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Facts About Me

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Park Slope - When I was about 4 or 5, I almost got abducted by an old man.

- First movie, I remember seeing in a theater was Rambo: First Blood.

- In first grade, I tried to impress a girl by being a smart ass. It did not turn out well.

- Visited Tokyo for the first time in 1985 and my dad told me it was OKAY to slurp my noodles. That made me happy.

- I hated it when my mom made scrambled eggs over toast before going to school every morning. But I couldn't get enough of it when she made it during the weekends. Yeah I'm weird. (She sure made a lot of scrambled eggs over toast.)

- We had a 12 inch fake Christmas tree on our dining table in Hong Kong, during Christmas.

- In Hong Kong, I lived on the 5th floor, door 4D.

- I once almost climbed out the window.

- My parents fed me "fat kid water" cause I was too skinny.

- In 4th grade, I tried out for the talent show. My thing was lip-synching Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson. I practiced in front of a mirror.

- In 6th grade, I was in choir and in band. I played the clarinet.

- My mom introduced me to steamed turnip cakes when I was 11. Still prefers fried ones.

- Last day of school, my aunt didn't know it was a half day and was late in picking me up from school. I had no idea what to do so I dragged my school project about 5-6 miles home. I was in 3rd grade.

- I had a crush on Jenny in 5th grade. She kept taking my pens.

- My aunt loves astronomy. She taught me how to look at the stars and bought me a book about astronomy. Then I thought about becoming an astronomer, I was in 7th grade.

- When I was young, my mom would make spaghetti with meat sauce and tiny hot dogs with pineapple chunks on toothpicks for my birthdays. I kind of miss that.