EP.69 - HAUNTED STORIES, ILLEGAL BABY NAMES, & THE ORIGIN OF ABGS
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Wait, so how long were you gone again? Like half a week, right? Nah, two weeks. I was gone two weeks, man. Oh my god.

yeah you know like whenever i go on vacation i can never stay for more than a week honestly this is my this is my opinion i don't even think anybody should go on vacation for more than a few days yeah yeah that's just my opinion because how long do you really have to stay there bro yeah exactly at a point when you're at um let's say those all-inclusive resorts yeah there's only so much you can do yeah because it's just the beach yeah and that's it i

I think all you need, realistically, all you need is like one day on the beach. You get your tan in. You get like your swimming in. Yeah. And then boom, the next day, you don't even want to do it that bad. Exactly. And then boom, the next day, maybe hit the pool.

Yeah. After that, what are you going to do? An excursion? Boom. Three days. Perfect. The thing that sucked for me at least was since I was with a lot of family, I wasn't able to like do my, you know, do my thing. Yeah. But it was just, uh, you know, it was just more like we're going to do things together. Yeah. Yeah. That's, that's mostly it. Would you, would you rather be traveling with friends or family? Like, would you rather go to like your, your most coveted like locations with friends or family?

that's hard low-key i think i would go with friends with friends or family yeah it depends where it is though because my friends my friends are just mad like i think my family is mostly let's stick to the itinerary and then my friends are like fuck it let's just adventure and i'm more of an adventure spontaneous person yeah so i'm like yeah i love that way more oh okay because my cousins are pretty cool though like they'll do everything yeah okay hold on oh you're talking about like

like cousin family friends no that's family right that's family okay then yeah okay I don't know still it depends on the place let's say we're going to Mexico I love drinking with my family if we're going to New York obviously with my friends I think what sucks is if you go to like a special location in the world and then you bring like a significant other and y'all break up oh

Next time you return there, you probably not want to go back, bro. I think that should happen definitely far in the relationship. That's like the song. When you guys have a song. That sucks, bro. That sucks. I think you said you had one of those, right? Yeah, yeah. No, there's a certain song that I always just can't listen to now. Well, I can now because I'm good now. But before, I was like, fuck, whatever turned on. I was like...

Already flashback. The fucking raven eye. Yo, okay. There's this one song. Fuck. Oh, you know what it is? It's, Ooh, I think I found myself a cheerleader. You know that song? Yo, that was a banger back then. Bro, no. I fucking hate that song. Really? Listen, this is why. Why? So, I was working as a swim instructor, right? Yeah.

And sometimes when we teach, the lifeguard isn't usually like watching your section. They could be walking around the pool, whatever, right? So it just so happened we're doing treading. So we're in the deep end, right? And I have my class. My class is like six kids, five kids, whatever, right? Dog, this will happen. So I was watching the kids, making sure they're good, right? Because you have to keep an eye on all of them. Because if you lose like attention, whatever, if one of them struggles, you got to like pick them up, right? Yeah.

This is what happened. This kid, he had like a, what do you call it? A kickboard? You know the kickboard? I'm like, yo, put your kickboard away. We have to tread now. You have to tread now. Put your kickboard away. He wasn't listening to me. I'm like, listen, bro. We got to start treading. Put away your kickboard. He's looking at me like...

He didn't give a shit He didn't give a shit right So I'm like Come on Can you put it away Blah blah I'm like okay Alright So he lazily Puts away his kickboard But the way he puts it in Yeah It dunks into the water And pops back up Into my nose Yeah Fuck

I get hit right in the nose. My nose starts bleeding in the pool. And then I have all these kids here, right? It's like, oh my gosh. So I look over to my left. I'm like, to the coach, like, can you watch my kids real quick? I got to deal with this now, right? And the lifeguard took over. But the whole time I was listening to the fucking, ooh, I think that I found myself. Oh my God, bro. I get why that would be like a bad memory for you.

Cause I was like Where is this going? Where is this song coming in? Cause like usually In the When I go like The free swim in the rec There's always like The radio songs playing Yeah it's always the radio songs And that's why I hate Most radio songs Is cause like

That's what's playing, bro. But that's funny because the cheerleader song reminded me of the good days. That song reminds me of when I had a crush in elementary school because that's how long ago it was. Was it that long ago? Yes, fam. I swear that's high school. That's gotta be like 2011, fam. That's high school. No way. It's high school because I was working.

That's high school. I swear. It had to be high school. Early high school at least. Okay, maybe I'm thinking about another thing. Oh, you know what? You remember Crazy Frog? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I know you remember. Yo, remember? I don't know if your school had this, but the school dances. I don't know if you guys have that in the US, but the school dances where everyone just goes around and then like, you know, the Filipino boys would always like dance around and shit. No, the US, they have better dances, bro. What? Did I ever tell you I went to my cousin's like homecoming?

I went to my cousin's homecoming because I was, he had like a, what do you call it? Yeah. He had like a performance for the homecoming game. Was this in Arizona? No, this is in Chicago. This is in Illinois. Oh shit. Yeah. So, no, no, but anyways, anyways, they had like their whole game. You watch the game. That was sick, right? Yeah.

And, yo, their games are crazy. Oh, yeah, for sure. We don't have nothing like that. We have nothing like that in Canada, bro. Bro, I think Ryerson tried to throw a homecoming for hockey. Yeah, it's not it. That's not it. That's not it. But when it's there with the band and shit, like the whole army of teams, you know, it's crazy. It's crazy. But anyways, they had the homecoming game and then homecoming dance is like the next day or whatever. Yeah. So because I was in town, he's like, yo, just come to the homecoming. Check what it is.

Checking what it's like, right? So I have to bring my passport as ID. It's weird, right? But anyways, they let me in. And bro, their dances go crazy, fam. It's nothing like here, bro. Wait, do they dress up? Because I know, I've seen TikToks where girls are like homecoming dressed. What is that though? Oh, it's like, what's the purpose of homecoming? It's just like a dance. It's like,

what we have is semi-formal is what they have for homecoming. But it's a bigger deal because homecoming is like the beginning of the year, I guess. Okay. You know what I mean? Like everybody's back and then we're getting kick-started type shit. Okay, okay. I think, I think. So it's like that...

Oh, fuck. What do you call it? Frosh? It's like frosh, but like a fancier frosh. I guess so. But I think frosh is university only. This is high school. This is high school, bro. That's high school? This is high school. I'm talking high school. So I walk in, right? Yeah, yeah. Dog, tell me how they have four DJs, bro. Oh my God.

We never get that. Four DJs, their gym is fucking huge. I think they have a double gym. Oh my God, bro. Yeah, like a double gym or a triple gym or some shit. Four DJs. Yo, just the vibes alone, I think Americans, at least American teenagers, they get turned way more than Canadians. They get lit. They don't give a shit. You know what I mean? Now, I went to...

There's a way you can walk out and then there's more party fam. So they have the main party and then they have another spot for the slow dances and shit. And they have a separate DJ on top of that. They had the outside balcony and shit and they're chilling there. It's fire, man. I'm telling you because we can't have that shit in Toronto because even in the most suburb areas... The schools are small? No, no. Even if we have a party there, somehow it'll get shot up some...

Oh yeah, no, the police all show up. No, like some fake gangster will come on and like show his gun and then shit will just play out. Not at a school though. Not at a school. Okay, yeah, not at a school. I'm talking about house parties and shit. Yeah, yeah, okay. No, but even the school, remember the semi-formal got shut down because like of a fight?

Oh yeah Yes fam I'm telling you We can't have none of that shit We can't have none of that shit I'm telling you If we had the Adrian kickback In Toronto 100% getting shot up Even the Raptors The Raptors ceremony When everything was supposed To be nice and happy What happened? Shooting We can't have shit man Damn We can't have shit

Yo, you know what? Okay. Let's... We should really... I think we missed out on the whole American high school experience. I'm not saying I want to go back in high school there. But I want to see what it's like. You know what I mean? I want to like...

Like I wish I can be younger and like just see what's up. Yeah, no, when you were talking about the dance and shit in the US, you know that last scene in Euphoria, I think season one when they were dancing at the prom and shit? Yeah, it's like that. It's dead ass like that. That's what I had in my mind. It's exactly like that. And they dress like that too, eh? Okay, hold on. What was your first time that you experienced like really bad FOMO?

the really bad FOMO. Yeah. Like you, you knew you had it at that time. Oh, okay. I'll tell you, I'll tell you. Cause I have mine too. I tell you. Okay. So this was, this was like grade 10, I think. Yeah. Grade 10 or nine. Yeah. And what happened was I got invited to this girl's like debut. Oh,

Love those. I got invited to this girls debut and I know like debuts are going to be fire. Yo, oh, by the way, FOMO is fear of missing out if you don't already know. Yeah, and I knew like the debut is going to be crazy. I know the party is going to be crazy. But my family decided, oh, we have to go to Chicago. Yo, it's the same thing.

It actually lines up. It actually lines up. Yo, I just begged that. No, this is the same time. This is literally the exact same time. So you missed the debut, but you went to the... Yeah, I went to the homecoming. Oh, okay. Yo, I just took that in. No, that's actually by accident. That's actually by accident. No, so we ended up going to Chicago because I think my Lolo wanted to get dropped off there or something. Yeah, yeah. And we were there for a bit just so we can hang out or whatever, be with the family. Mm-hmm.

But bro, there was something in my chest, right? Yeah. I'm like, I know something's going to be sick at the debut. And I know I'm missing out. I'm like, fuck.

And to my surprise, no, it wasn't a surprise, fam. Like, I knew. Josh and Denzel, they were telling me all these stories. Like, yo, that shit was crazy. I'm like, fuck, man. And they're like, Carlos, if you went, you would have caught play. Like, so good. Yo, I was just going to say, if you, like, Debu's at Loki the spot, if you want a Filipino ting, that's the way to chop it up. Debu is the...

easiest leeway is easiest easiest but fuck i missed out man but at least you had a good time i had a good i had a good time anyway but it's just like that's the one event i guess that i didn't go to that i missed out on i wish i would because what it's funny because you whenever there's something going on or you know there's something going on i have something else you're like yo gavin we have to do this we have to do this i don't want to miss out on yeah yeah

It's like there's a party at like door three club. Now let's go to the play box. Oh, like whatever. Toy box. Yeah. No, I always tell you like, cause I have a feeling. No, I have a sense fam. Yeah. I sometimes I just have a sense. I'm like, yeah, this shit, this one's going to be shit. This one's going to be crazy. And whenever I have that sense, I'm like,

Like 10 out of 10 times Right man Real shit No I remember The Halloween Oh I had two instances For FOMO? Yeah so The first one was When I was out in Mexico Yeah And you guys were going To like an escape room The one I missed out Oh

That was a sick escape room. That's why I don't like staying in vacations very long. Yeah. Because I miss home because all my friends are doing some shit. Yeah. It's weird how that happens, right? Yeah. Once I leave, why are you guys playing? So boom, you guys are calling me. I'm like, oh my God, escaping with Carlos. I know it's about to be lit, man. And then boom, that shit happens. And I was literally like waiting for you guys' texts. I was like, fuck, fuck, fuck. It's happening right now. But then I remember the Halloween party also. Right.

I swear you came to that though I came to that You know what Yeah but I got FOMO Cause I had a basketball game that day Literally as soon as the game end I called the Uber It was mad late already Called the Uber Took the train with you guys Yeah So I couldn't catch FOMO Yeah okay that's good I'm the worst with FOMO fam Like I'm the worst with FOMO Before it happened at least

- Yeah, that's true, that's true, that's true. - Right? - Yeah, 'cause you gotta always have another plan. - Okay, do you think FOMO is a really bad trigger for spending money? - Oh yes.

Because I think that's like what companies take advantage of, especially when you're on vacation or like certain places where you want to have the best experience. So you got to pay a little bit more. Yeah. What do you think? That's why, you know, I think in Mexico they were showing us videos of people going on the excursion. Yeah. And doing like the ski. What do you call that? The thing on the water? Oh, a ski-do. Yeah, ski-do. Shit like that. Yeski.

all happy, all shit. And we're like, me and my friends like, fuck, we got to go there. You know? But yeah. Did you do it or nah? Nah, I didn't. Nah? Have you ever spent a lot of money on something and then like, wow, fuck, I shouldn't have spent that. Oh shit, I have to think. Did you? Nah, but... Go tell your normal story.

No, actually I don't. There's nothing I regret. There's nothing I regret. I think everything I spent money on to this day, I still like, lesson learned. Like I won't, I won't spend money on that type of stuff again. You know what I mean? I don't think there's one time I spent and like, damn, I wish I still had that money from that. Okay. No, I have one. Cause we were at the club, right? Yeah. And guess how much we spent on bottles? How much? A thousand five hundred.

1,500 bottles. But, but you know, it's one of those ones where it's like, fuck man, we're just, we're just here. We're just living. Yeah. I'm just looking at my bank account, making sure that the next YouTube check comes in. Yo. And I know some people, they hear that and they're like, yo, that's nothing. Yeah. And that's, what's crazy to me. People, people spend a lot of money. Like it's like, it's nothing bro. And I think it's the people that don't work hard for their money are the ones that easily to spend. Right. Yo,

So there's a theory actually. There's a theory. I was going to say the same one. What? The one where it's like your hand. Oh, you know that one? Oh, is that what you're going to tell me? Yeah. Say it, say it, say it. No, no, you say it, you say it. Okay. All right, I'll say it then. All right. So there's a theory that there's certain things on your hand that can show signs of if you spend a lot of money or if you're wasteful of a lot of money. Yeah, yeah, I know this one. And yo, there's even stuff on like, um,

There's like moles. If you have certain moles on your hand. Yeah, I have moles. Yeah. So apparently if you have it, I think on your pinky finger. Okay. Right. It means your little sibling will be your benefactor and give you a lot of riches when you're older. Yes, sir. Pinky. Yes. You have a mole on there? Yeah, right here. Yo. Yo, little sis. Shout out my little sis. So one of them is I think your pointer finger is yourself. It's going to be yourself. Okay. Okay.

You have one on a mole. Yeah. So that'd be yourself. And if you have it on your ring finger, it means you'll marry into a really rich family. And check that shit out. No, that shit gotta be the opposite. That shit gotta be the opposite. I put like a Sharpie on there.

But I learned that because if you close your hand like this, if there's gaps, that's the Chinese tradition of money will slip through your fingers. And you know how to avoid it? How? To wear gold rings. Oh, really? Yeah, that's a way. Because when I was searching up the theory, like I was like, oh, shit, I got a gold ring on. So that means it'll cover up the gaps.

So the money won't spend through no more. I think I've seen a TikTok of this Chinese lady talking about all these different tattoos you should get or you shouldn't get. Because obviously I have the Chinese zodiac dragon tattoo, right? And one of them was like, if you're a dragon or if you're a dog, never get a tattoo of the corresponding. So if you're a dragon, don't get a tattoo of a dog. You know why? Why? Because your zodiac...

If you're a dragon, it's very incompatible with the opposite, which is the dog. So if you're a tiger, you're not supposed to get like a snake tattoo. Yeah, so it's the same thing. You'll get like really bad luck.

Really? Yeah, so it's the opposite. Also, if you're year of the tiger, if you're year of the tiger, you should never get a tiger tattoo or ever have any tiger things in your house. Yeah? You know why? Why? Because there's an ancient saying that a mountain can never hold two tigers. Really? Yeah. A mountain can never hold two tigers. There's only room for one. So if you're a tiger yourself, there shouldn't be any other tigers around you.

Oh, that makes... No, but I read like... Because I remember I was searching up like shit lore about this. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then I just stumbled across like really symbolic Chinese like symbols. And one was like the biggest one was a tiger. No, a tiger is lucky. Yeah. But if you're Year of the Tiger... Oh, okay. So if you're Year of the Tiger, you shouldn't... You shouldn't get it? You shouldn't have tiger stuff around you. And... Okay. Year of the Tiger people... Yeah. They're very incompatible with other Year of the Tiger people. Oh.

okay. Yeah. How about the dragon? You're allowed to get the dragon. Yeah. No drag dragons. Lucky. Yeah. Dragon's not lucky. Okay. I might, I might just fuck around and say, I'll just get a dog. If you get a dog, you get bad luck. Imagine the tattoo of the dogs running around. Yo,

Yo, but you know what I think it all is? It's all to like, if you look at an animal, right? Look at like a, look at you're the tiger and look at the tiger. A tiger is a very lonely creature. I think that's where it all comes from. All those superstitions. It all comes from that. Like look in nature. How does the tiger move? It's very by itself, never in a pack. Right.

And they're very like adamant on not being with others. Like they hate working with other people. Now, one of the crazy ones you pointed out, the lucky cat. Yeah. What's the name of it again? Hold on. Okay. It's called the Meneki Nenko. Meneki what? Meneki Nenko. Okay. So it's also known as the welcoming cat, the money cat, the happy cat, the beckoning cat.

So this was actually the story behind the lucky cat and why they put it in front of all these Chinese restaurants or businesses to lure in good fortune. Yeah. Cause I know it just like all the evil spirits. That's what it's for. Some of it. Okay. Some of it. So the original meaning of the beckoning cat or the origin at least was one day there was this, I think it was a king or,

or like a very wise man right and he saw this cat yeah like across the street okay yeah and he

He was standing under a tree because it was raining. Okay. And he saw the cat. He's like, what's that cat doing? Right. The cat's doing this. Yeah. So the cat was doing this to him. He's like, what's that cat doing? Yeah. So he walked over to the cat. And as he walked over, it was almost like it's welcoming over. Yeah. To stand with him. Right. Okay. And just as he came closer, boom.

Thunderstruck right where he was standing. Yeah. So what happened was this king, he ended up making the cat such a good fortune. Not an idol. What's it called? Like a lucky... What do you call it? Fairies.

Figure? Yeah, I guess so. Yeah, like a lucky figure. Yeah, yeah. There's another word for it. But anyways. Yeah. Having like a lucky thing to stand by, right? Okay, okay. And that's what it became. So anytime you see these cats, it's actually to ward away bad energy, negative energy, bring you closer to wealth and success. Okay, that's fire. So there's actually a difference with the left paw from the right. Yeah. The left paw is supposed to actually attract customers, right?

So it's actually like a high kind of like a come in, come in type of thing. Right. But if it's holding up the right part, it's supposed to, it's supposed to bring in wealth and success. Oh, so there's two different versions. There's two different versions. There's two different versions. And I think there's even one with like two arms. I could be wrong. I'm pretty sure. I swear. Mandela effect. Yeah.

no no no but but there's like a bunch of different special ones i know a black one yeah a black cat not a gold one is supposed to yo put it a little bit close to the camera there we go so the black one right the black one is is the one that's supposed to be specifically for evil spirits supposed to ward away evil spirits yeah and that's kind of why some people have black cats word yeah okay no and the white one is supposed to be something um

I think just happiness is straight happiness. So rather than wealth, success, just happiness. Word. Nah, you know what you should also get? Cause to add to the table, there's a thing called the dragon turtle. So there's like a dragon and then a turtle on top. And that literally just is all about courage, determination, and success. So if you add it to your, to your collection of already lucky shit, this whole shit is just lucky. It is. Oh my God.

You know what I think though? I think it's more of intention. Right? Because I think, look at like crystals and shit. I hate to go always back to this, but if you take it in, anything like, you know how athletes, they'll have like a trinket. That's kind of the word. Like a little trinket. A trinket, like a lucky trinket, a token, right? Yeah.

Of having with them to make them do better. Yeah. No matter what it is, I think it's all just intention. True. It's like, if I take this piece of like orange peel, I put it in my sock, I'm going to, I'm going to hit five three pointers today. Yeah. I think that's all it is, bro. If you have that, that mindset with it, have that intention of use, then that's the way it's going to be for you rather than just like it being there. Yeah. Right. Yeah. That's true. But yeah, you know, you know how, um, uh, the, the running joke is like, you, you're going to call your child, child one. Yeah.

You know what I found out? What? That there are like illegal names in the world that you can't name your children. No, there's not. Who the fuck? And you can't name your child one, two, three. Like you can't name the numbers. Wait, what?

You can't name your child like number one, number two, number three. No, listen. And I have a list. And I have a list. Look, look, look. Okay, so these are the names that you cannot. Like if the government catches you. Yeah. Because some of the names like pass through. But they get caught later and they put you in jail. For naming your child something. Yeah, so I'm going to list them down. Yeah. Which is funny. So you can't name your child Messiah, Jesus Christ. Yo. The Ascension.

You know the at? The at symbol? Yeah, yeah. What the fuck? Three, 1069, Adolf Hitler. Wait, why 1069? Why? Yo, take in. These are all names that people try to name their kids too. Adolf Hitler, Majesty, 007, Thor, James Bond. There's definitely Thors out there. No. There's gotta be Thors out there, bro. Oh, they're probably in jail right now. Oh, shit. And Batman. Batman. What the fuck?

And you know a kid, a parent tried naming their kid Burger King and that also didn't get put through. It got cancelled. Burger King. Burger King, bro. Burger King. I'm gonna name my kid Spider-Man, bro. That's probably illegal too, bro.

That's so dumb. I know. But I'm pretty sure I heard of a Thor. I'm pretty sure I heard of a majesty. No. There has to be like a majesty. Yeah. You know, my grandpa's name is Jesus. Like spell Jesus. Yeah. A lot of people, a lot of Mexican, Latino people. Yeah. But it's like Jesus. Jesus.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Jesus, yeah. A lot of people, fam. Really? Yeah, a lot of people got Jesus as their first name. But you know my dad's name? Yeah. My dad's name is Lord. Lord? Yeah. That's a fire name. You know about that? No, I didn't. So in the Philippines, when he was going to get either baptized or get his confirmation or communion, something like that,

they didn't... Oh, I think it was baptism. They didn't want to baptize him. Oh, why? Yeah, they didn't want to baptize him because his name was Lord. Oh, shit. So it's like, through the power of the Lord, I baptize the Lord. Yeah, something like that. But I think what happened was my Lola, she's very...

She's very well respected. Because she was a school teacher. Okay. One of the heads in the schools. Yeah. And I guess they allowed it. Yeah. But they weren't going to do it if his name was Lord. Yeah. That's funny how... I swear, like, all...

all our lolas are like teachers because my lola was a science teacher too oh yeah right and and my dad was in her classes really yeah so my grandma was always telling me how whenever i'm like i was in the teaching i never saw your dad like he was always lazy never came to class and he can't get away obviously with it because he's the teacher so that shit made no sense

My dad has a lot of stories of him like doing some bad stuff. But he gets away with it because his mom's a teacher or his mom's a teacher in there. I'm telling you, my little cousins in the Philippines, they're already like, they're drinking, they're fucking,

I remember my dad back then, he stole like cigarettes when he was like a, I guess, high schooler. Yeah. I was just smoking it with his friends and shit like that. Where? I still got to ask if I want to leave the house. And I'm like 21. No, but I think it's because of that is why they're more strict when they're here. Yeah. Okay. There was this saying like, I forgot. There was this viral TikTok saying, if you date an Asian girl, they're most submissive. Like, I don't,

definitely disagree with that wait what's submissive again like so there was this I'm pretty sure it was some black guy he was on TikTok yeah he said Asian girls are the most submissive out of all girls so does that what does submissive mean like submissive like

As in like, um, or like they won't let you go out. No submissive. The opposite. You don't know what submissive means. No. To submit, to submit to you, to give you the power. Oh really? So, so I disagree. And a lot of people were disagreeing with it. Hell of people were disagreeing with that shit. Yeah. Yeah.

Nah, Asians, nah, Asians. It's the opposite. Is it not the opposite? Because we were raised to always ask if you wanted to go out, shit like that. We're mostly like homebodies. No, especially like at least from my experience, at least from what I know, because I have a lot of cousins that are female, that are girls. Yo, a lot of them, they're very like,

Powerful, fam. They always wear the jeans. Yeah, all the time, bro. All the time. I said jeans. Pants. Same shit.

No, but they're always the ones that are like, no, I want to do this. We're not doing that. You know what I mean? And I think that's completely false. I think just media, media wants to make it look like that. That's completely false. Yeah, that's true. But I guess like there's also the ones where I think this is why they have that, like, what do you call that? They have that little stereotype because it's the opposite. Mostly the Asian guys are the ones that play the top part.

Oh, I don't know. Okay, but you're the opposite though. Like, you're the 1%. If you're dating a white girl, you're still the 1%. You don't make no sense. No, no, no. Are you saying they're portrayed as submissive? Yeah, they're portrayed as submissive. Because listen, all the soft Asian boys, they let their girlfriends do all the talking.

Whatever we're doing. I'll do it. You for me. Maybe I create I think I agree I think I agree only like a Certain amount of people that could actually like where the where the bottoms. Yeah, you know, I agree Yeah, cuz cuz a lot of time even just in movies and shit the Asian guys always like the exactly Yo movies don't help Asian guys, bro. I'm telling you there's no lead except in kdramas There was this one movie. I think it was called um, I

Is that song again? It goes, it goes, last Christmas. Yeah, last Christmas. Okay, but Sam, he was still wearing the top. The girl was making all the decisions. Damn, I think you're right still. Yeah. I think you're right.

I think you're right. I know. Damn. Okay. No, there's this one guy. There's this one actor who's in Bad Boys. The Asian guy. Okay, for fair. The fact that you had to search. I had to look through all the files to find it is a good point. Yeah, that is a good point. Okay, do you think that stigma is changing because of anime? Or does it not matter because it's cartoons? No, I...

Now that's a good question. That's a good question. Is it not? Cause girls, girls, I always see TikToks. They're like, yo, I'm falling in love with 2D men. And it's always, and the 2D man is always a guy from Haiku. Yeah. The volleyball one. Yes. Or like any anime. Yeah. You know? So I think the popularity of K-dramas and thing are, are popularizing the Asian. So we're going to come up soon. Just wait for our time guys.

But you know what I don't get also? That every Filipino boy is somehow, I don't know where this came from, a red flag already. Why? Filipino boys? Yes. Are you not on TikTok? Every time I scroll, another Filipino, red flag. Really? Yes. I don't know what happened, but I guess that's just like the norm now. You know what? Do you know the origin of like ABGs?

Oh, I think I read it, but tell me. Do you know what the origin, like, where all this shit came from? No. Dog, so in LA, right? Yeah. One of the early gangs were Asian gangs that were very prominent. Yeah, I remember it now, yeah. In, like, Long Beach and all those areas, right? Bro, so the whole term Asian baby girl came from not necessarily just an Asian baddie girl. It's literally, like, Asian gangs, right?

Really? Like girls that were in gangs, man. So the OG ABG is part of like a crew of girls that would cut your neck, man. Yeah, I know. Because I think we were watching the same TikTok. Yeah. But it was like, you know how in Tokyo Drift they have the gangsters, like the Asian gangsters? That's who they rolled with. Yeah.

Yeah, yeah. They rolled with that. They were like the counterparts to those gangs. But they also had their own gangs. Yeah. And they were like badass. I know. I think, I swear they had a name for it. It was like the most fucked name is like Death Squad or some shit like that. I know there's a few names of the gangs. One was like Asian Boys. One was like, fuck.

I forgot the names for sure. Because I know... Yeah. Hold on. Let me see. I'm pretty sure there was one named like Asian Assassins. That might be in Toronto though. Really? Yeah. But there's... There's hella... There's hella like the Triads or the Yakuza, whatever. Yeah. They're prominent, fam. They're prominent. Especially in that time. I think just the 90s alone...

just that whole culture, like that gang culture, that was on the rise. Fam, I'm telling you. It happens everywhere. You see the biker gang in the US. Oh, Hells Angels. Yeah, Hells Angels. And then do you know about the Davao Street? Wait, hold on. It's called the Davao Death Squad. The Davao Death Squad? In the Philippines. In the Philippines. Do you have any family in Davao? Nah, nah. But Jameel's from there. Really? I think he's from there, yeah. But they literally do street executions.

Oh shit So they'll take a person And literally kill him On the street In front of everyone Damn But that's like every gang man I guess I think that's every gang Until like it's seen You know what I mean Yeah Cause more times Like they're doing that shit Behind closed doors bro Yeah that's true

Have you ever got pressed by one? Pressed by a gang member? Nah, never. Because I remember I was watching KSHOWTIME's interview on No Jumper, right? Yeah. And he was wearing the all red fitted Cleveland Browns one. Oh, and that's like a gang hat. And all their comments was, yo, you're going to get pressed in LA if you wear that. You're going to get pressed, right? And I was watching a documentary with my dad. Literally, the white guy who was exploring around the hood parts of LA, the Mexico area,

type shit yeah yeah the guy was like yo i'm i'm thirsty but i'm not gonna go to that convenience store because i know what's going on there and that's like one of the spots that's so scary because it's literally like five meters you can run into the wrong people anytime yeah yeah and you can get shot fam for real yo to be honest with you the fit you're wearing right now you couldn't wear it's like the worst fit you can wear i'm telling you because i can't wear this because you know

Because the P is for Pyro Yeah And then I got Paisley Yeah I got Paisley That's like the worst thing You can wear fam I'm sanctioned I'm sanctioned

I'm a civilian. I'm a civilian. Yo. No, but that's when I bought all my Paisley stuff. I was like, yo, I'm going to just wear this in LA and shit. No, you can't. Just don't. Just be safe. Just be safe. There's literally press ratings for your hat. So this press rating is an 8 out of 10. Oh, shit. Like you said, the Pairus, they will... If I...

get caught walking like this oh my god even like the the chicago hat because with the c yeah the blue chicago you can't wear that for the hoovers you can't but i remember i was in la right and we were coming at a buffet and we saw these i remember i was wearing blue yeah yeah all blue shirt nike shirt my dad gave me his jacket he's like gavin put this on bro i'm like why he's like fam look at look at the people over there they got the

the headbands on we were gonna go on our tour bus like we're civilians so we don't know any better but he gave me his jacket I'm like fuck damn that's crazy that's crazy do you know about any like is there any flags for the Asian gangs?

I don't know. - Wait, who's that guy in, it's Nelly something. You put me on him, the Asian- - Oh, MBNell. - MBNell, yeah, yeah. - Yeah, I think he's like- - He's Crip, right? - Yeah, he's Crip. - And even- - The other one. - Stupid Youngs. - Yeah. - Stupid Youngs. - That's Mando.

Stupid young man. Yeah, you say, you say. The funniest thing was like, did you see his documentary? Yeah, of course. Of course. He's like, yo, the Asian lady who brings the henny, brings the cups for everyone. You can give her a call at any time. She'll bring it. She's the neighborhood LCBO. That,

That's probably real though. Like that's how it is fam. If you're in there in that neighborhood y'all are like family. Yeah. At that point. You know what I mean? Yo in the documentary he was showing like yo these girls they lost their dad or whatever but the whole neighborhood is taking care of them. Taking care yeah. And that's some real shit. I know. Cause there's a point where I see that and

you can look at like gangs in a bright light. You know what I mean? Not just so that all they do is ethical, but like look at it. If there's some people that need help and they're there for them. Yeah, for sure.

Damn, that, like, it goes hand in hand. Like, that's what they need at the time. It's literally ride or die. Like, if you put yourself, and I don't think, oh, no, the documentary when the guy was going to join a gang. Yeah. Remember? Oh, he's like, foot back, foot back. And he had to initiate it. That shit is crazy because after they beat the guy up, bloody red eyes, everything. Yeah. After they took care of him, yo, yo, bro, put this on your eye. Make sure to disinfect it. Like, make sure you're good, all right? Mm.

boom so even though that that's the type of brotherhood i i want fam but obviously i'm not gonna join a gang like the hell no i think one of the scariest things is like when they brand you bro like in in jails and prison you'll get like tattoos and you're you're all into that gang now if you have that tattoo word they do that shit in frats because my friend was telling me in frats yes

damn yes fam they did my friend was telling you how they branded some guy's ass with like a hot with a hot on in the party and i don't know frats are so weird man because it's like a cult it's like a real that ass is because my friend joined one and i was the shit that he was going through yeah to join it was a dumb as shit they were like yo swim across this lake what the fuck um uh whether

what do you call this? And then my dad in the Philippines, when they had their shit, they would take spankings. Oh no, that's every frat. Yeah, like if they didn't get it right, they would smack their hand. I'm like,

I'm like, bro, why are you doing this shit for? Like, if you can't get girls, just admit it, bro. I don't think that's what it's for, though. I think what it really is for is to have a sense of, like, belonging. And a lot of people need that. You know what I mean? That's why people join cults, bro. Yeah. That's why people join cults and shit. But going back to, like, branding. Yeah. So when I was in Bahamas, right? Okay. Yeah.

Shout out Loxley, my fishing guide. Yeah. He told me this story how he had his nephew, right? His nephew woke up one day. Okay. And he had like a burn mark of a cross on his arm. No. Like on his forearm right here. Already red flag. A burn mark, like a super burned mark, right? And he's like, he woke up, he didn't feel it. And it was just there, it just appeared. It wasn't even painful when he woke up. Yeah. So he looked into it. There's people all around the world. Yeah.

with the same burn mark of a cross around the world so there's this phenomenon where a cross a burnt mark of a cross is showing up on people's arms and nobody knows why what did he explain why nobody knows why it's a mystery it's a mystery to this day nobody knows what the fuck is going on so if you wake up one day and you have a burn mark on your arm yeah maybe you're not the only one

holy fuck okay hold on so does it so you know how we have like the the random bruises yeah and that's like from a sleep demon that's like a demon yeah you're definitely it's probably from a demon what do you think it is well i think this is this is definitely something that has to do with this is my whole like theory with it yeah bro so you know in the bible right how you can have the mark of the beast the mark of the beast you know what that is yeah

And the people with the mark of the beast will be like stuck here. What do you mean stuck here? Like when the rapture happens? Oh, yeah. You know what the rapture is? Have you ever read the book of Revelations in the Bible? Not really.

Not really, but... That's like the apocalypse, right? You watch This is the End? Yeah, yeah. So it's pretty much like that. No, that was what was in my head. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it's pretty much like that and it's pretty much just hell on earth, right? It's the apocalypse. And the people that were good and the people that followed the virtues, they'll be sent to heaven. Everybody else will be stuck here. And there's a lot of movies depicting like, oh, one day...

your baby might disappear. Oh, one day the priest might disappear. And then all that's left is just the people that were left behind. Shit. Yeah. So that's what you think it is? I don't know. I don't know for sure. Maybe it's something even deeper than that. Maybe they have some next powers they can do. Yeah, yeah. But who knows? It's still a mystery. This is in Bahamas, right? In Bahamas, right? Were you around any like lighthouses?

Because Bahamas is always known for some lighthouses too. Yeah, I've seen one. I've seen one. There's like a story that every lighthouse could be haunted by a guy that was abandoned from a ship and ate from a shark. What the fuck? So like the whole story, like I said, I think there was a ship one day and he just got thrown off. Boom. Eaten by a bunch of sharks and got washed up on shore. Hmm.

So now, and this was right beside a lighthouse. Yeah, yeah. So the, I keep saying theory, but the story goes that every lighthouse, whenever there's light, he's probably there. He's probably circling it. Like still there, his body. Yeah, still there, yeah. Or his spirit is haunting it. Yeah. There's also a similar story in Mexico. I don't know if you know the Island of Dolls. Oh, I told this. I told John this. Huh? I told John this. You did? Yeah. No, I told Dino this. Yeah, we did this one. Yeah. Fuck, fuck. I was going to have...

Wait, did you tell it right though? Because the girl got washed up on short. Yeah, we talked about this. And how they're talking and shit. Yeah, bro. I thought I had a nice transition. No, that was a crazy one. That's a crazy one because it's still there. You can go ahead and find that shit. And I think the scariest... Yo, there's certain people that I meet and then they're like, yo, I don't believe in any of that paranormal stuff. Yeah, right. Those type of people, I'm like...

dog, maybe you should just go try and visit and maybe I'll change your mind. You know what I mean? If y'all are so brave, y'all are so brave, go to a graveyard, take out a Ouija board or some shit. No, no. Give it a try and then come back to me. I think there was also another one where people, I think it was in, I think it was in Phoenix where it was close to a lake and I think one of the pirates there died and then

a person saw like a little pirate thingy walking along the graveyard with a lamp. Oh shit. Yeah. And I'm telling you all this shit happens in a graveyard. You know? Do you think, do you think if you go to a graveyard right now you can get like a presence or something? Cause for me, I'm not necessarily like, uh, I don't have a sixth sense. Yeah. Yo, actually, yo. So I, we saw this TikTok. I was with my mom and she's the one that showed it to me. Yeah.

If you have like a cross, I think under your pinky. Okay. You have a sixth sense. Oh, really? Or you have powers. Okay, then I have to check my mom then because she has it. Yeah, my mom has it. Really? My mom has a cross, yeah. Fuck.

She has a cross and she's been had, uh, she can actually do readings. Yeah. She can, when she was little, she used to do it. But my Lola at the time, she told her to stop because like there was dangers with it. Right. Okay. Okay. But so she stopped all of that stuff, but she still has like the ability if you really try to, I don't have a sixth sense, but I have a thing where that I'm proud of. Like I can see potential in a person or like the next artist that's coming out or like the next trend. Yeah.

That's my sixth sense. That's your sixth sense, yeah. But going back to the graveyard shit, there was also, do you know the Clown Motel? Nah, what's this? This is the crazy shit. What is this? If I ever go to Phoenix, fam, I'm going to the Clown Motel. I've been to Phoenix a fair amount of times. And you've never seen the Clown Motel?

yo you know what hold on when i was in phoenix and it was in the city yeah yo okay i would tell you story i would tell you story so we were in phoenix we were waiting outside like um a library this is like a famous library in there and across the street there's this like hotel yeah it was like a hotel locked up and there was this like crackhead girl like trying to like break in it was weird i

I don't know, but it just caught my eye. Nothing scary happened, but I just got a weird vibe from it. No, I'm telling you, if I show you pictures of the clown motel, it's like all colorful. There's a big statue of a clown. If you're afraid of clowns, there's clown decorations in the room, like stuffy animals. Okay, tell me this story. Tell me this story. That's it? Yeah, but then there was a guy on Twitter who posted, because it's right beside a graveyard.

literally right beside it and there was a guy at the motel and he was taking a video and he saw a seven foot clown walking around with a stick I'm like nah there's no way I'm going to that shit yo okay so when I was in Bahamas too I didn't tell you this part either but I was in Bahamas and we went to this place it was like fuck I forget what it's called

I think it's called the shrimp hole. Shrimp hole? Yeah, it's called the shrimp hole. But it's called the shrimp hole because you can see shrimp in it. And it's like... It's a natural cavern. It's like a spectacular thing to look at, right? Yeah. So we drive in and to get to the shrimp hole, you have to park at this abandoned church. Okay. And so we enter the abandoned church. Now...

I didn't know it was a church. I didn't know it was a church. And when we saw on the sign, it said the shrimp hole. I thought it said the shrimp hotel. So I thought that big ass abandoned building was an abandoned hotel. That's what I thought, right? So I'm like, I gotta go pee. And you went in? Bro, so I had to take a pee. Right? I had to take a pee. So I'm taking a pee.

Yeah. I don't think much of it. We ended up not going to the shrimp bowl. We just like looked around on like the abandoned building, right? We're looking around the abandoned building. Yeah. Like this place look, this doesn't look like a hotel. Yeah. So time goes by. We have dinner with our guides. We had dinner with them and they're like,

yo, did you guys check out the shrimp hole? The shrimp hole, right? And I'm like, yeah, I just pissed at it. Like, oh yeah, we've been there. We were looking around, but we didn't get to look at the hole, but we looked around the building and stuff. Like, you know, that building was actually a church and a lot of kids died there. Oh,

And there's graves of the kids there. Oh, nah. And you pissed? I didn't piss on the grave. I didn't. I was going to say. Luckily, I pissed on like a shrub near the entrance and I didn't go deeper in. Oh my God. If you came back. Because there's like a graveyard there. Now, if you told the story and you didn't piss on the shrub. All right, there we go. Stop, stop, stop, stop. No, that's it. Take that shit back. Take that shit back.

No, but if you told that story and you're like, nah, I peed on it, fam. Why would you run a podcast with me in the same room with the same series? That shit makes no sense. Nah, nah, we're safe. Don't worry. We're all good. We're all good. I didn't say Tabi Tabi Po though. Oh. Because I wanted more of the story. I want to see what else we can get out of it. That's not... Don't call it, fam. Please don't call it. Nah, because I'm actually worried. Yo, why'd the eyes move? Nah, I'm not. I'm not.

You know what's cool too? I think in New York, we should go there if we ever have the chance. Because a lot of YouTubers go there. Why New York? Because fam, it's an Airbnb. A cursed Airbnb. So it's called, I think, Enslin Mansion. Enslin Mansion. So I think it might be fake, but I don't know. Because I have never been there. But if the person is just marketing it as a haunted room and a haunted mansion...

They're making so much bank right now because everyone is visiting it. Yeah, yeah. So the whole thing is like there's one bedroom in there that's really haunted and there's also an escape route. So just in case you see something, there's access. There's like a quick stair exit. Oh, for real? They made it just for that? Yeah. To like the first floor so you can get out quick. Yo.

And I was watching Because one of the big YouTubers I watch is H.J. Evelyn Yeah yeah They went for a YouTube video And they vlogged it The crazy shit fam Yeah When they were just Randomly talking to the camera In the parts of the video You see shadows Nah Moving fam Sure sure sure Moving But they were good at the end So if we can actually visit it And maybe see if we Find some shit Fuck

Let's do it. Let's do it. Yo, someone sponsor us to go there. Now we need somebody with us that will protect us. Like that has, I want somebody that will like protect us. Oh no, the owner is on speed dial. So if you, if you ever see something and you're very scared, you call the owner. They got like the, the holy water and super soakers type shit. They're like, ah, we're here, we're here. Burn down the house. Yo, I really want to go to, um,

Fuck, there's this place. I think it's in Ontario. No. I think... Fuck, I forgot exactly where it is. It starts with a B. This place in Ontario? Yeah. Brantford. I think it's Brantford. Oh, I've heard of Brantford. There's dead ass... Like what you said, it's an Airbnb, but a haunted Airbnb. Yeah. It's just like a cottage though.

Oh, cottage is way worse. I would rather be in a hotel than something in the woods. I think what's scary about a cottage or someplace in the woods is the bodies are probably buried there, bro.

More times? That's why it's haunted. Yeah. There's some shit buried there. Yeah. No, no. I've heard stories also where in hotels, like there was a, I think a guy, I think it was in Romania too. So a guy was waiting for the elevator, right? Yeah. And all he heard was screaming. Like screaming like the, ah. Oh, right.

right yeah he was like he was like what the fuck's going on the elevator the elevator has never left the bottom floor and it opened there's no one in there so what actually happened behind the hotel a girl committed suicide oh you know and now whenever that elevator people are in that elevator they say that the buttons press themselves oh shit and they go up and down so it's not necessarily in that elevator yeah it's just around around the area until

I'm telling you, so even if it's not buried, shit, like, spirits can come. That's kind of crazy, bro. So if, like, if you're just even by a cemetery or if you're in just by, like, a murder zone. Exactly. Like, you can see some shit. Yes. You ever see that movie Pet Sematary?

No, what the fuck is that? Like pets? You never heard about that? Like animals buried? Yeah, I never watch it. We should watch it on the Discord, everyone. Let's watch it. Let's watch it. But I saw like the trailer and it's about this place where all these pets were buried. Yeah. Right? And the haunting happened because of those pets. Some shit happened, right? And I think what happened was there was a way to bring your animal back to life, your pet back to life. Oh, no. Doing like a seance or some shit. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, but I don't know. We got to watch it. I want to watch it first and then we can talk about it more. You know what's crazy too? My friend's... I think family member died. And then I think randomly a dog came up to the door. I was like, what the fuck? And it had the leash and it had the initial of...

The past mother's First name For real Yeah and it's randomly This is random Yeah And like I say all the time Like whenever I see butterflies I always say it's my grandma Right so You know Damn There's a story When I was having dinner With the guys right Yeah

Okay. I'm going to say the story first. No, I'm going to say, I'm going to say my experience first and I'm going to tell you their story. Okay. Okay. Okay. So this is what happened. So we went to the snack bar, right? And it was like, uh, they serve burgers, hot dogs or whatever. It's like a little shack, right? Yeah. So we have, we're having lunch and we notice, Oh, there's a, there's a little cat. There's a little cat there. He's like the cat of the shack. Okay. Yeah. Yummy. So, um, the cat comes up to us like begging for food or whatever. And the,

The owner's like, Louie, come back here, Louie. Because he has to like annoying us or whatever. He's cool. He's cool. We're telling Louie. I saw it already, Louie. My mom, she's like, that's the name of Lolo. Lolo Louie. No. And it was just something special. Like, oh, damn, Lolo Louie. And I think it's around the time where he might have passed. Something like that. But anyways, yeah.

I'm having fat. Let's fast forward a couple of days. Fast forward a couple of days. Yeah. I'm having dinner with the gods. Uh huh. Right. And Donnell, shout out Donnell. She, she told me this story how after dropping us, dropping us off from fishing, they

They were driving down this road. Okay. And she saw this white woman holding a cat in her arms. Yeah. Because I think the cat got hit by a car. Yeah. And she was telling this story and she didn't say who it was. She didn't say what cat it was, right? Mm-hmm.

But I'm tying it back. Wait. If they're from where we were fishing, if they took that road, that must have meant that's Louis. That's Louis. That's Louis got run over, bro. So after they told me that story, I'm like...

Damn, poor Louis, man. It's so weird how that ties in. Like, you meet them one time and then later on you never know something could happen, right? Damn, it's the red thread. Like I said, do you think that's why? Like, when someone dies, do you think they still roam around this earth just to say their final goodbyes? Like, when do you think they finally reach heaven?

That's a good question. That's a really good question. And that's been explored a lot in horror movies. I mean, nah, but that's horror movies though. That's... No, but I think when they talk about it in horror movies, that's when we're able to have these like... There are theories on what would happen, right? And that's literally like the director's theories of what an afterlife would be or what a spirit would do, right? So what I think...

I think the spirits that are stuck, the spirits that are like here still haunting, whatever are the spirits that they're, they're stuck because they have unfinished business. Oh, that's a good theory. That's what I think. I think unfinished business in a sense of there's a revenge they have to still take on or there's like, um,

they're trying to look for somebody. And because they're looking and looking and looking, maybe they're stuck looking even though that person's already passed. No, that's a good one. Because you hear on all the unsolved murders, you know, if I got killed, right? If I got killed in an unsolved murder, fam,

I'm staying and trying to get my revenge at best as possible. You know? So maybe Jesus doesn't let you in heaven until you, you forgive, you know, maybe one of those. Well, I also think it is too. Yeah. Is what if your will, what if the power of your mind is so strong? Let's say you were, you were, um,

Trying to save somebody you're trying to protect somebody your loved one and then you were killed while trying to if you're trying to really hold somebody down and then like protect them from somebody trying to kill them Yeah, what if your power though your will is what holds you here on earth? That's like that's like the whole thing that that keeps you stuck here is because your will to protect that person It didn't go through but you still died, but you still died. Yeah

Yeah, so let's say you're protecting your sister. Yeah. Right? Somebody kills you in the act of you protecting your sister. Okay. But your spirit, your will is so strong that it stays there to try and fight. But it can't do anything, but it's still stuck there.

It's like stuck in motion. Okay, I get it. So it's like adrenaline. So you know when you get hit by a punch or when a movie character gets shot and they're still kind of moving after. Yeah, it's like the will. Yeah. Okay, so in my head, all I was thinking was the half zombie when your mind is like, no, I'm not going to turn. So I just stay in it. I think that's what it's like. Okay. Like the power of the...

because the mind is so powerful right if you really think about it yeah all life is is just the mind yeah you don't know if any of this is real it's just through your mind okay stop no dead ass dead ass like you could you could you could literally be like dreaming right now you could literally be like in a jar but it's just your mind that's making everything up i could just be like a figment of your imagination yeah so do you think so do you think if i told you

I'm gonna give you five years and you gotta put your mind to it, become a doctor, you can do it? I think, I think if you really put your mind to it, yeah. Yeah. I think anything's possible, bro. Honestly, I think everything's possible. Especially if you have like everything aligned.

There was in the Think and Grow Rich book, right? I forgot the exact quote, but it's like everything, no matter what, there's an energy to it. Like leaves falling to the ground on like during the fall season. There's an energy that made that leaf fall to the ground. Yeah. Yummy. Because it withered away and it fell. Yeah. No matter what, there was an intention of that leaf to fall. Yeah.

And there's an intention in anything we do. So the existence of this phone is an intention of creation, right? Intention of, I want to make technology to do this, blah, blah, blah. So you can say Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, that's their manifestation into physical. No matter what it is, everything in life is first... Yeah, in your mind. The energy to do. Yeah. Right? And then it becomes. Yeah, you know what's fucked? Because in the... Accounting is some...

that barely anyone gets out of, right? Yeah. And I remember in first year, right? This guy was telling me, he's like, yo, bro, we were all in a friend group and we were just saying, there's like five, six people in it, right? And he was just telling me like, bro, half of us are not going to make it, bro. Damn, what the...

He's like, yo, like only the really smart people will make it. And I'm like, what the fuck are you talking about, bro? And the fact that all my friends either dropped to a lower program and to, um, uh, what do you call this? Or just another one. And I'm still in it. That guy who told me it is in the lower program now. Cause why do you think he's, he already went into that mindset of, Oh,

Oh, I'm going to fail this. Like, there's no way I'm making it. Fam, you think I'm the smartest one? No, I'm just going to work harder than you. Yeah, that's all it is. That's another one. I don't think there's any like smart, smart people. There is a few. No, there is. I think so. There is a few, but that's not me. Like, I will work, work, work, like outwork you until your talent doesn't work anymore. You know? I think I'm the opposite. Really?

I think I'm the opposite where I know what I'm good at and I just do what I'm good at because I know what I'm good at. No, that's you can even tell in this podcast. Yeah, you're already talented and gifted at the theory shit. Me. What do I do? Every episode? I'm a research. I'm a research to everyone who said I'm not a theory guy. I became a theory guy.

Why do you think? Because I have the drive. You feel me? Yeah, yeah. So anything is possible. If you guys are doing it, anything is possible. Yeah, exactly. Everything is possible. You know what? They called me in the first three episodes. You dumbass. All you have to say is yes to Carlos. I got theories now. Come to me. You feel me? Come on, man. Good shit. Good shit.

Nah, but bro, for me, it was always, especially when I was little, if I wasn't good at something, I'll try. Yeah. I'll try. But I know like if I don't have my, um, my heart set on doing something, I'm not going to waste my time. I'm going to put all of my effort into something I love to do. So, you know, your strengths and weaknesses. It's not just that. I know myself. Yeah.

Yeah. I know, I know exactly like when it comes time to this during this hour, I'm not going to want to do this. Okay. Or if it comes down to this, this will drive me at that moment. You know what I mean? I know, I know how I'm going to, I know how I will react to, uh,

situations i'm gonna be put in okay so i i analyze i analyze that i analyze all that shit yeah that's true but i i feel like it's hard still in the teenager years to find your strengths and weaknesses how how did you find your shit did you just go try everything try everything i tried everything i was gonna be an engineer bro i know take that in which i don't believe yeah i was gonna be engineered like i was studying all of that shit

You know? Yeah. I tried. I really... Okay, this is one of my favorite stories because I tell my sister this all the time. Okay. And she was talking about dropping one of her classes, right? Because I think it was chemistry or something. It was too hard and she had a really bad teacher. Yeah.

And I thought back and like, I remember I was in, I was in summer school. Did I tell this before? I was in summer school and I was taking like a math course. Oh yeah, you did. You did. Yeah. I was taking a math course and it was John, me, Miles, Shrook was in there. But anyways, we're all in that class and little by little, like one week Shrook's gone. One week Miles gone. You see it. One week, um, fucking John's gone. Right. Yeah.

And I'm like, nah, dog, I'm not going to give, even though I'm not doing good, even though I'm not looking, I'm barely passing or maybe not even passing. I'm going to find a way to at least like finish. Yeah. Cause I don't want to start something, bring my, bring my energy there and then not finish. You know what I mean? I'm going to do everything I can. Right. Yeah. So I did. And shout out, shout out SV. He was there too. Shout out SV. Yeah.

He was in that class. That's where I met him. Small world still. So I fucking, I just worked at it, bro. I just worked at it. And I said, okay, I'm just going to finish it. Even if I fucking fail, I'm at least going to put my energy to try and pass. And I passed. I passed. I didn't give up. I didn't use that course. Obviously. I didn't use that course. You just used it as a lesson, as experience. Exactly. I used it as a lesson. I used it as experience. And I used it as...

A kicker of, okay, if I put my will into it, it will happen. Yeah. You know what I mean? No, I'm telling you because I like what my sister's doing because she's taking a bunch of courses. So it's like physics, accounting. Yeah, yeah. I didn't take accounting in high school. So it was a hit or miss. If I didn't like this, I'm fucked.

Thank God I liked it. No, but you can change. Yeah, I know. You can still change, but you spend money. Spend money for it, right? But even though she might not be doing good in one, it teaches her, this is not my route. Yeah. Don't make the same shit, mistakes that I did. We're just going blind. Okay, I'm going to give the realest advice right now because I know a lot of kids finishing high school or planning out their career. Mm-hmm.

Okay. Instead of rather looking at a job, cause I know a lot of people do this. I know even maybe you had done this too. You look at a career, you look at a career path, right? And you don't look at the day to day. You just look at the title, you look at the pay and you look at the respect.

am i right okay yeah i mean you look at let's say an accountant and be like oh he's very smart person he's getting a lot of money he's very well respected look at a doctor very well respected blah blah right yeah and then they pass off on other jobs because oh um i want to be a sanitation engineer because of this stuff whatever yeah i think rather than looking at i want to be a vet i want to be i want to be this because i get to do this this this

Look at the day to day. You're 100% right. Look at the day to day. Look at like accounting. Yeah. Right? That's a lot of paperwork. Yeah. That's a lot of sit down, let me do this. Right? Yeah. That's so funny you said that because that is actually the realest advice. Because when I was in the second year and I was still questioning my shit, there's YouTube videos. I can't even

I searched up accountant day in the life. Yeah. You have to look at that. You have to look at that shit because you don't want to put yourself into a career path. You don't even know what the day-to-day is like. You feel me? You're right. Because when I did look up accountant starting salary...

- That's when you change your mind. - And psychology. - That's when you change your mind. And I think a lot of kids, because of their parents' influence, because of whatever, they have this preconception of what the job will be like. And it's just like a relationship. You have a preconception of what it's gonna be like with that girl, what it's gonna be like working this job. It's the same shit. - I know. - You have this idea, this fairy tale in your mind,

Don't have this preconception. Go ahead and see what it's actually like. Because when you go ahead and see what it's actually like, that's when you'll know if it's right for you. Yeah, I know. I know a friend that always asks me, yo, what are you going to do after school? You think I know fam? Like, no, I'm going to just take it how it is. And then she's like, oh my God, I can't.

I might not even get a job. I'm telling your fam, there's so much ways in this world to make money. Yeah, that's not a problem. You'll find something. Don't even stress about it. You'll find a job. And then the right thing will come to you at the right time. You just have to take it. The problem is when people have that, they're on that frequency, that's when it doesn't come to them though. Yeah, I know. That's the sad part. That's the sad part. When they think that,

They're not on that wavelength where it will happen to them. That's the problem. You know what I've always wanted to do? I wanted to go to... You know how those black churches always have that preacher? Yeah. I swear, because it's different from the church I go to and the black church. I've been to a Christian church. It's live. Yeah, it's so live. I remember there was one where there was a guy, there was a priest, right? And there was a skipping rope, right? So the girl was like, the guy was like, okay, go. Are you ready to go in? And the girl was just waiting, waiting, waiting.

And then she missed it. And then the preacher was like, no, if God gives you the opportunity, you have to be ready to go in. And then he jumps in and he starts giving her. He's like, see how I was ready to take the opportunity from God. Yeah. Like that. That is so alive. I think, yo, I want to, my Lola said this all the time. Yeah. Like,

She always said, you have a really good voice to be a priest or a preacher. Yeah, I can see that. Man, maybe one day I'll give it a try. This guy's gonna, yo, Carlos' resume is gonna be so fucked. Podcast, podcaster, what else? Fucking designer. Designer, priest. Priest.

I stepped into all freaking industries, bro. Yeah, I know. And the craziest thing, too, if you guys are looking for jobs, too, what I don't get always is how do you get a job without experience? No, you can get experience. Yeah, but it's funny because most of the jobs after school, it's like you need four years of computer science experience and shit like that. So I'm like, bro, that's fucked. That's why I step ahead. If y'all have the opportunity to...

do like co-op in your school i did co-op still you go up and then you get experience you get that experience while you're in high school yeah exactly because all you need to know is how to approach the interview once you're good at talking you can get any job you want and as i dropped co-op as soon as i got my first job because i don't want to pay for more dumb shit i know how to get a job now i paid my 500 i'm out you paid for co-op yeah you have to i thought you get paid

No, no. You pay like the first fee to get like the whole site with the jobs and shit. Oh, what the hell? So it's easier access. But then you get paid from the job. Oh, okay. So it balances. I guess it balances it out. Yeah. For sure. But it makes more sense to me like you just go ahead and put yourself in the position or at least go and try a shadow. This is a big thing. It's like...

The way the system and education works, I always bash on school. I don't know why I always bash on school. But the way it works, why don't we just put everybody that wants to work a certain job to shadow somebody in that field? Why do we have to put, generalize everything, put them into classes, teach them shit they don't even need to know?

And then give them an opportunity at the job where they have to learn that shit up again anyway. Yeah. Get me? Instead of putting, let's say you're an accountant, I give a student that wants to be an accountant with you, he learns how to be an accountant. Yeah. You get me? Why is school not like that? Okay, the whole system is fucked up. First of all, half the people are paying for student loans and then once you get a job- Josh, that's why I'm so pissed. That's why I'm so pissed because we pay thousands of dollars. For student loans. That's enough money to pay these people to teach us like that.

Yeah. But they're not doing that. That's so stupid to me. Hey man, ask them. I don't know. That's so stupid to me. I'm not the board. Fuck bro. No, it actually cheeses my soul because look, if we're paying thousands of dollars, feel me? That's enough money to give to somebody that's working the job to take on an apprentice and teach him that way.

And that's a way more valid, if you want experience, that's experience right there. That's what the workforce needs. But I think what it is, it's put everybody in here, make them spend money on this course.

Make them not like it. Find a different course. Make them spend money on that shit. Make them move to another one and keep spending money. So you know what's coming soon? Jumpers Jump Trade School, man. We're just going to hire a bunch of professionals. Students want to come in. Jumpers University. Boom. That would make bands, fam. Yo. I'm telling you. No, honestly, I think...

If you even look at some people that are working right now, some of the best people in their jobs are from people that learn through a mentor. Yeah. You know what I mean? And that's how it always is in my opinion. I think the best people at their crafts just have the most experience because they learn from somebody with all that experience. Yeah, exactly. That's what I think it is. Like if you graduate with only like, oh yeah, the mitochondria is the powerhouse of this stuff. All that theory shit and you can't put it into real life.

dog put it even to like we'll put it on a very simple standpoint look look you take a sensei yeah that's that's learning years and years of martial arts training right yeah and then you put him with a student yeah that student will become a very great fighter now you take the same student put them into a zoom class of okay this is this how you fight guys yeah that's how you fight guys you know i mean it's not the same shit the sensei will tell you every single experience he's been through and how to move through it yeah

And he will learn way better. I'm telling you. Do you have like a really close relationship with your sensei? With my coaches? Yeah. Not.

Nah, not even. Yeah, no, I'm telling you because whenever I go to tournaments, he's always telling me some new shit. And like, I remember there was one where their team was an all black team. So they already were racially profiled, right? And to make it worse, they all wore bandanas to their fight. So they were like the red bandana crew. And they got kicked out of every single tournament. Why? I don't know. Just because? Because they were beating up everyone and they didn't like that shit. Oh. You know?

But it's the cool stories that he put on me that I can take and tell to you guys. I think Denzel Washington, he said something. It was either an interview or a speech or whatever, right? He was saying there's a reason certain directors direct those movies. There's a reason you have Martin Scorsese directing all the mafia movies. There's a reason you have a black director directing the black movies. It's because they know certain things that...

A regular average person wouldn't know. They know how... I think he said...

a black person knows how a hot comb feels on a Sunday morning. I don't know what that feels like. You don't know what that feels like, right? Same with Martin Scorsese. He has friends in the mob. I know. That's how he knows all of this stuff. That's how he's able to give the best form of arts of that, or at least give the best, um, the best piece of piece of art that matches to that culture. Cause he's part of that culture. Facts. That's why, um, uh,

what's that rich Asian movie? Oh, the, Crazy Rich Asians? That was all directed from Asians. Right? So that's why it was a blessed movie because there's, the culture is there. Yeah. And then, you can tell when movies are totally shit from like a white person. Yeah. And there's sometimes, there's sometimes, like it's still funny, like look at Fresh Off the Boat. Oh yeah. Because Fresh Off the Boat isn't very cultured, but it's still funny. But it's funny, like it's,

it's comedic yeah it's comedic i guess it's it's still good but like it's not a good um i guess representation yeah it's not the best representation and that's why that's why the og wait what's his name again um who what's what's the guy's name the kid in in fresh off the boat oh the big one yeah what's his name freddie is it oh yeah freddie freddie well i think that's his name in the show though

No, it's based off a real person. Oh, shit. Eddie. Oh, Eddie. Eddie Wong. Oh, Eddie.

Eddie Wong is a real person. Yeah, because this was all literally all his. Now take this in. Eddie Wong sold like, I think he made a movie first and his biopic or something. His story, he sold it to that network to make that show. First couple seasons, he said, I hate this. Like, this is not what I imagined. Like, this is nothing like my life. And he said, he sold it off, but he wants nothing to do with that show.

Really? Yeah. That happens a lot. I think Dave Chappelle's show... Chappelle's show? Yeah, no. Chappelle's show got cancelled somewhere and he said, no, I want to air it somewhere and that's why he got on Netflix. Is that why? No, no. I don't think... Is Chappelle's show on Netflix right now? I think it is. Right now? Nah, there's a whole other thing that happened with that. Look, look. Chappelle's show actually...

He ended up selling it to a network, right? Yeah. And they stopped giving Dave Chappelle the rights or like his full royalties. Oh, okay. That's why he didn't want to air it. And he, I think Netflix got rights to play it. Yeah. Right? And because Dave Chappelle was like, yo, Netflix, can you guys take that off? Because I don't even get royalties from that. Netflix, because that relationship with Dave Chappelle, like, all right, no worries. No worries, Dave. Shit happens. Yeah. Amen.

Sooner on that. And I think it's important. It's important to know like when, okay, like,

even though it inconveniences you at this time because it's this person knowing their respect and knowing how it'll affect your relationship that's important to keep in mind yeah i mean that's why that's why um sometimes when you're doing like these business deals through um zoom yeah i will see you you try to keep a good relationship because maybe later in the future they can help us exactly you never know you're gonna see somebody later and you never know like

yo wait is that Carlos at the bar yup I got another million dollar offer for you yeah and then he gets a notification yo there's a Marvel character featuring we need an Asian you know what I mean you know what I mean like you never know things will align the stars will align at that moment in time true and because you know that person you get in on it and

I'm pretty sure that's how a lot of people have success is when those crazy stories of like perfect timing. Yup. I know. Do you know Lucas Abad? Yeah. He met his model agency through a hotel elevator. Oh, really? Yeah. He went in for a fashion show and then the, the,

the CEO was like, yo, I like those pants. And he was like, yeah, these are like Mason Margella's. And he was like, oh, do you want a model for us? Hell yeah. Even, you know, Fezco in Euphoria? Oh yeah? Fezco, Angus Cloud was actually homeless.

Really? Yeah, he was on the street and he was just a random person this agent came and discovered he just no she just I think it was a girl she just like found him and she was like Hey, you know what you you fit like a perfect character Yeah, I think we could use in the show gave him her number and he was like even uh, he was like I don't want you know what I want your number for right and he said himself that for some reason he had the intuition to call back and

And it landed him that role in Euphoria. And nobody could play that character better than him. For sure. Nobody could play it better. All the characters were so perfect. Even though I haven't finished it. Yeah. What I have right now is perfect. Yeah. Finish that though. Finish it. It's good. It's good. Even like Jovan and like all those people. Yes fam. Perfect bro. I know. Wait.

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