5.15.10
I took my wushu Level 10 test and passed! Go me!! I am now Level 11 (out of 16) and really loving how it's so challenging physically and mentally.
One of the AFI films I did screened at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival recently, and now it's availably on HBO On Demand! It's called "Lucky Lotus" and the character I play is named Thuy. If you are an HBO digital subscriber, no extra equipment or installation is required. You can select the film from on-screen menus with the remote control. How cool is that?!
4.8.10
My sister-in-law recently saw me on the Yahoo main portal and took a screenshot:
That makes four different ad campaigns that I know of so far from that one stock shoot - Costco Car, American Express, Torrance car dealership, and now Yahoo editorial :)
I haven't updated in a while, but a lot of things have happened: I won 1st place Kata at the Interdojo Johshin Honzan Karate Tournament, shot a principal role with Gus Hansen for a Full Tilt poker commercial, totally revamped this website (I had hardcoded the old one in HTML back in college but this time I learned css for a more layered look), am currently on avail for a print job, and was on avail for two other projects but released. I am learning to do crazy things in wushu that really challenge me physically like aerials and butterfly kicks. I will feel so cool when I finally do my first real butterfly!!
Some of my sketches below were inspired by movies I've seen recently (dancing queen - "This is It" with Michael Jackson, sacrificial sickle - "We Feed The World", leapfrog - "Cane Toads", king corn - "King Corn"). Click to see their full-sized versions:
1.18.10
My ex-coworker from Apple recently asked me if I'm on the American Express website. He says the picture sometimes pops up before the login page, so he took a screenshot for me:
LOL! Another picture from a stock shoot I did that has been bought and used! ^_^
A couple of days after he told me I was eating soba in Torrance and reading Lighthouse magazine when I couldn't believe what was on the last page. The same picture being used by a car dealership for their advertisement:
Too cool!
12.29.09
2009 was an slower year compared to others, but it did peak with me as a lead with the biggest names I've worked with yet (cinematographers Phedon Papamichael, Dion Beebe, and Kramer Morgenthau). I really do believe that everything happens for a reason, and the challenging year has fueled me to focus on new, self-produced endeavors. I began writing poems and short stories that I hope to publish as an anthology. I am also penning my own screenplay with myself as the lead and a certain actress to play my mother. I also know who I want to produce it and suffices to say I have corresponding pictures on my vision board. 2010 will be a year of great happenings! Happy New Year everyone! (^_^)