So yeh... Another massive gap between updates, I think I've conceded that my goal of combining thoughts and irrelevant imagery on my own behalf is a coordinated effort I just don't have time for right now... But I guess you're just going to have to forgo the visual stimulation and focus strictly on the thoughts and words I'm currently typing on this bumpy bus ride. Ironic though as I obviously know that reading on the internet sucks and even shittier without some images to hold your hand and give you momentary mental breathers. Having known full well that in terms of my job at Hypebeast posting another fuggin' pair of sneakers, the picture and not the text is something considered much more important to the viewer. I don't mind reversing roles as the wiring done here is a definite departure from the day-to-day mindless drab I spiel about obvious color tones, prices and release dates.
After a lackluster setting for Christmas, I really had hoped for guaranteed excitement for Chinese New Year's but perhaps by virtue of my own short-comings, the days off really didn't see like a day-off and the expected R&R associated with the pinnacle of holidays for the Chinese population never materialized. And mind you I didn't even partake in many of the expected Chinese New Year events but still felt overwhelmed with a lack of time and stress haha. It's getting bad when you can't enjoy yourself amongst family cause thoughts of a self-exploding Google Reader and unfinished work never escapes the front of your mind but rather overcomes the fun times you would expect from rare family moments.
In the past I've always been a firm believer that regardless of how much shit changes, you adapt and get on with it.... Simply put, and for the last few years and especially coming out of university, these sentiments rang true. I actually looked forward towards the adaptive process cause at the end you'd end up with a positive change. Yet for the first time ever, I feel as though I've reached some sort of limit and peak. there are some obvious constrains that are unavoidable, and referring to the cliche statement "there aren't enough hours in a day"... I think I'm truly there? Is the next step to work to the best of your limitations. Some how I feel that re-prioritization of the things important to me won't necessarily be as fruitful of a change as the additional elements I've taken on in the past. Maybe I fail at life-hacking haha. Some would say work-less... yet I feel like this is something I can't do. I get paid peanuts yet still put (another cliche term) a 200% effort in everytime... yet doing less work seems like something that is ingrained in my attitude towards life... but please god let it pay off sometime soon...
I know my mom reads this so I definitely want to give her a shout-out... It's been almost six months since I've seen her and foreseeably another six more before I see her again. Knowing the stuff she has to deal with on the daily, the recent sale of the house I grew up in brought forth an initial sad reaction only to realize that in the end shit will be a lot easier for her and that's only half the stuff I could wish her. I still owe my mom a Jaguar, something I promised as a 10 year old haha.
As I mentioned I started writing this on the bus and am now finishing on the subway. Maybe I gotta do this more often, god-bless the Nokia E71. Boo to the iPhone and Blackberry Bold
Peace
eXtremeugene
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
I remember...
***UGGGGGGGGGH I HATE HOW THE PORTRAIT SHOTS ARE RE-SIZED to 533 px
I wanted to make sure Andy and I didn't succumb to the ways of so many blogs in cyberspace by having it die away with a lack of updates. Ironically I pestered Andy that he NEEDED to update... but of course I was the first one to drop the ball as it has been in excess of two weeks since any update has touched this blog. Hopefully here's an action packed whammy for the few that read...
I guess only Hongers would BBQ meat balls?
With Nathan around I guess there's actually pics of me haha
So essentially I had a semi-game plan that encompassed this latest post. The same ol' bullshit as the first post in 2009 would apply, resolutions etc as well as how my holidays were. Of course I'll throw in some pics of things in and around the holidays, pictures which were definitely in abundance.
This IS the next level past M. Bison onto Akuma type shit... My dad's the greatest haha
The start of the holiday's were effectively marked by my little brother Nathan showing up. Despite the concept of getting older, I must say any and everyone of my relationships with significant parts of my life have grown nothing but better. My little brother is no exception. Despite the certain similarities we share by virtue of growing up together it seems and my effects on him (i.e. his at times excessive lifestyle haha, fondness for the gym and interest in Asian culture), his little quirks and his unique personality have truly made me embrace him more then ever (I guess this is where I throw out the "no homo" or "no incest" ahhaha). Dude has really come around and I'm really proud of him. His time here was perhaps among the best moments I've had the chance to share with him, unlike the time I broke my hand on the back of his head, pushed him into the corner of a TV table and other mis-guided acts of aggression. We spent the first few days playing video games for hours in which his disdain for Call of Duty 4 would quickly turn into a love of the world's GREATEST shooter game. I would subtly let him know Halo 3 was the absolute shits and that he should just play COD4. As well we managed to squeeze in many retarded Youtube videos (this kid should be a cover singer for parodies!!!) and basically had Jizz in My Pants on repeat as well as Love Lockdown by Kanye West (which got stuck in his head quite quickly) Although he doesn't have the same mentality as me on SO MANY levels, he is leaps and bounds over me in terms maturity despite 3 years my junior... that is some next level, final boss M. Bison shit... good for him I guess.
A night with Nathan which never fully materialized
So essentially, holidays hit me pretty hard... copious amounts of drinking seemed to go hand in hand with late morning bedtimes. On Christmas Eve, I was looking to party only to realize that many people were saving themselves to go out on Christmas Day. In retrospect this only further compounds the fact how meaningless Christmas is in Hong Kong. Surely the lights and sounds rival the visual set-ups back home, but nobody really cares and just considers it a chance to get a few days off as seen by me looking to get plain ol' sloppy on Christmas Eve. After getting some drinks in Causeway Bay, we rolled out to Jordan to find a party finishing up in which I lost a decent amount of hands at paper rock scissors resulting in me shooting a decent fraction of the last remaining bottle of Johnny Walker's. By this time I was pretty buzzed and the notion of going to Macau popped off as the taste of Season and Andy's previous week's gambling trip to Macau lingered. Who the fuck goes to Macau on Christmas Day at 4:00 am? Yarrrrrrrrr, we do as I easily agreed in my bunged up state to take the boat ride over to play poker. I was pretty jacked up, so as Nathan, Andy and Season slept I was watching Guinness Book of World Records on the boat's TV haha. Got there at 5:00 am, took money out at 5:10 am and was sitting in on a $10/$20 HKD game five minutes later. It had been a long-ass time since I had last played and while I'm by no means a good player, I still think that with some decent knowledge you could make some decent money playing at that table knowing there are so many fat juicy Mainlander fishes. There was actually a point as I was playing I hit the pinnacle of my drunken stupor as I would comment out loud on my own hands as well as the hands of others. After going down to $800 HKD from $2000 HKD... I eventually doubled up twice to get to a little over $2000 HKD... then Nathan stepped in and told me to stop cause I had made my money back haha... so mature. But good call, so tired I was. So we watched Season for a bit but she was doing decent so Nathan and I left and set out into the Macau morning back to HK. Was in my bed in the early afternoon to sleep most of Christmas Day away.
Fast forward to the next monumental day of the last few days of 2008, New Year's Eve. Season (my co-worker, sorry forgot to previously mention) threw a dope ass party in Central's party/club district Lan Kwai Fong. It was fun chilling and drinking with my bro as well as the likes of Adventurous Andy, Sinic and Jason. The night had a bit of everything, I actually got beat by Nathan in a chug-off which isn't all that surprising considering my faulty equipment. I had a decent tilt to my glass only for all the ice that was compacted at the bottom to come crashing towards my face and with it the majority of the Vodka Sport (aka Vodka Water). In a fit of embarrassment and semi-rage I tossed the glass into the alley hahaha. But I quickly showed my pedigree in a rubber match taking Nathan to town on two straight talls [ASIDE: how juvenile to brag about drinking]. The rest of the night's highlights included almost getting into a scrap which sort of sucked after we found out who it was like a week later since he was an acquaintance. But small town boys like scraps don't they? Oh yeh, went for eats, had some girl "cookie dough" yak on the table which led to it flowing across the table and getting all over my jeans. Luckily I'm Easy Eugene and didn't give a shit and just fled the scene... Nathan did some damage control getting a bucket hahah good shit.
As the night's last leg neared, I sent Nathan home in a cab. Upon returning at 8 am, I couldn't find the little shit anywhere and his phone was seemingly off. I started to panic, did he got jacked and chopped up for parts with vital organs already on their way to the Mainland??? I went around asking everywhere and ended up going to the nearest police station to file a report. I called the pops to let him know fearing his wrath but he was pretty calm. After filling out the report and a few call-arounds to local hospitals he called me. A collective sigh of relief was met with a "you're a fucking idiot" and how legitimate my claim still stands. And here goes the story... He came home at like 5 am, didn't have a key so he slept outside the door. Woke up at 7:30 am and then went downstairs to McDonalds. Not sure why but his phone didn't work the whole time haha but luckily two missed calls showed up (I called like 10 times at least) and he returned my call. Nathan had trouble at the airport as well cause his trip booked by points was stuck in limbo cause an initial delay had the potential to make him miss his connecting flight. Another shitty time staying up much later then I should have as I crawled into bed at 2:30 pm :/.
This is us leaving our Grandma's to go to the airport for Nathan's flight... still hella drunk.
I fucking hate Big2, Andy is a crook at that game swear to god.
Some of my favorite shits of 2008
Alone and lonely
Through the new, you see the old right?
So on to my 2009 Resolutions... short and sweet cause in reality I'm pretty happy with how I made changes in the latter part of 2008.
1. Make more fuggin' money: this is a given, no more of this broke ass shit if I can help it.
2. Sleep earlier: ironically my living room mini-grandfather clock just struck 6:00 am
3. Pee with the door closed: I have a bad habit of doing this both at home and at work (it's usually slightly open)
4. Perhaps learn Japanese?
5. Stop being so late all the time: I'm late for everything it seems these days!!!
Life is always an up and down journey right?
Choster trying so hard to change her chopstick ways... can you teach a dog new tricks????!?!??!
All along the watchtower...
Based on my 2008 resolutions, I think I did ok. My goal was to read 12 books in a year (1 / month). I think I got to like 4 or 5 which isn't bad but I definitely circumvented my book reading with daily NY Times/online newspaper readings which was just as good. The other one to get a 6-pack (i'm such a homo) actually worked out decently.
I love getting poked in the eye you loser Nathan.
Destroy and REBUILD mofo
Anyways, sorry for the long ass post, it was long overdue. But I'm definitely looking forward to 2009. Everybody says they got big shit planned, but hopefully I can blow something up hurrrrrr.
eXtreme
Superman that hoe into 2009
and
Sort it out before you swim with the fishies!!!
I wanted to make sure Andy and I didn't succumb to the ways of so many blogs in cyberspace by having it die away with a lack of updates. Ironically I pestered Andy that he NEEDED to update... but of course I was the first one to drop the ball as it has been in excess of two weeks since any update has touched this blog. Hopefully here's an action packed whammy for the few that read...
I guess only Hongers would BBQ meat balls?
With Nathan around I guess there's actually pics of me haha
So essentially I had a semi-game plan that encompassed this latest post. The same ol' bullshit as the first post in 2009 would apply, resolutions etc as well as how my holidays were. Of course I'll throw in some pics of things in and around the holidays, pictures which were definitely in abundance.
This IS the next level past M. Bison onto Akuma type shit... My dad's the greatest haha
The start of the holiday's were effectively marked by my little brother Nathan showing up. Despite the concept of getting older, I must say any and everyone of my relationships with significant parts of my life have grown nothing but better. My little brother is no exception. Despite the certain similarities we share by virtue of growing up together it seems and my effects on him (i.e. his at times excessive lifestyle haha, fondness for the gym and interest in Asian culture), his little quirks and his unique personality have truly made me embrace him more then ever (I guess this is where I throw out the "no homo" or "no incest" ahhaha). Dude has really come around and I'm really proud of him. His time here was perhaps among the best moments I've had the chance to share with him, unlike the time I broke my hand on the back of his head, pushed him into the corner of a TV table and other mis-guided acts of aggression. We spent the first few days playing video games for hours in which his disdain for Call of Duty 4 would quickly turn into a love of the world's GREATEST shooter game. I would subtly let him know Halo 3 was the absolute shits and that he should just play COD4. As well we managed to squeeze in many retarded Youtube videos (this kid should be a cover singer for parodies!!!) and basically had Jizz in My Pants on repeat as well as Love Lockdown by Kanye West (which got stuck in his head quite quickly) Although he doesn't have the same mentality as me on SO MANY levels, he is leaps and bounds over me in terms maturity despite 3 years my junior... that is some next level, final boss M. Bison shit... good for him I guess.
A night with Nathan which never fully materialized
So essentially, holidays hit me pretty hard... copious amounts of drinking seemed to go hand in hand with late morning bedtimes. On Christmas Eve, I was looking to party only to realize that many people were saving themselves to go out on Christmas Day. In retrospect this only further compounds the fact how meaningless Christmas is in Hong Kong. Surely the lights and sounds rival the visual set-ups back home, but nobody really cares and just considers it a chance to get a few days off as seen by me looking to get plain ol' sloppy on Christmas Eve. After getting some drinks in Causeway Bay, we rolled out to Jordan to find a party finishing up in which I lost a decent amount of hands at paper rock scissors resulting in me shooting a decent fraction of the last remaining bottle of Johnny Walker's. By this time I was pretty buzzed and the notion of going to Macau popped off as the taste of Season and Andy's previous week's gambling trip to Macau lingered. Who the fuck goes to Macau on Christmas Day at 4:00 am? Yarrrrrrrrr, we do as I easily agreed in my bunged up state to take the boat ride over to play poker. I was pretty jacked up, so as Nathan, Andy and Season slept I was watching Guinness Book of World Records on the boat's TV haha. Got there at 5:00 am, took money out at 5:10 am and was sitting in on a $10/$20 HKD game five minutes later. It had been a long-ass time since I had last played and while I'm by no means a good player, I still think that with some decent knowledge you could make some decent money playing at that table knowing there are so many fat juicy Mainlander fishes. There was actually a point as I was playing I hit the pinnacle of my drunken stupor as I would comment out loud on my own hands as well as the hands of others. After going down to $800 HKD from $2000 HKD... I eventually doubled up twice to get to a little over $2000 HKD... then Nathan stepped in and told me to stop cause I had made my money back haha... so mature. But good call, so tired I was. So we watched Season for a bit but she was doing decent so Nathan and I left and set out into the Macau morning back to HK. Was in my bed in the early afternoon to sleep most of Christmas Day away.
Fast forward to the next monumental day of the last few days of 2008, New Year's Eve. Season (my co-worker, sorry forgot to previously mention) threw a dope ass party in Central's party/club district Lan Kwai Fong. It was fun chilling and drinking with my bro as well as the likes of Adventurous Andy, Sinic and Jason. The night had a bit of everything, I actually got beat by Nathan in a chug-off which isn't all that surprising considering my faulty equipment. I had a decent tilt to my glass only for all the ice that was compacted at the bottom to come crashing towards my face and with it the majority of the Vodka Sport (aka Vodka Water). In a fit of embarrassment and semi-rage I tossed the glass into the alley hahaha. But I quickly showed my pedigree in a rubber match taking Nathan to town on two straight talls [ASIDE: how juvenile to brag about drinking]. The rest of the night's highlights included almost getting into a scrap which sort of sucked after we found out who it was like a week later since he was an acquaintance. But small town boys like scraps don't they? Oh yeh, went for eats, had some girl "cookie dough" yak on the table which led to it flowing across the table and getting all over my jeans. Luckily I'm Easy Eugene and didn't give a shit and just fled the scene... Nathan did some damage control getting a bucket hahah good shit.
As the night's last leg neared, I sent Nathan home in a cab. Upon returning at 8 am, I couldn't find the little shit anywhere and his phone was seemingly off. I started to panic, did he got jacked and chopped up for parts with vital organs already on their way to the Mainland??? I went around asking everywhere and ended up going to the nearest police station to file a report. I called the pops to let him know fearing his wrath but he was pretty calm. After filling out the report and a few call-arounds to local hospitals he called me. A collective sigh of relief was met with a "you're a fucking idiot" and how legitimate my claim still stands. And here goes the story... He came home at like 5 am, didn't have a key so he slept outside the door. Woke up at 7:30 am and then went downstairs to McDonalds. Not sure why but his phone didn't work the whole time haha but luckily two missed calls showed up (I called like 10 times at least) and he returned my call. Nathan had trouble at the airport as well cause his trip booked by points was stuck in limbo cause an initial delay had the potential to make him miss his connecting flight. Another shitty time staying up much later then I should have as I crawled into bed at 2:30 pm :/.
This is us leaving our Grandma's to go to the airport for Nathan's flight... still hella drunk.
I fucking hate Big2, Andy is a crook at that game swear to god.
Some of my favorite shits of 2008
Alone and lonely
Through the new, you see the old right?
So on to my 2009 Resolutions... short and sweet cause in reality I'm pretty happy with how I made changes in the latter part of 2008.
1. Make more fuggin' money: this is a given, no more of this broke ass shit if I can help it.
2. Sleep earlier: ironically my living room mini-grandfather clock just struck 6:00 am
3. Pee with the door closed: I have a bad habit of doing this both at home and at work (it's usually slightly open)
4. Perhaps learn Japanese?
5. Stop being so late all the time: I'm late for everything it seems these days!!!
Life is always an up and down journey right?
Choster trying so hard to change her chopstick ways... can you teach a dog new tricks????!?!??!
All along the watchtower...
Based on my 2008 resolutions, I think I did ok. My goal was to read 12 books in a year (1 / month). I think I got to like 4 or 5 which isn't bad but I definitely circumvented my book reading with daily NY Times/online newspaper readings which was just as good. The other one to get a 6-pack (i'm such a homo) actually worked out decently.
I love getting poked in the eye you loser Nathan.
Destroy and REBUILD mofo
Anyways, sorry for the long ass post, it was long overdue. But I'm definitely looking forward to 2009. Everybody says they got big shit planned, but hopefully I can blow something up hurrrrrr.
eXtreme
Superman that hoe into 2009
and
Sort it out before you swim with the fishies!!!
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