Hobbies & Interests:

--Travel, badminton, reading & writing, Chinese tea making, scuba diving, hiking, biking, photography, Chinese calligraphy, and many others.

Favorite Books & Authors

--北京法源寺 (李敖), 李敖回憶錄 (李敖), 李敖快意恩仇錄 (李敖), 中國文化的深層結構 (孫隆基), 男人這東西 (渡邊淳一), 失樂園 (渡邊淳一), 鴻---三代中國女人的故事 (張戎), 毛澤東鮮為人知的故事 (張戎), 來生不做中國人 (鍾祖康), 中東現場 (張翠容), 行過烽火大地 (張翠容), ...

--The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey), The Da Vavinci Code (Dan Brown), Angels and Demons (Dan Brown), Collapse  (Diamond Jared), The Africans (David Lamb), The Shackled Continent (Robert Guest), Waiting (Ha Jin), War Trash (Ha Jin), ...

Favorite Movies & Directors:

--Runaway Train (Andrei Konchalovsky), Predator (John McTiernan), Hero (Stephen Frears), Black Hawk Down, Malena (Giuseppe Tornatore), Blood Diamond (Edward Zwick), Tears of the Sun (Antoine Fuqua), Body of Lies (Ridley Scott), ......

--英雄 (張藝謀), 花樣年華 (王家衛), 無間道 (劉偉強、麥兆輝), 功夫 (周星馳),  色 戒 (李安), ...

Some Small Travel Records:

--Highest point reached: Mt. Kilimanjaro (5,895 m), the highest peak in Africa

(March 05, 2007)

--Lowest point reached: Dead Sea (408m below sea level)

(November 30, 2003)

--Deepest dive: Blue hole, Belize (- 42m)

(May 31, 2006)

--Number of Dives: 60 (Till May 02, 2007)

--Highest latitude stayed: 71^oN (Nordcapp, Norway)

(August 01, 2002)

--Lowest latitude stayed: 67^oS (Pleneau Island, Antarctica)

(December 23, 2005)

--Highest temperature experienced: 42^oC (Bagan, Myanmar)

(May, 2005)

--Lowest temperature experienced: -51^oC (Fairbanks, Alaska)

(January, 1993)

--Longest flight: ＞37 hours (from Hong Kong to Lima, Peru)

(November 10, 2005)

--Shortest flight: 20 minutes (from Bahar Dar to Gondar, Ethiopia)

(December 29, 2006)

--Longest bus ride: ＞30 hours (from Rio to Salvador, Brazil)

(February 08, 2006)

--Longest continuous travel: 8 months

(September 09, 2006 to May 11, 2007, Africa trip)

--Shortest travel: 10 days

(June 13 to 23, 2007, Russia)

--Longest time without taking a shower: 9 days

(August 03 to 11, 2006, Tibet)

--Longest minibus waiting time: 5 hours

(April 21, 2007, Kimberley, South Africa)

--Number of Robberies During the Travel: 2

1^st: Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania (February 20, 2007)

2^nd: Johannesburg, South Africa (May 08, 2007)

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