A variety of stuff from this past week

As my smiling face can attest, last sunday was a pretty cool day. Helen and I were asked to MC the LA 18 Harvest Moon festival again, after a year's hiatus. Over 30,000 people came to celebrate the day and visit the different booths available as well as watch the terrific entertainment that we helped to usher all day long on the mainstage (pictured above). Not only was this a great event, and a fun gig, we had some fantastic "helpers" in Jennifer and Emiko, both of whom work for LA 18. They helped us keep within the program and time constraints, and made sure that we were well taken care of. Without them, I'm' sure it would not have been as successful as it was. So kudos and thanks to these two.

Helen and I were also interviewed on LA 18's "Kababayan LA" by Janelle So, pictured below second from left. I forget who the anchor is next to Helen (far right) but I believe she does their weather forecasts in chinese.



You can view our interview here:

http://www.la18.tv/Video.aspx?vid=719bf602-d81b-4b61-b24d-fe12cdcfeed8

and here

http://www.la18.tv/Video.aspx?vid=716628d7-979f-4e67-a68c-c4c5a447f19d

There are 2 segments that we are featured in under "Cold Tofu 1" and "Cold Tofu 2".

Needless to say it was fun, and cool to have been a part of this whole Harvest Moon experience. LA 18 is great!

Tuesday found us at the Dodger game vs. the Rockies. Sadly the Dodgers lost, but it's always great to be at the stadium eating Dodger dogs, and taking in the athmosphere. Heck, I was even hoping to catch a foul ball (considering we were sitting 10 feet away from the 3rd base foul pole). Sadly, none ever came our way. Oh well. Below is a cheesy photo of me at the stadium:


Lastly, Cold Tofu and I were able to check out "Sondheim Unscripted" at Theater Theater. It was literally an all-star cast of the best improvisers in LA. Their shows run for another two Thursdays before they close, but if you are interested, check out their website:

http://www.improtheatre.com/section/shows/unscripted-repertory-co/

Here's a photo I took of the lobby headshots of the cast:


Alrightee then, that's but a few of the things I did this week. This weekend is supposed to also be busy, so I'm sure I'll be posting more soon. Till then, have a great end of the week!

New Wedding and Portrait Header

Yup, as you can see, I've added a new collage of wedding portraits I did recently of some friends of mine, and as you may have guessed, I'm gunnin' for the wedding photography world! Small steps, but I'm slowly on my way, devising my plan of action, putting things together, etc. I'm so looking forward to it! Let me know what you think if you have any suggestions.

Thanks!

Last Tri of the season

Yup, just as the subject heading reads, yesterday was my last triathlon of the season, which was held at Malibu. The weather was perfect as were the conditions, and overall my race went pretty well. This particular race is rather LARGE in that there were 3,000 competitors there vying for their day in the triathlon sun (Just multiply the above picture by 10 and you'll have some idea as to how many people were there!). Among those were your regular "Joes", pro and elite athletes, and of course some of Hollywood's notable names, in this case, David Duchovny, John Cryer, that guy they called "The Bachelor" (who won the celebrity division), and other celebs famous and not so famous. It made for a good day and a great way to end this long season of swimming, biking and running. Here are some photos from the race:

The "yes I was here photo" that I took myself

My favorite of the day. This is me with soon to be World Ironman Champion Chris McCormack (www.chrismccormack.com). This dude is FAST! Check out his website and his accomplishments. Check back at the end of October to see my prediction come true!

And of course, yet another three amigos photo.

This was a long weekend for me, but fun. One more photo to brighten up anyone's day

Some Recent Photos

Cheese boy

D and M at the grill

Disneyland 1/2 Marathon medal 2007

Tam can cook!

What A Weekend!

As the title says, what a weekend! It was a long weekend, and a record scorcher at that! We're talking temperatures of 100+! Thankfully though, we spent some of it at Disneyland cause I took part in the second annual Disneyland Half Marathon (I also did last year's event also). Boy was it hot!

As always, I brought my camera, and even managed to snap a few photos before and well after the race. This one was taken after I had picked up my race number and long- sleeved dry-fit tee (what the?!)

Needless to say, the race itself was HOT HOT HOT! So much so that sadly I wasn't able to clock in at my projected time, but I was still able to better my last year's time. When the race started, it was 82 degrees! By the time I finished, 1:57:36 later, it was already upwards of 95 degrees! Sucked! Really! Yet, for all my effort, I was able to get my second Disney Half Marathon Medal (I'll post a photo of it later). It's a rather large piece of bling if you ask me, and weighs as much as as a peach. (Like I really know how heavy a peach is). I didn't wear it around Disneyland that day cause it was too hot, but on Tuesday, you bet I wore that thing and proudly!

Although we were only about 20 miles from LA, being away from your normal daily grind was GREAT. It honestly felt like a vacation, a mini-one. There we were with tourists galore, just hanging out, wondering what to do. Ahh... aimless wandering. You should try it.

Later that night, we had dinner at the "Blue Bayou" restaurant in New Orleans Square at Disneyland. One of my favorite (albeit pricey) restaurants in the whole park. Then again, I've always loved N.O. square. It does bring you back to the real New Orleans, but without the perils of Katrina 3 years ago. Here's a photo I took, processed to look like vintage and old:


Heck, if I didn't tell you it was processed, you probably would have believed I found this in an antique store wouldn't you?

Lastly, I wanted to add what I did after finishing the race. According to my heart rate monitor, I burned 2600 calories during the race, so what else would you expect me to do but... EAT!


Well, that was but a snippet of my weekend. There were more happenings, but the whole Disney trip was by far the highlight. Hope you enjoyed the photos. I'll add more later when I get a chance. Have a great week!