March 7th, 2007 by cybrpunk
A- Available or Single? Nope, married
B- Best Friend? My wife
C- Cake or Pie? Cake (with ice cream)
D- Drink of Choice? Tao Ti carbonated grape
E- Essential Item? PS2
F- Favorite Color? Blue. And silver.
G- Gummi Bears or Worms? Worms because you can be more disgusting while eating them
H- Hometown? St. Louis, MO
I- Indulgence? Sanrio stuff (tee hee hee), Badtz Maru and Osaru no Monkichi specifically
J- January or February? Either or neither. No difference to me
K- Kids and names? None yet, and the names of potentials are secret
L- Life is incomplete without€¦? Video games
M- Marriage Date? It was in July…..
N- Number of Siblings? zero
O- Oranges or Apples? Both, but not mixed
P- Phobias/Fears? celery, calling people I don’t know, implementing ideas
Q- Favorite Quote? “Just because you’re not paranoid, does not mean that they aren’t out to get you.”
R- Reasons to smile? Penguins, goofy things, funny stuff, animals, presents, magic markers
S- Season? Black pepper, ground red pepper, chili powder, oregano
T- Tag 3 people? I don’t think anyone wan’t one of those big tags hanging off their ear.
U- Unknown Fact About Me? I believe in telekenesis… I just can’t figure out how to use it
V- Vegetable You Hate? Celery, my mortal enemy
W- Worst Habit? I seem to rip out my chin hair for some reason I can’t comprehend
X- Xrays You€™ve Had? back, teeth, finger, neck
Y- Your Favorite Foods? Pizza, ice cream, M&Ms, Macaroni&Cheese, chili, mostaccioli
Z- Zodiac? Traditional: Pisces | Chinese: Water Ox
Stolen from Melissa.
March 6th, 2007 by cybrpunk
I had my first language class today at work. And considering my previous post on learning Cantonese, you would think that was the subject of the class. I would. But it wasn’t. It was for Mandarin. Which could make things very confusing. Especially considering how similar Cantonese and Mandarin are. They are both Chinese, but Mandarin is the national language that all Chinese are supposed to adopt and Cantonese is the language of people in Southern China and all of Hong Kong. In American terms though, it’s more different than a Boston’er trying to communicate with a Louisiana Cajun.
The reason I signed up for a Mandarin class though is because my company is paying for half the tuition. Plus I figured it might still help with my job and maybe in learning Cantonese as well. My wife was invited to attend at the discounted price as well so we were both in there trying to sound out weird words. There were five of us total in the class, which made things a little difficult when we were asked to pair off and repeat the conversations we were learning.
Anyway, one class means I know as little as I did when I started. I should probably know more but… it’s hard to remember.
March 1st, 2007 by cybrpunk
That’s a very deep question. Luckily, I’m not that deep of a person.
So what am I doing here in Hong Kong? Well, I’ve been working for the same company for a few years now (which is an accomplishment in itself) and I had expressed an interest in moving to another office outside of St. Louis, MO. Truthfully I would have liked Seattle or Portland or Sacramento but those weren’t really likely given my job and the absolute lack of need for an IT person in those offices. But I also made no secret of my like of all things Japanese and Asian culture in general. So, when the guy who had been taking care of the Asia Pacific region decided that he’d had enough and was resigning, I got called into a few meetings. Continue reading ‘Why am I here?’
