Thursday, October 31, 2002

....in this world....we live the slaves of our own creations......

Theres seriously absolutely no understanding whatsoever......its as if the connection between each and every individual is bounded by a brick wall......the sad thing is that I believe i see so much greatness between every one of us.....when i'm say 'greatness', i mean anything more than one person can accomplish.....its neither something of only materialistic value nor a self accomplished task........the reason behind that is that it takes at least one more person to appreciate the traits or skills of others.......

Our relationships are such fragile connections.....one wrong phrase, one wrong action can shatter it into pieces....a broken glass window that will never be exactly the same anymore no matter how well put back together.....I wonder if theres anything in this world called a "plastic window" relationship....elastic, hard.....and definitely takes more than a blow to put it apart....

Its either me, i'm just wrong.....or i see mobile problems around me everyday....these problems speak, act, and sometimes even don't make sense to me.....i'm not saying problems are bad, i mean, i have problems too......but most of time, not acting for the good of it just disturbs me.........we shall all learn to live and grow better lives within each of our individual lifes........

Its sad to see that those that are crazy or deviant are seen as outkasts......especially those that share their lives for the well being of this world and what it means to them......the most simplest things in this world...the most wacky, nitty, crazed things in this world have A LOT of meaning behind them.....(crazy is defined as 'wrong' in my dictionary, thats what i just mean as really wrong)......Theres so much appreciation in this world.....so much greatness......why aren't we focusing on stuff like that rather than satisfication through our own created problems......the more we live our supposedly life, the more problems we create for ourselves....

Everything was so much simpler when you were young........but as we grow up....we tend to lose the ability to be honest and truthful......all our experiences get complicated every time you come around it again.....

Now i'm asking myself. What can i do to make this life of mine better? or better yet, make everything around me better??.....i hate complaining....when i hear people complain, i always tell them to think about how-to make it better from then on........so now, i'm gonna ask myself how to put an end to my own misery........i definitely can't go around telling people i'm going to be different, cuz i'm definitely going to get a "Airik is going crazy" response......i'm gonna stfu when i should.....i'm gonna be helpful, generous, have a positive attitude all the time, continue to believe in the 'greatness', and make the best for both yours and my life. (haha..sounds like i'm writing some sort of mission statement).......

i shall believe....

Erik.
- i shall turn to music with others and not for its relief from others -

Sunday, October 20, 2002

Us again.....

Sukendar: http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/West/10/18/offbeat.alaska.bird.reut/index.html
Ec4K: hah
Sukendar: believe?
Ec4K: course
Sukendar: mutant terrorist
Ec4K: ....
Ec4K: stop tryin to make it to my blog

Sunday, October 13, 2002

Airik's Apartment

Enjoying a lil yogurt-on-a-knife rite now as i blog......hahaha.......so chill.....i got phyfound to study and i'm basically not doin much about it......but oh well......yeah, back to my yogurt-on-a-knife........haha......saving some of my plastic cutlery.......i got this big box of plastic cutlery (yes, for the lazy me) at costco, with spoons...knives....and forks.....its great, all easily disposable after your meal.....but yeah, my cutlery box is starting to become uneven........i have a lotta of knives, some forks and not that many spoons left.....so therefore, i'm making myself eat my yogurt with a knife to balance the box back.....sounds very stupid (haha..like always), but i've been tryin very hard to make myself live a 'perfect' live.......and of course, my apartment needs to be perfect too.......everything needs to be in its place at the right moment at the right time........

Theres this friggin fly in my apartment.....its hella bothering me......i want to be alone....i wanna do my own thing, and its driving me nuts.....for the past two weeks, i've been using this scented candle to drive him away from areas of my apartment i don't want him to be......the problem however, is that it doens't wanna leave the place in general......its not like i'm not washing my dishes, not throwing my trash away, i have no clue why its still around.......i leave my window and door open so that i get a lot of air flow in the apartment, but still it doesn't leave.........
I actually caught this lil nuisance once in the living room.....it was on the ceiling and it didn't move, so i used a transparent plastic bowl to trap it against the ceiling.......the problem after that was that i didn't know what i should do next........i wanted to somehow bring him down from the ceiling, but i couldn't move because i was tip toeing so that i could reach the ceiling.....it was tough, i had to slowly move across to the dining table where i could grab a piece of paper and get on top of a chair to slide a piece of paper over the bowl to bring him down...........my muscles were seriously straining cuz i had to make sure the bowl was completely over the fly all throughout......so yeah, i finally had him in between the piece of paper and bowl.......i had two choices: 1. Run out into other end of the hallway of the floor in the apartment, and let him out 2. TORTURE HIM!! for annoying me......so yep, my decision is obvious.....i couldn't think of how i'd do it tho, it was flying all over the place inside the bowl.......the first thing that came to my head was to drown it in the sink, it was stupid......basically i turned on the faucet and hoped that the water would soak through the paper and slowly fill up the bowl so the fly would be trapped and would finally drown............the problem was that water didn't soak through.....and i dunno how, but somewhere along my failure it flew back into my apartment.....

Today, i went to supermarket.....and i got some air freshner and flying insects insecticide.......the first thing i did when i got home was to walk all over my apartment with my spraying air freshner (i somehow believe flys hate stuff that smells good, my insecticide was my special weapon...haha..).....but yeah, as idiotic as it sounds.....i was suffocating from the air freshner....maybe i over did it or something but it was giving me a headache.....

Airik Apartment End.

~~~ David Tao - Kitrina ~~~ erm....good song??..need i say much??...its english....its simple...its a guitar song....i actually wrote a song right after i heard it....its very similar......i don't want to fill up my blog with my music, so just ask me if you wanna see the chords and the lyrics...

Oh, and also....i got muffins, eggs, cheese and ham at the supermarket today too...i can't wait til breakfast tomorrow....its all mine, all mine...

Saturday, October 12, 2002

Its very interesting to see that airik's blog is suddenly amazingly active...

Ec4K: did i tell you?
Sukendar: tell what?
Ec4K: i'm fukin in love with music now
Ec4K: well
Ec4K: if you read my blog
Sukendar: yeah i slept with it
Ec4K: you'll prob figure that out already
Sukendar: ...wtf
Ec4K: hahaha
Ec4K: seriously man
Ec4K: you remember that canto movie?
Ec4K: the weird one
Ec4K: the guy sleeps with the BB gun?
Ec4K: i'd sleep with my guitar
Ec4K: haha
Sukendar: oh nic tse movie?
Ec4K: yeahyeah
Ec4K: that one
Ec4K: the one he's director
Sukendar: dun like that movie
Ec4k: ........
Ec4k: ........
Sukendar: you want indonesian song?
Sukendar: american indonesian song
Ec4K: nah
Ec4k: hahahah
Ec4K: i'm sorry
Sukendar: hahahahahahhaha
Sukendar: i thought you love music
Ec4K: i do
Ec4K: but not bothered
Ec4K: i know you only mean good for me
Ec4K: but its ok
Ec4K: haha
Sukendar: hahaha
Sukendar: fuck you slut
Sukendar: it sounds like thai i know
Ec4K: haha

Friday, October 11, 2002


If we really spend the time to think about why most parents scold and tell their kids off, its because THEY CARE.....we tend to think those that don't nag you, don't tell you anything you don't want to hear, treat you well, and just generally seem all chilled all the time are the ones that know whats going on.....its funny how most ppl think those are actually the ones that understand......think about it like this, if they really are the ones that understand and care, why aren't they critizing you??....could it be because they only want to be on your good side?
seriousyly....the next time when ever somebody tells you off for something you have done wrong and is too critical about what you do.....step back.....try think straight....and try understand where they are coming from......try understand most ppl in this world don't criticize others just to make themselves feel better.....but rather that they only just care......they only want the better for you.....they risking their relationship with you to make things better for you....

Ppl who talk may also be just as good listeners as the ones that don't........another common misperception.........people that talk like to share......people that don't talk have nothing to share......it really has nothin to do with them being more chill....more laid back.....and better people to talk to.......
ARgh...i can't be fuct to talk.....

~~~ Gitaroo - The Legendary Theme (Acoustic) ~~~...chill lil video game song.....easy two guitar parts....

Thursday, October 10, 2002


Another song for all you music chillers......once again, from my fav "soothe me out" artist.....~~~ Zero 7 - This World ~~~....yepyep....for those that liked 'Destiny'...this one is great too!!....so chek it...

Just spent the last 4-5 hours on the web....chatting....downloading....sucking up my dsl like a boy with his new toy........so awesome....hehe...the wonders of the net......10 years from now, lets all imagine then what life was like back in the day when internet did not exist.........i mean, seriously....no aol, no icq.....talking to your friends only through the fone........no emails..so all offices have piles and piles of documents and memos........damn.....most us youngsters these dayz have already intergrated our lives with the web.........i can't imagine just how much more important it will be to us in the future......

I'm tired.....haha...too much comp today...boo to you readers....
late
airik.

Definitely more chats for the soul....cheers!!


Ec4K: so wsup
erick: not much yo
erick: just got back from bus law a bit ago
erick: its raining now
Ec4K: is it?
erick: yeah
erick: when me el and joe were coming back i twas
Ec4K: so wat u upto?
erick: not much
erick: just ordered some campusfood
erick: telling cindy about my little mermaid 2 story
erick: haha
erick: im STARVING!
erick: gotta do some intro to alg hw soon too
Ec4K: haha
Ec4K: mermaid?
erick: yeah
erick: like i had a rough frosh year
erick: so my mom sent me a care package with three dvds
erick: two normal ones
erick: and the last one was the little mermaid 2
erick: so i asked my bro about it
erick: and he said that he told her to get me any given sunday
erick: but she said no. i know what erick likes. and he likes little mermaid
erick: so i got it
erick: watched it a couple months later
erick: and i kinda liked it
erick: haha my mom knows me yo
erick: i like disney movies even if they are cheesy
Ec4K: haha
Ec4K: haaha

Saturday, October 05, 2002

Its just another friday......yes...aka my rest day.......no class....no nuthing to do......its great.....its sorta like a head start to the weekend, gives me a little more breathing room before h/w sundays......

Eventho i constantly emphasize that this is my blog and i can do whateva a F about it......i feel pressured to write right now.......its been so long since i'be been up here.....i don't want to come here and lose the inspiration to blog........i'm scared this is the end.....an end to this blog...that really would be quite upsetting........its kinda like when you want to do something that you just can't do no more.........hopefully the fact that my DSL will be up at my apt soon it'll change.....

A song for the you ~~~ Craig David - Seven Days (Acoustic Version) ~~~ yes....you probably maybe all heard of this song....but the acoustic version of it???....its awesome......i saw the craig david episode of 'Music in Higher Places' on MTV a lil while ago......all his songs on his 'Born to do it' album played with an acoustic guitar....so cool so cool.........but yeah, I learned how to played 'seven days' on my baby too.......so sweet....

Finally wrote a brand new song on my comp.......its done....and its RnB style.......i finally figured out how to post pics and files on my blog....so i'lll do just that when i get my own DSL........yep, i got lyrics for it.....and made the whole song from scratch.....all me all me..hehe........Just one last problem.....I need a two singers....one male another female.....preferably with a soulful voice........record that on and its like complete complete....

Been messing with my tables a lot this week.....got myself a copy of DJ Qbert's - Do it Yourself Scratching DVD.....so i've been sitting in my living room in front of my tables practicing and practicing and practicing........hey, i'm getting significantly better at it too........its awesome....

Haha....i have no clue why i'm blogging about this......but i sorta started this new bad habit of mine since i've gotten back to skool......been listennin to a lot of hip hop and rap these dayz (A LOT of Eminem)......and somewhere along, i was like 'wow, wouldn't it be cool if i could freestyle to some phat beats'....just chillin you know, do some of that Jin tha shit......like, i know that stuff comes from all practice.......you just gotta listen to a lot of freestyling....and practice practice practice......most ppl are wrong when they think stuff like freestyling...turntabling..playin the guitar...bballing...breaking......is all about talent.....i mean, not that talent doesn't take a role, but its such a small one compared to practicing.........but anywayz, yeah.....so i've been tryin to figure out and spit out all these rythmes.......tryin to get da flow goin......and what i've been starting to do is to shake my hand as i go......you know, with your fingers pointing out and then kinda twist your arm clockwise and anti-clockwise very quickly.....
so now that i've been doing that for quite a bit......i've noticed i've been doin that freestyling hand thingy all the time.....when i talk.....and especially when i'm tryin to explain something.......i nearly even accidently started to do the shaking thing durin my presentation in business communication class.......crazy man crazy...
So yeah, now that i'm on the subject.....i want to talk about actually freestyling......its funny how so many guyz (girls not interested..haha) have problems voicing out and practicing........haha.....i mean, yeah, maybe i wouldn't want to practice in front of crowds.....but its ok to do it with friends and stuff.....its not like we expect you to get that stuff down the first couple times around......c'mon guyz......not something to be embarrassed about.........its all good......obviously, not the next freestyler in town.....just chill...confidence for the ladies yo...

BOo BOo
AIRIK

oh, and also...i dunt try to be black..

Wednesday, September 25, 2002

Wow.....i'm bak.....its been quite a bit i must admit....considering i used to blog every couple days or so......can't be here for long tho......you will all understand soon....

I just turned in my psyfound h/w....or should i say ahm just did it for me.......yes, that would be technically the correct thing to say......let me emphasize 'TURNED IN'.........its there in the h/w box....with my name on it....it represents work from me.....hehe....alrite...we get the point.....

Yep......i got up way early today do get my h/w done with.........i plan to stick around at ahms a lil longer for this blog...and then go back to my apt to my mommy for lunch....then drive out for my guitar lesson...and lastly, class....java and psyfound......
Ok.....i just went through a lot of different things......this is to let those non-jhu readers catch with with my life..........yep, i got my apartment and my car......all setup and stuff cuz mommy came to visit me (hey, she got nuthin to do at home....had to follow daddy's orders and let her come).........but yeah, my place is all setup due to her visit.......so great tho...makes life so much easier, puttin the whole apt together......plus, home cooked food.....
Next thing.....YEAH!...i just started guitar lessons......its awesome.......i figured it'll be hard for me to get better without some direction....so now since i have my car, i can drive out for that now.......so so fun....i need a jamming partner man.......
Class has started for nearly a month.......work load has been ok so far......i am doin csf, intro java and bus com....so other than psyfound, everything should be able to be on top of......

Got no internet/DSL at home......yeah...maybe explains why i dunt blog often (well, ontop of my 'i dunno whether blog will continue thing').......

I lost motivation soooo soon...aite, gonna go...hopefully i'll come up with something more crazy/interesting next time...
Erik.

OH dang...forgot........The song of the moment....~~~ Til I Hear it From You - Gin Blossoms ~~~........very easily liked song.........its from the movie 'Empire Records'....aite

Saturday, September 07, 2002

I feel alive. For the first time since i've returned to b'more, i feel alive. I can think clearly, and everything around me makes sense. I am finally enjoying a normal stable life. Nothing is going against me, and i am not craving for anything/anybody that will take me apart. As much as i feel alive right now, i really feel that i'm getting older too. I see all these freshmen hanging around campus, and it makes me feel that my crazy days are over. I'm nearly done with college already, omg. I might be only just half way through college, but in my mind, i'm soon done. My classes don't even rape anymore, that stuff is all over...my schedule is chill...all planned out....and i don't feel the long list of requirements for my degree threatening me anymore.
Its very odd to know that I've never thought as a kid, that i'd someday be sitting here talking about what i am right now. I never dreamed that i'd be sitting high up in this apartment near JH blogging while looking out the balcony. I can relate this to my future...that i have no damn clue what/where i will be 5 years later.

Its Friday nite. Not a reason to party anymore. Rather i'm sitting here alone at pisan's desk blogging. I just came back from bball......its either i'm outta shape, i'm getting older, or i'm finally understanding my body when its tired.....no more crazy bball workouts i used to have years ago......i'm finally learnin the basics of taking care of your own body....as stupid as it sounds, but i never gave an f about my body much before......but now that i learn of the risks i go through without taking care of it, i'm starting to spend the time to think again about the consquences and what i'm putting myself through...

I'm proposing that 'airik's ramblings' will end soon. yes, i'm sorry guyz. I really hope that i can keep this blogging thing for at least the next two years, but out of no-where i've suddenly come to the idea that its time to stop. Its weird, its had to explain, but its kinda becuz i feel that i've grown up. Its like i've passed this period of time when i've grown to become this much, and now its time to move on. No doubt, i've grown tremendously throughout the year of blogging, i would certainly admit that writing down my ideas and thoughts has helped me significantly. It helps me sum up what i need to realize, what i know, and puts it alltogether into words rather that scattered thoughts in my brain.
The thing is, i feel that its not upto me to decide upon whether i should keep the blogging or not. At this moment i'm doubting i will have much interest in doing so.....hey! who knows??....i might feel that i should do it later in the semester....but yeah, just letting you all know....

Its funny how every once in a while i'm get strange looks from peeps at skool...haha....its obviously the red highlights.......they'd stare at it, and want to comment on it, but nothing comes out of their mouth....hehe....interesting.....but yeah, i like it man..."punky" as i said originally...gonna post a pic of me with my highlights for those that haven't seen me for a bit.....thats if i can get that html shit at blogger to work....

Airik.
Is my crazy punky taste leaving me??

( sorry can't get to work yet..and not bothered..haha..)

Wednesday, August 28, 2002

One of the things at the top of the 'make me angry' list....is to find out that you wrote a blog entry that got erased in the process of publishing........everybody, pls spend 5 secs of slience and feel my pain...

Ok...so what now??.....i just wrote a great entry about the randomest things in the world.....nice, fresh and minty.... straight outta my mind for all my fellow readers.......but its gone........argh......so what now??...write again??.....try rewrite??......man...it'll never be the same.....diz not math (not even in math it'll be the same...haha)....

aite aite i'm gonna try:

Back once again to waste time (and of course some of yours too in the near future)....

I just spent the last 15mins reading the diaries of some people i don't even know personally.......haha....wow....i'm surprised at the length of the list of 'links to other diaries' in some of them........ok, so you might think, why the hell am i reading the diaries of some random kids i dont even know instead of my friends??.........to tell you the truth, its becuz they got none......or to be more precise, they don't give a f*ck about stuff like......i think they either got better things to do...or at least feel that they do......haha......all good........but yeah, while they read my blog and stick their noses under my tree....i'm forced to stick mine under those that i dunt even know....
Now back to the diaries of others........dunt you think these diaries we write reflect our personality and thought so well!!....i mean, wow!!...i'm surprised at the differences between the diaries that we write......i like to use '.....'s to show a pause or change in thought.......i write short incomplete phrases......i dunt spend time writing grammatically correct english....i don't write good english and neither use wordy words.......to me, in my diary, the most important is to get the message and meaning across......its the content but not how it is presented that matters to me..........
Its great.......just like the individuals we are......we write such individual diaries........all shown through the content and style........its as if you can hear the person talk about the same stuff next to you.......some ppl like to write well thought out or nicely written english (they really care about how they are presented).....some ppl like to doodle (must be day dreamers!!)......some like to talk about whats on their mind 24/7( the usual case, uptight about work)........some like to write short one sentence paragraphs....some like to write about their theories......blahblah....too many.......man, we all so different.......i do admit tho, i care about what others read in my blog...and what others see of me through it.....its gay......but its only human......don't we all care??!!
So i ask myself (i'm realizing i dunno what i'm talkin about now).....why the hell am i blogging??....what am i trying to do with it??.....what msg am i trying to convey across to my readers??..........hmmm......good question....good question.......i think there are two answers to this question........the first is that i like to talk to myself (i will further on explain later).........the second...hmmm...i dunno......depends on my mood i guess?......depends what i just happen to think about?....about what i did today......about an event....an airik theory........something i'd like to share......its weird.......i logon blogger.com everyonce so often........i face this empty text editor in which i fill up with stuff that comes in and out of my head everyday....whether its something i just want to ramble about...or something that i thought may have been interesting for my readers on my blog........its a place for me to talk to somebody i suppose (man..no friends williing to listen...*sigh*...).........so why am i blogging about all this??......and why the hell are you spending the time to read it??.......beats me ^^;
Oh, and back to the first answer......i like to talk to myself.......hahaha....exactly what i did just now (if anybody noticed that is)......yeah, i like to ask questions.....i always open discussions to my questions without even having to spend the time to try answer them first on my own.........yes, its pathetic....but i do it.....i ask questions and answer them myself....its like talkin to yourself.........haha.....the point of questions is to have an unknown answered....but what about asking a question in which the answer can be answered by the questioner?.......haha...where the hell did that come from.........again, i ask questions i can answer myself.......why???.......beats me........but ask me, and i'll beat you......

Ok...enuff crazy talk.........theres exactly 12 hours left til i leave vancouver.......still gotta pack....hehe....jackin all this stuff from home.....saving some dough.....including my auto...i've also got...an amplifier...a nice sony stereo....otherstuff.......and of course....tonnes of FOOD!! (ration to be exact...)......

OHOH...music....of.........da......ramble (i actually think 'music of the ramble' sounds so gay...nxt time and from then on...it'll be called something else)..........hmmm.......i dunt remember whether i've put this song on before......but whateva.....its real real good....so its aite...~~~ Coldplay - Yellow ~~~....so what you waiting for???!!.......GO DOWNLOAD.!!!...BUY!!!...STEAL!!....WHATEVA!!!...GO GET IT!!!..

=Pack time.
Ariik.
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YEAH!!!....its finally done....better written??..not as well written.....man...i dunt wanna care.....

some last crazy talk...reward myself (myself?!) for having spent the time to rewrite all that thought which got erased....
so yeah.....hehe....all you diary writers can prob relate...hehe.....nearly everytime before i choose to click on the publish entry button....i've learned to add an extra routine.....and that is to copy and paste my entry somewhere else just in case shit happens.......its only through mistakes you learn (sigh!..so sad).........so why the hell did i mess up just now??........its cuz i clicked on the publish button without copy and pasting........'duh!!!' you might say......so whats my point?.......the thing is, a lil dialog box popped out asking me to confirm my publishing.......and i, like always, quickly chose to 'cancel' the confirmation without thinking becuz i had forgotten to copy and paste (my supposedly way to help me save my work)..........yep, and so everything got erased cuz i canceled the confirmation to publish.......the reasoning behind it? my stupid copy and paste scheme to save my work backfired...........gay...

Lesson learned: You can't stop shit from happenning.

Sunday, August 25, 2002

Haha...came across some random stuff on jon's xanga.......man, i like how you can write comments and give out eProps......i wish i could get a lil more repsonse from my readers......stupid blogger.com!! (ok, i don't mean it...don't band me)....i need some encouragement yo!!....*hint* *hint*....otherwise i'll threaten to quit bloggin!!!....kekeke.......
But anywayz, yeah....hahah......a perfect example of different perspectives from my mates at skool:

every1 wants to grow up soo fast... so do i... however.. i think i grow up too fast.... like i have un normal stress..... who ever thinks that a kid like me... will have big business decisions..... hahaa.... i'm leading a line of different computer products.... service oriented..... dont' wanna give away my ideas to other people... but.... man.... stress.... and should i be a partner in da company... own a 20% stake in it.... stress.... some times i wonder.... am i normal... i mean most kids who are 20 worry about dumb stuff.... like my rents dont' let me go out... or i need a gf or..... some dumb stuff like dat.... like is it cool to do this... or should i relax.... people who read this give me some input......

company assets 100k (liquid)

contracts 175 k

my product line... 3 wks of inception... 50k to date....

i think i can boost dis company... up crazy amout...

wut u think? go for it jon... or relax and b normal.... plz post comments
Posted 7/28/2002 by jonisgod at 3:04 am
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1 Comment

i think you are really amazing. you are the greatest. every day i sit in my room and cry that i was cursed to be me and not you.
Posted 7/28/2002 at 3:37 pm by erickio


man....haha...my friends always gimme new surprises.....

Boo to you.
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Haha....i figured the best way to give everybody a good laugh without offending anyone would be to make fun of oneself......always the stupidest things or most human-like things we do are give a good laugh....
So yeah, I drove my Dad out today to his chiropractor, massage therapist, chinese doctor (whateva you want to call him, we get the point).....ok, so this therapist is pretty famous for the shit he does........he's always fully booked eventho its friggin expensive per hour.... but anywayz, in meat and bones, what he really does is massage your tendons and ligaments.......i'm telling you man.....its PAINFULL!......it'd be impossible to describe the pain... but he claws onto you and puts pressure on you all the way down to your bones and massages your tendons.....pushes deep in between your ligaments and stuff......i've actually had a previous appointment with him for 30mins before for stiff shoulders and I came out of that place with totally drenched pants cuz my legs just kept sweatin (i didn't piss in them).......haha....so embasrassing......
Anyhowz, i drove my dad for his appointment today........and when i came back to pick him up, i spent 15mins of his appointment to massage my thumb.....damn, and guess why i decided to have it checked??......hahaha....*blink*.....my stupidest weakness if any of you recall................*sigh*....Music..........wtf....this is how far i'd go to do what my heart is at.........i made myself go through another worse time of my life so that i can barre my guitar better and endure longer while i practice (well, it was injured already cuz i've been over playing) ........hahaha....i know its friggin stupid as hell....but yeah, i did it.......and its idiotic.......well, dats me...haha........i put my life and energy into whateva i want to do well in.......
my thumb is still numb...

Music of the Ramble time....~~~ System of a Down - Aerials ~~~.......I never liked this song much when i first saw it on MTV (about an alien lookin kid)......but i've gotten to like it the more i hear it.........yep..i've always liked those type of songs where you don't quite like at the beginning....... but the more you hear it the more you get to like it later........its those songs that you like the first time you hear are always the ones that get borin soon...........but yeah, this song gives me a deep, sad feeling...........hahaha.....i think this quote i got off volcom 3 describes it best.....'the more i see people, the less i want to become one'......well, its something like that....he's not online....so i can't ask him...haha......

....boo

to all the ML ppl last summer 2001....man, now i realized i had a great great time....

Saturday, August 24, 2002

Either i'm generally running of out of rambles.......or maybe, i'm just not quite bothered to blog nemore........haha....feels like there are better things to do instead.....rather watch TV...eat....sleep....

Yes. To those that think its another crazy airik doing, I had music lessons......And to those that think its cool, I had guitar and music theory lessons a couple dayz ago.......i thought it was great......a straight two and a half hour lesson of music theory and lil bits and pieces to put all that i know into order........was especially interesting and informative cuz i like all that stuff anywayz.....not that the theory is interesting, but knowing that it'll help expand the power i have with my music was just way cool......i mean, it was only some basic music theory too....helping me put the songs i'm writing together...structuring it all.....what sounds better, what doesn't...

I can't think of anything to blog about rite now.....music of the ramble time i suppose....haha......~~~~ David Usher - Black Black Heart ~~~....this guy is great....he's CANADIAN!!!.....hehe.....pride man pride.......it sorta reminds me of jap rnb stuff.....but yeah, its a very special song.....after i heard this for the first time, i was like 'woah~!...repeat repeat!!'......i think i'm gonna check his CD out.....its called ~ Morning Orbit ~...go check him out with me =)

Got all the stuff to send my auto ready today.....yep.......i'd really like my own license plate too....too bad i don't have enough time to make it tho.....i'm gonna have it made during chrismas for sure.....i've decided to simply make it 'AIRIK'.......hehe, everybody that ma car!!...........yep, anyhow, i'll be sending it early next week before i leave.....should get it a week or two into skool....

Same shit going on here in Vancouver like last time...nuthin new to talk about....the same ol' do whateva i want.....shopping, driving range (i'm just plain smackin them now ^^), TV, movies, guitar, drums, video games, chatting, eating anything i want....blah blah blah......yeah, not exactly interesting interesting..........just relaxing......getting ready to get back to skool....getting some sleep....... finally enjoyin my chill part of the summer........Will prob see kyle tomorrow....hangout..do something....all good....

haha.....i dunt have anything to talk about.....gonna bed.

Monday, August 19, 2002

Bloggin once again from Vancouver....its great to be back home....haven't stopped downloading songs ever since i got back two nites ago.....just sucking up on the web..chatting, surfin, downloadin all sorts of new music....getting some good rest.......and of course, gettin the 'livin at home' royalties...

Been spending time with rents so far.....groceries....eating out......even went play some golf today....its been such a long time since i've played......no time for stuff like this in college i suppose......didn't exactly play well.....kinda rusty and stuff......but its all good.....i'll prob play again soon enuff.....and i'll pick my game back up.....i like golf........i gotta admit the learning curve is kinda steep....but its great when u get the groove of it and you start to hit some great shots in da game.....

All these new cd's, movies, magazine from HK.........argh...makes me miss home even more.......haven't even had much time for that stuff tho......got lil bro hanging around.....haha.....hes got all these games and anime dvd's......hehe......so geeky......but i've watched 30 more episodes of hunter x hunter in the past two days already........i like warcraft 3 and all, but i guess i just lost the love for the games......too much gaming when i was a kid.......don't even play when i got nuthin to do now....not to mention playing for fun.....

Seems like vancouver has gotten more and more crowded over the past years.....more ppl walking around the streets.....a hella lot more nice looking apts.......and just generally ppl doing stuff all over the place......i've gotten to like this place a whole lot more in the past couple dayz.......it used to be boring and dull..but now its nice and chill..........perfect place to hang out with broz.......

I've changed since when i first started blogging last november-december......yep...i can really see a difference now.....i've gotten to become more in touch with my feelings.....my attitude towards life has changed significantly to a positive perspective........and most important of all, i've gotten to become a happier and relaxed person........i think i've grown...and still growin everyday........i go through everyday making the most and best out of it rather than feeling lonely miserable and depressed......you guyz prob dunt read my blog, but i want to thank my roommates especially for helping me climb out of the shit hole i used to be in back then (you guyz helped me out out of everybody!!)......life was not cool back then.....i was blind..i could not hear....and i lived in a world where my emotions smouldered me......

I'm sick of shallow people.....i'm sick of living in a world where everybody is self absorbed....selflish......and unreal........those ppl that dunt admit their true feelings.....those that live in a totally social world no matter how much they think they don't.........sooo insensitive to others lives.....they dunt understand the true friendships that could be.......all they care is what those other shallow ppl think about them......what other ppl see of them instead of what they really are........all want to be popular...all want to be known....all want to be center of attention......all want to be in the crowd.........urgh..i'm sick...

Music of the Ramble....~~~ The Vines - Get Free ~~~......haha..sorry guyz.....still more rock and alternative......these guyz are somewhat similar to the hives i mentioned earlier a couple blogs ago...

ARIK

Hee.....SHOUT OUT TO BROZ....U GUYz are ALWAYS GReat...u know who u r deep down...
More chat for those that find it interesting....

Sukendar: anyway, bball, dribble behind the back, right to left hand, defend step to left, and i spin to right, broke his ankle, shoot, the other 2 defenders tried to block, i passed to a guy underneath the rim make an easy assist
Sukendar: so fucken gooooood feeeeeel
Ec4K: .......
Ec4K: .......
Ec4K: haha
Ec4K: i like that
Sukendar: prob u dun know a word i said
Sukendar: kaka

Friday, August 16, 2002

MY Last nite at Cali.......finally an end to summer skool........an end to skool for the next two weeks or so..........so so glad........i'm tired....... exhausted.......its like you know how even though you haven't been to class much, you still somehow feel responsible for your classes........yep.....taking classes distorts your mind from being completely chilled everyday.....haha....as i always say.....our own minds are both the scariest thing and the thing to be most afraid of in this world......

Anyhow....yeah.....safe and sound at lin's place.....its been a hella week......too much for me to withstand alone........no home...no shelter......its been awful.......
I live everymoment of my life to understand and appreciate......its funny how we are more appreciative of the past and what is already over more than the present......don't you think so??.....Its only after we've gone through the hard times til we appreciate how it changed you into a more enduring person.......its only until after you spend your summer at work with these random kids til you realize that it was a lot more fun than it was then.......sounds somewhat ridiculous, but we should try appreciate the good times and bad times of everymoment of our life......cuz we shall know that we'll appreciate it evenmore after its over whether good or bad...

Too much crazy talk....go change the subject......oh! of course, the song of the ramble....can never forget....erm...lemme see.....~~~ Dave Matthews - The Space Between ~~~...i've been putting a lot of rock and altenative these dayz.......that shall go to a temporary halt soon....as soon as i get back to secondary home Vancouver.....but yeah, this dave matthews song inspired me to write this song for my parents.......it'll be great....i'll show them the lyrics and hopefully come up with a tune for it so that i can play it to them......

Haha...you probably find this soooo random....but it really reminds me of my family........just lil things my lil bro was telling me on the fone yesterday that my maids have killed more than 7 fung shui fish within a week back home in hongkong.....haha....my dad proposed to him that he'll pay him $40 bucks to keep those fish alive.......just so typical of my family.....and shit that goes on inside......

Aite....should grab food...gonna drive out
Airik
Feeling awfully nervous.....got nuthin better to do than sit and blog for a quik 10mins before my exams.........i suppose its cuz i know that i'm not quite ready for it.....hey, whatcha expect if i hardly went to class at all during my time here.....

So much happenning, so little that'd make it to the blog.......always always.........its too much for me to put down in pen and paper.......somehow get puzzled throughout the confusing throughts that wreak my mind....

The Low of the Summer ~~~ Every summer theres this time when you feel like you've had the best time all summer....and every summer, theres this time when shit just happens......happens to me every summer.......although, i believe that the living standards of my mind has generally gone up compared to years back........i suppose this week has been the low of my summer 2002........boiling thoughts mostly........somethings just aren't within my capability to make right i guess.........

Haha.....i want to admit to you all that i have a huge weakness...........something that'll drive me to do stupid things.......and bend my mind like i were f*kin drunk or something.........keeps me away from reality.......its like a lil lolly that a child molester would use to attract kids.........my weakness is MUSIC

Went to the area concert two nites ago at irvine.........oh! what a crazy collection of artists.......all sorts of shit going on.....Moby, David Bowie, Busta Rythmes, Tiesto, Ash, Blue Man, Sasha..........was great........it was real chill........ppl drinkin beer, a rave tent and a huge ass concert.........was some hella trip.........
Ha.......these two women in their late 30's......they were smokin this roach next to me during half time...so ghetto.....so friggin Cali........wtf man?!....they're as old as ma mom...

"Life was simple as a kid, you thought that you understood everything.....And as you grow up, you find out that things become more and more complicated." - Moby

Airik
*I have a dream.
Its to start a band.*

Tuesday, August 13, 2002

I just realized (just like the ten million other things i realize everyday) I've been writing awfully bad blogs for the past couple weeks......probably becuz i haven't been spending the time to go over them again when i'm done blogging.....no time i suppose....been having better things to do........
i'm not going to spend the time to edit them....but i'll make an attempt to write some higher quality blogs from now onwards....

So.....four more days til Vancouver....finally time for me to go home.......feel so ambivalent....can't wait to get home, but on the other hand i don't want the summer to end so soon......sigh....LIFE!...so unexpected, sad, crazy, contradicting........

More rock for the song of the ramble ~~~ The Hives - Hate to Say I Told You So ~~~....like their music a lot.......the lead singer has a very twisted screamin voice.....kinda like it cuz its so distinct and natural...........unless you totally like his voice i wouldn't recommend to get their CD tho.......gets sorta annoying when its punched at you throughout the whole album..

the past week has been great........extendin my residency at ron's........no more draggin behind.......no strings and attitude........was great.......especially the two bottles of 'southern comfort' that were dropped last friday.........finally a good mental masturbation.......i live for those........

Surprised at the amount of lyrics and tabs i've written this summer.......all not polished enough to be posted........but yeah, i've been makin a lot of progress.........starting to capture the moods i want to describe more and more accurately..........sooo proud of my work.......hopefully at some point i'll be able to start finishing up on some of these songs so i can share with you all....

This last paragraph is crazy talk......something very interestin Nick was talkin about a while ago.....
The thing is i believe that everything in this world happens for a reason (make sure you agree with this before you move on)...everything that happens in this world is a causation of something else......for example, i blog becuz i want to let ppl know what i think....i eat becuz i need energy.....basically, everything in this world is a consquence of something else......even if i make a decision in my life, that decision is based on knowledge and previous experiences..........so this is the thing -------> Do we really have no choice in everything we do becuz everything in this world is a consequence of something else?........if everything in this world happens becuz of something else.....Is it true we don't have freewill??.......we can technically argue in court that things we do and decisions we had made were not upto us to decide in the first place.....
To conclude: What should I believe in?
To make things even more interesting.......one professor once came up with the theory that amongst the things that causes other things to happen......there is a random event.....

Enuff, not having a good day i suppose.
erik.

Wednesday, August 07, 2002

Hey, Whats goin on?? *bling* *bling*

Spent the weekend at Santa Cruz.......6-7hour road trip from LA.....was tite.....chillin with ron, solo, nick, blah blah......was awesome........man, i loved UC Santa Cruz......I'd loved to goto the 'porter college' for freshman year......seems so wackt......chillin at the quad...talkin some hippie talk.......drum circles....explore the forest and shits.....man....i seriously felt like i missed an even more interesting freshman year than i had when i visited........
haha...its as if i'm holding back on this more artistic side of me.....i'm not exploring/expanding this other horizon of mine on the other side of the world.......i like science, math and all.....but my mind is receiving too much attention in that respect of life........and thats all due to being 'realistic' from a HK perspective........if i could live another life, i'm positive i'd choose to live it a lot chiller.....more down to earth.... more spiritual.....more creative,,,,

Music of the Ramble is presented to you by KingAirik, blogger.com, CLICC, and UCLA.....Everybody go check this CD out of its store ~~~ Linkin Park - Reanimation ~~~....damn nice remixes of linkin's songs.......especially like the breakbeats and scratching......very well put together.........one of my fav remix CD's already...

Dam, needa go class...been ditchin too often..
Airik

- 'Signs' sucked...period

- Got red highlights...hehe....sooo punky...

Friday, August 02, 2002

I'm bak...sitting rite here in the lab wondering if nebody has been spendin the time to chek whether my blog has been updated trhoughtout the past week or two....
Yep, so i've been somehow a lil busy (not with work).......just chillin..kikin it bak.....doin stuff i normal guy should be doin during summer skool....

I'm sitting here rite now....watching diz blond chic next to me click away while she plays this colorful yahoo! puzzle game......she seems kinda bored...haha.....its funny how we have a whole line of ppl waiting to use a computer while ppl like her and I are blogging, chattin and playing java games online....killing some time....ditching some classes.....
Hey, I can even see her screenname from here too.....too bad i'm not that quite interested....otherwise i'd hook it up with my aol for some half time relaxation.....haha.....

Anywayz, enuff about what i'm doin rite now....whats goin on with all you guyz??....haha...friggin asking questions talkin to myself on my own blog.....*duh* obviously i'm not gonna get a response.....but yeah anywayz......seriously tho, haha.....you guyz who still chek my blog out during the holidays....send me a quik msg if you see me online.....let me know whats goin on with your holiday too......

I can't quite think of nething to write about rite now......and not exactly up for writing about the shit i've been doin for the past lil while.....i'm sick of the past.....i only wanna talk about the present rite now........hmmm.....i'll start with the music of the ramble.........~~~~ Hoobastank - Crawling in the Dark ~~~~......been up for rock/alternative since i've gotten sick of hiphop and co........kinda like the crazyness of all that rock'n roll stuff..........and also, of course, the guitar riffs and all........i've actually finally written a song that i reallly like too durin my time here.......i'd consider it a pop-rock song........i've still got bits and pieces of it to put together....but yeah, finally a song i wrote that i like.....i'll put it on when i'm totally satisfied........man....nuthin would make me happier if i could put together a band......

I've just come to realize during my time here that the things we take for granted the most are the things that we should treasure the most. Seriously, things like our parents, every part of our body, good friends, etc....I actually believe that things we take for granted are more important than the things you want to, are trying to or should treasure....... I might either sound ridiculous here....or very stupid cuz its something that everybody feels that they know already.......but listen to me, think about all those things that you really take for granted.....and imagine how much life is better with those things in your life.....

I think i've grown up to become a logical person....a logical person, yet somtimes too logical that its stepping over the line towards craziness.....feels like my mind is startin to take my life away from me.......i can't do nething without asking myself question over question about why things happen or are the way they are........somtimes i feel that my mind is constantly in search of some light that it'll never find.......i can't even sit back and enjoy some television without having to be engrossed by the heavy amounts of content it displays.......i'm getting very tired of thinking too much......and its driving me nuts cuz i can't stop it...

Anywayz, yeah....i'm soooo looking forward to the 'signs' movie... just one more day......i love m. night shylaman......he's like one of the reason why i'd want to live.......live just to see the movies he writes and directs........i love that anticipation......just waitin to enjoy the movie no matter whether it turns out to be a good one or bad one.....its so cool how i want to see this movie solely becuz of the director, and the fact that mel gibson is starring is only a bonus.........
Same as for music....i live to wait for my favorite artists new album.....having to wait for a new album and to find out whether it lives up to expectations or not.........our lives are so fascinating......i never realized as a child that its things like this that i used to take for granted that keeps my life going....
{August 6th 2002} - Man....the movie sucked....

Argh...enuff crazy talk....
Peace.

Friday, July 19, 2002

Decided to change the blog back to 'all-entries' style......i realized the archives column was wasting too much space.......making it hard to read the entries...

This paragraph was actually supposed to be about school.....and midterms...and homework..and quizzes.....but i'm not gonna waste my time with that boring shit today...so this paragraph will be dedicated to not mentioning nething about school and work..........we really should all talk about work less when we "relax" and "hang out" or write our blogs.... its boring.......we really should dedicate our time to more useful things like talking about why we shouldn't talk about work........but yeah, point made, work sucks up all the energy you have during your 16-18 hours of the day (ok...10 hours for me ^^;)......so letz move on...

Been workin out at Ron's gym.....i think i strained my shoulders and abs.....over worked them completely.....i'm the typa guy that is just colded blooded when it comes to taking care of myself.......yeah..i'm so harsh on myself......i make myself work uptil the point when i keep trying just to bench one more before i let myself rest........
dunno y i started tho.......i just suddenly felt the urge to get back in shape......my friggin beer belly kinda pushed it too i guess....

ACtually the main reason I came up to blog today.....was becuz i wanted to tell my blog how much i miss home......especially my room back in home home Hong Kong......for those that have been, you guyz would prob understand why i like it sooo much.......haha...but yeah, even my stupid college essay i wrote in boarding school revolved around my room, aka AIRIK's ROOM........my big nice comfy bed, blanket, pillows....my stereo next to it.....shit, i miss sitting on my bed listennin to my new CD's......hehe...and creeping up to my room on 4th floor...........i miss the king treatment too!!....haha....you guyz prob think i'm such spoilt brat.......i wake up at 3-4pm in the afternoon and tell my maids i'm ready for lunch...so they can cook it and bring it up to my room.......sigh......home sweet home........i don't even know when i'll be back again...

Then again, i'm going to have my apartment next year....hehe......(mood changing all of a sudden)....my own living room...bed room..kitchen....hehe....all mine.....gonna set it up so that it kicks ass....well....at least...i'll love it....(i can already see those faces of disagreement becuz of my so-called weird taste).......but yeah....buying furniture and stuff for an empty apt.......gonna be real awesome..........dunno how i'm gonna pull 'the budget thing' off tho.........i suppose i'll get my stuff a couple pieces at a time...so i'll have saved the money i need to get what i want...and i'll also be able to make sure i buy stuff i really like, instead of just buying everything at once (including stuff i might not like as much)....

I'm bored...tired of blogging....had a big today.......gonna stop here with the usual music of the ramble........~~~ Days go By - Dirty Vegas ~~~...i'm assuming a lot of you have prob heard of this one....i like to label it as 'trance-pop'.....its been played even on the radio often......its the theme from the new mitsubishi eclispe 03 commercial.......hahah...talkin about that car....that car would so be my car if i had a low budget to buy one....

aiteaite..out
Volcom 2

Thursday, July 18, 2002

ARGH!!! WTF!!!

Can't believe I've been reading the wrong econ text book all throughout the summer session!!......I'm like more than halfway throughout the econ course too!!....crazy man...crazy....no wonder the midterm was kinda hard........i've been reading chapters out of a micro text book instead of macro..........omg.....and all along I thought to myself that the professor was teachin his own stuff during lecture and he required you to understand the chapters in the text book too!!!........
Haha...my next econ midterm is in two dayz....and i just got the new text book.....fak....
Lesson Learned: Never - EVER!! Listen to your roommates if they're not studious.

Other than the econ text book thingy...nuthin else has been too crazy (other than the drinking nites ^^)......just goin to class.....enjoyin the laid bak life here at UCLA......stupid lin alg h/w & midterm and stat h/w & quiz tomorrow.......oh, and also the econ midterm the day after........yeah, so i'll try to study for a bit before the weekend comes and i find something new to do with my life here....

Aite...i already fell asleep in the study hall......better go study a lil at least..
Erik.



Wednesday, July 17, 2002

I got a riddle for y'all today....hehe...more airik mind games....

Short in Change
1) Three guyz want to order delivery, so they call the pizza delivery to send them a pizza.
2) When the delivery guy arrives, he askes them for $15. So they split the $15 up and pay $5 each
3) When the delivery guy gets back to the store, the pizza manager tells him that the pizza only cost $10. He tells him to go back and give the customers the $5 back
4) On the way back to the customers, the delivery guy thinks to himself. There are 3 of them splitting for the pizza, they wouldn't be able to split up $5. I'll just pocket $2, and I'll give them $3 back so that they can have $1 each.
5) The delivery guy arrives at the 3 guyz door, and gives them back $1 each
6) If every guy originally paid $5, and got $1 dollar back, they each paid $4 for the pizza.
7) $4 * 3 guyz = $12 ; if the delivery guy also only pocketed $2, that would make $12 + $2 = $14.

Huh? Not $15??! Wheres the missing dollar?!?!

aaaairik.

Friday, July 12, 2002

Bak again...same place (those that IM me will know its the comp lab)......and once again, after a midterm.....hhaha...i just realized i often come up here and blog after my tests, exams blah blah...

I'm tired....as in being tired in the 'long-run'.....too much skoolin maybe?!.......to think about it...i really haven't had more than 2 weeks of a break since last summer......and to think about it even more....i won't be having more than a two week break til next christmas or next summer....argh.......i think i really need a long chill break.....otherwise I wouldn't be ready for more jhu rapage next semester........phy found man.....hahah....i can't wait...

talking about jhu.....I can't believe ppl here in the west haven't heard of my skool......i tell them i goto skool in 'johns hopkins'....and they'd be like, 'johns hopkins?....where is that??....is that nearby?'....i'd then tell them its in Baltimore....and they'd be like, 'oh Baltimore! so is that in the mid-west??'......inside, i really just wanna say 'fuck you...you ignorant slut...you haven't even heard of my skool??...where were you when you went through the college process?!'.....i dunt goto some community shit man...gimme a break.......I've had at least 4-5 of those conversations so far......argh...cali ppl.....

Still only been listennin to the friggin west side radio ova here...no special song i particularly like these dayz........everyone check diz one out tho......its kinda heavy......so if you don't like metal or rap...maybe you'd prefer to stay outta this one....but the music video is pretty cool tho......underground boxing shitz....kinda like the movie 'snatch'.....
~~~~ (Quarashi - Stick'em Up) ~~~~

ohoh...time to go and play ball...peace...
Airik.

~wat a boring entry...i'm not satisifed with it~~