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I am not trying to turn my blog into a political thing. You all know I’m pro-Obama anyway, but I finally had time to sit down and listen to this speech. It is brilliant because it underlies the true problem with America that no one had the balls nor the clout to speak about before. Obama handled it brilliantly speaking straight from the heart, honest and pure, which further confirmed my support for him. You can argue that Obama’s too much of an idealist, focusing on generalities rather than specifics but in this speech he nails his point on race in America as the key to fixing most of our problems. (And at least he’s not lying about being shot at by snippers to prove he understands international policy like Clinton just did. What a strange way to embellish a story.) You can watch this incredible speech here. Oh yes, and if you are an American Ex-pat working or living overseas get your absentee ballot here.
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Today was my Dad’s 79th birthday. He looks great for 79. I hope my skin is that smooth when I’m that age…if I even live that long.He was actually born on the March 24th, 1929 of the lunar calender. When he immigrated to America and they asked him what his birthday was, he just gave the immigration guy his Chinese birthday and never bothered to correct it. Kind of cool, I think. I’m not really sure how to calculate that far back but does anyone know what day March 24th on the Western calendar was in 1929?That’s my brother in law Andrew and my sister Greta. We had a nice little dinner in Berkeley, then we came home so I could pack. Heading back to HK tomorrow. This was an awesome trip. Went to the film fest, met up with old friends, met very nice and interesting new people, ate good food and found peace in myself. What more could I ask for?
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Gave a talk at my high school, Head-Royce, last week. My old English and Japanese lit teacher Barry Barankin somehow found me through the SF Asian American Film Festival people and invited to me to talk about how I got where I am today. It was cool seeing all my teachers from way back when( I graduated class of ’92) and to see they were still inspiring students and still looked pretty much the same. The talk was fun and the students had a lot of great questions. There were a lot more Asian kids than when I was there and some of the students even did wushu. When I was in high school, I was the only one who did any martial arts!From left: Jeff Key my art teacher, Johnny Wang my classmate and buddy, My Mom, Me and Barry Barakin. Jeff and Barry took me and several students to Japan for a summer class trip back in 1990. It was my first time to Japan and I loved it, which is probably why I went back to study in college and have been back dozens of times since, When I was working on Shinjuku Incident, I couldn’t help but think of the great times we had 18 years ago! Teachers are important people in this world and these guys definitely influenced me heavily.
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For some reason there are wild turkeys living in the community that my parents live. You often hear them gobbling super loud but are usually hidden in the bushes or somewhere out of sight. The other day while I was cleaning out the garage I spotted some. Too bad there is no zoom on my camera but you get the picture. They are big and actually quite beautiful. Definitely something you don’t see in Hong Kong. You’d be hard pressed to find frozen turkey.
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Still catching up on blogs here. Since Martin doesn’t want his blog to turn into a baby blog. I’ll brag about little baby Eloise for him. It was awesome to be in LA and get a chance to see the first Giant Ronot baby. So cute and she has gray eyes. I wonder when they will turn brown? Here’s a pic of Martin breast feeding. He says his nipples are getting really raw. I suggested he rub some chapstick on them. Later that night I came back and snuck Martin out of the house for a quick run to Glendora and the Donut Man. I’d been reading and hearing about the donut man for way too long not to try one on this trip to LA.Maybe Martin got scolded when he got back but it was worth it.
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