About Me

  • About Me: -"An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't." Anatole France (1844-1924)

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Eat Drink Man Woman, Like Water for Chocolate, Musa (KR), Enchanted,Pirates of the Caribbean, Ridicule (FR), Cold Comfort Farm, Singing in the Rain, Wedding Banquet (TW), Wong Fei Hong (Jet Li Series), Iron Monkey
  • Favorite Actors: Andy Lau, Tony Leung (Chiu Wai), Bae Yon Jun(Untold Scandal), Yutaka Takenouchi (With Love), Kimura Takuya (Long Vacation), Song Seung Hun (Autumn Love/Summer Scent), Lee Young Ae (Dae Jang Geum), Ji Jin Hee (Dae Jang Geum), Lee Dong Gun, Kim Jae Won (Wonderful Life, My Love Beijing), Kim Sung Soo (Stained Glass, Full House)Park Shin Yang (Lovers in Paris), Kim Rae Won (Rooftop Cat, Love Patzzi), Gong Yu (Coffee Prince)Kim So Ah (My name is Kim Sam Soon), Ben Kingsley, Emma Thompson, Rachel Weisz, Ralph Fiennes, Pierce Bronson, Clive Owen, Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johanssen, Ewan McGregor, Michael Vartan, Drew Barrymore, Sammi Cheng, Miriam Yeung,Daniel Wu
  • Favorite Directors: Ang Lee, Ratner, Spielberg, Wong Kar Wai, Zhang Yi Mou
  • Favorite Genre: Action, Romance, Comedy, Historical
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Breakfast Club, Say Anything, Red Violin, Reality Bites, Grosse Pointe Blank, Romy & Michelle, My Lovely Kim Sam Soon, Winter Sonata,Coffee Prince,You're Beautiful,Painter in the Wind
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: N/A
  • Movies I can watch over and over: Eat Drink Man Woman, Wedding Banquet, Drama-Rooftop Cat, Long Vacation, My Lovely Kim Sam Soon, My Wife is 18
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: N/A

Television

  • Favorite Shows: No Reservations, Castle, Top Chef/Project Runaway, Hotel Babylon,America's Best Dance Crew
  • Favorite Channels: AZN, Bravo, Travel Channel, Food Network, BBC America, IFC, MTV, VH1, E!
  • Most Addictive Show: Hotel Babylon,9 ends 2 outs, Jumong, Coffee Prince, Kim Sam Soon, Dae Jang Geum, HwangJini, Iron Chef (Japanese version), Secret Life of...,$40 a day,Ace of Cakes,
  • Show I Secretly Watch: Robot Chicken
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Once and Again, Felicity,Buffy,Moonlighting, Remington Steele

Books

  • Favorite Books: Fallen Leaves, Jonathan Spence's book on China,
  • Favorite Authors: Anthony Bourdain,Sophie Kinsella, Mary Janice Davidson
  • Favorite Genres: History, Biographies, How To, Romance, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Language, Travel,...
  • Recent Reads: Italy 2006 Rick Steve's guide, Bitten and Smitten, Sapphires and Garlic, Freakonomics

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Asian---Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Chinese, Thai
  • Favorite Dishes: Asian Food--Sushi, Pho, Korean BBQ
  • Favorite Desserts: Bread Pudding, French Petit Fours, Chocolate dipped Strawberries, Creme brulee , Gelato (Giolottis in ROME!), Baba cake (Capri), Afternoon tea (ENGLAND)
  • Favorite Drinks: Lemoncello (italy off amalfi coast), pomegrante juice, WATER!!!!!, milk tea boba drink
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Chips--funky flavors only had in Asia ie Peking Duck, Thai sweet chili
  • Best meal ever: L'Espalier, Morimoto (philly), Matsuhisa, Peking Duck in Beijing, Craigie Street Bistro, Meritage
  • My Original Recipes: I do not have entirely orginal recipe but those which I improved upon an existing recipe with my twist
  • Favorite Restaurants: Shiki,Fugakyu, Pho 2000, Craigie Street Bistro, Chau Chow City (dim sum),Pojang Macha-Gangnam/Dongdaemun, Street hawkers-Singapore, Shilin Night Market-Taipei
  • Foods I hate: Ethopian (the bread is not to my taste), overcooked and burnt food

Travel

  • Places I love: Too many to choose from--food-Japan,Korea-dramas and food , Italy art & history-Vienna, Beijing, Kyoto, Rome Money no object-Tokyo, NYC, SF, London, Rome
  • Places I've been: Travelled to Europe, Asia and North America (Mexico and Canada) and had tons of fun and inexpensively while doing it! (21 countries and counting)
  • Places to see before I die: To be constantly seeing the world----Africa, more of Asia, Australia...
  • Dream Vacation: Being a globe trotter visiting my friends and just traveling all over the world...

More About Me

  • Nationality: ABC
  • Religion: N/A
  • Heroes: Too many to name, those who are doing things for the betterment of others
  • Interests: *being active and curious about the world and life
  • Expertise: *hodge podge
  • Occupation: Earning a living