2008 Fireball Run Charity Event - DeLorean and Batmobile

On Saturday, Anh held a charity event at his house. A friend of his was hosting a networking event for the 2008 Fireball Run. I was lucky enough to get to attend the event. I met some great people who had flown in from all over the U.S. to attend.

The event is held in September. Basically, in a nutshell, if invited to attend, you go on a rally for 9 days with your car traveling 3500 miles. The purpose of the event is to find missing children. Each team, which consists of one car, is in charge of one missing child. They hand out fliers at every stop and help spread the word. The rally received quite a bit of publicity through the media which also helped recover some children. To my surprise, many of the children are abducted by their own parents.

It's very touching and rewarding to listen to the participants talk about the event. It also gives the participants an opportunity to drive their Lamborghini, Ferrari, DeLorean... Yes, that's right, the De Lorean from "Back to the Future 2" will be going on the rally this year. Last year the Batmobile was in it. Both cars came to the event on Saturday. It was cool, that's an understatement. The rally is actually a "game." One participant compared it to "The Amazing Race." They have clues and can receive extra points for doing certain things. Definitely keeps them on their toes and makes it fun for the participants. I have great respect for them and am excited to see the number of children that will be found through this wonderful event.

DeLorean

DeLorean and Adam West Batmobile

Me and the DeLorean

Anh and the DeLorean

Flux Capacitor

Hawaii - March 20-23, 2008

Hawaii was amazing. Now that I've been back for a little while, it seems like a dream that we were even there. We went snorkeling, kayaking, got massages, and relaxed in the sun. We ate some amazing food and I met some amazing people. Most of Anh's friends happen to be surgeons or in the medical field. All very smart and fun people. It was nice to get away from the LA scene. I do love LA, but taking a break is very necessary.

Mark and Julie's wedding couldn't have gone better. Before we left to Hawaii, we'd heard weather reports that it was supposed to rain. Then the weather man changed his mind and told us it'd sprinkle. It did sprinkle, the last last day we were there it sprinkled... more like drizzled, for about 10 minutes.
The rehearsal dinner was on the Hyatt property right near the beach. We were literally right next to the ocean. We ate and socialed with the wedding guests.

For the wedding, which was also at the Hyatt, the ceremony began around 4:00 PM. Mark, who is Asian, had quite a lot of his Aunts there. Typical Asians, they pulled out their cameras and started snapping shots during the ceremony. I found it even more hilarious that they weren't taking pictures of Mark and Julie but rather of their families sitting in the audience.

Once the reception began, the sun started setting. It couldn't have been more beautiful reflecting off the massive ocean. Afterwards we danced and then went out to the hotel's club to celebrate.

We had a wonderful time.