Scuba diving in Florida

During our last trip to Florida I had the opportunity to go scuba diving with Calvin and Cristian. I saw stingrays and several fish. There were also a few sharks around us but I did not get to see them. The boat's sonar detected them and some other divers saw them but unfortunatelly not me.

Here we are getting ready to leave to the dive site.




In the boat, getting in "the zone"




Ready to jump in the water and meet the sharks!

Vacationing in Florida

In December the entire family went to visit Florida to spend Christmas with friends. We went to Orlando and Jupiter. Jonathan and his family also went with us.

At Magic Kingdom



Sarah in a helicopter ride flying somewhere over Orlando



The babies playing



In a fun ride



With the crew before going scuba diving



Christian and Hannah playing in the beach



Sarah and Danny in the boat somewhere in the Atlantic



Enjoying water sports

Visit to NYC

In November 2009, Nohemi and I went to New York City to celebrate her birthday as well as to attend my Cornell's 2 1/2 year reunion. Here are some pictures.

In Grand Central Station



In Rockefeller Center



In Central Park



With some Cornell classmates




At Times Square



By Grand Central again

In Thailand

This is my first visit to Thailand. We went to Bangkok and Ayutaya.

Here is our 777 from Thai Air that took us from Singapore to Bangkok (about 2 hours). This is the firt time I fly Thai and it's excellent.



This is a rice paddy in Ayutaya. The city of Ayutaya is the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Siam.



Planting rice








It looks like a good place for our future HQ



Touristing in the floating market in Bangkok





A traffic jam



Beautiful hat



A bat for sale..





Cock fighting in Bangkok's market

Visiting Taiwan

In mid September 2009 I went to SE Asia to visit our business interests. Here are some pictures of Taiwan

Riding the bullet train







Visiting Academia Sinica in Taipei







Somewhere in southern Taiwan




The tallest building in the world: Taipei 101

In Memoriam

As I write this note in a hotel in Singapore, I have been reflecting on the attacks on September 11, 2001. I flew from Champaign to Singapore yesterday and it was the anniversary of 9/11. I was at the airport at 8:07 am (the time the airplanes hit the WTC)and there was a sober announcement and a moment of silence. We should never forget those tragic events but we need to keep moving forward.

Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia

This was also my first visit to Kuala Lumpur (or KL, as everyone here calls it)

Petronas towers at night



Our hotel in KL



In KL Center



In the old quarters of KL



In the observation deck of the Petronas Towers






In Sepang, the F-1 circuit



Looking at the pits in Sepang




We stopped at a traditional Chinese joint somewhere in the KL's outskirts