Thanks

To all those who were thoughtful to give me a gift =]
And for those that gave me a gift and did not receive a gift in return...worry not my young friends for you are in for a big surprise...when it ships to my house ;]




Thank you to Emily for my Orisue Cardigan and Dark Knight DVD...you're number 1!


And for everyone that got me my first Mighty Muggs! Although three different people got me Iron Man hahaha but all worked out well..
Thanks to Emily for the Iron Man, Richard for the Ghost Rider, and Chris for the Symbiote Spiderman. These are number 1! Now I just want get more!!!


And my Secret Santa who actually turned out to be my sister's boyfriend decided to give me Warcraft hahaha...random huh? Probably because I am Korean! haha. I haven't played it yet..mainly for the fact that I'm afraid I might get addicted to it >.<
It's number 1!

That's it so far..my parents gave me money, my sister actually was one of three who got me an Iron Man Mighty Mugg but she got me some sweet headphones instead, my other sister got me the Dark Knight DVD as well...so she gave me some movie coupons instead hahaha. Talk about double gifts...but s'all good. This Christmas was a good one, spent it with family and friends...and that's what really counts...on the inside...







NAAAAH but really where's the rest of my gifts? Hahaha jk =P

Till next time!

Finally..

Aw had my last day of school.
Fuck my history teacher.
HE'S THE DEVIL!
THE KOREAN DEVIL!












Now what?

Rock the Beach 2008

Man...what a long and tiresome day.
I awoke at 9 am and drove to work.
Stayed at work until 2:30ish and rushed home..but of course there had to be traffic as well as an accident on the freeway -_-
Got home around 3:15ish...changed and drove to Jon's house in Glendale. Pick up Jon.
From there I then drove all the way to Arcadia to pick up Emily. Pick up Emily.
And we finally make our destination to the jam at CSULB.
I was somewhat psyched for this event because as I recall last year Gary, Jon, and I made it to semi-finals so we were hoping to make it far this time as well.
Get to the gym and see that Gary is judging the 2 on 2 newbie battles..haha fuckin' random right?
Stretch out and warm up a bit and also watch a few of the battles.
The event seemed a lot smaller...and we could only break on some...mats or something...I don't know...I guess the school didn't want the gym floor ruined.
Felt really confined actually and the floor was dirty as fuck.
Anyway we battle first round against Green Light crew and make it passed first round.
Now once again here's where things get tricky.
We were second to battle...before us it was Ill Flavored Rejects vs. ???
Ill Flavored passed and we passed first round as well.
If they went down the brackets which they should have because it was a 32 crew cap off we would have battled Ill Flavored next round.
So we wait and by the second round the MC announces a completely different order of the crew listing.
Crews were mixed around on the list...so we ended up not battling Ill Flavored next round and ended up battling who else...fuckin' BHAM Tribe(Zeus, Kane, Panda) for like the 4905843958653476537465034650349359803405793456893725934865 time -_- even though they battled like 3 battles after our first round..
and yes, we lost second round...and to be honest I wasn't mad that we lost I was confused at the fact that they changed the list of the brackets. Why mix crews around if it was going straight down the list?
Smells like some crews got cheated. I mean really...why do this?
I honestly feel the majority of jams I've been going to recently...sorry to say have been pretty whack. I always feel cheated or robbed and I'm actually growing pretty tired of the B-boy scene.
Perhaps it's just me but I'm sure many people understand what I mean and if they don't then that's fine as well...I really don't care haha.
Anyway after the jam, Emily, Jon and I ate around the LB area...there was a Cha for Tea...a Hawaiian BBQ place...a Yogurtland! Yeah just chilled and talked about some interesting things hahaha.
Then dropped off Jon and dropped off Emily and here I am!
So tired from driving...and breakdancing...and weird ass jams lol
All in all...I should have just hung out with my girlfriend today...even though I did hahaha but you understand what I mean...and if you don't then that's fine as well...I really don't care.
Anyway back to the lab I go so I can head off to another jam and see what other shinanigins I'll get into *shrug*
Fuck it.

CHRISTMAS LIST 2008

My Christmas List for anyone who's interested in getting me anything ^_^


Mighty Muggs - Spiderman


Mighty Muggs - Venom


Clippers Jersey - M


Puma Cabana Racer II - 9.5 - 10


Puma Onitsuka Tigers - 9.5 - 10


Puma Suedes - 9.5 - 10


Planet B-boy DVD


Iron Man DVD


Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles DVD


Screen Printer hahaha *shrug*


USA Basketball Jersey - M


+







T-Shirts - M...Acrylick, Scifen, 7th Letter, cool stuff like that..

Might add more but not sure!

LateZzZz

Doctor Visit

So lately I've been experiencing severe stomach pains for maybe the passed 5 days..I had no idea what it could be. I figure it was food poisoning or because I hadn't eaten much those days but no matter how much I ate, the pain still didn't go away.
Then one late Saturday night, I noticed somewhat of a rash on my lower back and it didn't itch...it was more of a stingy sensation...
So I showed my sister and asked her what I should do...my sister recommended that I drink lots of water and flush out everything in my system because it might be from something I ate. So I drank lots of water but still the stomach pains would still come and ago...sometimes just a minor pain but other times, it hurt like a lil bitch!
I noticed that my rash began to spread but only on one side of my body. It didn't hurt and they don't itch much...my mother suggested it was from food poisoning as well but she insisted that I see a doctor just incase.
So today I woke up and went with my sister to see the doctor.
Fucking waited for 3 hours to see one and when I was in the doctor's office, I was only in there for like 10 minutes! Whaaatevs.
Anyway..he examined my rash and asked if I had any pain and I told him I was experiencing some stomach pains and that the pain would spread only to the left side of my body.
And then he told me I had shingles...haha so casually. I asked him what were shingles...
And basically...Shingles is a viral infection that occurs many years after you have a Chickenpox infection. After you heal up from the Chickenpox sickness, the virus never leaves but it is maintained by your body's immune system...which is why we are immune to Chickenpox after.
Anyway the main characteristics of Shingles is a rash on one side of your body...pretty weird huh? Because that's exactly what I have.
How the virus re-activates is still unknown but my doctor suggested that lack of sleep may be the problem...which is true because I go to sleep at like 3-5 am sooo I do need to sleep earlier.
So he wrote me a prescription for some pills and an ointment. So I go over to the pharmacy and get my medicine.
Pills = $10
Ointment = $130...something ridiculous!!! So I didn't buy it but it's okay because my doctor told me it wasn't required...the main thing was the pills.
The rash should go away in a week or two...and the pain...better go fucking away...
I've been toughening that shit out...fucking Spartan style!!!
Anyway...I'm not contagious unless I scratch my rash and touch you but I haven't touched it at all so don't worry ;]
Still this sucks.. haha


Poop..

"STAY FRESH"

11-23-08

I woke up at about 9 am today and headed off to work. Lately I've been having sharp stomach pains..I don't know why...could be something I ate...or because I didn't eat...whatever it was..it hurts like a mother.
It started in the center of my stomach and now the pain has moved more to my upper left part of my stomach...like my ribs...I'm kinda nervous and I'm hoping the pain will go away soon.
Anyway attended work, stayed there until 3ish because I had a staff meeting after. Came home and took like a 5 minute nap and then Gary picked me up from my house with Ruben and then we were off to the jam in Fullerton.
Freeways were pretty packed and we got a little lost but we still made it early even though we came late haha.
This jam wasn't that big...I guess not a lot of people heard of it and plus there were two other events going on today. I was originally supposed to enter with Matt Tran but the lil gook couldn't get off work...but that's okay cause with my stomach pains I don't think I was able to battle anyhow so I just came for emotional support haha.
Gary entered with Alex(KKC/SDC) as Poly Force!! If you've seen Summer Heights High you know wsup.
Overall the jam was slooow! It took forever for them to start, like if you've been to Psycho's jam...just imagine that but slower! lol
The jam had a nice vibe...for the most part, saw a lot of familiar faces and yet again bought another shirt but this one I wanted for a while...so fuck you.
Anyway, exhibition battle got cancelled -_- so it was just a 2 on 2 jam and not that many crews entered anyhow. They picked Top 8 and didn't start the second round until fuckin' 11.
Gary didn't make Top 8 and Alex had to leave so we just watched a few of the battles and left.
Ate at The Hat and Gary took me home and here I am ^_^
Such a tiring day and tomorrow I have a lot of homework...have to go a museum, write a paper on that, watch a movie and write a paper on that and read a book and write a paper on that. FUUUUUCK. =[
Pro's of the day...FREE MONSTER!!!...shirt...yeah >.>
Cons...fuckin' slowass jam...and Koolski wasting time by taking 34839058348095 years to give away free shirts..."1, 2, 3..." pretends to toss shirt in air...OOOOOH Koolski you got me! "1, 2, 3!" does the same shit! FUUUCK! and let's not forget "Give a shoutout to you! and you! and you in the corner! and him! and the floor!" Goddamn how long you gonna keep this going...honestly the jam would have moved a lot faster if Koolski just stopped talking and stuck to the schedule.
And as for the vibe..it was coo except for some cyphers...peeps need to chill out with that shit.
All in all...shoulda just stayed home and done my homework hahahaha.

GANG FIGHTS!!!

11-21-08

CLAWS OUT 3

11-16-08

Well...I just came back from the Claws Out 3 event at LMU.
Overall it was a pretty cool event, I think Claws Out 2 was waaay better but this jam had a nice vibe. The floor was dope and the circles were cool.
There was a 32 crew cap off at the jam so Gary, Jon, and I didn't get to battle but it was chill, mainly just cyphered and watched some of the battles.
I didn't stay for the entire event, I left right before the final battle I think between Knuckleheads and Break Disciples..don't know who won.
Some of the highlights were Break Disciples vs. Boogie Brats(Kids). Those kids were fucking nasty and one of the hypest battles at the jam, seriously those kids are on some ill shit. I wish I was trained by K-Mel and Boogie Brats haha, definitely one of my favorites from the event.
I did not get a chance to catch the Popping battle between Pacman vs. Mr. Fantastic but I'm sure it was cool.
Casper vs. Mennoh was a pretty dope battle. Mennoh was on his A-game tonight, he wowed me every round. I think Casper could have done better but overall he was clean with his style. A good battle between these two b-boys.


I did disagree on some of the judges' choices that night but then again what do I know haha.
I mainly just had fun cyphering and chilling with b-boys from different crews. Peeps are coming up on some new hard shit, motivates me to train harder.
Damn...I'm so drained...what a long day. Overall I give the jam...7/10...

"School House Rock'N"

Aw man...what another long day.
This week has been pretty eventful...which is good but also drains my energy out!!
Woke up at 9 today and headed off to work in LA.
Got to work at 10 and helped teach and what not.
I left work early and got home around 1. Just chilled, didn't feel like doing anything even though I should have been doing my homework -_- D'OH!
At about 3, I drive to meet up with Matt Tran and his posse along with Nes at TapSex.
Meet up, greet each other, all that good stuff and make our way to Cal State LA for the jimmy jam.
As always I do not know what to expect from jams...some times you win and some times you lose. My mentality is just about doing your best.
Our first round we(Me, Matt, and Nes) went up against "Rhythm Invades Mexico" I believe. I've seen these guys from previous jams and they are some dope b-boys. But I don't give a fuuuuck, don't let that shit phase me.
It was a dope and fun battle. In my honest opinion I thought it was close, judges gave it the Mexicans 2/3. *Shrug* I'm not mad that we lost because we did good anyhow. I've come to a realization that whoever I battle the first round...ends up in the finals or winning the jam. So if you want to win a jam...you have to battle us first round...I'm a good luck charm lol.
The rest of the jam was coo. I wasn't really paying attention to be honest but the battles I saw looked good.
I'm pretty sure the footage will be posted up soon...or not...would you want to watch it?
No? Okay.
Anyway...all in all I should have just hung out with my girlfriend today...lol

Stay humble.


^^^ Better angle.
Look what we got here brothers...MEXICANS!!! lol jk
Our battle against "Rhythm Invades Mexico". Props to these guys, Mexico's pullin' out some crazy moves. Much love to my team for holding it down. Good battle.

Peace, Love, and Hip Hop

Level 3

So Level 3's "Stomp the Yard" finally happened tonight. It is now 3:29 am and I cannot sleep...YET! But I'm dead tired. I had a pretty long day, went to school, had a meeting with my History group, then went to work, and then went to Level 3.
I honestly did not know what to expect from this event. It wasn't a jam..my sister's music group throws club events and this one just so happened to be a dance event. They knew I was involved in the B-boy scene so they asked me and my crew if we were to down to enter..and yeah sounded fun.
Overall the turnout was coo, the club was a lot emptier than it usually was but what can you expect, people got work, school, etc. I'm sure during the weekend it's much more crowded. And who wants to see a bunch of breakdancers anyway?! haha
There were originally supposed to be 6 crews battling...but only 3 including us showed up. Rumor has it some of the other crews didn't have their ID's or something...*shrug* We battled Vanguards for the trophy and cash prize. The battle was shorter than I expected...it was only...5 minutes...I only went out like...twice buuuut s'all good.
We ended up winning.. 0_0 something I'm not used to... >.< but yeah
I had fun just messing around with my friends and cyphering.
Thanks for Gary, Mike, Nes, and Barry for coming through and for everyone that supported us. Props to Vanguards and props to Ethiks and my cousin Angie for letting us in for free and taking care of us.

This Saturday = School House Rock'n..hope to see y'all there.

Some pics..

Waiting in the waiting room...haha I need a haircut.

ZH Team

GARY! GARY! GARY! GARY!

YONGY! YONGY! YONGY!

Is he saying pow?





BATTLE! BATTLE!


-EDIT-
I had no internet for one whole day and as a result I pieced together a few clips of my crew to a create a short video about us.
Please be aware, this is not a trailer nor a demo...
This is simply us...expressing ourselves through the art of B-boyin' and life.

I will most likely take it down some time later so enjoy it.
The song is Explosions in the Sky - First Breath After Coma

Peace.

Battlefield 2 + Level 3 - Oct. 9, 2008

Battle Zone!!! ... I mean *Field*... 2!!!!
A lot of my compadres are complaining about how lame this jam was...and I'm not going to agree or disagree with them but yes the jam definitely had it's flaws.
First off, the timing...a lot the events and the flow of the jam was very...slow. Everything lagged..the jam was supposed to be from 12 - 8 pm. I arrived at about 2:30 because I had work and the event didn't take off until about...4ish to 5. The jam had 3 events: Popping battles, Heavy Weight Battles(fat people), and a 3 on 3 Breakin' Battle.
I have no idea why things went by so slowly...probably because Psycho(the event thrower) was waiting for more people to come through. But still...when the battles started, I didn't even feel like dancing or battling anymore.
All that waiting was for nothing anyway since Gary, Jon and I battled Unique Styles/Vicious Germs first round. Talk about bad luck -_-
But anyhoo, the pro's of the event were that I got in for free! and the exhibition battle...man oh man was that battle crazy. Vicious Germs vs. Underground Flow..fuckin' nasty ass battle. Everyone thought Vicious Germs had the upper hand but Underground Flow came through, especially Philthy...guy's nasty. Gooood battle, made the whole wait worth it.
Then after the exhibition battle, I left hahaha.
The jam had a lot of potential but lacked in certain areas. Oh well, I'm sure Psycho's next jam will be dope, just gotta stick to the schedule but then again what do I know..I've never thrown a jam yet so I'm sure it's harder than it really looks...fuckin' bitches.

P.S.
This Thursday at Level 3 in Hollywood, my crew and I will be battling so come through and support. Have fun and freak a leak you slutty mcslut sluts!! Jk


BAM!

Arcadia Summer Jam

August 30, 2008
What a loooong day...
I got up at about 9:20 and went to work with my mom and sister. I stayed at work until about 1ish and got some tacos on the way back home.
After lunch, I went to go pick up Gary and we headed towards the jam in Arcadia..pretty convenient since I live like 15-20 minutes away from the area. It was also like 5-10 minutes away from my girlfriend's house haha so it was cool.
The jam definitely had it's ups and downs...but overall it was all right.
Let's start with the downs...
First: It cost $8 to enter...and the 1st Place prize money is only $100...talk about expensive..especially for a beginner jam...I mean there was no exhibition or anything of that sort...just a typical b-boy competition.
Second: The judging. For some reason, the host or the people who organized the event selected 4 judges...why 4? There should always be 3 or 5 judges so that way the outcome will always be an odd decision instead of resulting in massive tie breakers.
Third: The final battle. Gary and I made it to the finals against End the Cycle(Panda & Sandy) but Sandy injured his hand during the battle before the final so he had to sit it out. We had a discussion outside the jam deciding how to run the final battle...so it was finally settled by just having Panda do 2 rounds and Gary and I get one round plus another one. It was weird..
We battled and to be honest I thought we took it and that there shouldn't have been a tie breaker. Buuut...there was a tie breaker -_- so I went one more round and lost that tie breaker.
Now I honestly didn't care about losing, I lose all the time...it's something I'm used to but it's the fact that a certain someone went back on their word when I tried to play it fair. That was some fuckin' whack shit you pulled after the jam..serious(If you don't know what I'm talking about..find out)
I'm happy that I made it to the finals but I'm not happy about how a certain someone pulled a fuckin' shady ass greedy move when I was willing to split even between everybody.
Fuck it.
Underdogs for life.
Much props and respect to all the crews that entered and supported.
And to my partner Gary for holding shit down.
I'm not gonna post the battles...partly because I'm lazy and well...I just don't give a FFFFFFFFFFFF
I need to practice.

- Yong
Zombie Hunterz

SAN DIEGO - August 15th, 2008

So! I woke up today at 7 am 0_0 I haven't woken up that early since...I can't even remember haha. I already had my bag packed so I call up Mike and Fagel just to make sure they're awake and ready. I go and pick them up and then we get dropped off at the Metro Station in Highland Park. From there we take the metro train to the Union Station in downtown L.A. and then we buy our tickets for San Diego...which of course in German means...a Whale's Vagina...
Anyway we catch the 8:30 train which is good because originally we were supposed to go on the 9:40 train but luckily we arrived earlier than we expected.
Rode on the train for about 2 hours, it was chill. We talked, laughed, and joked. We have some exclusive interviews with the b-boys of the Zombie Hunterz crew, you can peep that on the DVD..coming soon. Haha JAYKAY! >.<
it was okay, I didn't really care.
The jam was a bit slow at first so we went to go get Yogurt and check out some of the shops in SD. Did that, then returned to the jam and more people arrived and the DJ set up his turntables. They announced the sign ups for the 2 on 2's.
Fagel and I signed up and Matt and Mike signed up also.
Our first battle was good, I thought we did very well. Matt and Mike did good as well.
Our second round...haha now this is where things got a little...tricky. Now I thought we won...I'm not usually the type to complain about losing a battle...if I think I lost then I lost. But this time I truly believe we should have taken our battle because I thought we won for sure..
I've never felt so robbed in my life..
You'll understand if you ever see the video...but yes to be honest, the outcome was unfair. But on the real, peace and respect to all the crews, they're just doing what they're doing but the judges need to keep a closer eye on things...
Anyway so we "lost" according to the judges and the final ended up being the four remaining crews taking it out in a raw cypher for 15 minutes. I'll admit it was a pretty dope concept, 15 minutes anything goes! My boys Mike and Matt came out hungry(they advanced to the finals). They did good and they got placed second *clap*
After that chilled more..rewatched the footage looking for flaws on my part...and then Matt drove us back.
Ate at Noodle World and home here I am.
It was a long and interesting day but I had fun, no doubt...except for the little mishap at the jam...*shrug*
Won't stop me from Breakin', it'll only make me stronger and know to go ALL OUT in every battle, no matter who the opponent.
Anyway pics and footage will probably be posted soon so keep a look out! 0_0


Nes and I battling first round against Charismatics

Second battle against Battle Mode..WE GOT FUCKING ROBBED!!!
No more SD jams for me.

DEUCE!

Nightshift Event - August 11, 2008

Man I haven't updated in a loooong time but then again I haven't been doing much...just been working, eating, practicing, hangin' out, maxin' and relaxin'....yeah all that shit.
This passed Saturday(August 9th) was pretty fun. In the morning I went to work, taught my little babies some HipHapkido hahahahaha...yeah did that then went and ate lunch with my mother which is something I haven't done in a long time. Drove home and got ready for the Nightshift event aka HIN. Gary, Jon and I signed up for the 1 on 1 B-boy battles, competitors got in for freeeee!!
So I went to go pick up Gary and we make our way to the Pomona Fairplex with Jon following. We get there around 3, fuckin' early cause the event actually starts at 4 but Maximum Stylez told us to get there early to get our tickets.
We park for FREE cause we're entering ^_^ and then we see Max and he gives us our wristbands and we get in the event for FREE, none of that line waitin' bullshit! Walked around the event, it was cool. Lots of cars, models, more cars, skin, and more cars.
Battles didn't start till 8 so we had 4 hours to kill. We just talked, chilled, met some new people, a booth had a DJ and a vinyl floor so we and some of the other b-boys warmed up and threw down....RENAISSANCE STYLE! haha
Got some free shit and bought a shirt with my favorite model...KT-So on it...yeah shut the fuck up! It's pretty dope. Then KT-So was at the actual event so I asked her to sign it and she diiiiid ^_^ haha. KT-So is the only import model I ever really liked...hehe. Now I can never wear the shirt...told by my friends but I probably will cause it is a pretty dope shirt...
Then the b-boy battles drew closer, we all met up near the main stage to warm up and get ready. Some b-boys from SD came(Cypher City Kings) our mortal enemies from the summer of 07...jk they're cool guys. Concrete All Stars, Zulu, some other cats I never met. All were pretty good dancers. We each had to do one showcase and the judges picked the top 16. They all call our names and we do our run.
Gary, Jon and I all make top 16. We battle, I ended up battling some...Mexican guy...I forgot his name. My round in this battle...to be honest I think I could've done a lot better and I think I could've won...I definetly know what I did wrong....and I will improve upon it. So I lost.



UGH SON!!!

And I finally got my Joker shirt haha, Ima sport that next time I go out...

Oh and Mummy 3 sucked...I'm a man of my woooooooooord...HUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Zombie Hunterz vs. Suicide Kings - BREAKFEST

Badafuco aka THE AZTEC WARRIOR! asked us to do an exhibition battle against Suicide Kings at his jam, "Breakfest". We didn't get paid but each of us got a free shirt!!! WOOOOOT!!! haha
The jam was pretty cool, we got in for free =] and the battle was dope. I wish I went in and did more but s'all good. 10 minutes went by faaaast!! And talk about a rush, right when I enter the gym, they called our battle right away! I had little time to stretch or warm up but fuck it haha. Much props and respect to Suicide Kings and their routines.
Peace, love and Hip Hop...

Anime Expo 2008!!!

I had the chance to attend the annual Anime Expo Convention which was held in the Los Angeles Convention Center this year. This was my second time attending and I only spent one night over because of work and also because the convention center is about 15 minutes away from my house >.<
AX is always a fun event to go too if you just want to chill with your friends and get away from the regular life for a weekend. Even if you’re not into Anime or anything of that sort, I’d still recommend it because it’s still a lot of fuuun!
Next year AX again and hooopefully Comi-Con!!
Some pics for you!

First.

I've decided to create a blogsite after my good friend Tony showed me his so thus I did! 

Although this feels much like a new xanga...I don't care because I actually enjoyed writing blogs in my xanga >.< 

This first entry will give you a quick run through about who I am and what I do. 

First and foremost, for those of you who don't know who I am, my name is Yong Chong(yes, it rhymes, wanna fight about it?). 

I was born January 17, 1989 in Los Angeles, Ca. I currently live in South Pasadena, Ca. and I just finished my first year at Pasadena City College.

I currently work part time at my father's Tae Kwon Do school...Jun Chong TKD represent bitches! I'm planning to work full time because I am taking summer semester off to take a break from my studies.  

Outside of work and school, another passion and hobby of mine would be B-boyin'. I represent Styles of Rhythm and Zombie Hunterz crew coming all the way from Soul Cal..DON'T SLEEP!

Zombie Hunterz 2007 Highlights

Other than that, I love to watch and make movies. 

I love to make/design clothes. R3 coming soon.. ;] 

I love chillin' with my homies, my fam, and my babycakezOoOrZzZz lol. 

Anything else, just ask =] 

Other sites/links I'm located at...

www.myspace.com/monksorc

monk_sorc@yahoo.com

www.facebook.com/people/yong_adrian_chong/680647406

Late.