the about me list

This page is all about me, because you see, I’m kind of a big deal.

In a nutshell:

I wear a suit and spend most of my days pulling long hours working for a consulting firm. I love and hate my job for the same reasons: my responsibilities and team change every few months, I spend many nights ordering room service in hotels, and I’ve traveled extensively to major cities in the US and parts of Asia. I’m also contemplating going back to graduate school. I decided to create this blog to jot down random thoughts and happenings that happen to cross my path. Less random topics will probably gravitate towards things that really interest me, including: women in business, current events, traveling, New York, food, wine, outdoor activities, health and fitness.

In elaborate detail:

And here is a thingsyoualreadyknoworreallywishyouknewaboutme list. This list will be updated periodically as I remember more odd and random things to share.

• i spent the first seven years of my life abroad.
• i love looking at travel photography.
• i have self-diagnosed seasonal depression disorder.
• you can’t keep me indoors when the weather is nice outside.
• i took off 3 days of work to sit home to finish the Fountainhead.
• Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged is my bible.
• my favorite time of the day is between 5:30 – 7:00 AM.
• i hate horror movies. repeat. i -hate- horror movies.
• i got my license in my early twenties. i only use it to get into places.
• i can cook surprisingly well.
• i am a Leo.
• i don’t pretend to hate Starbucks – i love that they are everywhere.
• i like Walmart. i also think Sam Walton is a genius.
• i have a thing for bullets and checklists
• for the past few years i’ve spent more than 100 nights/year in hotels.
• for the past few years i’ve traveled by air more than 50 times/year.
• for the past few years i’ve also spend many, many hours in airport terminals. i don’t care to calculate how many.
• my coolest job during school was growing mutant soybeans in the microbiology lab at the USDA.
• i once knew how to do all the things normal Asian-American children could do – play the violin and piano, kick butt in kungfu, score high on standardized tests. now i just sing karaoke.
• my favorite food as a child was roasted pig feet. and if that wasn’t available, pig ears sufficed.
• i’ve also eaten toasted scorpions, roasted silkworms, and other crawly things.
• i’m now [mostly] a vegetarian.
• i don’t like desert after dinner – especially if it was a really good meal.
• i don’t do any work on Saturdays. it’s my personal rule.
• i don’t drink tequila. as in, i am physically unable to drink tequila.
• i hate food with cheese in it. but i do like to eat cheese by itself.
• i will pay extra for quality.
• my favorite cities to live are: New York, San Francisco, New York – in that order.
• someone once said “there’s the city, then there’s the country. everything else is just wasteland.” i like that quote.
• i prefer magazines to newspapers, because magazine writers usually have time to actually think about topics before throwing them onto a page. and i get to keep my hands clean.
• i once got a haircut in high school that had everyone refer to me as “helmet head.” all incriminating evidence have since been properly destroyed.