From March 15th to April 11th, 2017, a team of oceanographers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography were on the R/P FLIP to study and observe Langmuir circulations generated by the wind and waves at the surface of the ocean. Here are some photos to share with you our experience on the R/P FLIP during...
I took this photo in the Strait of Luzon in 2013 looking at the Island of Bataan and the wake of clouds generated from it. Flows over topography are known to generate turbulence. Thankfully, these clouds allowed us to visualize the turbulence that nature can generate. For size comparison, try to see if you can...
On Friday, Scripps welcomed a new member, R/V Sally Ride, to its fleet of research vessels. The celebration took place at the Scripps Pier. After the pier, R/V Sally Ride left for Nimitz Marine Facility to spent time at its new home.
Every first Friday of the month, we, the InterCompassion Charities, Inc., cook meals for families with children of serious illness residing at the Ronald McDonald House.
On 18th July, I had the opportunity to spend 10 days with other oceanographers on the Research Platform FLIP (https://scripps.ucsd.edu/ships/flip) for a test cruise to study the Langmuir circulation and the near-surface processes. Spending time on FLIP is like living in a large tree house in the middle of the ocean. Even though there were large...
Once again, I joined Inter Compassion Charities group to share food and water with the homeless people in downtown San Diego. I have an opportunity to interact with some of the people that we shared our love with. Here is Bird Man. People called him that name because he likes to feed the birds. I have...
Today, I joined the Inter Compassion Charities group to share food, water, and clothing with the homeless people in downtown San Diego. The experience was rewarding. I was able to interact with these people who live along the sidewalks of the street. They faced and will face many problems including the problem with the city...
On Saturday, I joined the InterCompassion Charities Inc. for a morning to share with the homeless in downtown San Diego the food that we prepared. I had a great experience meeting these people. If you have time or resource, please consider joining us or other charities to help out those people who are less fortunate than...
On Saturday of March 19th, 2016, the InterCompassion Charities went to downtown San Diego to share some food with the homeless. Some of their encampment has been removed by the city. It is very sad to learn of the news.
This is our first 2016 Cook-A-Meal event at the Ronald McDonald House. It was a very fun and meaningful event to celebrate the joy of Lunar New Year with the people here.
This is a project in collaborating between NguyenSan Photography and JENNI Photography to photograph Lan & Nick’s Wedding on January 2nd, 2016 at Our Lady of The Sacred Heart Church, San Diego, CA.
Walking through the some neighborhood of Chennai, India, I have learned that the freshest source of water is delivered by trucks because the ground water there is mildly salty. It seemed like the people here are strongly dependent on the fresh water delivered by these trucks.
We celebrated our 2nd anniversary of the Inter Compassion Charities, Inc. cooking at the Cook-A-Meal event at the Ronald McDonald House in San Diego. It has been a wonderful experience cooking with great friends in the group.
Walking through a neighborhood of Chennai, I could find similarity to that of walking through a neighborhood in Vietnam. There was a vendor using his bicycle to transport his tea and snack around to sell to people. A man was delivering tanks of propane on this bicycle. People sit around in front of a scrap...