I have this friend who keeps on making fun of people. Wherever we go, he has to make a comment on people we do not even know. Sometimes they are funny, but other times I think he is an asshole. Lately he has been commenting on some of our friends. Our friends all know that he can be an asshole, but they still laugh at his jokes and comments. Whenever I see him, and he starts making the comments, I always tell him, “shut the fuck up!” I know he can hurt a lot of people with his comment, but he is still a good friend to me.
Last week, my friends came over to my house to play Texas Hold ‘em. One of my friends is a guitar player. He loves playing his guitar and whenever he comes over to my house, he picks up my guitar and strums it. That night, my asshole friend started picking on my friend who plays the guitar. My asshole friend started to say things about how my guitar playing friend always has to bring up guitar in all of our conversations and how he always has to play a song for us when ever we play Texas Hold ‘em. The guitar player started to get mad and started to accuse my asshole friend on how he is an in the closet homosexual. The poker game started to heat up with anger and my asshole friend said to the guitar player, “ I bet you love guitar so much you have a blowup doll in the shape of a guitar!” After the comment, the guitar player punched my asshole friend and they got into a fight. I broke it up and now I have to hang out with each of them separately.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Friday, October 19, 2007
Mundane and Selfish
There is nothing important to write about in this blog entry. This week has been nothing but midterms, papers and problems. I have been disconnected with the world, and I have been focusing solely on myself. I barely picked up my phone, answered any text, or commented on someone’s MySpace. I have been busy, but I do not feel fulfilled. People wanted to talk to me, but I did not listen. People wanted to ask me for favors, but I did not care. This week was just I in my own world. This was the first week, in along time where I focused on myself.
This blog sounds selfish, but I do not care. I just want this week to be over, so I can go back to whom I was the week before this week. I did not like myself this week, but I can change. Hopefully this mundane feeling will go away after tomorrow. I have nothing else left to write in this blog. I do not know if it is my selfish attitude that is giving me a writer’s block? Or, if it is the fact that I feel unfulfilled of this week. Midterms may be over for me, but I do not feel happy or relieved.
This blog sounds selfish, but I do not care. I just want this week to be over, so I can go back to whom I was the week before this week. I did not like myself this week, but I can change. Hopefully this mundane feeling will go away after tomorrow. I have nothing else left to write in this blog. I do not know if it is my selfish attitude that is giving me a writer’s block? Or, if it is the fact that I feel unfulfilled of this week. Midterms may be over for me, but I do not feel happy or relieved.
Friday, October 12, 2007
Appologize for What?
“Okay before we go any further, can I check those diplomas because I want to make sure that they’re not from some med school in the Philippines”? These are the words Susan Mayer, Teri Hatcher’s character, said on Desperate Housewives. These words caused a controversy amongst many Filipino’s, especially the ones that work in the medical field. After the airing of the episode where Teri Hatcher’s character said the so-called racial slur, the Philippine Government issued a statement demanding ABC to apologize for airing the Desperate Housewives episode.
Speaking as a Filipino-American, I believe what the Philippine Government and other individual Filipinos are doing about the situation as Bull Shit. My family and my Filipino friends keep on lecturing to me on how it was wrong for her to say that. I agree with them to an extent.
One thing that I do not agree on, is how many Filipino’s called what Teri Hatcher’s character said, a racial slur. What she said is not a racial slur. If people would listen to what Teri Hatcher’s character said, people would find out that she was identifying medical schools in a country not talking about the people of the country. Teri Hatcher’s character never said Filipino; she just had an elitist view on how medical schools in the United States are better than ones form a third world country. It was wrong for Teri Hatcher’s character to say what she said, but it is not a racial slur.
Another thing I do not agree on with how the Filipino people and Filipino Government are doing about this situation is demanding an apology from ABC. People cannot demand an apology since that contradicts the point of an apology. An apology should be what the offender gives to the one he or she offends out of guilt not force; demanding one is meaningless.
Hopefully this situation will blow over, but until then, I hope I will not be bothered with another petition ordering Teri Hatcher and ABC to apologize.
Speaking as a Filipino-American, I believe what the Philippine Government and other individual Filipinos are doing about the situation as Bull Shit. My family and my Filipino friends keep on lecturing to me on how it was wrong for her to say that. I agree with them to an extent.
One thing that I do not agree on, is how many Filipino’s called what Teri Hatcher’s character said, a racial slur. What she said is not a racial slur. If people would listen to what Teri Hatcher’s character said, people would find out that she was identifying medical schools in a country not talking about the people of the country. Teri Hatcher’s character never said Filipino; she just had an elitist view on how medical schools in the United States are better than ones form a third world country. It was wrong for Teri Hatcher’s character to say what she said, but it is not a racial slur.
Another thing I do not agree on with how the Filipino people and Filipino Government are doing about this situation is demanding an apology from ABC. People cannot demand an apology since that contradicts the point of an apology. An apology should be what the offender gives to the one he or she offends out of guilt not force; demanding one is meaningless.
Hopefully this situation will blow over, but until then, I hope I will not be bothered with another petition ordering Teri Hatcher and ABC to apologize.
Friday, October 5, 2007
I Do
Growing up in a Catholic family, marriage was always defined, as something two people uniting in front of God. Marriage to me was always sacred, so I have always believed that I can only marry one person in my lifetime. While watching television, I have always seen shows where two people would go and marry each other with out thinking twice. I have always thought that this was the most random way of keeping a relationship with someone. I never felt that the people on television getting married feel the same way for each other. I felt that they just make a mockery of marriage.
As I entered my late teen years, my view on marriage changed. I started to believe in carpe dium. Marriage was a spontaneous activity that two people in love would do. I still believe that marriage is a sacred union, even in my late teen years. I wanted to find the right girl and marry her, but my definition on the right girl was loose.
I am now a Political Science major attending San Jose State University. In the past 4 weeks, I have interned in the family law courts in Santa Clara County. In the courts, my view changed again about marriage. People who married the wrong people would come in and try to get out of their marriage. I witnessed many cases where people’s love for each other was liquidated into a cash settlement. Piles of paper work would end up at our desk on divorces and child custody. Working in family law made me realized that marriage is sacred, and finding Mrs. Right will take time.
As I entered my late teen years, my view on marriage changed. I started to believe in carpe dium. Marriage was a spontaneous activity that two people in love would do. I still believe that marriage is a sacred union, even in my late teen years. I wanted to find the right girl and marry her, but my definition on the right girl was loose.
I am now a Political Science major attending San Jose State University. In the past 4 weeks, I have interned in the family law courts in Santa Clara County. In the courts, my view changed again about marriage. People who married the wrong people would come in and try to get out of their marriage. I witnessed many cases where people’s love for each other was liquidated into a cash settlement. Piles of paper work would end up at our desk on divorces and child custody. Working in family law made me realized that marriage is sacred, and finding Mrs. Right will take time.
Friday, September 28, 2007
An Old House By Santana Row
I lived in San Jose for the past 17 years. Yet, it was not till Wednesday that I visited the Winchester Mystery House. Growing up with my group of friends, I have heard many ghost stories. My friends and I always wanted to explore many places that people have claimed were haunted. Whether it is on San Felipe Road in the Evergreen Valley, where they said a ghost of an old woman on a bike will greet you and your lover in the car. Or Marsh Road in Milpitas, where there have been rumors of a girl at the end of the road that will chase you down if you do not leave right away. We have been going down old roads, sneaking into abandoned property and trying to take all the pictures as possible to try and see if we can get a safe paranormal experience. With all of that behind us, I have decided to just go and pay $23.95 to take a tour of the Winchester Mystery House.
I have heard the story about Sarah Winchester and her husband’s rifle company. The legend goes that she built the Winchester Mansion to appease the spirits that were killed by the Winchester rifle.
It was still daylight outside when I toured the mansion, yet I still had an eerie feeling something was there besides my tour group. We went down twisted staircases and saw doors that led to nowhere. We visited the room where Sarah Winchester died and took a peek at her séance room. In the end of the tour, that eerie feeling went away when our tour guide conveniently lead us into the gift shop. I was satisfied that I was able to visit a part of San Jose’s history, and got to visit a haunted house with out climbing over a fence or crawl through holes on the side of the walls.
I have heard the story about Sarah Winchester and her husband’s rifle company. The legend goes that she built the Winchester Mansion to appease the spirits that were killed by the Winchester rifle.
It was still daylight outside when I toured the mansion, yet I still had an eerie feeling something was there besides my tour group. We went down twisted staircases and saw doors that led to nowhere. We visited the room where Sarah Winchester died and took a peek at her séance room. In the end of the tour, that eerie feeling went away when our tour guide conveniently lead us into the gift shop. I was satisfied that I was able to visit a part of San Jose’s history, and got to visit a haunted house with out climbing over a fence or crawl through holes on the side of the walls.
Friday, September 21, 2007
It is Just Music
“That’s just emo!” “What happened to Hip-Hop?” “I hate mainstream crap.” Everyone keeps on telling me his or her negative opinion on music. While growing up in the United States, I was fortunate enough to listen to many varieties of music. I always had my favorites in each genre, but people keep on telling me that some of my choices are crap. They literally think that I care about their opinion, to the point where they will get angry with me when they think I do not get what they are trying to lecture me about. The sentence I hear the most is, “Music isn’t what it was when I was growing up.” This is coming from a person that is my age. Each time they ask who are my favorite bands or artist is I ignore the question and talk about politics.
I love music; I understand that music evolves and adapts over time. What a band or artist was, when they started, is not going to be what they are going to be now. The good band or artist adapts to their listeners. Some people believe that they are betraying their fans when they change their sound, but what they are doing is trying to get a new generation of fans. For example, the band Green Day had a sound that would appeal to most audience when they had their first album, Dookie in 1994. It was mellow and the album was easy to relate to their main audience since it dealt with boredom and wanting to get away from it. Yet their second album, Insomniac, was more of a punk album, with more power chords and a harder sound. This album related more to the people they played for in the past, the punk crowd.
Other people believe that mainstream music, is commercialize and money is the only thing they want out of their experience. These people like to trash the artist from companies like RCA, Arista, and Sony. They like underground artist from independent record labels like Look Out Records and A&M Records. Even though their artist is in their taste, it might not be for someone like me.
People need to get that music is a form of art that is judged only by personal opinion. It is not something that people should trash just because they don’t like the band or artist. Music is something that people should just listen to and shut up about it because in the end, its just music
I love music; I understand that music evolves and adapts over time. What a band or artist was, when they started, is not going to be what they are going to be now. The good band or artist adapts to their listeners. Some people believe that they are betraying their fans when they change their sound, but what they are doing is trying to get a new generation of fans. For example, the band Green Day had a sound that would appeal to most audience when they had their first album, Dookie in 1994. It was mellow and the album was easy to relate to their main audience since it dealt with boredom and wanting to get away from it. Yet their second album, Insomniac, was more of a punk album, with more power chords and a harder sound. This album related more to the people they played for in the past, the punk crowd.
Other people believe that mainstream music, is commercialize and money is the only thing they want out of their experience. These people like to trash the artist from companies like RCA, Arista, and Sony. They like underground artist from independent record labels like Look Out Records and A&M Records. Even though their artist is in their taste, it might not be for someone like me.
People need to get that music is a form of art that is judged only by personal opinion. It is not something that people should trash just because they don’t like the band or artist. Music is something that people should just listen to and shut up about it because in the end, its just music
Friday, September 14, 2007
That is messed up Food Network
Am I the only person in the world who does not like Bobby Flay?
If you have ever watched The Food Network on late night, you would see this show called Throw Down with Bobby Flay. This show is about a New York Chef named Bobby Flay; he goes around challenging unknown chefs on their signature dishes. To do so, Food Network producers would go down to the home town of the unknown chef and lie to them by telling them that The Food Network would give them their own segment on a made up show. While back in New York, Bobby Flay would practice making his own style of their signature dishes. At the climax of the episode, the unknown chef would host some kind of gathering where he or she would make or bring their signature dish. Before the festivities start, Bobby Flay would sneak into the crowd and present himself and his challenge of who would make the better dish. After the tasting of the dishes, food critics and or local chefs would be selected as judges to judge which dish is better. Usually, the unknown chef would win the throw down.
My problem with Bobby Flay is his ego. Even though he looses most of his throw downs, his ego seems to still be there. My family who likes his show likes to claim that he is exposing these unknown chefs to the world. Yet, if you watch the show, the camera is mostly on Bobby Flay. One episode had a doughnut throw down. In this episode, Bobby Flay challenged Mark Israel of Doughnut Plant. Mark’s reaction was pleasant at first, yet when the cameras was still rolling on Mark in the back of the stage, he was yelling at his cell phone screaming, “They lied to me!” Throughout the episode Mark’s attitude was in disgust, especially when Bobby Flay asked Mark to taste his doughnut.
Bobby Flay needs to calm himself down. He does not need to make food into some kind on competition. Food should be left alone as something to eat, not for something to compete.
If you have ever watched The Food Network on late night, you would see this show called Throw Down with Bobby Flay. This show is about a New York Chef named Bobby Flay; he goes around challenging unknown chefs on their signature dishes. To do so, Food Network producers would go down to the home town of the unknown chef and lie to them by telling them that The Food Network would give them their own segment on a made up show. While back in New York, Bobby Flay would practice making his own style of their signature dishes. At the climax of the episode, the unknown chef would host some kind of gathering where he or she would make or bring their signature dish. Before the festivities start, Bobby Flay would sneak into the crowd and present himself and his challenge of who would make the better dish. After the tasting of the dishes, food critics and or local chefs would be selected as judges to judge which dish is better. Usually, the unknown chef would win the throw down.
My problem with Bobby Flay is his ego. Even though he looses most of his throw downs, his ego seems to still be there. My family who likes his show likes to claim that he is exposing these unknown chefs to the world. Yet, if you watch the show, the camera is mostly on Bobby Flay. One episode had a doughnut throw down. In this episode, Bobby Flay challenged Mark Israel of Doughnut Plant. Mark’s reaction was pleasant at first, yet when the cameras was still rolling on Mark in the back of the stage, he was yelling at his cell phone screaming, “They lied to me!” Throughout the episode Mark’s attitude was in disgust, especially when Bobby Flay asked Mark to taste his doughnut.
Bobby Flay needs to calm himself down. He does not need to make food into some kind on competition. Food should be left alone as something to eat, not for something to compete.
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