I must work hard on getting these weekend recaps up earlier.  Laziness sets in.  hahaha.  Weekend was pretty chill as opposed to last weekend.  I didnt really feel much like drinking because of getting blasted on my bday. 

Cabana Club on Friday.  We were throwing the UC Grad Party so had a lot of peeps out from UCLA and UCI.  We also had open bar on Jinro Soju till 10:30 so I partook in a few shots (but not too many!) 

After having been clubbing for a very long time, I’ve found that a lot of the funny stuff happens AFTER the club.  Whether it be guys doin the PLP (parkin lot pimpin) or chicks passed out drunk on the sidewalk, it’s quite humorous to just observe what’s going on.  For instance, we came upon this poor girl crouched down and SLEEPING right in the middle of the parking structure.  Amazing!  I’ve actually had a few times where I’ve been found sleeping outside the club on the sidewalk (Karnak) or under the table (Le Prive).  I guess when you get that drunk, you just want to sleep…WHEREVER you may be.  Anyway, being the asshole that I am, I had to take a picture.

I also caught this couple walking off into the distance.  I think this dude just met this chick on the night of the party.  SCORE for him.  This reminds me of one of our promoters who met a chick at Cabana and then took her up to the top of the parking structure across the street for some “friendly relations”.  hahahaha. 

Anyway, John was too drunk to drive so we decided to go eat in Ktown at the Blink plaza.  This is where my jackassery almost got us in deep shiet.  So we park in the Blink structure and John gets out to talk to his homie in a parked car.  Right then I hear this tinkling sound…like running water.  I look up and i see this dude taking a huge piss above us.  I’m like “ho shiet….that guy is taking a huge piss”, and whip out my camera and start taking pics.  “This will be some good blog material”, I’m thinking to myself while smiling gleefully.  Right then i hear, “wtf, who the f is taking pictures?”.  I hear running down the stairs to our level and 2 guys appear.  I’m thinking, “ok whatevers 2 guys”.  Right then 8 more dudes show up.  Now i’m thinking , “fuuuuuuuuck…we are dead”.  John is standing there not knowing what’s going on (cuz he’s so drunk) and his homie straight backs his car out and bones out.  These guys are all drunk and they just want one thing…to f*ck us up.  hahahha.  I’m thinking the whole time about the dude who got chased down and stabbed to death in the SAME Blink parking lot about a year ago and am secretly crying inside.  Well thankfully through my smooth talking and negotiations, we got out of there.   Just kidding!  What really happened is by some miracle, ONE of the dudes was sober and had enough sense to calm his homies down.  So yah, I apologized, erased the pictured, and skipped out of there with John quick style before they changed their mind.  Luckily they weren’t G’s or that woulda been a VERY BAD situation. 

We ended up at BCD Wilshire (where I randomly ran into Sunny Sheree) and didn’t get to bed until around 4am.  Phew! 

Saturday was more chill.  Vacuumed my room and picked up all the crap on my floor.  C came by and we headed out to Century City mall to see the Hulk (see my review earlier in the week) at the AMC Theater.  Got out of there around 9pm and headed back to my spot.  Wej Scott and Smitty called me up to roll to KL’s birthday party so we decided to meet up at my pad for some pregame action.  Sipped down a couple Green Tea/Johnnie Blacks, and then jetted to Air Conditioned (the one on Lincoln) in Venice.  That place has the BEST music if you’re into 1990-1995 hip hop (the golden era of hip hop).  None of that bay bay bay shiet…only the good stuff.  Bobby Brown, Tribe Called Quest, Paperboy, Black Sheep, Gangstarr, and the list goes on and on.  Stuff you can sing along to!  hahaha.  Ran into a bachelorette party there and had some fun with them.  Check out the nasty baloon penis!

This one hurt my tooshie (a little). 

Anyhoot, it was fun night with good friends!

Sunday went to my grandparents’ house for some Father’s Day BBQ.  Hamburgers, hot dogs, and STEAK.  mmmmm.  I stuffed myself silly.  Then watched the Lakes beat Celts (we all know how that turned out though).  All in all a great weekend! 

Hey fellas,
Remember how I said you don’t ever want to be “that douchebag guy” trying too hard to impress the ladies?

Hope you aren’t one of these guys

Since Summer is now here, many of us will be travelling. Although I’m only planning on going to CABO this Summer, I have been to quite a few places in the past. I’ll be posting my travel journals online about once a week so you can get a first hand view of what to expect should you be travelling to a certain city. First up is Seoul, South Korean. It’s been about a year since we went and that was my 3rd time visiting there (can you tell I like the place?) hahahaha. Enjoy!

Well after 5 years of talking about it and some failed planning, we finally made it out to Asia again for Part Deux. Actually i got back a couple weeks ago but was in major depression from the jetlag and from missing the good times from the trip. Does anbody else get depression after Asia trips? Like you feel this sense of BLAH for no known reason. This happened to me last time too. ANYWAY, this trip featured appearances from Vork, Shien, Bry, Brad, Vanimal, and yours truly. I remember when i got back from the last trip back in 2002, i said i was gonna settle down and live the domesticated life. Never happened. hahaha. Our goals for this trip: See the sights, party every night, and meet tons of chicks. I mean this is probably our last big GUYS trip (i hope not but it’s probably true). On the menu for this trip: Seoul, Shanghai, Phuket, and BANGkok.

“I get frequent flier miles from my stewardess chick”……….Well it started off right away. I usually have a crush on a stewardess from every KAL/Asiana flight that i’ve been on and this one was no different. Big difference between American airlines and Asian airlines. American (avg age 40 years old, white, not good looking) vs Asian (avg age 22, asian, slender, cute). I mean it’s RIDICULOUS. Anyway, i’m left speechless by the stewardess and can only smile and nod my head like a moron. About 7 hours into the flight, me and Van spring into action. We end up hanging out in the galley, peppering her with all kinds of questions. Finally after 2 hours of standing there, the manager politely asks us to return to our seats because they have to do work. haahahaha. BUT, i scored the number and email addy so that’s all that counts. Finally land at Incheon.

Whew i’m glad i didn’t pack that cow, pig, or rooster in my suitcase. NO!! NO!! Korea is a very modern country but there are still some overt signs of racism here. Check out this gas station photo:

Korean dude in a turban. hahaha. Anyway we didn’t do much during the day. Went to COEX a lot or Galleria and checked out all the cute cute cute chicks. I’ve been to a lot of Asian countries and i have to say that hands down Korea has the best looking girls. Sure, most of it is through plastic surgery and sure they smell of garlic BUT damn….when 1 out of ever 5 girls you see on the street are hot, how can you complain? Sign me up for Korean language classes and ship me over there asap!

Met up with some Lambdas on our second night in Kangnam and Saturday night we hit up the hot new booking Club I. I gotta say that the booking clubs this time around arent’ as good as they were back in 2002. I think it’s lost it’s flava. I thought the regular club CIRCLE was better.

Me and Youn at Club I.

Jackie says “2 Thumbs Up” but why does he only have ONE up?

At the Johnnie Walker Blue release party. hahahaha. j/k. This was taken at 6am after a LONG night of partying at Circle. Notice how we all look like douchebags because we are all wearing striped shirts. Look at my stripeddddd shirt….look at my stripeddddddddd shirttt!

COEX courtyard under the big cell phone.

Korea was fun this time but not as fun as 2002. I’m always down to go again though. hahaha.

Despite NAS changing his album title N*gg*r to simply NAS due to heavy controversy and pressure from record executives, he still knows how to stay controversial and stylish. He’s one of the best lyricist and social commentator in our era especially amongst the slew of prolific commercialized one hit-wonders. NAS is rocking G-Shock, DSquared2, Y-3, Marc Jacobs, YSL, and etc., man’s got style!

If you’re a sneaker aficionado you would notice that Nike moved away from the once popular Air Force 1 and focused more on their retro Nike Dunks. Nike is now refocusing a marketing campaign on the Air Force 1 by launching the line with the help of select cultural sports, fashion, music, and various lifestyle icons to redesign the shoe to reflect their respective personality and fashion taste. It’s amazing how a conglomerate such as Nike is able to still maintain a sense of coolness and still be able to exploit workers in underprivileged societies. I think they should have a model where they select “one of the numerous exploited sweatshop worker” and have him/her design what Nike means to them. I am picturing dollar signs and a bowl of rice…and of course the air bubble. Enjoy the website!

http://www.nike.com/af1/index.jhtml#l=1worldhome

http://www.nike.com/af1/index.jhtml#l=Home 

Let me first start off by saying that I am neither a Laker fan nor a Celtics fan.  I USED to be a Laker fan since I was a kid back in the Magic era but stopped rooting for them after Shaq left.  But yeah, I just finished watching Game 6.  Wow what an UGLY game.  I don’t think i’ve ever seen a team get blown out that bad.  And to think these are the two BEST teams in the NBA?  The Lakers gave up…period.  They were outcoached, outrebounded, outhustled, outshot, and basically PUNKED by the Celtics.  And it’s not even this game, it’s the whole SERIES.  The Lakers had consistently been outplayed since Game 1.  Where was Kobe?  Where was Lamar?  I highly doubt MJ would have let the Bulls squander a 24 point lead in the Finals.  Wouldn’t have happened.  Since i’m in a major hating mood let’s go down the roster:

Bench:
Farmar:  Actually played decent (probably cuz he’s UCLA schooled)  =)  Threw the ball away a couple times but hit some 3’s to make the game within 30 points.  hahaha.
Turiaf:  AWOL
Walton:  AWOL
Mihm:  What the hell was this guy doing in the game (last game).  This guy shouldn’t even be in the NBA. 
Ariza:  Played decent at times (probably cuz he was UCLA schooled) but nothing spectacular.
Vujacic:  The “machine” was HORRIBLE.  I mean…how many times can you MISS?  Like seriously.  Definitely NOT a clutch player.  Can only score points when the Lakes are comfortably ahead.  And his defense….my god.  How many times did Ray Allen rain bombs on you?  How many times did Allen and Pierce waltz right past you for a layup…and oh yah…how bout Powe going coast to coast and you letting him stroll right by for a dunk?  Learn to play some friggin defense Euro!

Starters:
Radmanovic – This guy should NOT be starting on ANY NBA team.  The most one dimensional player on the team.  If this guy is not hitting his 3’s then he is absolutely USELESS.  Paul Pierce USED Radman over and over like a cheap hooker.  Play some friggin defense EURO!  Lakers need to trade this guy for a 2nd round pick ASAP.
Fisher – Fish is old.  What else can i say.  He’d be a good backup but his starter days are over. 
Gasol – Another softy on defense.  Has good offensive skills but rebounding and TOUGHNESS needs definite work.  KG punked his ass tonight. 
Odom – I love this guy.  Graceful on the court and played so well up until the Finals.  But damn….he friggin DISAPPEARED most of this series.  Played like a PANSY.  Where the heck were you?  He got mad at KG tonight cuz KG did a hard foul on him with the Celts holding a 30 point lead.  Damn Lamar…when you give up and play like a pansy, you get punked like a pansy…deal with it!
Kobe – So I guess we can put those Kobe to MJ comparisons to rest.  Yes the Celts played GREAT defense on Kobe but geezus….he shot HORRIBLY.  And his leadership skills SUCKED.  You could see him sulking and bitching at his teammates the whole series.  Definitely not his best moment.  Like i’ve always said, Kobe is a great player, but his attitude SUCKS.  LBJ baby.  Witness!  hahahaha.  

The Celts REALLY impressed me.  I had written them off at the start of the series but damn…they REALLY impressed me.  Great team ball and great hard nosed defense.  It was fun to watch them.  I’m glad KG, Ray Ray, and Pierce finally got their rings…..the deserved it with the great play they had.  And their supporting cast…wow.  Rondo, Perkins, Powe, Brown, House, and POSEY!  That Posey dude is the MAN.  What a great pickup for the Celts. 

Anyway cheers to the Celtics and best wishes to the Lakers next year as they gear up for another run at the Finals (with Bynum and hopefully minus Radmonovic)

First I’d like to thank everyone for the great comments and stories I’ve gotten through email. Its great to know people are reading the GOPro Blog and have opinions on my topics. Keep the emails coming! I welcome, read and respond to each and every message.

Continuing on the topic of confident women, I dug up a page I ripped out of March 2008’s Glamour magazine. Once again, a little gimmicky – it does come from Glamour afterall, but read between the lines. I think these are some great points to remember. I’ve added some of my own thoughts after some of them and I’d love to hear what you ladies think as well.

10 Superpowers Every Woman Ought to Have

1. KateMossidence: the guts to set your OWN style and trends.

2. WhatCelingism: The unquestioning belief that a no-limits carer is yours for the taking. (I especially agree with this. I know too many women who hate their jobs because it is dull, boring or mundane. Paradoxically, they do nothing to advance and they stay because they think they can’t find any better).

3. Guilt Freeze: The clarity to know when you don’t have to say sorry. (I struggle with this all the time myself. Its in my nature to take responsibility of everything I am involved in. I often find myself apologizing when I am not at fault, but I’m working on it).

4. Bar None: a knack for never paying for your own drinks. (Herein lies a conundrum: you are independent. Does this mean you shouldn’t accept drinks at a bar? I view the “man-buy-woman-drink” situation as socio-cultural female/male courtship ritual completely separated from notions of feminism or female independence. If you are interested in him, take it as a nice gesture. If you choose not to accept, politely decline but continue a conversation. Just don’t take it if you completely aren’t interested. What’s the point? You can buy your own anyway).

5. Alba-tude: at your command, a shoulder-sback, hair flipping aura that makes you the woman every man lusts for. (Told you so, Gorgeous. Its all about that aura of confidence your radiate).

6. Weigh-dar: The uncanny ability to peer into the future of that crash diet and see that it just won’t work. (Secret to losing weight: exercise and consciously moderate what you eat. Duh, right?)

7. Orgasmaggression: an I-want-seconds attitude in bed (rawr! xxx).

8. NoMamaDrama: the wisdom to sometimes tell your mother that she’s right…even when she isn’t.

9. Gravity control: magical boob and butt-lift or at least excellent underwear (tip: Try Spanx).

10. Ex-orcism: the will not answer the phone when that guy from ‘05 calls at midnight. (Dolls, can you say: meaningless boo-tay call?)

There you have it.
#10 reminds me of the infamous “He’s Just Not into You” mantra and I’ll be writing about that in my next post. Anyway, if you have a tip you are dying to share with everyone or even if you think these tips are complete trash, leave a comment or send me an email- I’d love to hear it.
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Violet is guest blogger for GOProductionsLA. She blogs about her female perspective on men, women, dating and relationships and other aspects of life. She’s a twenty something, Asian American chick livin’ up the party life in Los Angeles. Find her at Cabana club on Fridays, Social on Thursdays and the newest restaurants and bars every other day of the week. If you’d like a fresh perspective, have a topic you’d like to see discussed or just want to say hello, email Violet : violet25x [at] gmail [dot] com.

Went to go see the Hulk at the AMC Century City last Saturday with C.  We were afraid tickets were going to sell out early so we went extra early to buy them and then ate dinner at the food court.  The Century City foodcourt is probably one of the NICEST food courts that I have ever seen but dang it is EXPENSIVE.  $10 for a turkey sandwich from Coral Cafe?  Good lawd!  How much for just one slice?  hahahha.

The last time I had eaten there was about 6 months ago with the Fungsta and Eileen.  We were enjoying our lunch when the lady sitting next to us asked us to watch her food cuz she had to take her kids to the bathroom.  “Sure no problem”, we replied.  So we go back to our conversation and i finally notice out of the corner of my eye somebody quickly wiping the table.  We all turn around and all the lady’s food is gone.  The busboy had come along and quickly threw everything away.  I was pretty horrified and so were the other two.  Quickly we decided what we should do:  a)  get the hell out of there before the lady came back or b)  offer to buy them lunch.  Being the upstanding citizens that we are, we quickly collected 10 bucks each to pay for the new meal.  So the lady comes back with her kids and her eyes get all wide.  “umm..yah we are SO SORRY”, we pleaded.  We tried to push the money in her hands but she refused.  She was like, “oh that’s fine…it’s ok”.  Right then her little son tugs on her shirt and wails, “MOMMY i’m still HUNGRY!”.  hahahaha.  You shoulda seen the look on F and E’s faces when the kid said that.  They looked so sad.  I was secretly laughing inside cuz this totally reminded me of an episode of PUNKED.  hahaha.  Only except it was real.  Oh well. 

ANYWAY, back to the HULK.  I hadn’t read any reviews of the movie so i had ZERO expectations.  Luckily the movie ROCKED!  I especially enjoyed the opening scene of the favelas of Rio.  Ever since i saw “City of God”, i’ve been fascinated by the favelas.  It boggles my mind how these shantytowns have sprung up along the hills of Rio.  I would very much like to visit them one day (when it’s safer).  Liv Tyler looked pretty good in the movie (even though she has noticeably aged from her days as a stripper in her dad’s Aerosmith video).  Edward Norton did a pretty good job as well.  Very impressive.  At times the movie seemed a little far fetched but nowhere as bad as that trash movie Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull.  All in all i give the movie a 7 out of 10.  

Hope y’all had a great Father’s Day weekend.  Cabana Club and Social Hollywood pics have been posted on the GO site.  You can find them at www.goproductionsla.com or just click below:

If you read JSaka’s blog recap of his birthday weekend, you’ll know that we all went to a gorgeous wedding on Saturday. Prior to that, I watched the very anticipated debut of The Sex and the City Movie. As we all know, Carrie Bradshaw FINALLY gets married to Mr. Big. Since these past weeks, I’ve noticed an increase of girls buzzing about their dream weddings and wondering when their turn will come. All of this buzz made me remember a book I read a couple years ago entitled, “Why Men Marry Bitches”. This New York Times Best Seller is about how to turn a casual relationship into a committed one.

Argov has also written “Why Men Date Bitches” for the single ladies, but I find the main points to be very similar. Granted, the title is gimmicky but I think Sherry Argov makes some very valid points. In this post, I’d like to share some of the key takeaways I got from Argov’s book. If you’ve found yourself in a new relationship, wondering if he wants (or if he is going to ) commit, this post is for you. I’d also like to point out that Argov uses the term “bitch” as a counter-hegemonic term. To her, a bitch is a “strong, spirited woman who can stand up for herself. She doesn’t compromise herself and she doesn’t work ‘overtime’ to catch a husband”. Unfortunately, many ‘nice’ women mistakenly believe that being a “bitch” is a bad thing, when its not.

A lot of times, women get stuck in casual relationships with no future. Our society has embedded the notions of submissive women, deep into our subconscious. A woman is often advised to sacrifice herself, her pride, and her dignity for a man. The truth of the matter is men respect a “strong wit and a strong mind”. There is nothing more attractive to a man than a woman who has confidence, dignity and pride in who she is. Don’t be clingy, don’t give up your free time just to be with him- have a life of your own, have some fun and be independent. Men like what they cannot predict and control. Believe me, it keeps them wondering and that is a good thing. Keep your independence. Keep your friends. Keep your job. Keep your apartment. Keep your own credit cards and your bank account.

Secondly, don’t bring up the c-word (commitment), or the m-word (marriage), it scares the jeebus out of them. The sooner you don’t, the sooner he will. Why? Because he expects you to. If you don’t, he’ll have to know why and he’ll bring it up. Let it come up naturally. Don’t force it. What do you care anyway? You’re too busy being independent and pursuing your career right? Aside from this, a man who believes you are “the one”, won’t say much about it. He’s likely to be much more reserved about it as to not scare YOU away. Oppositely, if he sees you are in a hurry, he sees you as desperately wanting to fill an insecure void in your life.

Third, your financial independence makes you desirable as a wife. Men tend to wonder what you bring to the relationship table, so to speak (other than sex). Men are drawn to women who see themselves as successful/winners. A man would rather be with a woman whose goal is to get her MBA and run her own business than a woman whose goal is to be married in a year. A man shouldn’t have to pay for your coffee, clothes, gorgeous Loubou shoes or Chanel 2.55 purse- if you want that, (and only if its in your budget) you should get it yourself. This shows him you can take care of yourself and you don’t need him OR his money. In my experience, men are drawn to that.

There are lots of other good points, reminders and reality checks in Argov’s book, but I don’t want to give it all up here. So, if you were one of those girls who were pushing and shoving during the bouquet toss this past weekend, eagerly anticipating your future-wedding, I suggest you pick up “Why Men Marry Bitches”. This is not to say that every relationship will end in a marriage or that these tips will guarantee you a beautiful marriage. Go with your gut feelings ladies, if you know its not meant to be, why waste your time? Take your hot little ass somewhere else, hold your head high, smile your brightest smile, embrace your inner “bitch” and the men will flock to you. Promise.

In the mean time, cheers to bitches everywhere: to our independence, self sufficiency and big bank account.

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Violet is guest blogger for GOProductionsLA. She blogs about her female perspective on men, women, dating and relationships and other aspects of life. She’s a twenty something, Asian American chick livin’ up the party life in Los Angeles. Find her at Cabana club on Fridays, Social on Thursdays and the newest restaurants and bars every other day of the week. If you’d like a fresh perspective, have a topic you’d like to see discussed or just want to say hello, email Violet : violet25x [at] gmail [dot] com.