New Idea is Priceless

Hi Friends and Readers,

After over 30 years in the financial industry, I decided to take time from daily corporate tasks and life to explore new ventures and careers. Jesse Tam destinations places and business updates...

This blog is to share with you with some of my personal findings and certainly look forward to receiving some of your comment from your experiences. 

"New fresh idea is priceless and is an energy source for us to live on."

Discovering Olympic National Park - Jesse Tam

Sea to Sky - Beautiful Northwest

Highlights for Festival Weekend

Northwest Folklife Festival starts today and goes through Memorial day weekend.  Bring the family and it's all free to explore new places and culture.  Jesse Tam looks forward to attending this annual event with locals and out of town guests at the Seattle Center. One of the largest free folk festivals in the country, the 44th annual Northwest Folklife Festival celebrates the music, dance, stories, and art of the people of the Pacific Northwest. Festival goers have the opportunity to participate in the many traditions of our diverse region featuring over 7,000 performers, participatory dances, workshops, crafts, food, and more.     http://jessetam.com/

Here some of the up coming highlight for the weekend: May 22-25th

Friday

• The Art of B Boying
• Garfield High School Jazz Ensemble
• Hobe Kyle -  NW folk songs

Saturday

• Bulgaria Showcase - music and dance
• Massive Monkees - break dance
• EMP JBL Theatre - History of NW hip hop (panel)
• Discovery Zone Stage, Canote Brothers - classic folk

Sunday

• Hawaiian Showcase - music and dance
• Ginny Reitly - folk singer
• Gabriel Teodros - hip hop

Monday

• The Not Its - children's entertainment
• Ravenna Wood - indie rock
• Hot Club Sandwich - hot jazz

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Festivities for Opening Day

May marks the Opening Day of Boating on Lake Washington and the Montlake Cup for Bellevue and Seattle.  The beginning of summer, Jesse Tam recommends this for families and friends.


Opening day, the official opening of Seattle's boating season at Seattle Yacht Club with a celebration of many kinds of water activities.  The morning festivities will include crew races, a sailboat race and the Grand Opening Day Boat Parade.

Parade starts at noon the first Saturday in May with the blast of a cannon and the raising of the Montlake Bridge. Seattle Yacht Club's Opening Day has become the nation's largest regional celebration of water, spring, and the opening of boating season. Participating yachts will be decorated to illustrate the 2015 theme for Opening Day, "Myths & Monsters". 

Opening Day in Seattle is a family affair; families decorate their boats for the festivities and parades; spread blankets on the shoreline and spend hours watching and picnicking. Families dream of the boats they someday will own

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Opening Day offers some outstanding story with crew competition and viewing of the variety of boats and costumes.  

Celebrate Earth Day - Jesse Tam

 Earth Day 

We celebrated Earth Day with a brisked sun filled day in Seattle and Bellevue with Jesse Tam appreciating the outdoors. It was a picture perfect mild spring temperature in the 60's during the afternoon with early flowers and trees blooming this year.  Our city is so fortunate to enjoy the green trees that surround us and rainy days to maintain our water supply for the environment.

The trees and clear skies are always admired by visitors who travel to Seattle from China and Asia. Recycling is another importance in helping us reduce pollution and the landfills.  Take a few minutes to separate the cans, paper products and glass.  http://jessetam.com/

Capturing nature's beautiful animals feeding on the plants in the neighborhood.  It is amazing to see the wildlife  roam freely in the outdoors nearby.  Friends and visitors marvel at the sighting of the tall beautiful evergreen trees, mountain ranges and clear skies and waterfront.

Seattle Top 25 US Destinations

Summer plans are just a few months away, Jesse Tam's favorite place in Seattle for locals and out of town visitors is the Pike Place market. The market is a historical site filled with fresh flowers, produce and all types of seafood displayed in stalls throughout the year. There are several floor levels to discover, so don't miss the unique shops to browse the trinkets...collector's items, books, posters and more. http://jessetam.com/seattle-jesse-tam/

Enjoy a cup of chowder or salad along the fine or casual dining options along the waterfront.  Did you know that the first Starbucks coffee is located at the market?   There will be a long line of regal visitors at this location to view the first store front.

Good reads for popular travel destinations and making those travel plans, interest places and cities on where they rank.  Seattle is listed as #5 on the list, can you guess the #1 top destination?  How many places have you visited?  Read more below to see all the cities....

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Pike Place Market

Waterfront

Seattle Skylines

Photos of Seattle waterfront, downtown skylines and historical landmark Pike Place Market.  Take a ride on the Big Wheel when you visit the waterfront and try have a quick snack on the dock.

Seattle's Tallest Tower

The Pacific Rim and Seattle discovered with overseas  investors from various countries created a buyer's challenge. Jesse Tam noticed the new market trend for real estate investments in our area with overseas capital continues to grow. Since last year, several groups have inquired about our tallest tower in Seattle included speculations and discussions.  The latest news regarding Columbia Tower is finally on the market, but it will be at a premium price.  New growth, market trend, high tech, start ups, health tech are all part of this region..

Columbia Tower, Seattle's Tallest tower is for sale and available to interested buyers.

" Rumors had been around since last year that it is on the market and now this is the year It's been rumored for months that Columbia Center would go up for sale...The decision by Beacon Capital Partners to put the 76-story downtown Seattle tower up for sale puts an exclamation point on the region's office market, emphasizing that it's now a seller's market. Numerous assets are either on the market or soon will be as owners try to capitalize on rising values.

Beacon has been upgrading the building to attract more tenants, and the 1.6 million-square-foot building has been filling up with tenants...Beacon bought the building from Blackstone for $621 million in 2007

Celebrating the Lunar New Year

It's the lunar year of the Sheep with Jesse as the Greater Seattle community celebrates with lion dances, fireworks, music and food. This year Jesse Tam and friends enjoyed the live performance in the International district with a children's parade, judging contest, food from variety of restaurants in the area and just a gathering of people. The traditional celebration usually will last for 7 days with each day having a specific meaning. Other festive events were well attended at Bellevue Square mall with martial arts demonstrations, children participation in martial arts, traditional music and folk dancing. This year was a great success to see so many visitors to join the Chinese celebration, thanks for Mr. Tam for inviting us to join his friends at the gala evening.

The evening Gala with HKAW benefit raising money for our Seattle community at the Sheraton Hotel with fashion show, dancing, silent and live auction.  It was a lively and well attended celebration.  The photos below are from street vendors and people in Shanghai getting ready for the Chinese lunar new year, Jesse Tam's recent business associates.  The traditional lanterns, oranges for good luck, decors for the home and sheep symbols for this year.

Seattle Seahawks Victory

There are few words to describe the Seattle Seahawks, Jesse Tam discussed the victorious overtime WIN for the Hawks leading to Super Bowl 49.  Seattle trailing for 3 quarters of the game with several inceptions and missed connections the remaining two minutes painted a different picture. Our Hawks team stayed composed together and made everyone a Believer.     

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Keeping the Faith.  Don't Give Up.  Believe in Yourself.   Strive to the End. 
Stay Focused. What really matters is how you play the game...

Motivation keeps one going with helping one another as a team.  Thinking of the team instead of just yourself and watching each others backs. That was the spirit of the team and winning.  All the difference is the end results! Thoughts from Jesse Tam.

Home of the Seattle Seahawks

Century Link Stadium, Seattle, WA

First Trip to Seattle

It is January, starting the year with Jesse Tam will mean more visitors discovering Seattle as they come to see the Pacific Northwest.  It's amazing how many people I've meet who have business and traveled the world to Europe, Africa, Australia, Asia but this is their first stop to Washington state.  Some have visited other cities in the United States such as New York, Boston, Chicago, Florida, Los Angeles...now they are loving Seattle.
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Seattle Space Needle - Night 

One friend introduces you to another friends and they want to come experience America. They are interested  in knowing more about schools, housing, Boeing, Microsoft and Starbucks, Amazon, wineries and of course the Space Needle.  It's fun being a tourist in your own city. It's not boring seeing the same places because each new friend will share a different story.  The common factors  expressed with everyone visiting Seattle is the beautiful trees, fresh air, education, lades, mountains and quality of life. What other cities have the combination of mountain and water?

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 Regardless of whether you are a first time visitors to Seattle or a long time Washington residents, the Space Needle is always a fun sight. Just drive or take the monorail from downtown to the Seattle Center and take a stroll.   You'll be amazed at the people and number of visitors each year.  Discover the shop and browse inside the store for a few souvenirs. 

Boeing The Museum of Flight - Seattle

Airplanes, space travel and fun is a great place for adults and kids. You'll get to view modern and historical planes, hear war stories and movies, ride the simulator and learn about navigation and airplanes. Summer camps are offered during the vacation periods.

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Seattle Headquarters 

Tis' the Season of Memories

Mr Scarecrow

A chilly December evening with friends and  Jesse Tam, soaking in the radiant lights. Our childhood memories are filled with laughter, smiles, tears or broken hearts. Tears do not always represent sadness. They may mean emotions of joy, surprise from our families, friends, pets or even strangers.

Families gather to pose for photos and make this a traditional event to start the holiday season. Children wander along the decorated paths with small carriage lanterns or flashlights to help them follow the paths though the Botanical Garden.  The garden transforms during the month of December into a Festival of Lights for the community to enjoy.

The displays are all created with volunteers from the community and donations. This magical display is located in Bellevue and opens from Thanksgiving until the beginning of January. It's truly a place for families and friends to stroll through the garden. Enjoy and end the evening with a delicious cup of hot chocolate and cookies. Traditions and memories are important parts of our lives and childhood.

 

Sunflowers and Garden

Each of the displays are handcrafted by volunteers who work year round on this project.  The lights are donated to make the display into each piece of the garden.  Imagine the strings of lights required to make one flower or display.

 

The blue represents a lake and plants surrounding.

  Can you see an alligator swimming in the water?

 Flower and Bird Garden

 Memories are precious and priceless, they do not need to be expensive to make us smile  

We Make our own Memories! 

Tis' the Season of Memories..memories of childhood.  

Making a trip to the Pacific Northwest or Greater Seattle, this is on the bucket list.

O' Christmas Tree

Greetings from Mega Pacific Investments

Making A Difference and Impact

Making A Difference Jesse Tam, we can all make a difference by our actions. It may be standing up for your rights and beliefs or remaining silent and do absolutely nothing and be passive. The choices are yours, but your decision can create an impact on others whether it is in the professional world or volunteering.

Are you a leader or follower, take action or make the decision.  What are your intentions as a leader?  What goes around comes around and may will follow you throughout.  Every good deed will bring rewards and those with ill-will will have it's making.
     

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We are fortunate to have the Gates Foundation in Seattle. We were invited to view and join the campaign to help End Polio with our Rotary District Leaders during a reception presented at the Foundation's Visitor Center.  Their work and inspiration locally and worldwide will make an impact in our society. The campaign with polio vaccination in various countries so we can hope to become a polio free world.

Think about it, have you made a difference?  Have you given to others without expecting anything in return.  Have you spoken up for anyone or volunteered unconditionally?  "Teach others what you learn.  Use your creativity to help".



Fellowship with Rotary, District 5030

Our Rotary District held an event organized by Fellowship Chair in Seattle at the O'Asian.  We welcome the special visitors from Mexico City.  The fellowship was well attended with club Presidents, District Governor John Enger and his Leadership Team.

Prospective friends interested in Rotary chatted with club members discussing Rotary projects and volunteering opportunities in our communities. 

We exchanged stores, ideas and projects from each club with networking and happy hour cheers!  It was a relaxing evening of fellowship and attended by guests and prospective new members. 

Group from Mexico City

Rotary China Friendship Jesse Tam

Where should the  Rotary Tour begin?  Each time I returned from Asia or business, my friends and associates would say, "I want to see China with you".  They wanted to see for themselves the major changes and business developments.

 I couldn't possibly take each one to see the amazing places or experiences. That would take too many years or maybe even a decade.  The tour to  China begins from the gates of the Seattle International Airport to our first stop Beijing Capital International Airport.

It was a long flight to Beijing and we arrived  after 12 plus hours and connected with our other Rotarian joining us from Africa.  Ready to hit the road and venture into amazing China with so much to see and experience in just a short week. Feeling the jet lag, we had a few hours to rest and refresh ourselves before starting the afternoon city tour of Beijing.

There were two climbs at this sight, one was easier and the other steeper. One friend leading to another and we became a group of 27 Rotarians and non Rotarian friends. More to stories to come.



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