Yesterday she was a baby and today she is an adult. Logic tells me that this is an absurd concept but now my baby girl can legally get plastered, gamble all her money away and do things without my permission legally. But, she wont because somehow, someway, Gina and I have raised a hard working,…
With my daughter covering the Occupy Oakland riots for CALTV, the issues surrounding the discontent of the “99%” have been household discussion. Today in Berkeley, there were 10 people arrested and some beaten for setting up tents on campus in protest of higher tuition. The fact is that about 70 percent of Cal students get…
Mia Syn–reporter for CALTV– covers the Occupy Berkeley Protest. What is with this hatred of wealthy people? I was informed that the 1% is defined as those with an adjusted gross income of $343,927 or more. That is about 1.4 million people (of which doesn’t include me and I don’t hate them). Doesn’t that 1%…
I never imagined Mia pursuing broadcast journalism as a profession. Not that she has changed her major though. I thought the Ann Curies of the world were born into it or something. I see my daughters skills getting better and I can imagine her working for a news station. It will be interesting to see…
Mark and his buddies start a Surfing Club at Leland. Its not science or engeneering but I approve. Surfs up at Leland High School from Meng Syn DDS on Vimeo.
The Leland High School Junior Prom was this last weekend. Mark took his friend Melissa. They are in ASB together and have been friends since Williams Elementary School. Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer ASB Election results are in and Mark Syn will be the new Student Body Vice President next year. As he pulls…
My son is officially a better golfer than I. I think it might now be more beneficial to aim for a Division II golf scholarship versus an Ivy League College for him. The other day, I bought a used P3Pro Swing golf simulator which we can now use to accurately get feedback about our swings.…
Happy Birthday to Nick Gray, my father-in-law and the coolest guy over 90 that I know. Nick is a veteran of WW II and earned a Bronze Star on D-Day as a first wave infantryman on Utah Beach. Healthy and still joking around, we celebrated his 95th at Kioyto Palace. Get the flash…
Lee Hartman passed away last month. She was my friend and art instructor. Lee always had a way about her. Ive taken over her web site and will be hosting it on my servers from here on. With the help of Carol Couper, I will be putting together her life’s work on a web site…
The LA TV stations called it the biggest rain storm in 70 years! Mark and I called it Nirvanna as we rode rides with no lines and had our way with the park till midnight dressed like fishermen. In all the years of going to Disneyland the week before Christmas to celebrate Gina and…
Its hard to be impartial when it comes to critiquing film and editing when you are analyzing you daughter’s work. I am usually pretty critical and even more so with Mia, but I am really proud of this piece that she wrote and edited. Mia has researched this piece for over a year and knows…
What a great day. My first Giant’s game was in 1966 at Candlestick Park. My cousin Kenneth Tan and his dad took me. I was so into those giants having collected the entire roster in baseball cards and keeping scorecards of games–my first math papers. Having attended many games with Mark and Mia since 2003…
Last summer, Mia was an intern at NBC Bay Area where she shadowed reporters and researched news stories. I knew she had a interest in photojournalism bit it seems she enjoys being in front of the camera as well. Here is her first piece as a broadcast journalist for Cal TV.
What a great place to spend the 4th of July. Mia, Mark, Gina and Nick revisit Gina’s root in New Jersey. Dad reconects with the famous Nat Nadler. Watching fireworks in Leonia on the high school football field. Mia checked out NBC at 30 Rock for a possible internship next year. Get the flash player…
This will be the second time that Wayne and I have brought our families together to camp and fish at the Wilderness Unlimited Ponds near Burney California. I have fond memories of those ponds because it was where Mia caught her first trout 17 years ago and wear my dad really learned to fish dry…
Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer Mia came back from Berkeley to hang with me at the Lake. Since she hasn’t fished on the boat ever, I though it would be cool to teach her how to put the boat in and operate it in case she ever decides to go out herself (right). We…
Mia has prepared for this humanitairian mission for an entire year. The Global Brigade of UC Berkeley headed off to Honduras on a medical and dental mission on June 8th. Fortunatly, I was able to find an AT&T mobile plan that kept us in contact with her even in the jungles of Honduras. Here are…
This will be the 4th year that Gina and I have judged speech and debate tournaments that Mia and Mark have entered. And till now this is the first time I have ever felt motivated to say something about the judging at these tournaments. As our fearless coach Gay Brasher told us long ago,”There are…
“Here’s tae us! There’s gey few like us–and they’re a’ damned or deid!” Hogmanay toast, trad. attr. Gordon Highlanders Few people stay connected to you for your whole life from childhood that are not your relatives. Because we shared the same passion for FLY FISHING in the 70’s, Len took a chance on a young…
This year, Christmas seems different with our daughter returning from a successful semester at UC Berkeley. And, the annual neighborhood Luminarias, Caroling, and Party was renewed with most of the neighborhood kids returning for the holidays. The annual Disneyland Trip was cool since Mark and Gina had Birthday goodies–a 75 dollar gift card and a…