EDITORIAL: The method to attend DJ Alex Reyes' events? Undercover or Not?

For me, attending events often make me wanting to engage a lot more. The list has been too much for me to put in this editorial blog, but some of my notable ones include the San Francisco Cherry Blossom Festival, the Lunar New Year Festivities within Santa Clara County, and the Gilroy Garlic Festival.

But for DJ Alex Reyes, well, let's just say that it depends on his social media invites or via a text message to me. He hosts a lot of events each year and holds a business license from the city of Fremont. I've been to the East Bay too many times that most recently included a suggestion from radio personality named Alex Harmon. Yes, his first name is really Alex (who is from Hayward), not the Alex Reyes from Fremont. And for me, it's unrelated to my co-worker named Alex Ng.

For social media, though, it is very hard for me to decide whether to attend DJ Alex Reyes' events throughout the Bay Area. When I can't see Alex Reyes on social media (like being blocked, for example), I only attend the event and hide as much as possible while taking pictures undercover and posting it on social media with a specific hashtag (#djalexreyes to be exact). That is already the case in at least 2 of the events (one in San Francisco and the other in Mountain View). At least one of those times, I even posted the videos of the highlights of DJ Alex Reyes on my YouTube profile. The problem is that he only sees my latest videos many months later and he began to wonder why he never knew I attended his events.

So far, I have never been invited by Alex Reyes himself to attend one of his events whether on social media or via a text message, which by the way is my only way that I can actually see him in person doing the performance. When he actually does invite me to many of his events, I won't be undercover, but instead be visible so that he can see me in the crowd. In that way, I also won't be afraid that he won't actually give me a bad nightmare whenever I go to see him in person.

Alex Reyes and I both have disabilities, but with major differences. Alex Reyes has cerebral palsy, but I was revealed to have a type of neurological disorder during my first Clipper card application at 18 years old (the card was back then called "Translink"). I am noticing that the unknown type of neurological disorder that I have in my diagnosis does affect me in several ways, like saying too many words repeatedly, getting overexcited too often, and forgetting things. Cerebral palsy and neurological disorder are two separate type of disabilities that are not related to each other, but have different side effects long term. Further, unlike Alex Reyes, I also have made occasional announcements on any of my social media pages about my condition, such as the brief, but major headache on the last day of January in 2020.

Another problem that may prevent me from attending DJ Alex Reyes' events is the timing. This is often my trickiest part whether I will make it. I usually get off work around 12:30PM and usually start driving at 12:45PM, but the location of where Alex Reyes is performing depends on the distance from where I work. Gilroy is a longer distance from where I work, but close to where I live (in San Martin). In contrast, both San Francisco and Mountain View are a fair distance away on highway 101, the same highway that I usually take to my workplace, but must get off San Bruno Ave.

I have often feared that Alex Reyes might not let me have a chance to post my highlights with him on social media shortly after seeing him. After both Alex Reyes and I see each other in person, I usually don't have a chance to tag him on social media. That is usually because I can't see him on social media. This to me usually means that I must return to going undercover again the next time DJ Alex Reyes has any events around the Bay Area - that is, unless he convinces me. Each time that I'm undercover, I often wonder about several things, including what happens when Alex Reyes sees me while I'm undercover. Therefore, the status of whether for me to go undercover for Alex Reyes' events depends on the events via social media and if I'm invited to his events. 

I would be surprised in the future if he has any plans to own a vehicle like the one in this post so he can take it anywhere he wishes. (Ahhh... The classic 350 engine...)

Shall anyone should chat with me about this, feel free to contact me.

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