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Afters Meet | Event Coverage

Afters Ice Cream is poppin’ up everywhere and to celebrate each opening, they usually throw a big car meet and have special flavors for that day. This night Afters in Cerritos threw a car meet with Crooks N Castles and had a special ube ice cream flavor for everyone to try.

“Another one” – DJ Khaled.

Some really nice cars came out to play.

Sick Miata on Work CR01s.

West Collective breaking necks.

Robert’s awesome GS on Work VSXX.

Nicely done Porsche on Work Meisters.

An anime livery that I actually like and looks like a quality build of a car as well.

Allen and his big booty 350z on Weds Vishnus.

Super Kawaii Crew out reppin’.

We ended up leaving early because we were extremely hungry and momma always say no dessert before an actual meal. Congrats Afters on another store opening, making it way easier for us to fulfill our cravings.

-NGUMINH

July 14, 2016

LA Catch Up | RO Explore

Vinh Luong was in town with Rica and we had a triple date for some good SoCal food. It’s crazy how Vinh use to live down here and I would see him almost every other day, but now that he’s done with school and moved back to Milpitas I only see him a couple of times a year. I’m glad even without the passion of cars, we’re still able to hang out like we use to and that’s when you know you have a lifetime friend.

We took them to Abbitt and Kristina’s favorite shabu spot, Mokkoji Shabu Bar in Irvine.

Get any meat and ask for it to be marinated. Life changing…

Dessert we hit up the one spot that is always open late. After’s Ice Cream for a milky bun.

The following night was an adventure to KTown in LA for the best KBBQ. Hae Jong Chae. The girls wanted us to take a group photo, but we don’t really know how to be normal for a photo.

The ladies.

Couples.

Beautiful…

Medium rare for everything.

Make sure you save room for the kimchi fried rice at the end!

Make sure you shop.royal-origin.com…

Went exploring around LA for some good photo ops. I took them to Little Tokyo to find the hot ling bling hallway.

Vinh drove us in his Tundra. This thing is so awesome.

Yota Gurlz.

That’s it for today’s food adventure. I’ll miss you Vinh and Rica! Have a safe trip back home.

-NGUMINH

July 13, 2016

Lexus of Westminster Summer Meet 2016 | Event Coverage

The annual Lexus of Westminster summer meet is something I look forward to every year, but for some reason I haven’t been able to attend for the past 2 years. It was either because I was out of town or my car was down. This event back then was my first car meet that I ever went to and it inspired me to build my Lexus IS300, seeing all the fantastic builds back then was amazing to me.

Also the great thing about this event is that Lexus of Westminster parts department has everything on sale at employee pricing, so I usually stock up on oil filters until the next year. Did I mention they give free food away too? This year they had the Habit Burger to cater us. You can get in touch with 1966 Mustang GT350 manufacturers if you’re planning to buy a classic Mustang. Now let’s see some of the best cars. Whether you’re seeking luxury vehicles, sports cars, or practical options, a good place like Autozin offers a diverse collection to explore and discover your ideal automotive choice.

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Tommy from Infinitewerks showed up with his crew and his boss LS460.

Mikey’s static LS430 on VIP Modulars.

There use to be so many Lexus owners in RO, now it’s just 2-3 of us. Here’s 2 out of 3.

I always use quick detail cleaner before a car meet..

Arm’s Elixir IS300 on MB Battles.

Chameleon RCF.

Mean looking Rocket Bunny IS with the new 2015 front end.

Bippu style IS on Weds Bazerias.

2nd and 3rd gen GS on Junction Produce Scaras.

This generation of the GS is always going to be my favorite GS to VIP out.

Infinitewerks bringing out the heat.

Boosted ISF on Volk TE-37 SL.

Waiting for the free Habit burger.

Ross from SpoCom out here marketing the Anaheim SpoCom event which is this Saturday! 7/16, come through we have a booth.

Track inspired IS on Volk TE-37s.

Nice and clear RC350 on Work Zeast wheels.

Mike Vo’s incredible Black Pearl LS460.

Shout out to Lexus of Westminster for throwing a fun meet! Hope you enjoyed the photos, see ya’ll again next year!

July 13, 2016

Zion | RO Explore

My favorite thing to do is be out in the wilderness where mass murderers and bears can come out to kill you without any way of calling for help because you know in all movies police or any government aid in the wilderness are pretty much useless. But for my wife’s happiness, I risked my safety and we planned a trip out to Zion National Park with Chivas, Shavi, Nimo, Derek, Polly, Angelo and Bonnie. Most of my photos will be covering the second day of the trip, since I wasn’t able to make it to the first day where everyone went off-roading.

429 miles, 6 hours and going 110 MPH thanks to my wife’s driving.

Crazy how they were able to build these roads through the mountains.

We made it to Zion late, but everyone still had a lot of energy to cook dinner.

Here we have Chivas over cooking a marshmallow.

Omelette.

Julia is the crazy hiker, who hears something scary and goes and check its out.

Me and my wife Julia.

Beautiful waterfalls all over the park.

Shavi getting one for the snappy snaps.

Chivas at peace with himself.

Everywhere is a toilet in the wilderness.

Shout out to Julia for carrying the heaviest backpack known to mankind.

Secret photo shoots with Polly.

Taking it all in.

It literally said “Danger Beyond This Point”, but she wanted to go further out for a better picture..

Couple stuff.

Threesome stuff.

Chasing waterfalls.

The people who didn’t bail.

It was suppose to rain all weekend, but lucky for us the rain cleared and the sun came out.

Just beautiful..

Homeless Instagram photos with Nimo.

Homeless Instagram photo with Angelo.

The 4runner did some work yesterday.

How do I even coffee?

Bacon and Eggs burger at MeMe’s Cafe.

Chicken crepe.

BBQ pulled pork and onion rings.

At night, you could really see the stars so clear, so we decided to venture around the park for some star photos.

Ending the night with some smores.

Shavi looking good for a person who slept in the car all night.

Chivas ready for his close up.

Shout out to this crew for cooking, being fun and not bailing. It was a fun time!

Chivas with the photo bomb.

Man this place is beautiful..

Shavi smooth.

Angelo’s face when he sees a nice ass.

Champion.

Nimo all HOODRATstuff out.

Amazing jumping abilities by Nimo and Chivas.

Chivas took us to this mountain where there was a huge crack in it.

RO OFF-ROAD.

We ended this trip on a good note with Baby Stacks!

Definitely one of the most memorable camping trips I’ve been on. Thanks Chivas for planning it and everyone else for the good times. We definitely need to plan the next one soon!

-NGUMINH

July 13, 2016

Healthy to Fat in 10 Seconds | Food Adventures

Some food adventures for today, these are restaurants you must try when you’re in Orange County..

Acai Bowl at Crave Cafe in Garden Grove.

Lots of fruits and lots of flavor.

Mushroom Pizza at Jinny’s Pizzeria.

Everything at Pig Pen Delicacy.

Pho at Sit Low Pho.

After the Food Adventure we met up with the guys at 7 Leaves.

Adam’s Benz pm Rotiform IND-T.

Late night HOODRATstuff.

The next day I came into work and surprise! My 35mm 1.4 came in and this was my first test shot.

Jason planning the next steps for his Jeep.

After work I took the wife to check out Anaheim Packing District.

We got garlic fries and poke from Pokinometry down the street.

We were still hungry so we gorged ourselves into some buns at Baos Hog.

Food is everything to me…

-NGUMINH

July 12, 2016

Zion | RO Offroad

It hasn’t been long since some of us have fallen in love with off-roading, which really compliments our love of all things car, and exploring the world we live in. So, we decided to plan a Friday to Sunday camping and off-roading trip to Zion National Park in Utah. With Zion National Park only 2-3 hours away from Las Vegas, Nevada, and 6-7 hours away from Southern California; it was far enough to change the scenery dramatically. The first day was just filled with getting there, and setting up camp so we could off-road till the sunsets.

The primary off-roading vehicle; Chivas with his Toyota 4Runner overland build.

The secondary off-roading vehicle; Derek with his Jeep Wrangler Sport.

There was a light rain fall earlier, but cleared up perfectly in time for first day.

It felt like the cartoon movie “Cars” out here. The beautiful iron-filled surroundings gave the awesome rich red color to this area.

Just taking a dip.

Chivas leading the way on the off-roading trails.

It was the most fun I have had in the longest time being in this car and ripping through the creeks and streams.

Derek, Angelo, and Nimo were about to do some shenanigans.

Ripping through the stream with Angelo as a hood ornament.

These cows eventually blocked our path at one point. Until Angelo told them to “mooooooo-ve.”

You can just imagine a bunch of dinosaurs running across this area like Jurassic Park.

This ain’t a study area no more.

YOTA BOYZ.

So photogenic out here.

Here is a video of Chivas ripping through this area and hitting the rev-limiter:

That was pretty much day one of exploring and enjoying Zion National Park. Check to see what we did on our second day there.

Shavi Wijegunaratne
Instagram: shaviw
shavi@royal-origin.com

July 11, 2016

City of Angels with Bruno Mars | RO Explore

Spent the day with Rodney, exploring LA and making ourselves extremely fat. We made the trip to try out Beer Belly since it was on one of the top ten things to eat when you’re intoxicated.

You already know what it is. shop.royal-origin.com.

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real. -2Pac.

The famous grilled cheese at Beer Belly. Bacon on the side because Rodney doesn’t eat pork. He doesn’t fuck with cops.

Chili cheese fries.

Yolk and cheese porn.

LA blues.

We got rid of the blues with Salt and Straw ice cream.

We decided to go downtown and check out Grand park.

Symmetry is life.

Eerie.

Boost vibes.

Disney concert hall.

Rodney wanted me to shoot his new album cover photo. I heard he’s calling it “Bruno Mars The Replica”.

Deep in thought or just sitting on a random chair in the middle of a circle.

Reflection Eternal.

The best part of the day is when the lights come on in the city.

Bokehlicious.

Our last stop was the hot line bling hallway in Little Tokyo.

Does it look like he’s sitting on the white wall?

Still impressed that this grandma car was able to take us around in LA without breaking down.

Thanks for the good times Rodney!

-NGUMINH

July 3, 2016

KevinChow x PhotoMD x NGUASS | Car Feature

It’s always great to put names to faces, I have always seen the water mark “Kevin Chow Photography” and followed Kevin on Instagram for the longest time, but we’ve never met. Kevin recently hit me up and said he would be in town and wanted to meet up. We got together and did what normal automotive photographers do and we shot some cars.

Mikey Dang met us up and brought out his Amuse 370z. We took Kevin to the famous TK Plaza where the Fast and Furious was shot.

Mikey’s Amuse 370z on Volk TE-37 SL.

It was nice meeting Mikey aka photo_md for the first time too.

The Slow and Calm.

It feels nice to be driving a car that doesn’t have any problems for once.

Kevin’s IS on magnesium blue Volk TE-37. Sad, we didn’t get to shoot his car, but there’s always next time.

It was nice meeting you guys and shout out to Kevin for setting this up!

You can follow Kevin and Mikey on Instagram here..

Kevin – @kebinchow

Mikey – @photo_md.

-NGUMINH

July 2, 2016

Lexus Lowballers | Car Feature

When we were in town for the Anniversary meet, Andrew asked if I could shoot his and Jeremy’s Lexuses. Of course I said yes because both of their cars are ridiculously nice. The Low Ballers are from Las Vegas, Nevada and have a huge impact in the Vegas car scene. Their crew runs deep from Vegas to Japan and even some of the Royal Origin members use to be in the crew. Good times! We met up Andrew and Jeremy in the evening and got some pretty sunset shots with the Encore building.

Jeremy’s AIMGAIN SC430 on VIP Modular wheels rocking a very beautiful red paint job that I want so bad…

God that paint is so amazing..

So much Lexus porn..

A couple of Low Ballers.

The next car from the Low Ballers is Andrew’s LS400.

Andrew’s LS400 is sporting a rare J Unit kit bagged on Volk TE-37.

That perfect fitment.

Andrew’s LS is perfect in every way. Simply amazing.

Then we have my POS and it’s missing grills. I need to get my rear fitment on point.

Club Lexus. Thanks Jeremy and Andrew for letting me park with them for this photo.

Low Ballers x Royal Origin

Jeremy getting a burn out in before we left.

Shout out to the Low Ballers for letting me shoot their awesome cars. You can follow Andrew, Jeremy and the Low Ballers on Instagram down here…

Jeremy – @lowballers_sc430

Andrew – @sohigaragedru

The Low Ballers – @lowballerscrew

-NGUMINH

July 1, 2016

Food Unites Us | Food Adventures

The best two words you can tell me is “Let’s Eat!”. I’ve been on a food binge lately and it’s mostly because I try to eat like shit only on the weekends now. So, when the opportunity rises to go get some good food, I always say yes.

Spent my lunch with Rodney eating Mick’s Karma Bar and got a Habanero burger of course with a strawberry basil lemonade.

Afterwards, we tried this nitrogen ice cream spot near my house that puts dry ice in a bottom cup to give this smokey effects. Neat, but the ice cream wasn’t that good.