Big Ups to Me

I managed to drag my sick ass to college for my evolution of design exam.
Of course, I didn’t finish the essay portion because I tend to be slow at writing them; nonetheless, I was SO close to finish my concluding paragraph!
Maybe that means I should expect to spend my entire summer back at Seneca to repeat this stupid course again.
That might be better, though, considering that this semester was hectic as fuck.
At least then I can take my time to actually study what I’m supposed to learn, hehehe.

If I think this semester was a mess, I should brace myself for the next semester.
Unlucky me, I have one gen ed and a literature course to take along with the required courses within the program.
Why the fuck do I have to take gothic horror stories for the literature class?
I know I’m definitely going to have problems with that one!

I still have one final assignment to do tomorrow and that one will be a toughie.
Wing, my partner for this project, and I are required to pin on paper flowers on a mannequin with the marquetry technique.
Before that we had to come up with one idea each to show to John.

This is mine.
It’s shit, I know.
Especially when I took it with my phone it looks even more like a piece of shit.
Whatever, though.
Although we’re going with Wing’s idea, which is absolutely amazing, John still liked mine.
In fact, he let us decide on who’s to do, which is great because he’s a really strict marker.
So I passed that round.
Come to think of it I doubt we’ll have any problem tomorrow since Wing’s more of an expert than I am in art.
Saved!

After my exam, I walked around downtown even though I was sick and it rained quite a lot.
Well, I’ve been stuck in my house in bed for three days straight.
I at least need more than some fresh air.
Anyway, I got a free sample pack of Cottonelle tissues.
Perfect timing because my nose is still raining snot.
They’re not as soft as they look.
My nose feels more rough, looks more red, and has more cuts for that reason.
Thankfully, mama bought three boxes of Puffs tissues.
I’ve never used them before and have always wanted to.
Since my mama pities me for my cold, she spent more than a few dollars to buy that expensive pack.

They feel GREAT on my nose!

Oh, in case I forgot to upload the tickets to NORMA JEAN/HORSE THE BAND and THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN’s shows, here they are.

Yup, that’s all.
We’ll have to see how tomorrow will go but I think we won’t have a chance to fail, hahha.

I Finished Five Rolls of Tissue

Due to this motherfucking cold, I finished half a pack of tissue my mama bought.
Knowing that my exam is tomorrow I doubt I’ll pass it or even the entire course.
Fuck!

Ugh…

I’m sick with a cold again.
The worst thing is that my evolution of design exam is on Monday and I’m too sick to study for it.
It doesn’t matter since I’m flunking that class anyway.
Though, I’ll still go and write it.
Doubt it will make any difference in my mark.

We Didn’t Have a Chance to Do Anything There

So as many people know, The Big Bop is shutting down for good.
This is terrible terrible news because it’s a second home to Pookie and I.
We used to– and still– pop up there every single week for a show or three!
Now that we know it’s a goner, where will the Big Bop shows be held at?
Please don’t say Opera House or the Mod Club.
They’re going to want to steal double amount of the ticket prices.
Tragic, isn’t it?
First the Adrift Clubhouse and now The Big Bop.
What’s next?
Nothing because they already stole every place we go to!

College Really Makes You Forgetful

It’s my birthday and I couldn’t even remember if until I saw my Sephora gift card lying around my desk.
Not only that but the only person who remembers the most is my poh poh.

I love her.

KATYBODIED

Hahhaha, jokes!
Discovered this on the B9 board.

It’s a remix of DISEMBODIED’s Burning Cupid and KATY PERRY’s Hot & Cold.
I guess this is what happens when KATY PERRY gives metalcore a try.

Dirty Fucking Money Go

They really did go.
They left even!
So I guess DIRTY MONEY are no more.
It’s really disappointing because I’ve only been to one show where they played with TRAPPED UNDER ICE and REIGN SUPREME earlier this year.
Worst of all that was the first time I’ve ever heard of them and fell in love with them since.
I was looking forward to seeing their shows in Toronto again to sing along for the first time but I guess not anymore.
This is truly sad news.

Speaking of TRAPPED UNDER ICE, last night’s show was spectacularly funny, brutal, and just plain spectacular.
I wish TUI would double their set.
It felt like it was too short.
Or maybe it’s because I had way too much fun, ahhaha.

To break it down, it was funny because people who acted like douchebags around us started shit with the regulars and lost; the core kids versus the moshers; more douchery; core kids fucked up the moshers; people doing stupid shit; Justice Tripp from TUI came on stage late looking like a super motherfucking t[h]ug– I think THIS was the highlight of the show last night!

The pit, for TUI especially and THE ACACIA STRAIN, got pretty fucked up brutal.
Of course, knowing that it’s TUI, their pits are ALWAYS like that.
Pookie got a light punch in the eye once during TUI and a massive painful one for TAS.
He bruised his arm and all of his knuckles from swinging his arms in the pit.
As for me, I got sucker punched in the nose.
I thought either my nose bled or got dislocated.
I heard this little “bop” sound.
What’s fucked up was that these two chicks beside me heard it, too.
All three of us froze and looked at each other, hahaha.
Thankfully, it didn’t bleed or dislocate but I’m left with a sort of visible purple-ish bruise.
What did kind of freaked me out a bit was that I saw a gunk of dark red blood when I blew my nose.
I guess it was supposed to bleed but it… didn’t?
Hhahaa, strange.
In the photo above it’s pretty hard to see it but it’s there.

The best part was the fun part.
There were several.
First of all, the most important one of all, Justice Tripp came on stage for TUI’s set with one of those big thick ass gangsta jacket, those gym bags high school soon-to-be high school drop outs wear (at least they did at my high school), and FUCKING bling!
The bling ain’t that huge, though.
Still, no matter what size the bling is, it’s still motherfucking bling.

Here’s the best I got from the video I recorded of last night’s show.
I’m curious to find out about his next appearance.
What else would he add to his thug profile?
Pook thought of a durag and a sweet set of grillz.
How I hope he’ll be right on that, hahaha.

I got the mic for Half a Person!
It was pretty hard getting the mic up front, especially when people stage dived and crowd surfed.
I fucking drowned in the crowd; thankfully, Thug Life saw me trying to reach the mic and handed it over to me during “Trying to be myself but I guess I wasn’t good enough”.
Sick!
Yup, I did the entire thing under everybody.
Mind you, this was right before I got my nose fucked up.
After I finished with the mic, I had to find a fairly big gap to pass the mic back to TL.
I returned to the back of the pit.
Next thing I know– BAM!
My nose died for five seconds.

During our smoke break, I noticed a smear of blood on Koo’s right hand.
We thought he got injured but it happened to be the blood of someone else’, hahaha.
Possibly from someone he smacked in the pit, eh~
Might belong to a random scene dick.
You never know because those are the type of people he aims for, hehehe.

Lastly, we’ve seen someone we haven’t seen for a LOOONG time.
Johnny OC from ex-LIFERUINER came by to lard up the pit.
I hate to say this but I have more respect for him because he and some metalhead stirred some beef with each other in the pit.
And that will be the ONLY respect I have for him.
Other than that, he’s a fat piece of shit who should just fuck off.
Doesn’t make sense but whatever, heheh.

Hopefully photos from last night will be posted soon.
I want to see them!
What I want to see the most are the photos of Thug Life to prove how thugged up he was.

From what I can remember, here’s what TRAPPED UNDER ICE played.
It’s not in sequence, again:

*See God (first)
*Skeleton Heads
TUI (Pook HAAATES this song, ahhaha)
*Half a Person (got the mic before the breakdown)
*Stay Cold
*Believe (should have the the very end in the actual track, too)
*Street Lights
*Reality Unfolds
*Soul Vice
… Eye Hand(?) (forgot if they did but that would have been sick)

Amazing.
Simply amazing!
They played ALL the songs I like besides TUI.
What I really hoped they would play is Unfinished Business.
Sickest two step part!
Please come back soon, TUI!
And try to look more of a thug next time to make Pookie happy, Thug Life.

Besides bringing home the swollen bruise on my nose, I came back with a TRAPPED UNDER ICE shirt!

That’s right, stay cold.
Not a very good idea wearing this during winter, right?

I’ll be posting up videos I took from last night’s show and STICK TO YOUR GUNS‘ on Youtube for those who are interested.

So the next show Pook and I are looking forward to is NORMA JEAN and HORSE THE BAND’s.
I already know NJ’s setlist and I guarantee you it WILL NOT be a disappointment.
I can’t wait for it!
I think Umar is making it to this show as well, but I don’t know about Peter.
For one thing Roma isn’t and he’ll definitely regret missing out on HORSE.
Too bad, ahhaha.

Here’s What I Promised to Bring Out After SO Long

Remember back in the summer when I promised to update you with my vacation in Hong Kong?
I kind of forgot that, hehe.
I guess I’ll upload some photos entry by entry.

Chicago’s finest… toilet.
Hey, I managed to merge stupid EMMURE with toilet humour!
This was during our transition flight from Chicago to Hong Kong.
We had an hour left until our plane departs to HK.

Esther and I back at the Pearson Airport in Toronto.
We haven’t left for Hong Kong yet at the time of this photo being taken.
Yeah, the photos are not in sequence.

When the bitch, Esther, was still awake, she dared to take a photo of mama and I taking our naps on the flight to Hong Kong from Chicago.

The mall nearby poh poh’s place.
I call it the Jusco mall because the Jusco Supermarket’s there, hahaha.
I LOVE the chain, especially the one near my Uncle Paul’s apartment in Tseun Wan with cute accessories and jewelry!

As soon as mama, Esther, and I finished unpacking our luggage, the first place we headed to is dinner at Sceneway Garden with poh poh, Aunt Grace, and Uncle Eric to meet up with Uncle Paul and Aunt Serena.
It was the first time in eight years since we’ve seen Uncle Eric, Aunt Grace, Aunt Serena, and, of course, poh poh.
This is a shot of mam and poh poh walking together to Sceneway.

Our first traditional Cantonese dinner is at 8 Happiness.
Actually, it’s more of a Shanghai meal than it was a Canto meal.
Either way, Chinese food in HK is always better than anywhere else!

This is the only traditional Cantonese dish we had that night, hhaha.

Now that Day 1 in HK is over with, here comes Day 2.

OMG, how I regret not buying one.
I mean, if I rarely travel around the world, I should try everything because I might not the next time.
If only I could turn back time and buy a cake for the plate, hahah.
This was at the bakery at Sceneway.

The first HK styled breakfast a day after our arrival at Wui King restaurant.
This brings back childhood memories when my kindergarten chef makes me a bowl of macaroni and ham in chicken stock during high tea time.
Of course, how can I resist a cool glass of Ovaltine, especially if it’s made in Hong Kong, right?
Poh poh tends to visit Wui King once in a while for some lunch and breakfast at times, even though we told her not to go too often for her health safety.

The traditional Hong Kong Coca Cola logo is still standing today!
Obviously they don’t use the super classic one with just plain Chinese words on it, ahhah.
Such cute little cans in the photo.

The closest MTR (Mass Transit Railway) Station to my poh poh’s apartment is Lam Tin.
Unlike Toronto, everyday is frequent service for the trains and buses in HK.
It’s TOTALLY amazing there!
I’d love Toronto even more if they start being as cooperative as they do there.
It’s crazy how the pedestrians walk fast like crazy in and out of the subway.
Oh, the craziest thing in any MTR stations, though, are the speed of their escalators.
Fucking insane!
Makes the TTC or generally Toronto look like shit, hahaha.
We need to catch up to the rest of the world soon.

Without the aide of this baby, Esther and I would not have been able to travel by ourselves.

Mama, Esther, and I aren’t on the crummy nasty train we’ve been riding for over ten years.
Instead, we’re on something more advanced and cleaner!
It’s just that we’re riding with a bunch of Ching Chongs, hahaha.

Since our arrival there on the second day, we knew we had to go for dim sum with family members as a Cantonese tradition.
So on that day poh poh, mama, Uncle Paul, Aunt Serena, Esther, and I had our brunch there.
Cantos usually have dim sum before between 8AM to around 12PM or 1PM.
Yup, we’re table #153, hahaha.

Yea, dem bitches be lookin at me, mayne.
We went out for a walk and did some shopping.
I forgot where this was but it’s definitely not the busiest street in Hong Kong, Mong Kok.

Definitely not APM.
APM isn’t a cheen (Chinese teen) mall.
The interior in this mall, however, is very appealing.
Not to mention, you can easily catch a cold in HK malls from the high boost with their air conditioning.
Always bring a thing sweater or a windbreaker with you.

I think the reason why I didn’t try the burgers there because I strictly want an authentic Japanese mos burger!
Even my buddy from Kobe, Hide, told me so, ahhah.
Really, though.
What the hell was I thinking, right?
I know I won’t have the luxury to visit Japan anytime soon, but I DO have the chance to go back to HK next year.
In that case I won’t turn them down again this time.

A shop fit for Pook and only Pook.
It’s our very own Manchester United shop!
Papa told me that United are one of the soccer Gods to them, ahhhaa.
Oh, only us Ching Chongs would be this pathetic.

Poh Poh and I took this photo at the unknown mall.
Yup, it’s still remained unknown to me and even to Esther, ahhaha.

Once you really know what this size this Mcdonald’s cup is, you’ll be shocked.
Well, for those who live in the west side of the world because we’re used to this shit all our lives.
This is considered a small for North America and a medium for Hong Kong!
A fucking medium!
Which means a large to them is a medium to us.
Holy dayum!
I remember this was Esther’s drink because I didn’t dare to try any Mcdonald’s food outside of North America… for some reason.
Don’t worry, I did give in in the end.
Only for one day, though.

How Hong Kong has changed so much since my last visit eight years ago.
Megabox is the largest shopping centre in Hong Kong.
It figures it is considering the size of the land.

I’ll continue with Day 3 and so on the next free time I’ll have.

We’ve Been Underestimated

This is probably the last wristband from The Big Bop I’ll ever wear this year.
Funny how the security dudes still remember Koo and I.
Hahaha, Asians stick out more there I guess.

So after three days of STICK TO YOUR GUNS, I’m still a bit worn out from it.
Instead of being entertained by STYG, the only band we were there for, Pookie was hooked to SLEEPING GIANT because of their religious views.
The speech did not ring a bell to me at all but his stage presence was… QUITE interesting.
Unlike most of the shows we go to, we hardly even went into the pit.
No, we didn’t even go inside.
It was a good change and well worth it because we got to see evety stupid thing happening there (i.e bad dancers), ahhaha.
Anyway, I only recorded Enough is Enough, the first track to STYG’s set, but couldn’t do the rest because I thought of going into the pit but decided not to.
So I just watched without taping it.
Kind of a disappointment but it’s best to watch them on stage with your own pair of eyes instead of through the camera.
I can’t recall their set list in sequence, but here is what I remembered.
Again, the asterisks represent my favourites:

*Enough is Enough
Part of Me
*This is More (thought of piling up for the chant, but decided to stay at the back with Pook)
*Impact
*Tonight’s Entertainment
*We’re What Separates the Heart From the Heartless (last song of the set and quite obvious that it was, ehhee)

If I had posted this right away after I got home that night, I would have been able to write down the entire set.
This is the best I can remember, hahaha.
Surely they had a longer set– they did!

The crowd for WINDS OF PLAGUE was hilarious!
So many funny shit happened which made it a wild night.
There were kids who fell off the stage as they dove into the crowd, prostitots grinding everywhere, and fights broke out.
The band’s music is definitely not my type, yet it was a fun night!

Tonight will be even better.
I mean, come on, who the fuck is more Baltimore thug life than TRAPPED UNDER ICE?
Really!
Hahhaha, I love poking fun at those guys.
Thankfully I have Fridays off since my photo styling class was over by the week of mid-term.
Besides, Pookie’s paying for my ticket!
Trying to rub the money off of his mama.
Not cool, Pook, not cool.

This week has really been one hell of a birthday treat.
My schedule of going to shows with Pookie’s back to normal.
Esther and mama will be treating me to dinner sometime next week when our schedule is more flexible.

Plus, I got a quarter of my early birthday money.
Not so fast, though.
The birthday money will not be personal spending money but it’ll be college spending money.
I need to finish the rest of my payment for the program’s stupid lab fees.
In other words, it’s all going down the drain.
This has go to be my worst way to treat my birthday money ever.
Hey, Pookie said it’s for the best and it really is.
I can’t complain.

Hell, I don’t even want to think of college.
My final assignments of the semester and exams are coming up in less than two weeks.
There is WAY to much pressure.
If anybody can purchase my venti cup of extra caffeinated Starbucks coffee everyday of my study days, I will LOVE you to death!

Five Moshless Months

STICK TO YOUR GUNS

I was once sad but now I’m happy.
After five months of being absent at shows– not to mention GOOD shows, I’m back, hahah.
Can’t wait!
After Pookie and I we’re heading straight to Rotate This to grab ourselves two advance tickets… FAST.
Just hope we’re able to make it there before they close.
Pook’s mama gets off work at around 6:30PM so it’s kind of risky.
If not then we have no choice but to purchase tickets at the door, which I want to try avoiding to do.
You know, they’re a bit pricier.
Since we’re only showing up for STICK TO YOUR GUNS, we might show up at the venue around 8:45PM.
Clearly I don’t want to stay for bands I know I won’t like.
No offense but I’ve been to those shows with those bands not once but twice and more.
So I know how it is.

Speaking of shows or music in general, Pook and I recorded us mock playing to FROM FIRST TO LAST’s Mothersound acoustically.
It’s SO bad but I found it hilarious.
Clearly we joked around so much it was almost like we made fun of them (i.e Sonny Moore and Matt Good).
Well, that was our initial plan.
So I guess we stuck to it in the end, ehhehe.
Pook mentioned he might Youtube it.
We’re going to get it from those fan girls of theirs.

Last night on my mama’s day off, she cooked up two big Vancouver crabs.
They were HUGE yet tasty.
And guess what?
Like usually I finished them off all by myself.
Mama finds it gross to watch me eat them cold, but what she couldn’t recall was that cold crabs DO exist.
I guess she’s just grossed out by that in general, hahah.

By the way, sorry for the photo delay.
Here’s the Christmas tree at Banana Republic I decorated.
Yes, once again I did the entire thing all by myself.
Every time I look at it I’m so fucking proud, ahha.
You know how I’m with heights, right?
This motherfucker was around eighteen to twenty feet.
Dayum crazy, eh~
But I did it so I LOVE IT!

And here’s our cat as she gets bigger and bigger each day.
So cute!