Okay so I've been slacking on blogging for a while

Okay!!

Yes... I am ashamed of popping my presences out of no where...

But I would say I am back! I think what motivated me to start blogging again is working out. I feel like expressing my journey with losing weight and getting fit because I want to know I look good and exceptional. Also working out makes me feel better about myself. And lately, I haven't been doing anything with my life except play warcraft and look for employment since graduation last December. Though times can be hard, we cannot dwell on them too much because we start losing ourselves and drown in our own self-pity.

Moving on- so I am currently on my 3rd day of my 90-day challenge I made up. What does that entail?? Basically WORKING IT with my bestfriend Quita and do occasional visits with my pro-trainer. Quita and I would do our usually deadly zumba workouts along with eating healthy (starving myself -.-) lol. And I am getting back into jogging/running.

I must say, I feel better doing something than doing nothing. God only knows what other things will have in store for me. Maybe I should I go to church more... hmmm OH WELL!!

Asians and Sports

Probably the most craziest video I have ever made! lol now there was a lot of screw ups because I didn't have enough resources for my video such as some of the sports I mention like football and basketball.

I was accompanied by manager, and two of my friends while on set. I thought it would be a good idea to get some feed back and some interesting ideas! However, our laughter on set made it difficult for me get into character.

ENJOR! :)

Why Asians Love Going to Black Churches

Enjoy! :)

A World of Consumption and Misunderstanding

I live in a world that has so much consumption and misunderstanding. I live in a world where being different is at least once frowned upon and not accepted. What is it that we take and give back? Do we take our history seriously to not make the same mistakes again? Do we acknowledge that difference are as distinct as some people may think it should be? I live in a world that hope is what gets me out of bed. I live in a world that hope is the only thing I can look forward to without thinking and fearing of what unknown may happen or come to be. Though my mind is yet young, why is it that I am capable of being what the norm is in society? My clothes are appropriate, my word choice is reserve, but my faith is crackling. Just like a rock, I wait. I wait until something moves me or makes me move. But deep inside me, the beauty of marble is what people don't see. I live in a World where people hope to see another day. I live in a world of worlds, that one day... maybe one day, we can see eye to eye and understand each other. That is the world we hope to live in.

-Peter H. Nguyen

Mothers that HATE Mothers Day

No, I really love my mother! lol

Boris Kodjoe host Designers Choice Fashion Preview 2012!

Me at Designers Choice Fashion Preview 2012!

Enjoy the video! Special Thanks to Theresa Timmons!!

Getting my first Mani and Pedi!!

So I already know what you guys are thinking! A man getting his nails done is supposedly "gay" or not manly! However I know plenty of heterosexual men that do this, however I never thought I partake in this activity. In fact, I am the type of guy that thought he would never do this. You would have to make me against my own will do it!

Me and the Owner of the Infinity Nails shop.

So I'm on spring break, ready to enjoy the break here at Pensacola Beach in our nice rental beach house with my friends. My friend Ro decides to add one actitivity that I was kinda iffy about; Mani/Pedi-cure! So after much thought and discussion, they talked me into it! Blah!

My nail professional :D She was nice!

So conclusion, I REALLY HAD A GREAT TIME! And I rate this Nail Salon 4.5/5, because they have great customer service and they make you feel great. I enjoyed my experience and indeed I think I am now addicted to getting my nails done!? lol so guys that are reading this (probably none, just women haha) try this place out if you are ever in Pensacola, Florida. Below is information about the shop.

Thank you Infinity Nails for making my experience great.
Hopefully I will be back for more service :D

One of the prettiest girls I've seen since I've been down!

 Store Information:

Infinity Nails

3755 Gulfbreeze Pkwy

Gulfbreeze, FL 32563

(Located Inside WalMart Super Center Plaza)

Stay tune :D

Innocent minority shot to death by Neighborhood Watcher

Trayvon Martin(17) was a regular young adult visiting his father in a gated community until he was shot by the neighborhood watcher George Zimmerman who thought Martin looked suspicious. -msnbc.com

Now there is a lot of controversy because justice wasn't served correct. In fact, this case is believed to be unethical because of the facts and the motive. It urks me when something like this went horribly wrong!

If this was the case where it was okay to shoot on point because you think someone looks suspicious, believe me we would have a lot of chaos. In my opinion, Zimmerman was not charged right and in fact not EVEN CHARGED AT ALL.

My thing is for this to happen, the authorities and the law should of made an example of this. There should of been some type of justice! I mean, is Zimmerman mentally disabled or impaired? Did he know what he was doing at all? This man was sane and he knew what he was doing.

The justice authority in Florida needs to be reevaluated. On such, I think the investigation is still or should be going on because we are only getting bits of news. I want the answers to the following questions:

-What part of the day was it?
-Was it dark or hard to see Martin?
-Was Martin judged because of his appearance and color?
-What did Zimmerman do according to the time of his action?
-What was Zimmerman's history with African Americans, or at all any history of such?
-What was the response?
-What really led to Zimmerman's motive to shoot the little boy?

Come on guys, we can't just let Zimmerman walk free completely. I think he should of taken full responsibility and got some charges. Other then that, people would agree that it would seem fair.

I pray for the family for their lost and I just hope no more incidents like this happen!

Uganda is pissed about the Kony 2012 video

As my prediction for Uganda being angry about this video, I was perfectly right.

There is news that Uganda is basically pissed about this video. -source

I clearly argued in a video I made just last week about the whole Kony 2012 campaign.

Google the facts for yourself. It's just sad that the video directly captures are younger audience and making the situation blown out of proportion.

I state clear facts and enough is said. This is possibly a great example of how misleading something be and how to abuse technology like that.

As for Uganda and the inhabitants, I send my condenses to and respect the country as it is. Always research before you ACT!!

"I said no cheese b*tch!"

So I think I might make a video about this because it irritates me so much about people doing this ish!

You know how you place your food order and you tell the person that is making it how you want it. Okay so, why the heck do I keep getting my order messed up?

I am tired of people putting CHEESE in my food. For example, my breakfast croissant I order from a local bakery from my hometown. I tell them to NOT PUT CHEESE IN IT, and guess what happens? I get a sandwich gushed up with cheese and ish.

The reason why I don't want cheese in my food is because I am lactose and tolerant. Almost the whole Asian population in the world is this way, unless you built up a tolerance or it's just passed down to your family.

And when I eat cheese, it doesn't look pretty...

So like this video if you know what I'm talking about.

And the question for the week is, have you ever ordered something that didn't come out right? What was the result? Did you gag, you have an allergic reaction? What happen.

Women are my clients

I want the BEACH! Vlog #3

Taking a break from making videos Vlog #2

Kony 2012 Scandal at its Best

As requested, I made this video for you all.

If you haven't watched the viral video for this month, please watch it before you read on.

I say this whole campaign is a scandal for many reasons, mainly because it fails at informing more accurate information about Uganda and the techniques this video has raised awareness to so many people. Not to mention Invisible Children, the organization facilitating the Kony 2012 campaign, does not function as a true nonprofit should. I will talk about how a true nonprofit should operate and how misleading this whole campaign is hence scandal.

As a true nonprofit professional, the first thing that striked me was this article below:

"Some critics have pointed out that, according to Invisible Children Inc.'s 2010 tax records, the group spent just 32% of its funds on direct services in Africa. More money was spent in the U.S., over $3.8 million, on advocacy including "a biannual film tour, cross-platform media campaigns and grassroots awareness events." Another $1.7 million went to employee salaries and benefits." -Krdo.com

A nonprofit should function its budget and funds as 20% Staff/Administration and 80% Direct Services. Not to mention another source and the official website states that the organization has not been audited yet. So we do not know the real transaction and disbursement of the money. Therefore, we are basing all we know on what the organization only informs us.

Now, as for this campaign being misleading, the video only portrays Uganda as being in a "hell-hole," which it's not. In fact, the country is stable right now. It is true that at one point the United States did indeed send over a 100 troops between 2008-11, but only to advise the Uganda military because of the lack technology advancement, etc. The U.S intended to help capture Joseph Kony however no reports have shown they found and captured Kony. According to rumors of Uganda-Americans, some have stated that the whole Kony event happened a long time ago (1980's), and since then they have not believed this video to be true. In fact, they think the video is a joke.

Now to clarify some other arguments about this video, Invisible Children has not made profit from youtube from this video because the video of course shows no advertisements or other marketable placement(way individuals/organization make money from videos).

Though I like the idea of raising awareness about a cause, but is it worth it when the story is not completely true. The world as we know it will always be unknown and misunderstood.

Fast Food Restaurants are not fast anymore...

Fast food restaurants are just not as fast as they use to be. Last week, I literally waited in the drive-thru for 25mins until I got my food. Now to test my hypothesis, I went to two different restaurants, in two very different locations, and two different times.

Enough said about waiting so long to get my food. This really brings up the question why are they under staff? If they had enough people there, I wouldn't be waiting in that drive-thru line. For this country to have unemployment about 6-9%, I'm thinking people do not have jobs because they have too much pride to work somewhere like that. Me personally, I would not want to work at a restaurant like McDonalds, KFC, etc. But if I didn't have a choice and have to make ends meet, I would probably do it.

God gave me patience and sustainability. I could easily get use to a job like not. So anyone can correct me if I am wrong, is that why we have some unemployment? People getting a degree do not have a job because they want a career? People that got layed-off from work are jobless because dead-end jobs of making minimum wage is not worth it?

I think its a pride thing. For people that say they can't find a job, people should be saying I can't find the right job for me. People put this country down sometimes of what they say and I just want to make it clear that people need to appreciate what they have, not what they want.

Youtube disabled my account

:(

Well this won't stop me from making videos. Guess I'll write my appeal later once I have more views lol.

Be original

So people have been telling me that I have been doing some Jenna Marbles acting and yes I do agree that I am putting some what her characters in my videos. It's funny and all but it makes me feel like I am not being myself? I thought I was.

Maybe I am just trying to hard to be funny? I think I might be scared what people will think of me if I just be who I am. And that's the thing! Maybe I will be original for now on lol. Have no clue how far this youtube thing will get me but I AM NOT GONNA GIVE UP!!

Pretending to talk on phone to be cool

Special thanks to Tjay Clark for helping me out on this one :D

About my pricing

I am really happy but surprised that people really, LIKE REALLY love my pictures.

People ask me "Are you a professional photographer?"

And my response is "Well, I had 6 years of experience."

Then they are like "That's a professional photographer! Do you have a business card?"

Then I'm like "No I do not :( and that is why I am not professional yet! lol."

Ah the small things in life.

For once in my life, I found out I am really talented at something and I really enjoy doing. That is photography! And I love it! I also love it that people are supporting me and my efforts! I can say it is a working progress!

One of my clients from my most recent shoot told me that her friends LOVE THE PICTURE! That gave me smiles to my face. Now she did recommend that I have my pricing's together or people will take advantage of me. Now I do agree with her on that.

The thing is, I am really.... what's the word or the saying. I feel kinda bad for charging people a higher rate. I am talking like in the $100's and $200's. I would like to go there one day but not right now because I feel like a newbie.

I think I should have more foundation before I start charging people those rates. Now my clients said something reasonable around $50-$100. I still think that's a lot for people that are paying me.

Did I mention this money isn't going towards me? It is going towards my Costa Rica trip! And I just got news that the school got some funding so, it is only $2000.00!! YAY!! I already raised $200 so I got about another $1800.00 more to go.

So yeah, as far as prices I think I'll keep it in the rage of $50-$100. Shoot I might hire me an assistant because I am ridiculously business all the time :( ahhh I'll think about it lol.

My pictures of Dria and Paul

I really love how the pictures came out!

And I was so excited this was my first child pictures to!! :D 

Dria and Paul