love for haiti: a benefit featuring live music and artwork.

100% of donations (minus transaction costs) from artwork and ticket sales will go to one day’s wages haiti relief and rebuild fund.

when: friday, february 12, 2010 from 7-10pm

where: lounjin café

tickets: pre-sale tickets are $20.00, and can be purchased here.
**tickets at the door will be $25.00 (cash and check only).

live music featuring:

help LiNK win $250k for their “liberty house”…

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from LiNK:
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This time around, WERE NOT ASKING YOU TO GIVE. Instead vote for “Liberty House” at Pepsi’s Refresh Project. The top two organizations will win $250,000.

Learn more about “ Liberty House” here.”

when i grow up…

i hope to be as good a guitar player as this 12-year old (either that or i’m going to throw my taylor away and give up )!
as a 9 year-old, sungha jung learned to play guitar while watching trace bundy (i have never seen anyone use more capos than this guy!) on youtube and the rest, as they say, is history…
now he’s here in the u.s. on tour playing together with trace. how cool is that?
anyway, joseph + i had the pleasure of being @ the triple door (an uber-cool venue, btw!) to record this magical night of music!
here’s a clip of them deciding to do an impromptu rendition of u2’s “with or without you“…
enjoy!

chopsticks can be lethal…

little ji lingchao fighting for his life...

was planning to comment on this story when i first saw it but got sidetracked…
found myself rather drawn to this story for a few reasons:

• while running around carrying a dessert fork w/ an apple, i slipped and stabbed myself right through my cheek (not that cheek!)  :|
• my good friend, hun also had a crazy serious accident with a chopstick being lodged into the roof of his mouth.
• but mostly, seeing little ji lingchao on the bed and knowing the pain this 14-month old (and his poor parents!) had to endure. according to the cnn report:

“She (mother) went to a local clinic, but doctors there warned her it was too dangerous to try to remove the chopstick because it may cause massive bleeding. A relative offered to drive them from their small village, hundreds of miles to a hospital in Beijing.
I thought at that time, it is all over, my boy will die,” said his father Li Guanglai. “During the 10 hours of driving I felt depressed. I could barely breathe. I looked at my boy and his right side was numb. He was paralyzed.“

10 HOURS?!?!?

congrats: jinny + daniel…

had a killer opportunity to shoot a wedding video w/ the creative genius, joseph jang in honolulu, hawaii. we were able to share a beautiful day with jinny + daniel as they tied the knot before their family, friend and God:  january 19, 2010. not a bad time of the year to be in hawaii (considering the uber-warm weather in seattle )!

i first met the groom, daniel over 10+ years ago during a praise event in bellevue! crazy to see him all grown up and getting married… i couldn’t be happier for him. he’s truly one of the nicest guys i have EVER met in my life (i think it shows up in the video when you look at his smile).  :)
i’m amazed at joseph and his mad skillz! he truly has an incredible eye + did a great job of weaving together the story of that magical day. i know that they will look at this video for years to come and be transported back to their special day!
if you need any video-related need, let him know! i promise you WON’T be disappointed.
congrats again to jinny + daniel… may the Lord bless, keep + shine His face upon you two in your marriage journey!
enjoy!

where in the world… (part 7)?

are viv + i?
“kia ora…” from middle eart… <errr> i mean new zealand!!

viv had friends who rented campervans and drove around new zealand to better take in all of the majestic sights that were off the beaten path. so since we had 14 days here, we decided to do the same! we  set off on our own driving/campervan’ing experience. and ‘incredible‘ doesn’t justify the beauty of this country (no wonder peter jackson chose to film all of the LOTR series here… he probably didn’t want to leave)!

"my preh-shiiiiiisssss!"...

glad i had practice driving on the opposite side of the road in europe (though i still had to get used to driving a big rv!). and versus france’s driving stats:

- total distance driven: 2376km = 1476.378 miles
- total spent on diesel: $572.66 NZD = $403.61 USD
- total number of swear words dropped:

2010 haiti relief fund…

though this tragedy will forever be remembered, i also pray that the action of the world in response to this tragedy will be too…
please give…

where in the world… (part 6)?

are viv + i?
“konichiwa…” from tokyo, japan!

i’ve always wanted to visit the “land of the rising sun“…
wish the trip was longer but we had business to take care of so we had to make it short.

"ohayo gozaimasui!"

one of the many highlights of the trip: riding japan’s bullet train! i enjoyed the clean/plush and speedy ride to our first destination!

first night was spent in ito city (shizuoka prefecture) at a SUPA BALLA

merry Christmas (from “down under)…

though viv + i have had an amazing opportunity to share a Christmas breakfast in new zealand and a Christmas dinner in australia, we’re also reminded how much we miss our family + friends!
wishing all a merry Christmas + kick-A 2010!
and for your viewing pleasure, here’s a video (my bro recorded/sent) of my niece killing “hapy birthday, Jesus“!
i almost cried watching this… she’s going to be famous! 

where in the world… (part 5)?

are viv + i?
“ni hao ma… (again)” this time from beijing, china!

having aready been to the southwestern part of china, we had an opportunity this time to visit the northeastern part… the capital of china:  beijing (a.k.a. “peking” or “the forbidden city“).

ni hao ma... welcome to "the great wall of china"!

to be honest, i really wasn’t looking forward to going. i was hoping we could rest/stay longer in hong kong before our next scheduled trip to japan.
but having gone, all i can say is: (besides being mind-numbingly COLD…) beijing ROCKED!
of course, vivien was responsible for this (as she has/is/will continue to be the reason all things in my life ROCK )!  it was awesome seeing her switch gears from speaking cantonese to mandarin. she navigated us through the streets as if we were locals! what an incredible skill it is to be multi-lingual!
**SIDE NOTE: upon our return, i’m gonna get miss rosetta stone and learn some mandarin (maybe i’ll also have to look into mandy and pandy)! as is evident, china will continue to develop its global presence and will be a (if not “the“) dominant presence/force in the next 10-25 years. and Lord willing, we hope to return (and hopefully i’ll be fluent in mandarin!).**

upon arrival, i really wasn’t sure what to expect. i remember being somewhat fearful of beijing/china.