benofoto

so i finally put this all together!   sorry, i couldn't help but add stoopid captions to the bottom of each foto.   see, i never got to be on yearbook of journalism staff in high school, so i still enjoy such silly things.   sorry that all the taekwondo pics r of me.   those r the only ones i have.  

it's now a traditon for the ucmap taekwondo club members to travel south to the jimmy kim taekwondo championships down in long beach. we stay at brandie's folks' place in laguna hills. this pictures shows some of the crew at the laguna hills claim jumper, gettin' rowdy after the tournament. (on the far left: tonia hsieh; top of the triangle: owen chang; 2nd row from top: brandie barrows and laura chan; 3rd row: bao long and sandy hashima; bottom row: darlene rini and jeff kao)
 

crossroads, taken on the way home from the jki (jimmy kim invitational) tournament.

fun 'round christmas time at albany 99 [ranch] (pacific east mall). engines: (left to right) larua chan, brandie barrows, and linda buell; racers (left to right) charles chang, jason han, beno hwang, supermike lim, jerome ri, and andy wang.

same thing, front wheel drive.

the holiday season brings out the best in us. one big happy family. (left to right) beno hwang, andy wang, linda buell, laura chan, jerome ri, charles chang, brandie barrows, supermike lim, and jason han.

and we don't stop.

in beno's garage, in front of andy's car, just before leaving on the spring '99 snow trip.   top row: andy wang w/ fon, sandy huang, darlene rini, dave yee, brandie barrows, s.mike lim, bianca tai; bottom row: peter tsai, laura chan, beno hwang, meng li, kaela kang.

on our way to tahoe, we stopped at the pinole in-n-out burgers: (plain left to right) bianca tai, s.mike lim, charles chang, peter tsai, sandy huang, meng li, andy wang, darlene rini, kaela kang, brandie barrows, dave yee, laura chan, and beno hwang.

pre-party at the cabin...   wow, the nite b4 some kewl boarding, let me tell u! (plain left to right) bianca tai, beno hwang, dave yee, charles chang, peter tsai, meng li, sandy huang, brandie barrows, andy wang, kaela kang, laura chan, josh yim, darlene rini.

on the way home from tahoe, we stopped at marie callendar's in auburn.   we pondered going to in-n-out, but there was already this big group of asian-american college-ish ppl, so we figured they filled our ethnic quota already... top row: kaela kang, brandie barrows, laura chan, meng li, dave yee, peter tsai, s.mike lim, josh yim, beno hwang; dead center: andy wang; bottom row: charles chang, sandy huang, darlene rini, bianca tai.

jeff n' krishelle's burthday dinner at giovanni's.   we watched the matrix first at jack london cinemas.   back row: chi ngo, beno hwang, gilbert, andy wang, jocelyn hsu, jeff kao, dave yee, krishelle leong-grotz, s.mike lim, roland dong, ting vogel; front row: jerome ri, josh yim, charles chang, and sandy huang.

at fenton's celbrating jason han's u.s. national taekwondo victory.   back bench, charles chang, sandy huang, brian; chairs: (top to bottom) maiko minami, meng li, and harry chang; front bench: jerome ri, beno hwang, and sam lee.

beno throws a jumping back kick to counter as supermike roundhouse kicks while sparring for a demo at the international house's spring fest.

beno and charles perform koryo poomsae for the afternoon cal day demo.

s.mike holds the board on his head as beno jump spin hook kicks it.

the cal taekwondo demo team after its last demo for the day on april 17, 1999.

peter gets all the women: kaela kang, laura chan, peter tsai, and brandie barrows. sandy huang wonders what's wrong with them.

ghiradelli square after the spring 99 promotional exams: harry chang, laura chan, brandie barrows, peter tsai, and andy wang.

same: beno hwang, charles chang, sandy huang, and dave yee.

sf j.town: a bunch of ppl!   we went to go take our big neoprint.   17 ppl.   or was it 18?   whichever, it is our record so far.   charles chang is taking this picture.   security came n' busted us soon after.   who's in the foto? (plain left to right) clarence lao, patrick, philip huang, brandie barrows, peter tsai, sandy huang, beno hwang, laura chan, david yee, josh yim, harry chang, andy wang, anuj vaish, krishelle leong-grotz, kaela kang, kish.

we waited 4 hours to see star wars: the phantom menace on the opening nite.   here are two of the couples that were present: jocelyn hsu and jeff kao; betty yeh and toby jaw.

we climbed a really high, big mountain...   well, not really...   it was just a big rock at pt. reyes: chi ngo, beno hwang, jerome ri, and s.mike lim.

the next day, we at dim sum at restaurant peony: s.mike lim, laura chan, andy wang, darlene rini, peter tsai, dave yee, beno hwang, and jerome ri.

at claim jumper, jerome suffers for laura's pleasure.

s.mike and beno at the j.town neoprint booth...   errr... well, on the cover of vogue magazine.