We are still currently testing our new design and layout of theBlog. We welcome you to take a peek and browse around, but please have patience; because we will take it down from time to time until all the bugs are fixed.

 Lily, it was a pleasure meeting you.  I’m also glad that I’ve found another Bollywood fan.  To test out the new audio player; I dedicate the song below to you.

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Just like the photographer’s need to change his/her lenses, a blogger feels the urge to change the blog’s template. For the past two months we’ve been working on the new template. The hard work will pay off soon.

It is harder than what we’d imagined; coming up with the color theme is more difficult than the html coding. Please pardon our appearance as we make updates. As soon as we finalize our customizations; we will debut our new template.

Did thousands of Chinese-Americans line up for the 888 wedding date as many did for the 777 wedding date last year?

The 888 date is a wedding on August 8, 2008. The number 8 has always been an important and lucky number in Chinese culture. The Chinese for eight in Mandarin sounds similar to the word which means “prosper” or “wealth”. In Cantonese the words for “eight” and “fortune” are synonymous and homophonous.

With such an unforgettable wedding anniversary and date; husbands will have no excuses for forgetting their wedding anniversary.

Few days ago, while channel surfing, I heard a female voice in Mandarin asking, “What did you get me for our anniversary?”.

“That’s my commercial!”, I screamed out to my friends.

About two years ago, I was approached by Kim Wang of Digital Art Video to submit a concept sales pitch for a Chase commercial. To my surprise it was selected and made into a commercial.

If you have dined in a Chinese restaurant or attended a Chinese wedding, you have probably seen the double happiness symbol. This Chinese character “Double Happiness” is a very important symbol in Chinese culture.  Since the commercial is to target the Chinese community, I kept to theme of Double Happiness.

The commercial shows a young couple celebrating their wedding anniversary. The wife gives her husband a handbook for first time fathers, letting him know she is pregnant. He gives her a set of keys to their new home — financed with a mortgage from Chase.

Digital Art Video did a phenomenal job with the filming and editing of the commercial. Just imagine what they can do for your wedding, birthday party and other celebrations.

I was told that the commercial debuted last year on the Chinese cable channels of New York and Los Angeles. Maybe it is time that I get a TV and subscribe to cable.