Special day.

Happy 22nd birthday Hyung!



Thanks for all the laughs, the good times, and all the memories. My life would REALLY not be the same without you. Let's make the next 20 years as good as these past 20!



love,
Jason

shout-out to Hyung

I've always thought that my "Hyung" (older brother in Korean) Eddie was quite a remarkable person; someone I love and respect dearly. Apparently, I'm not the only one who thinks he's pretty cool.

Eddie was featured in an article of the most recent edition of KoreAm Journal, which is a magazine for Korean Americans. The article is called, "College Bound: Step out of the Ivy and onto these standout campuses". It's supposed to be an article that spotlights non-ivy league schools and their students, but they heard about Eddie and wrote about his story too.

Here's an excerpt and picture:

Eddie Lee, 21
Senior, Harvard University
Government major
Specialty: Politics

OK, so he’s an Ivy Leaguer, but Eddie Lee’s story is too good to pass up. Months before graduating from Harvard, he decided to take a voluntary leave of absence. Believing he needed to be part of a bigger cause, Lee dropped his studies temporarily to join the Obama campaign. His parents disapproved at first, but Lee earned their vote of confidence after demonstrating how committed he is to the Illinois senator’s candidacy. “This is something that I’m always going to look back on and be very proud of,” he says. “There’s nothing that I believe in more than this campaign. My whole life, I’ve always wanted to be someone that’s willing to drop everything for something I believe in.”

http://www.koreamjournal.com/Magazine/index.php/kj/2007/october/feature_story/college_bound/(page)/6

Personally, I think this may just be the first of many to come. By the way... I've heard that coolness is a hereditary trait =)