NYC...

So I just finished taking my clothes out of the dryer, and I hear an old ladies voice:

Old woman: Is the dyer still hot?

Nobu: Yea... I guess I just took my clothes out of the dryer

Old woman: That's not what I asked. Is the dryer still hot?

Nobu: I guess... since I just used it.

Crazy Lady: Don't you speak ENGLISH?

Nobu (not wanting to deal with her anymore): NOPE!

Crazy Lady: What's the matter with you?! WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO BACK TO YOUR OWN COUNTRY. CAN'T SPEAK ENGLISH?? GET OUT OF HERE.

Nobu: Okay!

Crazy Lady keeps muttering to herself in disgust

Scene.

bike ride vs. subway/walk to work

Biking to work

Pros:

• Some exercise

• Get to work faster (work at 11th and

• Save about 5 bucks a day (rt subway if without monthly pass)

• Enjoy the scenery

Cons:

• Biking in the dark, hard to see

• Sweaty coming to work.

• Can't wear "nicer stuff" because of reason above

• Get weird helmet pattern on my head

• Dodge cars/taxis in the dark

• Cobblestone streets - impossible to ride

• Getting colder. Especially by the water

• Rain sucks

Verdict:

Inconclusive.

Gundam!

One of the highlight of our trip. We got to japan on September 1, and I've been following the Odaibah Gundam prior to going to Japan. They said they were going to take the robot down on 8/31. So We were REALLY happy when we saw Gundam still standing there. (They were taking the foot off when we got there) We thought it'd be bigger, but still was totally cool. There is no point or moral to this story.

Too bad though Gundam couldn't help bm, ry, jc, tc, ss, jw... They all got pretty sick. But at least it was towards the end of the trip. 

Virgin Wifi

My first blog ever from high up in the skies! I'm trying to use the internet/wifi as much as possible since I paid 12 bucks for it... but it lasts for the entire flight which isn't too shabby. (It's the frugal asian in me... sorta like when we go to sushi buffets and you try to eat little rice as possible). Quick 10 day trip. My plan so far:

Thurs:

Eat dinner with Jue and Steph

Visit Jake at his Marina del rey phat pad

Fri:

Still no plans in the afternoon. Maybe hang with parents.

Party it up with rosa/jeff and rosa's friends

Kogi Truck?!

Sat:

Attend ben/eunice wedding

Sun:

Art Center classic Car show?

See Brayden and family?

Off to Vegas

Mon

vegas

Tues:

Come back form Vegas

Try to see rahul?... my good friend from high school!

Wed:

Meet with Paul/Josh and visit his work place

Thurs-Sun:

Napa/SF

Try to see Josh and family

Mon:

Back to NYC. work?

The end.

Limbo

I haven't written more than a 140 characters in a while, so this will feel awkward. But here it goes:

State of Nobu 2009. (Can't believe it's May already)

Work: Been hopping around everywhere since Razorfish --> JWT, MRM... hmm.. I guess that's about it. It's been good, although I sometimes wonder if I am not "progressing" in my work life. I'm just comfortable, going through the flow of things. I sometimes wonder if I would have stayed in one place, if I'd be an ACD or CD.... but very few creative directors freelance around. Don't even think about starting my own shop anymore.... thinking it's just too much effort. But should I be? (B+)

Apartment: Same place on St Marks. Love it... although rents been going up every year. Gonna try to tell them not to raise the rent for next year's lease because of the recession... not sure if they'll bite. Thought about moving to asia and even thought about LA... but what would I do in LA? (A-)

Games: haha. Played a lot of rockband, some naruto, 2k9 is always fun... but haven't touched my xbox in a while. I guess wait for call of duty modern warfare 2 and diablo 3. Such time wasters... but still enjoy it. (C)

Recent Purchases: Hmm... not much! No new bluray movies or anything! Recession! Although I bought A.P.C. shoes couple months ago. Oh... and bedsheets: mircofiber cotton ones from Macy's. VERY soft. easy to zzzzzzz..... (B)

Family: My parents just visited NY last week and it was fun taking them around. It's always good to see them, and I am truly blessed to have such kind hearted people as my parents. Brooklyn bridge, cloisters, grimaldi's, winter garden, the MET, Empire State Building, Brooklyn Botanical, Carrol St. to visit cousin, visited the UN, went to see broadway show. Next time I'll see them is probably summer when I come back for couple weddings. Congrats Ben/Eunice Henry/Naomi! (A)

Friends: yea, I have good friends. (B+)

Church: Still at redeemer. It was fun volunteering at the benefit for HFNY. Good reminder to give back to the city and help bring hope for people. (B)

Health: Fine. My right heel hurts a little bit.... Signed up for Japan Day race which is coming up. Gonna do an easy 4 miler. (A-)

Movie: Last movie I saw in the theaters was.... Watchmen. It was ok.... Want to watch Startrek though. (C)

TV: 24 & Lost (maybe i'll watch the season finale tonight) (B+)

Ok... enough blabbering. Sorry for the boring post....... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Facebook = yuck

With the ugly new facebook layout w/ rounded corners mixed with sharp corners and weird beveled drop shadow, and not being able to find certain things... I think I'll with do most of my blogging "status" stuff on: twitter.com/nobudesign (unless a blog post is longer than 170 characters, I'll post it here) Now I have: facebook, twitter, blogger, flickr, xanga (that i check once a year), gmail, yahoo account (only for flickr purposes). I think it's ime to kill one off...

My typical week

mon: work. forget to watch 24. browse youtube videos

tues: work. watch the lakers till 1:00am

wed: work. try to figure out what to eat. watch lost.

thurs: work. gama/boka - bonchon chicken. gama. rockband 2

fri: work. gama? or something comes up. end up in ktown, st. marks or volstead.

sat: get up late. laundry. eat. run.

sun: church (if i get up) watch tv. run. *church (if i don't get up)

repeat.

If I don't have a gig... replace (work) with (look for work or xbox/rb2)