Posts filed under Entertainment

08.04.2011

Why I Am A WanderLust

These three amazing short films pretty much sum up why I love to travel. MOVE from Rick Mereki on Vimeo. EAT from Rick Mereki on Vimeo. LEARN from Rick Mereki on Vimeo. The 3 guys took 44 days, traveling 11 countries with 18 flights, logging 38 thousand miles. They used 2 cameras and generated almost [...]

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12.31.2010

Creativity, Learning, and Our Lives

When we were kids, we were encouraged to be creative. Drawing, coloring, and creating were part of the norm. Art was such a big part of our lives and even celebrated like trophys (kid’s drawings and creations and all). And making music was encouraged. We also had to learn the rules, though. Stay in between [...]

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11.19.2010

Vietnam: Crossing the Street, Birthdays, and Perspectives

My first visit to Vietnam was with my father 11 years ago. It was his first time returning to the country since war drove him and my mother away from their own home. I was shocked at the streets of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) because it was extremely crowded with motorbikes and cars with [...]

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08.07.2010

How Much Are Your Photos Worth?

Whether it’s a stolen computer or hardware failure, it seems that one of the top things that a lot of people care about are photos. Just this week, I was consulted about what to do for three students who had their laptops stolen. And a friend of mine once paid $2300 to mainly recover their [...]

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03.30.2010

Bringing Back the Old & Trying the New

Icer Air from Jen L on Vimeo. I had been using viddler for video hosting for a long time because it had good privacy controls while youtube had none. When I chose viddler, it allowed the storage of source video files, but I was waiting for the day when they could no longer support it. [...]

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03.28.2008

Canto Videos

Some videos I’ve discovered recently… Cute video from Wong Fu Productions (

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09.03.2007

Manga Reception

Last week, thanks to a friend, I went to Asian Art Museum in San Francisco and saw the current special exhibit on manga which was pretty good. Some of the stories are just weird, but I guess that’s not out of the ordinary? The exhibit runs until September 9th.

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08.09.2007

A Summer’s Evening with Vienna

I first heard about Vienna from one of my staff. She graduated from Stanford with a Computer Science degree and decided to leave her Silicon Valley job to pursue a music career (Vienna Teng isn’t her real name). Although nearly 2.5 years has passed since I saw her live for the first time, I still [...]

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