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KGA (Khmer Girls in Action) is an organization that helps empower young Khmer Girls within the Long Beach community.  This week I had the pleasure of photographing them in real action…through their words, they were able to draw out tears and laughter from the audience.  The youth of today are our future for a better tomorrow!!

To visit KGA’s website click HERE

I heard about Andrew’s work through a friend and a big part of me had  to see his work with my own eyes.  Last night I had the chance to do so…and it was amazing.  The amount of talent embodied in Andrew’s work stirred up emotions in it’s viewers.  With all the advancements in technology, we tend to loose sight of raw human talent.  I invite everyone to drive out to Culver City to see for yourself…to witness art at it’s finest.

The exhibit will run from July 16 to August 13, 2011 at the LeBasse Projects.  For more information, click HERE.

Today, I took the day off to spend some time with all my girls at the happiest place on EARTH…. Disneyland.  My little baby Jojo (niece) is leaving to Cambodia in a couple of days and the one thing she wants most is to give Cinderella a hug.  Simple.  But it wasn’t that simple.  Last Friday we took Jojo to Disneyland for the first time.  We search high and low for Cinderella, but she was no where to be found.  The only time we saw her was during the parade.  It was heart breaking to hear her say “Aunty Onny, can I give Cinderelli a hug?”

Well, today we went on a mission, to find CINDERELLA!  And we sure did.  Disneyland is the happiest place on Earth (according to Jojo).

Auntie Lenny and Jojo Monkey; two peas in a pod.  Best friends by nature; these two knuckle heads can’t seem to live without each other.  In less than two days, they will have to learn to live apart.  Jojo Monkey will be leaving to Cambodia or as she calls it “Kam-bo-gee-aa.” Sniff, sniff.

Being a mother to a 2 year old has open my eyes to seeing the world in a much more colorful way.  I laugh often…worry less…and most of all  I’ve learn to just let it go.  Some things you just can’t hold on to…some things you just can’t change.  Take a deep breathe and don’t stress the little things in life.  If you see a puddle of water, don’t walk around it…SPLASH the heck out of it!! Enjoy life as if you were a two year old.

When Claire turned two, she receive a gift that also meant something to another child.  A pair of Toms shoe.  You see Toms’ motto is “with every pair you purchase, Toms will give a pair of new shoes to a child in need.  One for One.”

She’s a Millennium baby.  A Gemini. Born under the Chinese sign of the Golden Dragon.  She’s the face of a perfect child.  Full of charisma.

Folks, I would like you to meet little Miss Jill or as we like to call her “Bobby Hill.”

Bear & Aunty Lenny decided to join in on the photoshoot also…  more to love.

It’s 12:30AM, the kids are all asleep,  the laundries are done and the house is quiet.  Why am I still up? Catching up on work of course.  For someone who hates waking up early, I’m actually up early.  Then again,  my daily routine starts with a 5:00AM alarm courtesy of my Sprint phone.

I can’t sleep! 2011 has been running laps in my mind…

2011 has started and I haven’t been able to finish the final draft to my New Year’s Resolution Road Map to Accomplishing a Super Awesome 2011, or NYRRMASA2011 for short.  I haven’t been able to bake up the perfect recipe.   Then again, my life is full of random recipes.  You get a pinch of sugar here and a pound of salt there.  Lucky for me I happen to enjoy salty food.  All jokes aside, 2011 is a time for fresh starts, new ideas, and moving towards a positive direction.  It’s also a year for hard work and of course mini vacations along the way.   Time to get up and shake your doubts aside and lets makes some memorable memories.  Enjoy life’s randomness.

Happy New Years and good night…

Mommy made some small changes to the blog Claire.  Do you like it?

……………………………..Well…I guess she’s speechless………………….

Today, I had the pleasure of photographing an exhibition at Cal Poly Pomona.  It was cleverly put together by three talented students; Miguel Jimenez, Sergio Lopez, and Samnang Thang.  Umm hmmm…you read that right! One of them is a Thang.  What can I say?  Artistic talent runs in the family.

PS The exhibit will run til this Friday 2/4/11.

Concept Statement

Boxed + Shipped is an installment conceived by thinking outside of the box or developing ideas that deviate from the more conventional forms of landscape architecture.  Found within the box are elements that traditionally have come to define the discipline of landscape architecture.  These techniques, methods, processes, concepts, and skills reach a specific educational end providing a framework for instructions; hence the box.  Exhibited outside of the box are pieces that utilize different modes of creative expression to convey ideas that cannot be easily communicated through standard methods; Film, photography, graphic design, painting, sculpture, animation, and music inform and influence the discipline of landscape architecture in a broader sense.  It is the combination of what is inside, as well as outside of the box, that begins to form a deeper understanding of what can be realized in the field of landscape architecture.

By Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I–
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

The baby Bear and I finally got our very first mother-daughter photoshoot.  Thanks to my buddy Christpher Hartman for taking these awesome pictures for us.  And of course the amazing make-up guru; Anha Nguyen for making me ageless and flawless.