Arthur Yeh

 

I was very fortunate to have met Arthur earlier this year through Matthew Long (Art’s college pal).  Matt had recommended Art for the internship position with the recording department at Cartoon Network Studios.

During his interview, Art was so laid back and easy to talk to, I knew right away that he was the intern for us.  I remember telling him, jokingly, that part of the intern's responsibility would be washing the recording engineer's car, going on coffee runs, and cleaning up the recording studio after the messy actors left.  He just smiled and said, "sure no problem."

As an intern, Art immediately demonstrated excellent work ethics and use of discretion.  He was a fast learner, well organized, and completed every assignment with detail and care.  Often, I would try to convince him to take a break or go home early, but he would just keep on working.  When he finished a task, he would check back to see if there was anything more that he could help out with.  He was a pleasure to work with, a manager's dream come true. 

While sitting in on the recording sessions, Art had a chance to meet a lot of voice over actors.  He enjoyed listening to their banter and was amazed at how talented they were.  After the session, Art would walk out with a smile. 

When Art returned for a second internship, he would stop by to say hello and I would tease him, saying "better not forget about us here in recording."  Most interns come and go, but Art was someone we wanted to stay.  I know that had a position opened up, he would have been hired, and he would have quickly become a successful artist. 

Even though I only knew Art for a short time, I will never forget his warm smile and cheerful disposition.  He will be missed by us all.  

 

Karie Gima Pham

Cartoon Network Studios

I Remember When We...

met - wait acutally I don't...was it in class or were you originally a friend's friend?

played magic cards during lunch time in junior high because all the cool kids were doing it

went to frank and sons to buy fan subbed anime and when we played it it would say "if you bought this you got ripped off"

shared an AOL account since it was so expensive then would split what hours we could sign on during the day (anime43196 & ayeh97710)

left our computers on all night to download 15mb anime intros and endings and then swap our collections on zip disks

brought our computers and monitors to Mike or Eugene's house to play AVP, then starcraft, then warcraft III

would spend hours and hours at James games playing D&D Tower of Doom, Virtual On, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Street Fighter 3, X-men vs Street Fighter, Puzzle Fighter, Pocket Fighter, Project Justice, Marvel vs Street Fighter, Marvel vs Capcom, and finally Marvel vs Capcom 2

left to Rowland Heights for lunch always believing we could make it back in an hour, and then when it takes more then an hour we'd just ditch the rest of the day

carpooled to senior prom and ate at Waters in Irvine - which was the highlight of prom since the actual prom was in a tent...on the beach...and it smelled like seaweed everywhere

all drive down to Irvine Boomers! (forgot the original name before Boomers bought them out) right after high school graduation to play laser tag

all gathered during spring/winter/summer breaks to hang out during college

lived together the summer of my last year of college and staying up all night playing DOTA and then laughing at Romes for watching Prince of Tennis

went on your "one meal a day" food run of TWO six dollar burgers......

went dragon boating for a month - and my arms finally said no more

went on a double date at the Brea mall with the girl you met at the beach bonfire and her friend

ate lunch twice a week when you went to CSF - not because you wanted to get annoyed by me all the time but because my office was so close to CSF and you wanted free parking

talked about starting a World of Warcraft comic strip, I think you still have all of our notes and ideas

gathered for the "Halo 3" lan nights at my place and you would get forced to use the crappy joystick

 

last talked online after you came back from Hawaii about the new World of Warcraft patch and how hunters own now that they removed the dead zone

 

parted ways the day of your accident - and I will always remember and cherish these moments that we've shared

 

Daniel Hsu

The Art of Art

 

Arthur was a great guy with an equally great appetite.  One story which remains LARD legend is the time Art and Will both tried to eat the Motherlode sandwich at Claim Jumper after practice.  These were the days LARD still aspired to live up to the name.  Of course the team turned it into a raucous competition and encouraged two of our youngest paddlers to eat through the pain.  They obliged.  Will was youthfully enthusiastic in his approach while Art was quiet and methodical in devouring what we are certain was a three foot sandwich.  This was the first time we recognized this talent in Art and in the spirit of the team both young men emerged equally victorious.

 

We have shared many family-style meals since with Art, and those familiar with his skills had little doubt about where the last traces of food were going.  Art was a dutiful friend.

 

Yes, Art’s stomach size is now well documented, but his heart had it beaten.  He was kind enough to laugh at the peanut gallery’s jokes and to befriend all new-comers.  He was generous with his time, offering assistance such as rides to anyone in need.  He never complained about anything and remained easy-going under all circumstances.  He never once walked past the Kromhouts unloading their conestoga without extending an offer of help, and he provided good company for the walk to the tree.  It seems like Art was always under that tree and it will be sadly strange without him.

 

We hope Arthur had some inkling of how loved and respected he truly was.  He was a wonderful friend, an ideal teammate and humorous cousin-in-law-in-law, or something like that.  Arthur, you will be missed and we love you.  We’ll see you under the tree.

 

Greg & Wileen

 

Admiring Art

What Arthur Meant to Me

 

Today I come before you to tell you what Arthur meant to me.  I met Arthur back in Jr. High when everybody was in this Magic the Gathering craze and I think that's how a lot of our friends came together.  But it wasn't till High School when Arthur and I got a little closer.  I can't recall exactly how or why we became better friends and more than just an opponent in a card game.  Maybe it was the anime and comics we loved watching and reading or maybe the same group of friends just stuck together and the bond was made then.  But one thing I'm sure of is that ever since I knew of Arthur's talents in drawing I've admired him ever since.  It was such an honor and pleasure to be able to flip through his sketch book and seeing everything he could do with a pencil and blank piece of paper.  I've loved drawing ever since I watched my first Disney movie when I was young.  And what Art could do was everything that I wanted to be able to do.  But it doesn't stop there. 

During High School, among our friends, I think it was always Art and I who had a love for drawing and graphics.  We discovered the program Photoshop and spent hours creating digital art works on it.  Then we started to learn about 3D animation on a program called 3dmax.  But through it all Arthur was always better than me and I would admire his skills so much that I would go to him for inspiration or advice.  Another hobby we all had in High School was computers, oh how we loved our computers even till this day.  And of course spending countless hours on it we had to learn how to build a computer, fix a computer, and tackle any problems that came along with installing new hardware or software.  And of course when we couldn't figure out a problem and started to pull our own hair in frustration, we call Arthur.  Arthur would know what to do.  Arthur could save me from this wretched frustration.  And although it was true that Arthur knew the most about troubleshooting he didn't always have the answer.  But on those special occasions he would calm me down and start to figure out the problem with me.  If he couldn't do it over the phone he would have no problem coming down to my place to work on it together.  Sometimes we would even go hours past midnight just so we could figure out the problem.  And going to bed that night each of us knew that it was a night well spent because we solved it.

After high school we all went our separate ways, pursuing our own dreams.  For some of us we did what we wanted to do and for the rest of us we did what we had to do.  And I can say not every one of our plans went according to.  I stayed in Upland and eventually Arthur found his way back here too.  But still, we all had our own paths to walk so it wasn't like we we're next door buddies after he came back to Upland.  But nonetheless we all still got together on occasions and would go out and watch a movie or have dinner.  He even introduced me to Dragon Boating which I enjoyed one summer.  And even though the experience was fun the only reason I agreed to get on that boat was because Art was there.  It was the same reason why I agreed to go on their crazy bike ride from Upland to the beach, which was nearly a 60 mile trip.  It was also then I found out that Arthur was in the Boy Scouts when he was younger.  Boy Scouts I joined but never got to continue after I moved to Upland.  Arthur was also a musician having studied violin and even played in an orchestra.  He finished college with a degree in Animation and even got to intern at Cartoon Networks.  He got to travel the world and visit places like France, Canada, Indonesia, and Hawaii.  Lastly, he has a huge loving family and even acquired a small army of friends that all loved him so much.  Arthur had so many talents and accomplished so much in his lifetime that I know for the rest of my life he will continue to inspire me and give me advice.

I had mentioned earlier that of all our friends I felt most in common with Art.  It was our interests that we bonded on and it is my admiration for him that I will continue to share a bond with him for the rest of my life.  For what he has accomplished in his lifetime I will spend the remainder of mine trying to even come close.

 

Excerpts from my journal

"It was only a few weeks ago I saw him come visit me at work and we were all laughing and chatting just like back when we were in high school.  I could hear his voice, see his face, and recall every memory of him and in every one of those memories he was always smiling.  I have never known him to be angry; he was always calm and cool.  Trustworthy, dependable, easy going, that was the Arthur I knew and it pains me to know that that is the Arthur we all have lost.  His families, his friends, we all miss him so much."

 

Kevin Chiang

Met Art in Jr. High – Became good friends during High School

Art: a friend and a teammate

My best memories of Arthur in high school are of sitting together at lunch by the office. I remember him laughing w/ Aaron and the other guys as they talked about whatever it was that they talked about. I just remember him always smiling. We really did want to go see him perform in Paris. We just couldn't find the venue. =P

Art and Mike came to visit me once freshman year of college. It was time for me to do laundry so i had a canvas bag stuffed w/ laundry at the foot of my bed. All I really remember from that trip is that there wasn't much room for 2 extra people to sleep in that room Art went to sleep that night leaning against that bag!

Part of what makes Arthur special to me is that he brought me to LARD. After college, i was looking around for dragonboat teams in the area. I ended up at the LARD page and low and behold, i saw Arthur in one of the pictures. I couldn't believe it. I called him up and asked him to bring me the next time he went to practice. Arthur gladly obliged. Within a month, I had recruited Aaron to the team and the three of us carpooled each week down to Long Beach.

I remember that summer Arthur would sometimes come out with Aaron and I to go bike riding in the afternoons. Those were interesting days because Arthur was so much better on a bike than either Aaron or I. We were dying and Art hadn't even broken a sweat. His smiling face (the picture of him and the UHaul) was a real treat on the bike ride this year. It was my first ride and that was on a long empty stretch. I was so tired. It was nice to see a friendly and happy face encouraging you to keep going to the next rest point.

I'm really going to miss him but I'm sure he'll always be smiling down on us and encouraging us to keep going.

Jessica Lee

Remembering Arthur Yeh

I first met Arthur when I joined LARD in the fall of 2002 after the Long Beach race for off-season paddling. I was new to the team and Arthur was one of the first people I got know on the team. At the time he was still attending UC Santa Cruz in northern California and, having moved from the Bay Area to the Los Angeles almost a year earlier, it was good to meet someone who was familiar with where I had come from. I remember that he was quiet and very kind and always looked out for the well-being of others. Every time I came to practice, he and Aaron were always the ones to greet me as I approached the LARD tree. I found it easy to talk with him, especially when it was so difficult to understand Matt and Yang’s humor, and he seemed to be the only one that seemed to understand me. He always had a very easy going and friendly demeanor. I think he was everyone’s friend and everyone was a friend to him.

 

About Arthur’s eating powers, I first got a chance to see how much he could eat in 2003 in Vancouver when I joined Art and OLee for a Brazilian BBQ dinner on Saturday night. Art was definitely OLee’s match. At the time, LARD was still more of a recreational team. Art again demonstrated his eating abilities two months later at Greenfield’s and has done so ever since.

 

I got a chance to see how much a true friend he was when I lost my wallet at the Vancouver airport in 2006, one hour before I was to fly out of Canada for home after ALCAN. We were late and the rest of our group had already ran through check-in and ahead to the gate. Art was with me and when I got to check-in, I found that my wallet was missing. Without the credit card I used to purchase my tickets, they would not check me in. I was standing there with my passport but without money or credit cards. Arthur could have checked-in and joined the others at the gate. I even told him he should go ahead and not miss the flight home. Without hesitation, he refused to check-in and he stayed with me. That was the kind of person he was. He was a true friend to a friend in need. We both missed our flights that night and since we both had little or no money, we sat in the airport until the airline check-in clerk finished his shift and was kind enough to offer us a lift back to the downtown Vancouver Hampton Inn where Art’s mom, sister Megan, and other teammates were staying to fly out the next morning.

 

When I read the emails that Thursday night, I was deeply shaken and I felt the sudden sadness that Art was gone, that a friend and such a kind and good person was gone. And now I will not see him and greet him again at the LARD tree. I will not get to talk and walk with him again. I will not get to paddle with him and see him in the dragon boat again. I will never forget him.

 

Rest in peace, Arthur, and thank you for being part of my life.

 

Jesse Wong

LARD

Art

Writing from Shanghai, I am shocked to have heard the news of Arthur Yeh's passing. Art struck me as a quiet, yet contemplative guy who always seemed to have a very relaxed outlook towards life. I remember frequently paddling next to him and having random conversations about school and life aspirations. Perhaps my most vivid memory was his willingness to lend me his camping backpack for a Catalina trip and talking with him on the trail to the campsite. Some occurences in life may never have a complete explanation, but we can certainly believe that Art left a positive impression upon everybody who knew him.

Rest in peace,
Jason Wong

Laughing At Our Dumb Jokes

Laughing At Our Dumb Jokes

Matt and I have running joke about how an episode of "40 Dollars a Day with Arthur Yeh" might look something like:

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ARRIVING AT VANCOUVER

8:00AM-  1 25 cent burrito
12:30PM- 2 25 cent corn dogs
7:00PM-  4 25 cent burritos, 2 25 cent corn dogs, a large bag of chips for 50 cents, and tap water.
9PM- Help old lady cross street, got $5 as tip

11:59PM Have $42.25 left. How did that happen?
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We'd tell this to Art and he would find it funny.

At least I think he thought it was funny.

Farewell bud, and thanks for laughing at all our dumb jokes.

Yang

Connie's post re: Arthur

Art was in the car with me driving down to LA two times after the San Francisco dragonboat tournament in 2005 and 2006.  In 2005, I was still relatively new to the team and I didn't know Art very well.  He was a little quiet and a few years younger than me, but I found him very easy to talk on our drive home.   

 

That first year, it was Chuck, Daryle, Art and I in the car.  Through Art, I learned all about the team, including how it got started, about his family, and how he was related to the Cheng family.  Art shared with all of us that he was cousins with Leon Jason, and Karen, that Leon and Wynne had been high school sweethearts, that their marriage had been on a TV show, and that he had a younger sister in high school.  I learned that Jason and Leon had formed the team 8 years ago and that Greg had come up with the name.  Art basically charted out the LARD family tree to me during that drive home, as I had no idea that so many people on LARD were related!  I was also surprised to learn that Art was one of the earliest members of the team and i was impressed he'd stayed on throughout all these years.

 

That second year, it was Art, Daryle, Jackie, Sophie, Chuck and I in the van driving home from San Francisco.  This time, the talk turned to dating and relationships.  We teased him a little about what he'd do if Megan got a boyfriend, and whether he'd be the overprotective big brother who beat up on the poor guy.  We also talked about how his school was going and what he hoped to do with his degree when he graduated.

 

Through these trips and the three years we were on LARD together, I got to know Art as a soft-spoken, kind person.  He was always an easy person to get along with, and just a nice person all around.  He was genuinely liked by everyone, and considering how kind and mild-mannered he was, it's not surprising that people had nothing but good things to say about Art.   

 

   

Remembering Art

Art was one of the 1st paddlers I met when I was on LARD briefly.  At that time I was taking computer graphics courses at UCLA extension and was surprised that he was studying the same thing at Fullerton.  I'm pretty much an old school geeky programmer trying to get in touch with the creative side of my brain.  Art was really helpful in opening my eyes to design concepts on the web.  I remembered sharing stories of my crazy & frustrating school assignments with him at practice.  Since he was almost finished with school, he knew exactly what I was going through.   Even though we're on different paddling teams, I'm going to miss seeing him at the beach. 
George

Remembering Arthur

I meet Arthur a few years ago at Cal State Fullerton while having
lunch with a group of friends. Since then we,(Arthur, Matt, Matt's
wife Miyuki, Raynard, Robert, Robert's wife Myrna, Steven, and
myself), have become like an extended family. At school we all had
the same wish, to become better artists. We survived classes and art
projects together. We had a group art show together. Celebrated
birthdays, bachelor parties, and weddings together. At each Arthur
added to the experience with his being.

What I liked about Arthur was his humor and easy-going personality.
He was always nice, willing to listen and help in any way he could.
Arthur is that guy you like to be around because of the warmth of his
personality.

Arthur will be dearly missed, but remembered always.

Trey Hodges
Cal State Fullerton

Lunch Buddy that will be Dearly Missed

A Lunch Buddy that will be Dearly Missed

 

I met Art almost two years ago. He and I played an online game along with a group of our friends. I never really spoke to him much online, and I only knew him as one of Daniel's high school friends. I happen to work with Daniel in Fullerton, and one day a visitor came into our office, and that was when I finally met Art in person. He seemed like a really cool guy, always smiling or joking around. Art had a very pleasant and friendly demeanor, which is why I think he was so easy to talk to or hang out with once you got the chance.

 

Since there's only Daniel and me in the office, it's always nice to have an extra friend or two join us for lunch. Art was a regular lunch buddy. Whenever Art was in the Fullerton area for school, he'd always stop by the office to hang out and tease Dan and me about playing games on the computer when we should have been "working." One random thing I will always remember is the odd way Art would let us know he was at our door. Dan and I like to keep the door to our office closed to avoid solicitors, so whenever Art would stop by, he would peak through the mail hole on the door rather than knock, which would probably look pretty weird or suspicious to anyone passing by our office door. That always gave me a laugh.

 

I did not know Arthur for as long as his other friends have, but in the short time that I did know him, I can truly say that he was an affable person and he will be dearly missed by those who were fortunate enough to know such a cool guy.

 

I'll miss our Thai Basil lunch outtings Art....rest in peace buddy.

 

Matt Cenzon

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Arthur, teammate and friend

My memories of Arthur is someone who says "Hello" or "Hi" to you first.  At practice he would say it before I can say it to him.  He is also friend that I was able to have small talks with and small jokes at time.  One of the best memory of him was in Canada.  We did not want to go with the others to Chinatown for dinner.  He and I vwanted something else.  So we walked around and took a chance at this small restaurant, which gave me some time to get to know Arthur more.  I remember the funny part after eating was we had the same thought about giving a small tip since the service was not great.  Other memories I have of Arthur will never be forgotten.       

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Missing Arthur

I don’t remember when I first met Arthur, but I remember him as always being part of the LARD family.  He was always pleasant to be around, a really positive person.

 

On my first trip to Vancouver in 2004, I had the pleasure of eating dinner with Arthur.  I had planned to eat dinner alone that Saturday, but ran into Arthur in the elevator as he was also going to dinner alone.  So we went to eat across the street from the hotel.  I was exhausted, but he was his normal upbeat self.  His company and enthusiasm helped me enjoy the victories of the day.  He seemed to have a child-like view of everything around him as new and exciting.  What stood out in my mind that night was Arthur hearing an old Wall of Voodoo song for the first time and recognizing the lead singer’s voice had an uncanny resemblance to our own Scott Wu.  We had a good laugh over it. 

 

I always felt he had the same energy about him as my oldest child. Sometimes he would be standing next to me and I would want to reach over and kiss the top of his head as I do my son.  I would have embarrassed myself if I had, but I wish I could do it now.

 

Susan Foley

LARD

Stories about Arthur

What I like to remember about Arthur...

 

I remember when Arthur was one of the youngish, smallish guys on the dragonboating team.  I think there’s a pretty good chance that I yelled at him a couple of times on the boat.  (It’s my job. Really.)  He was so nice that he never yelled back and he definitely corrected his paddling stroke.  He became one of the regular LARD paddlers so I would come back every spring to see Arthur showing up for another season.  Somewhere, somehow, he developed a legendary stomach and could out-eat anyone on the team.  One summer – he grew 16” inches taller than me and thankfully, he was a much better paddler by this point, so I could stop yelling at him. 

 

I also remember that he was a kind, calm, generous in giving a helpful hand, sweet guy and a great member of the LARD family.  I am very, very sorry that he is gone.  I hope that where he is now, he will find it totally funny that I am propagating the legend of his appetite and tremendous growth spurt.

 

Huay Wee

a drummer for LARD

About Arthur!

I've known Arthur since I joined LARD back in october,
2000.
My wife Lisa and I joined the team together right
after we got married in september of the same year.
The official LARD racing season just finished in
september.
Arthur was amongst a small handful of people we first
met on the team. He was quiet but very courteous.
After talking to him, I realized how much he enjoyed
drawing. As the years went by, I can see why he
ultimately made the decision to make animation his
career.
Arthur can always eat and eat fast at that.
When we sat together for the Annual LARD christmas
dinner 2 years ago, he was done with his main course
before my wife and I finished our appetizers.

As a person, Arthur has always been very humble and
respectful, and I know he would have been successful
in his career.
Being a father of 3 boys myself, I am sure Arthur's
mother is very proud of her son.

Mark Feng

Arthur note

Just a little something about arthur and how I knew Arthur...

 

Arthur was one of 3 LARD babies of the 90's. Karen and I were the other two. Because of the age gap between us and the rest of the team, I immediately identified myself with both Arthur and Karen. I'd see them every Sunday morning. Kenny was the designated bus driver for those who couldn't drive (thanks Kenny). Practice was always a good time. After practice was food time. This is where Arthur really made his presence felt.

 

On there surface, one would say that Arthur was a quiet guy. He was always willing to share a laugh and lend a helping hand. But if anyone knew Arthur, they knew he could eat. My fondest memory of Arthur is of a post practice lunch at Claim Jumper when we both tried our hands at finishing the Motherlode Sandwich. I ate myself silly that day. We weren't even competing. But judging by the pain in my belly, and regardless of who ate more, Arthur still won.

 

Ever since the team's humble beginnings, I've thought of LARD as my extended family. Consequently, Karen and Arthur would be my extended siblings. I'd joke to Megan and tell her that I'm her older brother that she never knew about so she'd better listen to me. I've known Arthur for a good decade. I will always appreciate his friendship. He will be dearly missed.

 

Will Lin

Let's Share our Stories About Art.

Please use this blog to post all your wonderful stories and memories about Art. Don't forget to include your name and how you knew Art. We will compile the stories and include them in a scrapbook for Mrs. Yeh. Photos and other mementos that you would like included can be sent to Vi Huynh (please email me for the address).