I really can't stand...
.. incompetent people
.. those who act as if they are better than anyone
.. those who think they are better than everyone else
.. those who let others down
.. those who tell me they want to go to somewhere with me but expect me to do all the work
.. those who promise something but can't deliver
.. those who ask me to hang out anytime yet when I choose the day, they can't make it
.. those who don't show up when they are suppose to..
..... and never even bother to call or text
.. those who speak so loud even though they are practically facing each other - its like a shouting match for nothing.
.. those who like to stand in front of my desk and chit chat.. no decency whatsoever
.. when you obey the protocol only to find out others don't
.. those who give a verylongexplanationthatwouldjustmakeitmoreconfusing when there is a simpler and very brief explanation.
Sorry for venting.. needed that one ^_^
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Bucket List: 365 Birthdays
So I was just looking through my calendar and adding birthdays of new people I have met (it helps me remember) and came up with an idea. Wouldn't it be great if I would be able to know someone who is celebrating his/her birthday in each day of the year. Yep, that would be 365 birthdays - I'll even include the leap day. But I will not just ask anyone for their birthdays, I have to know the person. This is going in to my Bucket List
So as of tonight, here is what I have (once in yellow)
Jan - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
Feb - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
Mar - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
Apr - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
May - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
Jun - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
July - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
Aug - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
Sept - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
Oct - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
Nov - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
Dec - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
This does not include my own birthday and I got a long work ahead of me.
So as of tonight, here is what I have (once in yellow)
Jan - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
Feb - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
Mar - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
Apr - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
May - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
Jun - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
July - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
Aug - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
Sept - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
Oct - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
Nov - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
Dec - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
This does not include my own birthday and I got a long work ahead of me.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Restaurant Review: Sake Bar Hagi
Sake Bar Hagi
154 West 49th St
New York, NY 10019 Subway Direction
(212) 764-8549
Cuisine: Japanese
Price Range: $
Credit Card Accepted
No Reservation
Hours: Mon - Sun: 5:30pm - 3:00 pm
Resting in the heart of the Theater District / Times Square lies a small underground sake bar known as Hagi. You won't even realized its there if you don't look carefully. The only sign that indeed its the place is the "sake bar" inscribed on wooden door jamb and the traditional red paper lantern at the door that leads down to the izakaya establishment. But once you are down, you will not regret it.
Hagi is usually packed with a mixture of various clientèle. There is a long wooden bar that is lined with bottles of shochu and sake, and flanked by flat-screen TVs which usually broadcast sporting events. The last time I went was the world cup, this time was baseball. There are wooden tables and chairs all around the place and when it is packed, you might end up shoulder to shoulder with your next table neighbor. Again, its worth it.
Now, I have only been to this place twice but its been a great experience. The last time was just this weekend when I went a group. Usually the wait time for groups could be 30 - 40 minutes and they take no reservation so you will need to be patience and it will be worth it.
Once seated, the server will bring you couple of menus. Their main menu and a couple of small ones which include a drinks menu filled with various kinds of sake and shochu. And its really easy to order especially when the menu is filled with images of all their dishes and drinks they served.
So we start ordering and the service is fast. Our server first brought our drinks. We ordered bottles of Nigori Sake as well as two pitchers of Sapporo and Kirin. The Nigori Sake is generally a sweet sake best complemented with spicy food. It has a fruity flavor with a clean finish.
Then comes the food. The dishes were constantly good as the group savor every dish that came to our table. "This is good" "yummy" "delicious" was all you hear from the group.
Sake Bar Hagi has a nice ambiance with the noise not overwhelming even if the place gets crowded. The bathrooms are kept clean and the place is neat and efficient. We could have stayed the entire night at Hagi but we got to give others a chance to savor the taste and enjoy the sake at Hagi.
154 West 49th St
New York, NY 10019 Subway Direction
(212) 764-8549
Cuisine: Japanese
Price Range: $
Credit Card Accepted
No Reservation
Hours: Mon - Sun: 5:30pm - 3:00 pm
Resting in the heart of the Theater District / Times Square lies a small underground sake bar known as Hagi. You won't even realized its there if you don't look carefully. The only sign that indeed its the place is the "sake bar" inscribed on wooden door jamb and the traditional red paper lantern at the door that leads down to the izakaya establishment. But once you are down, you will not regret it.
Hagi is usually packed with a mixture of various clientèle. There is a long wooden bar that is lined with bottles of shochu and sake, and flanked by flat-screen TVs which usually broadcast sporting events. The last time I went was the world cup, this time was baseball. There are wooden tables and chairs all around the place and when it is packed, you might end up shoulder to shoulder with your next table neighbor. Again, its worth it.
Once seated, the server will bring you couple of menus. Their main menu and a couple of small ones which include a drinks menu filled with various kinds of sake and shochu. And its really easy to order especially when the menu is filled with images of all their dishes and drinks they served.
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| Nigori Sake |
Then comes the food. The dishes were constantly good as the group savor every dish that came to our table. "This is good" "yummy" "delicious" was all you hear from the group.
Sake Bar Hagi has a nice ambiance with the noise not overwhelming even if the place gets crowded. The bathrooms are kept clean and the place is neat and efficient. We could have stayed the entire night at Hagi but we got to give others a chance to savor the taste and enjoy the sake at Hagi.
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| Diakon salad with crispy baby sardines. The lightly picked diakon complemented well the crispiness of the baby sardines. The unique flavor of seawood and rice wine vinegar made it a very delightful dish to start with. |
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| Wasabi Shumai Dont let this fool you, its bite sized but it packs a punch to clean your sinus. |
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| Deep Fried Oysters This was the fave of the group. We ordered 3 orders and ended up ordering 2 more |
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| Neopolitan A very interesting dish composed of Pork belly, onion, soba noodles and ketchup. Yep, you read it right.. ketchup. |
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Healthy Food & Green Festival
Healthy Food and Green Festival will showcase healthy lifestyle using all Japanese. There will be cooking demonstrations as well as sampling of various Japanese eats such as organic ramen salad, misoyaki and Japanese ice cream.
Healthy Food and Green Festival is this Sunday, August 22 from 11 am - 6 pm. Cooking demonstrations will be from 11am - 3:45pm. The Festival is at Madison Avenue between 43rd and 45th. More information can be found on JapanTown website
Monday, August 16, 2010
For the love of Trance
I have been listening to music since I was in 4th grade when I discovered that I could sing (apparently) and was always included in the class choir. I do listen to most genre but I fell in love more with trance due to the beats and the melodies that trance producer come up with.
Not a lot of friends knew trance though so I would usually just listen to it at home while I would be singing out r&b and pop to the girls or with my friends.
So I would continue listening to music as I grew up. At work, at school, at the library (ssshhh), at train station, in the bus, on the subway. Whenever I can I would listen and would usually hum as well.
Then ASOT 400 was aired and I realize, why should I kept listening to trance at home when I could do it anywhere. ASOT surely open it up for me. Now, its the first genre I listen to from the moment I wake up till the time I go to sleep.
The problem with Trance is how it is perceived by others. People associated trance with drugs. How attendees need to take drugs just to enjoy this music? Its really a bad misconception only heighten by recent tragic event that happen in the West Coast.
But trance, like all other genre, can be truly enjoyed without drugs and alcohol. Its a genre that brings together people from all walks of life. Different backgrounds, different religions, different language, but we all share one commonality - and that is the Love for Trance.
Trance allowed me to meet some really cool people not only from different parts of the country but the rest of the world. And we do keep in touch not only to listen to trance but also to talk about our lives, our ambitions, our problems, our resolutions.
In closing, I would just say one thing. Forget all the negative perception, listen to trance once, who knows, you might end up liking it.
Not a lot of friends knew trance though so I would usually just listen to it at home while I would be singing out r&b and pop to the girls or with my friends.
So I would continue listening to music as I grew up. At work, at school, at the library (ssshhh), at train station, in the bus, on the subway. Whenever I can I would listen and would usually hum as well.
Then ASOT 400 was aired and I realize, why should I kept listening to trance at home when I could do it anywhere. ASOT surely open it up for me. Now, its the first genre I listen to from the moment I wake up till the time I go to sleep.
The problem with Trance is how it is perceived by others. People associated trance with drugs. How attendees need to take drugs just to enjoy this music? Its really a bad misconception only heighten by recent tragic event that happen in the West Coast.
But trance, like all other genre, can be truly enjoyed without drugs and alcohol. Its a genre that brings together people from all walks of life. Different backgrounds, different religions, different language, but we all share one commonality - and that is the Love for Trance.
Trance allowed me to meet some really cool people not only from different parts of the country but the rest of the world. And we do keep in touch not only to listen to trance but also to talk about our lives, our ambitions, our problems, our resolutions.
In closing, I would just say one thing. Forget all the negative perception, listen to trance once, who knows, you might end up liking it.
Monday, August 9, 2010
..of DJs, grapes, trail mix and vitamin water
So last Friday I headed to the city for John O'Callaghan and Matt Darey at Pacha. It turned out to be an epic night.
We got to the venue around midnight and luckily, I was still able to get in free using the guest list (no I'm not cheap, I just love saving money). The place was already thumping with Mike Saint-Jules warming out the crowd with progressive trance.
Then around midnight, Matt Darey took the booth and started of with See the Sun. I sure went crazy along with the crowd. His set was made up of vocal, progressive and melodic trance. Mostly from his album since this was part of his US Album Tour. He played Lost at Sea, Float My Boat (Moguai Remix), Lucy, Fedde Le Grand's Back N Forth and close his set with Black Flower. The crowd was surely pumped up with his set.
Then came John O'Callaghan, who was introduced by Matt Darey. Now if Matt ripped the dance floor, JOC tored it apart. His set was purely melodic and uplifting playing tunes such as BT's Every Other Way, and Jon O'Bir's Found A Way and Markus Schulz's Perception mixing it up with his tunes such as Find Yourself, Out of Nowhere and Never Fade Away. If Matt Darey's set was a roller coaster ride, JOC's set was up up and away. And he even played all the tunes I requested.
Afterwards, while waiting outside the venue, my friends came up with Matt Darey. And we continued the party till the morning hours.
EPIC!!!!
We got to the venue around midnight and luckily, I was still able to get in free using the guest list (no I'm not cheap, I just love saving money). The place was already thumping with Mike Saint-Jules warming out the crowd with progressive trance.
Then around midnight, Matt Darey took the booth and started of with See the Sun. I sure went crazy along with the crowd. His set was made up of vocal, progressive and melodic trance. Mostly from his album since this was part of his US Album Tour. He played Lost at Sea, Float My Boat (Moguai Remix), Lucy, Fedde Le Grand's Back N Forth and close his set with Black Flower. The crowd was surely pumped up with his set.
Then came John O'Callaghan, who was introduced by Matt Darey. Now if Matt ripped the dance floor, JOC tored it apart. His set was purely melodic and uplifting playing tunes such as BT's Every Other Way, and Jon O'Bir's Found A Way and Markus Schulz's Perception mixing it up with his tunes such as Find Yourself, Out of Nowhere and Never Fade Away. If Matt Darey's set was a roller coaster ride, JOC's set was up up and away. And he even played all the tunes I requested.
Afterwards, while waiting outside the venue, my friends came up with Matt Darey. And we continued the party till the morning hours.
EPIC!!!!
Friday, August 6, 2010
Food Truck Festival this weekend
Related Links:
Hell's Kitchen Flea Market
Ricksaw Dumpling Truck <-- link to their restaurant
The Krave Truck
Bistro Truck
Go Burger
Big Gay Ice Cream Truck
@RickshawTruck
@BistroTruck
@GOBurger
@BIGGAYICECREAM
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Korea Day at Central Park
So last Friday, I trek down Central Park's Naumberg Bandshell to check out "Korea Day." The festivities was the first of its kind in New York City and marks the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War and also celebrate Korean Cuisine.
It sure was an interesting afternoon. The place was packed not only with Koreans but also New Yorkers and tourist from all walks of life. Of course, the free tasting surely help as I could see people flocking to the festivities and calling their friends to tell them about it. Of course visitors got a chance to see Korean culture with various demonstrations and acts throughout the festivities such as the making of bi bim bap on a five-foot circumference bowl. You can even try on a traditional Korean clothing, the Hanbok
Now I have been to K-Town in the city before so I am somewhat familiar with Korean cuisines. But having numerous cuisines in one place made my taste buds go wild. There was Korean chicken wings courtesy of Bonchon Chicken. Kimchee Tacos and Bibimbop courtesy of Kum Gang San. Kimchi Chili from Mama O's Premium Kimchi, Instant Noodles from Nongshim, Japchae from Kun Suh and Saewoo Mandu from Chom Chom among others. I also tried the Aloe Juice which was really good.
Anyway,I do have pictures but I left my cord somewhere else so I'll put on the images tomorrow
Korea Day website
It sure was an interesting afternoon. The place was packed not only with Koreans but also New Yorkers and tourist from all walks of life. Of course, the free tasting surely help as I could see people flocking to the festivities and calling their friends to tell them about it. Of course visitors got a chance to see Korean culture with various demonstrations and acts throughout the festivities such as the making of bi bim bap on a five-foot circumference bowl. You can even try on a traditional Korean clothing, the Hanbok
Now I have been to K-Town in the city before so I am somewhat familiar with Korean cuisines. But having numerous cuisines in one place made my taste buds go wild. There was Korean chicken wings courtesy of Bonchon Chicken. Kimchee Tacos and Bibimbop courtesy of Kum Gang San. Kimchi Chili from Mama O's Premium Kimchi, Instant Noodles from Nongshim, Japchae from Kun Suh and Saewoo Mandu from Chom Chom among others. I also tried the Aloe Juice which was really good.
Korea Day website
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