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Josh

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About Me



Holding my little cousin Yoanna in SF Japantown

Me teaching little Yoanna how to speak some Tagalog and Malay

Hidy ho, I'm Josh, and welcome to my little bit on Myspace!

Originally, I'm from New York, but I moved around and somehow ended up for the most part of my life in a former asparagus field called Milpitas, which is in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area. I also lived in San Francisco.

I generally don't use MySpace as often as I once did, but I do sign on at least once a day to look things over. You're more likely to catch up with me on Facebook, Blogspot, and Wordpress. I Youtube once in a while. Friendster and Xanga died for me a few years ago. Sorry.

I'm a proud graduate of the Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute Class of '03

E-mail/Windows Messenger: [email protected]
AOL screen-name: everchinoy

My Interests

-Antique or rare books
-Asian Cultures
-Asian Languages
-Boys in kilts
-Castillian Literature
-Chai
-Christian Socialism
-Darwinism
-Dim sum/Yum cha
-Folkloric dance
-Food
-Gamelans
-High Church Anglicanism
-Hurdy-gurdies
-Iconography
-Italian Arias
-Japanese Tea Ceremony
-Kulintang (Filipino gongs)
-Marzipan
-Ming Dynasty poetry
-Morrocan Cuisine
-Pearl Tea
-Progressive Christianity
-Renaissance Carols
-Rumi
-Sephardic Literature
-Shinto
-Silent Films
-Sushi
-Tagalog Language
-Tea
-Tearjerker novels
-Wines

I'd like to meet:

People of quality, compassion, and generosity.....

Music:

-Ani DiFranco
-Ashley McIssac
-Black-eyed Peas
-Cashell
-Cheese on Bread
-Chris Rice
-Cibbo Matto
-Corrinne May
-Damien Rice
-David Tao
-Hale
-Jay Chou
-Regina Spektor
-Slainte Mhath
-Spitfires & Mayflowers
-Up Dharma Down
-Vienna Teng

Movies:

-Amélie
-Bridget Jones's Diary/Edge of Reason
-Clockwork Orange
-Chocolat
-Crying Ladies
-The Journey Home
-Les Choristes
-Like Water for Chocolate
-L’auberge espagnole
-Love Actually (corny, I know)
-Maria full of grace
-Momento Mori
-Pi
-Requiem for a Dream
-The Virgin Suicides
-Whale Rider

Television:

-Absolutely Fabulous
-Arrested Development
-Desperate Housewives
-Money
-Six Feet Under
-Various Asian stuff
-Will and Grace

Books:

-1984
-A Clockwork Orange
-The Analects of Confucius
-The Art of War
-Atlas Shrugged
-The Bible
-Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England
-The Book of Common Prayer
-The Brothers Karamazov
-Crime and Punishment
-The Dhammapada
-Dune
-El Filibusterismo
-I'm the One I want
-IIlluminata
-Jane Eyre
-Les Miserables
-The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
-Noli Me Tangere
-The Pillow Book
-Ramayana
-The Satanic Verses
-The Scarlet Letter
-Thousand Moons on a Thousand Rivers (my ultimate favourite!)
-Ulysses
-When the Rainbow Goddess Wept
-The Zohar

Favourite Authors:

-Brennan Manning
-Gabriel García Márquez
-Wislawa Szymborska

Heroes:

Jesus Christ, Thomas Cranmer, Jose Rizal, C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, John Donne, Richard Hooker, William Laud, T.S. Eliot, Samuel Seabury, Aung San Suu Kyi, Lapu-lapu, Hippolytus, Jeremy Taylor, St. Patrick, Gabriela Silang, Buddha, St. Francis de Sales, St. John of the Cross, Jeanne Guyon, Marianne Williamson, Francois Fenelon

My Blog

>>>>> Panic!!!

THIS IS A TRUE STORY, AND IS BASED ON ACTUAL EVENTS THAT OCCURRED TODAY.Pandemonium has come to the shores of the Pacific Coast of the United States.No, seriously. Not kidding.The very thought strikes...
Posted by Josh on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:09:00 PST

>>>>> new blogspot

I have a created a new blogspot purely for spiritual means. Visit me at http://quaeritedominum.blogspot.com . See you all there!
Posted by Josh on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:22:00 PST

>>>>> Culinary Review: Chai-yo Sweets and Treats, San Francisco, California (with photos)

  I know I promised all of you a recipe blog entry yesterday for a tropical fruit crumble, but because I had to leave for San Francisco, I wasn't able to. Yet don't fret, gentle readers, I w...
Posted by Josh on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 01:59:00 PST

>>>>> Word of the Day: "Barbigerous" (with pictoral examples)

Yesterday, I stumbled on the word "barbigerous". Now at first glance, you'd think "Barbie" or anything to do with that blonde, busty, perfect-figured piece of plastic that ends up getting chewed by yo...
Posted by Josh on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 02:32:00 PST

>>>>> Josh Cooks! Series 2: Pasta with Vegetarian "Asian" Nut Pesto (with pictures)

    Fusion of East and West: Pasta featuring a traditional Italian pesto that employs Asian ingredients.     She may look innocent, but she's really a ravenous pig.   Wors...
Posted by Josh on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:43:00 PST

>>>>> HAPPY MID-AUTUMN MOON FESTIVAL!!! (with pictoral wish list)

Hiya Everyone!Yesterday was the beginning of the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, a traditional Chinese harvest festival also in honour of a victory against the Mongol invaders. Did anyone see the rabbit in ...
Posted by Josh on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 03:21:00 PST

>>>>> Culinary Review: Golden Lion Restaurant and Mabuhay Jane's Bakeshop (with pictures)

  The interior of Golden Lion Restaurant.     In Philippine Cuisine, cupcakes do grow on trees!   Yesterday, I lunched with my family at two of Sacramento's hottest new places i...
Posted by Josh on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:46:00 PST

>>>>> Josh Cooks! Series 1: a step-by-step guide to Adobo Stew (with pictures)

  Yes, the pictures and recipe were prepared by me!     Sinulog Feast for the Christ Child: Chicken Adobo, Pine Nut Couscous and Basil Leaves with a Brazzleberry, and Empanadas. &nbs...
Posted by Josh on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 01:16:00 PST

>>>>> Culinary Review: Thai Palms Restaurant, Sacramento, California (with pictures)

Beef Balls, Curried Coconut Rice with Shrimp, and Thai Ice Tea. Chilly Monday Afternoon Scenario: You've been pacing around downtown Sacramento in only a T-shirt and jeans trying to find a place to w...
Posted by Josh on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 01:05:00 PST

>>>>> Culinary Review: The Atrocious, Foul Funnel Cake

A staple at fairs and fun parks, the Funnel Cake (curious name), is a kind of cake/doughnut batter drizzled, en masse, into a deep fryer in a woven-like arrangement. Once drained of oil, it is served ...
Posted by Josh on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 01:05:00 PST