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Paulo, the topic is: 2007. What happened?
You tell me!!

Where did you start 2007?
In the Philippines, watching fireworks being set off all around me. Then watched my grandparents celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Then had dinner at a restaurant on the beach. Then drove to the airport to fly off to Australia :D

How was your birthday?
Parades, fireworks, time-and-a-half for everybody--it was like awesome.

Really?
No, I just ate out and rented "porn"...



Were you in school? Definately WAS.

How did you earn money this year?
T-shirt design, event staff, and retail.

Did you ever have to go to the hospital this year?
Thankfully not.

Have you been sick or injured?
Got pretty sick in Australia (insane dizzyness & nosebleeds), got hives / some sort of skin allergy in the Spring, and had a few colds here and there.

Did you move anywhere? Half moved to Cloverdale-ish.



Know anybody who was born, married or passed away this year?
2 baby boy cousins, no, and no.

What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Graduating from high school, and college.

What sporting events did you go to?
Vancouver's largest waterfight.

What concerts did you go to? Kanye & Ludacris

Albums that define your year?
"Fragmented" UpDharmaDown
"The Annual 2006: AU Edition" Ministry of Sound (Yeah, I know it's not 2007)
"Graduation" Kanye West
"KALA" M.I.A.
"Version" Mark Ronson
"Fire Flower" Ananda Project



Have you encountered the police this year?
Uh. Yes. Random checks and party crashers.

What was the best thing you bought?
Jimmy Brando 3000 (my phone).

Where did most of your money go?
Eating out, impulsive shopping and GAS.

What was your best month? January.

What pop culture event(s) will you remember 2007 by?
Loud music, loud prints, Britney Spears.

What was your favourite TV program? Amazing Race Asia, Barrio19, Planet Earth.


What was the best film you saw this year? Waking Life or East of Eden.

Best movie of 2007? Last Mimzy, Superbad, or Zeitgeist.

What was the best book you read?
"The Little Prince" or "Daily Inspiration from the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari"

Any relationships? Rather not.
What did you want and get? Kato.
What did you want and not get? A raise.
What kept you sane? Anything totally unrelated to school and work.
Place you spent the most time in? Kato.
Favourite new place you discovered? Third floor, Library building, Langara.
Person who taught you a lot this year? Me.
Any old friends you rediscovered? Nope.
Person who told you the nicest thing about yourself? English teachers.



Who did something really great for you and what?
My parents -- for letting me make critical decisions on my own, taking me on vacations/shopping sprees and giving me a car =D

Anybody you crushed on all year?
A WHOLE YEAR?? If there is anyone who thinks they can really interest me that long, I'd like to see you in my office pronto.

Anyone you wished you apologized to?
For what? Sorry.

Friends you went out with a lot? D3y kn0 h0o d3y r



Coolest person you met this year? Nobody. Coworkers came close but oooh, not quite.

Which celebrity/public figure interested you the most?
Jeremy Piven, Maya Arulpragasam, Kanye West, Natalie Portman, Sean Avery

What political issue stirred you the most?
Burma, BC Gateway Project, 9/11 conspiracies, US presidential debates, Bali climate talks

Who was the best new person you met?
I love all my new persons equally. But honestly, none of them deserve to be "the best".

Compared to this time last year, are you...
Thinner or fatter? Hopefully fatter.
Richer or poorer? Richer. But it never accumulates.
Happier or sadder? Well I was pretty damn happy this time last year, but I'm not exactly SAD right now.
"On the right track"? Definately.



What's the one thing you did in 2007 that you never thought you would do?
Hmmm. I can't remember the stupid, random, little things I've done but I'd say the whole career move thing. Rethinking my options and being a little more fearless when it comes to my future.

Any regrets this year?
None.

Wisest thing you did? Get my priorities straight.
Stupidest thing you did? Take 5 courses + semester course + work.
Biggest change in your life this year? College.
Something you learned the hard way? Slow down.
Greatest lesson you learned? Time invested in myself is the best investment I could ever make.
Best joke you've heard all year? I hate joke. I hate laugh.
Biggest disappointment? Grades.
Biggest blessing? Everything.
Biggest thing you discovered about the world? North America is a very weird place.
Biggest thing you've discovered about people in general? We're changing/evolving.



What date from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
January 2nd: It was really, really, REALLY--no like REALLY-- sad leaving the Philippines. I mean, I hadn't been there for 13 years and still it felt more like home than Vancouver. It's WEIRD cuz I never thought it would be like that but on the drive to the airport it hit me that way. But on the positive side, the same day I landed in Melbourne, and even though I was beginning to be a little homesick, I wouldn't have wanted to be anywhere else. "Asian girls with Australian accents?!"

What was your biggest failure? First semester.
What was your greatest achievement? Actually working.

How would you rate this year with a scale from 1 (crappy) to 10 (amazing)?
9. It woulda been a 10 if it wasn't for such a CRAP semester (-1). Otherwise, vacations (+2), senior-to-freshman-life (+2), self-development (+3) and Kato (+2) made it a helluvalot better.



Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
"I'm gettin' higher
Closer to my dreams
I'm getting higher and higher
Feel it in my sleep...
Leaving all my fears to burn down
Push them all away so I can move on
Closer to my dreams
Feel it all over my being
Close your eyes and see what you believe"

Did you keep your New Years resolutions from last year?
Don't remember

What are your resolutions for 2008?
Play better, Give better, Save better, Listen better, Be healthier, buy bongo drums, build an awesome portfolio, get into the right field, travel, try a different drink every night I go out, make useful connections, motivate/congratulate other people more, be less "cold" to the opposite sex, AND TO actually stick to these resolutions.

What are you excited for in 2008?
Turning 19, a more relaxed semester, UpDharmaDown's new album, sister's wedding, cousins from mom's side comin over to kick it, the possibility of transferring into a better program/school, buckling down and getting myself somewhere.

What would you like to have in 2008 that you didn't have in 2007?
A Macbook Pro, $, and obvious opportunities.



Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007:
Create yourself in the image of your MOST most most ideal self and trust that you're going the right direction because of an unconditional faith in your dreams.

Beautiful.
Thanks, I exfoliate.

What words will you base living 2008 on?
"Let's go on a living spree!"



( What song is that ^^^^^? It isn't "Breaking Down" by Ananda Project. It isn't "Anada Project". It isn't even a remix of an Ananda Project song. Help. )

PEACE 2007!
2008, you're miiine..
Cheers

via Shibuya

Nitro Microphone Underground
website
still can't get over the vid

They also just released AF1's that look like my Kozy Shack pudding...

рядовые события

A wise woman once said "BBC is OAP". Yeah, but it's still better than NBC. Especially the story on MI6 that was on tv about a month ago. Killa stories!



1 Rare Siberian tigers found dead
Come on guys... they're grrreat.

2 Japan drops humpback whale hunt
Come onnn... only a year or two??

3 Single brain cell's power shown
Hmm... I wonder what would happen if we activated our whole brain... *indigo children/evolution*



4 Touch cube points to future toys
Last Mimzy!

5 Queen launches YouTube channel
Soon she'll be on Facebook.

6 How next billion will shape net
It's crazy to think what the internet would be like when the majority of users don't speak English. What will domain names be like??



7 End of innocence for Mac fans
Yea Mac users.. don't be so fucking naive. Don't listen to me... I'm just jealous.

8 Bible put on a pinhead size chip
Holy shit that's small.

9 Russia prohibits denial of Santa
WOW



10 French cafes set to ban smoking
I can't imagine the French not smoking...

11 Macho makeover for Hello Kitty
Hahaha, sorry but it won't work.

12 New Year's resolution success tip
I actually think that's a good tip... Shit, now I have to redo my resolutions!

SMP: Ninjas & Al Qaeda

Ninja Parade Slips Through Town Unnoticed Once Again


Al Qaeda Also Fed Up With Ground Zero Construction Delays

(Watch more)...

Did... I... just say... "SMP"?

Anyway, that last vid reminded me of Chao Shaoxiong's Anti-Terrorism Variety. I couldn't find the third one I saw where the building split into two to avoid the plane.

Alphaville

Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (1965)
imdb

LOVE this movie. Anna Karina is incredibly hot in this one. The whole utopia theme never wears me out. Especially when it's set in the future. You know I'm a sucker for that. Not to mention the film noir effect, French language, grayscale and poetic lines. This movie's bomb.

Starchitects in UAE

Favourite project right now: Tadao Ando's Maritime Museum in Abu Dhabi (above)

Definately not feelin Frank Gehry or Jean Nouvel's designs for Abu Dhabi.

UAE's megaprojects still creep me out a bit but at least they're starting to actually think of well-planned cities.

Oscar Neimeyer turns 100, and still continues to design.

"45 Painters under 45"
Slideshow #1
Slideshow #2

Thanks Artkrush!

Osama

Osama (2003)
imdb

The girl who played Osama in the movie, Marina Golbahari, is my age. After reading her bio, I found out she was a beggar (who couldn't read or write) when she was cast and that she was paid only $14 to play the lead. She got some more money later on from film festival awards, and she bought her parents a mud house in a poor part of Kabul. Her dream is to be an actress and one day direct. Right now, she's going to a school run by an Afghan relief agency for children. (IMDB) Best part: the skipping near the end.

It Was December 24th on Hollis After the Dark!

I wish I got this for my bro!! But the kid has twice my closet already.

This one's for me.


Visvim boots!!!!!!

Kuso, McDo!





Plan for tonight:
1. Play hallway soccer,
2. Drink a little against my dentist's wishes,
3. Donate any $ I get,
4. Pray I get The Warriors DVD,
5. and Home Alone 2. McCallister, you a hiro.

MERRY CHRISTMAS / HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Avery

Yo! Me and Sean Avery have way more in common than I thought. That makes him the illest hockey player ever. Cuz hockey isn't about skill at all, nuh uh... It's about what you do with the money. And this guy buys Philippe Starck machine gun desklamps.

NY Times Interview #1
NY Times Interview #2

And just cuz we're talking white boys in NYC



And just cuz

(RMX)


(ORGNL)

Tokyo State of Mind!

I know this is a little old, but it's still fucking incredible.



Here's the link to the final product of Stephen Wiltshire's Tokyo Panorama sketched completely by memory.

New Territories

Myspace ; Imeem

London producer Eric Lau releases his album "New Territories" in March. I CAN NOT WAIT THIS LONG! His BTS Radio Mixes are mad chill too.

YSN

"Your potential is infinite. Be wise; visualize; witness it..."
- Guru ft Angie Stone "Keep Your Worries"

God, I think I'm getting addicted to blogging. I haven't felt this way since the 8th grade.

Need some motivation? Listen to YSN Podcast #2. I get SO amped from listening to/reading/watching material like this.

If you're anything like me, living that great life is on your mind every day and every night. I signed up at YSN.com to do the Self Assessment Report thing, and shit, it was pretty on point. And NO, it isn't like other quizzes where the vagueness of the results can apply to almost anybody. This one's for real.

Green / Green

from Activate:

"Pierre Calleja, manager of French firm Tyca, checks prototype street lamps filled with chlorella seaweed in his laboratory in Libourne, southwestern France, on December 11, 2007. Calleja has filed a patent application for this prototype that captures CO2 and expels oxygen, helping fight the greenhouse effect."

Woah... imagine if streets were lined with these neon green lights. It's like Gotham or something... BTW, I highly recommend subscribing to Activate.

When Saints Go Machine

Myspace ; Rmxs

Tur nme upp

"We are the instruments of creation - what we dream, is."
- Ti'grah

( What is "World Music"?? I don't even know why I use that term... )