Soul Sessions @ Grandstar 9/14/2007

So this is Soul Sessions @ Grandstar. Grandstar is conveniently located in Chinatown which is about a 10-15 minute drive from my house. If you like Hip Hop, Soul, RnB, Funk, Jazz, and everything else in between, you'll definitely like this place. It's a two story joint with live jazz on the bottom and the rest on top. The place kinda has a house party feel to it. Very urban and cool. A good place to go if you want to listen to good music, chill and lounge, and to dance. Grandstar is the joint but the venue we went to is Soul Sessions. It happens every other Friday, the other Friday is something called Firecracker. It's good too. Both are good. It's chill and you can wear whatever you like which is always a plus in my book. Drunk'n Times Rule!

Placebo Gathering - Nindu 2006

HAHAHA I'm just lost for words here, literally. That's because I'm drunk fool. Rockin my Lakers Jersey. PEACE!

New Kids on the Block II - Bboy Jam

This is a bboy jam thats going down on Feb 3rd. It's local of course. The only reason why I'm posting it here is if you look under the panel of judges you'll see my name there. HAHA Killa-B. Yeah, names a bit corny, I know. Also my homies Placebo Effect and Instant Noodles and ETC are gonna rep so keep an eye out for them. Okay that is all.

MGM Holiday Party 06 @ Cabana Club

For the first time in my 2 years at Metro Goldwyn and Mayer (MGM) Corporate, MGM decides to throw a holiday party to end the year. I don't know why we never had one before, ummm, maybe because we were bought out, sold, and then retained and rebuilt had something to do with it. Well, whatever the reason may be, I have to tip my hat off to our CEOs. They really know how to throw a party. The secret location of the party was at the Cabana Club. Included in our package were free valet and a free 40 dollar taxi voucher incase you were too intoxicated to drive home. Ohh and the best thing was, free booze and food till 10pm. As you can see in these photos, I was tore up. But I had a romping good time.

My main mission of the night was to have fun and hang with my friends. But, honestly, I wanted to meet some of the hot employees and temps that work in our building that I have not meet before. Sorry to say, I met a few (MERCEDEZ) but there actually weren't many. Either way, I still met some. HAHA, fun times. Hmmm, I hope I didn't have beer goggles. *Scratch* *Scratch* I was sure faded that night, though. Man, thank goodness for Patrick and Pepcid Complete (I’m Asian and I’m missing an enzyme that helps break down alcohol properly). That really helped me out there. And so did the raw beef and mash potatoes. Nice soaking materials.


I should have brought my camera, me thinks! These photos are courtesy of my friends at work and, I must say, either they are crappy photographers or I just look like shit in every photo. Damn, someone should have told me to fix my hair and my eyes from chinkying up. Oh wells, I just hope they throw another party next year. HAHA That’s if I'm still with the department. PEACE!



MGM CREW 2006

The House of Glam @ Cabana Club

Nov 22nd, me and the fellas roll to the Cabaña Club for some romping good times. Yes, I am wearing a sweater. I was dying in there. And no, I'm not mentally ill. Well, not that I know of. But yeah, the Cabaña is a real cool spot. It was actually my first time there and will definitely not be my last. Glam did this spot justice. What a way to kick off the Thanksgiving holiday. The Cabaña Club has an in door dance area as well as an out door dance area. So if you were baking, like I was, then you'd go out and chill, grab a drink, a little smoke if you smoke, and just enjoy the vibe. There were plenty of hotties to dance with, but Asian girls in LA are kind of harsh. Even if you try, you'd probably get brushed off by most of them. Not all of course, but majority of the Asian fems gives off a snobby demeanor. HAHA But if you’re the man, then you got it easy. Still a challenge for me every time I go out. Till next time. PEACE!

Halloween Party 2006 - Finally got the damn pictures.

Yeah yeah, Halloween is over. I know. Damn, it was damn fast too. Here are some pictures that I got from Aimee. So this is of us on saturday night Oct something. We all wanted to go out to a costume party so we all went to Century Club. And no it's not 18+. For some reason, that night only, it was 21+. I thought the party was pretty chill. Very chill, infact. I got my dance dance on. The best costume of the night had to go to the random white guy dressed as TRON. So sick. Had a glowing frisbee and everything. Sorry, I'm just not in the mood to write right now. You can tell by all my ramblings. Alright, happy Halloween. Till Next year, suckas!

A Halloween Story @ MGM

On Halloween day, our department (participations) @ MGM held there first annual Halloween party. It was pretty cool, I'm surprised majority of the workers dressed up. Me and Petey came as Spidermen. HAHA For the entire day, we just f'd around acting like idiots. Even though we were suppose to have worked, we just kinda kicked it, walked around, went to other floors, and got MGM bought krispy kreme donuts in the lobby. For lunch, me, Pete, and Judy went to Chipotle Mexican restaurant for some tacos. Damn, everyone was staring. HAHA I loved it. Sorry, I'm an attention whore. It was cool though, we were the only spirited ones on the street that morning.

At 3 o'clock was when they brought out all the foods and drinks. Well our Vice President is kind of a cheap ass so he brought chips and dip. It was pretty cool, but damn where's the real food nukka! I was freakin sugared out. Nasty. But yeah, it was cool seeing all the different costumes. Everyone loved the two spider people. We were the hit of the party, even though we didn't win for best costume. My friend, Ben, won for his Tim Campbell costume. TC was our beer gut and bald EX VP. :)

This is the whole participations, residuals, and audit team.

Here are some other shots of the department peoples chillin in our meeting room for drinks, food and fun.

The Room - On the Corner of Santa Monica and 14th.

Sup fam! Alright, so I was lucky enough to have been invited to this little gem located in Santa Monica. Man was it hard to find! The entrance is in the back of some shop and the club next door to it doesn't help the fact. However, this place is f'n off the chain. The spot is called "the Room". From my sources, there is also another "the Room" located in Downtown LA, but the one in Santa Monica has really dope music. I'm not 100% sure on what nights they play dope music, but we went on a Friday. So yes, go on a Friday! So what type of music? Well, they started off with a little Groove Theory (hee hee I love thier one hit single "Tell Me"). You know the song. It goes:
-Tell me if you want me to
-Give you all my time
-I wanna make it good for you
-Cuz you blow my mind
-I promise boy that I'll be true
-You're the perfect find
-So tell me if you want me to
Okay back to the topic at hand. They also played a little rare samples from popular tracks and then they hit me hard with the real old school hip hop. Man does it feel good listening to a little Tribe Called Quest now and then. The spot was chill. The occasion? We went for a friend of mine. It was her bday. Nice choice of venue. The crowd was mixed, just how I like it. And if the women are shitty, you still have the atmosphere (dim red lights) and music to vibe off of. For Kevin and I, it was a real chill spot to grab a few beers and mellow out.
But don't get me wrong. I'm a dancer at heart and we got down. Man, this picture looks hella wierd. I look ummm pretty GAY. Yes two thumbs up for this club. If they keep banging out dope music, pretty people, and fresh atmosphere, then you'll be sure to see me there on a weekly basis. HAHA, okay okay it aint super dope. Just something fresh to check out. Highly Recommended. GOOD price too. Holla!

Group Photo 1

Group Photo 2

7th Annual Culture Shock Choreographer's Showcase

Alright yall, this past Saturday Oct 21st was the annual Culture Shock Choreographer's Showcase. It's an event where all or most of the Culture Shocks come out and do a performance. DC, Chicago, Atlanta, Oakland, San Diego, LA, and many more others were there to represent as well as other teams such as Jabbawockies and Super Galactic Beat Manipulators. I wish I could tell ya that the event was dope however I did not buy a ticket. HAHA Isn't that funny. You get to perform on stage but if you don't have a ticket to the show, you can't watch. I was very broke at the time so I didn't have a chance to get to see all the acts. I did catch a few performances because the venue was kind enough to set up a TV in the back. Hopefully the DVD will come out soon or youtube videos so that I can peep the many awesome showcases that were there that night.

Oh, so if you don't know already. I am in the Culture Shock LA bboy team. And this past Saturday was my very first on stage performance doing choreo. I, actually, am not very good at choreo, I would be catagorized more as a freestyle dancer slash bboy. But yeah, I worked pretty hard to get the steps kinda right. I know I messed up a few times, but hopefully it wasn't too bad. I really thought it went well. I really enjoyed performing and what not and I am very excited about our next showcase in Las Vegas. Oh and seriously, I was soo nervous. I think I said "OH SHIT" twenty times before hitting the stage. It was a super rush.

Before the showcase started, there was a preshow outside were bboys and bgirls and funkstyle dancers and whomever get to come together and dance. It was a super huge cypher with different styles if you think about it. Culture Shock LA represented hard core. We seriously turned that shit out. Here are some pictures of us.

This is the Culture Shock Breakers. I think we have more bboys but I couldn't find all of them. Seriously we looked sick in the circles. LA represented to the fullest.

Here is a group picture of us and a few randoms in the upper left corner. It's all love though, I know everyone wants to be in a picture with me. HAHA but yeah, Culture Shock LA's street team is what your lookin at. HOLLA!

Last thing, I must say it was a helluva an experience. I really enjoyed the time spent together in San Diego. Just getting to dance, chill, party, and do watever made this trip very memorable. Even though I don't remember a thing that happend saturday night. Pass the alcohol, please!

Crustaceans with MGM Homies

Last Friday, me, Judy, Chris, and Peter went out to eat at Crustaceans for Peter's bday. It was chill. We had to get kinda dressy just for lunch. But it was all good. Krusty Asians (crustaceans) is a high class vietnamese restaurant. The food is actually more fusion from what I saw. I'm a true Vietnamese so I know. The food was good. We had good times. Check out the food below.

This was a salmon eggroll thing. Was pretty good. But if your not down with fishy, then I'd say NEXXXXTTTT!

Peter got the Shrimp Eggroll. It was pretty bomb. And I liked the sauce.

My main course was Kung Pao Chicken with Rice. Umm when did they start serving Kung Pao at a Vietnamese Restaurant? I don't know.

Peter got some Felit Sole or some crap. It was pretty tasty. And he had a fried rice cake which is pretty much the only thing Vietnamese about this place. HAHA

Coconut Flan with Rasberry Sauce. YUMMM!

So comming back to Crustaceans is my 3rd time. And what I highly recommend getting no matter what, full or not, is the fried bananas a la mode. OMG! CRAZY GOODNESS.

It was a good friday lunch. It was chill. You know how we roll at MGM. Just straight gangsta. Till Next time. Ciao.

Placebo Bay Trip Freestyle. Sorta!

Okay, its finally done uploading. Here is Placebo Effect in the Bay doing a little freestyle. Just having good times. HAHAHA peace!

Placebo Oak-Town & Frisco Trip

Alright yall. Here are the pictures to the Placebo Effect Bay Trip Sept 15-17 2006! I'm not gonna try to make it long winded. I'll post the pictures and tell stories off that. The only thing I will say is. "Change your underwear, cause you’re wearing panties!" Hahaha, inside joke to all those with us. Okay here goes the story! Aheemmmmm.

Placebo Crew aka Break-Fast, God-Speed aka Team Pho hămhai.

In "no particular" Order of Appearance!










Alex aka Nu Winner /Andrew aka Anterior Deltoids (bboy Hand Job)













Mike aka Some Dum Guy /Barry aka Barrier Method

Special Guest Appearances!


A-Lau aka Vagina from China /Char aka Charbroiled


Yosef as Himself


Here is a little clip I shot. Enjoy.

Day (1):

Here we arrive to Oakland, California around 6pm to visit Yo. We end up at Safeway to buy some alcohol, a cake, some flowers, and soda so we can pre-party! A-Lau soon arrives and we are chillin in front of Yo's crib. We soon hurry and get ready to go out because Andrew is not 21 and the only way to sneak him in is to eat at the place we are going to party at! Good Plan!



















Here we are at Safeway. We then ended up in front of Yo's crib and started getting ready for the party!











We arrive to Luka's! I think. And we order a round of Burgers and Beer. 10 dolla Burga!


After a Luka Burger and Fries!


Now its party time and the music is off the chain. (For the first 2 hours) Then it gets kinda Hyphy.


Mike knocks over a drink. Smooth Buddy!


The Crew is now leaving Oak-Town to stay at A-lau's Crib! Here is the Bay Bridge at Night!

Day (2) Morning:

Damn, we are all sick. Not because of the Alcohol. But because we came to Frisco with colds and flus and allergies and all sorts. We wake up feeling like crap and get ready to bounce to CHA CHAs (cuban spot) to eat @ Haight Street. We do a little shopping and F'n arround. Good times!



Here we are getting ready in the morning. STRIKE a POSE. Cha Cha's on Haight St. We order some potatoes, freaking carbs. It was good ish though.


A-lau takes us to Hayes Street. This place is pretty cool. There's a park and some shopping. Don't you like our cool pose!



We then go to Grandview Park on 17th and Moraga. It's on top of SF. We take some shots from above. It's a real good spot if you want to see the city!


Locking picture!

Day (2) Evening:

After sightseeing and shopping. We go back to A-lau's crib to get ready for dinner and dancing. We are gonna do plan A again to get Andrew into this House Club called Poleng. We first go and stop by Allison's bday dinner to say happy birthday to her and to hang out with our boy Yo.


Here we are, outside of the bday party and dinner.


We then head over to Poleng. The food there is the bomb. I highly recommend the Ahi chip thingy and the Crab Noodles.



We sit and have dinner. We ordered some bomb food. Got some drinks. It was all dope. And the hostest took a picture for us too. She must be hot cause if you look at A-lau, he's looking straight at her!


Char soon joins us in a night of partying and dancing! Man, there are tons of chicks (hot ones) at this club. Many of them are pretty friendly. The vibe is cool as hell and the music was tight. Two rooms. One plays house and the other room bumps breaks/soul.


The club starts and, OH SHIT, we get stamps. Now we have ins and outs. No more carding for the rest of the night. "By your powers combined, we are Captain Planet!"


Group Picture in the club!


Wow, talke about emo! And look at Andrew. Talk about wanting to take a dump!


Here is mike dancing with 3 men. Go Mike. "You guys are really gay, I don't know what to say..." track 4 of our single. Buy it now!



After the club we go chill, fart around, and eat. Of course, we take the most random of random pictures cause "we must be from the BAY"!


You know how the saying goes: When in ROME, Do the Romans! or You can just suck Dick!


We then head over to Cable Car Pizza for a slice. I got the pesto cheese pizza. It was good! So good that I didn't take a picture of it. WEAK!


Car photo. HAha. Look at A-lau. He looks confused. Oh, this experimental shot is of us eating pizza.



Wow, another amazing trip. We then head back to go to sleep. Damn, too bad the trips over! We even sleep gay. What the hell are you doing Alex. And check Mike out? Strange!

Day (3) Leaving San Francisco:

We wake up. Do a little Hard Gay. And bounce. Thanks to Alau for letting us stay at his pad. And thanks to his parents for sheltering four gay dudes who are super loud. Damn it Andrew No More You-Tube! HAHAHA BOOGIEZONE what?



Next Morning! Rise and Shine Placebo!


We are outside getting ready to bounce!



Us leaving Frisco. Kinda Sad. So I took some shots to remember the good times.



Hope you liked the slide show. See you again San Francisco.

A few words from the blogger:


Well, that's it! The trip was dope! Besides being a sick bunch, this trip has got to be one of my favorites. We had a little drama, a little alcohol, and a little fun. Damn, what more do you need. Thanks to all those people who made this trip possible. Without you guys, this trip would have been bunk. No planning and full of surpizes. Let's try and do this again. PEACE OUT!



Special Footage!


Oh and on the way back we had Mcdonalds!