I recently sold my Sony A7II to upgrade to the new Sony A7SII, but my guy has taken forever to get it for me. So this is my life, living with no camera and using a Go Pro as my tool for blogging.
Tag: ngu ass
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Let’s Go Pro to the Maxx Oil | The Plug
The other night we went to Churro Burrough for the bomb churro ice cream sandwiches! A must have if you’re ever in LA. John rocking the Bad Seal weather proof jacket in front of Churro Burrough, Perfect for the winter season. A bunch of guys and two Australians enjoying some sweets. After dinner we met up with Jerald who was having a photo shoot with the Phaze 2 homies. Here’s a shot of Mikey’s 911. I wish I was able to bring my car out to shoot that night, but my IS250 has been in maintenance mode. One of my favorite things to do is my oil change because right after I can feel a big difference in how my car runs. I decided to switch things up and go with Pro-Maxx fully synthetic oil. I really like the design of the bottle, it just gives you a good feeling in your hands when you’re pouring out the oil. You should definitely try this oil on your next change! My other maintenance problem was my air suspension. Recently, both of my front air bags ripped while I was driving and completely aired out on the street. Luckily I was able to drive it home aired out, I guess the positive of this situation is now I know I can drive my car fully dumped to the ground. I got some big plans for my IS250 and will be updating about it in my next post.. Hopefully, I’ll have a camera by then.. -
2AM in New York | RO Explore
Photos of our adventures in the city that does not sleep.
First time taking the subways in New York and it was so easy to use. Wish they had this kind of system in California.
For dinner we ate at Korilla BBQ, which I only know of is because of the great food truck race. They definitely lived up to their name for their Korean fusion food.
Bulgogi rice bowl with bacon kimchi fried rice and potato salad.
Shavi got the spicy pork burrito.
The goal of tonight was to see New York City at night and the best spot in the city was the Empire State Building. I’ll let the photos speak for themselves.
2AM with Jerald.
Grand Central Station.
Live in the moment Jerald.
America in one photo.
Time Square is lit.
Baes in New York.
24 hours of New York Pizza. Thanks New York for the 24 hours of fun.
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Studio Time with DEM BEATS | RO Explore
Ever since Derek moved to LA for music school, I’ve been visiting him in LA every other weekend just because I know he has nothing to do on the weekends and I always have restaurants I want to try. This weekend Derek invited us to his studio for a recording session where he will be recording some music with his classmates.
Before heading to LA, I was at work getting ready for the big move. Check out the two S13’s that the RO brothers just picked up.
I can’t wait to see what they have in stored for these two beauties.
I’m so in love with the clouds lately.
When we arrived Derek was already in the middle of recording his classmate singing to a beat Derek made.
I’ve never seen Derek so focused before, it’s great to see friends find their passion in life.
This place is pretty damn cool.
Which one is the “On” button?
Derek always representing HOODRATstuff when he’s in the studio.
Afterwards we went to Milk to get dessert before dinner, this is a everyday Minh kind of thing.
While we were in the car, we came to a realization that none of the guys besides me have been to the LACMA Urban Lights installation. So, I decided to pop 4 cherries in one trip.
I’ve been here so many times, but I still never get over it.
Cuties.
So close, yet so far.
Does it look like I’m holding the pole?
Number one destination for tourists.
My new daily, the Toyota Venza.
Outside at Honeymee waiting for our table at EMC.
And from this a sticker was born…
Late night hangs.
Finally got seated at EMC Seafood, get ready for some seafood porn with these delicious lobster rolls.
Uni pasta!
Garlic noodles.
When bae makes sure you’re getting enough to eat.
50 oysters.
Went back to Derek’s apartment to chill for a bit, it’s so surprising how his GS300 is still intact in LA. It use to get more fucked up driving in OC.
Tower 42, where the orgies happen.
Just kidding, we just napped. Vinh getting hit with that food coma. Happy Birthday Derek! I only wish you success and happiness in your life.
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Stance Nation x Nisei Show Off 2015 | Gallery
Check out this photo dump of this past weekend’s Stance Nation x Nisei Show Off all photos by Minh Nguyen(@nguminh).
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The Homie Hayle | HOODRATstuff
Spent the day with my favorite weirdo, Hayleglaiza Yap Cayaga. It’s weird not seeing her every other day ever since she moved back home to Oxnard. Now we only see each other when she has a job out in OC or if she’s visiting her cousin. Hayle came to my work and got me the get out of work early card, so we could shoot some HOODRATstuff x Steel High Supply product shoots and explore some parts of Long Beach.
Found this spot by the Long Beach Aquarium and it gave the perfect summer vibes we were looking for.
Hayle is rocking the Just Do Bad Things tank top with the exclusive HOODRATstuff bucket hat.
What are those?!!? Dirty ass feet.
She said she wanted a photo where her face looked pretty.
Hayle strolling along in the Just HOODRATstuff tank.
Look up season.
The struggles for the right angle.
She was a skater girl, he said see you later girl, she wasn’t enough for him.
Hayle’s “When the beat drops” face.
Found this small little fence to pose on, not even sure what’ it’s suppose to fence off.
In this photo, Hayle is rocking the JUST DO BAD THINGS tee available in XS-XXL.
Yeah fences are bad.
Messenger girl.
Hayle’s fear of heights was real on these tiny stairs.
Skateboard voguing.
RO Explore.
You can follow Hayle at @haylebaby on Instagram, Twitter, Snap Chat and all that jazz.
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Kawaii Seattle | RO Explore
Got the chance to visit the Seattle baes and take a trip to Vancouver, Canada with them. Vickie invited me to go with them to FVDED in the Park in Vancouver. It was a ridiculously cheap music festival with a pretty good line up and with my impusliveness, I bought my ticket the day she invited me. I caught an early flight to Seattle, so I could spend a day in the city before we left to Vancouver and Long was nice enough to pick me up from the airport in the morning. We then met up with Vickie for lunch.
We went to Meat and Bread which is exactly how it sounds. Meat and bread.
The cut roasted pork and serve it on bread.
Not sure which sandwich this is, but it looks delicious.
The Porchetta.
It looked so basic when we got it, but god damn it’s good.
Vickie preparing her food before devouring the sandwich.
Long got the stomach flu the other day from eating some nasty shit, so he’s sipping on some soup, hoping he won’t take a shit in a couple of minutes.
The porchetta is absolutely mind-blowing. Tender, succulent, and in my opinion, the quintessentially perfect sandwich. As I’m writing this, I’m getting hungry just thinking about it and I just ate lunch about 30 mins ago.
Rainbow cross walks everywhere. Apparently, the gay population is bigger than San Francisco. I guess the more North you go up, the gayer things get.
Fancy street art.
Next stop would be Hello Robin where their specialty is baked goods and they combine it with ice cream from Molly Moons.
I’m assuming the lady on the left is Robin. #Milf.
Seattle has freeway cool tunnels everywhere.
Mt. Rainier.
Justin finally got off work and he took us around while Long went home to take a shit and nap.
Went to docks for some reason.
You’re like the ocean and I’m so desperate to drown. #therearenobrakesonthefeelstrain
Got some macaroons because bitches love macaroons.
Love local?
These little things pack a lot of flavor.
Eating macaroons got me like…
Next stop would be Uneeda Burger which was good, but I’ve had better burgers. It might had to do with the fucking heat and this place not having any air conditioning that made it uncomfortable to eat. I got the Crimini burger with poutine fries.
I believe Justin got the BBQ smash.
Looks appealing.
High aerial shots.
Savovo met us up to get some boba. My first time seeing his car in person.
Loving the time attacked theme Civic.
Herod came through too to munch on some more food. I’m very surprised I didn’t get anything this time..
Taylor rolling through with his photogenic MS3.
Spotted a crew of cars just cruising on through the city.
Varis Subaru STI.
The Benton.
Justin getting hyphy in Savovo’s Civic.
Te Gold.
Low is a life style.
Check out the Hayle sticker on the rear quarter panel!
Herod’s RSX on Volky TE-37s.
We went to gas works and there were so many activities going on like this light saber dueling group.
Couples fucking everywhere.
Nice view of the Seattle skyline.
Dudes fire bending a couple feet away from us.
More views.
Herod aka Mr. Steal Your Girl.
Kiss her already, you fool.
Sun setters.
Bryan’s TSX cruising to Alki.
The Benton rollers.
Herod got a prime parking spot.
Henderson finally came through.
Vickie got some gelato. She was trying to get me fat.
This is nice.
This is nicer. Peace out. Next post will be about our adventures in Vancity.
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Memories On Shuffle | Photo Dump
Some photos I forgot to post of Ryo’s last day in America.
Also check out this bag we made for the HOODRATstuff line.
You know this post is old when you see John’s GS .
The homies.
We’ll miss you Ryo!
Felt like shooting some photos of my car before it goes into another make over..
Sad days aren’t permanent. .
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The Wek Bowl | Wekfest San Jose
Wekfest is what I believed to be one of the top shows in the United States right now. That’s one of the reasons why we attend, display and vend at this show. It’s strictly all about the love of cars and nothing more. That’s why we fuck with you Wekfest. We start the day with us coming in 3 hours before the show starts to get the booth ready for the attendees.
Cars were still being staged 3 hours before the show.
A line up of colorful cars.
Chromed out Rocket Bunny GTR from R1 Concepts.
Slammed Integra on Avant Garde wheels.
It still amazes me to see Type R Integras for some reason.
Karl drove the Porsche from LA to San Jose to show with Crooks and Castles.
I’m really digging the new color set up on the Work Meisters.
I remember seeing this S5 at SOWO! It’s crazy how some people drive their cars all across the country for car shows. Maybe this will inspire us to do the Royal Origin world tour.
I first fell in love with this GS last year at Wekfest, glad to see it is still in good condition despite it being a drift car.
This Sienna is fucking cool. Laid out with a nice matte orange vinly wrap and nice fitting wheels, it’s pretty much perfect.
Now time for some expensive builds.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen this blue RWB before and it doesn’t look like it has a name either. Either way it’s nice to see a RWB without the sticker bombs.
Rocket Bunny GTR on the new Rotiform Watanabe inspired wheels.
I see Yasu everywhere..
Cool to see more of the older style Mercedes in the VIP game.
Jessy’s LS430 is always flossin from socal to norcal.
Vinh’s STI was the car that welcomed you into our row.
Kevin’s S2000 was looking proper with the new Gram Lights.
Waseem’s static CT also showed with us. Sucks that he had to drive for like 3 hours to get his gas down to 1/4 tank. #hybridlife
Jason’s beauty of an IS300.
Booth setup on point that someone needed an aerial view on their go pro.
James Tran’s boosted RSX on Volk CE28n.
Homies.
That side vinyl was installed in 20 minutes.
This looks like a 2nd best crew award.
Jimmy’s wide LS400, he drove all the way from Washington to be at this show.
The flares look great on his LS and I love the way the wheels fit.
Wow, extremely aggressive lines on this GS from Pure VIP. Pretty fucking cool.
A Martini edition Porsche 911 out of no where.
Vankulture bringing out all of the coolest vans like this Previa.
Josh’s award winning IS, I wouldn’t be surprised this car coming home with some plaques.
Jeremy’s SC430 looking real loud with the new wheels.
VIP Modular’s Liberty Walk Challenger.
A Lexus RCF on Infinite Werks Wheels.
Sick EVO on CCW classics running our Royal Origin license plate frame. Thanks for the support!
I think all of the Liberty Walk Challengers from California were present at this show.
Floss Design unveiled his S13 Rocket Bunny at Wekfest.
The green and orange mix is an interesting color way and definitely makes it stand out among the other Rocket Bunny S13s out there.
This IS300 is super crazy sporting a BN Sports kit on some flares to fit a nice set of Work Equips and to power it all is a LS1. One of goals was to do an LS1 swap into my old IS300.
Erik’s EP3 made the long trek up here from OC.
Most of the West Colletive guys journeyed up here as well.
Best looking Genesis Sedan I have ever seen.
Wekfest awards and they had new merchandise for sale.
The next few posts will be just wide bodied cars at Wekfest starting with the blue RWB from earlier.
The Rocket Bunny GTR again.
Liberty Walk Challenger.
Vollkommen Design Subaru.
This Lambo is already wide..
Can’t go without the Rocket Bunny FRS.
My favorite car in Wekfest. The paint, the wide body kit and the height is perfect.
Straight out of Initial D.
Concave.
Beach boys.
Shout out to everyone who came by the booth for some HOODRATstuff.
Look how filled up this place is compared to the photo I took in yesterday’s post.
Highlight of the festival was when we took a break and got some Ike’s sandwiches.
Sandwich porn. Get a Lex Luthor and eat it by yourself.
Hayle was showing Kyren around to his first car show. Hope you enjoyed it Kyren!
Getting ready for the group shot and Hayle steals the show.
Thanks Wekfest for the award and thank you to everyone for the continued support without you guys we wouldn’t keep on coming back to Wekfest San Jose. Also a huge thanks to Derek, Aron, Vinh and Clinton for working the booth. Nimo is looking high af in this photo. Check the gallery for more photos and come back for the roll out shots.
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The KOF Returns | Event Coverage
The King of Fitment returns, meaning cigar smokes at car meets are back and business for Vietnamese coffee shops should be going up. Charles who use to hang out with us regularly is now working in Amsterdam and since the car culture over in Amsterdam isn’t that big, he decided to throw a meet at Central Pine. The car meet brought out all of the homies from the 626 to 714 and we all came out to see Charles and inhale some second hand smoke.
Allen’s boosted IS300 on Enkei NT03.
Jineane gangster IS300 wagon now on NKB Seiken wheels.
John and Courtney brought out their E46 and F30 both on TE-37s and rocking a GT wing.
Chrispy’s LS430 looking immaculate bagged on SSR SP1.
Fast car, but always late to events.
Type R from Loi Spec rocking some mag blue TE-37s.
Central Pine’s gangster lineup.
Very cool Y33 from Central Pine.
GS300 on Orders is always a classic.
Phi’s Civic on Orders looks pretty damn good too.
Casey’s SC300.
Wow, this Mercedes E500 wagon bagged on Rotiform SNA looks great!
Weird seeing the LS Gang without Neel.
Honda Odyssey with some ridiculous rear fitment.
Reverse lipped Koenig Monsters looks good.
The most aggressive looking LS I’ve ever seen.
Found a cool spot in the parking lot for a photoshoot with Vinh’s Subaru.
These wheels are for sale by the way…
Those lug nuts are so cool.
Another look at Chris’s LS430.
Afterwards we went to Orange Circle and hung out. Really liking the 85mm for portrait shots.
Make sure you shop.royal-origin.com…
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Southern Style | Car Feature
We got to take some up close shots of Kyle’s GS300, Justin’s LS400 and Ryan Richey’s WRX. All of these cars have very unique features that make them stand out from the crowd and compelled us to take them aside to shoot.
First we have Kyle’s Lexus GS300 and as you can see it has a wild body kit with accents that match the wheels.
The body kit is from 326 Power a shop that is known for creating some of the craziest stanced cars in Japan from their body kits to their suspension parts that help create more wheel camber. This is my first time seeing someone in the States rocking the full body kit.
The wheels are Weds Kranze Cerebus and it’s held on with 326 Power extended lug nuts.
LED bars infused into the front bumper to light the way at night.
The GS is also sporting the 326 Power wing!
A very nice build and we’re glad to see more Japanese influenced cars here in the states.
Up next is Justin’s very wide LS400.
Justin’s LS400 is fronting a Sixth Sense front bumper and a custom wide body by Super Star Customs.
The Algernon Intelesse are tucked nicely under that wide fender.
This thing is just awesome to look at.
That stretch.
W I D E
Besides owning a cool car, he also adopts rescue dogs making Justin an awesome guy.
Last because he got lost and was late, Ryan Richey’s WRX. A car that was all over the inter-webs last year is still breaking necks today. Not many people dare to wide body their cars, let alone do it themselves.
Ryan’s WRX is sporting some temporary wheels and his front bumper was suppose to be wrapped the other day, but Chris Foreman never helped him out. Fuck Chris.
Anyways, the WRX still looks good regardless of the front bumper’s color.
That Georgia sunset..
Shout out Ryan, Justin and Kyle for letting me shoot their cars! It was a great taste of what the south has to offer in terms of modified cars. Hope to see you guys again sometime soon!
I miss you already Reginald.
