Hip hop at it's best.

Not many of the people I know likes hip hop. Not the hip hop dance, the music genre.
The kids nowadays would most probably refer to this genre as "Nick Minaj" or "Drake". But I don't, and never will agree.

Hip hop, to me, is an art form that Gs in the late 90's brought to fame. And Eminem is one of the greatest hip hop artist, rapper, most will know.
But how many people really know the old school rapper and hip hop that died before we even got the chance to listen to them? I don't know many of them, but I know of Tupac Amaru Shakur. How I came to know of his story is really simple, television. One of the channels was showing his biography and how he died and what he did before he died and all those. So, being the curious kid I was, I went to search for him immediately. And 'Fwu-la', Tupac Shakur entered my life.

R.I.P Lesane Parish Crooks.

A few of my favorite Tupac songs are 'Life Goes On', 'California Love', 'Thugz Mansion', 'Changes' and 'Dear Mama'. These are just some of them I can think of right now. And you realize that non of them are called 'Stupid Hoes' or some stupid names like that. This art form is going to die out so quickly, the future generations will never know of such geniuses like this guy right here.

Oh right, this post was inspired by .. COACHELLA 2012.
Tupac Hologram Performance at Coachella 2012, the legend lives on.

I had goose bumps for every second the video was playing. I was so determined that it was actually him who was performing until the end. The hopes won't die, we still believe you're alive.

One more video for you guys to enjoy.

My bad for saying I want to go to the HOLY SHIP so badly. This is the place I want to be at. Sober, drunk by music, and most probably crying because of how my dreams were all coming true and I can finally die without regrets.

Here's a bonus video

Yes, they're actually meaningful. Something rappers nowadays should learn to do.

Thank you Coachella 2012 for not censoring all the good parts of the songs and letting the artist express themselves to the fullest. I'm pretty sure all of the hip hop fans around the world appreciate what you're doing and we love you for that. And for Tupac, RIP big brother. We love you.
Read more about Coachella 2012 here

Ugly the cat.

You have probably read this before on Facebook, or some other websites. But it's so touching, it's worth a re-read. 

Fan page on Facebook

Official website

Everyone in the apartment complex I lived in knew who Ugly was. Ugly was the resident tomcat.

Ugly loved three things in this world: fighting, eating garbage, and shall we say, love. The combination of these things combined with a life spent outside had their effect on Ugly.
To start with, he had only one eye, and where the other should have been was a gaping hole. He was also missing his ear on the same side, his left foot has appeared to have been badly broken at one time, and had healed at an unnatural angel, making him look like he was always turning the corner.His tail has long since been lost, leaving only the smallest stub, which he would constantly jerk and twitch. Ugly would have been a dark gray tabby striped-type, except for the sores covering his head, neck and even his shoulders with thick, yellowing scabs.

Every time someone saw Ugly, there was the same reaction. "That's one UGLY cat!!".All the children were warned not to touch him, the adults threw rocks at him, hosed him down, squirted him when he tried to come in their homes, or shut his paws in the door when he would not leave. 

Ugly always had the same reaction. If you turned the hose on him, he would stand there, getting soaked until you gave up and quit. If you threw things at him, he would curl his lanky body around feet in forgiveness. Whenever he spied children, he would come running meowing frantically and bump his head against their hands, begging for their love. If you ever picked him up, he would immediately begin sucking on your shirt, earring, whatever he could find. 

One day, Ugly shared his love with the neighbors' huskies. They did not respond kindly, and Ugly was badly mauled. From my apartment, I could hear his screams, and I tried to rush to his aid. By the time I got to where he was laying, it was apparent Ugly's sad life was almost at an end. 

Ugly lay in a wet circle, his back legs and lower back twisted grossly out of shape, a gaping tear in the white strip of fur that ran down his front. As I picked him up and tried to carry him home, I could hear him wheezing and gasping, and could feel him struggling. I must be hurting him terribly, I thought. 

Then I felt a familiar tugging, sucking sensation on my ear – Ugly, in so much pain, suffering and obviously dying was trying to suckle my ear. I pulled him closer to me, and he bumped the palm of my hand with his head, then he turned his one golden eye towards me, and I could hear the distinct sound of purring. Even in the greatest pain, that ugly battered-scarred cat was asking only for a little affection, perhaps some compassion.

At that moment, I thought Ugly was the most beautiful, loving creature I had ever seen. Never once did he try to bite or scratch me, or even try to get away from me, or struggle in any way. Ugly just looked up at me, completely trusting in me to relive his pain.

Ugly died in my arms before I could get inside, but I sat and held him for a long time afterwards, thinking about how one scarred, deformed little stray could so alter my opinion about what it means to have true pureness of spirit, to love so totally and truly. Ugly taught me more about giving and compassion than a thousand books, lectures, or talk show specials ever could, and for that I will always be thankful. He had been scarred on the outside, but I was scarred on the inside, and it was time for me to move on and learn to love truly and deeply. To give my total to those I cared for.

Many people want to be richer, more successful, well liked, beautiful, but for me, I will always try to be Ugly.

Social Network?

Interesting article. Really.
However, you might need to rest your eyes for a few minutes after reading the whole thing. It's a little strenuous.

It really struck me about how much we rely on the internet to communicate and do stuffs that really has no meaning at all. It made me take notice of how people are constantly looking at their phone's screens and not really giving a care about what is going on around them.
I know that I'm currently using the internet to express my feelings about the negative impact the internet has on our generation, but I've tweaked some bad little habits of mine regarding my reliance on my phone to get me through my average day.

Usually, I would whip out my phone with no intention or purpose. I would stare blankly at the screen and open up a few applications trying to find something to do. Isn't that what everyone does? Look at their phones in awkward situations?

I've changed. I leave my phone at home when I leave my home to meet my friends for a short while. 

Note: I used to bring my phone out everywhere I go.

I've also learnt to abstain myself from taking out my phone unnecessarily, which means I must learnt to deal with awkward situations without the help of my phone. 

And I realized that it's better without my phone, as a hindrance or a distraction, when I'm out and I know that I will not be using it for any important reasons. Because there are so many other things to look at.

Have you heard, or read, that we can't see stars in the city because of all the lights surrounding us? Well, I'm glad I don't live in the city because I just saw the most amazing night view. It was literally filled with shining stars and all of them were beautiful. 

Isn't it beautiful?

Camp with me under the stars.

Give it a shot, live without your phone for a day. It might just turn out to be a turning point of your life.

Limits

No one thought martial arts and dance would ever come together and become one. But that didn't stop these people from trying to do it.



Mr David Goggins is a runner. He is a Navy Seal, he is a motivation.



David Goggins sleeps three hours a night. He has a resting heart rate of 32 beats per minute. He wakes up at 3.a.m. and runs 15 to 20 miles. He commutes 25 miles to work by bicycle. He is the only person to complete Navy SEALS “Hell Week” three times. He is the only person to complete Tactical Air Control, SEAL and Army Ranger training. With no special training, David Goggins ran 100 miles in 18 hours. In finishing that race, in 2006, he suffered stress fractures in his feet and shins, urinated blood and lost control of his bowels. David Goggins completed 10 100-mile races in 2007. He finished third at the 2007 Badwater, a 135-mile trek through Death Valley known as “The World’s Toughest Footrace.” He once ran 203.5 miles in 48 hours.

"With the Special Ops Warrior Foundation's help, we put 266 kids through college last year. And that's what keeps me going. I'll be honest, I don't like running. I don't like biking. I don't like swimming. I do it to raise money. But, now that I'm in this sport, I want to see how far I can push myself. What makes me tick is that pain you feel when you do these ultramarathons. I love knowing that everyone's suffering because I know I can suffer just a little bit more. I can take a lot of pain."

- David Goggins

Limits are set by ourselves. If one is willing to go beyond one's limits, one can achieve success and other things one never thought one could ever attain.

Fight till your dying days

What does one do when one falls down. Stand back up and fight till your dying days.
These past few days have been pretty rough for me.
But when I saw this video up on Yahoo, everything changed.

Even after both his legs have given up on him, this little soldier doesn't give up and crawls to the finish line. This shows what one can do when one's mind is determined.

St Paul student doesn't quit, crawls to finish line

Then I went to Youtube today to search for more inspirational videos.
This is a really old video, but I must share this.
Despite a torn hamstring, Derek Redmond hopped to the finish line with his dad joining him along the way. I almost teared when he broke down. I can only imagine how much pain he must been feeling and how proud his dad was.

1992 Olympics : Derek Redmond


If you have more time to spare, check this two OLD videos out.

Such bad quality for such a great video.
The girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes


It's a shame I can't share this video. But click HERE if you're interested.
It's titled "INSPIRATIONAL - HOW GREAT I AM"

That is all.

Lyricist Cypher - Timothy DeLaGhetto

Insecurity ruins a lot of good people, and I'm not referring myself as one of them.

Girls really need to know that being skinny is not everything. Sometimes, actually most of the time, being too skinny isn't attractive. A little baby fat won't kill, and exercising is always the first option if you want to lose weight.



LYRICS :
She was a young preteen obsessed with magazines
Always watched the model scene on the television screen
Looked up in the mirror and the only thing she seen
Was a fat and ugly body never thought she was queen
Squeezed into her jeans and all she could was scream
Spent all her daddys money on the lotions and the creams
Man she spent a fortune never had reinforcement
daddy never hugged her cuz her parents were divorced and
when she ate she forced it, or cut it into portions
then spent the rest of the night just clutchin to the porcelain
she used to be so pure but she gave the intercourse
to a dude thats abusive cuz she feels so insecure
hes cheatin and the beats her but they never gonna break up
cuz when her eyes are black and blue she just covers it make up
the companies be lyin just so they can get they cake up
cmon baby look youre beautiful you need to wake up

Real talk.

How bad do you want it

How Bad Do You Want It from Greyskale Multimedia LLC on Vimeo.


Truly inspiring video.
I think it's about a man, who wants to be successful, approaching a successful man about how to get there.
The man tells a little story.
If you want to be successful as much as you want to breathe, then you will be successful. If you only kinda want to be successful, you never will be.
When you're out of breath, all you want to do is breathe. You don't care about no tv shows, you don't care about no basketball game. All you care about is air.

My definition of being successful at the moment, is graduating and building my body. I'm going to change my lifestyle starting from Monday. I hope I can persevere and get the things I want by this year. I hope I don't give up half way, because I need the success.

Time for a change.

Masks, gone.

This IS the most awesome VLOG I've EVER watched. I wanna be just like her. That's why I created this blog. To "help" people, even in the most minute way. I don't care about the negativities I'm gonna get from SOME people out there. Because I know many people need to hear that they ARE awesome the way they are.
If you have the time, well it's only three minutes, watch THIS. Because, people need to be like her. No masks, no lies, no makeup. Just being the way they are, they're awesome. And don't forget that you're loved. Just that you don't know about it.

To realize and to learn.

I remember saying that I was so angry because of all the raps I was listening to. I was so influenced by the raps that I started hating on everybody. But I just realized that they weren't made for us to get mad at people, they were made when the rappers were mad at people, and they just want us NOT to follow in their footsteps.
So the most recent raps I begin to listen to are really really inspiring, and they taught me alot. As usual, all the meanings and explanations were all made up by me.

As I sat down for dinner, my mom watched. We began to talk, from school work to life, to the past and the future. I told my mom, "Do you remember when you told me not to trust my friend too much?", she nodded. I continued on with my story on how they have lost all of my trust and all of the hatred I have on them are turning into inspirations for me to write down rhymes. I don't call them raps or songs, because they're just bits and pieces of my thoughts and I just jot them down, and most of them don't even rhyme.

Over the past year, I've grown up so much. I've stayed my distance, because I didn't dare to step into a friendship my mom have no trust in. You see, my mom have been my "fortune teller" for my whole entire life, and I trust her so much, I show her all of my friends' pictures so that she could tell me more about them. Her predictions, or views on my friends, have been so true. You really have to know her to believe me.

So, I'm here to tell you readers,
-help people without expecting people to help you back. Help with no regrets and no expectations.
-Don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful oh, they can all get fucked. Just stay true to you so, don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful. Oh they can all get fucked, just stay true to you (Beautiful - Eminem : Relapse)
-When they push you down, you gotta get back up. (Get Back Up Feat Chris Brown - T.I. : No Mercy)
Last but not least, know that no matter what happens in your life. No matter who backstabs you and who spits on you, know that life goes on. You just gotta stand back up.

And do know that I'm here always ready to give you any type of advice you need, that are within my dictionary or capabilities to give you advices. I may not be right, but I try my best to help anyone that is worth helping.
Check back soon, or not.
Peace.