Everything came together beautifully on this one.
And the Beat Goes On...
Friday, October 7, 2011
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
7 1/2 Months In...
It's 12:40AM, Thursday, September 15, I'm puffing on the hookah (thanks to my sister and Bubba), drinking a beer, and it's one of those nights that is self-reflective.
Seven months in and the learning doesn't stop. I must say, however, that the last couple weeks, I've been missing home. Ever since Karen went back to San Diego, I have been yearning for things back home. My sister recently gave birth to a beautiful, half-Mexican, half-Filipino baby girl named Natalia, my homies are growing into astute men and women, and the light of the long-term future is slowly becoming radiant. I miss house parties that provide the opportunity of a deeper bond with friends, being able to speak to anyone at any moment, cookouts, and oddly enough, driving. I miss Chick-Fil-A, Sonoma Chicken Coop, Phil's BBQ, Carne Asada fries from Lolita's off Convoy, the Buenos Dias burrito from Santana's. I miss football Sundays. I miss being able to hold my lady at any moment. I miss home.
Lately, I've had a good amount of time to myself to think, something that is definitely hard to come by in our busy lives. In currently reading a book called "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People", I have tried to take a look inside of myself and identify what it is that I value and what my principles are. I am slowly starting to see who I am and developing how I want to be in the different roles that we play in life: a son, a brother, a lover, a friend, and a professional. It is helping me in pinpointing what is most important to me. I hope to start a personal mission statement, a constitution if you will, for myself to follow to maintain a high level of effectiveness. I, we, are ever evolving and it is important to understand the foundation of who we are so that when things do change, our values and principles say what shouldn't. Wish me luck.
My job is going well. I am currently working for three departments in my company. "Gaigo" is my regular shift where I work 5 days a week at different schools to teach conversation classes, which consists of people of all ages from 2 years old to 60. ECC Junior is where I travel to local kindergartens to give the students their first taste of English from a native speaker. On Friday, I begin a shift for CSD, where I will be teaching at a women's junior college where the women will be having one of their first English classes with a native English teacher for an entire semester. It is going to be fun to be able to "step on campus" again. I am slowly becoming more and more comfortable with teaching.
A re-occurring theme in football that is equally applicable to life is "Get Better Everyday". I intend to do so. "I promise myself to think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best. I promise myself to give so much time to the improvement of myself that I have no time to criticize others. I promise myself to be so strong that nothing can disturb my peace of mind." Let's get it.
Recent Quotes that I have been constantly reading:
"Pressure is when you are not prepared" - Patrick Willis
"The enemy of 'the best' is 'the good'" - Stephen R. Covey
"Running water never goes stale. Just keep flowing." - Bruce Lee
"I'd be lucky if I get to be old" - Paul McCartney
"I am going to turn my chair into a throne" - eSSai
A part of my current playlist:
1. The Crowd! - Music
2. J. Cole - Work Out
3. Cee-Lo - I Want You
4. Common Kings - Alcholic
5. The Spinners - I'll Be Around
In closing, here's the inspirational story of the best linebacker in the NFL. I really miss football Sundays.
And the Beat Goes On...
Seven months in and the learning doesn't stop. I must say, however, that the last couple weeks, I've been missing home. Ever since Karen went back to San Diego, I have been yearning for things back home. My sister recently gave birth to a beautiful, half-Mexican, half-Filipino baby girl named Natalia, my homies are growing into astute men and women, and the light of the long-term future is slowly becoming radiant. I miss house parties that provide the opportunity of a deeper bond with friends, being able to speak to anyone at any moment, cookouts, and oddly enough, driving. I miss Chick-Fil-A, Sonoma Chicken Coop, Phil's BBQ, Carne Asada fries from Lolita's off Convoy, the Buenos Dias burrito from Santana's. I miss football Sundays. I miss being able to hold my lady at any moment. I miss home.
Lately, I've had a good amount of time to myself to think, something that is definitely hard to come by in our busy lives. In currently reading a book called "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People", I have tried to take a look inside of myself and identify what it is that I value and what my principles are. I am slowly starting to see who I am and developing how I want to be in the different roles that we play in life: a son, a brother, a lover, a friend, and a professional. It is helping me in pinpointing what is most important to me. I hope to start a personal mission statement, a constitution if you will, for myself to follow to maintain a high level of effectiveness. I, we, are ever evolving and it is important to understand the foundation of who we are so that when things do change, our values and principles say what shouldn't. Wish me luck.
My job is going well. I am currently working for three departments in my company. "Gaigo" is my regular shift where I work 5 days a week at different schools to teach conversation classes, which consists of people of all ages from 2 years old to 60. ECC Junior is where I travel to local kindergartens to give the students their first taste of English from a native speaker. On Friday, I begin a shift for CSD, where I will be teaching at a women's junior college where the women will be having one of their first English classes with a native English teacher for an entire semester. It is going to be fun to be able to "step on campus" again. I am slowly becoming more and more comfortable with teaching.
A re-occurring theme in football that is equally applicable to life is "Get Better Everyday". I intend to do so. "I promise myself to think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best. I promise myself to give so much time to the improvement of myself that I have no time to criticize others. I promise myself to be so strong that nothing can disturb my peace of mind." Let's get it.
Recent Quotes that I have been constantly reading:
"Pressure is when you are not prepared" - Patrick Willis
"The enemy of 'the best' is 'the good'" - Stephen R. Covey
"Running water never goes stale. Just keep flowing." - Bruce Lee
"I'd be lucky if I get to be old" - Paul McCartney
"I am going to turn my chair into a throne" - eSSai
A part of my current playlist:
1. The Crowd! - Music
2. J. Cole - Work Out
3. Cee-Lo - I Want You
4. Common Kings - Alcholic
5. The Spinners - I'll Be Around
In closing, here's the inspirational story of the best linebacker in the NFL. I really miss football Sundays.
And the Beat Goes On...
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Domo
Japan is a more than an experience.
I can happily say that it has been life-shifting. There is something about either Japan or the very idea of traveling that offers this value of an education outside the classroom.
I am more thankful and grateful now than I have ever been.
I love my family and I love my lady.
I am happy for growth.
I am happy that there's still room for it.
I am thankful to do something I've always wanted to do.
I am grateful for clarity.
There is a deep sense of culture that is undoubtedly contagious. Being raised as a Filipino in a military family in America, a diverse society was normal. In Germany, I lived on a military base. In North Carolina, we were that one Asian family on Hazelhurst Dr. But here, in Japan, they are one. Every one has been brought up by the same basic principles and they all believe in it and respect it. From the way they count their money to the way they speak on the phone, it is known and lived by.
I have seen things here that amaze me: the peace of sleeping on a train full of strangers, how they offer blankets before you step into the movie theater, how they do not work for tips, but still have superior customer service, how they preserve their country consciously and with pride. It has been so amazing that now amazing is normal, and I often forget that I am in Japan.
I have learned the meaning of communication and awareness. I am thankful for that because it provides clarity. It has painted a picture of what is important in my life.
I have learned that language is much more than words. Things that you can do with a smile, hard work, a positive attitude, and passion has a universal language.
I am starting and want to fully believe that I am the creator of my Universe. My thoughts become things.
I have learned that growing up in an English-speaking country has been a gift and not something that "just is". English is one of, if not the greatest gift in language that an American can have. There is a world out there that wants to meet you simply because you speak English.
Life is much more than your facebook status.
I love pictures.
I love music. I love music that creates my mood. I love that it impacts me so deeply that when I listen to it, it will remember a time in the past, define the present, or lead me to the feeling of the future.
I am grateful that Japan is more than just an experience. Domo arrigatou gozaimasu.
And for fun, I leave you with this. They killed this. Big Ups to SGBM.
And the Beat Goes On...
I can happily say that it has been life-shifting. There is something about either Japan or the very idea of traveling that offers this value of an education outside the classroom.
I am more thankful and grateful now than I have ever been.
I love my family and I love my lady.
I am happy for growth.
I am happy that there's still room for it.
I am thankful to do something I've always wanted to do.
I am grateful for clarity.
There is a deep sense of culture that is undoubtedly contagious. Being raised as a Filipino in a military family in America, a diverse society was normal. In Germany, I lived on a military base. In North Carolina, we were that one Asian family on Hazelhurst Dr. But here, in Japan, they are one. Every one has been brought up by the same basic principles and they all believe in it and respect it. From the way they count their money to the way they speak on the phone, it is known and lived by.
I have seen things here that amaze me: the peace of sleeping on a train full of strangers, how they offer blankets before you step into the movie theater, how they do not work for tips, but still have superior customer service, how they preserve their country consciously and with pride. It has been so amazing that now amazing is normal, and I often forget that I am in Japan.
I have learned the meaning of communication and awareness. I am thankful for that because it provides clarity. It has painted a picture of what is important in my life.
I have learned that language is much more than words. Things that you can do with a smile, hard work, a positive attitude, and passion has a universal language.
I am starting and want to fully believe that I am the creator of my Universe. My thoughts become things.
I have learned that growing up in an English-speaking country has been a gift and not something that "just is". English is one of, if not the greatest gift in language that an American can have. There is a world out there that wants to meet you simply because you speak English.
Life is much more than your facebook status.
I love pictures.
I love music. I love music that creates my mood. I love that it impacts me so deeply that when I listen to it, it will remember a time in the past, define the present, or lead me to the feeling of the future.
I am grateful that Japan is more than just an experience. Domo arrigatou gozaimasu.
And for fun, I leave you with this. They killed this. Big Ups to SGBM.
And the Beat Goes On...
Monday, June 20, 2011
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Hold My Hand
Bubba
This life won't last forever
So tell me what we're waiting for
We're better off being together
Than being miserable alone
Cause I've been there before
And you've been there before
But together we can be all right
Cause when it gets dark
And when it gets cold
We'll hold each other til we see the sunlight
If you just
Hold my hand
Baby I promise that I'll do
All I can
Things will get better if you just
Hold my hand
Nothing can come between us if you just
Hold my, hold my, hold my hand
I can tell that you're tired of being lonely
Take my hand, don't let go, baby hold me
Come to me and let me be your one and only
Cause I can make it all right til the morning
And the Beat Goes On...
This life won't last forever
So tell me what we're waiting for
We're better off being together
Than being miserable alone
Cause I've been there before
And you've been there before
But together we can be all right
Cause when it gets dark
And when it gets cold
We'll hold each other til we see the sunlight
If you just
Hold my hand
Baby I promise that I'll do
All I can
Things will get better if you just
Hold my hand
Nothing can come between us if you just
Hold my, hold my, hold my hand
I can tell that you're tired of being lonely
Take my hand, don't let go, baby hold me
Come to me and let me be your one and only
Cause I can make it all right til the morning
And the Beat Goes On...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Music.
I am lucky to say that I know this dude. We met when we were sophomores in high school and started making music together in May 2004. We had no idea what lied ahead of us, but since that moment, he has been killin it.
I feel that he has what it takes to be successful, not because I am biased, but because I believe Hip Hop needs a voice like this.
Here's to my boy, Alan. You can call him Keno.
And the Beat Goes On...
I feel that he has what it takes to be successful, not because I am biased, but because I believe Hip Hop needs a voice like this.
Here's to my boy, Alan. You can call him Keno.
And the Beat Goes On...
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