Remember...

"Our parents came here for the American Dream, for you, and for your children. But I doubt they wanted you to forget them or their parents or their parent's parents. A 2nd Gen Albanian friend once told me "Everyone becomes American" and there's truth to that. Still, he welcomed his 1st Gen Albanian friends with open arms and broken Albanian. I hope one day the 2nd+ Gen Asian American communities will one day have the same pride in their roots. Instead of trying to distance themselves from people that today are the the younger versions of their parents and grandparents, they will welcome new Asian Americans with open arms."

- David Hou
VP of DramaFever.com

When People Matter

Making the difference.  One hand at a time. :)

As you all know, recently there has been a terrible disaster affecting the people of Haiti.  The media reports that there is an estimated 250-300 thousand people who have died from this earthquake. [Sidenote: UC Irvine is located on an earthquake fault.]  My condolences definitely go out to all the people who are affected from this event, and I applaud the hundreds of people from different organizations who are coming together to support the island nation of Haiti.  Everything counts.  One simple way is just text "90999" and a donation of $10 will be given to the Red Cross and charged to your cell phone bill.

However, my link above is not talking about supporting Haiti specifically.  The link is for people to support a constant need.  Within the world, there are too many people thinking about ending their lives.  I believe that ONE person can make the difference to stop another person from ending his or her life.  Be the difference.  Thanks.

Gone volunteering at the OC Foodbank for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday.  Hope you had a day on rather than a day off.

Stay hungry. Stay foolish.

Enjoy.  Be inspired class of 2010.

Serendipity

Fun, very forgetful good night with Jo.  Did every UCI student besides me and Jo know that we had a volleyball game going on at the Bren Events Center?  I hope not because I swear I am very prideful of my school :)  If you wanna hear about the parking boy, feel free to ask.

By one point in my life, I want to make sure that all my fantasies become reality ~ living in NYC with a view of one of the two rivers & having a tree house full of magic for my family.  A girl can dream.

Courtesy of Chris Kart

Courtesy of Everyday East River
 
Snowball Fights in Time Square  

Courtesy of Doug Kim

Courtesy of Tree House Point

Completely different worlds - one surrounded by man made structures and the other embraced with mother nature.  Love them both!