UFH: Ken Leung

[Elgin Clock]

Hey Ken.. Congratulations!!


I'll post more when I have the time, but wanted to congratulate you, but also post that picture I have been holding out on!!

This is Ken sleeping at the Comedy Wharehouse in Downtown Disney during Nationals in 2002.
Oh, and if anybody else who was there that night would like to go into more detail about that night, feel free!!

[Jessica Boucher]

So many pictures of Ken sleeping....

Oh man, that "college FIRST-ers" night was one of my favorite memories. The room was setup in tiers, and all of us spread ourself out so we made a semicircle that stretched around the room...and it just so happened that they took their volunteer for their opening improv-number from the girl on the end of our circle....and thus was created, a song about robots (including every robot cliche in the book :-P).

And funny, Elgin, I have a picture of you from that trip with you in about the exact same position...except your head is leaning on your dining tray on the plane :-P

[Rich Wong]

Congrats To Ken, One Of The Hardest Working FIRST'ers On The West Coast.

[Ken Leung]

Originally Posted by Rich Wong

Congrats To Ken, One Of The Hardest Working FIRST'ers On The West Coast.

Thanks everyone! You are the BEST! I am so touched by all the comments in here. You are awesome!

[asher]

you know your my hero
heart you lots
asher

[Stephanie]

yay for ken!!!

man, i remember the first time i met you. and i think, like chris, i'd like to forget it. i remember it was at pioneer, 2002, two days before the end of the build. pioneer was hosting a "scrimmage", and our robot was not yet up and running. we were working frantically on the robot, and i was finishing up some wiring, when someone mentioned you'd be coming. i was excited, and commented that i had never met you before diving into the robot again. i soon became frustrated with the 'bot, and snapped at a team mate when he tapped my shoulder.
"hey, this is ken."
there you were, crouched across the bot from me. i was quite embarassed.

it has been a pleasure to get to know you better over the past year or two. you continue to amaze me with your kindness, patience, and dedication to FIRST. i truly am glad to be able to count you among my friends.

now, my own picture of ken sleeping, taken kickoff day of this year

http://seadawgs.phpwebhosting.com/pi...ckoff_0009.jpg

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Ken,
Congratulations! You are truly one of those folks that holds up the high ideals of FIRST. You are a power house of promoting FIRST and getting others fired up over the program. Keep up the good work.

[dez250]

Ken,
I was honored to meet you and work with you at IRI 2003. You have taught me alot and have showed me so much. You mean so much to many of us and espically alot to me.. You have shown me that you can truely do whatever you want to do. I hope that i will beable to work with you in the future and that we all can hang out again. I am proud to be a friend of yours and that your allways welcome at my house.

And now i leave you with the most inspirational quote i have ever gotten in FIRST from the one and only Ken Leung!

"Either you can follow someone's shadow all the time, or you go out and do your own stuff and be someone's example"

[Leon Machado IV]

My many congratulations to Ken. He is defently most deserving of this honor.

[Wetzel]

Ken dosn't sleep ALL the time, he just needs proper motivation to be awake.

Ken, you can't refuse acolades if you keep being yourself.


Wetzel

[dlavery]

Ken is more alert when he is asleep than many people I know when they are awake! Congratulations Ken - you really deserve this (and no more bowing!)

-dave

Consider this: Ken Leung is awesome! Ken Leung plus Ashley Snodgrass is nearly pure energy! Ken Leung plus Ashley Snodgrass plus Steve Shade makes my head explode! That first picture is really scary!!!!

[JVN]

Originally Posted by dlavery

Consider this: Ken Leung is awesome! Ken Leung plus Ashley Snodgrass is nearly pure energy! Ken Leung plus Ashley Snodgrass plus Steve Shade makes my head explode! That first picture is really scary!!!!

Erin, do you feel left out?

John

[Erin Rapacki]

Originally Posted by JVN

Erin, do you feel left out?

John

yes, very much so (tear)

There's no love for New Englanders... no love at all.

[Matt Leese]

Congrats Ken. You should feel special, I'm off in no-internet land most of the time and I'm posting on here just to congratulate you. Anyway, you rather deserve the award. Maybe you should take some time off now and get some more sleep?

I do seem to remember the college student FIRST night at Downtown Disney. My main memory of the comedy club is one of our group from 639 (and here goes my horrible memory for names) got picked on rather mercilessly by the improv group.

Matt

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by JVN

Erin, do you feel left out?

John

John and Erin -

Don't worry - I am saving something special for the two of you!

-dave