| Karaoke Contest Entry |
[28 Apr 2009|01:24pm] |
Me singing in a karaoke contest to get me to Japan to meet Utada. Contestants had to sing a specific song of hers. It's REALLY hard, but I tried my best. I need 100 hits! (from diff people) Your help is greatly appreciated!
EDIT: Um, the audio and video aren't in sync and I don't know how to fix this. :(
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| karaoke in my room |
[16 Apr 2009|12:43am] |
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I am Filipino, therefore I karaoke. In my room.
Don't worry. Not quitting my daytime aspirations.
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| lions, tigers and bears |
[08 Oct 2008|11:03am] |
I have no emotional connection to this song, but I LOVE it. I love that quality of Jazmine Sullivan's voice. You can really feel emotion in her voice. Enjoy:
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| mini-double chin |
[22 Aug 2008|11:08am] |
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For the millionth time this year, I have a mini-double chin. The result of a swollen lymph node. It's good to know I have a functioning immune system. I suspect it started developing around the time of my first (probably last) date with Joe. He drives a convertible, it's still summer so naturally I requested the top down.
I only say the first date with Joe was the last date because I haven't heard much from him since then. Mihwan says he's just a genuinely nice guy, the type I am so liable to go nuts over. Such a type exists. And I have gone nuts before. She speculates he has feelings for our friend Seunghyeon, his co-worker (and the reason why I was able to meet him.) I refuse to be too much of a girl wanting to dissect and analyze the situation.
That only leads to stress.
Stress causes wrinkles.
Wrinkles are not so beautiful.
I, on the other hand, man... I am beautiful!
I attended my first community college/voice class this week. It's been over a year since I've been out of school. I've forgotten how enjoyable it is to learn with an assorted mix of people. (read: community college.) I love it and I look forward to improving my singing with the new things I learn. Next up: pharmacology classes!
My brother and I baked chocolate chip cookies and now I'm kind of regretting their existence. I'm a cookie monster!
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| guano |
[10 Aug 2008|10:55am] |
Met a cat named Joe the other night. Over ice cream that he claims tasted like horchata, he was extolling the praises of guarana juice. Naturally, being ignorant in all things new-wave and organic, I asked if it was anything like guano. Fully aware that guano is the word for bat droppings, of course. And he LAUGHED. I love it when I say retarded shit that results in laughter.
Speaking of bats, my brother and I went to the zoo this week. Being unemployed and admission only being $3...I HAD to take advantage of this. Next up on my list of things to do while unemployed; visit every art gallery around that's typically only open while most people are at work.
Both the Cerritos Korean Tennis Club tournament and the Gawad Kalinga events are underway. I've been able to get news coverage of the tennis tournament...the Filipino event -- not so much. If you like art, live music and contributing to a worthy cause helping impoverished children in the Philippines, come out this Friday!
Mom's still in the hospital. I feel bad for her being isolated this whole time because of the radiation. I can imagine she's all kinds of lonely and it blows that I can't visit her. I've been going to the hospital everyday, but just to bring her things to entertain her. I keep wanting to bring her her laptop but was told that the radiation is so intense, the laptop, along with EVERYTHING in her room has to be trashed.
In other news, when I was able to be in the hospital room with her, I weighed myself on her bed. I discovered that my scale at home has been deceiving me this whole time. I'm actually ALREADY at my target weight! Knowing this isn't going to deter me from the lifestyle I'm leading now though. Living long, that's the goal.
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| Sincerely, Jane |
[06 Aug 2008|02:48pm] |
Janelle Monae, latest music discovery. A must if you enjoy soul.
Studio version available on youtube.
Stay tuned for a more substantial post.
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| unemployment anecdotes |
[30 Jul 2008|11:27pm] |
It's amazing the outcome of the first few days of unemployment. On a scale of 1-10 and 10 being 'immaculate,' and 1 'filthy,' my room is an 8. I finished a complete novel. Signed up for a library card. Put effort into reconnecting with the people who's social radars I've dropped off. Doesn't sound like much, but to me, this is major.
To totally contradict myself, I've noticed that menial things I do on a daily basis are taking me longer than usual. It's not too bad.
To contradict myself even further, part of me is REALLY anxious to dive into the job hunt. And it seems like people in general are making me feel anxious. If I'm calling more often just to talk -- this is why.
By no means is this me complaining. Things are good.
I'm considering signing up for voice lessons. Not because I'm aspiring for American Idol. Just for fun. I love singing and I'm curious to see/hear how vocal training could impact my singing. Or who knows, lounge singing may be my next career venture.
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| one chapter of my life finished, the other about to start |
[29 Jul 2008|11:10am] |
I quit my job last week.
What I've failed to record here was that I was slowly becoming unhappy where I was working. The tiny feeling of being cheated of grander opportunities because I jumped at the first interview and job offer bestowed became bigger. I couldn't handle the treatment I was getting for a wage I could easily make elsewhere without a degree. I quit out of self-righteousness -- I didn't feel like I set out to work at a PR agency only to run personal errands half the time. While I understand that dues ought to be paid during professional beginnings, I just wasn't happy.
With that said, I have no regrets. I made some decent professional relationships. I took with me a lot of experience and a lot of items to fatten my PR portfolio. I'm excited to actually begin the job hunt full throttle, instead of nonchalantly applying to a job posting in a half-assed manner whenever I felt. (That's how I landed the previous job.) The new game plan is to take the month off (I have vacation scheduled next month) and jump into it.
Meanwhile, I'll be tutoring on the side and working on freelance projects to keep myself busy.
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| hits the spot |
[07 Apr 2008|10:39pm] |
After this weekend, I’ve made one more addition to the list of Things I Consider to be the Answers to ALL of my Problems. Not that I’m facing any problems -- if I do they’re rather trivial (read: new-on-the-job stress). Besides good food, drink and people...add visits to a Korean public bath house to the list.
I’ve been extolling the praises for the Korean public bath house ever since my first visit last year. But now that I’ve managed to stress myself out unnecessarily over the new job (about being new, duh) -- the benefits of a public bath house I can reap. However did I end up taking for cheap access to granted saunas, heated rocks and mud balls last year? Oh wait. I know why. Wasn’t stressed out much last year!
And, that my friends was my weekend.
Thank you friends, thank you food, thank you Korean beer as watery as you are to me and thank you Korean public bath houses for calming the stress I cause myself. And for reminding me that I’m going to be okay in this strange transition into real world adulthood.
And thank you McDonalds iced coffee for still being iced coffee and $1.89.
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| weekend update |
[31 Mar 2008|10:11pm] |
Had a super relaxed weekend that actually consisted of taking naps and sleep beyond the average 7 hours. Zicam did away with sinus casualties of the cold war, but failed to get rid of the headaches and hacking coughs.
Part of me thinks this could be stress-related. All self-righteousness aside, I do get stressed out over work. It’s kind of pathetic. I’m basically killing myself over wanting to be perfect when I haven’t even been there for 2 months. In hindsight, academia was a piece o’ cake. The real world is a whole other can of worms. I’ll say it over and over again, but in all honesty -- there’s still SO SO SO much I’ve yet to learn.
To be realistic, it’s hard to say if they’ll hire me or not. I could surpass their expectations but be cut depending on the financial stability of the agency. BUT EVEN THEN, I’ll have experience under my belt. And youth. I’m young, I’ve got a college degree -- there’s a million directions I could go in. And even more people that would love to be me. I wish I could just read this paragraph to myself everytime I stress out. That’s just me when it comes to things in life that I want.
The beverage addiction forecast for 2008 and beyond reads as follows; 100% chance of a McDonalds iced coffee addiction. McDonalds, I know. But it’s cheap and it tastes just as good as the iced coffee from Dunkin Donuts. I wish California had Dunkin Donuts.
These will be mine soon:
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| hypothermia |
[24 Mar 2008|11:07pm] |
Note to self:
Sunny, warm Southern California weather hardly ever equates to warm coastal waters. In March.
I’m probably just an idiot, but almost every March of my existence has been marked by a nasty cold. It’s the result of me being overly ambitious by taking an idiotic jump into freezing waters. Could you even fight the temptation knowing that it’s March, the sun is beating down and it’s nearly 80 degrees and climates are harsher everywhere else in the nation? I think not. Fortunately for me, Zicam has proven to be a blessing. I’ll have to admit, I was a little excited about being sick for the purpose of being able to attest to the hype. Buy into it, is what I say. Shit works.
Besides my brush with hypothermia, this weekend was filled with barbecues, family and friends. It’s not even officially summer. A taste of things to come, I think.
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| rat = accident |
[09 Feb 2008|10:02am] |
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This week has been pretty bizarre.
Besides bizarre dreams, I woke up earlier this week with not-so-good energy. Not really bad, but just weird...like something was gonna be off about this week. Nothing about the 'rat' lunar new year predictions for this year (of the rat) sounded pleasant. What gives Chinese astrology?! If it's your sign's year, shouldn't only good things happen?
And so... I got into an accident yesterday. Merging from the 605 to the 60, I slowed to let a big rig truck pass me so that it could merge smoothly. But it was huge, going really fast and didn't see me because it was just cutting me off and pushing me out of the lane. Which as luck should have it was occuppied by another big rig truck. I was sandwiched between two big rigs like some Fast and Furious shit. Only, I couldn't Paul Walker my ass out of there underneath the truck. After being sandwiched, both trucks started scraping out the sides of my car. So now the sideview mirrors are gone, and both sides of my (mom's) Honda Accord are scraped up, sitting in the shop. I thought my mom and I were gonna go. But now, we're both alive, and okay. Just headaches and tense muscles, thank god.
Existing is so weird. It's hard not to stop thinking about everything that happened yesterday. How I got from there to here...3:38 pm, having already been to my dermatologist's office, dropped the car off at the shop, celebrated the lunar new year with Mihwan and my family, having already gone to an internship interview, done laundry...
You only get one time, and that is now.
Everyone be safe, be good.
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| my (not so) debaucherous weekend |
[22 Jan 2008|11:11am] |
This weekend was spent in true
'I'm-23-I-live-at-home-still-and-my-parents-were-gone-for-the-weekend' fashion. (read: nothing crazy happened.) Friday night I hung out with Jasmine at the Mandrake, this hip-but-unpretentious bart gallery in LA. 'Bart gallery' is my new term for a bar that's half a bar and half art gallery. It's okay, you don't have to tell me I'm clever -- I already know.
Saturday, I accomplished two of my lifelong dreams made possible by James & Co: go-kart racing and gun shooting. Accomplishing both has changed my life. It's comparable to when Guitar Hero was first introduced into my existence. Racing go-karts, popping glocks -- that's all I want to do these days. Why do both of these cost money!? Take note of the following for birthday gift ideas: go-kart pit passes, shooting range membership, Guitar Hero. Thanks. You have 10 months, kids. Make it happen.
Sunday, I spent the majority of my day at Borders drinking coffee and reading books without paying for them. And talking to the usuals, and even a friend of mine that's currently fufiling his service with the Korean army. And now it is *Monday, Mihwan is back from Korea and finally, I received my California-appropriate winter clothes from Korea. Can't wait for Raye to get back, to visit Jen...and possibly check out Satisfaction at The Continental Room. Parents get back on Wednesday. Of course, you can count on me to go wild until then.
Cheers.
*whoops. posted this to myspace yesterday, forgot to update lj.
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| Philippines > Korea |
[25 Oct 2007|09:36pm] |
Charice Pempengco, 15 year old little Filipino girl with a BIG ASS voice was featured on this TV show in Korea. And let me just tell you, when it comes to singing, Filipinos don't mess around. You don't want to even noraebang with this chick. (ie. This girl was cut in idol shows in the Philippines.)
Flip Pride!
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