Daily Archives: July 16, 2009

Jane Lui is YouTube’s Unsigned Pick

Jane Lui is YouTube’s Unsigned Pick in the music section today. See it here.

SoCal songstress Jane Lui is a classically trained pianist, but here she performs “Long Ago” whilst cranking a homemade music box. This is an original song.

You may have seen Jane Lui perform at Kollaboration 9 or Kollaboration Acoustic 2. You can support her on MySpace and YouTube.

Long Ago by Jane Liu

Lyrics for Long Ago by Jane Liu

Have you ever heard’em lovers in the park

with words a running like subtitles in the dark

it’s always complicated

unlike yesterday when you and i awhile

sing that song that i delight to hear so long ago

so to all the smiles was it mine that you preferred

(tell me that tale so i can hear the charm in everyword

and i’ll believe that you now love as you have always

still your words i hear from long ago.. long ago.)

blest was i, by your side, long ago… long ago.

verse i didn’t sing:

i have found myself this corner in the room

a room of promises like fiction – belief shall be the rule

for i meant it when we said goodnight

that i’ll look for you in someone else’s arms

Made In China: The People’s Republic of Profit

With CNBC anchor Melissa Lee hosting Porn: Business of Pleasure, we stumbled on her one-hour documentary, “Made in China: People’s Republic of Profit” from Beijing and Shanghai. In the 2008 CNBC original program, she reported extensively for the network on China from the country’s growth to its challenges to the opportunities for U.S. businesses.

Made In China: The People’s Republic of Profit

United We Serve

United We Serve is a nationwide service initiative that will help meet growing social needs resulting from the economic downturn. With the knowledge that ordinary people can achieve extraordinary things when given the proper tools, President Obama is asking us to come together to help lay a new foundation for growth. This initiative aims to both expand the impact of existing organizations by engaging new volunteers in their work and encourage volunteers to develop their own “do-it-yourself” projects with friends, family, and neighbors. United We Serve is an initial 81 days of service from June 22 to September 11 but will grow into a sustained, collaborative and focused effort to promote service as a way of life for all Americans. Learn more here.

This builds on the National AAPI Week of Service.

Tamlyn Tomita invites Asian Americans across the country to join in “United We Serve” from now until September 11, 2009

At the 2009 MLB All-Star game, President Obama joined former President’s Bush, Clinton, Bush, and Carter to highlight the importance of community service and ask all Americans to find a volunteer opportunity