For the first time since I've work for Pat and Jerry of Harmonique (about 4 years), they are taking me to China with them on my first ever buying trip! I am so excited!!! And, they have encourged Clay to meet us while we are traveling. He'll be starting the 2nd leg of his around the world journey. After Beijing, he'll go onto India and we'll fly home to SF.
Anyways, we've got our tickets, passports, and visas. Now, we just have to make it through the next 10 days...during which time we have to complete two staging jobs and have everything in line for our store and design clients' projects to run smoothly while we are traveling. When we return, we'll hit the ground running with a Mother's Day store event and several more design and staging projects in the pipeline. YAY!
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Saturday, April 14, 2007
they're engaged!
Yes, MY little brother, Kelvin is going to marry his long-time gf, Judy Tsai :)
Congratulations!
Congratulations!
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Monday, April 09, 2007
where in the world is clayton katsuyoshi?
on this episode of As the World Turns, we ask ourselves just that.
I'm not sure if i'm technically supposed to be sharing this with the world but this is an actual school project that one of clay's teacher friends proposed to his his school geography class.
it's amazing how when you are a kid, not only do you dream of puppies and all things furry and cute, but moments in time linger. like the slow, agonizing, wait from finishing monday night's homework to getting to talk to your best bud in the class the next morning. the night seems to wane, the seconds tick by slowly and time almost stand still. you never quite believe it when those old people (aka adults) tell you to enjoy it while you're young because the older your get the faster time seems to fly by. i've defaulted to this time passing assumption for some time, though it still sort of blows me up side the head how fast time really does go by when you start thinking of time, not in passing minutes or hours, but in weeks, months and years. like, "where in the world will clayton katsuyoshi be" on his european adventure? will his CGITEU join him on this expedition? and if so, where?
i was just reviewing the upcoming several months, as I have quite frequently since March. China is April/May, Hawaii in July/Aug that's a for sure. Then throw in the maybes... local and/or other far fetching events, like something huge for mia's bday in May, maybe the great gorilla run in June, Aptos and Obon in July, ken and ryan's bday's in Aug, europe in september, or costa rica in Oct???! now alone, these aren't staggering undertakings like a whopping 6 weddings in one year or some series of (supposed) once in a lifetime events, but they are definitely list worthy. You step back and think to yourself... 20 years ago (omg 20 years ago) i could barely wait until morning, let alone until next month! cRazY. is that the natural path of maturation or does it happen that every once in a while we keep ourselves awake for as long as humanly possible to see how it feels to be alive on adrenaline in the next morning?
i guess like the saying says, times flies when you're having fun.
I'm not sure if i'm technically supposed to be sharing this with the world but this is an actual school project that one of clay's teacher friends proposed to his his school geography class.
it's amazing how when you are a kid, not only do you dream of puppies and all things furry and cute, but moments in time linger. like the slow, agonizing, wait from finishing monday night's homework to getting to talk to your best bud in the class the next morning. the night seems to wane, the seconds tick by slowly and time almost stand still. you never quite believe it when those old people (aka adults) tell you to enjoy it while you're young because the older your get the faster time seems to fly by. i've defaulted to this time passing assumption for some time, though it still sort of blows me up side the head how fast time really does go by when you start thinking of time, not in passing minutes or hours, but in weeks, months and years. like, "where in the world will clayton katsuyoshi be" on his european adventure? will his CGITEU join him on this expedition? and if so, where?
i was just reviewing the upcoming several months, as I have quite frequently since March. China is April/May, Hawaii in July/Aug that's a for sure. Then throw in the maybes... local and/or other far fetching events, like something huge for mia's bday in May, maybe the great gorilla run in June, Aptos and Obon in July, ken and ryan's bday's in Aug, europe in september, or costa rica in Oct???! now alone, these aren't staggering undertakings like a whopping 6 weddings in one year or some series of (supposed) once in a lifetime events, but they are definitely list worthy. You step back and think to yourself... 20 years ago (omg 20 years ago) i could barely wait until morning, let alone until next month! cRazY. is that the natural path of maturation or does it happen that every once in a while we keep ourselves awake for as long as humanly possible to see how it feels to be alive on adrenaline in the next morning?
i guess like the saying says, times flies when you're having fun.
Sunday, April 08, 2007
something of meaning
at what point in your life do you begin to think larger than yourself? see the world as more than just what you want or feel you need to be happy? what triggers you to try to do something of meaning, that is larger than self?
from the moment you step onto the campus of your preschool, you presume that what you do completes a project, finishes and objective set by someone else, has everything to do with why YOU are here on here, but little to do with how you will impact the WORLD.
At what point do you think to yourself, how will my actions be a part of the bigger picture? How will my actions impact the actions of others?
for a while your goals revolve around statics points in time where goals are tangible. at some point i assume others are like me and feel the need to do things on not only their behalf, but on behalf of the greater good. i know that sounds somewhat utopian, but in the grand scheme of things your little mom and pop may contribute to global economics the way a private school impacts the education of individuals destined to hit the business world once they've graduated from college. so in other words, cause and effect lay the ground work for what lays ahead.
maybe it's about a lasting legacy. maybe it's self-less compassion. maybe it's about family and the feeling of communal relationships. i'm not sure.
i'm not sure what the lesson is or at what point in your life you learn it or what you have to experience before your believe it for yourself, but for some, a greater good, outside themselves is as important to them as sustaining the things that are important to only them.
having had these thoughts, what am I doing with my life?
from the moment you step onto the campus of your preschool, you presume that what you do completes a project, finishes and objective set by someone else, has everything to do with why YOU are here on here, but little to do with how you will impact the WORLD.
At what point do you think to yourself, how will my actions be a part of the bigger picture? How will my actions impact the actions of others?
for a while your goals revolve around statics points in time where goals are tangible. at some point i assume others are like me and feel the need to do things on not only their behalf, but on behalf of the greater good. i know that sounds somewhat utopian, but in the grand scheme of things your little mom and pop may contribute to global economics the way a private school impacts the education of individuals destined to hit the business world once they've graduated from college. so in other words, cause and effect lay the ground work for what lays ahead.
maybe it's about a lasting legacy. maybe it's self-less compassion. maybe it's about family and the feeling of communal relationships. i'm not sure.
i'm not sure what the lesson is or at what point in your life you learn it or what you have to experience before your believe it for yourself, but for some, a greater good, outside themselves is as important to them as sustaining the things that are important to only them.
having had these thoughts, what am I doing with my life?
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
fireworks: you either like 'em or you don't
Cons:
Pros:
Watching fireworks makes me feel like a kid all over again. I don't know why I'm drawn to the cheesiness of it all, but as I stand and anticipate each burst of light, I'm on my toes, almost holding my breath not knowing if the next one will boom like thunder or shower like rain, explode in squirrelly q's or box squares, be multi-color or monochromatic and dazzle like sparklers. I feel almost silly putting this out there, but seriously I continue to be in awe. The sheer BOOM! that rocks you with each thunderous explosion (you know, da kine you feel in your chest),...
...the flickering of trailing lights, and razzle-dazzle of each new blow fascinate me every time. I feel like I can almost imagine what the sound of deafening guns exploding beside and in front of you might be like or how loud it might be if you were standing aboard a pirate ship being attacked by the cannon of a ship beside you. Much of my personal over-dramatization of a little fireworks show into my full blown imagination is inspired by the Opening Night SF Giant's baseball game Fireworks show done over McCovey Cove this evening. My daydreams of guns and cannons over water were inspired by such visuals lol.
So obviously, I'm in the "like 'em" camp.
- excessively expensive
- pollution causing
- somewhat cheesy and overly dramatized
- most often poorly orchestrated with the music
- often perceived as a big, "so what, it's all the same anyway"
Pros:Watching fireworks makes me feel like a kid all over again. I don't know why I'm drawn to the cheesiness of it all, but as I stand and anticipate each burst of light, I'm on my toes, almost holding my breath not knowing if the next one will boom like thunder or shower like rain, explode in squirrelly q's or box squares, be multi-color or monochromatic and dazzle like sparklers. I feel almost silly putting this out there, but seriously I continue to be in awe. The sheer BOOM! that rocks you with each thunderous explosion (you know, da kine you feel in your chest),...
...the flickering of trailing lights, and razzle-dazzle of each new blow fascinate me every time. I feel like I can almost imagine what the sound of deafening guns exploding beside and in front of you might be like or how loud it might be if you were standing aboard a pirate ship being attacked by the cannon of a ship beside you. Much of my personal over-dramatization of a little fireworks show into my full blown imagination is inspired by the Opening Night SF Giant's baseball game Fireworks show done over McCovey Cove this evening. My daydreams of guns and cannons over water were inspired by such visuals lol.So obviously, I'm in the "like 'em" camp.
Monday, April 02, 2007
Sunday, April 01, 2007
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