Of course what trip to Southern California would be complete without a trip to the world famous Disneyland resort?

A taste of the beaches from Orange County (just south of LA) in Newport Beach.

Here are a few snap shots of the famed Hollywood, California.

The best view in town, the Griffith Park Observatory looking over LA and beyond from above.

Only in California can you go to the beach one day, where it will be warm and sunny, then go skiing or snowboarding in the packed powder of the local mountains the next. Here are some images taken 2 hours outside of LA on the way to Big Bear Lake.

Since we have offices in both Los Angeles County, California and in Taiwan, we often have employees from each office traveling from one to the other for training or to train. Since the LA office is our corporate headquarters, it’s more often that certain positions that require a unique combination of knowledge and skill sets, come to the LA office from Taiwan for a few weeks to a few months to obtain that training. In most cases, those employees have never been to America before let alone to the unique culture and scenery that is Southern California.

Over the next few days, I will post snap shots of the images captured by Marce, a member of our Taiwan leadership team chronicling his time and experiences in LA. The first sets of images are from Santa Monica where he captured a day at the beach during a typical LA winter:

With the manicured green lawns, giant palm trees lining the streets and the beautiful coastline in Southern California, it’s easy to forget that it’s predominantly the desert. But the beautiful thing about living is California is the variety it provides. Where else can someone go surfing at the beach, skiing in the mountains, or find sand dune in the desert all within a 2 hour drive?

Recently we had a solid week of intense rain (well intense for California – probably mild by hurricane prone states) and even though it forced most of us to dust off our umbrellas and raincoats, the residual effect was a fresh coat of snow on the mountain tops. For a perpetually shorter and shorter winter season, the ability to see snow sends many of us racing into the mountains to pretend we live in a winter wonderland every so often.

Below are two pictures of us frolicking in the snow, which judging by the plentiful of Joshua trees and lack of large pines shows we really are in a desert rather than lush mountainous valley.

Sometimes, for our own sanity, we all just need to sit back and take in the beauty that surrounds us. All too often we are so focused on work or other matters that we forget that the world around us offers so many simple pleasures. My co-worker Marcio took the below picture of a sunset overlooking a parking lot in our hometown of Alhambra, CA. It was such a serene moment that I had to share, enjoy!

Below are photos from staff members at the CES 2010 convention which showcase just how much all the major manufacturers are pushing for the 3-D experience to be available in the home.

They say pictures are worth a thousand words, well then below is a whole novel of information from our exhibition at CES 2010:

Our staff did an excellent job setting up our booth and positioning our equipment so that visitors could appreciate the large array of offerings we carried

Our staff were extremely helpful as they helped answer questions for the many visitors that stopped by our booth

CES 2010 is over, time to head back to the office