Poverty...

So it's blog action day with topic poverty... The first places that come to my mind when thinking about poverty is third-world countries, but have you ever been to the "bad" part of town. Take a drive sometime and you'll discover a whole different world.

One thing I can't understand is why there is still poverty and hunger not just in third world countries but in our own back yard. I mean how many years have we been giving money to this and that foundation yet the situation is still the same. There is definitely something stinky going on that is keeping the third world countries from developing.

Nonetheless, I think that the most important thing is to get involved. Whether it is helping your local food bank, a world food organization, laptop.org, one.org, or any other. The important thing is that you get out there and do something.

Tempe Tardeada

Today I went to the Tempe Tardeada. The Tempe Tardeada is a festival that celebrates Tempe's Hispanic culture and community history.

this weekend...

I went to Rainbow Festival and a Muslim festival on Saturday and participated in the City of Hope breast cancer walk that started in Tempe and went through the Phoenix Zoo on Sunday(Today).

this weekend...

This weekend was originally set for me to move, however since I am staying six more months at the place I am at, the plans changed to go up to northern Arizona, near Payson where a friend of a friend has a house near the forest. Then that changed since that friend had some other things to do.

So what to do with extra days off... I thought of driving to Texas, but for that I would want a bit more days than the ones I have. So it seems these will be some veg days and some road trip days. Friday, Sept 26th was a veg day for the most part aside from doing some chores. I guess not a total veg out day... Yesterday, Sat. Sept 27th was a road trip day. Aaron drove me all over northern AZ for the day. We stopped at Dinosaur tracks(petrified poop, footprints, algae) and a few other places.

Today, Sunday, Sept 28.. like most Sundays should be a kick back day. Might go a few places around town.

HAPA

On Sunday, September 21, 2008 I attended the HAPA concert at the Orpheum Theatre, Phoenix, Arizona. My goodness that theater is beautiful. If you live in AZ you have got to go.

If I get a hold of a scanner I'll scan the event info to post. No photos inside as not allowed.. took a couple when walking to the theatre.

According to the info on the program, in the Hawaiian language, hapa is defined as meaning "portion," "fragment," "part," or fraction." A modified borrowing of the English word "half," and is used in a variety of forms to mean mixed together.

There are four in the group, Barry Flanagan, Nathan Kawai Aweau, Charles Ka'upu, and Malia Ann Kawailanamalie Petersen. It was a real nice afternoon.

Hope you all are having a great week!!

Can't think of a title...

Do all these really need a title?!?!.... anyways just wanted to post on the WNBA game I went to on 9/3/08 Phoenix Mercury vs Minnesota Lynx, that their mascot fell on top of me... If you look at the photos you see the thing coming up, getting closer, then it falls on me gets up and continues going up...

On other things.... With it being Hispanic Heritage Month there's tons of events going on, hoping I can go to at least one if time permits.. Either way at work a group of us put together a small event where we gave churros, had traditional music, and info on Hispanic Heritage Month. We did this on 9/17/08. I'll put up the few photos I took in a few..

Yesterday, 9/20/08, went to a friend's get together. Last one of summer... There was food, music, Karaoke, etc... forgot to take cam so no photos....

Anyways ya'll have a great week!!

Reventon Superestrella - August 9, 2008

On August 9th I went to Reventon Superestrella. It is an annual all afternoon/evening concert with the most current Latin Singers. I went with a group of friends. The day before we drove to Anaheim, where we would stay for 2 nights. The day we arrived we went to Downtown Disney had lunch and checked into the hotel/resort and then did a bit of shopping. At night we went around town, a few went to a club the others to a dinner and a nightcap.

The day of the concert we woke up, went for some breakfast and some last minute shopping. Then it was back to the hotel to get ready for the concert. The concert was Awesome!!! It was long and I was tired and ready to sleep by the time it ended but so worth it.

We drove back the next day :)

Here's a list of the singers in order of appearance at the concert:


- Playa Limbo
- El Reencuentro
- Banda Machos
- Akwid
- La Factoria y Eddie Lover
- Julieta Venegas
- Amanditita
- Juanes
- Alejandro Fernandez
- Beto Cuevas
- Belanova
- Don Omar