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!

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

Trying to meet Chicks at a Club! Mistake?

So I was having a conversation with a good buddy of mine, and we so happen to have stumbled upon the topic of meeting girls at a club. Now, I'm not that smooth. Just an average Joe. I know a few individuals who can get a girl's number with ease or just to talk with them without a problem. However, I am not that guy. My favorite line is "umm, you want to do dance. DOH" Yes my friends, that’s the one liner that many guys try to use and fail miserably with. But, this blog isn't about techniques on how to meet girls at a club. It's more about just going out and having a good time with friends.

So I ask, why do guys set themselves up for disaster. The way I see it, if you go to a club thinking on hitting on women and trying to leave with one when the night is over, you'll be sorely disappointed. Now, if you go to a club or party on the intention of just having fun with your friends, then I'm pretty sure you'll have a great time. So then you ask, well what happens with the girls. Can't you do both? Yes. But doing it one way is better then the other. Here are two actual scenarios that took place in my life.

A few friends and I go to a club. We dance and party together. Just having a good time. Luckily, I am blessed with friends who know how to dance (freestyle) or else it gets a little more complicated. We chill, not thinking on hitting on women for the sake of just going out and having a guys night. Then without knowing, a few girls randomly pop up and ask to dance or just to spark a conversation. Maybe they liked how we were dancing. I don’t know. Now, there were no premeditated ideas of meeting women. It just so happens that we had our cake and frosting too. Since we went to a club just to have fun, meeting or not meeting women did not affect the outcome of our night. But since we got to meet some pretty cool chicks, then it just made the night that much better.

Scenario 2, I go to a club with a few friends. On the way there, we psyche ourselves up on how many girls we are going to meet and how many numbers we are going to get. Sounds great. We show up and we see the prospects of hundreds of hotties. WE ARE GONNA GET SOME! While in the club, we walk around checking out who our prey is. We ask, get denied. We ask again, get denied. Circle the club a few times. Ask again, get denied. Ask a forth time, get denied. See the pattern. Now its 12am, prime time to dance and all the girls are taken. We soon get desperate and start asking the uglies. Shit, I got rejected by an ugly. DAMN this night SUCKS.

My advice, just go to have fun. I know these scenarios are purely coincidental but the idea is true. Meeting girls are fine, but please don’t make it your sole purpose. Yes, I am a straight guy! Don’t get me wrong, but setting yourself up to such an expectation can only lead to a train wreck. Or you’ll get desperate and leave the club with a nasty looking girl.