Ever met a famous person?

recently, i just came back from a business trip in boston, ma.

on my flight back from boston to new york, i took the airline JetBlue. there was this very neatly dressed business man sitting by the window seat next to me. he seemed very anxious and was constantly looking at his iphone and checking his emails, browsing the web, etc. probably because the flight got delayed by 40 mins or so.

i couldn't help but to noticed there's something special about him but in a good way.

during the 55 min flight, i was so bombed from the boston esc show, i decided take a quick nap. just when the flight was about the land, i woke up and turned on my android phone, G2 phone the MyTouch 3G.

that's when our conversation started. he asked how i liked using the android phone and i told him the pros and cons as well as how it compares to the iphone. so our conversation started to take off and i started talking a bit technical. as a sales person, i can always tell when someone was starting to lose interest in the subject, so i quickly change the topic. he then got curious and asked what i do for a living, so i replied "semiconductor related or more specifically SSD for industrial and embedded application".

he then said "no wonder you seem technical when you talk, kinda have to for your line of work." i admit, i'm a total nerd when it comes to techie stuff.

so then i asked what kind of industry he's in, and he simply replied "software" or more specifically something to do with downloading music from the web.

right then and there my gut feeling shot out of my mouth and said "NAPSTER"? needless to say, John was very shocked and surprised to hear that. Immediately, he asked for my business card and gave me his.

the famous person that sat next to me on the plane whom i had the pleasure of speaking to about technologies in cell phones is John Fanning, the original Founder and CEO of NAPSTER! HOLY COW!!

what's awesome was right afterward we exited the plane, John took off running to get to his next meeting as I wished him good luck on a great meeting, he turned around and said thanks.

after that, a couple ppl walked up to me and asked me did that guy just said he's the founder/ CEO of Napster? i proudly said yup and showed them his business card. after which, the only words coming out of their mouths was "HOLY SHIT"!

never thought what it would be like to meet a famous person and yet all this time, i thought he was just a regular joe like me. even as a millionaire, John is a very down to earth guy and very humble. i wish him the very best of luck...

Carmel Trip - Part 2

after our fulfilling lunch at katy's place, we really needed to walk around to burn off some calories. so, first stop is directly to the carmel city beach. a place where the sand is powder white and dogs run free.

in fact, it is at that beach that our chloe feel the happiest being free to run around. most of all, it's a place where she will actually listen to the word "come".

that day, the weather turn pretty quick and temp started to drop. while looking for a parking place in such a crowded parking lot, we found a car that's about to leave. it was a big family and the dad was taking care of their kids to get them dried up before leaving. so as we waited, we got honked at, cursed at, and even got dirty looks since they said we were blocking traffic.

it's carmel for crying out loud, no need to rush. it's a place where people come to relax and chill, but i guess there was too many visitors there that day. one white dork even walked up to my car with his pitbull and said would you move your f*ing car, you are blocking the traffic. i guess it's because i'm asian that's why he started to curse. guess not everyone is PF Chang friendly.. haha ;)

but it is at times like these that i'm glad i don't own a gun or still live in texas. cuz otherwise i might have busted a cap in his ass in self defense. ok ok.. maybe i would just bust a cap in his ass just for the fun of it, since his rude low class abercrombie & finch wannabe with wacked up hairstyle is just asking for it. had he asked nicely, i wouldn't have been that upset. anyway, that's that.

so as we walked on the beach to woo-saaa, the weather changed quickly to cloudy and chilly. it became very foggy. but, we still wanted chloe to run free and most of all take more photos to capture that day.

family photo... just missing chloe. she was having fun running around...

Into Santa Cruz...Surfer's Museum

last time when we were suppose to go to carmel and ended up taking the wrong turn, we ended up going to santa cruz. besides going to the boardwalk for a late lunch, we decided to drive around toward surfer's museum.

we never been there before, so we thought it might be fun to go check it out. plus many ppl said there's a portion of the beach that allows dogs to run free.

i thought the museum would be a big place, but was surprised it's more like a little gift shop that resides in a lighthouse. here's a photo of the surfer museum from the outside. photo was shot with our canon powershot sd750. i wanted to bring my 30D, but opted not to; since baby gears comes first.



that day was super windy and very chilly. here's a photo of cherie wrapped up like a chinese eggroll of clothes. she's almost as tall as the lighthouse... plus, look what's in between her fingers... she's holding the flag between her fingers... haha



after that, we decided to walk further down to discover the beach. it was such a beautiful view. click on the photo to view it in a larger size. i really like this view... hope you enjoy it too.



here's a photo of cherie and my mom in law with haley sleeping in her stroller. her'es a view of everyone heading back toward the car, because it was just way too cold!! arn't californian's spoiled? that's why we have high taxes.. it's called sunshine tax, weather tax, plus being spoiled tax. haha

chloe was the only one that was running towards me. i think it's because she wanted me to hold her and keep her warm.

all in all, that was a beautiful day. kinda cold and chilly.. but a great day of family fun nonetheless. we should go back again next time when it's not that cold... hehe