HOW SICK ARE THESE SHOES?

It's 6am in the morning on my day off and I'm online looking at shoes?!!


Well these shoes are gangsta! I'm getting a pair! Adidas NBA superstars $99 US. If you didn't get me a b'day present/xmas present, now you know.

"A Superstar like no other. The adidas Men's NBA Superstar is inspired by the greatness of the NBA courts. This high-caliber court shoe features a smooth leather upper with a classic rubber shell toe "

And to think I was at the Nike factory yesterday @ Auburn looking for new shoes! For the whole NBA collection, click here.



THE QUESTION NOW IS - WHICH ONE?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm also digging the Nike Cortez with the major capital cities. If your a sneaker fiend you know what I am talking about. They've got sneakers for major cities with pic of landmark like London's Big Ben, The Jesus statute in Rio De Janiero, the Tokyo shoe and Brooklyn. Ohhh I love sneakers!

New School: The M3 Carmelo Anthony shoes

I saw these at Footlocker the other day for $225. These are the new Melo shoes. Check out the new ad!

MELO ELEVATE YOUR GAME


Old School: The history of Nike Air Force

The Nike Website has the history of Nike Air Force 25 with bios on Moses Malone, Sir Charles, Jamaal Wilkes, Michael Cooper. This is crazy plus they got all the new players as well. And upping the ante is the commentary by none other than Rakim Allah. I reckonise that voice from anywhere.

I'm out like Adidias NBA Superstars,

DJ Ho

Go to Church cause the remix hurts

Chapter 1, Verse 1: The DJ Ho Diaries

Currently listening to Nathan Tasker.

It's not often that I bump to Christian music @ 8am in the morning. In fact, I don't listen to Christian music ain't all unless I'm at Church. Earlier in the year, I went to the Katoomba Youth Convention @ Blue Mountains. I heard Nathan Tasker play and he was awesome. So good in fact, that I bought his CD and got it autographed.

These days, you can't be an artist without a myspace can you? So no surprise, he's got one too. One of the motivators behind purchasing the CD was that as a Christian we should have some QT (quiet time) with the Lord and spend time reading the bible, praying, and so on.

Honesty can be a ...............


To be honest, I generally never do that. I rarely pick up a bible. I only pray when I eat or if there is something I need from him. It's a bit selfish I know. So I bought the CD and listen to it as my way of worshipping the Lord. It's kinda strange way to do it, but my friend Amy does the same thing. Trust me, its so much easier listening to uptempo Christian rock music then reading the bible. That stuff is dense!


I ain't trying to bible bash you. I don't even write about my religion on my blog. Ever. I write more about the Muslim religion than Christianity! Perhaps its time to change that a bit.


For those that don't know, I became a Christian approximately 4 years ago. Pretty much on my 21st birthday. These days, I help out in the Church on Sundays. We have a rotating roster and occassionally I am the worship leader. That means, I am responsible for leading the prayers, introducing the speaker, announcements, reading the bible and whatever else needs to be done. Kinda like being an MC (just without the rapping).


Bible Study? On Friday Nights?


I used to go Bible Study group on Friday nights. We used to crash at someone's house. A different person would make dinner each friday night and then we do our bible study. That would be my Friday night. Bible study kinda died out and these days, you'll find me drinking and clubbing in the city. Ever since I started working, that's been my routine.


I tried to make the bible study we have at work during our lunchtimes. But that didn't correlate well with my eating habits. I just don't want to be doing bible study during my lunch break. It's like I see it a chore. I used to be all keen and eager to go when I started working, and it was good to see other Christians at work. But I'm always automatically cancelling the invite everytime it pops up in my email.

21 Questions

Why is it that I can find the time to play basketball during lunch time but can't find the time to go to bible study?


Why is it that when its my turn to be the worship leader, i'm out til 1 or 2 in tha morning?


Why is it that I do the bare minimum as a Christian?


Why is it that I cringe everytime my mum says I should meet a nice girl at Church?!!!


Mum: "DJ, you should go to X Church, and meet a nice Christian girl!"

DJ: "But ma, the girls at clubs are so much better!"


I'm out like rocking to Christian music,


DJ Ho.

My Space is up!

I'm finally jumping on this myspace bandwagon. I figure its a good way to keep in contact with friends. I'm still a blogger til i die though and i'll keep updating my entries regularly.

The website is http://www.myspace.com/dj_ho . check it. If you've got a myspace, add me in.

I'm out like the myspace bandwagon,

DJ Ho

Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year!

It's Xmas eve and there's only two hours to go!

Tonite I'm at home with my family and just watching some DVD's. A quiet night in for once. Saturday, I was all over the place and Friday.........that's a different story! I met up with DJ Crayzee and Plunkett @ Verandah Bar. Then we went loose @ Privilege with the $3 drinks. Met up with Rahul and then it real derty coz we ended up at Space (the nightclub above Shark Bar). Spaceth man spaceth.

We clubbed til the lights came on (which was like 4am if you were curious). That place was absolutely crowded and I really didn't want to go there, but i had not much choice cause everyone else wanted to. What an Asian joint! I was like with the only two white people in the whole club! Turned out to be a good night in the end.




Love this D'Angelo album. His best track actually ain't on the album, it's on the Space Jam soundtrack. In fact, he doesn't even sing that much in it! It's called "I've Found My Smile Again" and the instrumentals are just crazy. D'Angelo is such a good crooner and his got that old soul style/jazzy flavour......ya feel me? Before Justin Timberlake's song, D'Angelo was bringing sexy back! Check out the other Brown Sugar's myspace page.

I'm out like Christmas Eve.

DJ Ho

p.s. I'm up for one more night of clubbing before 2006 finishes up. You know where to find me.

B'day pics from the Pumphouse

From left to right: The other birthday boy (Ivan), Jerm, Abbi, Alvin who thinks he's drinking Dom P

Self Titled Portrait: DJ Ho

We bringing sexy back: PJ and Sharon

The DJ wearing his PJ's

The Nic and I

It's 4 in tha morning, and we getting it on

Aerial view of the pumphouse

Don't Smack That........

This is a catchup post more than anything. How y'all doing btw? I've been busy, going out, doing my thing.

Been a interesting weekend. Friday night we had our work Xmas party in Darling Harbour. There was another party going on next door @ Watershed and they looked they like were having fun......so we did the next best thing..... we crashed it and joined them on the dance floor. That was cool but me, PJ and another friend needed another fix of clubbing.

We walked up to Oxford St and supported my mate's charity party @ Burdekin Hotel. The place was a bit dead at 1 in tha morning. They weren't many people on the dance floor, so we did what we normally do....we danced anyway. We got down to the sounds of electro beats and house music.

Next up, we were still pumped up and fueled by alcohol.......so then we went to Stonewall. Yes, that Stonewall. The gay and lesbian club Stonewall. Hadn't been there before, so I was a bit concerned about being some guy's "butt buddy" or if they played the song "smack that" and they got animated with the hand actions.

Be careful if you ask for cocktails on Oxford St

We went up to the second level and it was packed out. They were like guys openly making out, dykes getting it on, 60 year old women dancing around like their 18, crazy mohawk hairstyles and drawn on Bono glasses. Basically, a totally different crowd to what I used to. Oxford St attracts all types I guess.

Some dude (I presume he was a dude) touched my back and I was like "you better get your hands up off me!". My mates just laughed. The locals know when your not interested when you give them THE LOOK - like you've been zapped by electricity and want to run away. Your reaction tells them everything.

Maybe I was a lil tense in the club, but I still had fun on the dancefloor. This dyke actually liked one of my female friend and verbally abused me with something like "You stealing our good women! This ain't a RNB club. This is my house! There ain't no equal opportunities here!".

It actually occured to me even if i was busting to go the bathroom, there was no way I was venturing into the toilets @ that place. Who knows what kind of extracurricular activities are going on in there. In fact, I was told that I was much better off going into the female toilets! Let's not have a repeat of the shower from hell post.

After this experience, I have never been more assured about my heterosexuality.

I'm out like clubbers on Oxford St,

DJ Ho.

Philadelphia Blues

My man A.I aka "The Answer" aka the one and only Allen Iverson is apparently out of Philly! What the deal yo? All signs point to him being traded. It's been a long time coming. Philly have been shopping him for years and it looks like this is it. I know the 76ers suck and need a trade to upgrade, but I love seeing star players being associated with one club.


Like Jordan was to the Bulls, The Admiral & the Spurs, Barkley and the land of the rising Suns, Olajuwon to the Rockets, and Reggie to the Pacers. Admittedly, some of these players were traded and joined other teams in the twlight of their careers, but we associate them with the main club they were at. I'm sure in years to come, Iverson & Illadeph will still remain tight. But its a sad trend in the NBA and in other sports that players can't play out their careers with one club.


Due to a range of factors players change teams such as salary cap restrictions, fickle management and fans that demand instant results, rebuilding projects that fail, players wanting a chance at success and the chase for mo' cheddar. Trades are exciting to read about however you kind of lose that connection with the players because they change teams so much these days.

Blog Loyalty? What happened to player loyalty?

Go get'em A.I. You have done everything you could for Philly. Everything you played you gave them 100%. You played hurt, you played injured, you played til winter froze. You carried them when they were down, you led them to the finals in 2001, you won the MVP, you held the scoring titles. You are a legend. It's management's fault that they assembled such a crappy cast to support you. I still can't fatom how they offered these huge contracts to chumps like Dalembert, Aaron Mckie, Eric Snow, Kyle Korver, etc...... that really tied down the team and led them to languish at the bottom of the league tables.

I'm out like A.I in Philly

DJ Ho.

Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done - Music Update

I'm trying to get myself a copy of the new Jigga LP "Kingdom Come". It's produced by Kanye, Dr Dre and Just Blaze. Can't wait! I've heard the track that's been leaked onto the radio stations a few months ago, and it was hot. Check out a preview here.

Good news, Lupe Fiasco (pictured above)- the dude on Kanye's "Touch The Sky" track - is coming to Sydney. He's playing at the Metro on 23rd January and also at Big Day Out. Kick, Push fool! I've also been checking out his myspace page. Doesn't have much other than a couple of tracks from his LP "Food & Liquor". i gotta cop that album too.

In other rnb news, John Legend is back! He just dropped his second opus - "Once Again". Just started listening to it, it's not too bad. I loved Legend;s first album and I was at his first concert in Sydney, when he wasn't that big in Australia. Apparently this album has less piano (which is his trademark!) and more guitar riffs and heavier bass lines. I'll let y'all know how it is.

I really want to go to Good Vibrations this year. The headline act is Beastie Boyz, Jurrasic 5, Rahzel, and a bunch of House, Breakbeat acts. I've always heard positive things about Good Vibes, and this year should be no different. And have to see Saul Williams when he comes out and does the Sydney Festival again. I missed him last year. He's one of the best spoken word artists and the track "Black Stacey" is off the hook.

And to round it off, here are my local peeps doing their thang. My man 2B# is climbing the charts on 96.1FM and onlyKC has got a demo tape doing the rounds. Good luck to you guys! Last but not least, I've caught up with old school friend of mine, Daniel Karunaharan (now Daniel Chelliah) who's launched a website called UrbanRebirth. It's about Christian urban artists - rappers, RNB singers, etc.. Cool concept, though I have yet to hear any of these artists. They appear to be mainly U.S. based because the genre is huge over there.

I'm out like new albums before Christmas,

DJ Ho.

Two Five

Why do we celebrate birthdays?

On one hand we celebrate because we've been on this earth for another year. The fact that we've lived for another 365 days.

However, on the other hand, should we be mourning the fact we are one year closer to death? The older we become, the more inevitable that we will meet the end of the line.

I choose the glass half full option. I look at it in a positive light. Originally, I wasn't planning to do anything for my birthday but screw it, I'm going all out - the only one I know how - going to the Pumphouse nightclub in the city! I'll be celebrating with another person who shares the exact same birthdate.

It's a nice club too. Two levels, central location, AND it plays the right kind of music - hip hop and RNB (mandatory). You know how we do.

But wait, there's more! I'll be 25. What a crazy age to be. A quarter century.

I don't even feel 25. In fact I don't even feel 24, 21, or 18. I feel ageless. Like I've never grown up since 18. Once your past that age, man it kinda gets mixed up.

The last 7 years have been a blur. I spent 5 of those years at uni. 2 of them working full time. Like Biggie said "I've been around the world". Well not quite. I've seen China, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Japan and Bankstown.

Caught up with old high school friends last night for drinks @ Privilege. Funny how things done changed. But funny how some things don't change. Big Bird's still 6'6 and stands out amongst a crowd of asians. Fozz is still trying to beat the odds. Nugget's still working the females (there's your shoutout punk!). Gargy's still got a huge nose and trying to bet $5 on everything. As E-40 would say, it's all gravy.We all on top of our game, moving on up in the world. Talking about working, making $$$, girls, music and life.

Maybe being 25 ain't so bad after all. As long as I've got my friends, my health, I'm achieving things with my career, play ball, go to concerts. That's all I want. And that's all I need.

I'm out like 24,

DJ Ho.