Goodbye, Los Angeles!

Goodbye and thanks for everything, Los Angeles! A glimpse of my Los Angeles: lots and lots of Rotary fun, attending a Jesuit University, peace and justice activism, my service organization, Asian American adventures, martial arts, pageantry, and exploring Los Angeles!

The last meeting with Joe, one of my counsellors,

Mason, our outgoing President, and Shiela, our new outbound scholar.

Rotary Family Picnic with PDG Dave Moyers and

Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar Lindsey Fyfe

SCOTS 2009, Inbound and Outbound Rotary Scholars in

District 5280

Loyola Marymount University

The Education of the Whole Person

The Encouragement of Learning
The Service of Faith and the Promotion of Justice

2009 Ignatian Teach-In and School of the Americas Protest with

Loyola Marymount University

Supporting the Los Angeles Living Wage to lift hotel workers out of poverty

Sursum Corda Service Organization!

This are my Little Cordas (I'm there Big Sursum!)

and they are SUCH phenomenal and inspiring men of service.

We're a fun bunch.

On our bluff by LMU's Sacred Heart Chapel,

one of the holiest places to me.

One of the most humbling and transformative experiences in service and solidairty:

Alternative Break to the Gudalupe Homeless Project in East Los Angeles.

I went with these lovely girls from LMU.

GHP is part of Dolores Mission, and is a faith based service for the homeless.

Sarah and I helped prepare breakfast at the

Guadalupe Homeless Project at 5 AM

Ohmygosh, it's Roger Fan.

We're facebook friends now. =)

California State Assemblymember Warren Furutani.

I interned on the campaign for the well-respected civil rights activist and educator.

LMU IHOP, International House of People for Chinese New Year. =)

Performing a martial arts form with the Japanese Sais at

LMU's Bentos Beneath the Palms--Celebrating Asian Pacific America

Performing Chinese Wushu with the Sabre...

and Amanda and I even tried our hand at Chinese Fan Dancing

at the last Bentos Beneath the Palms. We hope we made the Chinese proud...

Miss Greater Long Beach 2008.

I judged a doggie beauty pageant with Justin Rudd, an awesome community leader.

And MC'd an Asthma Resource Fair in a community with a disproportionately high number of

children with asthma =/

and the classic Charity Fashion Shows.

Resident Advising in sophomore housing!

What a fun bunch!

We made sure the staff knew how to spell R-A-I-N-S at the beach!

My Politics of California class took a trip to Sacramento where we posed by our repsective counties at the Capitol ...

...and we were spontaneously serenaded by a local Mariachi band.

Natalie, Amanda, and I hit up MOCA, the Museum of Contemporary Art.

The Watts Towers is famous in LA. Made with only hand tools by Simon Rodia, it's made of broken pieces of ceramics from the people of Watts. A community sculpture.

Justine and I went during her finals week in 2008!