Hao

Norcross Elementary School, Attended 1979 - 1984, Class of 1984
Summerour Middle School, Attended 1984 - 1987, Class of 1987
Norcross High School, Attended 1987 - 1991, Class of 1991

Stanford University

Stanford University, Attended 1996 - 1998, Class of 1998, Master's Degree, Japanese Literature
Stanford University, Attended 1991 - 1995, Class of 1995, Bachelor's Degree, Japanese

Japanese QA & Localization Engineer

SF Film Society, NAATA, Asian Art Museum, SFMOMA, IMUG, HRC Federal Club, Academy of Friends

Armani, cinema, Honda S2000, PowerBook

Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx, Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Klay by Michael Chabon, Dune by Frank Herbert, Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo, Book of Salt by Monique Truong, After the Quake by Haruki Murakami, M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang, Pattern Recognition by William Gibson, Atonement by Ian McEwan, David Sedaris, Catfish and Mandala by Andrew Pham

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, ANGELS IN AMERICA, Blade Runner, Akira, Chungking Express, Last Emperor, Dead Poets Society, Flowers of Shanghai, City of Sadness, In the Mood for Love, Three Seasons, Quiet American, 2001, About a Boy, Bridget Jones' Diary, Y Tu Mama Tambien

iiO, Coldplay, U2, Sinead O'Connor, Tiesto, Oakenfold, ATB, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, Erasure, Morrissey, Faye Wong, Yoo Seung Jun, Madonna, Moby, Eminem, Smiths

Will & Grace, Simpsons, Alias, CSI Miami, Buffy, The Guardian, West Wing, Enterprise, Friends, Scrubs, Without a Trace, Boomtown, X-Files, Babylon 5, Farscape, Twin Peaks, Desperate Housewives, Lost

Capricorn

I think the Da Vinci Code sucks! I'll stick to Umberto Eco, thanks.:
The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown

Reviewed by Scott Brown

By pulp thriller standards, Code is brainy stuff: The standard car chases and intrigues are leavened with Crichtonesque discursions on medieval iconography, the formation of the early Christian church, and history's suppression of the ''sacred feminine.'' In other words, it ain't Clive Cussler. But it's not Umberto Eco, either: The story is a straightforward, code-cracking mystery quest for the Sunday Jumble set. Brown's recurring protag, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, is wrongly implicated in the murder of a Louvre curator, who leaves his colleague a cryptic message pointing to an ancient secret that could rattle the Catholic Church to its foundations. The cliches click pleasantly into place, like the tumblers of an old, easy-to-pick lock. Grade: B

More movies I like: L'Auberge Espagnol, Km. 0,Fight Club, Yi Yi, A Brighter Summer Day, Terrorizers, American Psycho, LA Confidential, Contact, Pulp Fiction, Silence of the Lambs, Good Will Hunting, Shakespeare in Love, Memento, Erin Brockovich, Ocean's Eleven, Vive L'Amour, Princess Mononoke, End of the Affair, 24 Hour Party People, Princess Bride, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Talented Mr. Ripley, Castle Cagliostro, Happy Together, Fallen Angels, La Femme Nikita, Dogma, Boiler Room, Leon The Professional, Being John Malkovich, The Killer, Star Trek 2 The Wrath of Khan, Shrek, In the Company of Men, Welcome to the Dollhouse.

Things I enjoy doing: spending $282 on the 2003 SF International Film Festival to view 14 films and attend 3 parties, spending $45 for the omakase lunch at Nobu Manhattan, spending 45 for the omakase lunch at Nobu London, being treated to a $75 prix fixe dinner at Kappa in SF for using my Japanese skills to get us in the door, whiling away the afternoon at the SF Photo Exhibition, enjoying premium $11 Pu-Erh tea at Samovar Tea Lounge at 18th and Sanchez samova

charming, good with people and handles stressful
situations with grace. Filled with a friendly, positive
energy and secretly might wonder why they are not
famous yet. Doesn't get annoyed with people very
easily, and can handle stressful situations with grace.My Ideal Partner
Personal Characteristics
Highly emotionally intelligent
Has a positive self-concept
Somewhat relaxed about rules and doing the right thing
Highly dependable person
Somewhat concerned with being neat and organized
Has a tendency to stick to a daily routine but is flexible
Handles stress with ease
Strikes a balance between being dominant and encouraging equal input

Attitudes and Beliefs
Optimistic
Somewhat spontaneous and fairly open to new experiences
Flexible and open character
Thinks that money is of some importance in life
Spends wisely
Has authoritative parenting style - involves setting limits as well as providing affection and support