About Myself
- Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives.
A quick profile
- Height - 173 cms (5'8")
- Weight - 83 kgs (183 lbs)
- Hair - Black
- Eyes - Brown
- Ethnicity - Eurasian (English / Chinese)
Some of my favourite things
- Favourite Book - Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte), Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams), Dune (Frank Herbert)
- Favourite Sci-Fi Author - Isaac Asimov
- Favourite Playwright - Oscar Wilde
- Favourite Poets - John Clare, Lord Byron
- Favourite Winnie the Pooh character - Eeyore
- Favourite Muppet - Gonzo
- Favourite Food - Lasagne
- Favourite Comics - Calvin and Hobbes (Bill Watterson), Sandman (Neil Gaiman)
- Favourite Cartoons - South Park, Roadrunner
- Favourite Films - The Shining, Platoon, The Matrix, Shrek
- Favourite Philosophers - Lao Tzu, Bertrand Russell
- Favourite Classical Music - Barber's Adagio, Albinoni's Adagio, Mozart's Moonlight Sonata, Chopin's Nocturne for Violin and Piano, Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique
- Political Leanings - Liberal / Fabian Social Democrat
I am a political animal... I love politics. It annoys me, inspires me, irritates me and arouses me... not always in a good way, but always in a fun way. If I were
to pigeonhole myself, I'd say my views conform most closely to a European-style Liberal or Social Democrat, with a few exceptions.
- Political Idol - Ralph Nader
Hobbies
- Sports:
- Football - i play at fullback... badly...
- Weights / Fitness training - just come out of exams, quit smoking etc. so this is *painful*
- Martial Arts - currently not training at all, 'cos i'm too lazy
- Judo... for about a year, until i dislocated my shoulder
- Ju-jitsu - Classical and Brazilian... about 4 years in total, responsible for many injuries
- Thai Boxing... about 2 years
- Taekwondo... about 3 months
- Greco-Roman / Freestyle Wrestling... about 3 months
- Kung Fu... about 3 years, but a long time ago now... a broken femur put a stop to it
- Cerebral:
- Boggle (a great word game)
- Chess (occasionally)
- Computer programming
- Leisure:
- Computer games
- Strategy
- Real-Time Strategy
- Seven Kingdoms Series (Enlight Software)
- Age of Empires Series (Microsoft)
- Warcraft Series / Starcraft (Blizzard)
- Total Annihilation (Cavedog)
- Historical Strategy
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms Series (KOEI)
- Genghis Khan Series (KOEI)
- Bandit Kings of Ancient China (KOEI)
- Civilisation Series / Alpha Centauri (Sid Meier)
- First Person Shooters
- Doom Series (Id Software)
- Quake Series (Id Software)
- Duken Nukem Series
- Clive Barkers Undying
- Rogue-Like Games
- Ancient Domains of Mystery
- Reading
- Science Fiction
- Poetry
- Philosophy
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