A Few Recommendations

Hi,

Now back in New York, I've started to reconnect again to some friends. A
few of them have new ventures that they are starting, so I'm helping to
spread the word.

A friend of mine, Julia Hsu, is starting her own private ophthalmology
practice in Flushing, Queens. She graduated from MIT undergrad and Harvard
Medical School. Here's her office contact info:

Julia Hsu, M.D.
Ophthalmology
136-36 39th Avenue, 6th Floor
Flushing, NY 11354
718-888-9785
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Another friend of mine, Linda Cheung's husband, Peter Chang, is starting
his own private practice in internal medicine in Manhattan, on the upper
East Side on July 1st, 2003. Here's his office contact info:

Peter K. Chang, MD
Internal Medicine & Gastroenterology
12 East 86th Street
New York, NY 10028
Tel: 212-744-6888
Fax: 212-861-1829
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Another friend of mine, Cynthia Cheng, is starting her own wine tasting /
recommendation service. If you are interested in planning a personal or
business event, and would like assistance with the wine selection and menu
matching, you can check out her website. She also organizes monthly wine
tastings. Here's her contact info:

cynthia sin-yi cheng
cyn-et-vin
212-580-1949
thia@cynetvin.com
www.cynetvin.com
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Years ago, while I was in business school, there were several Internet
based networking websites, such as PlanetAll and SixDegrees. Those have
since been bought out or folded. I was just introduced to a new online
networking website called Friendster. Here's their email for inviting
friends to join:

Josh Li has invited you, Josh, to join Josh's personal and private
community at Friendster, where you and Josh can network with each other's
friends.

Friendster is an online community that connects people through networks of
friends for dating or making new friends.

Friendster is for people who are single, people in relationships, and
anyone who wants to make new friends or help their friends meet new people.

You can use Friendster to:

* Meet new people to date, through your friends and their friends
* Make new friends
* Help your friends meet new people

Once you join Friendster, you will be automatically connected to your
friend Josh, and all of Josh's friends.

(If you are already a Friendster member, you were probably invited with a
different email address than you are using with Friendster.)

Click below to join Friendster:
http://www.friendster.com/join.jsp?invite=789591869241

or, http://www.friendster.com/join.jsp?invite=478639

So, even if you are married, if you are interested in networking with other
people, you should check out this website.

Another "online community" website to check out is: www.thesquare.com. It
is for folks who attended some of the top schools in the U.S. This group
hosts networking activities in major cities such as New York, LA, San
Francisco, Boston, Chicago, etc. They also have job postings. Right now,
there is a trivia contest between the alumni of the various schools.
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Finally, here's a QUOTE OF THE DAY, forwarded by Adam Ritter:

"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games.
26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've
failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
- Michael Jordan

Have a great summer!

-Josh.

P.S. By the way, many of you have always wondered how I write these emails
addressed to you individually. Well, when I was doing my own startup, I
bought this piece of software called Mail King. It allows me to create
these "personalized" emails.

Greetings from Josh Li

Hi,

I hope you are doing well. It's been a long time since my last personal
email. Yesterday was my last day at Avery Dennison. I've really enjoyed
my projects in Singapore and Cleveland, but it is time to move on. I
learned a great deal, and worked with some very awesome people. I will
really miss them.

I'll be moving back to New York City on Saturday, 6/14/03. Here's my new
contact info:

[Address deleted]

Email address: joshli@yahoo.com
My permanent email address: joshli@post.harvard.edu will still work, but
I'm trying to migrate all of my emails to my Yahoo account.

I'll be back in New York for almost two weeks. Then I will go traveling
through Spain, Portugal, and Singapore with my wife Melissa. She is
currently studying Spanish full time in Salamanca, Spain, and enjoying her
studies. She is really into the Spanish language and culture.

When I return to New York in mid-August, I will start my job search. As of
now, our first choice city for my job search is Boston. I've always had
very fond memories of the 10 years I spent in Boston, and it would be neat
to work back there. However, we are open to where ever God leads us.

I would love to hear from you, what you've been up to, whether you're now
married, have kids, started a new job, moved, etc. I also look forward to
meeting up with you in New York, Boston or Singapore this summer.

Melissa and I went on vacation in Spain for a few days before she started
school. Here are some of our pictures:

Toledo Spain
http://cards.webshots.com/cp-56281135-nbZk-album/74408850IwXJZD

Toledo Josh & Mel
http://cards.webshots.com/cp-56281135-nbZk-album/74416698EDUqhO

Avila Spain
http://cards.webshots.com/cp-56281135-nbZk-album/74412549FLRxuN

Avila Josh & Mel
http://cards.webshots.com/cp-56281135-nbZk-album/74419732HYrVuL

Salamanca Spain
http://cards.webshots.com/cp-56281135-nbZk-album/74415395iNSxgN

Salamanca Josh & Mel
http://cards.webshots.com/cp-56281135-nbZk-album/74438837eOJBdU

Melissa and I loved Toledo, which is about 1 hour south of Madrid by train.
It is a city on a hill, surrounded on three sides by a river. The narrow
streets are wonderful to walk through. There are many shops selling all of
kinds swords, armor, mirrors, ornaments, etc. Since my fencing days in
high school, I've always had a fascination with beautiful swords, so I
bought a really nice one. The top tourist attractions are the cathedral
and castle.

In Toledo, we stayed at the Parador Toledo, which is located on a hill
overlooking the city. It is definitely worth it to pay a bit more to get a
room with a panoramic view of the city. To find more information about the
chain of Spanish National Parador lodgings, check out this website:

www.parador.es

You can get some great discounts if you are less than 30 years old (which
we were not).

Avila is west of Madrid, about half way between Salamanca and Madrid. Its
claim to fame is its beautiful, intact medieval walls and towers. We
walked all around the walls, and took pictures from the walls and outside
the walls. We stayed at the Parador in Avila, but it was not as nice as
the one in Toledo.

We had dinner at a Chinese restaurant in Avila, right outside the walls.
The food was surprisingly authentic and good, and the waitress treated us
extremely well since we spoke to her in Chinese.

Salamanca is west of Avila, almost to the border with Portugal. The
University of Salamanca dates way back in the medieval times, and at one
point, was one of the top universities in the world. Students from all
over the world flock to Salamanca to study. The main tourist attractions
are the central plaza (Plaza Mayor), the cathedral, and the University.
Outside of the old part of the city center is a relatively modern city,
with all kinds of shops and apartment buildings.

If you ever visit Spain, and only have time to see one of these three
cities, definitely go to Toledo.

When I get back from my summer trip, I'll post more pictures and send out
an email.

Have a great summer and keep in touch!

-Josh.