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100 Things About Me (in no particular order)

1. I’m Chinese-Canadian but live in the United States
2. I could live on sushi, cheese, chocolate, soft boiled eggs and avocado
3. I’m a clean freak
4. I often forget that I’m short until I see myself in photos
5. I'm a big tea drinker
6. I don't understand why people go camping
7. I cook ridiculous quantities of food
8. I’m a starving Ph.D. student
9. I have flat feet
10. I lean left
11. I believe that social activism moves our society forward
12. I admire people who travel alone because I can’t see myself doing it
13. I am very forgetful so I write a lot of lists on sticky notes
14. I love public speaking
15. I love to write
16. I value loyalty and integrity
17. I suck at (most) video games and team sports
18. I recently learned to hit baseballs at a batting cage
19. I love gymnastics and snowboarding
20. I’m not a morning person
21. I get extremely pissed off by people who try to recruit me to their church
22. I went to catechism for seven years but Catholicism doesn’t jive with my beliefs
23. I’m fascinated by Buddhism
24. I have a hard time sitting still
25. I don’t like insects of any sort
26. I love furry four-legged animals
27. I think toilet humour is funny
28. I try to eat spicy food but my tolerance is pretty low
29. I’m hopelessly nearsighted
30. I took the GRE twice
31. I have a love/hate relationship with technology
32. I think you need to swear once in a while to get your point across
33. I’m somewhat of a pessimist because I hate disappointment
34. I’m a perfectionist
35. I love designing web sites but sort of suck at it
36. I like to stay up really late
37. I love people with a sense of humor
38. I'm a Canucks fan
39. I think beer is tasty
40. I hate arguing
41. Seeing hair behind the door on bathroom floors freaks me out
42. I always carry tissue
43. I never talk to people on the plane
44. I have a lot of food allergies including red wine
45. I cannot stand rap
46. I like to learn to do things myself
47. I have little patience for stupid people
48. Cop dramas are my favorites
49. I rarely go to the movies unless a film festival is in town
50. I need to sleep a minimum of 8 hours to function normally
51. Facial and back hair scare me
52. I hate going to the gym but I do it anyways
53. I've never been to Asia
54. I get sea sick really easily
55. I can snarf down two bowls of pho if I'm hungry
56. I sometimes yell at strangers' children at the mall if they piss me off
57. I don't like swimming in water colder than bath water
58. I'm scared of open water
59. I prefer to drive stick
60. But I generally don't like to drive
61. I freqently write letters of complaint to corporations of all sorts
62. I don't watch Disney
63. I stick up for my friends
64. Electronic gadgets always malfunction on me
65. I kick ass at parallel parking
66. I hate ginger
67. I never eat wasabi
68. I don't like to talk on the phone
69. I refuse to be a walking billboard
70. I am a bargain hunting expert
71. I will never ever wear Abercrombie & Fitch
72. I love to read blogs
73. I don't have a favorite flower
74. I like purple
75. I've never skiied before
76. I get mad at people who don't vote
77. I hate getting dressed up
78. Traveling through states that aren't on the west or east coast scares me
79. I think people at DMV and INS are unnecessarily rude
80. I get road rage
81. I'm allergic to cats
82. I don't own anything Apple except the tiny shuffle I recently won at Safeway
83. I collect books
84. I can drink coffee and then go to sleep
85. I could not survive without the Internet
86. I lived in Northern California for 6 years
87. Rain makes me very very miserable
88. I love sourdough bread
89. I've owned 4 cars
90. Summer is my favourite season
91. I'm good at spelling
92. I prefer the Canadian spelling of words
93. I've had almost 40 hamsters in my life
94. I'm a breakfast eater
95. I rarely find time to read fiction
96. I do most of my shopping online
97. I met Joan Chen once
98. I think Scientology is crazy talk
99. I rarely win stuff
100. I believe in a lot of supernatural phenomena



				100 Things About Me (in no particular order) 1. I’m Chinese-Canadian but live in the United States 2. I could live on sushi, cheese, chocolate, soft boiled eggs and avocado 3. I’m a clean freak 4. I often forget that I’m short until I see myself in photos 5. I'm a big tea drinker 6. I don't understand why people go camping 7. I cook ridiculous quantities of food 8. I’m a starving Ph.D. student 9. I have flat feet 10. I lean left 11. I believe that social activism moves our society forward 12. I admire people who travel alone because I can’t see myself doing it 13. I am very forgetful so I write a lot of lists on sticky notes 14. I love public speaking 15. I love to write 16. I value loyalty and integrity 17. I suck at (most) video games and team sports 18. I recently learned to hit baseballs at a batting cage 19. I love gymnastics and snowboarding 20. I’m not a morning person 21. I get extremely pissed off by people who try to recruit me to their church 22. I went to catechism for seven years but Catholicism doesn’t jive with my beliefs 23. I’m fascinated by Buddhism 24. I have a hard time sitting still 25. I don’t like insects of any sort 26. I love furry four-legged animals 27. I think toilet humour is funny 28. I try to eat spicy food but my tolerance is pretty low 29. I’m hopelessly nearsighted 30. I took the GRE twice 31. I have a love/hate relationship with technology 32. I think you need to swear once in a while to get your point across 33. I’m somewhat of a pessimist because I hate disappointment 34. I’m a perfectionist 35. I love designing web sites but sort of suck at it 36. I like to stay up really late 37. I love people with a sense of humor 38. I'm a Canucks fan 39. I think beer is tasty 40. I hate arguing 41. Seeing hair behind the door on bathroom floors freaks me out 42. I always carry tissue 43. I never talk to people on the plane 44. I have a lot of food allergies including red wine 45. I cannot stand rap 46. I like to learn to do things myself 47. I have little patience for stupid people 48. Cop dramas are my favorites 49. I rarely go to the movies unless a film festival is in town 50. I need to sleep a minimum of 8 hours to function normally 51. Facial and back hair scare me 52. I hate going to the gym but I do it anyways 53. I've never been to Asia 54. I get sea sick really easily 55. I can snarf down two bowls of pho if I'm hungry 56. I sometimes yell at strangers' children at the mall if they piss me off 57. I don't like swimming in water colder than bath water 58. I'm scared of open water 59. I prefer to drive stick 60. But I generally don't like to drive 61. I freqently write letters of complaint to corporations of all sorts 62. I don't watch Disney 63. I stick up for my friends 64. Electronic gadgets always malfunction on me 65. I kick ass at parallel parking 66. I hate ginger 67. I never eat wasabi 68. I don't like to talk on the phone 69. I refuse to be a walking billboard 70. I am a bargain hunting expert 71. I will never ever wear Abercrombie & Fitch 72. I love to read blogs 73. I don't have a favorite flower 74. I like purple 75. I've never skiied before 76. I get mad at people who don't vote 77. I hate getting dressed up 78. Traveling through states that aren't on the west or east coast scares me 79. I think people at DMV and INS are unnecessarily rude 80. I get road rage 81. I'm allergic to cats 82. I don't own anything Apple except the tiny shuffle I recently won at Safeway 83. I collect books 84. I can drink coffee and then go to sleep 85. I could not survive without the Internet 86. I lived in Northern California for 6 years 87. Rain makes me very very miserable 88. I love sourdough bread 89. I've owned 4 cars 90. Summer is my favourite season 91. I'm good at spelling 92. I prefer the Canadian spelling of words 93. I've had almost 40 hamsters in my life 94. I'm a breakfast eater 95. I rarely find time to read fiction 96. I do most of my shopping online 97. I met Joan Chen once 98. I think Scientology is crazy talk 99. I rarely win stuff 100. I believe in a lot of supernatural phenomena				~my wish list ~ donate to me! home about CV research community travel food links