I’ve done a few designs here and there back in highschool, but I never thought my hobbies would end up becoming something this serious. Things happened by fortunate encounters.

The first spark of TIZ happened in summer 2006. I just graduated from high school. As the best procrastinator in my family, I missed the deadline to sign up for dormitory(plus, Davis accepted wayyy too many people) . I received a cold email from UCD telling me that there’s simply no space left for me, so with a few links of some apartments attached, they wished me the best of luck and hoped to see me in the upcoming school year.

WTF.
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Ok, things are going to speed on abit from here, cuz I’m getting tired.
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Luckily, Edward Flores, a friend that was a Sophmore at UCD at the time, was willing to bring me up to Davis to search for a shelter. On the way to Davis, I met Jules Cruz, who later happened to become the first person to motivate me to start a club/clothing line. Her friend, Alex Kang, then became my housemate. Alex’s a true business man, smart guy, and the president of Davis Motosports Club. He discovered the silo screen printing course, which became TIZ’s first unofficial manufracturing plant.

Fall quarter started, I met Kyle Yang(, Helen Lu, Ka-tye Koo in my Math class.

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