Mr. Jobs said “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” And I bow, hands down to Steve Jobs. Thank you for making my life cooler than the PC!
The last three weekends have been eventful. Went to the woods in Poconos, PA with almost a dozen friends in a 15-seater van. It was supposed to be camping. Although camping is a bit of stretch when you have a nice cottage with a full kitchen, a hot tub, and the music blaring at all times. I’m not going to bore you with the details of the trip. It was one of those “you have to be there” to appreciate kind of story. Unboatlivable as we refer to that weekend getaway.
Three days after the so called camping in the woods, I flew back to Los Angeles. It was a very short trip, and time was a constraint. My cousin Marie picked me up at Burbank airport and we drove directly to meet friends at Harvard and Stone on Hollywood Boulevard. As we grow older, friends started to have a family with kids or are expecting, everyone started to focus in their chosen professions and have an 8AM meetings blah blah blah. My point is, now it is hard to get everyone together especially in Los Angeles where no one seems go out anymore. I was truly surprised on a Wednesday night that friends made it out, hang out, had a drink, and gave me a hug and a high five. It’s nice to know when RJ the Great is in town people put some effort. Being facetious aside, I always put the effort to see them as much as possible either in LA or NYC.
I am pleased to announce that my sister Love Mimilanie got married to her new husband David Lee on a gorgeous southern California day on October 1, 2011. Congratulations and Good luck! May your marriage be fruitful, healthy, prosperous, and everlasting. Besides from the beautiful wedding ceremony, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for providing me the venue to get totally hammered at the wedding reception! Fun times. I cannot wait for them to have kids and I become Uncle RJ once again.
After the wedding, my parents, my sister Dear Hershey and her family including my beautiful niece Amanda, and the guy one day will break the ladies heart, my nephew Aeden, and my aunts from the Philippines, Daisy and Nila came to NYC for a visit and to explore parts of the east coast. After eating in Chinatown at one of my favorite spots called Sanur, Amanda ordered me by saying “you better come and meet us on Saturday (in Washington, DC)!” So I did. Uncle RJ took the Chinatown bus from NYC to DC just to satisfy her. While Mimi was telling Amanda not to listen to me, Amanda said “But I love Uncle RJ” which made the 5-hr bus ride even more worthwhile. I was overjoyed with what she said so I grabbed her, and I tickled her as she laughed hysterically outside Hershey’s Chocolate World in Hershey, PA.
I wish I live closer to my family. But then again, the move to NY was a personal choice, and I must stick to it. However, it would be nice to watch my niece and nephew grow up as my aunts and uncles did. I guess it is not that simple. Trying to be with them when needed, and to pursue something on my own is a balancing act as time becomes very limited, and given the long distance. My Mom asked when I will go back to LA, I said Christmas, and she followed “promise?” I replied “yes!” as I proceeded to the Airtrain terminal to leave JFK airport to go back to Manhattan.
The weather in NYC has been phenomenal. The sun was out, not too hot, with a breeze, and very little humidity. The weather was just right. So what to do? Enjoy it while it last. After accomplishing my to do list on a free-work Monday thanks to Columbus, I met up with a few friends in the afternoon, had early dinner, happy hour, and continued on until the early evening. Ah, I wish I didn’t have that 9AM meeting that ended my night prematurely. But hey, I still went out on a Monday night, unlike some people in LA :-)
The last three weekends have been eventful. Went to the woods in Poconos, PA with almost a dozen friends in a 15-seater van. It was supposed to be camping. Although camping is a bit of stretch when you have a nice cottage with a full kitchen, a hot tub, and the music blaring at all times. I’m not going to bore you with the details of the trip. It was one of those “you have to be there” to appreciate kind of story. Unboatlivable as we refer to that weekend getaway.
Three days after the so called camping in the woods, I flew back to Los Angeles. It was a very short trip, and time was a constraint. My cousin Marie picked me up at Burbank airport and we drove directly to meet friends at Harvard and Stone on Hollywood Boulevard. As we grow older, friends started to have a family with kids or are expecting, everyone started to focus in their chosen professions and have an 8AM meetings blah blah blah. My point is, now it is hard to get everyone together especially in Los Angeles where no one seems go out anymore. I was truly surprised on a Wednesday night that friends made it out, hang out, had a drink, and gave me a hug and a high five. It’s nice to know when RJ the Great is in town people put some effort. Being facetious aside, I always put the effort to see them as much as possible either in LA or NYC.
I am pleased to announce that my sister Love Mimilanie got married to her new husband David Lee on a gorgeous southern California day on October 1, 2011. Congratulations and Good luck! May your marriage be fruitful, healthy, prosperous, and everlasting. Besides from the beautiful wedding ceremony, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for providing me the venue to get totally hammered at the wedding reception! Fun times. I cannot wait for them to have kids and I become Uncle RJ once again.
After the wedding, my parents, my sister Dear Hershey and her family including my beautiful niece Amanda, and the guy one day will break the ladies heart, my nephew Aeden, and my aunts from the Philippines, Daisy and Nila came to NYC for a visit and to explore parts of the east coast. After eating in Chinatown at one of my favorite spots called Sanur, Amanda ordered me by saying “you better come and meet us on Saturday (in Washington, DC)!” So I did. Uncle RJ took the Chinatown bus from NYC to DC just to satisfy her. While Mimi was telling Amanda not to listen to me, Amanda said “But I love Uncle RJ” which made the 5-hr bus ride even more worthwhile. I was overjoyed with what she said so I grabbed her, and I tickled her as she laughed hysterically outside Hershey’s Chocolate World in Hershey, PA.
I wish I live closer to my family. But then again, the move to NY was a personal choice, and I must stick to it. However, it would be nice to watch my niece and nephew grow up as my aunts and uncles did. I guess it is not that simple. Trying to be with them when needed, and to pursue something on my own is a balancing act as time becomes very limited, and given the long distance. My Mom asked when I will go back to LA, I said Christmas, and she followed “promise?” I replied “yes!” as I proceeded to the Airtrain terminal to leave JFK airport to go back to Manhattan.
The weather in NYC has been phenomenal. The sun was out, not too hot, with a breeze, and very little humidity. The weather was just right. So what to do? Enjoy it while it last. After accomplishing my to do list on a free-work Monday thanks to Columbus, I met up with a few friends in the afternoon, had early dinner, happy hour, and continued on until the early evening. Ah, I wish I didn’t have that 9AM meeting that ended my night prematurely. But hey, I still went out on a Monday night, unlike some people in LA :-)
Very nice blog RJ! Who knew you you had so many facets besides RJ the Great and the Big Brat(I think those are actually the same!). I'm guilty of not being able to come out to see you as I would like and as time rolls on and I keep saying I wanna catch up with you before I leave...it seems like it won't happen. You should make one more trip to LA for Halloween so we can party like we use to. I wont be working so I have no excuses this time. xoxo
ReplyDeletesounds very interesting, and you travel lots and lots....maybe you should go to la more often
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