giving a shit is for wimps

Like a boss

2009-04-21T06:29:00.000-07:00

Reality check

2009-04-15T23:46:00.000-07:00

Life is great when you're living like a music video, but the flip side is a grim and cold reality. I really want to share this with those of you who are following whats actually going on in the world just right on the other side of the border. Beware that towards the end it may be a bit hard to watch given that this is raw footage and these are sincere and real situations that you may or may not be able to handle.

To those of you who know me personally you know that I go to Mexico generally at least once or twice a year to visit family when I can so this is hitting very close to home for me as well as those of you who come from a similar background. I can only hope for the situation to one day be under control.

Props goes out to Current.com for doing a good job with their content.

Roots Crew

2009-04-10T15:15:00.000-07:00

Got to shoot The Legendary Roots Crew last night. I was stoked to finally get to photograph them but NOT stoked on the show. Definitely the weakest of the 6 shows ive gone to of theirs. They have gone too far in the "jamming" direction with several lame covers of guns n roses/led zeppelin/etc.. I know you're down with Rock but I want to see a live HIP HOP Show. I still consider them one of the greatest of our time but I think its time they get back their "Roots" haha

fools gold

2009-04-02T19:59:00.000-07:00

ok, so some people have called me a liar, a jokester, and some have outright called me an april fooler. well enough is enough.

today i bring you another one of my latest rides along with all my money. feast your eyes you jealous biatches

yeah.. if you didnt get it by now.. 90% of you bit onto april fools real hard.

young money

2009-03-31T20:27:00.001-07:00

well i've been asked directly, indirectly, and have been hearing everyone else ask each other about what happened to jonuts.com... but more so "how much?"

im still not going to disclose the exact figure... because thats just not me. lets just say its a healthy figure but im not exactly going to retire (however i am looking into another area of work). like i said before... you would have done it too.

but in all fun and games... this is my first big purchase

retail therapy

2009-03-29T23:15:00.000-07:00

well, i feel good selling the domain. but i feel like shit cause i have a fever. buying things always helps. so i decided to finally get those public school denim i was talkin about.

as i was bustin my catwalk moves and getting them tailored, lebryce tried to steal my new money from my other pants. pigeon friends

a sunny seattle will still make you feel better.

im still jonas from the block

a new start

2009-03-29T09:01:00.001-07:00

as you have probably seen, jonuts.com has been sold to godaddy.com. i'll get into it a little later, but lets just say you would have done it too. but dont worry, i have another domain brewing up and we'll be back very soon. in the mean time, i'll be using blogger directly to host my blog.

Illegal Leopard

2009-03-27T08:35:00.001-07:00

Dats how a nigga eat...

2009-03-26T21:40:00.005-07:00

Thanks to the cooking collabo of Myself, Nasir, Alex Johnson, and Skip J

testing

2009-03-26T20:05:00.001-07:00

blogger sucks

"eat da head" - yao

2009-03-26T11:13:00.000-07:00

sorry for the lack of updates. having some issues with blogger so i've been blogging manually. enough nerd talk

happy bday nicole!

Don't do drugs

2009-03-24T23:54:00.000-07:00

Ladies and gentleman, Fred Durst.

"everything thats supposed to be bad makes me feel so good"

2009-03-23T04:28:00.001-07:00

longest weekend ever. in a good way though

this is my current wallpaper. click the pic if you want it to be yours too

1st starbucks ever. jesus people

apparently, taking pictures in movie theatres is illegal. go fuck yourself, law

4:33 A.M. - weekend is over

march madness

2009-03-20T00:46:00.000-07:00

seattle's sounders fc held their first MLS match at qwest field on thursday. to encourage fan support and community unity, they have started a ritual called "march to the match" where fans congregate in occidental park prior to the match and take the four block march to the field. i didn't have tickets to the match as it was sold out, but seattle did beat new york's red bulls 3-0. if the pre-game party is any indication of whats to come, ~~football~~ soccer will have a healthy stay in seattle

jacked up

2009-03-18T18:14:00.000-07:00

so the other day, my white nigga over at keif's kuts hooked me up with the charlie brown special. i totally forgot about it and ive been roamin around town with this on my head.

and yes, that is a woman's bathroom sign to my bedroom. holler at me handicaps

Chicago Part 2

2009-03-18T09:07:00.000-07:00

More shots from Chi-Town

1st day

2009-03-18T00:41:00.000-07:00

i can fuck with these

2009-03-17T20:44:00.001-07:00

thats what im talkin' bout. stop fuckin around with those ugly colors nike wants to initially release. i'll rock a clean black/white pair

random

2009-03-17T19:45:00.000-07:00

anyone wanna give me their shoe inserts? preferably nike/jordan ones. doing a little project

Dem Hot new Nikez

2009-03-17T11:22:00.000-07:00

Figured id blog something shoe related that struck me as pretty fresh today.. Although they're bike related, I can see our Resident Chief Jonasty rockin these on the dance floor. Nike redesigned the Tiempos..

The Cutter /City Tiempo

Developed specifically for this Livestrong Collection, the Nike Sportswear footwear design team looked at the Nike Tiempo, first launched through the Soccer category, and enhanced the shoe with key elements to work with today’s inner city bike rider.

Developed in partnership with eight bike riders from around the globe, the Nike City Tiempo was constructed with a board last, a process referencing ACG’s history. The board last translates into a stiffer construction, making the pushdown of the pedal stroke easier on the rider. Throughout the construction of the shoe, designers have increased the density of the rubber and the derometer. Inside the shoe, the sockliner has been updated to also be a bit stiffer, giving support to the foot.

-KJ

buyer beware

2009-03-16T20:35:00.000-07:00

i know i'm on a commercial spree, but this infomercial is just effing great. i could have sworn my regular vision was "HD" already.

ironically, the youtube vid is not in HD

stay up

2009-03-16T08:34:00.000-07:00

get your week started off right. 88 keys & yeezy

i love this commercial

2009-03-15T22:37:00.001-07:00

time for a change

2009-03-15T21:02:00.000-07:00

my panasonic lx-3 and nikon d70 are for sale ;)

LeB-Boy

2009-03-13T00:57:00.000-07:00

three triple doubles in a row, and a mean freeze.

fun friday

2009-03-13T00:34:00.001-07:00

Chicago Day 1

2009-03-12T08:24:00.000-07:00

Got a really cool opportunity to visit Chicago this week documenting the building/presentation of the worlds largest Cell Phone with Neverstop Agency/Cricket Wireless.. Sorry Zach Morris, you've finally been beat haha

Had my first deep dish last night..Lived up to the hype! Hopefully I'll get to venture into some other areas out of downtown today and tomorrow. Heres a few shots from the first day:

kanyemerican idol

2009-03-11T22:39:00.000-07:00

give me a pass for the blog title. im just being an idiot. anyways, yeezy performed on american idol tonight. this fucker is everywhere. wasnt he just in paris for fashion week? its fuckin fashion week every week in paris. anyways...

i wonder what simon thought of his singing

makin moves

2009-03-11T22:16:00.000-07:00

you might remember me blogging about lavsh last year. well apparently mr. lape has stayed busy styling the likes of supercr3w as you can see here

you can also take a glimpse into the new lookbook. DAMN

dwayne wade is a problem

2009-03-10T00:15:00.000-07:00

i know i've been bitchin about kobe and lebron all season. but dwayne wade is on a tear

In loving memory of...

2009-03-09T18:00:00.001-07:00

2nd round knock out

2009-03-08T23:07:00.000-07:00

aim conversations #3

2009-03-07T20:27:00.001-08:00

i bring you two stupid asses today

latinaboo1510: hey
jonas: sup
latinaboo1510: this is jonas right?
jonas: yeah. probably a different jonas though
latinaboo1510: ohhh
latinaboo1510: my bad
latinaboo1510: so..?
jonas: so what?
latinaboo1510: umm i dont know. whats new?
jonas: what? ummm everything is new since u dont know me
latinaboo1510: oh. yeah. i forgot
jonas: ...
latinaboo1510: well.. are you sick
jonas: what the hell are u talking about
latinaboo1510: umm i dont know. im sorry i just dont know what to talk about

------------

splitcoho: Why are you always so wonderful?
jonas: whos this
splitcoho: A little dame.
splitcoho: Who art thou?
jonas: ur the one who IMed me
splitcoho: I did nay such thing.
splitcoho: Do not accuse me of such actions.
jonas: ...
jonas: bye
splitcoho: :@) oink

TRL

2009-03-06T21:13:00.001-08:00

Public Enemies

2009-03-05T18:38:00.000-08:00

If you need to know anything about movies, know that Michael Mann is the best at mixing Digital with Film. Collateral, Miami Vice, and now Public Enemies. oh and he also made HEAT.
Easily in my Top 10 or even 5.

the Takeover has begun

2009-03-04T22:34:00.001-08:00

It'll either be a George Jetson world or a John Connor world. Either way it's starting.

lawlz

2009-03-03T20:04:00.001-08:00

steezy: rockport x bodega

2009-03-03T19:17:00.000-08:00

as the popularity of the boat shoe has grown over the past few seasons, more companys are putting their own twist on the classic silhouette. however, most have suffered from a lack of originality (vans) or have just simply copied the originals from sperry or rockport and included a heavy price tag and labeled them "premium" (colette).

instead, bodega ditched both paths and collaborated with rockport to create their own spin. pictured below is just one of their recreated versions; this one being a mid-ankle shoe featuring a melton wool collar draped over rockport's classic form and tied together with their traditional leather lacing.

disappointing

2009-03-03T00:50:00.000-08:00

after months of anticipation and hype over the "air yeezy" by kanye west, these are the initial colorways nike has chosen to release? yawn

getting old

2009-03-01T23:06:00.000-08:00

this is my last bday blog of the week... hopefully. so happy bday jbeezy. have fun in the bahamas you bastards

and happy belated birthday mama mirnz! i love you and all the food you've cooked for me over the years... especially the longanisa

killin it

2009-03-01T22:45:00.001-08:00

a few days ago i posted a few pieces of public school's spring/summer line. today they give us a glimpse of their fall/winter line. their black denim is definitely one of my favorite jeans to date. their use of premium leather to line the pockets are a subtle, yet noticeable touch that separate them from the pack

the last supper

2009-03-01T01:42:00.000-08:00

sk would like to thank everyone he invited to his bday in the forementioned blog for coming to his dinner

jiggas eventually showed up

fun friday

2009-02-27T15:20:00.001-08:00

dont worry sk i'll be at your party dickweed

blond dykes

2009-02-27T15:15:00.000-08:00

surprise?

2009-02-27T00:16:00.000-08:00

happy bday hoe

phat tuesdays

2009-02-25T01:44:00.000-08:00

a group of us have been going out to eat every tuesday night for the last 4 or 5 years. right now our current spot is stellar pizza on airport way (seattle). come join us if you think you can survive black belt gabe

video by barto

Ya Boy!

2009-02-24T20:05:00.000-08:00

Jonuts Family. I will be turning the big 23 this Friday and I would like everyone to join me at Baltic Room. Come hang out, buy me a drink, give me a lap dance, play NBA 2K, Whatever. Just be therrr.
-Love Eskay

Internet 101

2009-02-24T19:34:00.000-08:00

Internet 101

These are your wasted hours that you could never get back. Lose them again.

steezy: public school

2009-02-24T19:01:00.000-08:00

couple pieces from the spring/summer line of one of my favorite brands, public school.

whats not so steezy, though, is that public school is making a lower-end line of their brand for urban outfitters titled "black apple"... which is basically some of their old season designs with cheaper material (i.e. pleather)

this shit looks crazy

2009-02-23T19:50:00.000-08:00

weak-end summary

2009-02-23T00:38:00.000-08:00

ruth chris steak house

phone call in the middle of the night

taken for granted

happy cause they're allowed in canada

criminals not allowed in canada

eat

sleep

eat

sleep

audio got jacked up for some reason

street fighter

2009-02-20T09:02:00.000-08:00

witness the worst street fighter gameplay ever

dont act like you never did that

rihanna

2009-02-19T17:57:00.000-08:00

chris brown is the OG street fighter

welcome back, kid

2009-02-18T18:31:00.000-08:00

trippin balls

2009-02-16T20:58:00.000-08:00

go do something with your lives

shaqawockeez

2009-02-15T23:02:00.000-08:00

nasty nate

2009-02-15T02:04:00.000-08:00

dont listen to eskay. although the rest of the dunk contest was relatively weak.. nate robinson's dunk was well worth the attention. you try dunking on a 7 footer

espn highlight. "206 holla at me."

but the buzz going around during the contest wasnt about this dunk contest, it was about next years dunk contest, as lebron james announced that he will be participating for the first time. someones bout to get shitted on

everybody hates chris

2009-02-15T02:00:00.000-08:00

leave it to 50 cent to stir shit up again

KRYPTONATE

2009-02-14T21:54:00.000-08:00

So the dunk contest was cool. I definitely expected everyone to come harder. Rudy Fernandez definitely surprised me, didn't know what to expect from that boy, but his 2nd dunk would have been better, if he ain't have like 10 attempts. J.R. Smith was definitely disappointing, I know this nigga got ups, but come on, the pass from the stands outstood his dunk. Not cool. Dwight was cool. The 12 foot dunk was impressive but didn't have the intensity that I expected like his side board alley oop, now that was a dope ass dunk. Nate did the Pacific Northwest proudly, by winning the contest, while his dunk over Dwight was cool, it was not worth all they hype. Sorry Jonas. Anyways the best part of the night was Nate's foamposite lites! Someone find those for me now!

PS I love Shaq's wife.

to celebrate black history month

2009-02-14T14:35:00.000-08:00

oldie but goodie

Winners Circle MCD Pre-Party

2009-02-13T14:50:00.001-08:00

Winners Circle threw a evening pre-party yesterday in honor of the legendary Murder City Devils back to back Reunion Concerts at the Showbox. My favorite local hiphop act as of late, Champagne Champage performed. Minus the cold temperature, it really felt like the beginnings of summer. Lotta people rolling through, drinking free booze outside,having a great time. Props to the homies JR and Spencer for throwing such a fun lil party.

Drop Bars..Not Bombs

2009-02-13T13:34:00.000-08:00

Got our test prints back on my First Photo T Shirt Collaboration with my buddy Zach's ZLOG Blog
Some shots of the final product:
Original 35mm Film Scan:

Black:

White:

Lemme know if any of the homies want one

pics of rihanna

2009-02-11T23:13:00.000-08:00

Life in the Time of Obama

2009-02-11T11:19:00.001-08:00

So im reading The Stranger today..and I couldnt help but laugh at their new column. Life in the Time of Obama..

That first ones for Fed hehe

rest of the columns here:
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/new-column/Content?oid=1065648&hp

couple more

2009-02-11T03:38:00.000-08:00

junior ass bags

bang bus

this fucking prick in the rover ran out of gas and was in the middle of the street for atleast half an hour. fuck walking to chevron half a block away, lets just wait for AAA to come save us like the spoiled hollywood asshole that i am

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More Kobe & LeBron Madness: Mutual Respect

2009-02-10T18:50:00.000-08:00

LA Ya'll

2009-02-10T16:55:00.000-08:00

POF Cali Trip Part mutha fuckin 2.. minus B/Samath/Skye. hehe Here are a bunch of random pics from the weekend. More to come from bartos cam's!

aim conversations #2

2009-02-09T22:29:00.001-08:00

continuing my ongoing stupid AIM conversations that i get from total, random, ~~idiots~~ strangers who IM me out of the blue

WhitelistedCoho: Do you realize that you're living in the future?
j O n a S: yeah. infact i already had this conversation with you
WhitelistedCoho: Did we?
j O n a S: yes we did, now. everything that is happening now is happening now. we're at now now (reference to this line)
WhitelistedCoho: who is this?
j O n a S: you're the one who IMed me mr. know it all
WhitelistedCoho: Are you a robot?
WhitelistedCoho: Because I am
j O n a S: obviously you are a dumb robot
WhitelistedCoho: You there?
j O n a S: no, i am in the future

to live and die in LA

2009-02-09T08:18:00.000-08:00

giving it up

2009-02-08T22:43:00.001-08:00

didn't get to watch the game today even though i was in LA. but i know the cavs lost to the mighty lakers. and as you probably know, im the cavs biggest fan. im lebrons biggest fan. but first and foremost, im basketballs biggest fan. so i can admit to the truth... the truth that the lakers are better than the cavaliers right now. and... the truth that kobe is better than lebron right now in the season. sure, lebron nearly had a triple double and his overall performance bested kobe's flu-affected 19 point performance. but lebron still could not win this game...at home...with kobe having the disadvantage.

who knows how the rest of the season pans out, and if these two will eventually face each other in the finals. but the lakers are the only ones who will surely be there. and for now, kobe has the torch back

lebroncore

2009-02-04T21:47:00.001-08:00

two days after kobe's 61 point thrashing of the knicks, lebron kicks the knicks while they're down by delivering a 52 point, 11 assist, 10 rebound performance. his 50+ point triple double is the first since kareem abdul jabbar did it in 1975 and only the 2nd person (michael jordan) to score 50+ twice in madison square garden.

so which stat sheet would you take? kobe's 61 point, 3 assist, 0 rebounds vs lebron's 52 point, 11 assist, 10 rebound effort? and like i've said before, you're not losing with either. but one of them will this sunday when the lakers attempt to put a stop to the cavaliers undefeated-at-home record. funky how the nba schedule works like that

F*** My Life

2009-02-04T08:55:00.000-08:00

"Today, I tried helping an old lady with her groceries. When I asked if she needed help she smiled. When I took one of her bags she yelled. I didn't know she was deaf. FML"

"Today, while surfing facebook I noticed someone in my network had recently shifted his relationship status from undeclared to "single." We've been dating exclusively for nine months. FML"

"Today, I received an email invitation to a dating web site. It was from my father-in-law. FML"

"Today, my boyfriend out of the blue told me I wasn't fat, that my stomach was flat and it was only my butt that was big. I thought that this was a compliment. His response? "Not at all". FML"

fmylife.com

kobeast

2009-02-02T20:35:00.000-08:00

doesnt look like the reigning mvp is going to let go of his trophy easily as kobe scores the most points ever in madison square garden, lighting up the knicks for 61 points.

next couple games should be good as the lakers take on the celtics in boston, then my cavs on sunday.

super bowl

2009-02-02T01:57:00.000-08:00

michael "iron lungs" phelps wins 9th gold medal in the 100m bong rip

probably smoked an ounce of weed in that one toke

gsp vs bj penn

2009-02-01T03:11:00.000-08:00

password: 45844

sidekick 2009

2009-01-31T03:24:00.000-08:00

right as i was about to get picked up by the AT&T iPhone band wagon, t-mobile makes me think twice. microsoft, who recently aquired danger, is now at the helms of this project. surprisingly enough, they are not going to be running windows on it. instead, they have chosen to run the free open source os NetBSD.

obviously its still not on iPhone's level technology wise, but the features listed here, in addition to the keyboard i love so dearly, are more than enough to hold me over for now.

araab money

2009-01-30T00:57:00.000-08:00

dipset's beatmaker "araabmusik" getting crazy on the beat machine. fuck

I am the cream

2009-01-29T22:25:00.000-08:00

Goddamn I miss the old WWF.

I Saw You

2009-01-27T10:17:00.000-08:00

stumbled across this photo today hahaha

Barto & I at the John Spalding Benefit Show sunday night

spidey senses going wild

2009-01-26T22:50:00.000-08:00

'twas a bit nippy

how many celebs can you find

2009-01-26T20:49:00.000-08:00

in this photo

i got a fat zero if that counts

Long Hair..Dont Care

2009-01-26T11:48:00.000-08:00

In honor of our homie Eduard and Lil Weezy being in town. I wanted to post a photo of my friend Tomikas new Tattoo.. enjoy

WTFob

2009-01-25T18:03:00.000-08:00

can one of you boaters translate please

finally

2009-01-23T01:54:00.000-08:00

converse is finally going to release lupe fiasco's twist on the product red 1hund(red) project

The Clise Mansion Shoot

2009-01-21T15:07:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was the first big Photo Event I through together. I already think it was a huge success. My idea was to bring together some of my favorite photographers and models allong with makeup artists/wardrobe people/hair stylists. All in a big location with both indoor/outdoor spots. We rented the Historic Clise Mansion at Marymoor park. Such a cool day of shooting with the perfect weather (an eerie foggy day).

Ill post a few of my favorite Images so far (from myself, barto, lauren max, patrick wright)... Here is the link to our Flickr Pool where photographers will be submitting pics over the next week or two as they finish editing and film gets developed.

From our Clise Mansion Group Shoot

Even eddy made an appearance =O holla!

the dream

2009-01-20T02:00:00.000-08:00

broken heart and ankles

2009-01-20T00:37:00.000-08:00

lakers win. but i still stand by my word. but in good blogger-sportsmanship.. i present kobe's new commercial, which displays his new zoom kobe IV's.

and, maybe to your surprise, i will be getting these. the carpe diem version

east meets west

2009-01-19T02:29:00.000-08:00

tonight, the NBA's best western conference team hosts the best eastern conference team in what may be a preview to this years NBA finals. but wether the cavs or the lakers are the better team wont be the real question tonight.

"whos the best player on the planet, lebron or kobe?" thats the never ending debate among nba fans, and even nba players themselves. and let me start off by saying this: you're not losing with either one.

still, there must be one. on one end of the scale you have kobe, who has won 3 championship rings and is the current MVP of the league. on the other there is lebron, who is 24 years young and is currently the leading candidate for this year's prized award.

theres the recurring question of wether kobe could have won those 3 rings without shaq and, so far, the answer is no as shaq has won a ring himself without kobe. and even with an equally supportive cast in pau gasol & lamar odom, the lakers were demolished by the celtics in 6 games. lebron and a much less stellar supporting cast took the eventual champs to the brink in 7 games.

or what about kobe's unbelievable 81 pt barrage vs. the raptors? impressive to say the least. but is lebron's takeover of the pistons any less impressive? 81 points is amazing, but its in a regular season game vs. the raptors. is 29 of the last 30 points in a hostile playoff environment against a defensive minded team not more meaningful?

and most would say they'd want kobe with the ball in the last seconds of a game, and i probably would too, but that doesn't mean he is a better player in the clutch. infact, according to 82games.com, lebron tops the league in crunch time. still, i'll give it to kobe to take my last second shot of a game. but to think a game is based on last second heroics is false fantasy and a mere hope from fans (myself included) wishing for a theatrical finish. it is a 48 minute game and cleveland rarely gets into those situations as they lead the NBA in margin of victory by averaging an 11+ point differential.

maybe a better way to guage who is better is not by stats, but by those who actually play against them. the denver nuggets picked james over kobe 3-0. chauncey billups, who was a witness to james' playoff takeover, mentions how the cavs have lost a lot of players to injury and yet lebron hasn't let his team miss a step. nene and anthony carter point out that lebron has done what kobe has done with the lakers, but with much weaker options surrounding him. so let me ask you this, if kobe was on the cavaliers, would cleveland be at 31-7? no. if lebron was on the lakers, would the lake show be at 31-8? no... they might be at 39-0.

but, that is why they play the game. tonights match-up is probably more important to the lakers than it is to the cavs. for one, its at staples center. and although lebron has won the last 5 against kobe, the cavs are even more undermanned as they have lost 3 of their starters to injury. so a laker win is almost expected, whereas a cavalier win would further tote lebrons impact on a team.

will the outcome of tonights game settle the debate? definitely not. and theres probably nothing that ever will. the closest shooting guard to MJ vs. a dynamic player the league has never seen. style and finesse vs speed and power. unstoppable shooter vs. unstoppable finisher. best player of the last 5 years vs best player of the next 5 years. pick your poison

key note: *cough*lebronhasdestroyedeverykoberecordoneyearearlier*cough*

MLKings

2009-01-18T20:38:00.000-08:00

come join us tonight in celebration of being black...or something.

few hours away. be there

lebrowns

2009-01-17T14:06:00.001-08:00

theres been some murmur among the media of an "announcement" lebron james had for everyone on january 18th. lebron stated it was about his first love and there were pictures that "leaked" on the net a couple of days ago, which depicted the basketball phenom in an NFL football jersey, that had the internet in a frenzy.

well all the hoopla (and business savy) was about this state farm commercial that is supposed to air tomorrow during the NFC and AFC championship football games.

cavs need more than insurance if they hope to beat the lakers this monday as they are missing 60% of their starting line-up. but the lebron vs. kobe match up will be one to watch for the ages... and im sure i'll write another blog before monday pertaining to it

sunday sunday sunday

2009-01-16T09:52:00.000-08:00

KL Drivers is the Craziest

2009-01-14T01:06:00.000-08:00

Greetings from KL.

I am currently in Malaysia with a team doing our "Global Entrepreneurship Lab" Project for B-School. Having a great time in Malaysia working with our host company in Kuala Lumpur. There are 4 teams in Malaysia and over 50 teams spread out doing projects in South America, Africa and Asia.

We spent the first week in Kuala Lumpur. They gave us a nice bear and a hat from the A1 Team Malaysia Racing Team they sponsor (A1 is F1 cars with national teams eg: Malaysia, UK, USA). Here we are in the office with the CTO, our hats and bears.

We flew to Penang on Thursday of last week. Penang is like the Hawaii of Malaysia. I
think I like Penang more, however. There we met up with some great hosts, including the CEO. We worked on the project there for 2 days while enjoying Penang at night. Our hosts took us out to a local hang out at the docks where we enjoyed a wide variety of local foods and beers.
The CEO worked out a stay at the Penang Hilltop Hotel Bellevue which is a hotel on the very
top of a hill overlooking the city of Georgetown, Penang. The hotel owner, like the founders of our host company are all MIT alum.

The road up to the hotel is extremely steep and requires a jeep to get to the top. We met
up with the driver of the 4x4 at a cool colonial-era house in the middle of Penang which
serves as the Hotel's office in the city. There, they had this neat Mini
parked. It was in perfect condition and was pretty neat to see after seeing nothing but Proton Cars (Malaysian cars based on the Lancer) and scooters all week.

After hanging out for a few minutes, we jumped into the Mitsubishi 4x4 SUV and headed up the hill. It was crazy-touge like with monkeys hanging out in the middle of the windy, steep road. The driver had no fear and charged up with the monkeys always jumping out of the way just in time. The driver definitely knew every turn on the climb and we got to the top of the hill in about 10 minutes. There we met up with the CEO and the owner of the hotel and enjoyed an excellent dinner on the hill overlooking Penang.

The next morning, we got up to watch the sunrise and to go for a jog around the hilltop.
The view was amazing and jog up and down the top part of the hill was challenging. There
were some amazing houses on the top of the hill.

Here we are making the MIT sign on the hilltop.

After this, we went back down to the city by a cable-car that is cut into the hill. We spent the day lounging around the pool and checking out the shopping mall before going for drinks in the local hotspot.

The next day after recovering from hangovers, we went to the Feringi beach. I really wanted to rent some scooters to go there, but this got vetoed due to the potential danger of riding on the opposite side of the road with people having a very "loose" interpretation of traffic rules. So instead we hired a driver. At the beach, I sort of made up for the no scooters by renting the highest power Waverunner they had and going full speed for awhile, scaring one of my team members, who was on the back of the Waverunner in her words "nearly to death".

We flew back to KL on Sunday and have been enjoying KL more and more. Yesterday, I even got to see how good the private hospitals are here after getting a clogged ear from swimming and having them fix it in a snap. Last night we got to finally go to the base of the Petronas Towers. Next week, we will have a chance to go into one of the high floors and hopefully through the skybridge.

This weekend, we will be in KL and will hope to make adventures in KL. One thing on the
agenda for me is to visit the Sepang F1 track and to go on the Karting track they have
there. Will put up more pics and stuff soon.

Sorry for the long post. Will try to post less more often. Back to work...

day 2.5/3

2009-01-13T15:00:00.001-08:00

im a day behind on these pics, but whatever. and like the other blog, i'll write more later. til then, heres some eye candy

day 2

2009-01-11T23:25:00.001-08:00

too tired to type much right now. check back later and maybe i'll add some literature. and sorry for the shitty pics, i had the settings fucked up and didnt realize it, and its even more apparent on the last few pics as i didnt even have it on the right aspect ratio setting. whatever

night is still young, more to come.

aloha

2009-01-11T11:19:00.000-08:00

edWARd

2009-01-11T11:18:00.001-08:00

beast in the east

2009-01-09T22:30:00.000-08:00

lbj: 38 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals, 3 blocks. but whos counting

working hard..ly

2009-01-07T17:02:00.000-08:00

barf

2009-01-07T00:05:00.000-08:00

i hate this infomercial with a passion. although it may be a useful product, do they really have to show them pouring the shit out like its sugar?

but wait! if you call now, you'll get another one free!
because we all know you have to do both feet at the same time

The Joker found dead!!!!!!!!!

2009-01-05T17:46:00.000-08:00