July 2008

The Archives

• Blogs

  What’s NEW in my pack

  07.30.08 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  Hey everyone. My deepest apologies for not writing anything substantial these past couple of weeks. My “real” job needed some tending to and thus I’ve been unfortunately busy. Hopefully the flow of urgent work has been staved for a while and I can focus more on writing for this blog.
  So…we know what I had in […]

• Photos

  Photo of the Week #7

  07.27.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  This week’s photo of the week is coming to you from Oakland, California. I’m looking out the window next to my laptop and I’m able to see the entirety of San Francisco right now. The photo, unfortunately, is not that view, that will come soon.

   Hiking back from the Chabot Planetarium in the Oakland Redwood forest

• Blogs

  The Streetcar.

  07.21.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  The streetcar was crowded this morning.
  Raw humanity in its most telling and exposed form painted a tapestry of color, of diversity, crackling noticeably in the morning air.
  The human intention, the wants and goals of the citizens of this reality hung, like summer dresses, beautiful in their simplicity, and their materialism, out to dry.
  The conversations and […]

• Blogs

  Working on the Road: Having Clients I’d Never Met

  07.20.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  Trust…
  To say that trust is an important characteristic to nurture while working with a client online, would be an understatement. Building and maintaining a trusting relationship is paramount, and within the daily journey to the completion of your deadlines - a strong and mutually understanding work-relationship can do wonders for the enjoyment and sustainability in […]

• Blogs

  Los Angeles to San Francisco – “Don’t try sleeping on a greyhound bus”

  07.16.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Julie and I arrived in San Francisco yesterday morning. What was supposed to have been an unconscious overnight bus-ride, had quickly become a nine-hour-long fight, uncomfortably restricted to three feet of seat with uncomfortably-economized foot space.
  The bus was filled with a typical set of passengers: An array of ex-convicts, single mothers, and families of immigrants. […]

• Photos

  Photo of the Week #6

  07.13.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  I haven’t had much chance to get work or blog posts done in the past few days, and am looking forward to setting aside a day to relax and do some writing in a Cafe. Wonder when that will happen…?
  In any case, here is the photo of the week:

  202 restored street lamps in the courtyard […]

• Blogs

  Just how much can change in a year?

  07.10.08 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  It turns out a lot can change in a year.
  The photo below was taken on May 7th, 2007:

  When I look at this photo, I am at awe at how young I looked, and how much I have changed since - both physically and emotionally.
  When this photo was taken, a lot hadn’t happened yet:

  I was still […]

• Blogs

  Singing and Segways

  07.09.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  On Wednesday of last week, I journeyed across the city by aid of the Blue Line subway. The fruits of my journey was to be a day with Richard Cray and Greg Panos, two old friends from Phantom, the best production ever to be produced on Maui, my birthplace.
  Richard has been someone I look up […]

• Blogs

  The Japanese-American History Museum

  07.07.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  On Tuesday, I decided it was time to see a museum. After seeing virtually every museum available in San Diego, I was experiencing some withdrawal syndromes after a week here in Los Angeles. My brain was feeling unstimulated, and I hadn’t recorded my humble thoughts on an art piece in over two weeks.
  On the recommendation […]

• Photos

  Photo of the Week #5

  07.06.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  I’m behind on my writing this week, but at least I am going to be on-time with the photo of the week, thanks to my good friend Richard Cray.

  Sunset from the pier on Seal Beach, Long Beach, California.
  Photo taken by Richard Cray (I told him to take it).