Paul Park: I say....

Good guys finish last Nice person get stabbed in the back Angels are fallen Nail that sticks out gets hammered Close mouth don't get fed Snakes rise Lions are tamed Wolf is left alone Birds feather plucked Pigs getting fatter Sharks are roaming the waters Vultures are getting fed Fishes are dying out Bees are disappearing Trees are turning brown Water is filled with Plastic Rich gets richer Poor gets poor

Before you go further into this,  I want to warn you that this is true story. I didn't know you,  but I'm the one who found you. Its no disrespect to you, so I hope you do not point me out when I get to where you are. I want to share your impact in my life. I am not sure if it impact me greatly or not, but the image will never be erased. So, the reader(that means you), you can stop here. Or you can give into your curiosity and read on. Like I said, this is true story. ------------------------------------------------------------------- It was either 2011 fall or 2012 spring. I was working at a motel on HWY 99 in Lynnwood, WA. Now, if you know the area, you might think of all the junkies, hookers, and homeless, but I can say this place wasn't much like that.  It wasn't a bad place to work at. Of course, you have your difficult customers but that's every business. The day started out as usual. My shift started at 7 AM, clocking in, read e mails, keep the breakfa...

Dear America or this time Dear White people Maybe you fear to be minority in this nation that you "found", maybe it's fear of losing your conservatism to new ideas but you have to accept the co existence in this nation. Being an outsider to this nation, the slogan I knew of America was "Melting Pot" which everyone worked together. In that aspect, that's what makes this nation so great. However, with Trump being the new president, we start to see more racist fuckers coming up to the surface. We see people who are known as ALT Right and Neo Nazis....If you ask me what is the difference, Im sorry, I do not know. One of Alt Right leaders stated that he understand the difference in race and that he is proud to be white. Minority are blaming whites and he wants to converse whiteness of this nation. What is crazy to me is how their grand parents fight the Nazis in WWII. Many soldiers didn't come back home and died for that same cause to prevent that fr...

Dear America We all live in this earth. We have this one planet and it's not like we can switch and move to another planet like we are moving to new neighborhood. This is not just America, this happens everywhere on this earth that things are being manufactured and thrown away due to our high demands of things to accommodate the rising population. People seems to be more aware now what environmental impact is consumerism is happening on the planet. Maybe certain president does not think it's real, but we can clearly see from each year being record breaking weather, BPA in the water, micro particles of plastic in our food and water, ice caps melting and O-Zone getting filled with green house gas due to factories, cars, and cattle. Many companies are taking approach to packaging products more environmental friendly wrappings, we start to drive more hybrid cards and electric cars and recycling is being taught. We are definitely taking the steps, but over almost century of ...

In Seattle, we have high rise in homelessness. News and politicians said it's due to opioid issue. I don't really want to go into opioid issue because that is birth of pharmaceuticals and doctors over prescribing pain medicine to highest dosage, often being Oxycontin which has similar strength to opium. But back to main issue. What is funny to me is that we have many abandon buildings and is left out and being an eye sore but we have all these homeless people. State should be able to put pressure onto these buildings/ potential temp lease, and provide water and power to these buildings and instant homeless shelter. Why try to figure knew way out to fight homelessness in Seattle when most reasonable way is most cheap and effective way. Think of creating new system with new shelter, foods, and etc. How much would that cost??? Now, think of leasing one of office buildings in each section of the city(Cap Hill, Pioneer Square, Queen Anne, International District, etc..) with...

2nd Amendment states: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. America, we are so crazy about gun and it's crazy to me. What is the reason why people need to have a gun? Most answer I hear is to protect themselves, protect home intruders, and hunting. PLEASE!!!! I bet if you had pepper spray, you will use it instead of gun to protect yourself. If you had other weapons at the house instead of the gun, shooting someone would be the only logical. Hunting.....why do you hunt again? it's sports? BS! I think that people in U.S is more scare to give up guns because they are scare of Martial law. Which means, citizens are more scare of government taking over the cities and towns and gun would be the only way to over throw that regiment. So initially, people are simply scare of their own government and they need to do anything to protect themselves. Whic...

Dear America I never seen a power country that struggles to provide health coverage for their citizens. Citizens who pays taxes and still getting by barely, these people are having issue with coverage and fear to go to doctor because the cost of visit cost arm and a leg. Maybe because these big pharmaceuticals are contributing a lot to government that it's difficult to say no to and it's not like i do not understand, I understand that contribution in billions are not something you could walk away from, but in what cost? People are dying in the streets due to not having insurance, people are going broke to pay for the hospital bills, people have to cut their daily budget and make sacrifices to just get their tooth fixed. It's often spoken that it's better  to catch a ride to Mexico to get teeth fixed. Recently my mother needed teeth fixed and potentially need implants. The implants will cost about $3000 each even with the medicare. Im sorry, but for normal peo...

I have recently watched the show call "Dear White People" on Netflix. This is an awesome show. I could understand why someone would be upset about it, but then again, I would think the person who got upset is ignorant enough to not hear the true message. Let's not speak to those bigots and focus on this. This is similar theme, which I want to say "DEAR AMERICA" No, it won't be about white people, but white people might be brought up due to significant amount of wrong doing that has happened from this country. You don't want to hear these things, you can STOP READING now. America has issues and we need to address them. Let's Begin.                                                   

I have been meditating. It's been 9 days I been meditating and really teaching me how to let things go. Knowing how hard you try, some things or certain circumstances can't be controlled. You have to let the natural take its course, even if it means letting the person go knowing they will never be back in your life as what it use to be. Now, I'm not some yogi, hippie, or vegan, but really, taking time to relax and breathe. My mind has been on over drive for a long time and many emotional roller coasters as well. I worried about little tiniest things thinking I'm projecting what the next move be or try to change outcomes by force. Being argumentative and being an asshole over all. I start to be a toxic person. Starting at cellphone all day and answer questions and soaking in informations constantly. My mind has been restless for a long time even if I slept and slept. Now, being mentally drain is different then physically being tired, which I didn't know bac...

Im sure wise people already made this choice and walked away from the cable companies and went straight to the digital streaming service and if you have not, do it, you ain't got nothing to lose. My biggest thing from cutting cable is local news and sports. Most of the streaming site such as first row sports, shows many links and it will work......with millions of pop ups and ads that, one point, you just want to give up. You also know that the usual streaming apps or websites doesn't carry live channels but these days are over. I have been cut from cable for roughly 4 years and when I first did it, it was hard because the live sports games. Missing NBA playoffs, Super Bowl, and World Series were among the programs I missed about cable, so I would have to either go to my friends or go to bar to catch these games. But I had Netflix, Hulu, and of course, YouTube to keep me busy. Limiting my viewing experience, I had to do something to get my life feed and got sick of telling p...

Welcome to 21st Century; we may not have hover cars and robots that are going to be our maids like from The Jetsons, but we are indeed living in future. And, biggest example is not with gadgets but with our currency and payment options. In my blog "Samsung Pay" ( http://pjpark10.blogspot.com/2016/03/samsung-pay-new-mile-stone-of-mobile-pay.html ) I explained how far we have came in our payment method and where we are no longer needed of physical card or cash to make payments now because most of our shopping are done digitally either thru online or payment method where it is simply transactions of codes one one machine to another. Let's take a look at our current situation. A normal how hold would work and receive payment thru direct deposit which means, it's not your work physically putting  money in your bank account but transferring fictional money to your profile at local bank. And you would pay bill from not existing profile to spread it through other business...

Imagine if you will....... A man owns a restaurant. Restaurant always been his passion and he worked hard to open it. It started out as just another day at his restaurant. He prepped and served people. Then, a customer came in. As of the start, you could see he was not in the best mood. Customer sat and ordered few dishes. Man creates and serve dishes. Some reason, customer was not satisfied and complaints regards to the dish. Man knows it is business and it is his establishment; man does not talk back and only apologizes. Now, the customer is yelling at him. Calling him names and criticizing his skills as a cook, and questions man for his abilities. Customer leaves. Man's day has been ruined. The man closes his restaurant for the day carrying this anger inside of him. Suppressing much as he can. Man gets home. His wife opens up the door with smile saying "Welcome home, honey" But man is in no mood to be jolly. Wife has prepared the dinner, and he s...

As our technology grew, so did our payment system. Old days days, it was all gold coins, then cash came in as nations established their banking system, then we were introduced to credit card, and now, mobile payment. Mobile payment became some what of essential thing and many store started to adopt the trend and enhanced their credit card system to make mobile payment easy due to our daily usage of our smartphones. But not many followed suites. I would say about 75% of the bricks and stone stores haven't got to that, yet. But do not fear, Samsung Pay is here. Few days ago, i was out of town and when I was on my way back,  i accidentally left my wallet in my parents car. Luckily I had my passport, so getting through security check at the airport wasn't going to be a problem. But, i had no money; no cash, no card, no anything. But i had my phone. I had my Android pay set up on my phone, but my fear was that stores at airport wasn't equipped to accept mobile payment yet. ...

I listen to everything from Rap, Rock, Jazz, Classicial, Blues, Punk, Pop, R&B, Dub Step, EDM and even Folk (No country or Heavy Metal, sorry). But, at the end of the day, my favorite have to be Hip Hop/ Rap. Why? because even though, so many so called music aficionados believe rap isn't really music, rap convey message using slang and code and it really fascinate me of how much creative a person can get. But do not get me wrong; this doesn't mean I like all rappers. If anything, I am more harsh on rappers than a R&B singers. For me, rap got to me creative and unique. Rap got to convey a message that everyone goes through and let the fans relate to the lyrics. Rap shouldn't always be about Money, Cars, Blings and Hoes; I love intelligent rap that actually have a message and meaning. So here is my top 5 rappers. 1) Jay - Z: If you know me, this shouldn't come off as a shock; this guy is my idol. Yes, he does talk about money, cars, blings and hoes; but who does...

Feeling like I'm lost in the sea. Loneliness hit Just following this water that drifts I seem like a lost man No particular place to be But water jet streams my life Hold on to something Try to stay on my feet Bottom of rum like pirates Seek the solution in the drink Cause silence only seek The reflection in me I'm bumping left and right Hoping that's the right way to home But when I dock I have amnesia Was I here when this journey started Home is made to be Home is suppose to be Sitting in the boat Hoping someone recognizes me Maybe miss me Or is my life time Just another pass by Once up on a time story? It was sweet to begin with I look for lost souls Maybe they will understand But Poseidon doesn't have mercy he made us colder So only way to be truly warmer once again is by love ones, who would hold us But my soul belong to the see Mermaids are calling to come in and play So, can never dock I set sail, again Hoping to find the way ...

Not many people say these words any more; Sir or Ma'am. I worked in customer service long enough that if became words that I use frequently. People love to here and some prefer to be just called by their name when I call them that. But these are words of manner and you can't go wrong showing some manner. But this blog isn't about manners, it's more about domino affect. Currently, I work at a convenient store and I deal with many different characters; Some rich, some poor, some young and some old. Older generation love hearing younger person call them Sir or Ma'am because it shows sign of respect. Not really in Pullman but on the Westside of Washington, lot of young people come in and greet with "What's Up, Yo, Sup", which I am not mad at but, personally, I don't really like it. It's because I am a person of class and I try to act like a gentleman much as possible. I know why they do it because I use to those kids. I use to have pants hanging un...

Life isn’t a easy ride; everyone feels things we call “emotions” from anger to happiness, sadness, frustration, depression, an etc.. people will feel these in their life time. At that moment, it feels likes the life will be over if that certain thing does not pan out the way it should when it’s only a tiny piece of your life like a pebble on the beach. But we can not let that pebble become the rock that will trip us over and fall down to lose the race, even after the fall, we should get up and at least try your best to make something out of nothing. Life in rough neighborhood is……well………..not easy, but these people been tested by life so many times that their back is always against the wall. And what do you do when you your back is against the wall; you start fighting back. Can’t give up, when you do, that is when the game is over. When Michael Jordan had the flu and couldn’t even talk; he went out on the court and Bulls won the game. Can you really say Bulls could’ve done it without...

Something got to be different from yesterday, right? We try to achieve new goals or set goals everyday and I believe that is the reason why we wake up every morning to take on the day. But something have to be different. If you are a student, you should learn something today that you didn’t know yesterday, if you are a working person, your career should be one step closer to get a promotion, if you have debts, you should be one dollar lower on your debts; whatever you do, it should be one step closer to your main objective, it cannot be same as yesterday. It is not a physical evolution where fish first walked on land, but it’s more of mental evolution where you have gained something valuable to evolve you from yesterday you to today you. It’s only human nature that we strive to be better every day. If we stayed the way we are everyday, we would still be homo Neanderthal with no development. And, most likely, we would’ve been wiped out like dinosaurs. Some may ask “Paul, What do y...

Plz don't blame me for trying. It was only right for a straight man to feel this way when he feels we have entered the new level of our relationship. I only try to move forward when I feel we have achieved something special and I was only trying to turn to next chapter and try to see what new opportunities and horizon we would've open together. But, can't blame me for how I acted. Im sure you understand why I took such action and did what I did. You understand me more than most of friends I have known longer than you have known me. And the feeling that I have is hard to shake and many many times, I have thoughts that this can be more than what it is. But now I gotta do what I do and stand by next to you in different circumstances and different positions. I gotta watch what I say, and gotta pretend everything is ok. It will be hard but I have to try. Got to try...

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger and, in this life, there is no such thing as smooth sailing. Everyone goes through their own ways of pain and, even though its hurtful during the moment, it gives the best gift to us; experience. Once you go through such events that shakes your life, you would know exactly how to deal with it when it comes around. At that moment, you feel like your heart is torn to pieces, darkness bloom inside of you, sun will never shine again, and want to say ”F*#k everybody”. But, you have to keep your head up and fight through this pain because this pain will make your hearr stronger than it was before. Its kinda like getting sick; when you first get it, the new feeling will break you down and tear you apart, but once you dealt with it, you will get immune to the pain. Its harder to do than,talk,about it, but this blog is written to let you know that, don't lose hope. You have to keep going. I often think that, people who went through great amoun...