Secret Gift Exchange

To help people out with gift-giving ideas, you should fill out a wish list with suggestions for the types of items that might make a good gift for you. It might also be useful to leave the email address of a close friend or a significant other who can provide some tips as well.

You can use the "Add Item" button to add new items to your wish list. The "View Purchases" button allows you to see what gifts have already been acquired for a specific person. From that page, you can also record gifts that you have gotten for that person. This should help people avoid getting duplicate gifts. Feel free to point other friends to your wish list here, so they can update a common list. Make sure not to peek at the gifts that others have gotten for you!

Current List of Participants and Their Wish Lists

Alvin Chen's Wish List
alchemy@ucla.edu

largish (around 7 quarts) Le Creuset French/Dutch oven
gifts from the heart
fun board, card, or party games (maybe the Apples to Apples Apple Crate?); check out my BoardGameGeek profile for my current collection and wish list, as well as suggestions on top-rated games (rankings on the lower left); I would like some out-of-print games like La Città - oh, it seems available at Imperial Hobbies in Canada! I wonder if their listing is up-to-date...; San Marco is on sale at Funagain Games; I recommend Fair Play Games, Time Well Spent, Game Surplus, and Boulder Games for discounted online purchases in the U.S. (including some out-of-print)
non-sports/non-racing Xbox games; maybe a good group game
good books, especially sci-fi or fantasy
fun computer games
DVDs - my Amazon.com wish list has some random movies; no lowbrow comedies; maybe Good Eats from the Food Network
home decorations, keeping in mind our apartment's limited space
gourmet/exotic ingredients, condiments, etc.; no more bread dipping oils!
useful kitchen supplies/servingware, though we have most items
Look up my Wish List on Amazon.com (use alchemy@ucla.edu) for some random gift ideas. You can also email Mark (mhopkins@cs.ucla.edu) for some tips or to find out what we already have.

Shaowen Chou's Wish List
schou@bararch.com

I have a wish list on Amazon. Whoever is getting my gifts can use that list, but they should probably coordinate the gifts with Brian cause I think a few more people will be using the same wish list to get gifts for me! I think whoever look at Brian's wishlist should probably check with me too.
[Editor's note: One feature I'm considering is an "already purchased" list. People could submit items that they've already purchased for someone, so there wouldn't be repeats. The recipient would just have to refrain from clicking on his/her own link.]

Michael Magpayo's Wish List
michaelmagpayo@hotmail.com

personalized picture frame (w/ photo)
anything fun for my apt, although my free space is smaller than Alvin's
books: The Digital Bits Insider's Guide to DVD, classic scifi|thriller.
dvds: good eats series, anything good not on my current list
board games: i have nothing sans pictionary, mahjong, axis and allies. surprise me...although lately i have a fondness for the card-oriented games.

Mark Hopkins's Wish List
mhopkins@ucla.edu

comfortable slippers with outdoor soles
gift certificates to fine clothiers
stuff from my Amazon wishlist (mhopkins@ucla.edu)
I like DVD boxsets of TV shows, if they're good and I haven't seen them. Just for reference, we have Angel Season One and Buffy Seasons 1-4.

Ben Cardozo's Wish List
bcardozo@lbl.gov

Like everybody else, I'm keen on DVDs, mainly fun action movies or comedies that can be watched over and over (like X-men 2, airplane 2). Also any of the most recent south park full season, since I lost cable TV and can't see them anymore.
Books about WWII and Cold War history, or history of Science (such as "The Elegant Universe")
A tool set

Chutoy's Wish List
tonychu76@yahoo.com

Like most people there's my amazon wishlist.
Also, a few PS2 games I haven't gotten around to getting: FF X-2, Soul Calibur 2, Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution, Time Crisis 3, DDRMAXX 2, and Karaoke Revolution.
A set of Espresso Cups

Brian O'Clair's Wish List
boclair@yahoo.com

I'm going back to China in Feb until July so it would be nice to have a gift I could take with me. But it's really hard to think of anything since I've been living very minimalistically the last few months and will continue to do so for a few more.
DVDs and PS2 games are always nice, but they will just sit in a box for 6 months.
I could use an electronic Chinese dictionary.
Something consumable definately would be best. I mean like a box of chocolates, or a gift certificate to a restaurant.

Amanda Lam's Wish List
amandala@usc.edu

Hmm… What do I want for Christmas?? I really like art work done by the gift giver :)
I'm always looking for a good book of any genre: science fiction, fiction, classics, (even Oprah’s book club books.) I especially like reading other people’s all time favorite books. I also like books that are thought provoking or make you look at things differently, and inspirational is always a plus.
Other than that, I have my amazon.com wish list (pandalam@aol.com)... and hope to DDR the nights away

Jezabel Garcia's Wish List
jezabel@jeremyandjezabel.com

A clean room
1. World Peace
2. End to world hunger
3. End to poverty
4. Lots of money! :)
5. Beautiful fabric to sew pillows or purses
6. Beautiful ribbons for arts and crafts
7. Little book light that is battery and outlet operated
8. Gift certificate to a clothing store (I lost my favorite shirts and pants thanks to mold- email me for more details)
9. Gift certificate to a music store or book store.
10. Tea lights
11. Votives
12. Votive holders
13. Tea light holders
14. Pinball Machine
15. Pinball Game for computer
16. That Karaoke game for play station 2
17. Gift Certificate to a restaurant
18. Blank CDs to burn on
19. Home made mix of music- CD
20. Hello Kitty tree ornament
21. Computer Paper- White
21. Gift Certificate to see movies in theaters
22. Watermelon lip gloss
23. Cute, funny looking socks
24. A good umbrella
25. A cool thermometer
I'll be back for more

Marvin Chiang's Wish List
mogurt(at)ucla.edu

Straight A's
Good Eats DVDs
Coin Sorter
Scissors
Tape
Stapler
Sweats
Hands-free set for Samsung a530
Car Stereo (CD)
Prince More Approach Mid Plus 4 1/2

Jeremy Hansen's Wish List
jeremy@methanesea.com

I only want one thing and that is for Jezabel to be happy. Awwwwe.

Brian Lee's Wish List
balee@stanford.edu

interesting books that you've read and/or heard good things about
fun board games or card games
good and/or thoughtful movie DVDs, or Buffy seasons 4-5
personalized picture frame w/ picture (great idea, Mike!)
anything written or created by you that has significance with respect to our relationship
anything you find particularly fascinating or cool
anything you see on someone else's list that would be appropriate =)

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