Who am I? Well, let me try to muster up a personal description. I am creative, silly, intelligent, caring, introverted (around people I don't know), outspoken, strong-willed (though not so stubborn anymore) but easy-going, and not-strictly-liberal-or-conservative (though I've been labeled as both). I try my best most of the time; sometimes great things happen, and sometimes, well, they don't. In spite of the world around me, I also try to be honest, non-hypocritical and non-judgmental, though I'm aware no one's perfect. I also try letting the child in me loose every once in a while; I'm making up for a childhood in which I often didn't, so have some patience.
I like spending time with friends and music, though more often it winds up being with research. I want to matter, I want to be secure, and, like most other people, I want to be happy. I'm also a vegetarian, although, unless you'd like to start a long conversation, you probably don't want to ask me why.
And now for some links (and explanations). I went to Lynbrook High School in San Jose. After coming to Berkeley, I set up the homepage for the Regents' and Chancellor's Scholars Association; helped maintain the homepage (and the rest of the computer system) of the EECS honor society, Eta Kappa Nu ; and worked at Xerox PARC then HP Labs over summers. At Berkeley, I had to climb the Arch street hill twice a week for classes at the Center for New Music and Audio Technology, and at Stanford, I had to climb up to the Knoll, home of the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, for similar classes. Both are physically the highest points of each part of the respective universities. While at the latter, I recorded some music. I've also written about a hundred music and movie reviews for the Stanford Daily.
Oh, and if you're interested in seeing what a Stanford electrical engineering diploma looks like, here's one. (It's not mine.)
Finally, here's one last link if you want to know what I look like.