Chaitanya, Monique, and Soleil

Daniel ChuiDaniel Chui Registered Users Posts: 65 Big grins
edited April 24, 2004 in People
Hey folks! This is my first post here. I frequent DPreviews but have never dropped by this neck of the woods; I look forward to meeting you all! I've made a similar post on DPreview, but I wanted to share with my fellow Smugmuggers:

I met some amazing people today: Chaitanya (father), Monique (mother), and Soleil (daughter). You may recognize them if you went shopping this week on Library Walk - they run a storefront that sells Asian clothes, fabrics, and figurines. This family left me breathless; they are quite simply amazing people - friendly, polite, laid-back, but also foreign and exotic to a Cali boy like myself.


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Each year, they travel to Nepal and live with the Nepalese during their stay. When they are done, they import goods from Nepal and sell them in America; I imagine it's a busy life!

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The first thing I noticed about them is that they are a very happy family compared to the more wealthy families I grew up with in Palo Alto. People keep telling me that I don't need a lot of money to be happy; meeting this family really drilled the message home. They have everything that they need in one another.


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It was a pleasure taking photographs of this family... they are really terrific people and I wish them the best in their business.



I look forward to getting to know you all better!

- Chui

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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited April 24, 2004
    wave.gif Hi Chui, welcome aboard! That man has some intense eyes - I love the first shot with the baby. You make some nice 'character' photos of people.
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