(Updated 5 Jan 2009)

Preference Settings

Physical Activities: Yoga (Ashtanga), Swimming, Gym Sliding the mouse and tapping the keyboard

Cuisine: Japanese, Asian fare. I love plain white rice. Noodles too. And Pinchos

Music: System of a Down, Monster Magnet, Iron Maiden/Bruce Dickinson, Black Sabbath, HIM (His Infernal Majesty), Clutch, Nine Inch Nails, Japanese animation soundtracks (Yoko Kanno, Joe Hisaishi), 霹靂布袋戲 soundtracks (荒山 亮, 阿輪)

British Rock: The Rakes, The Cure, Depeche Mode
J-Rock: Orange Range, B’z
Prog Rock: Pink Floyd, Coheed and Cambria
Euro Rock: Babylon Whores, Soilwork, Within Temptations, In Flames
Asian/International Rock: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Wu Bai and the China Blues, 新寶島康樂隊, 蘇芮, 姜育恆, 刀郎, 徐佳瑩Lala
Selected Albums: Anti-Christ Svperstar, Mechanical Animal, Holywood – Marilyn Manson, Astrocreep 2000 – White Zombie, Psalm 69 – Ministry, Lateralus – TOOL, Thirteenth Step – A Perfect Circle, De-loused in the Comatorium – The Mars Volta
Electro Lounge/Eclectic: Thievery Corporation, UNKLE, Pizzicato 5

Film: Haven’t watched any memorable movies recently but…those that I can recall: District 9, Blade Runner, Brazil, Matrix, Star Wars Ep III, IV, V, VI, Terminator 2, Batman Begins, The Six-String Samurai, U-Turn, Electric Dragon 80,000V, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Full Monty, Hana-bi, Brothers (兄弟), Beat Takeshi’s Zatoichi, Platoon, Apocalypse Now, No Man’s Land, Natural Born Killers, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2, Spirited Away, My Neighbour Totoro, AKIRA, Ghost in the Shell, Ghost in the Shell: Innocence, Jin-Ro, CASSHERN, Kung Fu Hustle, A Chinese Ghost Story, Peacock King, Wicked City, Swordsman II, Drunken Fist, Snake-Crane Fist, Infernal Affairs, Eat Drink Man Woman, Aces Go Places

TV: Max Headroom, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Battlestar Galactica

Literature: Science Fiction (Cyberpunk, Conspiracy, Post Apocalyptic), Current Affairs (International Relations, Middle East politics, Terrorism), Occultic arts and sciences

Pulp Fiction: The Interplanetary Spy, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 – Sue Townsend, Microserfs – Douglas Coupland, Trainspotting – Irvin Welsh, Foucalt’s Pendulum – Umberto Eco, Neuromancer – William Gibson, The Dragonlance Chronicles – Margaret Weiss & Tracy Hickman, On A Pale Horse – Piers Anthony, Illegal Aliens – Nick Pollotta & Phil Foglio, 1984 – George Orwell, Brave New World – Aldous Huxley

Scribes: Charles Stross, William Gibson, Cory Doctorow, Philip K Dick, George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Garth Ennis, Jamie Delano, Mark Millar, Warren Ellis, Pat Mills, Michael Moorcock, China Mieville, Robert Anton Wilson

Graphic Novels: Preacher, Hellblazer (Jamie Delano, Garth Ennis run), Books of Magic (original 4 issue limited series), Watchmen, V for Vendetta, From Hell, Promethea, The Invisibles, Stray Toaster, ABC Warriors, The Crow, Channel Zero, Optic Nerve, Red Rocket 7, Marshal Law, DMZ, stuff from 2000AD

Journals: I wish I can find time to read Harper’s, New Atlantic, The New Yorker, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The National Interest, Current History.

Sub Culture: Haven’t read  Giant Robot, WIRED, Rock Sound, Metal Hammer for a while

Hobby Magazines: Am trying to catch up with back issues of Newtype the Live, Hyper Hobby, Dengeki Hobby, Hobby Japan, Figure O, Great Mechanics, Model Grafix, Mechabi, Uchusen, Frontier (Taiwan), Ani-Wave (Hong Kong), SFX, Deathray, SciFi Now, Wizard

Two Biggest Influence: Ultraman and Star Wars

Secondary Mania Ghost in the Shell, Gatchaman, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Keroro Gunso, Gundam, Astromech Droids (Star Wars), 中華文化歷史

Game: FALLOUT 3 !!!!!111111, Wasteland, Fallout 1, Fallout 2, Deus Ex, Ultima I, Moebius: Windwalker

Addiction: Hobby, the Internet, オナニー

Current Settings

Sequential Art + Words:老夫子, 龍虎門, The Transformers: Devastation, Garth Ennis’ The Punisher, Midnighter, 20th Century Boy, Pluto, Shidoh, Homunculus, Muryoki Sentai Jap-Five, Gundam: Origins, Kamen Rider Spirits, Ultraman Story Zero, Keroro Gunso, Soutakun no Akihabara Funtoki, Manhole, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Welcome to NHK! and lots moreVideo: Macross Frontier, Real Drive, 霹靂布袋戲Anthology: Magazine Z, Shonen Ace, Comic Ryu, Dengeki Comic Gao!

Sightings: Akihabara, Kinokuniya, Borders, HMV, Sunshine Plaza, Bugis Junction, China Square Central, Planet Fitness (It’s now called True Fitness. pfft), cyberspace, Megaton

Specifications

Caliber: 56mm