Yes, I shot this with my cellphone. Deal with it LOL
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There are some days where the cuteness of my morning is supreme. Woke up on this morning to the sight of my two babies knocked the F out. I like this better than her running around the apartment causing chaos.
BTW, I’m trying to catch up with all my posts but that is proving to be a serious pain in my anus. I have been taking pictures though LOL
This is my review of my very first #LootCrate and oh boy am I happy! I got me a little Chun-Li! Wooo!! Watch the video for all the shenanigans :-P
This Saturday we went down to Chinatown in Los Angeles to check out how they celebrate Chinese New Years. It was a great experience being down there with all the people. I almost felt at home again being surround by Asian people. I know that its probably bad saying that but coming from Hawaii to where I’m at now. It is very different. No I’m just happy that I got to celebrate it with so many people.
Big shout out to the people playing Ingress while I was there. We took Chinatown and destroyed all them Enlightened peeps. It’s probably back to being green but it was fun watching it change while the festivities were going on.
Enjoy the photo gallery.
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So if you haven’t seen it yet. Bungie has Officially announced their new game called Destiny. If you haven’t seen it yet, please watch the video.
It is a bold move to say the game will go for 10 years. The biggest problem I see is that the success of the game will need to be its user base. SWOTR started out strong then slid right off the radar fast. It is possible for the same thing to happen here. The trick might be in the connectivity of players with a open-world that is part friend list and part ‘Little Big Planet – allow other players to join your game’ to make it an MMO. I can see this being big but the standard platform of MMOs is flawed when it comes to consoles. Take games like FFXI & FFXIV, they are available for console but it’s user base is more PC players. WoW is still the king when it comes to user base still actively playing the game but this is a PC only game. These games all share a standard MMO construction where people log on to a particular server. These are also all RPGs while Destiny is looking to be a FPS (FPSRPG?) Looking at FPS games, their success is fast paced action by getting into a lobby, wait for players, vote on map, and play the match. This method is probably out since the player would just need to log in to the world and start going.
I’m going off of my own thoughts with barely any information as to how this game will function. However, seeing enough MMO games on consoles fail it is hard to see how this will do well. Who knows though, Bungie might have a new formula on how to make it work. The way I see it though, Bungie should stray away from the standard, ‘Join a server and play on that server’ platform. Stay with the ‘instant action’ success they already have but some how still have that MMO feel and that’ll be a win.
Another thing would be communication. MMORPGs are keyboard chat heavy but with consoles like the XBox and in some cases PS3 it is VoIP. It would totally suck to sign on to a server where everyone has a microphone and is trying to communicate. Great in a party/raid, not for general chat. That would totally suck.
Man trying to word how I think of this game is harsh. So many thoughts but finding the right words is not easy when you don’t know what to think. Right now, all I see is a concept that looks awesome but will it work. No idea.
So I finally had a chance to come home on vacation and well of course I had my camera. So this will be a documentation of that vacation. I must say that where I have moved to really really lacks color so I was excited to finally put my camera to use again. Also, sorry to all the peeps that would have expected me to cover an event while I was down there but I really was just looking to relax. Maybe next time. So lets start this Journey.
It was a long drive to LAX from Victorville, but when I got there and on the plane I was pleasantly surprised. I got to ride on Hawaiian Airline’s new Airbus. Talk about awesome! I really wish I paid some attention to when I was choosing a seat so I would have been more prepared for the long flight. You see that each seat has a Touchscreen in them, but right next to them is a USB slot. Before the flight I loaded up my phone to have a good amount of videos for me to watch on the flight over. Hawaii Five-O’s episode could not have been more timely for this flight as it was a “terrorist” episode. Couldn’t help but laugh at that. Anyways, what I did not know was that the screens are able to interact with a USB drive. I probably could have loaded all those videos to a thumb-drive and watched them on a bit bigger screen. Oh wells, next time. Also, no it didn’t recognize my phone as a thumb-drive, but it did keep it charged the whole flight so that was awesome.
Another surprise was the lunch! WOW!!! Grilled Chicken, Brown Rice, Peas & Carrots, Chocolate Cake, Salad? ON AN AIRPLANE!!! Almost unheard of now a days. Thank you for being so Awesome Hawaiian Airlines.
This was a nice sight to see, Rain. Something as simple as rain made me so happy. Where we are now, it has rained maybe five times. I never realized something so simple would have been missed so much by me. This was also in Ewa Beach and the brand new shopping center they were building.
Soon after landing though and dropping off all my stuff at my parents place, I was ushered off to dinner. My brother chose the spot so Hooters in Aloha Tower we went. Since I had been on a plane for so long and then driven all over the creation, well lets just say I had to “go.” So go I went and to my surprise I found something pretty fucking hilarious. Well I thought it was hilarious.
While waiting for my brother, I saw two beautiful sights still around. The Falls of Clyde and amazing sunsets.
I also started using what I thought would be a catchy hashtag on Instagram called #hawaiinoneedfilter. Well it really doesn’t need it at all.
After dinner my dad wanted to go and see One Drop playing at Mai Tai’s so we went to Ala Moana. Oh how I have missed this mall. I never would have thought that after working that mall for almost five years that I’d miss it that much. The holiday decorations were in full effect there as well so that was a treat as well.
Center Stage was snowing like they have been doing for the last couple years with their soapy snow. If only the people knew what we do with those foam cannons during certain show :-P LOL
One Drop started playing at around 10 so it was going to be a great show from then on. Only thing was that it was getting late for me as I had already been doing a lot of shit!! My ass needed some sleep so when they took their first break we talk story with them then took off and went home. Good time though to hear live local music again.
I haven’t really put much into here as of recent. I really do miss talking with everyone who reads my blogs. Who ever you are that has read my blogs before, I thank you very much.
So what am I doing writing at this time of the night? Something every other person on the planet has a problem with from time to time. Can’t sleep. In my case I’m just not feeling well. As of recent my schedule in life is all over the place and I haven’t really given myself the time to take care of myself properly. My health has never been my top priority in life. I’m that live for the moment kinda guy. Do it all before it’s all said and done. Be proud for what you have done with the many things you have accomplished. Problem is, I still have many things to accomplish still and I feel like my health is slowly getting worse.
Biggest problem with me sleeping tonight is that my stomach is feeling really weird and I’m dizzy. Lots of things could be contributing to this problem, but the worst overall has to be my acid reflux. Acid reflux has been this bane on my life for almost 5-6 years now. You think taking some pills is just going to make it better, but it really doesn’t. Sure it helps however I’m still affected by it.
Now I feel crazy writing here like this because I haven’t written anything here in such a long time and the first thing I write is me competing about health issues. Truth is, this is first time I’ve felt good all evening. I guess it really does help to just start talking make yourself feel better LoL.
Well to give any one who wants to an update about me living on the mainland. It’s just like any other transplant would say, it’s not home but it is something. Since moving here in late January I’ve experience winter through summer. Fall is coming up and we’ll be back at winter again. In my case this is strange to me because I’ve never really experienced fall before. I’ll see everything planet like around me die and wilt away. Never had to deal with that one before. The people are certainly different I guess. Trying to get people to stop butchering Hawaiian culture is always amusing. “No they are called flip flops. It is called slippers.”
Man I am getting tired. Hopefully with all my stomach pains I can get some sleep soon.
The other fun things I’m finding is being able to drive around all these places I’ve only heard of in songs and movies. They ain’t as ghetto as some rap artists tend to make them sound but maybe I’m just in the wrong areas. Maybe I should say the right areas lol.
The beaches down here are certainly not the same. I can be completely honest in saying that yes I’ll visit a beach or two while living here but I am not getting in the water. To cold and not as clean. No offense to anyone who maybe from a sound these areas but it’s just not the same as the clean water around my islands lol. The mountains are beautiful though. A couple weeks ago I had the chance to go zip lining in the trees in Wrightwood and wow was that an experience. Flying through the trees is something to be marveled at for sure. Went hiking before that on a trail around Big Bear. It was an interesting hike. Not because it was my first night on the mainland, but it really taught me about the air and how much thinner it is up there. I was huffing in a matter of 30 minutes. Me huffing? Not good. Either I’m out of shape or it really was the altitude lol.
Bought a bike on Monday. Darn that thing was expensive lol. Spent about $560 on it. It is a good one so it’ll get some use. Julia’s schedule versus my job means one of us is really going to need the car and she should use it not me. She has further to travel around than I do.
Well this has been fun typing all of this with Swype on my tablet but I really should try and get some rest. I hope life is reading everyone well. Until we see each other again later.
Anuhea Live – May 20, 2012 – The Yost Theater, a set on Flickr.
Yosemite National Park – 2012-05-06, 07, & 08, a set on Flickr.
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This is my first time here and may I say that these wonders that I got to enjoy basically made me want to make this continent my home. I am starting to believe that maybe living here isn’t as bad as I thought it would be. There are so many wonders to see that I could spend my life on vacation and probably never see everything there is in this world.
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Goodbye and thank you for taking my money.
