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the olympic torch relay in pyongyang, north korea today:




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"the nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them."

- george orwell

so, the olympic torch relay passed through seoul, south korea today...

and shit got a little fucked up:










next stop: pyongyang, north korea.

042308
went in for my interview with the department of the attorney general today.

i got there ten-minutes early as etiquette dictates and waited patiently until the seceretary came and lead me to the way. much to my dismay, the seceretary led me to a room packed full of people in it. being cursed with this shyness, and this aversion to speaking in front of large audiences which often comes with it, i very damn well nearly shat it.

i think i did pretty well, though—despite the circumstances.

i really hope i get this one. if i get approved from both d.c.c.a. and d.a.g., i will most likely be going with the latter.

042208
the dazes: pop punk from osaka:


blue scholars: hip hop from seattle:


042108
today, i went in for my transfer interview with the department of commerce and consumer affairs. on wednesday, i've got an interview with the department of the attorney general, which is located, like, a whole ten-second walk from the department of taxation, where i'm currently employed at. i was hoping that i could tackle both interviews in one day, so that i could get them done and over with, but that unfortunately couldn't be arranged.

i think the interview went pretty well. i was expecting to be interviewed by a panel of four or five people, but i was actually inteviewed by only two.

i've made little to no preperation for the interview. i dove in headfirst and freestyled the whole thing through. in fact, i was so laid-back, that i had to restrain myself from speaking in pidgin, brah. my logic being that, even if i don't get any of these transfer requests accepted, i've still got a job. i've got nothing to lose. so, what the fuck do i care?

hopefully, i keep getting more and more interview requests from other departments. eventually, one's bound to accept me, right? if i get accepted into more than one—shoots—the better, then i can pick-and-choose.

much as i love DOTAX and the people there, i need to go.

042108
i've recently started rereading irvine welsh's "glue."

an excerpt:

— what would have happened, blackie asked us, now pacin up n doon, n lookin idly oot the windae, then pickin up the web oaf ehs desk n swingin it aboot, — if jesus had been late for the last supper? — eh would've goat fuck all tae eat, carl spat oot the side ay ehs mooth.

042108
today, i got a really unexpected, but a really welcomed, phone call from my friend, john, who lives in tokyo, and whom i haven't spoken to in almost three years.

if my memory serves me right, the last thing he said to me was, "i'll talk to you tomorrow."

that was three years ago.

"hello?" i answered the phone.

"hello?" the voice on the other end of the line asked back.

"yeah?" i asked sharply—i get a bit testy when i get "unknown" or "private" calls.

"hey, this is john." the voice was vaguely familiar, but i couldn't quite put my finger on whom it belonged to.

"john who?" i demanded.

i was happy to hear that he'll be coming down to hawaii in two months. i'm hoping that he'll come down at the same time as eric, who is due to come down in a few months, also, from los angeles. that way, we can all hang out together like the old, bro summer days (1997-2004)! mhs k-building boys for life! CHEEHOO!

041808

"he doesnae care. because he doesnae care, he cannae be hurt. never."

- trainspotting

i think god hates me.

today at work, i've been informed by jerry that i will be moving from my section to davida's section—indefinitely, until further notice.

this is the same section that what's-her-face (i can't even say her name anymore) has been working since THAT day.

we haven't spoken to each other in over a month. and i don't ever plan on speaking to her.

whatthefuckever. i don't care anymore. 이젠 상관없어.

this is why i need to transfer.

041708


i made you a muxtape. <3

041408
the radio free hawaii that we all loved so much back in the 90s is back on air again... sort of.

i have no idea what the fuck hd radio is, but you can listen to it through streaming audio here.

041308
my godson, immanuel, turned nine-months on friday!











041108

"heavy metal is lame."

- gg allin

my co-worker glenn has been bringing me cds to borrow these last few days. a lot of them are metal bands. and a lot of them, i've never even heard of before (like testament and death angel—to name a few). and while i'm not exactly a fan of metal music, i tried hard to keep an open mind—i honestly can't get into it, though. and, of course, having lived in hawaii for so long, and with aloha spirit thoroughly ingrained into every fiber of my being, i can't just be honest with the guy and tell him that i didn't like the music. instead, i go to work the next day and tell him how great they were.

"oh, i'll go bring more testament cds for you next time, then," glenn says to me.

i struggle to keep the expression on my face from collapsing into a contortion as i manage out with a smile, "shoots, brah."

>.<

041008
i've just got a mail from the department of commerce and consumer affairs—looks like i got picked to go in for an interview with them.

i'm debating if i want to actually transfer to another department or not. i've been with the department of taxation for over three years, and i don't know if i could ever leave. the people—they've become my second family.

on the other hand, i think my co-workers would kill me if i turned down the opportunity.

higher pay is involved, but it's only marginal, and it hardly seems worth leaving a job i've gotten so comfortable in over the years, and putting myself through a new, unfamiliar job—and the new, unfamiliar environment and the new, unfamiliar set of co-workers that comes with it.

the location would stay pretty much the same—downtown, honolulu. it's located at king kalakaua building, which is right across the street from where i'm currently working at: princess keelikolani building.

anyway, i've only got a few days to make my mind up on what i want to do; i have to schedule an appointment for an interview by next week.

anyone currently working at d.c.c.a.? e-mail me and let me know how things are down there.

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nostalgia of the moment: 90s alternative rock: