It's been a long time...

Since I last blogged...I think the last time I did, I was in LV.

Not much has happened since I came back from LV...just the ball league I run: www.leaguelineup.com/mbl and I've heard something about the NBA playoffs happening, not sure what that's about LOL.

So I know in a previous post I said I would write another Pinoy Pride article...well, that article never happened LOL. I just haven't found any time to sit there and write or blog for that matter. I'm actually starting get more on twitter. However, the only time I "tweet" is when I'm bored...which happens to be almost the whole day I'm @ work LOL. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy what I do...sort of...but when you're more interested in being with your Family, Music, Ball and Golf you kinda start to hate working for a living!

So I really don't know what else to say for now...I'm leaving work in about 1/2 hour...bored, just wanna get outta here already.

I need to see my son...

I've been thinking about him all day. I was trying to find kicks to match the ball outfit I bought him here in LV. I miss my wife & son...really, I do.

Today was pretty cool...drove around North Las Vegas checking out some property. Real Estate is going for dirt cheap around here. I have a feeling that I'll be spending more time in Las Vegas over the next couple of years ;)

After looking at houses, I met up with Xist and his buddy Steve. We went to some shoot for some Hip-Hop reality show MTV is releasing. They were filming the pilot episode...Xist knew some DJ, Presto One who was being part of the whole thing so we checked it out. It was kinda boring to tell you the truth. Afterwards we went to some "outdoor mall"...bought myself a pair of shorts. Went to get something to eat and can you believe they don't serve beer by the pint or pitcher!!! I asked what they served it in and they said "a glass"...I told them "You don't have pints or pitchers?!?! I'm Canadian, what da hell am I supposed to do with a glass of beer?" Anyway, I ended up getting bottle of Heiniken since they were so wack.

I've confirmed that Americans are pretty ignorant...I had some discussions about politics, religion and war (something I've always wanted to do with a conservative type Amurrican". This persons views & ideals were very hypocritical. Most of the knowledge is what they get fed in the news. They make judgements based on false information and ignorance. For example, I was told that terrorists will or have been coming in through Canada, to which I shot out "Straight up dude, that's a very ignorant statement." Then he went on some rant about how many Muslims we have in Canada..I felt like saying, yeah we also have lots of whites, blacks, chinks, flips and spics too eh? This is a former American soldier who served in Iraq I was talking to. When I heard that I said "I'm sorry to hear that you had to be part of that man." He looked at it as "fighting for his country" to which I told him, nobody should be part of a war man. Another statement I heard was that Islam teaches Muslims to hate and kill anyone who doesn't believe in their God. I wasn't having any of that and told him "I strongly disagree with you. The Qu'ran doesn't teach anything like that..I have friends that are devoted Muslims and they condemn the actions of the Taliban and this Jihad you all talk about." I mean this guy was so ignorant that he was using the word "Jihad" in the completely wrong context and definition of the word LOL. Like "oh, the jihad is gonna get us" There are SO many things the Amurrican said that didn't make sense and sounded so stupid....anyway, that little discussion truly made me grateful that I'm Canadian and have a little bit more of an open mind and tolerance for people of different religions and cultures. At one point I said "dude, you Americans are so scared about another terrorist attack...what tha hell has happened since 9/11?" The answer to that? "Well we gotta go over there and make sure they're not coming over here..." This coming from the same guy that said "They shouldn't be coming here and messing with us." Says a lot about these Amurricans don't it?

Vegas Baby!

So I'm in LV...my flight landed Thursday night @ 11:15pm. By the time I was out of the airport and on my way to my aunts, it was 1:00am. My aunt cooked some seafood pasta for me & garlic bread...it's good to be a member of this family LOL. Fortunately my gout didn't act up. Around 2am I hit the strip with my boy DJ Xist who came to LV from L.A. to meet up with me (that's fam right there!). We walked around the mirage, Caesar's Palace..I snapped some pictures but I did more people watching. My wife would have had a good laugh..there were nuff drunk people roaming the strip. I didn't crash until 6am and am going on 5 hours sleep right now...I knew this would happen LOL.

Today I just bought some new ball kicks...the Melo 4's. Yah, yah, they're old but I've heard that they're a good shoe. And besides, Logan has a pair so we match now! It was a toss up between Melo 4's and the Zoom Kobe II ST in Olympic colours. Although I LOVE my Zoom Kobe II ST's (I have them in black & purple) and am so happy with them, I wanted to try another shoe out....the selling point on the Melo's was that they came with free Jordan ankle braces :)

Tonight I'm meeting up with some fam for dinner then probably just gonna cruise the strip. I have the option of clubbing as my boy Xist has mad links but I'm not feeling the dress code and expensive drinks...besides, only parties I honestly care about are Jungle/Drum & Bass parties. Tomorrow night it's the fight and my set...should be fun!

I'll upload pics later on...right now, I need to go enjoy the Las Vegas night! Really wish the wife & son were here...

TGIF...the joys of parenthood, dumb drivers, spinning in LV

Man...what a morning! So my son was in his high chair watching Yo Gabba Gabba..I put his shoes on, made some coffee, put my lunch and his bag in the car. I go inside to grab Logan...when I pick him up, I smell poop. So I thought “great, I gotta change his diaper before we go”. I go to check his diaper and poop was all up his back, on his shirt & pants. So I go into our bedroom, take off his shirt...he decides to touch/feel what’s on his back. It gets on his hands, so what does he do? He decides he wants to taste it!!! Of course, he started crying...I’m assuming it didn’t taste too good. I put him on the floor to change, poo gets all over a sports sheet on the floor in our bedroom. Keep in mind, I’m doing all this while he’s fighting me...I grabbed a pair of jeans & his “rookie of the year shirt” and put it on him, put some baby cologne on for him, brought the diapers downstairs etc. By this time it was 7:50am so we bolted out the door. I put his shirt and pants in his bathroom sink and filled it with water to let it soak.

Ride into work was ok..there was an idiot from Mega City Plumbing weaving in and out of traffic, changing lanes and cutting people off without signaling. I tried calling the number on the Van but it was invalid. I’m going to do a google search for them and report the van/driver. They were driving really unsafe...he cut me off and then as I was passing him (he changed lanes again after cutting me off) he was ½ in my lane, ½ in the other lane...like he was indecisive which lane he wanted to be in. Sad thing is that I was not the only person he was doing this to....very unsafe and irresponsible driving. Why on earth would they drive like that in a company vehicle? Don’t they know pricks like me will report them????

On a better/brighter note, the flyer for my gig in Las Vegas next week is below. Looks like a lot of Hardcore but whatever...at least I'm playing a gig outside of Toronto and in Las Vegas of all places!

For my wife...

Because she's a lot more special than anyone can imagine...myself included.

It's all because of you
I'm never sad and blue
You've brightened up my day
In your own special way
Whenever you're around
I'm never feeling down
You are my trusted friend
On you I can depend

You take me away
From the pain
And you bring me paradise
And when there are cloudy
days you brought sunshine in my life
It never occurred
To me the first time I saw your face
I would fall so deep in love
That your love can't be replaced

You are my everything (you are my everything)
love so good, so good only you can bring
You are my everything
You are everything
and everything is you

My darling only you
Can make my dreams come true
And every night I pray
You'll never go away
I promise I will try
Until the day I die
To treat you like a king
Cause you are my everything

You are everything
And everything is you

When you're lovin me
With your lovin arms around me
When you're lovin me
Said I feel so safe I found security
When you're lovin me
Forever I want you to hold me
My everything
my every every every everything
Breathe baby

You take me away...

Father of the Year Status

So my 10 days of being Mr. Mom is coming to an end. For anyone out there reading this, hear me and hear me now: I AM FATHER OF THE YEAR. It is not arguable...this is what my regular routine has been since the wife left for Vietnam
6:00am – 6:30am wake up, shower get ready for work, make a pot of coffee
6:30am – 6:50am wake son up if not already up, change diaper put him in clothes for the day
6:50am – 7:30am feed son, feed myself, get bag ready for Day Care, put my lunch and sons bag in the car
7:30am – 7:50am drop son off @ Day Care
7:50am – 8:15am drive to work
8:30am – 5:00pm work
5:00pm – 5:30pm fight traffic and race to pick up son from Day Care
5:30pm - 6:00pm fight traffic to get home
6:00pm – 6:30pm prepare dinner, feed son, eat a quick dinner for myself, clean up son
6:30pm – 7:00pm playtime...for son, not me.
7:00pm – 7:30pm prepare bath for son, give son a bath, wrestle to put him in his PJ’s, get sleep bottle ready
7:30pm – 8:00pm a little bit of playtime depending how tired I am, put son down for bed
8;00pm – 9:00pm clean up dinner mess, do the dishes, maybe get a little bit more to eat, prepare sons bag for tomorrow, clean the floor from what son didn’t want, clean up bedroom & bath tub from bath time, get my lunch for tomorrow ready
9:00pm – finally time for myself...sometimes I do chores but very minimal. Most times I watch ball, play vids or clean up the mess made by son.

And these are the things I do daily...nevermind the little curveballs the son will throw in there. BUT...it's all worth it when I see this smiling face:


So I’ve been doing this for the past week and a bit...this should be enough to qualify me for Father of the Year. Wife comes back tomorrow...I can’t wait! LOL

I'm working on another "Pinoy Pride" article...check back in a couple days.

Not as bad as I expected...

So my first day without the wife went ok. It's still a little lonely in the house but that's why I have basketball on the television.

After I picked up Logan from Day Care, we went for a little ride. We were laughing a lot in the car, like we always do when it's just me and him :) We don't even do or say anything...I just start laughing and giggling and he more or less does the same. He's my buddy, what can I say. I fed him then while he watched Yo Gabba Gabba


I got his stuff ready for bathtime then bedtime. He really likes Yo Gabba Gabba and I think he like Biz Markie's "Beat of the Day". I think he gets his love of music from me...


His rash is still bothering him, but I'm putting the ointment on so hopefully it will go away. Nothing changed with his bed time routine. He went to sleep pretty easily around 7:30pm. Even though everything went ok today, it was still a little tiring. It's amazing how exhausting a 13 month old can be...but I like it :)

To reward myself I've decided to sit on the couch and watch ALL the March Madness games I PVR'd while I wasted my time @ work.

Speaking of work, I got a written warning today...and it's for the stupidest thing: for taking my lunch @ 1:15 - 1:45 instead of 1:00 - 1:30 How f**king petty...whatever, my boss knows it's stupid and I know it's stupid. There are other people who take their lunches from 1:30pm - 2;00pm and even though this is also against "policy", I doubt they'll get spoken to let alone a written warning. Whatever...