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September 18, 2002
Eighty Random Interests (or A Crash Course in Rahat)
A Better Tomorrow - Beautiful Hong Kong blood opera
Ambient - Good music for studying and sleeping
AMD - Underdog chipmakers who's fun as hell to root for
Audrey Hepburn - The most perfect woman ever (and a hell of an actress)
Beef cubes on rice - Second to pho as best Vietnamese dish
Blade Runner - Favorite science-fiction film ever
Boards of Canada - Favorite IDM/Ambient artists
Bullet in the Head - Favrorite John Woo film
Cecilia Cheung - Favorite female Chinese Pop singer
Chinese food - Nothing beats the curry at XO Kitchen
Chungking Express - Second favorite film ever
Cibo Matto - Japanese East Village duo with rocking beats
Civilization - Second most addictive computer game ever
Computer games - Someone please buy me a new computer so I can play them
Counter-strike - The most addictive computer game ever
Cowboy Bebop - Second favorite anime series; most stylish
David Tao - Favorite male Chinese Pop singer
Denki Groove's Niji - Only Paul Van Dyk remixed track I care about
DJ Krush - Favorite acid jazz-based downtempo artist
Downbeat - Good for sleeping, stuyding and chilling
Fight Club - Style, mindfucking and definitely on the Top 10 list
Food - Buy me some
Graphic design - Cause like, it's cool and shit
Hard-Boiled - Favorite action film ever
Haruki Murakami - Favorite author
Hong Kong - In love with the idea of modern metropolita
IDM - Intelligent Dance Music: Good for sleeping and studying
Indian food - Almost home cooking
Interpreter of Maladies - The last in this short story collection makes me cry every time
In the Mood for Love - Favorite movie ever
Iranian food - Best marinated meats ever (along w/ Afghani food)
Jay Chou - Second favorite male Chinese Pop artist
Jaymee Ong - The hottest girl ever
Jhumpa Lahiri - Ideal woman to marry, she needs to publish her next book
John Woo - Favorite action film director
Kimchi - Spiced cabbage that reminds me of my youth
Korean Pop - Addicting and adolescent, in a good way
Kruder & Dorfmeister - Favorite downbeat artists
Manhattan - Home/dreamland
Marvin Gaye - Favorite classic R&B singer
Max Payne - Most stylish, explosive, long-awaited action game ever
Memoirs of a Geisha - Such a great novel, wouldn't ever think a white guy wrote it
Microsoft - The definition of a corporation that knows its shit
Music - #2 on things (behind food) I cannot live without
Nasdaq - Because volatility is fun
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Favorite (and greatest?) anime series ever
New Order - One of my favorite bands ever
Nightmares on Wax - Behind K&D, one of my favorite downbeat artists
Norwegian Wood - Favorite novel ever
Nvidia - Video card manufacturer whose rise has inspired me
Opera - Cause that shit is just hot
Peace Orchestra - Kruder's side project that rocks the joint like nobody's business
Pho - The ultimate Vietnamese noodle soup
Photography - Because even ugly things can be pretty sometimes
Portishead - One of my favorite bands; Beth Gibbons has an amazing voice
Print media - I like pretty things
Radiohead - Along with New Order, favorite bands ever
Rei Ayanami - Star of Evangelion, her voice could melt my soul
Remains of the Day - Horribly depressing but brilliant novel about loneliness
Rene Magritte - Favorite surrealist
Renoir - Favorite Impressionist
Roman History - Because I probably know too much about it
Roti kanai - Best appetizer ever (Malaysian or not)
Sabrina - The Audrey Hepburn version: Favorite romantic film ever
S.E.S. - Favorite Korean Pop group
Soy milk - Addicted: Favorite kind if the green, Vietnamese variety
Sushi - Favorite: Spider roll
Technology - Because every day, it makes us lazier
The Brilliant Green - Favorite Japanese Rock group
The Joy Luck Club - Film that makes me cry more than any other
The Killer - Behind A Better Tomorrow, one of the best dramatic action films
The Temptations - Favorite classic R&B group
The Weakerthans - Favorite Punk/Folk/Emo group
Tikka Masala - Favorite Indian dish
Tony Leung - Most respected and favorite Chinese actor
Vietnamese food - It reminds me of all the Trans, Nguyens, Buis and Phams back home
Women - Of course
Wong Kar-Wai - Favorite director (along w/ David Fincher)
You - Everything I do, I do it for ____
Zara - Spanish clothing retailer with three week turnover from design to shelves
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