20 facts nominated by my uso Djsmv Mel James 1. When I first went to Samoa..kids called me a Palagi..I asked why mum? she said its the way your dressed..so I took off my English clothes..put on a LavaLava..and they still called me Palagi..it hurt..But I understand...Its allgoody now.They hadnt met many Aotearoa Born Samoans. 2. Wnen I was a kid in Island Bay/Wellington,..Me and my dad were at Shoreland Park..I was riding my flyer little bike..It had Air in the tyres..I asked my dad..Do you think my bike can float/go on the water?? My dad said give it a go...so I rode as fast as i could into the Wading Pool...p.s..it didnt work..LOL.. 3. I played the Lead actor in the Pied Piper, a play at South Wellington Intermediate back in the day. I hated it. I had a cry cos I couldnt take the pressure.Haha.My friend @leah schwenke comforted me.What a cool cat....Ive had to act on Hercules,Xena,Shortland Street etc..I still dont like acting much.... 4.I made a Teacher of mine Cry at Rongotai College.She couldnt handle the class..I was like a 2nd year 5th so my class was a little younger.I asked her Are you for real?Get yourself together woman?If you let them walk all over you??,theyre never gonna respect you!.I was sick of her not taking control of the class.She burst out into tears. #BOO 5. At Rongotai College, A Teacher Swore at me...I took him to the Principal...He got the Buzz... I was a bit of a Rebel... #rebelyell 6. I was a Prefect at South Wellington Intermediate... I took another teacher to the Principal cos she was being an ASS to my cousin..My mum was a Teacher there so I wasnt afraid of the teachers...I had grown up with them all my life. I just thought it was sad how they treated other kids. #rebel 7. When I was 6-8 years old. I got beaten up at Island Bay School by 3 palagi kids. Two of them held my arms while they other punched me in the tummy after School. My sister Maila ran in and saved me. After they were asked Why? they said cos I was Black.. That was my first encounter with Racism as a Kid. Remember Peeps..everyone else at Island Bay was Cool as.. #RacismisNaff #mysisteristheBEST 8. My Dad couldnt speak English Majority of his life. He spoke Samoan to us kids..*I miss him*...R.I.P dadXXXX 9. I remember the first time I saw my good uso Ches band SuperGroove at a show in Wellington back in the day..I said to him uso, Is it just me or does a lot of those Rock tracks sound like the Same Song?? #Wow #ThisFob?? I hadnt seen many Rock bands at that time ever...And TBH it wasnt my thing at that time..I was a Hip-hop fanatic at that stage..All other music was naff..(WTF?) .I grew up then Figured it out..Rock music is the BOMBDiggy!! No disrespect to any of the band members..cos we ALL cool...Just at that time..I couldnt really appreciate Rock Music:) #BOO 10. I could Hi-jump nearly my own Height.... 11. I was one of the fastest at my primary school...would come last in the Long Distance races tho..LOL #GoFigure 12. I fell in Love with the Hip-hop Culture when it was called Bopping/Breaking and it first arrived in N.Z. Didnt even know it was ALL the elements were related. I had Bopping Pants and All. There are some say that if you dont break now then you aint a Bboy..I say Fugg you,You hater..I was breaking before you were BORN!!XXX 13. in 1990, me and my uso Ian Raw Seumanu shoulda won the Australian DMCs with our Groundbreaking DJ/MC Set. We did moves in our Routine that Had never been done before and still havent been done...We had to Lie to the organisers that we were from Wellington in Perth so we wouldnt have to lie about the name of our city. They found out we were from NZ.Still..I reckon We WON that muddafugga!!! 14. I met my wife when I was just 14-15 at a Ware House Party in Wellington.*Beautiful stunning/Extremely Talented Woman that she is)..I started nite clubbing a little after that with my older brother.....I was tall for my age...my cousins were the bouncers.. I got the coolest cousins in the world..XXX 15. One time I went to Japan..I got Lost for nearly 10-12 hours..couldnt find my Hotel as i lost the hotel card *with the name of the hotel on it*..Only one person out of the 100s of peoples that i met could speak english..By the end of my ordeal..I was stressed as Fugg. Found one of those little cubicles that bizzo peoples sleep in and all..I didnt know how much money i had on me cos I wasnt familiar wit the currency.After a LONG WHILE....I just drove from Hotel to Hotel to hotel to see if i remembered what it looked like *cos there were 3 of them*and TOKYO was HUGE....After I got back to the Hotel.....I didnt leave the Hotel complex for another 3 days..LOL.just swam in the pool and stuff. #kefz 15. When I was at Rongotai College..After being a Student at Wellington high School (which didnt have a uniform)..I used to forge my parents signature so I didnt have to wear my uniform... #FunnyShit becos I got away with it for so long... 16. I dont like spiders much 17. My favorite foods are Cheescake,KFC, Talo and Luau..My favorite drinks are Fanta and Apple Juice .I have a sweet tooth.X 18. I am a GrandDad..and shes the most beautiful little girl in the world.. 19. If I didnt do the Music thing..I wouldve loved to have tried the Basketball Buzz as a Career.......I nearly played for Samoa one time.I was picked in Samoa to the team.........The tournament was in Melbourne/Aus..the only way I could play was becos of a gig I had on that Week in melbz..the gig got cancelled so I couldnt make it..Its my dream to Represent our country in Sport!! #BOO 20. I plan to be PM of NZ or Samoa in the next 10 years or more...im not keen on the political career just yet until I ROCK wembley stadium..thats a bucketlist for me...Im aiming big for the performance buzz...hehe..after ive done all i can in the music buzz..then ill do the political buzz. Peoples have commented to me..:your getting all Political now aye?..I reply...Kefz..Ive been saying this Stuff for my whole career!!... 21. Now i wear Big Ass Seeing Glasses as im longsighted... shot famz..I talk about this stuff all the time on my interviews and all, so i tried to give you 20 things you didnt know about me.. Alofaz to All.. BILL URALE aka King Kaps XXX
Posted on: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 11:50:14 +0000