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Yes, it's a Wordpress blog.. Imma try to use Wordpress for mostly Flickr and Project 365 things and try to use this site more for thoughts/feelings. I won't be using this blog much anymore for mobile uploads, since I mostly send them all to my Facebook now.

The Human Centipede

Sorry I haven't updated this in hella long. I'll try updating this more often.


I just saw this movie:



It was a pretty sick movie. Connecting 3 people from anus to mouth.. But I thought it was pretty well made. The acting from each actor/actress were all pretty good, especially the doctor.

Whoooooo! I finally got my diploma in the mail!! :D :D

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My name tag for the 2nd night of Project Smile's Info Session Fall 2010. :]

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Classic Burger in San Lorenzo

Good ass family-owned burger joint. Has been here over 10+ years now. Kinda pricey but the fries are hella good.

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Summer 2010 [ongoing-post]

This will be an ongoing post throughout this summer so I can keep a list of things or events I've done this summer. I will not put up failed job interviews or failed telephone screenings, so I can remember all the fun stuff I did this summer. lol.

*** To keep this post a little simple, I will add asterisks [***] to new things I add on here so it would be easy to see what I added. I'll try to remember to put up dates. ***

Movies I've Seen

- Iron Man 2

- Rec 2

- The Hangover

- Toy Story 3

- The Losers

- The Day the Earth Stood Still

- Phoonk

- Ninja Assassin

- The A-Team 7/12

- Shutter Island 7/12

- Inception 7/16

- The Plague 7/21

- Clash of the Titans 7/26

- Operation Endgame 7/29

- The Unborn 7/30

- Underworld: RIse of the Lycans 8/3

- Tekken 8/8

- Kick Ass 8/11

***- Cinco (tagalog movie) 8/12

***- Splice 8/14

***- Prince of Persia 8/15

***- Salt 8/18

***- The Expendables 8/20

***- Public Enemy 8/23

***- Fantastic Mr. Fox 8/26

Games I've Finished

- Call of Duty Modern Warefare 2 Story-Mode

***- Dead Space

Events

- Venice's, DJ's, and Saul's Graduations

- AJ's Grad Party

- Mini-SLZ reunion at D&B's

- My Late Grad lunch at Asian Buffet

- Nephew's 1st Bday party at D&B's

- Father's Day BBQ at Home

- 2-Day 4th of July Party at Aunt's

- SoCal Trip with Family (Magic Mountain) 7/10-7/12

- Jenny's Surprise Bday Party 7/18

- Shattuck Down Low: Mortified 7/30

- Allen's Party 7/31

- Stanford Hangout/Chill 8/4-8/6

- Family Trip to Thunder Valley for Grandpa's birthday 8/7-8/8

***- Help Austin Move to Cupertino 8/13-8/14

***- AJ's 2nd round for singing competition 8/14

***- Austin's Birthday 8/17

***- Bing's Birthday 8/20

***- Auntie Debbie's Surprise 50th Birthday Brunch 8/22

***- Caltopia VIII 8/22

Sports/Physical Activities

- Daily Jogs on Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat

- Basketball at Colonial Acres and Bay School

- Watch World Cup games at Saul's place

- Tennis at Kennedy Park

- Help Aunt and Uncle move from Fremont to Hayward

Restaurants/Cafes

- Hokkaido Buffet

- Denny's

- Chili's

- Sonic's

- McDonald's

- Nick's Restaurant

- Elephant Bar

- In-N-Out

- Starbucks

- Eon Cafe

- Panera Bread

- Falafel Etc

- Pho Anh-Ha 7/14

- Venus 7/16

- Elio's 7/17

- Liang's Village Cuisine 7/23

- Stacks 7/24

- Country Way 7/28

- Chow King 7/28

- Pho Huyhn Hiep in SF 8/1

- La Feria 8/2

- QQ Noodle 8/3

- Sujo Cafe 8/3

- Bodi's Java Specialty Coffee House 8/3

- The Counter 8/4

- CoHo 8/5

- Stanford Alumni Cafe 8/5

- Lian's Village Cuisine 8/5

- Mediterranean Wraps in Palo Alto 8/6

- Palo Alto Creamery 8/6

- Fatburger 8/7

- Thunder Cafe 8/7

- Fuji Sushi Boat and Buffet

- Costco 8/9

- Asian Cafe in East Pacific Mall 8/9

- Starbucks on Castro Valley Blvd 8/11

***- Minato Restaurant 8/13

***- Banyan Garden 8/17

***- Baystreet Cafe 8/17

***- Hue Bar 8/17

***- Los Pericos Tacqueria 8/20

***- Chao Thai Cuisine 8/20

***- El Torito 8/22

***- Smart Alec's 8/22

***- Jupiter 8/24

***- Ono Hawaiian BBQ 8/26

***- Eon Cafe 8/26

***- Buffalo Bills 8/27

***- OB Chicken 8/29

Blogger and WordPress

I'm pretty sure many of you know this already but I am a Google fanboy. Gmail, Google Reader, Google Calendar, Google Voice, Google Docs, and Blogger are the majority of the sites that I always go to daily; with the other sites being Facebook, Flickr, and (recently) Twitter. (I mostly read everything else through Google Reader.) So that's why I've been using Blogger for my blog. However, I've heard and read many good things about WordPress and many of my best friends already use WordPress as their main blogging platform.

Recently I've read an article about what Photographers need to know about Social Media, and it talked about the skills they need to know (besides taking good photos) and one of them was about blogs and how they help others to get to you know you and your photography. My blog here is a Photo Journal (and random thoughts) and most of the photos have been uploaded via my beloved Blackberry 9000, though the camera on it is crap. I do have a Flickr and I think it is a great way to showcase my photos I've taken but doesn't really show what my photography is about...

**thinking break**

HAHA. So, I actually don't know what point I was getting at with this post.. I think I just felt like typing random thoughts right now.. But basically I've been thinking about making a WordPress but didn't really know what I would use it for. And after I read that article, I thought I could do a blog about my photography but now realize that I don't really know what I would blog about, especially since I probably wouldn't try to start a business in photography.. Lol.

So yeah, sorry that you read all this for nothing.. I might still make a WordPress eventually but I don't know what for yet.. I guess now you know that I love Google and I guess I kinda used this post to try to make more people view my Flickr page. =P

Thanks for making it all the way to the end of this post. Peace.

My Favorite Drake verse

Alicia Keys - Unthinkable (Remix) (Ft. Drake)

[Drake]

Ugh, Tez keeps telling me he just turned 30

Having dreams of being single forever he’s getting worried

And I’m scared too 'cause I’m in the same boat

Good women are rare too, none of them have came close

Me, I haven't changed much, you know how I play it,

Better safe than sorry,

Instead of searching for substance at every single party

Baby being part of this life

I feel like I’m bound to end up with somebody

that’s been with everybody.

I need you to rescue me from my destiny

I’m trying to live right and give you whatever’s left of me.

Cause you know life is what we make it and a

chance is like a picture, it’d be nice if you just take it.

Or let me take it for ya

I’m just down to ride

We can roll around the city 'til you finally decide

I got more than a thing for you,

tattoo and ink for you

Right over my heart girl, I do the Unthinkable..

Lumberjack Full Stack with pure maple syrup from Stacks Restaurant in Menlo Park.

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Liang's Village Cuisine

Eating at Austin's dad's restaurant with Peter, Justin, Saul and Austin.

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Bacon, 3 Eggs over-easy, Homefries and Muffin from Elio's Restaurant.

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Poached Egg Salad from Venus

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Coffee from Venus Restaurant

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Shave It

A "Carnival" from Shave It. Basically it's shaved ice with icecream.
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Falafel Etc.

Had lunch with Kathleen today.
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Lunch at D&B's for my little Nephew's first Bday party.

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Fillet of Halibut from Nicks.

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Happy July!

I finally finished unpacking what I want to unpack in my room the other day.

SOOO.. I will start doing real stuff again.. Here's a short list of what I need to do..

1. Process Graduation Photos
   Sooo many of these.. I have over 2700 photos to go through and sort and process.. hella graduations from Cal (including my own graduation....), a photoshoot i did with my friend, San Lorenzo High graduation, a couple of Cal State East Bay graduations, a Stanford Graduation, my hella late Graduation Lunch, and family gatherings/events (including my cousins wedding)..
   
   
2. Sign up for Callisto thingy so i can use it to apply for jobs..
   
   
3. Sign up for my free one year membership of CAA (Cal Alumni Association?)
   
   
4. Update my resume and make it more beastly and interesting.. lol
   
   
5. And finally looking for jobs and applyinggggggg......

Ugh.. Wish me luck. Thanks for reading. Peace.

Facebook and Planning Events

I realized that you should NOT rely on facebook events if you are planning something.. I've used facebook events a few times now and it usually has few people actually rsvp'ing on there and usually ends up with me texting or calling people last minute to see if they are going or not..

So, from now on, I will still use facebook events to let people know and for them to have a reference to see the information about events. And I will call and text people earlier to let them know and also let them know that I made a facebook event. Calling and texting would be my primary way inviting people and facebook will just be a supplementary way.

Thanks for reading. Peace.

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New Nalgene Water Bottle

I bought a new nalgene water bottle today because someone at my house lost my old one or gave it away to someone.. This one was a little more expensive though, since I bought it at the Cal Student Store.. But it has a "Cal" logo on it!

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Tanning

This is how I tan my feet since I'm always wearing shoes and socks while outside in the sun. My feet are so white, it looks like im wearing white socks compared to my darker legs. Hahaha.
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Sleeping and waking up early.

Last night I slept around 1am. And this morning I woke up at 5:15am to get ready to watch the Mexico and Uruguay World Cup game at 7am at Saul's house. I woke up extra early to eat at McDonalds with Peter before the game lolz.

It might be because I'm living back at home but I realized that I like sleeping early and waking up early. I've been sleeping and waking up early to go to San Leandro Marina in the morning and jog. I've been going to the Marina around 8:30 to 9:30am but I've noticed it has been getting hotter and hotter everyday..

So now im debating if I can sleep even early, maybe around 12am to 12:30-ish and waking up around 6:30am-ish so I can jog and beat the sun (since I don't wanna get skin cancer..)?

Ehh I'll see. Imma knock out soon right now anyways. Pretty long day today. Jog tomorrow morning! Hopefully I won't forget my stuff, like I did yesterday..

Aiite, enough of this pretty random-ass post. Thanks for reading. Peace.

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Official Name Change for My Blog

As the title suggests, I changed the name of this blog and will change up the way I use this.

I realized that I send a lot of my pictures straight to my mobile uploads album on Facebook now and I don't really send them to here anymore. But after looking at my Facebook wall a few days ago, I also realized that I spam everyone's Facebook Newsfeed with all my photos i've been uploading... So I decided to use this blog for random pictures, along with my Flickr posts, and use Facebook for photos that i would want people to comment on. lolz.

I've also been thinking a lot about hella random shit but never really thought of where to post them up. I love reading Peter's blog and seeing all his photos along with all of his posts of his thoughts and feelings about things and realized that that is something that i wanna start doing. I told him that I would eventually make a dedicated blog just for my thoughts but I'm lazy to make a new one, so I'm just using this blog to post up random thoughts.

Now, I know my blog is linked to my google buzz and I know not many people use it but i think i would start to spam everyone's google buzz if i just send random thoughts on this blog. So i might just unlink this blog all together. What do yall think? (people who's probably reading this from my buzz). Leave a comment! :]

I know this post is a little longer than what i normally post up but thanks for bearing and reading all the way through! :]

Traffic Camera

I always wondered what kind of camera is in there..

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Random Clouds

Random Clouds, originally uploaded by pinoy87peu.

Most amazing chicken ever. "Yang Nyam Chicken" from OB Chicken.

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My first time at a shooting range! :)

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My first shots at a shooting range, not too bad, right? Lol

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I like this Apple ad for some reason. Lol

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Long ass line for the last day for Sufficient Grounds

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First sighting of an actual iPad

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Sunset from the Bay Bridge

Going to SF for the night. Kinda tired though.. =/

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Sufficient Ground's sign. Sad times.

Sufficient Ground's sign. Sad times.

Closing 4/20/2010.

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Grilling Hamburgers in the Dark

Grilling Hamburgers in the Dark, originally uploaded by pinoy87peu.

I like the way the fire turned out in this picture.
Went camping with Project SMILE at Anthony Chabot Campsite in Castro Valley, CA.

Lake Chabot

Lake Chabot
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UGIS Commencement tickets!

I'm finally graduating!!! :D

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Cal Senior Sweater :D

Cal Senior Sweater
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Sunset at Marin Headlands

Sunset at Marine Headlands, originally uploaded by pinoy87peu.

My first edited photo after reading my Lightroom 2 book that I recently bought! :]

There's Icee Machines at Hometown now

There's Icee Machines at Hometown now

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On Lower Sproul

On Lower Sproul
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3 Scoop Icecream in a cone from Ici Ice Cream's

3 Scoop Icecream in a cone from Ici Ice Cream's.

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Dinner at Trattoria La Siciliana with friends.

Dinner at Trattoria La Siciliana with friends.

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Pudding Milk Tea from Lotus House

Trying some pudding milk tea from Lotus House. Tasted weird at first but it's not that bad.

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Late Dinner with my brother and dad at Sonic's.

Late Dinner with my brother and dad at Sonic's.

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Happy 83rd Birthday Lolo Berto

Happy Birthday Lolo. We Miss you and Love you.

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Breakfast Burrito at Cafe Durant

Breakfast Burrito at Cafe Durant

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Book bought with 40% discount from Borders.

Book bought with 40% discount from Borders.

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Class of 2010 Bottle Opener Keychain

Class of 2010 Bottle Opener Keychain

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Home-Made Milk Tea with Boba

Home-Made Milk Tea with Boba

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Golden Gate Bridge

Golden Gate Bridge, originally uploaded by pinoy87peu.

Taken on my first Photography field trip to Marin Headlands. My first time taking pictures in RAW and the first imaged I processed in RAW. 3/13/2010.

Sunset on beach

Sunset on beach

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Marin Headlands in SF for photography field trip

Marin Headlands in SF for photography field trip.
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Dinner in SF with Abe, Natty and Jenny

Dinner in SF with Abe, Natty and Jenny

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March 4th, 2010 Protest

March 4th, 2009 Protest, originally uploaded by pinoy87peu.

Protest at Sather Gate

Protest at Sather Gate on March 4th, 2010.

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Parrot from Oakland Zoo

Parrot from Oakland Zoo, originally uploaded by pinoy87peu.

Oakland Zoo with Project Smile on 2/20/2010.

Second IM Bball Game

No picture but we won today 47-37! Whoo! 2-0 start! :D

Canon 430EX II

Canon 430EX II, originally uploaded by pinoy87peu.

My new flash I bought with my Birthday and Christmas money from my friends! :D
Also got a Sto-Fen Omni-Bounce diffuser with it.
Now I just needa learn how to shoot with it...