Here and There

An announcement of sorts

2010-01-02T19:42:00.001-08:00

http://maeandryan.blogspot.com/

carry on

2009-12-10T21:07:00.001-08:00

I like traveling. Packing, not so much.
Usually my luggage is whatever I can get my hands on and its not too expensive.

Currently I use a Burton Flight Deck for my carry on

Liked it so much (especially since I got it for cheap) I picked up the double deck for longer trips

I'm sure theyll both hold me over for quite sometime, and when they finally give up the ghost for sure I will finally invest in something from the Rimowa Topas line

^roughly 1k, whereas both of the burton bags were under $100 each. yikes

Been too long..

2009-12-05T15:58:00.000-08:00

Whoa..I totally neglected this blog.

As always I think pics will tell a better story..

America's Best Spike Crew - Season 2

Rock n out

Hong Kong

Malaysia

Vin + Jo's wedding (back in hk)

thats about it really. cant believe this year is almost over.

-Star Trek is still the best movie that came out this year! (bro copped the bluray)
-Want to watch Fantastic Mr. Fox.
-Finally hit Elite Status with Continental!

Bye bye summer!

2009-09-21T18:08:00.001-07:00

BENNIE K- Endless Summer
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peoples

2009-08-22T19:34:00.000-07:00

Layers

2009-06-23T16:02:00.000-07:00

So for one of my birthday gifts, Mae got me tickets to watch Asobi Seksu at Music Hall of Williamsburg. I haven't been in that neighborhood since I moved out of Brooklyn over a year ago. Funny how things change/stay the same.

Before the show Alexis and I went to Zenkichi, which was a decent if not overpriced izakaya place down the block.

Asobi Seksu is so good live. Can't recommend it enough.

This last Friday, I checked out Phoenix at Terminal 5. As usual, an amazing show. Played all my new and old favorites. The encore of If Ever feel Better was epic.

Not the best picture, but oh well!

Til next time..

grande latte

2009-05-23T17:12:00.000-07:00

Wow, its been a rilly long time since I've posted anything. Oh well, life, other parts of the internet, and such have been keeping me busy. So heres a bunch of stuff from way way back, like March and what not:

Brunch at Balthazar:

Followed by Ryan M. at Deitch:

April begins. Went to Whistler. My third time. Still amazing.

Mae took me to Prune for my birthday :)

Chicago for Christian + Christina's Wedding

Went to Kasadela from Anne's Birthday. Soooo good. Unfortunately no pictures because I was busy enjoying the awesome food. (and I was lazy.)

Then Blue Ribbon Bakery the following day with Eugi.

We walked by 10 Downing on the way to the restaurant. Gonna put that on the list.

Flipped the cog on my Langster today. Riding Fixed Gear is interesting. And difficult. And harrowing. And actually kinda fun.

Til next time folks..

Flushing

2009-03-22T15:06:00.000-07:00

Saturday the weather got just nice enough for me to want to venture outside. Met up with Alexis and Ricky in Flushing to check out some chinese spots..
Pics courtesy of Alexis:

Duck bunz

Spicy cold noodles, me with a lamb burger with a ton of cumin. This place wasn't even a hole in the wall, it was in the basement of some building. Super sketch, but super delicious.

Bakery where we picked up some mochi

Battle of the boxes

Works.

2009-03-10T21:24:00.001-07:00

full of win

supplies

2009-03-02T10:29:00.000-08:00

birthday celebrations and what not

Momofuku Milk Bar

2009-02-24T20:10:00.000-08:00

Went w Alexis to check this place out. I'm not the biggest fan of David Chang's other establishments but what the hey. Overall it was satisfying if not more than a little overpriced.

Some of cookies for offer blueberry cream, corn, and cornflake-marshmallow-chocolate.

(berkshire) pork bun
not pictured: chorizo challa + sweet corn cereal milk shake

nom nom

comin through

2009-02-19T04:59:00.000-08:00

The Limey

2009-02-11T18:47:00.000-08:00

I just saw this movie last weekend, and I can't believe I slept on it for so long. This is classic Soderbergh before he got ridiculous with dodging lasers and Che and all that.

Terence Stamp wrecking LA. Quality stuff.

On that note, I miss LA..

Want Level High

2009-02-03T20:18:00.001-08:00

*fixes glasses*

shine

2009-01-20T18:55:00.000-08:00

BRICK

2009-01-16T17:47:00.000-08:00

Frontier

2009-01-13T16:23:00.000-08:00

Hands down, my favorite show of 2008 was Macross Frontier. Some of you may remember the television series Robotech when we were growing up, Frontier is basically the latest sequel of the Macross Saga that alot of Robotech was based off of.

It's been 25 years since the original series, and Frontier does a good job of updating the series, with alot of references to older ones.

This clip taken out of context probably won't make alot of sense and probably looks ridiculous, but its one of my favorite scenes from the entire series..If you've seen the original, you could guess why. Even if you didn't I'm sure you'll get a kick out of it..

Another interesting note, is that the girl who sings the song in the clip is Megumi Nakajima. Half filipina ftw!

Full Blooded Night

2009-01-10T13:03:00.000-08:00

A new watch thanks to Mae, Swatch Full Blooded Night.

The PVD bracelet is awesome. The chronograph features I still need to figure out. Good stuff!

あけましておめでとうございます

2009-01-06T22:41:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year everyone!

Super late pass I know, I've finally gotten a quiet moment to myself since coming back from Vancouver for the holidays.

Thanks to everyone over there that took care of me. My friends, family, and most importantly Miss Lawson, who had to put up with me most of my time there ;)

Like everyone else, near the end of 2007, I was wondering what would happen in the upcoming year. Especially considering that 07 wasn't the kindest to me. I do have to say that 2008 surprised me in so many ways with what I saw, what I learned, and who I met. Life is funny, but more importantly, life is good.

I don't like bothering with resolutions, but I certainly hope that this will be another good one. Regardless, I'm gonna make the best of it.

I went through some pictures from last year and decided to share some:

This was taken a year ago almost to the day. I took a day off from work and met Jennie in Redbank, for whatever reason, we ended up at the beach for a while. It was really cold. Despite the emo-ness of the picture, I actually had alot of fun that day..

My dad in the Philippines. Because of some weird scheduling, my family was in the PI all at different times, my brother had left by the time I got there, my mom literally got on the plane that I was getting off of, so it was just my dad and I for most of this trip.

On my way back from the PI, I stopped over in Taipei for a couple days, roaming the night markets was one of the highlights.

Jay and Marlene were kind enough to let me tag along for their trip out to Tahoe. Awesome boarding out there, definitely want to go back.

Team INC. Watching these guys play was very inspiring.

Field trip to the Guggenheim for my birthday.

Feist. One of my favorite shows of the year.

Whistler. Can you believe this was in April? So jealous.

Fern's Entourage aka FAM

The beach rules. It really is one of those things you looked forward to on the weekends, and the first thing you miss on Monday mornings.

Brooklyn Banks for no reason. I have clients in the area. Getting to walk around the city all the time for my job is a nice perk.

London town.

Taken on December 31st. Mae took me to Cypress to go boarding. Fresh snow, clear trails, and the best company =). A great way to close out the year.

Til next time..

And here we go again

2009-01-06T21:38:00.000-08:00

Starting over. Again. See ya around..