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Grande Latte

Sun, 24 May 2009 01:01:52 GMT

Been a while

Wow, its been a rilly long time since I've posted anything. Oh well, life, other parts of the internet, and such have been keeping me busy. So heres a bunch of stuff from way way back, like March and what not:

Brunch at Balthazar:

Followed by Ryan M. at Deitch:

April begins. Went to Whistler. My third time. Still amazing.

Mae took me to Prune for my birthday :)

Chicago for Christian + Christina's Wedding

Went to Kasadela from Anne's Birthday. Soooo good. Unfortunately no pictures because I was busy enjoying the awesome food. (and I was lazy.)

Then Blue Ribbon Bakery the following day with Eugi.

We walked by 10 Downing on the way to the restaurant. Gonna put that on the list.

Flipped the cog on my Langster today. Riding Fixed Gear is interesting. And difficult. And harrowing. And actually kinda fun.

Til next time folks..

Flushing

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:17:30 GMT

Saturday the weather got just nice enough for me to want to venture outside. Met up with Alexis and Ricky in Flushing to check out some chinese spots..
Pics courtesy of Alexis:

Duck bunz

Spicy cold noodles, me with a lamb burger with a ton of cumin. This place wasn't even a hole in the wall, it was in the basement of some building. Super sketch, but super delicious.

Bakery where we picked up some mochi

Battle of the boxes

Works.

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:26:36 GMT

full of win

supplies

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:42:23 GMT

birthday celebrations and what not

Momofuku Milk Bar

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:22:49 GMT

Went w Alexis to check this place out. I'm not the biggest fan of David Chang's other establishments but what the hey. Overall it was satisfying if not more than a little overpriced.

Some of cookies for offer blueberry cream, corn, and cornflake-marshmallow-chocolate.

(berkshire) pork bun
not pictured: chorizo challa + sweet corn cereal milk shake

nom nom

Comin Through

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:01:31 GMT

The Limey

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:53:40 GMT

I just saw this movie last weekend, and I can't believe I slept on it for so long. This is classic Soderbergh before he got ridiculous with dodging lasers and Che and all that.

Terence Stamp wrecking LA. Quality stuff.

On that note, I miss LA..

Want Level High

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:20:31 GMT

*fixes glasses*

shine

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:57:14 GMT

BRICK

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:50:50 GMT

Frontier

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:42:56 GMT

Hands down, my favorite show of 2008 was Macross Frontier. Some of you may remember the television series Robotech when we were growing up, Frontier is basically the latest sequel of the Macross Saga that alot of Robotech was based off of.

It's been 25 years since the original series, and Frontier does a good job of updating the series, with alot of references to older ones.

This clip taken out of context probably won't make alot of sense and probably looks ridiculous, but its one of my favorite scenes from the entire series..If you've seen the original, you could guess why. Even if you didn't I'm sure you'll get a kick out of it..

Another interesting note, is that the girl who sings the song in the clip is Megumi Nakajima. Half filipina ftw!

Full Blooded Night

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:09:12 GMT

A new watch thanks to Mae, Swatch Full Blooded Night.

The PVD bracelet is awesome. The chronograph features I still need to figure out. Good stuff!

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:28:41 GMT

あけましておめでとうございます

Happy New Year everyone!

Super late pass I know, I've finally gotten a quiet moment to myself since coming back from Vancouver for the holidays.

Thanks to everyone over there that took care of me. My friends, family, and most importantly Miss Lawson, who had to put up with me most of my time there ;)

Like everyone else, near the end of 2007, I was wondering what would happen in the upcoming year. Especially considering that 07 wasn't the kindest to me. I do have to say that 2008 surprised me in so many ways with what I saw, what I learned, and who I met. Life is funny, but more importantly, life is good.

I don't like bothering with resolutions, but I certainly hope that this will be another good one. Regardless, I'm gonna make the best of it.

I went through some pictures from last year and decided to share some:

This was taken a year ago almost to the day. I took a day off from work and met Jennie in Redbank, for whatever reason, we ended up at the beach for a while. It was really cold. Despite the emo-ness of the picture, I actually had alot of fun that day..

My dad in the Philippines. Because of some weird scheduling, my family was in the PI all at different times, my brother had left by the time I got there, my mom literally got on the plane that I was getting off of, so it was just my dad and I for most of this trip.

On my way back from the PI, I stopped over in Taipei for a couple days, roaming the night markets was one of the highlights.

Jay and Marlene were kind enough to let me tag along for their trip out to Tahoe. Awesome boarding out there, definitely want to go back.

Team INC. Watching these guys play was very inspiring.

Field trip to the Guggenheim for my birthday.

Feist. One of my favorite shows of the year.

Whistler. Can you believe this was in April? So jealous.

Fern's Entourage aka FAM

The beach rules. It really is one of those things you looked forward to on the weekends, and the first thing you miss on Monday mornings.

Brooklyn Banks for no reason. I have clients in the area. Getting to walk around the city all the time for my job is a nice perk.

London town.

Taken on December 31st. Mae took me to Cypress to go boarding. Fresh snow, clear trails, and the best company =). A great way to close out the year.

Til next time..

2 movies

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:40:05 GMT

Let the Right One In

I know plenty of people have been watching some other movie about vampires, but trust me, this one is actually worth your money..

Slumdog Millionaire

Believe the hype, this is one of the best movies of the year

Turkey Day 2008

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:06:10 GMT

Good times with friends and family.
Playing Rockband and playing in a rock band.

2 girls 1 cup reaction hahahah

The rest of the pics are here

I feel like I'm still fighting off the food coma..

I wish the world was flat like the old days..

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:16:00 GMT

The last couple of weeks have been pretty busy to say the least..finally have a chance to share some pics..

Mae and Jim came to visit the East Coast..

Lunch w Alexis at Soba Totto

Grand Central

The Met

Brooklyn Bridge

The next weekend had the NESB Volleyball Invitational

Yay IHOS !

Then off to London..

Really good times w some fellow americans and thanks to all the Londoners for their hospitality!

THEN off to Vancouver after two days on the eastcoast to see Mae for her birthday..Unfortuately by this point I was completely drained, and super jetlagged. Didnt really take any pictures except for this..

(ill be back soon!)

Til next time..

Curry-Ya

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:23:37 GMT

So, tonight I met up with Alexis for dinner originally intending to eat at RaiRaiKen, but decided to check out Curry-Ya next door. I'm glad we did. This place was good. First semi-decent meal I've had in a while. (you start freaking out when the girl who cuts your hair, your patients, etc notice that you've "gotten bigger" )

Pictures courtesy of Alexis:

Lychee Lassi

Appetizer: Pumpkin Quiche, Seaweed Salad, Shrimp of Death =(

Berkshire Pork Curry

YUM!

Radio City

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:19:21 GMT

So pretty randomly, I decided to buy a ticket (yes a single ticket) to watch Deathcab for Cutie play at Radio City Music Hall. Luckily I got a great seat in the front center orchestra section in the middle of my row. Go me. I decided not to take my camera because I really would like to spend more time enjoying the performance rather than watch it on a small LCD screen. Nonetheless, I regret not bringing it. haha. Also ran into Aaron who I havent seen in a while..

Anyway this picture from last night courtesy of one Kathryn Yu (I found it on flickr)

It was good show, they played a decent mix of songs, although seemed to favor ones from Plans more than anything(although I was happy to hear The New Year, Title And Registration, Cath, etc) . They did play A Movie Script Ending as one of the four(!) encores. So I was pretty happy. Well worth it.

Afterwards, I hit up Gray's for a Recession Special. Two dogs with kraut and onions and papaya drink (not juice)

Today I checked out Ming's new place at Central Park North and helped her put together her loft bed. Why is it too much for Ikea to add WORDS to their instructions??

Afterwards, went down to 96th n broadway. Got some food from a Taco Truck and chilled on a bench catching up..

Chicken Torta, Beef Steak Gordita, and Horchata. holla.

Random thought: I am not mad at that new Kanye joint (thought I'm not sure how i feel if the entire album will be all vocoder style). And how hilarious/cool is it that Ellen got the exclusive on the video! haha.

NJ All Day

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:16:03 GMT

There she is..

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:04:41 GMT

Of Brighter Days

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:22:44 GMT

From the weekend.

Took Eugi out for her bday for Brunch at Lil' Frankies:

Proceded to walk around for a while. Ran into a couple friends..and decided to eat some more.

Il Labotario

Tea & Sympathy

Then off to Kim + Ming's place in JC for a BBQ

GTA

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:40:24 GMT

Couple weeks ago, Norm, Kris, and I drove up to the GTA and hung out..

Garmin Nuvi is so useful..

You guys rule. Thanks for everything..

And just this past week, I met up with some Canadians in NYC Super tourist stylee

See you guys soon ;)

nom nom

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:07:46 GMT

Bar Stuzzichini for Amy's Bday..
Among other things of which the names i forget, stuffed eggplant, fried artichoke, some sort of sweet sausage(?), squid leg thingy,ricotta + honey

Zeppoles with Vanilla Gelato with Espresso poured on top.

^noona

Artichoke Pizza from..Artichoke

Cuban sandwich + Lime/lemonade from Cafe Habana

Shake Shack w Jean + JDel

Saw Hellboy 2 - Fun.
Saw Dark Knight in IMAX - Wow.
Saw the trailer for Watchmen - WTF theyre actually gonna do it?? Comicnerds please calm down. youre still gonna drop the money to watch it =P

central

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:21:40 GMT

Went to watch the NY Phil. play at Central Park. Was supposed to meet up with Alexis, but for some reason my phone kept cutting out and this is what walked into:

Luckily, I ran into Amy and her crew and managed to snag some blanket space (and kimbap) from them...

Dinner at Penang for Allan's Bday:

Cant believe its nearly August. Quite an interesting summer so far...

I do it for the streets.

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:39:37 GMT

Thanks to Fernan via Maan