titans in manhattan

the boys in new york, summer 2004 @ club 284 (aka juju's apt.) alex has just recently moved to north america after 7 sleepy years down under. welcome to the continent pal! sadly, a few months later, juju announced that he is leaving the big apple and is headed back east to Tokyo. apparently, half the female population in the city took to the streets though it is unclear if it was in celebration or in sorrow. our 10th year high school reunion is this year, the class hasn't decided where to host the festivities but something tells me its not really going to matter. vegas is leading the polls at the moment.

the legend of lamda delta

Started on February 23, 2001, the members of the German Hall 2001 began what would be considered perhaps the most intense parties on campus,hidden deep within the grounds of Edens at the Language Dorm (aka Lamda Delta) ...

02/23/2001 - The Beginning
03/02/2001 - Pre-Spring Break Bash 2001 "Catholic Night"
03/30/2001 - Post-Spring Break Insanity!!
03/01/2002 - Pre-Spring Break Bash 2002

shanghai : the pearl of the orient

Across the river from this retail mecca, a futuristic vision called Pudong sparkles as the city's new financial district on what was mostly marshland 15 years ago. By 2008, Pudong will boast the world's tallest building, providing Shanghai the superlative exclamation point it craves. This year, the city expects more than $12 billion in contracted foreign direct investment, nearly 40 times that of 1985. More foreigners now visit Shanghai than in the city's first heyday. Some travel from the new airport on what is perhaps the city's finest metaphor: a $1.2 billion magnetic-levitation train that reaches 430 kilometers per hour, making it the world's fastest locomotive—even though the entire trip takes only eight minutes. "I've lived all over Asia, and no place has the kind of energy that Shanghai does," says Rudi Butt, the Hong Kong-born executive director of the Yongfoo Elite, a private dining club in the historic French Concession, where a corporate membership costs $7,000.

jade buddha temple

Many buildings from the 1920s and 1930s have also survived in the Old City section of Shanghai. A visit to the Old City is easily combined with a stop at Yuyuan Garden, a well-restored Suzhou-style garden created during the Ming Dynasty. The garden is immensely popular with local residents and visiting Chinese. In addition, Jade Buddha Temple, located in northwest Shanghai, is the most popular Buddhist temple in this city, drawing both worshippers and tourists. It is famous for two jade Buddha statues, one of which is reclining and the other seated.

the men of lamda delta

the infamous eurotrash party @ the LD - winter 2001. here's to the seniors (and one sophomore: till you shoulda been in our class, what's up with that 2003 shite?) that made that semester possible: (top) dave "west on 27th" cheong, ahren "chocolate body print" hoffman, phil "the wurm" paik, james "i'm too sexy for your love" greengrass, (bottom) jonathan "barcardi 151" jesneck, till "ich bin ein berliner" brenner.

west on 27th (we will never forget)

this is one from the archives - juju and i prepping for sessions @ twilo in his apt. on 39th & 3rd. spring break 2000.