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Can you guess which one is true?

I have to admit that 31 years on this earth has got me into a lot of trouble. Other than doing a boring recap post, I thought it would be nice to hold a quick contest. Here’s the deal I have set up a few “categories” and cited 3 facts for each one. Here’s the kicker: one of the three is false.

Childhood:

1. My first ever program was written in Basic in Grade School. I was in a college-level art appreciation class when I was 8 years old and took piano lessons from 4 to 12 years old.
2. I was part of my grade school’s choir. I screwed up on national TV and thanked the Lord that all of the resulting footage was in Beta format – never to be played again.
3. I never knew what wearing jeans to school felt like until Grade 7 because in the all-boys school I went to the uniforms were different progressions of khaki. (shorts, long pants, then dark long pants)

High-school:

1. I was generally a school nerd. Chess and Physics clubs, Dungeons and Dragons, as well as Robotech role playing games were all part of the lunch past time.
2. I was a hard core Asian gangstah. Wore baggy cross-color jeans (3 times my size), listened to rap music, banned from stores because of shoplifting, fights and was considered by the principal as a “pretty violent teenager”.
3. I was a competitive basketball player and was recruited by Richmond High to join their varsity basketball ‘A’ team. I stole the provincials from Steveston High with a last minute 3 pointer in the finals.

Work:

1. I *technically* have 3 jobs. One is a team lead at ICBC, the other is teaching design at VFS and the other is my own business.
2. I was one of the first people in my college graduating class to get a job.
3. I believe that there are a lot of reasonable people and generally intelligence and logic prevail.

This blog:

1. I’ve been blogging for more than 5 years and each year has been more interesting than the last.
2. I’ve actually gotten myself into trouble professionally with my blog. Which prompted me to create my own 403 blocker page.
3. I make it a point never to censor myself or delete/re-edit a blog post.

My Personal Life:

1. I make it a point to own the latest and greatest in technology all the time.
2. I got married last year to the most awesome person who out styles me and will continue to out style me (but let’s not fuel her ego here)
3. I love to cook, but loving, effectively executing and not poisoning people are three very different things.

Can you guess which ones are false? First one to guess all of the facts correctly in the comments gets something!

6:55 am 1 Comment

User Experience design applied to … birthdays?

Last week we had a pretty interesting conversation with regards to User Experience design where my co-workers and I uncovered the secrets to creating amazing user experiences. Sarcasm!

Christian: Guys, I need your help. There’s this girl and I’ve been trying to figure out what to get her for her birthday.
Brad: Well, lets figure out the persona. If she was a cartoon character who would she be?
Christian: Humm, I would say she’s like Princess Jasmine from Aladdin. A bit adventurous but also bit conservative. Pretty princess-like and religious.
Ritchie: I know! I know! A monkey thief!
Brad: Ohh a brown boy!
Dan: A Bengal Tiger!!

Christian: …
Christian: You guys are idiots!

Ahh, you have to enjoy blogging about your co-workers.

7:38 am 1 Comment

Tweenage girls are not made out of sugar and spice

Since this is a venting avenue, I need to to vent or I think I might just go and murder all tweenage girls.

I went with a group of friends to go watch Confessions of a Shopaholic (what can I say I’m an Isla Fisher fan). Within a span of 1 and a half hours I developed an intense hatred for tweenage girls. They kept talking and kicking the back of our chairs throughout the whole movie! We weren’t being the passive aggressive Asians either. We told them to try and be quiet (politely), we told them to shut up (not so politely), we told them that we’d ship them to an island, give them a sack of randomly selected weapons and have them fight each other for 3 days until 1 is left standing while broadcasting the whole thing as a reality show (pure evil and japanese awesomeness). We even called the old dude that manages the theaters and still no luck!

They just continued to keep talking, giggling and kicking our seats. It would’ve been a tiny bit bearable if they were intelligently critiquing the movie (ok, THAT was a long shot) but they were talking about “Dear God, what am I going to do with my spare block?” I know! Shove it up your ass and take a special needs etiquette course on “Living and Functioning in a Society 101″ or maybe go to a movie worthy of your attention span and intelligence? Let me make a suggestion: Blues Clues: The Movie

When confronted with: “Do you know you’re being rude to everyone around you?” by a few different people. They answered, “Yes, and sorry but my friend has ADHD.” I can’t believe that they had the gall to insult people with ADHD! You don’t have ADHD; what you have requires padded rooms and bibs when eating.

Natural selection is definitely not doing a good job.

I propose that the next time kids decide to do this,  we immediately stop the movie, turn the lights on, hogtie them, drag them out by the hair Chris Brown/Rihanna style, call their parents, and make them refund everyone’s cash.

9:46 am 0 Comments