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Welcome to MY home page!

My name is Michael Anthony Beltran Amper, but my friends call me MIGS.

I am a punk/hxc Xtian core band member of Breaking The Mindset (where I'm also known as Ahmed Akbar Farouk).

I also have my own ska-core/pop-punk outfit called Kung Fu Fighting but we're still a work-in-progress band - nothing happening yet.

Quiet type (sa loob ang kulo). Observer/Stalker/Ninja Assassin. Deep thinker. Ponders a lot about life. Hopeless romantic. A complete idiot over a girl he met back in 2003. Still crazy over her... and she over me. xD

I'm into gadgets and things. I RIDE BMX. Before I became a bmx rider, I used to skate and I'd really love to get into it again.

I'm an anarchist - I recognize only ONE AUTHORITY: JAH.

I'm going to work in the States as a trailer truck driver for Knight Transportation because I need to earn cold hard cash to save up for my family's future.

Self-consistency (a virtue chiefly among the unimaginative) is not one of my traits, or so it seems... I'm consistently inconsistent and I am reliably unpredictable yet I am a very trustworthy person. Go figure. It's just that I believe that I must not fit into people's stereotypes, and no one has the right to put me into a box or categorize me. I am ME.

I don't believe in the WWJD crap philosophy but I strive to open myself up to the Holy Spirit's leading. God lights my path. I only have to choose to follow or not. I benefit when I do. I suffer when I don't. It's that simple.

Why "antipoloxcityxhxc" for my Hotmail/Multiply ID? Well, for those of you from the punk/hxc scene - yup, hxc means "hardcore" - you'll know that the Xs either mean a period/dot (.) or a space ( ) usually between or before and after words. So, antipoloxcityxhxc simply reads "Antipolo City Hardcore" to represent the local punk/hardcore music, socio-political and spiritual scenes in my hometown. Keeping straightedge alive.

And if you haven't received this shoutout yet in your FlickrMail inbox, I'll say it again:

Feel free to join up as one of my ezine photojournalists. Be a contact at byforthepeoplezine.multiply.com then proceed to photoblog - according to your interests/specialties - at any of the following divisions of By|For The People Zine:
byforsk8.multiply.com (skateboarding & aggressive inline skate life, scene reports, how-to's, skateparks, custom/concept cars - huh?, etc...)
byforbmx.multiply.com (BMX life, scene reports, new parts & accessories, skateparks, shops, how-to's, gadgets - huh?, etc...)
byforhxc.multiply.com (punk/hardcore music, bands, raptivism, spoken word, graffiti, socio-political issues, people, scene reports, DIY projects, animal rights, the environment, economics, etc...)
byforjah.multiply.com (authentic spirituality, the Truth, local church scene, outreach programs, etc...)

It's all work, no pay - a labor of love, actually - but get a chance to be recognized for your work... Who knows, you just might get an offer from a major publisher... By|For The People Zine is all about how you want the world to know about your passions in life and how you want others to see what you think and feel about your surroundings, environment, the people you hang out with, etc... YOU dictate the content... IT IS YOUR eZINE... Absolutely NO CENSORSHIP... Go ahead... Show them what you've got, tiger!

CHECK THIS OUT...

Tips For Freelance Photographers #1
February 18, 2009, 9:20 PM
By: Cody York

Learn how to get your stuff published.

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Migs Amper
migsamper@yahoo.com (Facebook / MySpace / Multiply / hi5 / Geni)