The Leland Class of 2012, lead by VP Mark Syn et al, make Leland High School history by placing 2nd in two consecutive years as Freshman and Sophmores. Watch out next year, I predict they will step it up a notch on the tech front and win the competition for the next two years. LELAND…
I was so looking forward to Hurricane Felicia. It was interesting to watch the island preparing for the worst. I met a man from Home Depot that was in charge of securing the store for the storm so that in the event of a disaster, they could help rebuild the island. Brilliant. Anyways, the “Caine”…
Last week Gina and I attended CALSO 2009 with our great friends Barry and Graciella Kliger. Dr Kliger and I attended UC Davis and Northwestern Dental School together and we have kids the same age. Consequently, our daughters graduated high school with nearly identical records and got accepted and rejected by exactly the same schools. After futile attempts to…
Fatalities are declining especially — the 15 percent decrease among underage drunk driving fatalities because of programs like this in High Schools across America. Recruited by Leland to help edit the Video portion of the two day program, I was amazed at the year of planning and secrecy that was maintained in order to put…
Congratulations to Mia in placing 7th in the State in Oratory Interpretation. The Tournament tookplace in Culver City April 26, 2009. Mia made it to the final round in 4th place but final round proved to be very competative and a “air conditioning” incident during her round put her at a disadvantage. In probably the…
A couple posts back I mentioned reviewing a MINI Projector. This Christmas morning to my surprise, my son Mark, surprised me by wrapping up on these gizmo’s for me under the tree. I must admit I was surprised that a 14 year old cold track one down and purchase it. One of the coolest presents…
As we do every year, we drove up to the Christmas Tree Farms above Los Gatos and picked out a big tree for the living room. Being that it is Mia’s last Christmas as a senior and that we have Holiday parties planned at the house this year, we decided to find a realy big…
First of all, yes this was my daughters Leland High School Physics Project that I enjoyed helping her with, however, if they didn’t expect parents and outsiders to help these kids, why did they set the dimensions of the device to one square meter and choose a projectile like a baseball? No way to build…
Its been years since we took a vacation to Maui without the kids and we have Erin and Ken to thank for a wonderful time in Hawaii. Yesterday was EPIC with beautifull weather for the ceremony despite rain and clouds on both days before and after. The beach was fantastic, a small intimate setting just a mile…
For parents and friends that would like to have some of the photos I took yesterday and for those looking for the Freshmen and Senior Homecoming Skits, The Videos can be found on Vimeo.com and the Photos can be found at FLickr. My Vimeo (for video) and Flickr (for Photos) memberships are under “Meng Syn DDS” .
The Freshman Make History! Winning second place in the skit competition beating out the Seniors and the Sophmores in the highest place finish ever for a freshman class. Mark Syn and Madie Perretta Writers, Producers and Directors…. Leland High School Homecoming Skit Freshmen 2008 from Meng Syn DDS on Vimeo.
The Class of 09 performed their final skit at Leland today which I had the opportunity to film. Using an HD1000 with fish eye and an HD800 for closer shots I edited the short film in Adobe CS4’s two camera mode in half an hour. Leland High School Senior Homecoming Skit 2008 from Meng Syn…
In what might be considered a major victory for the underdogs, my son Mark and his partner Kian, both freshmen novices, were victorious in there first National Forensics League tournament together in Duo Interpretative Speech. The tournament was held at Leland High School and the Duo event attracted 28 pairs of competitors from elite Northern California Schools like…
Gina and Mary Ann completed their second Rock and Roll Half Marathon today, eclipsing their last years time by a few minutes. The weather was great and after the race we had a nice lunch at the Fairmont and waited around until Credence Clearwater Revisited took the stage to close the race.
Its been nearly ten years since we revisited the old neighborhood in Downtown Chicago. A kidless week revisiting those places that were so familair to us was refreshing and rejuvinating. I forgot how many people actually show up for Taste of Chicago until they closed the streets around Grant Park to let the partiers exit…
Whats better than taking your son out of school to go fishing in Mexico for a week? Nuthin’. This mid school year expedition took place near Mazatlan at a lake called El Salto, home of the next world record largemouth bass. This trip was special in that my cousin Wayne and my Uncle Yun were…
Disney Cruise lines sailed the Med for the very first time this summer and being that our family is addicted to Disney Cruises we had to see Europe for the first time on a Disney Yacht. In what turned out to be one of our best vacations ever, we sailed for 14 days, and saw…
Snow in April! We packed for heat and fished in rain and snow. Mark and I took a trip to the Bidwell Ponds in Lasson County to excersize some trout over spring break. The high point of the trip was when I accidentally lit my self on fire priming the carburator of our motorhome…
On July 31st 2006, my father passed away from complications during heart surgery to repair a regurgitating mitral valve at Kaiser Hospital in San Francisco. He was 79 years old and had been suffering from congestive heart failure for months prior to the surgery. He is missed and we think of him often. In Memory…