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 This is our wonderful son, Ming! Born in Bangkok,
Thailand in Aug. 1990, Ming has been a straight "A" 4.0 student
throughout his entire schooling! He loves sports, science, art, computers,
travel, exotic cars, music, and mystery novels and he is quickly becoming
a very creative mystery writer, song writer, guitarist, drummer and keyboardist!
He frequently travels and has visited Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Japan,
Hawaii, Taiwan, Baja Mexico, mainland China, Korea, Thailand, Germany, France,
Italy, Belgium, Monaco, Luxembourg and the US! Ming is also a student of
Shorinji Kempo Zen Martial Arts and has been taught for seven years by a Zen Buddhist
priest who is a 7th degree black belt master! Ming visited the historic
Shaolin Temple in Henan, China in 2000, and received his black belt at age
12! (see photo below) Ming is tri-lingual: Thai, French & English. He
is also among the top students in his 12th grade class! Ming has won several
academic awards and is also a high school senior honor student! He is president
of the French Honor Society and last year spent a month at Pomona College
in their Summer Scholars Enrichment Program 2007. College: Ming has been accepted into Princeton, Stanford, UC Berkeley,
Pomona College, Brown University, UC Santa Barbara and Pitzer College, all
with full scholarships! All together, he got accepted into 11 major Universities!
He has chosen Stanford University and is now a member of Stanford's class
of 2012! Needless to say, we are very proud of Ming! He has a bright future
ahead of him!
God has truly blessed us!
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...................Ming 2002.......................Ming & Ferrari 360 Modena @ yatch harbor in
Monte Carlo, Monaco April, 2002
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..Ming with dolphin friend,
Hawaii 1999........................./...............Ming and Joyce, Pasadena 2007.
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Thailand elephant ride 1999..................At
the Shaolin Temple, China 2000...................Playing the keyboard 2002
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After training for over half
of his life, Ming received his Shorinji Kempo black belt in April '03 from
Master Toshio Kuramoto!
Thank you for visiting
the Bangkok Blue home page!
"Love & Peace to
you",...... from Ming, Joyce &
Blue
To inquire about Joyce's Thai
Imports & Hilltribe Jewelry or to say, "Hello" just E-mail
us.
Links:
[ Seawind Website ] [ Bangkok
Blue Thai Restaurant Website ] [ Dolphin Days Website
]
[ Java
Jazz Festival Website ]
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This is my wife, "Joyce" who was born and raised in Bangkok,
Thailand! We met in Sydney, Australia in 1985. I was on a concert tour and
she was attending college there and working part-time in a Thai restaurant.
On my day off in Sydney, I decided to have Thai food for lunch and as fate
would have it, chose the restaurant where she was working.......... and
the rest is history! We were married in Bangkok in June 1988, having a traditional
Thai wedding with incense, candles, lotus blossoms, holy water and 9 Buddhist
monks! Joyce imports Thai arts & handicrafts and hand-made hilltribe
jewelry. She also specializes in gourmet Thai cooking, and has several very
secret & delicious recipies! When she has the time, she custom designs
men's and women's fashions, combining antique Thai & Laotian hand woven
silks with modern fabric & creative designs. She has designed stage
clothes for several of the recording artists that I have worked with. Aside
from being a great mom (and wife), she is also a Shorinji Kempo brown belt.
"Joyce" has opened her own gourmet Thai restaurant...."Bangkok
Blue" (see link below). June 2008, marks 20 happy years of marriage
for us!