Archive for February 17, 2005

One Hundred Things About Me

February 17, 2005 @ 3:00 am · Filed under Friends, Oddball

  1. I like PMS 292Daniel
  2. . . . which is also known as light blue or #6699FF
  3. . . . though that’s still just an approximation. My true favourite colour is that faint, extremely light, and almost shimmering blue that you see toward late afternoon on a clear and crisp autumn day.
  4. My name is Daniel Yum
  5. . . . yes, it really is Yum. You pronounce it as you’d say Yum! after a delicious meal
  6. . . . as a result, the nickname I’m most often stuck is Yummy! though I’ve been called plenty of other things including Gorilla, Village Idiot, and Lt. Dan
  7. I am currently 22 years old
  8. . . . so I have a deep sense of loyalty and am honest
  9. . . . which is another way of saying I was born in the year of the Dog
  10. My favourite book is The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupéry
  11. . . . besides the Prince, I really like the fox
  12. . . . I would also like to be tamed
  13. I was born on September 7th
  14. . . . which makes me a Virgo
  15. I am a Christian
  16. I enjoy jumping up and touching things that are hanging from the ceiling
  17. My blood type is B/RH+
  18. . . . I found out the RH+ part when I donated blood
  19. . . . where I was told that I had very good iron content in my blood
  20. . . . where I also realized that I’m not cut out to be a doctor
  21. . . . . . . I wanted to become a doctor after watching many episodes of Scrubs
  22. I’m a romantic
  23. I’m an Engineering student studying Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo
  24. . . . where I’ll be graduating in June, 2005
  25. . . . I like laplace transforms
  26. . . . I also like state space
  27. . . . I’m not a big fan of Z-transforms, though I like them better than fourier transforms
  28. . . . but I’ll take fourier transform over random processes any day of the week
  29. . . . I like my control courses
  30. . . . . . . especially the ones with robots
  31. I love taking photographs, though I’m not very good at it yet
  32. I was born in Pusan, South Korea
  33. I am a Canadian Citizen, currently living in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
  34. . . . though I used to live in Mission, BC, Canada
  35. . . . I miss the mild winters of British Columbia
  36. . . . I also lived in Burnaby, BC and Sugarland, Texas
  37. . . . I don’t say ‘eh’ at the end of every sentence, though I do catch myself using it conversationally from time to time
  38. I love Dark Chocolate
  39. . . . I’ll eat just about any type of chocolate, though I’ve rather have dark over milk, and milk over white chocolate
  40. I am bilingual - I can speak both English and Korean
  41. . . . though my Korean writing skills are little rusty
  42. . . . by rusty, I mean terrible, like grade 6 level, which is when I came to Canada
  43. I’m not very picky when it comes to food
  44. . . . though I don’t like anchovies in my pizza
  45. . . . and I don’t like beans in my rice
  46. Longest I’ve stayed up was from Friday morning to early monday morning, 65 hours or so
  47. . . . after 50 hours, I started losing big 30 minute chunks of my memory
  48. . . . after 60 hours, at any given point, I was always half asleep with those nasty little micro-sleeps, though I was still working away (on the solar car aerobody for Midnight Sun 6)
  49. I’m the Project Leader for Midnight Sun Solar Race Car Team
  50. . . . the team set a record for the longest distance driven on a solar powered vehicle at 15,079km in the summer of 2004
  51. . . . the team takes a lot of work
  52. I don’t watch a lot of TV
  53. I’ve played piano for little over 10 years
  54. . . . the last piece I played was Beethoven’s Grande Sonata Pathétique
  55. . . . I like romantic period pieces
  56. . . . my dream is to be able to play Listz’s Hungarian Rhapsody
  57. I remember pi to 8th decimal place
  58. My favourite tea is Earl Grey de la Creme
  59. . . . before I found Earl Grey de la Creme, I liked Lady Grey from Twinnings
  60. . . . I’m not a big fan of Coffee, though I think it smells nice
  61. I swim and play squash
  62. . . . I used to play basketball and ultimate back in the day
  63. . . . Phil beats me all the time in squash - I’m happy if I can take one game from him
  64. . . . I play with yellow double dot ball
  65. I use Firefox as my main browser
  66. I use Thunderbird as my mail program
  67. I like dogs, and dislike cats - I think cats have attitude problems
  68. I’m not very fashion conscious
  69. . . . I basically wear 2 pairs of shoes all year round. Dress shoes when I’m dressed up or wearing khakis… and pair of runnings shoes for every other day
  70. . . . . . . I wear khakis maybe once a month. I’m dressed up maybe once a month too
  71. . . . I’m currently on my second pair of running shoes since I’ve started University in 2000, though they’re on their last legs
  72. When I’m out and about, you’ll find a blackberry on my belt
  73. . . . yes, I’m a crackberry addict
  74. My favourite mathematical constant is e
  75. I like to play board games
  76. . . . I’d like to think I’m a decent Scrabble player, but Lily easily beats me everytime we play
  77. . . . . . . one day, I’ll memorize all the two letter words like the smart people
  78. . . . I like to play Risk and Monopoly as well, and I’m known as a ruthless strategizer
  79. I am an INTJ
  80. . . . I’m fairly strong INTJ. The descriptions match me very closely
  81. I like Mangos
  82. I like Papayas too
  83. Actually, I like most fruits out there
  84. My favourite mathematical equation is the euler formula
  85. I love eating
  86. . . . I love spicy things! I have very high tolerance for spicy food
  87. I enjoy baking from time to time
  88. . . . I can make a very good Cream Cheese Pound Cake
  89. . . . I’m currently working on perfecting a recipe for a chocolate mousse cake, which actually tastes more like dark chocolate truffle on an eggy crust at the moment
  90. I’ve been to Korea, Japan, USA, Canada, Germany, Italy, Vatican, Switzerland, Netherlands, France, and Belgium
  91. I listen to pretty much everything, though it’s tilted toward Classical and Classic Rock songs
  92. When I was in highschool, I built a search engine that searched the internet for media files
  93. I’ve rather be too hot than too cold
  94. . . . my ideal weather would be around 23 to 24 degrees with low humidity
  95. If it rains, I’ve rather have it pour than drizzle
  96. . . . regardless of how much rain there is, I usually don’t use an umbrella
  97. I love Tigger from Winnie the Pooh
  98. . . . I also like roo
  99. . . . but I dislike Pooh, Eeyore, Piglet, and pretty much everyone else
  100. I think I can easily find 100 more things about me to write here

This list was updated on February 17, 2005 at approximately 3AM

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