesterday, memorial day, i woke up at 4 in the afternoon. yes. 4 in the afternoon. well...actually, i got up at 4. i woke up probably at noon. but i laid there in an out of consciousness for the next 4 hours. my cousin, jeriel (i call him "david"), stayed the night, along with his 2 younger brothers, jezikiel (?. idk. i call him "mark") and jael (?. i call him "eli"). with all of them over...the house is a mess. with the mess around me, it gives me the idea to just lay in bed. hence the 4 hours of falling in an out of sleep.i was suppose to go to roger's at 3 to session with him, allen, and kevin...but fell asleep.
so at approx 4PM, i get a phone call from lauren asking if i would like to play basketball with her brother, earl, and andrew. with that, i am inspired to get up. cmon now. it's basketball for goodness sake. cant pass that up. so off we go, to lauren's gated community just down the street from my gated community thing.
andrew and john vs david and earl. lauren, jamie, andrew, and phillip watch. andrew and i were clearly outmatched in the height division. we kept up. then they pulled away. i forgot how much basketball takes away from you. pretty tired. game ends. we lose. they win.
so we spend the next hour or two just throwing up ridiculous shots from all corners of the earth. (i dont know why that's an expression. the earth is round. it has no corners.) pretty amazing shots were made. (there were frisbees involved. it was pretty crazy.)
after we (all of us minus earl) head to krua thai to eat. there, marc and kathleen
up with us. i order a plate of pad se ew and a plate of shrimp fried rice. mmmM mmm. we share some laughs and have some interesting conversations that included "lists." [wink]
later, i attempted to clean my room. it is a complete mess from from 3 little boys, jared (my little brother), mark, and eli. but primarily just jared and eli. so i had to clean the loft (kinda). then my room. i put the sofa bed back in place, then knocked out.
woke up for school. went to school. took a test. kinda easy. kinda not. i wish we didnt have a 4-day weekend for me to forget everything. went home. sessioned. attempted to choreo a "lil som'n' som'n'." watched ET: the extra terrestrial. bought taco bell. continued watching ET. (which btw, has the best bike and car chase scene ever. well...in my opinion. primarily because it gives me memories of the ride the was formerly at universal studios hollywood and replaced by the 15 sec indoor rollercoaster, the mummy returns.)
that's my day so far. gonna swing by wesco all male practice. then go to sharp practice. then clean room. kinda whatever.
26 May 2008
super sunday.
ok so...
this post it technically posted on monday. but it's about sunday. hence the title, "super sunday." anyways...
so i woke up at around 9:45AMish, took a shower, got dressed, and headed to church with phillip for the 10:15 service. it was a really good service. great message and what not.
after church...we went back to my place. sat around in my living room and waited for kevin to get out of his church. so we call him...turns out he ended up not going to church. so we pick him up and go back to my house.
actually, i drop them off and i head over to get a haircut. my usual location was closed because it was sunday. so i went to supercuts. which is whack because it's mad expensive. (well...for the type of haircuts i get) i felt i needed the haircut seeing that i was gonna be at ultimate brawl and no one wants to be seen with whacked out hair at a show like that. my haircut looked pretty good. i liked it.
went home...watched the rest of "21" and then my parents invited the 3 of us (kevin, phillip, and myself) to chili's. (they were already there because they had gone to the 12noon service and went straight over.) so we agree for the free lunch and head over. we each got a half rack of chiiiiiliiiii's baby back ribs and mashed potatoes as a side. it was pretty bomb. (i dont have a picture of the ribs..but i do have a picture of the ending result of the sampler appetizer thing.)
after chili's we went to pick up claudia and meet up with cedric, jackie, and lauren who were suppose to be waiting at my house so we could all leave together for riverside (which is where ultimate brawl takes place, if you couldnt guess that already) get home. kick it outside as we waited for lauren to arrive. lauren arrives. we leave for riverside.
the ride wasnt bad. real chill. the alphabet game is maaad hard when you are the driver. it's too dangerous to play road trip games and drive. yeah. got there in a jiffy (yes. jiffy) and found sweet parking right in front of the venue.
we stood in front of the venue for an hour or so because we got there at 4:10ish and the doors were scheduled to open at 5. but you know how that goes. they opened at 5:15 or whatever. while waiting to go in line, we hear you are able to purchase alcohol at the bar with a special wristband (with you can attain with proper ID, of course), which i have never seen at a show/competition before (except world of dance, but that was at the fairplex) once inside the venue, we stood in the little hall area where the stairs, bathroom, and door to the green room was for about 20mins or so. then we head in to get our seats. this was my first time as a spectator at this show, so i had no clue the balcony was only for performers and those with special white wristbands. so the rest of the seats were floor level. we were kinda elevated however.
i dont like to sit for long periods of time...so i decide to get up and walk around. in doing so...i stumble across theMASSES vending area. i see jp and he tells me to buy a shirt. but he hooks me up so i cant refuse. i was gonna buy the midnight snack one (i like to call it "grumbles' graduation" because it's grumbles the bear kanye-ized.), but they did not have my size. and seeing i cant pass up getting hooked up, i decided to go with the dont stop tee. next time, i'll pick up the graduation tee. hopefully they sell at body rock.
word is...show is about to start...
so i head in.
(ultimate brawl takes place)
it was a good show. nothing too fancy but it got the job done. the only thing i was disappointed with was the sound. maybe the sound was blocked because i was sitting under the balcony. but i really wished i was able to FEEEEEL the music. but it was all good. i also wished the lighting was better. i remember them having lights in the back the past few years. but there were none to be found tonight.
anyway...
3rd - cadc
2nd - choreo cookies
1st - grv
i'm pretty satisfied with the placings. i felt the judges got it right. major props to grv for holding it down. i'm looking into auditioning for them when the time comes around. i really wanna be on a competing team as well as performing for mavyn. the "getting closer to God" buck section was ridiculous. and they brought back the photons to close the set.
yeah. we go outside.
we chill outside for a bit. (literally chill. it was cold.) i was pretty disappointed because we left to go eat so quickly. i wasnt able to see some friends who were in the show. yeah, we left because some of the group was cold and hungry.
drove around riverside looking for food for a good 20mins. went to university village only to find out every store is closed except starbucks. so we walked across the street to subway. i love subway. (well subs of any kind. togo's especially.) got my self a footlong chicken bacon ranch with heavy ranch (mmmmMmmmm).
then we chilled. and went back to wesco.
however, my night doesnt end there.
too tired to go into detail so here's a little outline.
- the most dangerous pillow fight with kevin and phillip
- my cousin, jeriel, watches BME pain olympics
- he also watched 2girls1cup.
- session a bit with kevin downstairs.
- drop kevin off.
- lots of chillin' and talking in between.
go on youtube. search for "kobe and the jackass crew" you won't be disappointed.
can't believe the lakers got smashed....
2-1 lakers.
25 May 2008
brand neue.
with that post title...i shall start off with a shameless plug to a clothing line founded by 2 fellow west covina all male alumni...
www.neuemarvel.com
anyway, that's the only way i could link the title of this post with the actual blog. other than that...there's actually no connection.
so yeah...i am starting a blog because:
- i need to keep my sanity late at night.
- it'll help me actually remember events in my life.
- my ASB advisor/AP world history teacher, mr david beeken, once told me that keeping a journal and/or blog would help...would help...would help...well...i can't quite recall. had i blogged what he said, i would've remembered.
- cedric started one because he was inspired by khai and the nooe crew.
- i would like to blog about the dance community like thatsfresh.com but a kind of smaller-one-man-new-to-the-scene type deal.
- my grammar and typing skills will get better (i hope).
this is just an intro to further blogs coming up. i want to prepare you, the reader, of what's in store here in my blog. i'll probably keep a consistent photo blog and have videos to go a long with my blogs (when possible, of course).
...
it's getting late. i need to wake up for church that starts in about 7 and a half hours.
one more thing...
woo! ultimate brawl 8 is tomorrow! errr....today. you know what i mean. i'm really excited seeing this is
so be prepared for a review of ub8 as well as photos and maybe videos of my time there.
off to bed.