It’s been a while since I’ve been back on the east coast, I’ve only lived on the west coast for about 4 months but I have spent some time away from my new home in Santa Ana because of work..

So this is going to be my last trip for till the holidays .. So figured we should make it count and see our families and friends ..

This is normally where I would find Super Street or Euro Tuner … But it’s starting to be a rare thing these days ..

Grabbed my favorite magazine and new Tumi gear to load up to head to NJ

Our office in the sky

It’s really crazy how much work you can get done in the air ..

And in a instance it was dark ..

What’s up east coast ..

Ello moon ..

This is Baby brother .. God I miss my brother so much, He is everything I got .. I always tell him “It’s me and you vs the world” And I really feel like that how our lives are like .. No matter what happens in the end he is all I have and all I need ..

And I really missed my car .. Should I bring it to Cali ?

This is me waking up my little man Frankie my best friends son ..

and my girls thats Gia and Fia my girl’s nieces ..

this is frank and gavin our newest edition to the clan ..

my bri bri my besties daughter ..

I really have a crazy relationship with Frankie .. I have never connected with a child the way I do with him, Frank and Megan both tell me this all the time and everything I teach this kid, he just takes it right to the heart and molds into a man every day, It’s really hard to explain how that makes you feel but I have to say I love him as if he was my own ..

Frankie and Gavin .. It’s really amazing to see the boys so close .. It really reminds me of the relationship I have with my brother ..

Frankie’s new prisoner ..

This is there MAMA, my angel Megan my sister from another mother ..

And that’s my Nikki, The love of my life, partner in crime and more ..

That’s Sal .. My future sister in law’s son ..

This is my father, Ernie SR.. I’m a total daddy’s boy .. I love seeing him happy and he loves driving my 5 Series .. It doesn’t really take to much to make him happy !

This is my other half, why? That’s my beautiful mom, I am 110% my mother you can ask anyone on this post I am “a mother’s son” Thanks ma ! I love you

This guy, yea .. this guy is my sole mate, no homo he is “the best friend” he has been there for me though all my highs and lows in life and we’ve tackled everything together, and that fine women next to him is miss young, I knew she would be the right girl for D ROCK after all the hell we put her thought! lol

yea thats pretty much sums it up ..

That’s Rosie .. That’s Nikki’s Bestie !

This is John Graf .. My brother from another mother .. The whole Graf Family has become “Family” to Mark and I over the past few years..

like the graf / manansala flag !?

Mark setting up

Big Graf with a bummed knee ..

Local homies !! lol

Mark and Jon have gone from people that just love drift to best friends, I can really see John in Mark’s wedding and other stages in their lives ..

It’s really an amazing thing to see the 4 of us together .. This is what brotherhood’s are all about ..We stick together no matter what happens and we support each other no matter what is going on ..

In high school I really didn’t fit in .. I was the only asian kid in a town of 4,000 people .. These 3 girls to my left are my rocks .. Megan my guiding light and angle, Beck is my reality if I need to know something she will tell me how it is .. and Jen is my Rock if I need to let go she is the one that will kill for me and make everything go away ..

Nikki and my MAMA ..

Like I said I am Daddy’s boy ..

This is my god son Garret, this is my best friends Brittany and Chris Pell .. I was at a NOS event and got a call from Chris that Britt was in labor and I flew in just in time to meet my little man .. Since the day I moved from NJ to Cali Garr wants me to say good night to him every night .. It kills me to be away from him but he knows that I will be there for him till the day I die ..

These girls are my SUHR girls Nikki’s sisters .. Danny is on the left is just like me .. We’re nuts! .. And Kelly in the middle is the “tough sister” she looks harmless but she is one of strongest women I know.. I think she finally likes me now too lol ..

And my last shot before I headed to the Airport … My Little Frankie ..

You know…. I learned one thing .. And I hope it hits you too ..

No matter where you go or where you live, home is with the people that you love the most ..