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Hong Konging [12 pictures]
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Our last stop in our island hopping trip was Hong Kong. Although we technically didn't stay on Hong Kong island... close enough. Pictures of the pimping W. |
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Five Pounds Heavier [23 pictures]
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Here are all of the various pictures of the food I ate in Japan. I'm getting hungry just looking at them again... |
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A Day Trip Out To Yokohama [45 pictures]
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We took the train down to Yokohama to spend an evening with Amy's grandparents and had a wonderful time. |
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Lost In Tokyo Translation [55 pictures]
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Spent about 6 days in Tokyo. I didn't bring my camera around that much, but I did get some pics of the beautiful city and some beautiful people. |
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Freezing In Matsumoto [19 pictures]
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After Osaka, we headed north toward Nagano to the city of Matsumoto. Why? Just google "samurai castle" and Matsumoto will appear as one of the best castles. |
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Osaka And Himeji Castle [23 pictures]
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After Kyoto, we stayed in Osaka for a night. Before heading there we stopped in Himeji to check out one of the coolest castles in the world. We borrowed a few bikes and stormed the castle walls. Overall... amazing. |
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Kyoto Up Close And Personal [72 pictures]
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After one night in Tokyo, Steven and I headed to Kyoto to get our dose of old Japanese Shrines and Temples. With no bus map, we still were able to find our way around the city. Kyoto is simply peaceful and breathtaking at the same time. |
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First Night In Tokyo [27 pictures]
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We arrived in Tokyo and eventually made our way to Shinjuku for one night in Tokyo. After getting some great tonkatsu, we met up with Atsuko for a memorable night. |
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Wide Angle Action [6 pictures]
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Here are some shots I took around the apartment with my new Tokina wide angle. I need to use it more, but I am digging the wide angle so far... |
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St Louis 2009 [23 pictures]
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Before the wedding, my parents and I kicked it around downtown St. Louis. |
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Oyster Run SF 2009 [18 pictures]
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Running, biking, and even some swimming... Good times racing around SF. |
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New York 2009 [42 pictures]
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Another great trip out to NYC. I got to see a few things different this trip. Spent some time on Wall Street pretending to be a Japanese tourist and checked out the new High Line park. |
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Tanaka Bench Porn [11 pictures]
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Here are some great shots of the bench that was designed by Eiki. With some direction from Koji, I think it turned out really well. |
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Lake Tahoe in the Summer 2009 [46 pictures]
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If you think Lake Tahoe is only about snowboarding and aggressive winter sports, you have it all wrong. |
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Alice in the Park 2009 [9 pictures]
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It is hard to resist going to Golden Gate Park on a nice day for a free concert. I didn't know most of the performers, but regardless, I soaked in some sun with some good friends. |
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Santa Barbara Bren Graduation [38 pictures]
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Carolyn finished her Bren program so we all trekked to Santa Barbara to celebrate. Some great times enjoying the warm weather and kickin it with the Ching family. |
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Lewis High School Graduation [24 pictures]
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It has almost been 10 years for me, but for my little cousing Lewis... a new chapter begins. Congrats Lewis! Stay out of trouble next year... Go Bears! |
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Lisa Cal Graduation [22 pictures]
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Went out to Berkeley to watch my cousin Lisa graduate from Haas. Congrats! |
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WonderCon 2009 [10 pictures]
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This was my first year going to WonderCon and I had a pretty great time. Here are some of the great costumes we saw while we were there. Enjoy! |
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Half Moon Bay Excursion [23 pictures]
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Bert was tipped off by one of his co-workers that there would be a negative tide at Half Moon Bay so we decided to go check out what we would find. Crabs, starfish, mussels and more! Not to mention, Barbara's Fish Trap which has the best fish & chips ever. |
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Napa Wine Tasting 2008 [26 pictures]
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With a few out-of-towners, we headed to Napa for an afternoon of wine tasting. The weather was perfect, the red wine was great, and the people.. well you can see for yourself. |
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Lijen and Stephs Birthday Bash 2008 [38 pictures]
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We celebrated Lij and Steph's birthday with a nice dinner at Bucca di Beppo followed by some drinks and dancing in the Mission. My mission was to take a picture of Lij with every single lady in the bar. As you can see, I was semi-successful. |
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SF in the dark [22 pictures]
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Saturday night. Roomates not home. 10:00PM. Go to a bar? Nah. Roamed the streets of SF for a few hours with my XTI and got a few good shots.. (note to self: I need to get a tripod) |
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Moms Birthday Dinner 2008 [16 pictures]
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We hit up Tamarine in Palo Alto for my mom's 29th birthday. (note: my mom would kick my butt if I said how old she really turned) Dinner was delicious and so was the Satura cake! |
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More New York and Boston 2008 [95 pictures]
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Here are more pictures from our trip to the east coast. These pics come off my more portable camera so they are much more... "wild." Good times. |
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New York and Boston Trip 2008 [109 pictures]
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I briefly moved my office to the east coast for a few days and enjoyed the great weather, food, and company of the big apple. Post NY, we bussed over to bean town and saw dr. fong graduate. |
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Italy 2008 Trip [147 pictures]
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Traveling in Italy for 2 weeks was fantastic. We saw some pretty amazing stuff all throughout the country. It is surprising how different the same country can look. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the trip. Enjoi! |
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Testing Out My New Canon Lens [13 pictures]
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Bought myself a new lense for Christmas.. here are a few fun shots of Lijen's guitar lesson and random photos around my room. Also, enjoy getting up close and personal with Toby... I sure did =). |
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Pre New Years Fun [45 pictures]
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Not quite the new year, but with good friends in town, it is hard to not have a great time. Here are a few of the many pictures I took. I love holidays... |
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Hiking in Marin [23 pictures]
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This past Saturday I went with my roomies up to Mt. Tam and did some hiking around Lake Lagunitas. It was a great day to hike on Pilot Knob Trail, have some lunch, and get lost too. |
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Exploring SF - The Mission [14 pictures]
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Lijen and I took a trip to the Mission this past weekend. We got to see some amazing street art as well as have some good Nicaraguan chicken for lunch. |
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Escape From Alcatraz [15 pictures]
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I swam from Alcatraz to SF with the South End Row Club. It was my first time doing any open water swim event, but luckily everything went well. |
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Sushi Night [10 pictures]
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Home made sushi. It turned out a lot better than I expected.. and plus, no one got sick! If you are looking for a fun dinner activity, I highly recommend building your own Monster Roll |
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My First Trip To New York [84 pictures]
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This was the first time Lars and I had ever been to New York so we decided to stay a while to see the sites but more importantly, eat the food. More details of our days in NY are in my blogs but here are the associated pictures. |
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Cancun Christmas 2006 [35 pictures]
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We ended up going to Cancun, Mexico for the Shieh Family Christmas Trip. Although we weren't there a long time, our vacation was action packed (with plenty of time to relax on the beach). Overall a fun family trip with lots of buffets and sunshine. |
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Tobys Birthday 2006 [15 pictures]
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Last year Laurie got him a dog cake and we sang him happy birthday... not much of a party. This year was different. Snuggles came over and Toby got some sweet presents. Overall a fun evening. Happy birthday buddy!! |
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Suede Birthday Bash 2006 [81 pictures]
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Early December brings many new birthdays which means plenty of us feel old. As a result, we rounded up a party at Suede SF for lots of drinking and subsequently lots of photographs. Hope you enjoy. I did. |
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My Suprise 25 Birthday Dinner [13 pictures]
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I went to Bucca Di Beppo last night for a birthday dinner. It was suppose to be a surprise, but I secretly found out beforehand from my secret sources. I was originally hoping that the birthday train would pass me by this year but I was glad it didn't. Thanks to all those that made it out. Special thanks to mom, sis, and Laurie for putting this together. I had a wonderful time. |
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Turkey Day 2006 [15 pictures]
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Thanksgiving this year was different in that we spent it at our house versus going somewhere else like LA (which is what we have done for the last 3 years?). We started the day at Ocean Beach in SF for the Turkey Trot and had a feast at Chez Shieh later that night. |
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Norton Reunion [25 pictures]
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It has been more than 6 years since I moved into the dorms my freshman year at Berkeley, but last Friday it felt like nothing has changed. A bunch of the Norton and Craigmont House Alumni gathered at Lindsey's place in the city for a night of fun and good times. |
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Halloween 2006 [9 pictures]
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We hit up 347 Divisidaro for another great Halloween party. It was great to see everyone abiding by the costume required rules. Thanks to the guys in SF for hosting a great Monster Mash. |
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Lauries 24th Birthday [21 pictures]
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Laurie had another wild birthday. The plan was to fill up on all you can eat shabu shabu at Cafe Mums and then hit up Poleng Lounge (which used to be Social Club). Laurie had a little too much fun with the sake bombs and well... we didn't quite make it to Poleng. Still turned out to be a fun filled night. Happy 24th Laurie! |
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Las Vegas June 2006 [23 pictures]
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Las Vegas always delivers a great atmosphere to have a fun time. Although most of us left LV with a lighter wallet, it was an awesome trip. Some highlights include: going crazy at the craps table (day 1), feasting on beef at Lawrys and sushi at Makinos, and overall chillin with friends who I haven't seen in a while. |
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Party Bus 2 [17 pictures]
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We did it again. Party Bus Part II. This time we were celebrating Tanye West and Matt Sun's birthday with a bang... We got picked up in Cupertino and made our journey to the Tabu Lounge in SF. As usual... tons of fun with good times and good people. |
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Shieh Family Studio Pics [10 pictures]
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On our trip back to Taiwan this past Christmas, my mom somehow convinced the rest of the family to go and take some studio pictures. The studio we went to took a bunch of photos and based on the ones we liked, they would create a photo book for us. It turned out that we spent 8 HOURS at the studio. Here are some of the family photos. I have spared you the ultra-fobby pictures of me and my sister. |
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Taiwan Christmas Trip 2005 [12 pictures]
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For Christmas 2005, my family and I headed back to Taiwan to visit my grandparents. We stayed in Taipei for a couple of days with my cousins and then headed south to Chia Yi to see my other set of grandparents. It was overall a sweet family vacation. |
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Thanksgiving 2005 in LA [14 pictures]
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My family went down to LA again this year for Thanksgiving. We had dinner with the Jih family and since my dad wanted to hit up Disneyland, we celebrated the 50th anniversary there. Overall, a nice family trip. |
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Nellys Beirut Tournament [9 pictures]
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Nelly hosted a nice Beirut tourney which had everyone drinking by 4 PM. Laurie and I (Team Noobian) were eliminated after losing our first and only two games, but we put up a good fight on our way down. Here are a few entertaining pics from Saturday's fun event. |
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Some Old School Pics [13 pictures]
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I was looking through some of my pics and I found these old school pictures from one of Eiki's house parties on the hill. Some awesome times.... |
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Halloween Madness 2005 [40 pictures]
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We hit up a great Halloween party in Oakland in some random office building. Great times with great people and of course, some sweet costumes. |
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Lauries 23 Birthday [48 pictures]
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I went on a rampage taking alomst 200 pictures for Laurie's 23rd Birthday. Here are just a few from Palo Alto highlighting the great time we had sake bombing at Miyakes, chilling at F&A, and hitting up Pizza My Heart. Good times... |
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Monday, 3.21.2005 - The Ridge Tahoe [13 pictures]
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The Ridge which brings back memories from hitting up Tahoe in high school.
- A pimp ass suite
- Pushing Lij's minivan up the icy hill
- Go carting in the blizzard
- Some damn good prime rib & unfortunate gambling
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May 9, 2005 - Some Office Fun [4 pictures]
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Sheena got us all some great dragon robes from her trip to China. We decided to make it a fun day and wear them all around the office and be Jet Li wannabes. It is a perfect robe when you get cold in the office. Thanks Sheens! |
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April 8 - 10, 2005 - San Diego Trip [11 pictures]
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San Diego was awesome. Although anything that gets me out of Tucson is "awesome," this trip was F.U.N. Started the trip off right with some Sake Bomb Specials and had a great weekend celebrating Bert's and Jas's birthdays. |
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