I was born into a musical family. My parents met at an orchestra gig. My mother started and ran a successful music teaching studio in Hong Kong since she was 24. My first long-distance trip was taken with 50+ other exciting and quirky touring musicians when I was only 2.5 years old. Without any special agenda or hopes for my future, my non-tiger-mother gave me piano lessons at age 5; I was the my mother’s worst student. HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSE TO SIT DOWN FOR AN HOUR LISTENING TO

The verdict of the Costa Concordia captain trial is out. He is sentenced to 16 years in jail. Many of the survivors feel an enormous weight lifted up their shoulders; they feel some closure; some express joy in his future suffering. When Benji and I were in Italy, licking our wounds under the loving care and protection of our friends Nancy and Jim, the topic of justice kept resurfacing. Is there such a thing as justice? Can you really demand it? Will there ever be justice for