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Mama Jaye

At the right place at the wrong time

About Me

a down to earth, eclectic pinay, who's down to chill, down for the cause, and down for everything in between.

My Interests

hobbies include shoe kollecting and dunk hunting, learning about my identity and culture and spreading the knowledge, fighting the struggle while struggling to keep my head up

I'd like to meet:

everyone down for the struggle

Music:

if i had to summarize it in one word: eclectic...so here's a short list of some of my music loves....starting with the old skool w/ a splash of underground with a touch of the political to the alternative and a hint of classical and beyond: lenny williams, earth wind and fire, ohio players, beatles, special ed, red head kingpin, kwame, main source, de la soul, tribe, pharcyde, souls of mischief, digable, nice&smooth, common, slum village, visionaries, crown city rockers, giant panda, shape shifters, blackalicious, lootpack, perceptionists, native guns, 2Pac, the killers, postal service, vagenius, alkaline trio, tegan and sara, death cab for cutie, the stills, counting crows, radiohead, bjork, tool, english beat, smiths, bad religion, mushroom jazz, vanessa mae, enya...just to name a few.

Movies:

memento, friday, friday after next, kings of comedy, serendipity, swingers, nowhere, willie wonka and the chocolate factory, charlie and the chocolate factory, saving face, harry potter movies, elf, better luck tomorrow, crash, anything by kevin smith, and anything with angelina jolie

Television:

the wonder years, living single, buffy the vampire slayer, sex and the city, my so-called life, boy meets world, the l word, monster house, degrassi, south of nowhere, grey's anatomy, it's the shoes, and anything else that we tivo!!!

Books:

barrio in the heart, when the elephants dance, dogeaters, the gangster of love, america is in the heart, noli me tangere, eros pinoy, all about love, communion, the tibetan book of living and dying, and...actually anything that teaches me something about my culture, my identity, and ultimately myself

My Blog

Thank you for THE REMEDY!!!

To all the SUPPORTERS...Thank you for making the GRAND OPENING of THE REMEDY a success.But don't put away your fresh kicks and hip threads yet... we're presenting THE REMEDY every 1st and 3rd Saturday...
Posted by Mama Jaye on Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:12:00 PST

guess wat i ate yesterday

so i’m putting this in my blog just as a reference...So my day started off w/ dim sum. Had the normal stuff like chicken feet and pork bun but something i haven’t tried before was duck ton...
Posted by Mama Jaye on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:56:00 PST

So I think i’m falling in love...

with Hong Kong that is!!!!! So i’m currently in Hong Kong; just got in today. Right when i got off da plane i felt this cool vibe, like this was somewhere different, somewhere that i’ll ...
Posted by Mama Jaye on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:14:00 PST

Kordilyera Happenings

So  i’m here in my hotel room recounting today’s events while watching some cock fighting on tv.  Today was my last day here in baguio and it was great.  I had time to kick ...
Posted by Mama Jaye on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:57:00 PST

motherland thoughts

So I’ve been in the Philippines for about a week and a half now and so much has gone on so far.  It feels real good to be back in the motherland and escaping the plastic/sterile life we liv...
Posted by Mama Jaye on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:04:00 PST

Random thoughts

Random thought of the day...so while driving to work I always have weird/random/sentimental thoughts that get me through the commute...so while getting on the 5 freeway I saw a couple of big yellow sc...
Posted by Mama Jaye on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 10:19:00 PST

God will never give me more than I can handle

Now i just got to learn how to handle it. 
Posted by Mama Jaye on Tue, 23 Aug 2005 07:24:00 PST