Still sick...

Woke up this morning feeling like crap. Realized that I'm still sick and cannot seem to shake this thing. I slept most of the day and played on my computer. I really really need to get better by tommorow for New Years Eve, it should be a big one.
-Jason out

Craft of War: Blind

For all the WoW head's out there. Here's a cool vid for your enjoyment =D
Today was a recoop day. Didn't do much at all just rested.


The Craft of War: BLIND from percula on Vimeo.

I beat Lvl 3 on to Level 4

Yesterday was a good day. *Ala Ice Cube.
Started off the day pounding Mochi (Rice) for the New Years at my Dad's friends house. Then headed back into town for a bit.

I met up with Matt and Erica (and Nathan, can't forget little nathan) later that night and we had some Big City Diner, ordering an array of Pupus (Kimchee fried Rice, Poki, Roasted Garlic Fries) and shared it amongst the three of us. We all went home for a bit for a break before partying up later that night.

Lance and Justin picked me up and they went to go eat at Curry House. As tempting as it was, I didn't eat a second dinner. I had a good conversation with them both and was able to be very open and express some of the frustrations that I have been having recently. This was what l needed and in the end they were receptive and that's what I really needed as well. Lance put the whole situation in a light for me to understand and I definately felt better about it. Sometimes theres no need for a solution just for a confirmation from another that they understand you. That's what friends are for and for that I'm grateful.
After eating Matt picked me and Justin up and we headed for Level 4, in the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center of Waikiki, HI. Over the years I have become immune to going to club with awkward locations because Hawaii clubs always seem to top each other as the years go by and boy let me tell you... what I was about to see in that club topped the list tonight.

After a long 1.5ish hour wait in line we finally got in! Corey met up with us and the night began with Justin buying us a round of double shots! Got the night started real good. I was having that feeling that I didn't know anyone again, a feeling that I've been having as the years progressed due to getting older. BUT, as the goose started kicking in, so did the night. Turns out Corey's friend is someone I knew for awhile: Jodi! long time friend of Corey for years. Then as I was walking through the club another familiar face waved to me and gave me the peace sign. My childhood friend Iris! I guess my senses become less sensative to my surroundings with some alcohol.

We ventured deeper into Level 4 and found a huge dance room with a stage on one side and theatre seats on the other. On the stage was a performance of some sort where I can probably best explain it as Hawaii's Cirque du Soleil. It was unbelievable. Hawaii took their club status to a whole new level with a definate Vegas feel. With the amount of hot people in Hawaii, I'd say that night they may have topped Vegas even. All in all, it was an awesome night. It was a night that made me appreciate my friends and for that I am thankful. This night alone is one of those nights that you sometimes think about like "what would I do if I was in Hawaii right now for one day only." Well, I'd like to repeat this one.

Here's a short vid of inside Level 4. Please don't mind drunk me cursing and yelling some nonsense toward the end of the video. NSFW!

Lights Out

So me and a few friends that I haven't seen in forever (7 years), got together for dinner last night. As we were ordering our food, the lights started to flicker and then... lights out, pitch black. 10 minutes in darkness, the fire alarm went off and we had to evacuate. We finished our beers and left Ryan's Bar and Grill. Outside we heard the cooks say it was island wide, so we decided to look for ourselves and went to the roof of the parking garage. In sight was the entire Honolulu span, with nothing but darkness in Waikiki, Nuuanu and pretty much the whole island except for Kapolei (about an hour away from Honolulu). So next step in an emergency I suggested we listen to the AM radio for news on what's going on. Sure enough, it was indeed an island wide blackout and estimated for an overall time of 12 hours til we get power back again. After hearing the news we cut our gathering short, and I got home to climb up a flight of 20 stories of stairs. With nothing to do, I made this short video of blacked-out Honolulu and then went to sleep. The power did come back at about 5am for us in Honolulu, but for my friends on the other side of the island haven't got their power back yet and it's currently 10:30am. That was the little excitement I had for the end of 2008, gave me a little "end of the world in Hawaii" like feeling for a bit especially with Obama staying in the islands. Haha oh man the little things that get me excited! Anyways heres the vid, of course you can't see much becuase it was total blackness except for the backup generated lights:

Flashing Christmas Lights

= Before you read on, I apologize for bringing down anyone's emotions during the holiday season. If you are affected by words and emotions easily please don't read further. It's just an expression of what I am honestly thinking right now =
You know that feeling of expectation on how you should feel during a certain holiday season? Well throw it away, expect the unexpected. I was feeling kind of glum on Christmas and instead of feeling all scroogy, I decided to go take a walk with my Camera to take some pics of the Honolulu Christmas lights in downtown. Let alone I started to realize how HORRIBLE my little sony cam is but it tried it's best.





And here's a song to show my feelings:

Merry Christmas to all

Merry Christmas to all and all a good night!

Rebuilding a Dynasty

I'm so excited for the upcoming Baseball season. The Yankees have just signed one of the best players out there today, Mark Teixeira. Signing him with a whopping $180 million eight year contract this guy should help put the Yanks back in the world series again. This makes the Yankee payroll a record breaking $225 million this year. Woohoo!! But it will all be worth it... just watch!

In non-baseball related news, I got some sort of stomach virus last night and felt sick when I woke up so I spent the entire day sleeping and resting. I'm feeling much better now but it did suck staying at home all day =( . Oh well tommorow's another day!

Seven Pounds of....

It's Movie Monday Mayhem Madness!! MMMM! That's two movies in two days! Hollywood gets rich off people like me. Anyways after seeing that poster of Will Smith (who I deemed as one of Moonchie's top 3 actor award yesterday), I knew I had to see this movie. Hell I didn't even know what it was about but after hearing it was another sappy drama made by the guys that made Pursuit of Happiness, I knew it had to be good. Right? So we went to go see it. Justin was too cool to appreciate the transcedental drama that Will Smith brings to the silver screen, so he decided to sit this one out. However, as for my critique on the flick..... I have none, HAH! Overall I thought it was good, but.... not a Pursuit of Happiness lets say. I will say that the movie does inspire you to count your blessings especially during the holiday season. Tommorow will not be another movie day... I promise.

No man No, Yes Yes YES!

Last night we went to see Yes Man starring Jim Carrey. Besides what the critics and ratings said after checking our iPhones before purchasing tickets, we decided to give JC (Jim Carrey) a chance. Besides, he has provided our generation with so many classic comedies that the movie definately must have been worth taking a shot for. Jim Carrey did deliver! The movie was worth my $10 and 2 somethin hours of entertainment. With the holiday season providing lackluster box office hits this year, Yes Man may definately be your better choice. Up next?... Spirit? Will Smith's new hit?

"Shoots" not "Chutes"!

It's Shoots not Chutes as in the board game chutes and ladders! Shoots is the term used in Hawaii for "Ok" or "gotcha". IE: Shoots i'll see ya there!

Anyways thats my little hawaii-lingo of the day and as you can see I have made it back to my home town this Christmas break. Went out and had a wonderful homecoming welcoming as usual. The guys took me out for some drinks, and pupus (appetizers). Big ups to the guys who came out last night.

Now the good stuff... Just for my blog fans I'll hit you up with something that happened on my flight home. So the flight from NY was delayed due to the snow and the plane having to be de-iced. Nonetheless, I was sitting next to this girl who I didn't get much of a glimpse because apparently sleep was more important than anything in the world at the moment. So throughout our 8 hour venture in the plane, I got a few glimpses of her face and by the way she dressed I was under the impression that this girl was actually a MILF. But, boy was I wrong. As the plane was landing, she started talking to the woman to the left of her about that ladies connecting flight and how they both would be late. She then mentions that she's going to Maui and hopes she gets on because her little dog (who was in a little carry-on under the seat in front of her) only had permits to travel for today only. Now through the mentioning of "Maui" that caused my ears to perk up a bit and do a little eves dropping. As the conversation got deeper, I noticed that this so called MILF actually talked like she was much younger then I sought her out to be, hell she even sounded younger then me, especially since she kept mentioning her parents and what she wants to do in life.

So I couldn't take it anymore and turned my head and got a full look to see what she looks like. Results? Not bad, and definately not a MILF but an attractive young lady probably younger then me thats just dressed in older ladies clothes and jewelery. Me being the shy person let them carry on their conversation, but I did get a chance to slip in my appearance. I asked her if she's flying to Maui, and told her that I'm flying to Oahu. With those few words we opened up a short conversation while the plane just touched down to the landing strip. Turns out that she's Japanese and living in NY just like me! She's a admirer of languages (as am I) and the similarities actually had the conversation go so smoothly. After about a minute of conversation, the fasten seat belt signs flashed off indicating time for us to deplane. I let her know about my flight leaving within an hour and that if possible she should try to catch the same flight as me and then find a connecting flight in Oahu instead of straight from LAX. She seemed to like the idea and said she'll give it a shot if she can't find something better. We both left the plane, while I wished her good luck, and she said her byes with "hopefully we'll be on the same connecting flight next." Anticipating her company on the next flight I decided to get some pizza for lunch. As I was in line I saw her running to another gate, which indicated that she found a better connecting flight. And.. that was the end of that!

So with this story, it makes me wonder.... Do you ever get the feeling that some people are put in your life for you to meet, and its up to you to make the best of that opportunity. Sure, I should have got her number, sure I shouldn't prioritize sleep over everything! , but OH well no sense kicking myself any longer..... im in Hawaii now, its' time to party!!

Hidden Jabs

Isn't it funny how your life remains stable for some while and all of a sudden things change, or at least seem that they will but don't give you the opportunity to experience the change! If I could share a little bit of something that I have noticed everytime I'm about to go back home for 2 weeks. Every time i'm about to fly back to Hawaii for my 2 week or so break, I notice a large influx of activity and invitations to do things during times that I won't be here. It's like activity in my life may be dormant for a 1-2 month interval and then bam* everyone wants to hang out with you... but the problem is.... I'll be in Hawaii! Sorry!! Takes me back to that song... "isn't it ironic"- Alanis Morrissette . Anyways just wanted to share what I call as lifes "Hidden Jabs." Small punches to the gut that you don't know where it came from but you wish you saw it coming so you could at least prepare for it in a better matter.

iPhone

So.... I have further proven to increase my impulse decision making traits and purchased an iPhone this weekend. This makes the 4th phone in 4 consecutive years that I have purchased on impulse right before I came home to Hawaii during Christmas break. Last year, I started a new phone plan just to get the blackberry before my old plan ended...this year was just as bad, I renewed my 2 year plan and paid double for the phone. Curse my bad impulse habits! Curse you!!

But... for now.... all hail the iPhone!

Kanye West Samples (A Look at Every Song Kanye has Sampled)

Here's a look at every piece of music that Kanye has sampled over the years. Some may say its highway robbery, but to me its musical genious. Take a look at the wide range of music that he uses. Oldies from even artists way before his time, which means that his knowledge and appreciation on music as a whole is truly amazing. Producers sample from older pieces all the time to make new hits, and Kanye is doing the same but just does it so well.

Kimochi's!

Ok So I'm sure for those of you who have been following my blogs you realize that it is rather random and that I talk about all sorts of different topics and interests. Well that's probably because of the wide range of randomness that flies left and right in my brain. Here's more random stuff for you! I saw this visiting one of my fav blogs: toysrevil blog and stumbled across this random post. If you have a little son or daughter or a niece, nephew, etc etc who have problems expressing their feelings maybe this can help! Perfect in time for Christmas shopping-

Introducing Cloud, Huggtopus and Bug = a trio of new plush characters dubbed KIMOCHIS [www] - who "helps kids communicate their feelings in a fun and comfortable way." (Pronounced "Key.Mo.Chee" - it means "Feeling" in Japanese).Each character comes with 3 small "Kimochis™" – or feelings inside a special pocket and a How-To Use Kimochis™ Feel Guide with fun easy lessons developed by nationally renowned child communication expert Ellen Pritchard Dodge M.ED.CCC-SLP. The Kimochis™ characters will be supported by books, animation and an online world with educational content and activities that will be launched in December.Designed by children's book illustrator by Hanako Wakiyama and award winning animation producer Nina Rappaport Rowan. Kimochis™ are "toys with feelings inside." - CLICK THRU for video of the toys "in action" :)

Korean Sushi

Ok so here I am the Monday after Thanksgiving break at work procrastinating. I have piles and piles of things to do for work and for school but I refuse to do them. So, I'm here eating my Kimbap (Korean sushi) that I picked up from the city last night for lunch. Problem is... its 10:30 AM! LoL! Anyways... just blogging away as another excuse to procrastinate til Dec. 20th when I go home. =D

WotLK humor

This comic is for Justin and what happened to him in wow last night haha! Sorry for those of you who don't get it =P

Voting Commercial

Cool commercial, too bad I didn't see it before the elections but I voted anyways!

Looking back on a Summer of Weddings

Looking back on the great summer of weddings I attended I just wanted to wish a big Congratulations to all my married friends. May you all have an eternity of love and happiness! =D

Caitlin and Blake
Pete adn Julia
Karen and Duane
Susan and John

Los Angelas California Summer 2008

Pics from the L.A. trip in 2008 for Justin's Bday are up! Thanks Ada and family for letting me stay!

Check out the rest at my Flickr Account

Japan Summer 08

Here are some pics from my Japan Trip this summer! Check out the rest at my Flickr Account

Welcome Welcome

Welcome to the Madness!!!