About

1. I’m a Vancouverite
2. I came to Canada in 2002
3. My first programming language was BASIC, which I taught myself in Gr. 7
4. I have been using Macs since 2007
5. I am a Mac fanatic
6. Though I don’t run Linux on a day by day basis, I do run it on all of my servers
7. I got into web development in Gr. 8
8. I coded my first site in Gr. 8 using nothing but HTML
9. I lead a team now and made a forum and an official site for my school
10. I laugh at geek jokes
11. I enjoy solving problems even though I’m probably just reinventing the wheel
12. I wish I am a better programmer
13. I have absolutely no certificates from this industry. Not Zend certified or anything like that, no nada. Although I like to do these things soon
14. I learn and admire elegant solutions to problems
15. I like to optimize and tweak everything
16. I hate updates since they usually break more things than they patch
17. I manage multiple servers and it’s driving me crazy
18. I fail when it comes to hardware
19. I have IM accounts on GTalk, Yahoo!, MSN, Skype, and I even run my own Jabber server!
20. I have profiles on all major social networks, though I rarely use any of them
21. I enjoy both coffee and tea
22. I really don’t care anything about fashion
23. I hate vegetable that tastes bitter
24. I hate McDonald and their half cooked chicken breast
25. I drink bottled water (horrible for the environment) because I dislike the taste of tap water. But if you boil it and put leafs in there, that will make a great cup of tea and I will drink it.
26. I am a photographer… at least I try to be one
27. I turn to Photoshop when my photos need to be adjusted
28. I wish I am a better photographer
29. I still manage my music and photos using the old fashioned folders and names method
30. My desk is horribly messy, even if I clean it, it will return to “normal” the next day.
31. I would rather have better friends than more friends
32. I was inspired by Dan Udey for doing my blog’s about page like this
33. I have my formal biography here.