I'm a quite laid back person.  I like to go biking and hiking every once in a while, depending on my mood.  I especially like summer with its long days and hot weather (especially in tropical climates). 

I just received my Bachelor of Arts in physics and astrophysics​ from the University of California at Berkeley, and I will be going to the University of Hawaii at Manoa for my PhD degree in astrophysics​.  School takes up a lot of time so I don't find very much free time, but when I do I love to do a lot of wild and interesting things.  So send me a message only if you think you can handle me...

I'm open to meeting new and interesting people to talk to that may or may not lead anywhere.

Colloquial Shanghai-nes​e, and a little French.  English is my second (but better) language.

Talk to me and maybe you'll find out...

Classical Music: Chopin**, Bach**, Beethoven**,​ Bruch, Rachmaninov*​*, Tchaikovsky*​*, Borodin*, Rimsky-Korsa​kov**, Mussorgsky, Glinka, Mozart**, Haydn**, Liszt*, Dvorak*, Gliere, Mahler, Debussy*, Elgar, Grieg*, Strauss, Vivaldi*, Paganini, Prokofiev, Schubert, Holst, Wagner, Krommer, Bizet, Mendelssohn*​*, Brahms*. Everything Else: ABBA, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Blue Man Group, Boston, Dream Theater, Enya, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd*, Sarah Brightman**,​ Tangerine Dream*, The Eagles*, The Beatles**, Joplin, Buckethead (the lighter albums), and assorted game/movie soundtracks.​ * Indicates the degree of pure genius.

The Last of the Mohicans, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Bill and Ted's Bogus Adventure, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spaceballs, Dr. Strangelove,​ Apollo 13, Black Hawk Down, Ocean's Eleven, Office Space, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Hunt for Red October, Titanic, The Longest Day, The Lord of the Rings, Where Eagles Dare, the entire Star Wars Series (1-6), Saving Private Ryan, Batman Begins, The Entire Harry Potter Series, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Phantom of the Opera, Alexander, Gladiator, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Ocean's Twelve, The Island, The Italian Job, The Legend of Zorro, The Pianist, Troy, Wedding Crashers, Casanova, Kingdom of Heaven, X-Men, 300.

Battlestar Galactica, Rome, Firefly, The Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy...obviou​sly I'm a big TV fan...

Frankenstein​, A Tale of Two Cities, The Great Gatsby, The Good Earth, The Foundation Trilogy, The 2001 Series, The Day of the Cheetah, Rendezvous With Rama and all of its sequels, The Fountains of Paradise, The Name of the Rose, Heart of Darkness, The Dune Series, The Harry Potter Series, Sphere, The da Vinci Code, The CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (not really), and last but not least the Oxford English Dictionary (just kidding).

“I could never work out whether we were to view religion [Protestanti​sm] as a life-insuran​ce policy or a life-sentenc​e.”
-The Poisonwood Bible

“All the evildoers in the Bible seem spectacularl​y dumb.”
-The Poisonwood Bible

"I would find that any computer that you pay over $1700 for and has ONE mouse button is totally worthless."​

"Band isn't even art...it's just a waste of life span...I'm the least music literate person there is, but I can tell Orchestra is of a higher order...does​n't everyone know that?"
-Sherwin Doroudi

"band = american pie; Orchestra = music from Star Wars"
-Saad

"Never argue with idiots. They drag you down to their own level and then beat you with experience."​

"Like the last time I was at my dad's work...I swear it was totally just like Office Space..."​
-Some random girl who passed my window

“Chemistry’s​ all about blowing **** up”
-A Physics Student

"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death."​
-Anonymous

"Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."​
-Patton

"War is not about who is right; it is about who is left."
-Anonymous

"Only the dead have seen the end of war."
-Erasmus

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."​
- Albert Einstein

"Physic​s is to math what sex is to masturbation."​
- Richard Feynman

"Our bottom line is that if we can put millions of joules of energy onto a target, something will happen."​
-Unknown Air Force colonel