Daniel Chui
Apr-24-2004, 11:33 AM
Hey folks! This is my first post here. I frequent DPreviews but have never dropped by this neck of the woods; I look forward to meeting you all! I've made a similar post on DPreview, but I wanted to share with my fellow Smugmuggers:
I met some amazing people today: Chaitanya (father), Monique (mother), and Soleil (daughter). You may recognize them if you went shopping this week on Library Walk - they run a storefront that sells Asian clothes, fabrics, and figurines. This family left me breathless; they are quite simply amazing people - friendly, polite, laid-back, but also foreign and exotic to a Cali boy like myself.
http://chui.bensbargains.net/dadsmile.jpg[/url]
Each year, they travel to Nepal and live with the Nepalese during their stay. When they are done, they import goods from Nepal and sell them in America; I imagine it's a busy life!
http://chui.bensbargains.net/dadarm.jpg
The first thing I noticed about them is that they are a very happy family compared to the more wealthy families I grew up with in Palo Alto. People keep telling me that I don't need a lot of money to be happy; meeting this family really drilled the message home. They have everything that they need in one another.
http://chui.bensbargains.net/momsmile.jpg
It was a pleasure taking photographs of this family... they are really terrific people and I wish them the best in their business.
I look forward to getting to know you all better!
- Chui
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[url="http://www.chewyphoto.com/"]http://www.chewyphoto.com (http://chui.bensbargains.net/dadsmile.jpg)
I met some amazing people today: Chaitanya (father), Monique (mother), and Soleil (daughter). You may recognize them if you went shopping this week on Library Walk - they run a storefront that sells Asian clothes, fabrics, and figurines. This family left me breathless; they are quite simply amazing people - friendly, polite, laid-back, but also foreign and exotic to a Cali boy like myself.
http://chui.bensbargains.net/dadsmile.jpg[/url]
Each year, they travel to Nepal and live with the Nepalese during their stay. When they are done, they import goods from Nepal and sell them in America; I imagine it's a busy life!
http://chui.bensbargains.net/dadarm.jpg
The first thing I noticed about them is that they are a very happy family compared to the more wealthy families I grew up with in Palo Alto. People keep telling me that I don't need a lot of money to be happy; meeting this family really drilled the message home. They have everything that they need in one another.
http://chui.bensbargains.net/momsmile.jpg
It was a pleasure taking photographs of this family... they are really terrific people and I wish them the best in their business.
I look forward to getting to know you all better!
- Chui
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[url="http://www.chewyphoto.com/"]http://www.chewyphoto.com (http://chui.bensbargains.net/dadsmile.jpg)