Tonight

I caught myself.  A blank stare.  Touching the untouchable, it has been a few weeks.  The keys invisible.  My heart pounded, silently, quietly, steadily.

I pressed once, I pressed twice, the keys came alive.  The piano I neglected, the sickness that pulled me distance apart from the music my heart lives for.  Something about a quiet home, me alone, finally.

Sighed and played, the music welled up tears in my eyes.  I miss this.  I miss you.  I miss them.  Memories brought anew.  The day is fading, the beautiful sun set, beckoning more music.

Something about the sound of old songs, my fingers moving swiftly, clumsily.  Tears flooding my eyes, flooding the keys, flooding my soul.  These tears only music can bring out.  Music that is played from the soul of remembrance, beauty and pain wrapped in branches of sorrow.

It bears fruit, colors not seen in the visible world.  These keys are invisible.  When I play, tears trickle, I am swept up onto a raft into another world of the forgotten and the lonely.  The memories, so vivid, alive to this weary weary heart.

Pounding, pounding.  Silence.

In a world of useful and productive.  I desire beauty in the invisible.

Keys invisible.

I can see the moon hanging steadily, subsiding with a new day

tonight.

This is where my mind is at…

Hi Everyone,

Unfortunately, I was unable to blog for the past 2 days as planned- ” We can make our plans,  but the Lord determines our steps” Proverbs 16:9.  In my all controlling, managerial personality, I had written a list of To Do’s for my Spring Break.  Just thinking about it made me stressed, come on it’s a SPRING BREAK.  It means, put on the brakes and rest, chill.

Well.  This is going to sound really stupid, but I got an ear infection.  Not from some mysterious reason or wind that entered to my ears and set forth an evil force of bacteria.  No.  It was because I was bored while waiting for my friend to pick me up, so I decided to pick at my ears.  Yes, gross, I now reflect and can’t but help thinking “What a stupid gal I am”.  The more I picked, the more wax there was,  the more grossed out and more I wanted to completely obliterate these gross inhabitants.  No.  I did not use any tools, I used my very own fingers.

Then I started to feel a headache, nauseous…in the car.  I felt really tired.  The night came and I had this evil evil fever that made me whammy my socks off.  Here are a few home remedies I found online:

1. First, avoid dairy products. They increase mucus production in the body & may exacerbate the pain & congestion, esp. in children bcz their eustachian tubes are shorter & more horizontal than an adult’s. Food allergies are implicated in middle ear infections.

2. hydrotherapy & large doses of buffered or esterized vitamin C in divided doses throughout the day. I’ve used 10,000mg in a day with excellent results (2,500 mg every 4 hours).  Also take Vitamin B.

3. saline solution

4. Finely chopped raw garlic mixed into a tsp of raw honey and washed down w/warm tea w/lemon 3x daily will also give the immune system a boost.  Drink ginger tea.

5. To cure an ear infection and pain of ear infection both for anyone of all ages, even infants, use garlic oil. Just break open a capsule and pour it in your ear. Lay down on the opposite side for a few minutess so it can drain in good. About 20 minutes later the pain should be gone and the ear will not bother you again, but it is good to do a second time after a few days just to be sure.  Or try Vinegar- drop into ear.

So after reviewing our home remedies…I am quite hesitant about trying the vinegar one.  It sounds scary.  I just ate a spoonful of garlic with honey.  I think I ate everything today, Vitamin C, Pseudo whatever the nose congestion thing, ewww the garlic leaves a horrible after taste.  I’m going to take a nap.

The most beautiful place in China.  I have no idea where. But I want to go.

Yangzho, Zhejiang.  Either one of that is a province? I have no idea, but it’s there.  I want to go so bad.  So I asked my friend about going to China, the fun places and so on.  Sigh.  I want to go!  She said, “wouldn’t it be boring walking around by yourself”.  No I said.  No I would have a blast, it’ll be spending time with God, seriously.  I could learn so much going alone, meeting the native people, talking with them, traveling, finding spots that are hidden to foreigners…and simply soaking in new ideas and new epiphanies.

So anyways, after this ear infection heals.  No, I mean while this ear infection has me grounded at home, I’ll dream and learn in my dreams.

So I have always wanted to do this- share my day by day journey with you, in photos, in hours (okay maybe not that specific), in writing.  I want to take you on the adventure with me, whatever that may be for the day. Almost like I’m putting you in my pocket, chiwawa. LOL.

Woke up at 7:30 am because my mom was being loud.

I took this after I finished dressing- I was supposed to post those pictures, but am having a hard time loading them (so next time).  Somehow, Kewpie’s head vaguely reminds me of something inappropriate. hahaha.  My eyes are so bloated here!

Left my house at 9:30 am to visit Tribe- www.valleytribe.org.  I had met Mike at Perspectives- awesome and convicting speaker by the way.

Had honestly never gone that far on the 101 N.  Usually I get off at Melrose or anywhere before Highland, not all the way til Vineland where Noho Arts District is.

Took these pictures while driving home- somehow after the rain, there was this amazing sky that captivated me, blues and clear whites.  Simply stunning.  Plus, the freeway was clearer than the red sea parted, NO TRAFFIC.  I’m not kidding, folks!  I felt like I was in this wonderful dream full of cotton candy, melting chocolate, and I was going full speed- considering the “maximum speed” was 55.  Please, who goes at 55 miles per hour on the freeway, especially when it is not congested like my nose usually is.

So while feeling the drive, I reached out for my camera and took some shots while driving…yes on the freeway.

Neato art type of deal on the  ground.  In conjunction with the beautiful sky and this random Ice truck that I caught mid Right Turn.

This photo reminds me of Little Miss Sunshine, the van they pushed and jumped on.  Seriously, that is one of my favorite movie!  The dad is hilarious, step 1 of success, step 2…”now son, you are not following the steps of success”, he tells his son only to be written back “I hate you”.  Just watch it, you’ll understand once you watch it!

This is weird.  I don’t remember people standing on the side of the freeway, oh yes, I wasn’t looking when I took this picture…and many others that I aint posting cuz WordPress is giving me a hard time.   See how in- congested the freeway is?  It’s like heaven fell on Los Angeles.

Noon- ate with family

2 pm– Online, reading Perspectives articles, doing  homework

5 pm – took a bath to relieve from clubbing on Thursday (I know, seriously, how can anyone be still sore after 3 days?)  I think the electro music made me thrash and bang my head even more, causing pulling of neck muscles and erupting of veins.

6 pm– went to eat with family and friends for someone’s birthday.  Great sushi, sashimi, and ate way too much rice.  None of the workers spoke Japanese, I said “Sumimasen”… failed. Epic Fail.  Because they spoke back in Chinese.

8 pm– came home, confirmed appointments, started blogging, didn’t realize it would take so long.  I figured out that you have to press “enter” to type under, not on top of the pictures.

Reflection for the day- I wonder why my throat is still weird, like I’m sick AGAIN.  The sky was so beautiful today, reminds me of Little Miss Sunshine.  Thank God for the rain and sun.   I learned most importantly from Mike Brown that “every decision we make today determines who we become, or are becoming”.  DEEP.  “even if you don’t decide on anything, you have made a decision”.  DEEP.  So we complain this and that to God, why isn’t my life like this or that.  But then…each decision we make, we are creating who we are.  Yah, that’s right.  It’s creepy weird.  But so true.

Be anticipating for tomorrow’s Little Rebekka’s Adventure 🙂

Just Because…he mixed one of my favorite song by Free Tempo- “Up High”. as written on Billboard.com

Up High Mickey Factz

Mickey Factz

Rapper Mickey Factz started his music career just two years ago, but he’s accomplished plenty in that short amount of time.

After leaving New York University law school to focus on music full-time, the 23-year-old Bronx-bred MC began releasing mixtapes online in 2006. First came “In Search of the N.E.R.D.,” on which Factz laid lyrics over beats made by Pharrell Williams’ group. A year later he released “Flashback,” followed by the critically acclaimed “Heaven’s Fallout.” Thanks to tracks like the sneaker-inspired “Supras,” the latter mixtape quickly became a fan favorite.

At the beginning of 2008, Factz began releasing a new track every week as part of a series appropriately titled “The Leak.” On “The Leak Vol. 1” and “The Leak Vol. 2,” Factz released tracks like “Automatic”; “I’m Sean,” dedicated to Sean Bell, who was shot to death by New York police in 2006; “Incredible”; and “Rockin’ N Rollin’.” The last of those, featuring the Cool Kids, was recently added to rotation on MTV. “When we leaked the first song, we probably only got like 100 downloads,” he says, “and the last song we put out got about 9,000 or 10,000.”

Factz has gone on to co-found his own marketing, branding and styling business and label, GFC New York (clientele includes Devin the Dude and Nipsey Hustles). He is preparing his debut album, “The Leak Vol. 3: The Achievement,” scheduled for release early next year. In-house producer Precise and Illphonics (LL Cool J, the Clipse) contribute production.

“I plan on having a bunch of eclectic artists and I’m going to be touching on a lot of different subject matters like police brutality, relationships and just life—things that normal people go through,” Factz says. “People want to feel like they’re connected to an artist and a lifestyle and a culture, and I feel like I’m the person who’s going to bring that forward.”

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While the weekly leaks have since been strategically halted (“We want people to yearn for more music, and what comes with yearning is purchasing,” he says), Factz continues to promote his music in other ways. He appears on the cover of XXL’s December issue as part of its annual top 10 up-and-coming feature. He’s been performing on the college circuit, with stops at State University of New York in New Paltz and Chicago’s Roosevelt University coming up, and he was part of a slew of shows and panels during this year’s CMJ Music Marathon.

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If you haven’t listened…obviously I think FreeTempo did most of the work in that song…but Factz still contributes the R&B effect.  “Things that normal people go through”.  AMEN.  That’s the job of an artist, somehow viewers/ listeners are able to relate in some way, even if it’s spiritual, emotional, mind- ful…thoughtful.  I have seen how my classical background in partnership with my rock, hip hop, jazz, bossa nova (metal at one point) has led me to amazing realms of music that boggles me at times- bringing me straight to another world.