ahh, a great way to end the school year. here's what i've been up to:
Memorial Day
great day for the beach. the weather was getting all wierd a couple days beforehand and i was all hesitant on if i should schedule a beach day. "cloudy in the morning, clearing in the afternoon, high of 69 degrees." didn't sound all that appealing but chris said "fuck it, lets go anyways." damn good thing he did because it ended up being a perfect day at the beach.
the place was PACKED and parking was a biaatch (about 40 minutes ). what originally was gonna be just me and chris ended up being a crowd of 12. good times, good times.
Basketball Championships
Team Monstars finished the season with a convincing 20-2 record. that makes 3 championship seasons and 4 finals appearances in 5 years for me.
the beginning of the season was a bitch because we had like 13 guys on our team. our captain was a ballhog, this other guy would just chuck up bad threes all day and it was a dogfight trying to get playing time. some people stopped showing up, our chemistry got a lot better and towards the end of the season our team defense and offense was un-fucking-beatable.
The Class that Changed My Career
very few times in your school career you end up taking a class with a professor that teaches you so much more than stuff in the classroom. this quarter i had such a professor.
beginning of the quarter the first thing he said to us was this:
Professor Uyboco: there are two ways of motivating people. the first way is by fear. the second way is by desire. most teachers try to motivate their students to do work by focusing on grades. that's motivation by fear. i don't want to do that. instead, i will tell you stories that will hopefully instill desire in you to learn. i don't want you to take notes. all i want is for you to lend me your ears and listen.
such an awesome professor. i learned so much from him this quarter. he inspired me enough to change my career track to enterprise resource planning, which is what he specializes in.
anyways, there was no final for the class; just weekly quizzes and two projects. the last project was a huge one. my group members and i had to develop a business proposal on how to maximize effeciency for a company using the internet and enterprise systems (ever hear of PeopleSoft??). instead of having a final, we had to present our proposal to the class as if we were consultants pitching a huge multi-million dollar project. we had to wear suits and everything.
the cool thing about this class is i've been doing a lot of this stuff already. the577.com and justbball.com...both of my sites have given me experience that i was able to apply to the project. this stuff just comes natural to me and professor uyboco refined my skillz.
after our presentation (and several other presentations that he completely ripped on), he had some words for us:
Professor Uyboco: i have just one thing to say to you guys: if i were you, i would print a copy of this for myself and use it the next time i go into a job interview. excellent work, guys. this was extremely well done.
oh man, that felt good to hear...getting big props like that for something that i want to do as my career.
Random Stuff
"notch" is a new word for "hot." for example: jessica alba wore a see-through dress to the mtv music awards. her boobs are a fucking notch.
"proper" is a new word for "cool" or "tight." for example: i'm gonna get a 30inch lcd monitor / tv. that shit is proper.
guys popping their collars = (unless your name is samir).
finally watched the filipino-american movie, The Debut. it wasn't all that great but for some reason i liked it.
in the special features section of The Debut DVD, they had an audience review section which had a half-second clip of my classmate, Khaled, from webb.
just when i thought i've had enough of friendster and facebook...i went ahead and turned into a myspace whore too.
karma's a bitch. just ask shaq.
Songs of the Moment
23 - Jimmy Eat World
Never No Never - Drop N Harmony
My Friend - Drop N Harmony
When You Love Someone ft. Premiere - Drop N Harmony
All Because of You ft. Young Rome - Marques Houston
Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before.
this holiday is a two-day thing: day one is feasting on mexican food; day two is massive taco shits.
Tough Crowd
i had group presentations for accounting. of all the presentations i've ever done, i could not get a laugh out of the crowd. its all good though, i got an A anyways.
I'm a Winner
i got another sweepstakes from my car dealership. last time i won a trip for two to anywhere, three days, two nights. this time...this time i won...a trip for two to anywhere, three days, two nights.
Beach Weekend
it was chill. friday with chin, rose and her bf. saturday with chris and karen. oh yeah, and how could i ever forget:
i was lying on the beach relaxing with my pecker when out of no where...
SPLAT on my leg.
damnit chin, stop throwing mud balls at me, i'm trying to relax. you hear me?? ...chin??"
i take the shirt off my face and look around...chin is no where to be seen.
"who the fuck threw mud at me?" i thought to myself. i'm still wondering what the fuck just happened and what this gooey stuff is on my leg....i turn to my right and i see a seagull lookin' back at me. it finally hit me.
THAT FUCKING SEAGULL SHAT ON ME. YUCK!!! and it wasn't just a little bit, it was HUUGE. the bird seriously had something against me because this was bird shit with a vengeance.
Just When You Think You've Had Enough
i get pood on again by a bird on the way to lunch.
Free Frosties!!!
i got 13. it felt so cool just pulling up to the drive thru and saying "gimme 5 free frosties, bitch!!" haha.
Songs of the Moment
Eric Prydz - Fading like a Flower
Jimmy Eat World - The World You Love (Preview in iTunes) »
got back into cal poly!!!! feels damn good to be back in school again. i kinda got stuck with a shitty schedule again -- two 4-hour night classes, tuesday and thursday -- but whatevers, i'm just glad to be back.
Tuesday
shopping with joyce & meliss. although it was more like me & meliss watching joyce shop, haha. god damn, that girl shop...i think she could hang with my cousins & aunties 8 hour shopping sprees.
my first night class @ cal poly (ebz451) was later on. its one of those four-hour-class, meet-once-a-week classes... but it actually isn't that bad. we had two 20 minute breaks and got excused like 30 minutes early. the professor seems cool...he's like a computer geek but not. at the end of the night he started spitting out perverted jokes during lecture. i think we're gonna get along just fine.
Wednesday
since mt. sac was on break, i had wednesday off. kicked it with phoebe the whole day. bitch had to wake me up during my mid-afternoon slumber but it was chill.
later that night cathy called me up. cruised over to her place and watched that new bernie mac & ashton kutcher movie, Guess Who. good movie. couldn't really chill or eat afterwards cuz she was still recovering from her wisdom teeth removal.
oh yeah, cathy had a funny lisp all night too.
Thursday — Caesar Chavez Day!!
cal poly and lots of california had the day off for Caesar Chavez Day. what is Caesar Chavez Day? ummm i guess it has something to do with mexicans.
anyways, originally the plan was to go to disneyland...but shit happened and it never worked out (again). it was all good cuz there was a backup plan...Beach Day.
chin and i cruised down to huntington, got there around 2ish. technically it was just gonna be us two the whole day....but then people called and next thing we know there were 13 of us:
me (always me first), chin, rose & her bf, phoebe & her friend anna, jp, christine, chain, travis, bojo, chris, and karen.
played some beach volleyball, jacked some firewood @ albertsons, started up a bon fire, roasted some hot dogs...it was so chill, it reminded me of the kickbacks back home in udhailiyah. gotta bring marshmallows, a football, guitar/ukulele and a stereo next time.
to top off the night, we headed to BJs in cerritos. BJs after beaching has pretty much been tradition carried over from last summer. alan & james made it down from vegas to join in on the happy-hour feasting.
it was a damn great day for going to the beach. i'm looking forward to making this a weekly ritual over summer.
Friday
just kickin' it with the homeboys. the usual day of arguing where to eat, cracking gay jokes, watching movies on the 60" and "shampoo" late at night.
oh yeah, we watched Sin City...but i kept falling asleep during the movie cuz of the night before.
Saturday
alan & james were in occidental for a lacrosse game, so i had breakfast by myself @ duke's. normally there's a key to use the bathroom right next to the cashier, but for some reason it wasn't there. i walked over to the bathroom and noticed the key was already in the hole...so naturally i opened the door to use the bathroom....
and then right in front of me was some old fogie, bent over with his pants and undies to his ankles... :yack:
lemme tell you something...seeing some old dude's wrinkly, hairy balls is NOT the way you want to start out the day.
aaaaanyways, i got my hairr did then headed down to SD for april's not-so-surprise party. (not exactly a surprise party when your mom asks you for all your friend's numbers for "no reason.") it was a chill night, had dinner @ buca di beppo.
speaking of buca di beppo, have you guys ever used the bathroom there?? i dunno if all buca di beppo's are the same but the guys restroom was just overwhelmed with black & white pictures of naked baby penises and babies urinating. what a day...first some old dude's balls and now a buncha baby penises.
back at the dinner table, we had a lot of damn good food. it was kinda funny cuz there was a little hidden tension between me and april's brother...and the last slice of pizza.
Mel: Michael: Mel: (what are you looking at, biatch?? that last slice is mine!!!) Michael: Michael:takes the last slice Mel: ()
the force is definitely strong in this one. hell, he knew about the 3 distinct types of slices of (square-cut) pizza. you know, just like with lasagnas & brownies...there's the corners, the sides and the middles... (yes, eating is like a game of strategy). michael did an excellent job of serving everything and saving the biggest corner slice for himself.
okay, so i didn't get the last slice of pizza and all, but i definitely did my damage elsewhere...and apparently it was noticable:
babytoes81: my mom loved how you "cleaned" your plate
after dinner we chilled @ her place for a bit, watched the incredibles, then i had to drive back home.
Advisor: well mel, you've done a great job since i last saw you. Advisor: lets see what classes you should register for this quarter... fuck yeah!!! give it to me, mama!!! that's the shit i like!!
so my hard work, perfect attendence and prayers have finally paid off. oh man, it feels fucking good. now i just need to deal with the horror of late registration...
funny side story: i was gonna deliver the final paperwork to the registrar but the secretary forgot to give me one of the forms. she called me but my phone was off, so she heard my little porn music voicemail greeting.
when i got back:
Secretary: yeah, i tried to call you but your phone was off Secretary: then i heard your little...voicemail...porn...music thing... Secretary: so i just hung up
// just for fun, let's see what happens when i dedicate a post to excessive use of the naughty smilie...
Hangin' with the Webb homies
The 17th was Walter's birthday so Joe, Jose, Stan and I went to visit his grave. I've seen Joe and Stan a few times the past few months, but I hadn't seen Jose in like a year and a half. The last time I saw him was in Santa Monica and it was the first time I played beer pong. Hell, it was the first time I ever got drunk off beer!! Ah man, those were good times.
We were all chillin' in the memorial park, catchin' up on old times and then Stan felt it was time to smoke out. It was chill but then all of a sudden Walter's parents showed up. Its funny when you watch a stoner try to act all sober while talking to parents.
It was a chill afternoon to bond with the fellas.
It wasn't long enough
I didn't really have a spring break this year. Cal Poly and Mt. Sac's breaks were off-set so when everyone went out, I was left behind with a couple classes and an exam @ Mt. Sac. It's all good though cuz I had a lot of me time to myself...you know, catch up on reading and stuff.
After my exam @ Mt. Sac, I headed home and chilled with family the rest of the break. My parents are still in town cuz pops has to continue his radiation treatment for a few more weeks.
The ever elusive trip to Disneyland
Man, one thing about breaks is its always the best time to do stuff...but its also the hardest to organize because everyone's home doing their own thing. All I wanted was to have a magical afternoon with Elisa, Joyce and Meliss. First we planned to go on Tuesday, butt that got shut down cuz of rain up the ass. Then we tried to plan it for Saturday and that didn't work out either. All I want is my first time to be special.
Back into Cal Poly??
Well, spring quarter starts @ Cal Poly tomorrow and technically I'm still not a student. I managed to pull of a B- in my Managerial Finance class, which is okay. I really wanted at least a solid B butt I couldn't help it....the professor and the girl next to me were too distracting.
Right now I have a C+ in Accounting (Mt. Sac), so tomorrow I'm gonna go talk to the advisor chick. Hopefully this time around, things will go well.
Randoms
unlimited renting from blockbuster online is the shiznat, especially if you rent a new dvd on the daily basis.
mark got a 30" lcd monitor for his computer. its soooooo BIG!!!
totinos thin crisp pizza are the shiznat. its damn good to find flavors that i grew up on here in the states.
CDs of the Moment
Lifehouse's self-titled album
112's Pleasure & Pain album
Al Green's Everything's Ok album
Always remember that you're special and unique...just like everyone else.
enjoying all of it during happy hour @ tgifridays, reminiscing all the goodtimes in the dorms with your old school dorm buddies...priceless
haha yeah yeah, that's so cliche but its true.
Who was there?
by order of largest penis size...me, darwin, chris, pavel, chin, bojo, spencer, evan, greg, ernesto, karen (ok, she's technically a girl...but really she's just a cool dude with long hair )...it was a good crowd.
the whole night was just going back and forth on random memories, like:
the time we caught evan watching porn and talking on the phone...with his mom!!!
the 6 year frenchie, al, with the knee-high jean shorts and the funny walk...and the way he couldn't pee when someone else was in the bathroom...
the time when i threw a curveball at darwin, and curved so much that it directly hit pavel who was eating cup-o-noodles at his laptop.
the sleepless nights for me and chris because our third roommate, craig, was too busy having sex with the unofficial fourth roommate, kristy.
when we convinced pavel that "fag" was a cooler way of saying "frag" (which is lingo for a kill in a computer game). pavel, thus, became known as "fagfucker."
we went back and forth on too many memories to list...good times, good times.
congrats, pavel. you're one of the first to move in the dorms, the last to leave the dorms, and the first of us to graduate. if i had a smiley for a pat-on-the-ass, i'd use it right now.
finally saw alan edgington (aka phatts aka phatty phat mcphatt phatts aka alan pudginton aka pudginton bear) for the first time since leaving saudi. as per tradition, whenever a visitor flies in, we MUST take 'em to all of our favorite eating spots. the past two weekends included:
shanghai grill (vegas)
$3 steak & eggs (vegas)
fatburger
in-n-out
shakas hawaiian flavors (artesia)
the boat
papa johns
and my newest place, Aladdin Jr (pomona).
kinda forgot to take pictures the whole time, ah well. dan drove down for a night so we had a kickback saudi style @ my place. good times, good times.
The Grudge
finally watched the f'ing grudge the other weekend...pretty damn scary. i cheated though, i had the laptop screen on bright the whole time while the other guys watched it "shampooed" () and in the dark...sorry, no way in hell i'm gonna watch it like that.
SPOILER WARNING one thing that really disturbs me is that one scene when the sister runs to her bed, and the fucking thing comes out from under the bed sheets and vaporizes her ass. god damnit, the bed is my sanctuary!! it was the one damn thing that was my "base" whenever i was scared as a kid...not only did this movie scare the balls off of me, but it tainted my one and only happy place at the end of the day. i'm also a little traumatized by the cat noises... mreeeoooooooooow!!!
PE Classes
yeah yeah, so that one fat bitch told me to never take another PE class again. screw her. i went to my PE classes anyways (i wasn't registered but the coaches are tight with me so its all good). this past basketball season i had by far the best team i've ever played on. just a great combination of friends and guys that i've played really well with in the past. we were 12-1 for the regular season, but tanked in the playoffs because our MVP shooting guard and starting center (pavel, you fat fuck) got sick. the season was fun as hell though.
volleyball is always fun too. i gotta admit though, there were a LOT of newbies this quarter, but all the games that happened after hours were great. its just such a chill atmosphere cuz like 25% of the class are friends/regulars who've been signing up for volleyball class for years. got to mingle with some new, cute volleyball chicks too. its gonna be sad after next quarter cuz, according to my volleyball coach, there will be no more PE classes @ cal poly. noooooooooooooooooes!!!
One more week...
technically i don't have a spring break because i'm attending two schools with offsetting spring breaks, but i still have that "just one more week" feeling.
one big part of this "one more week" feeling is the fact that pavel is graduating and moving out of the dorms. he's the last of the ORIGINAL Montecito '00 crew, so this is a big thing. this is huge, mang, and it certainly calls for a feast.
things are goin great in my classes, so i'm gonna talk to that fat ugly advisor chick soon and see if i can suckup my way back into cal poly.
anyways, this is my last week of being 22...god damn, i'm almost 23...round that up and i'm 25...that's almost 30!! god damn, i'm almost 30!!??! why god, why??!???! i don't have any finalized plans for my birthday this year but hopefully i'll end up going to disneyland with some people. yeah yeah, i'll be 23 but screw you, i've NEVER been to disneyland before.
Randoms
don't watch that one wes craven movie, Cursed...
Constantine is pretty cool
Be Cool is pretty cool too
found a disgustingly big, dead RAT @ april's apartment...
Songs of the Moment
feelin' a little old school these past couple weeks.
I'll Be Two Steps Behind You by Def Leppard
Heaven by Warrant
Blue Eyes Blue by Eric Clapton
Champagne Supernova performed by Matt Pond PA // Oasis Cover, as played on The OC
That's What She Said by Backstreet Boys // thanks melle
Life is not the amount of breaths you take; its the moments that take your breath away.
man, its been a while since i've really posted...mainly cuz nothing special has happened in the past three weeks. its just been the same 'ol stuff...school, basketball, volleyball, and website stuff. its been pretty gaysauce lately cuz i'm stuck with night classes, so in the day time i can't hang out with anyone cuz everyone's at class...and the only time they are free is when i'm at class. next thing i know its 10pm and everyone's getting settled in for the night.
its been hard trying to find things to keep me busy/entertained late at night, especially since i go to bed at 5am everyday. i've been downloading and watching shows like oc, point pleasant, american idol, desperate housewives (omfg eva longoria is so ), lost, numb3rs, and joey. and after all of that when i have nothing else to do, i'm reading four books at the same time...which is really wierd because i never read books for fun.
Sayonara, Hanayame Sun...
the biggest event that's happened in the past three weeks is the closing down of my favorite hole-in-the-wall restaurant, hanayame sun (hano's for short). even though its only been 2 years since i was introduced to it, in all seriousness it feels like i'm saying goodbye to a good friend.
hano's was the first place i tried sushi. and it was also my restaurant of choice during the summer of 2003, when i'd go there seriously 3-4 times a week. i could just walk in there, double nod, and get my food because i was such a regular customer.
this restaurant has been here for at least 20 years...you can tell because there's all these signed pictures and thank you letters from high school kids in the 80's posted on the wall. its a real tiny place -- just six tables -- but there's always people in there. its just one of those few great little places that everyone knows and loves.
// more pics in my personal gallery
rose, her bf and i went to hano's for lunch today. one of the very few times in my life that i actually ate my food slowly so i could savor it one last time. i got my usual: yakitori chicken with extra sauce (see the pic above?) and a half-order of california rolls.
after lunch, the owner told us to come back @ 8, right when he closes up shop for the last time. we couldn't say no.
we got there around 7:50, and there were about 10 other kids (our age) that were there, including janet, anne, kit, cousin raynell, and ray. it was cool cuz it was just a buncha kids that grew up on this food, chillin in the restaurant for one last time.
the owner, who was obviously holding back his tears, offered us the decorations as souvenirs. i took the big 'ol picture of the yakitori chicken entree, and got it autographed too. (i'll post the other pics later)
sayonara, hanayame sun. thanks for all the good times.
Random Stuff
phoebe's car died in a fire...literaly....sucks for her...
went to my first frat party...totally hated it...what can i say, i'm a small town kid that enjoys kickbacks
watched the new will smith movie, Hitch. i'm gonna watch it again
Songs of the Moment
Next to You by Corey Andrew
Jerk it Out by Caesars Palace (aka iPod shuffle theme song)
Twisted (Sexual Healing Remix) by Keith Sweat
Woo Hoo by The 5,6,7,8's (aka that really addicting Vonage ad jingle)
"When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, (like healing a serious illness), all of your thoughts break their bonds, your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction and you find yourself in a new great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be." -- Patanjali
i had this dream last night that i got in a fight with melissa (le) and elisa...
Mel:checks away messages Mel: (cool, melissa and elisa are going to the boat) Mel:calls melissa Mel: [busy signal] Mel: wtf, she's not picking up... Mel:
2 hours later, melissa and elisa are driving around in the parking lot outside my apartment in a golf cart...:
Mel: hey Elisa: oh, hey mel Melissa: heya Elisa: we just got back fro-- Melissa: [interrupts] Melissa: cheer practice... Mel: oh...cheer...okay... Mel: Mel: ...you bitches went to the boat with me!!?! Elisa: (oh shit) Melissa: ...i...i don't know what you're talking about... Mel: don't lie to me, i saw your away messages!! Mel: and i tried calling you!! Melissa: i didn't get it... Mel: you were screening my calls!! Melissa: Mel: so how was it? how was the boat?? Melissa: ...it was...different... Mel: different??! like a good different??! Melissa: i didn't mean it like that Mel: you bitch, i hate you
those bitches...i was really pissed off and then i realized that it was a dream, haha
man, i'm starting to notice the difference big time. my jeans don't fit me anymore and it looks like i'm gonna have to buy some new belts since i'm down to the tightest notch....
damnit, i just bought some expensive, perfectly fitting clothes just a couple months ago!!
anyways, other than that minor observation, i'm noticing a big difference in basketball.
guys that i used to push around with ease are all of a sudden knocking the shit out of me. the other day i took a charge on this one dude and i went absolutely flying backwards. and then today i got bumped on a layup and once again i went flying the other way.
ah well. i might miss being the guy that could throw his weight around but its definitely cool being able to keep up with the quickest guys on the court.
