CURRENT MISSION

I'm heading back to Shanghai after a long traveling stint through Russia, Turkey, and the US.

ABOUT ME

I grew up in the US (Louisiana). I spent about six years in China (Beijing and Shanghai). After I return to Shanghai, I want to improve my Chinese level and do a business-related internship. In a year or two, I hope to either be working in China or studying (perhaps Business Informatics).

PHILOSOPHY

I often feel like I'm a boring person. So, the best philosophy for me is probably the following quote by Mark Twain: "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't than the ones you did do. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

Interests

Traveling, learning languages, meeting interesting people, looking for new and interesting experiences, trying to be a good person

• chinese new year
• traveling
• sailing
• business
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, Lost in Translation, Office Space, AI, The Truman Show.
Music: Roads (Portishead), Monday and Oltremare (Ludovico Einaudi).
Books: The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins), How the Mind Works (Steven Pinker), most things that Noam Chomsky and Norman Finkelstein have written, Very Far Away from Anywhere Else (Ursula K. Le Guin)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

1. I've experienced Chinese New Year in China a few times. In China, I think the laws regarding how powerful fireworks can be are pretty lax, so at midnight on Chinese New Year in cities like Beijing and Shanghai, it sounds like a war is going on when millions of people suddenly begin simultaneously lighting fireworks.
2. I have removed the brain from an alligator on more than one occasion.

Teach, Learn, Share

I've checked, and I have found that I have nothing of value to share with or teach to others.

Countries I’ve Visited

Japan, Russian Federation, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Russian Federation, Turkey, United States