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About Me


And so it begins...
Well, my name is Michael Berino, although many call me Mikey. Born and raised in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area, I'm currently living in Los Angeles, attending Loyola Marymount University. I'm a fourth-year undergradute, double-majoring in Political Science and French, and minoring in Asian Pacific American (APAM) Studies.
Twenty (ahhh!) years young, I consider myself a very proud first-generation Filipino-American. No FOB accents here! But I can say that while I can't necessarily speak Tagalog/Filipino, I can definitely understand it...weird, I know. I come from a huge and loving family, but in terms of my immediate family, I am the older brother or Kuya of two. P.S. my younger brother, David, is one of the realest people I've ever met, hands down! My cousins are fuckin' dope as hell, so I love the occasional trip back to the BAY. Back home, I have a Yorkshire Terrier/Yorkie: Benji who pretty much kicks ass, an Amazonian Parrot: Bubba who kicks ass too, and here at LMU, I have a Betta fish: Gucci who's just...chill, haha. Aaaaand my friends...let's just say that I'm one lucky guy.
Proud member and President of Isang Bansa, the premier Filipino & Filipino-American student organization at LMU, Vice-President of Finance for MAGIS Service Organization, El Espejo mentor, Founding Father and Community Service Chairman of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity-LMU Colony...these are a few of the many passions that I have at LMU!
As for some of my future plans a.k.a. post-graduate stuff (ahhh!), everything's still up in the air. Foreign service/ global diplomacy, broadcast journalism/TV news anchoring, traveling the world, service abroad, bringing awareness to the legit issues (not that Paris Hilton/Lindsay Lohan shit that ALWAYS gets the media's attention)...there are just so many things I want to do that it's kinda mind-boggling that I only have this short lifetime to accomplish all of my goals!
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My Interests

meet BENJI.

and BUBBA.
aand GUCCI.

I'd like to meet:

ANYONE and EVERYONE. If you can make me laugh, appreciate good food, and are just down-right genuine, let's be friends! Cheers!

Music:

Neo-Soul:
John Legend, Talib Kweli, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, Common, Goapele, Johnta Austin
Acoustic:
Jack Johnson, John Mayer, David Ryan Harris, Gavin DeGraw, Marc Broussard, Ryan Tedder, Jay Legaspi, Coldplay, Ben Harper, David Gray, John Peter West, Dave Barnes
Hip-Hop/Jazz Rap:
NUJABES!, Kero One, Native Guns, MC Solaar, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Black Eyed Peas, Usher, Pharrell Williams/NERD, Missy Elliott, The Roots, Hieroglyphics, most HYPHY movement artists, Robin Thicke, Busta Rhymes, Nas, Tupac, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, T.I., Gorillaz
R&B:
Alicia Keys, Boyz II Men, Brian McKnight, Gerald Levert, Voices of Theory, Dru Hill, One Voice, Innerlude, Kai, K-Ci and JoJo, Mariah Carey, Passion, R. Kelly, Tyrese
Classical/Piano:
Beethoveen, Mozart, Pachebel, Chopin, Jim Brickman, Claude Debussy, Bach, Craig Armstrong, Wayne Gratz
Oldies -- 70's to the 90's:
Kool & the Gang, Ben Folds Five, Cyndi Lauper, Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, The Isley Brothers, James Ingram, Linda Ronstadt, Luther Vandross, Peabo Bryson, Roberta Flack, Whitney Houston, Elton John, Michael Jackson
Jazz:
Sade, George Benson, Kenny G, Norah Jones

mannnn...this list is constantly changing! Like shuffling through my damn iPod...

Heroes:

I’ve come to the conclusion that the greatest people aren’t those who make the most money, drive the latest cars, or own the biggest of mansions. They’re actually the single mother struggling to survive in the heartland of America; the vagrant refugee in the Middle East; the lone rice farmer in the Southeast Asia; the orphaned child in Uganda…because of them, can the “richest” of rich be truly humble and human. Word.
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