Stefano

Bye Stefano! We Miss You. Hope you're having in Europe. We'll see you soon - hopefully this summer.

Design

Check out my old college friend Andrew's website.

http://abdesignstudio.wordpress.com/

He does everything - Invitations, Photography, Interior Design. There's even pictures of my apartment in there.

I highly recommend him.

Charity?

On the Thursday before Thanksgiving I had gone to a hip hop class in West Hollywood. Afterwards Henry had invited me over for dinner and I agreed to go. On the way I had stopped at 7-11 to grab a drink. As I left my car a man approaches me. He says I'm not asking for money. I was just wondering if you could buy food for myself and my wife. In the spirit of Thanksgiving I would be grateful.

I agreed. So he was grabbing food. More than I thought but I figured even though I'm unemployed I am able to survive and I would help someone who is need. As I am ready to pay I hear a cell phone ring in his pocket.

Of course in my head - How can you afford a cell phone and not food?

I didn't say anything and went ahead and paid for everything. As I was walking out I was second thinking my actions. Did I actually help someone or was I duped?

Dance!!!

I love this video. Watch the end where the little kid tears up the choreography!

Rain

It's currently raining here in LA and for some reason when it rains I always think of this song.

Want a No H8 Photo?

Thank you to everyone's comments on my photo. If you want one here's the info for No H8. Next photo shoot is Sunday, December 13th from 6-8PM at Marbella Nightclub in Hollywood. Afterwards is the 1 year celebration. Go to the link and click on events for more information.

http://www.noh8campaign.com

No H8

Here's my photo for the No H8 Campaign.

For more info on No H8 Campaign go to http://www.noh8campaign.com/

To see other NO H8 photos go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/bouska/sets/72157615641452801/

Inked

My birthday gift to myself.

Macaroni & Beef

This morning as I usually do I went to the gym. It's been pretty warm lately so I decided I needed to stock up on some fluids for the week in case I get thirsty - Diet Coke, Limeade, Water, etc. etc. Since I worked out I was hungry so I decided to go to the deli to get something to eat. I decided on the Macaroni & Beef.

An overweight older lady who was standing next to me hears what I ordered, turns to me, waves her finger in the air and says - "That's not healthy."

Ummmmm.....Irony!

Long Time

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while. It's just been laziness. I'll be updating soon so hang tight.

Economy

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Radio

With technology these days there are certain devices which people don't really use anymore. One is my stereo system. By owning a couple ipods and speakers for the ipod I have rarely used my stereo system.

Well today I was compelled to hit play and see what cd was in there. It was actually a mix cd. The first song was Beenie Man - Girls Dem Sugar. Other songs were old but still songs that I like - Afterparty and another.

Here's a video of Girls Dem Suga It's below. Enjoy!

Sister

Happy 25th Birthday to my sister Christine.

Mom

I hope all moms yesterday had a nice and enjoyful day yesterday. Although I didn't get to spend time with my mom since she was sick I'm sure she appreciated the phone call. Here is one of my favorite photos of my mom from back in the day when she was younger in the Philippines.

Parking

Where I live a permit is needed to park and of course I have one. I forgot that it expired yesterday and totally forgot to put the new one. If anything I should be able to put it on this morning right?

Well to my surprise I get a $53 ticket on my car for having an expired permit but what gets me is that the ticket was written at 12:03 a.m. So someone was waiting until midnight to begin writing tickets. I wasn't the only one who was ticketed but still.

That is the one thing I hate about LA is that you have to pay for parking and permits are needed everywhere. ARGH!

Happy Friday to to you too Department of Parking, Transportation or whoever the hell deals with parking.

Language

Correction - Ilocano is a LANGUAGE of the Philippines as dialect refers to a version of a language.

Ilocano

Over the weekend Melissa and I have been embracing our Ilocanoness.

For those of you who don't know Ilocano. It is one of the many dialects in the Philippines. Ilocano is mainly spoken in the Northern Part of the Philippines.

Anyhow we have been speaking in Ilocano and I posted a couple songs on her facebook. It was pretty funny. Here are a couple of traditional Ilocano songs.

Well after that I posted one calle Tarong which means eggplant. Ummmm....they weren't really talking about tarongs. Think nasty y'all.

Here's the song. I dedicate all these videos to you Manang Melissa.

iConnect

Tonight I went to a hip hop dance show put on by Culture Shock Los Angeles entitled iConnect at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex. I've actually performed in this venue when I danced with Kayamanan ng Lahi years ago.

The pre-show consisted of different groups. First they had students from classes that Culture Shock teaches at local schools. Then they had Kaba Modern Legacy, Fanny Pak, and Futureshock. All those teams killed it.

I really enjoyed the show and can't wait to see what they have in store for September. The show's premise was mainly how communication affects our lives. The dancing was great but the best part I thought was the spoken word portion that immediately followed intermission.

Overall, great show. Congratulations to Culture Shock Los Angeles. The picture above is with my cousin Jeanne, her friend Nicholas and several of the members of Fanny Pak.

*Photo courtesy of Nicholas.

Tin & Jeff

Congratulations to Tin & Jeff on your wedding. I had a blast. Also check out the video that Cile made that was shown during the reception and the video from their videographer.

karate kid from cecile marie on Vimeo.

Christine & Jeff Same Day Edit Glendale Hilton from Red 5 Studios on Vimeo.

Fall Running

After completing the marathon in Las Vegas I figured to continue running so I can do the Pasadena Half Marathon. Well things happened - injury, illness and wasn't able to. I also forgoed doing the San Diego Rock n Roll Full Marathon.

With yesterday's festivities and how much I ate it's probably time for me to start running again. I've already started getting back into my weights routine - it's now time to get back into running.

Knowing me I can't just run and have no goal of not doing a race thus I have decided these are the races I will be aiming to do:

Disneyland Half Marathon - Sunday, September 6th

Long Beach Half Marathon - Sunday, October 11th

Rock n Roll Las Vegas Half Marathon - Sunday, December 6th

As you can see I have decided not to do any full marathons this year. Maybe in 2010. I might be adding smaller races to this as well as maybe one more half marathon. This can change based on my training. Come join me on a run.