November 2008
1 post
October 2008
4 posts
Megaphone Militia
I have strong urges to complete something that was never complete. For whatever reason, I never had the chance to finalize and launch Megaphone Militia’s first debut album. Through the toils, I’ve found that… while many songs have gathered dust and many more have been half written, there are still a handful that are good and purposeful to encourage.
I still have my notebook...
Same Glasses
I was watching Monday Night Football tonight and started channel surfing during halftime. For some reason, I stopped on the hit show Judge Judy. If you’ve ever watched Judge Judy, you might realize a couple things: one, she’s like a mean old white witch lady who has all authority in her courtroom, and two, there’s that one black guy who stands by her to protect her in case...
Remembering Spain...
I really miss traveling through Europe. It was one of the most exciting things I’ve ever done in my life. Spain will forever hold a special place in my heart as the first place I ever touched down to in the mainland continent of Europe. My first hostel stay, the awesome food, the first backpacking experience, the first time I was completely lost and confused, the first time I really felt...
Craigslist Poem
I am trying to sell my electric guitar on Craiglist and I have been getting some really odd responses. Some people claim to be touring the States and want me to sell the guitar to them as a backup, some people claim to be short on cash and offer me about 2/5 of my listed price (which is already cheap!), and then some people write poems… WHAT? YES, POEMS.
Hey there man with...
September 2008
7 posts
Healing Power
Tonight I went to a night class that was given by a nearby church and the topic was on healing. I thought it was a class for newcomers about what the church was about and the vision of the church and how to plug yourself into this church. Apparently, I was wrong. But it was a good thing.
As the night went on, I learned a lot of things about the healing power of God and the speaker presented...
“The first purpose of speech was for creation, not communication.”
Chargers Game
I went to the Q for the opening game against the Carolina Panthers. Although we lost, I must admit that I had a great time watching the game in the midst of thousands of drunk people. It didn’t matter that I sat in the nosebleeds because I have a great stalker camera in my Canon S3 IS. Here are the pictures from today:
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing -...
Looney Tunes Test!
Today I was eating lunch and I saw a picture of some Looney Tunes characters in the deli that I went to. I thought to myself, “oh, I remember these guys…”, but then upon further investigation, I did not remember all of these guys. Sad.
So here’s a test for you older folk like me to test your Looney Tunes knowledge. You must give the First AND Last name (if they have one)...
Google Chrome
Google launched this new browser today and it competes against a very improved Internet Explorer and everybody’s favorite Mozilla Firefox. I have not had the chance to test it out yet and I may do so tomorrow, but the only complaints I am reading about are just preferencial tweaks that won’t disturb the mass majority. Also, if you own a mac it still doesn’t allow you to use it...
August 2008
14 posts
Happy 21
Today is my girlfriend’s 21st birthday. I will celebrate by listing 21 things I like about her:
1) She is tall and athletic 2) She has nice legs 3) She has nice eyes 4) She has the most beautiful smile in the world 5) She never yells at me 6) She laughs at me (or with me? wait a sec…) 7) She never goes crazy-PMS on me and I hope she never will 8) She is very intelligent 9) She is an...
Redeem Team
I stayed up late watching this game and it was worth it. While the Spanish played a great game, I felt that Team USA had control over the game and played at the pace which they were able to be most effective. All I got to say is Pau Gasol’s little brother… um, Little Gasol is a beast. He and Pau played pretty darn good the entire game.
The Americans dominated basketball this year and...
Coworker Chronicles Part 5
Today I confronted Le Douche…
After spending one hour of my morning chasing down files and realizing that he’s given me multiple of the same papers to file (again!) and then emailed the same papers to file… I just had enough!
I came into the room and said to him pretty sternly:
Johnny Sideburns: Hey… from now on can you just print out your emails and put them in my...
Captain Liao
I just messaged an old teammate of mine:
[23:01] Johnny Sideburns: hey foo [23:01] Johnny Sideburns: captain liao says go to sleep [23:02] *** “Friend” signed off at Tue Aug 19 23:02:22 2008
I guess Captain Liao still has it. I quickly told my girlfriend that I still retain power from being captain in my college days. [23:02] Johnny Sideburns: i still got it [23:03]...
Coworker Chronicles Part 4
As promised…
So Le Douche’s other nickname is Lord of the Flies. Why? Because he is disgusting that’s why.
This story begins… with a banana.
About a couple months ago I had a banana for breakfast and threw it away in my trash bin. The next day there was a fruit fly zipping around in my trash. I thought to myself, “I should stop eating bananas for a day or two, then...
Coworker Chronicles Part 3
Today I think I’ll just post a few things that Le Douche does that really annoys me:
1. He goes “Doo Bee Doo Bee Doooooo…” in a very opera-wanna-be-like voice and does this over and over again throughout the day.
2. He literally takes about 12-15 craps a day. I am not lying.
3. Whenever he eats lunch, he eats very loudly, burps loudly, drinks loudly and makes the...
Life Is Short
I just found out from a friend that a high school buddy of mine had got hit by a car last weekend and died. I am not going to lie and say that we were good friends in high school, but we did play on the same football team and I did get a chance to talk to this guy quite often.
Do you ever meet someone that you know is just going to be successful in life? I’m not talking about financially but...
Catalina
Just got back from Catalina and it was a lot of fun spending time with the family in Avalon. It was really sunny the entire time we were there and we got to eat good food and relax the entire weekend. You can check the story out at Ninja Nomad.
Hillsong - With Everything
I have been listening to this song for the past couple days and I cannot get it out of my head. I actually wrote a song that lyrics were kinda similar and sounded similar… except Hillsong’s is like 102938x better. Hahaha…haha…ha… =(
Anyway, the lyrics are here:
With Everything Words and Music: Joel Houston
Open our eyes To see the things that make Your heart cry ...
New Tea Mug
I drink tea instead of coffee.
Okay, now that I got that out of the way… I drink tea on most mornings at work. While the other dudes chug away at their black coffee, I chug away at my tea with milk and sugar. Also, for those of you who have been following up on my Coworker Chronicles, you know I have a fellow coworker who is well… a douche. I think I can solve my douche problem with...
New Surfboard
I picked up a surfboard today. I am pretty stoked and might go surfing later to check out my new shortboard. It’s 6’10” which is a good size for my height 5’9” and I really like how it is very minimal in it’s design. I didnt’ want to pick up a board that had all these crazy designs on it… maybe when I get better I can afford to attract that kind of...
Coworker Chronicles Part 2
The Le Douche saga continues…
… today we had lunch which our boss treated us to. We went to a nice steakhouse and invited one of the guys we are working with to come eat with us. Kind of like bribery but not really and more of a thanks for being cool with us so here’s some food. The guy that wasn’t from our company is also slightly… big-boned so let’s just call...
July 2008
13 posts
Snorkeling Conversation
Our family is taking another rare Liao family vacation in a couple weekends. This time we will be traveling to be beautiful island of Catalina just off the coast of Southern Cali. We will most likely be staying only a night so I was looking for things to do because I don’t want to waste time lounging around and not take full advantage of my weekend with my family on a nice little island.
...
Glimpse Into The Past
I was thinking of “blogging” in general today and remembered my old blog on xanga. It’s actually still up so I decided to go and read up on what I used to blog about. I shall reflect on a few of my old posts.
We shall start off with a couple of old conversations I’ve posted
CONVERSATION #1:
AySuP012: we were making fun of you yesterday at dinner AySuP012: bye i have...
Surfs Up
I tried surfing today for the first time in my life and I must say…it is very incredible.
I went with my friend Nelson who generously supplied the board as well. After teaching me how to pop up onto the board (I practiced a total of 3 times on the sand), we went out and I caught the very first wave attempt and surfed it in! It is an AMAZING feeling.
I can’t help but keep looking...
I Suck At Lacrosse
I can’t believe it. It’s true. I suck at lacrosse now.
I’ve played in 5 of the 6 total games we’ve had. I’ve shot the ball a total of 4 times. I have 0 goals. A few assists. About a billion groundballs and juking of people… but that doesn’t win games.
We’re now 2-4 having lost 4 in a row.
Truthfully, there are a few HS kids on the team that really...
Riding Bikes in Santa Monica
This past weekend I paid a little visit to my girlfriend up in LA. We had a nice weekend but something about it just started off horribly…conjunctivitis. Nasty.
Anyway, the day started off well with a morning viewing of The Dark Knight. Since Batman is my favorite superhero, I just couldn’t believe how well the movie was put together; the cast, the action, the story line, and the...
Facebook?...
Is it me or has facebook been acting up lately?
More than half the time I click a link… it lags or doesn’t go through or cannot display page or just doesn’t do anything.
A lot of the times… like right now… it just says “stopped” on the bottom along the status bar of my browser. Lame.
I hope this isn’t just happening to me.
Coworker Chronicles Part 1
So there’s this guy at work… me and buddy DJ Huang have decided to call him… Le Douche. He sits in the same room as me in the opposite cubicle just across diagonal from me.
So Le Douche is the ultimate Douche and I will start by sharing a story that happened today. I think it is the best way to keep this Coworker Chronicles organized because if I started posting on all the...
Zune 80 GB
I finally made the jump from iPod to Zune. I’ve been hesitant about this change for some time now but finally decided to take the plunge with the live search cashback deal going on with Microsoft and Fleabay.
I definitely do not need a iPod Touch or whatever to look cool. I personally think those are a big waste of money if you have a data phone (which lots of people have these days). I...
New Glasses
After 5 years of wearing my crappy no-brand Taiwanese glasses, I decided to get a pair that was well… good.
I got my vision prescription updated and got a pair of Dolce & Gabbana’s.
It comes in your typical cardboard box
The frame only runs along the top of the glasses which is what I always wanted.
I am most excited about the new nose guard/cushion things...
Oklahoma City...
I can’t believe it. Seattle lost their basketball team a couple weeks ago to Oklahoma City! Now the big debate has surfaced about what color schemes should be selected for their jerseys and what nickname they should be.
Oklahoma City Sonics? Naw.. that doesn’t flow off of the tongue and I agree that they should change the name if they’re going to start fresh. Here are a few...
Summer Plans
I’ve recently started ‘real’ life… and by ‘real’ I mean going to work at 6am and coming home at 530pm and eating dinner and occassionally going to the gym and looking forward for the upcoming weekend. Sounds like my life sucks huh?
Not really… well at least not yet.
I am rather enjoying work…for some bizarre reason but I find it quite interesting....
My First Post Ever!
I have not updated my wordpress blog in a couple months… I think I am just in the mood for something new and fresh.