Name: Phan Ngoc Hai 
I see you want to know more about me, then. Those of you who are too lazy to read actual paragraphs can skip to the bullet points below.My name is Hai Phan and I'm a first generation American-Vietnamese boy. My parents and the rest of my family were all born in Vietnam, but moved here in 1975, fleeing the takeover of their homeland. My father was an officer in the army, my mother was a school teacher. They had five children before they moved to the States. I was their sixth, born three years after they arrived.
I was born and raised in a small city halfway between San Francisco and San Jose. I grew up straddling the line between an Asian home life and an American society. I think the American culture won out for the most part.
I spent all of my educational life in private schools. From first grade to eight, I went to Mount Carmel, a tiny catholic school by my house. There, I learned how to be lazy in school, since A's came so easily.
From Mt. Carmel, I went on to Bellarmine College Prep, an all boys high school in northern San Jose. There, I learned procrastination, since my friends and I usually started our homework on the train while on our way to school. Bellarmine rocked.
Finally, I entered Santa Clara University. Pretty much Bellarmine Part II, since they're both small Jesuit private schools. I stumbled upon my major more than I actually chose it. After eliminating my other choices for various reasons, it was the only interesting one left.
As for interests, I tend to be more of a jack-of-all-trades than anything else. I dabble in a little of everything, but usually don't really go in depth. My moods can swing in an instant and are widely ranged: anything from wanting to sit inside and veg to wanting to go out and play roller hockey for hours on end.
As for future career plans, I really don't know. There's not many things that I can imagine myself doing day after day. It might be fun to become a game programmer. At least that way I could set my imagination to work. And programming is fun sometimes. Or maybe I could just write storylines for games. Even that could be a really cool job. Create characters and plots and story hooks. That could be fun. Or maybe I'll just become a sysadmin somewhere and play games all day until someone has a problem that they need fixed. Hmm... who knows.
Disjointed, I know, but... who really cares?
Gender: Male
Birthdate: July 1978
Nationality: Vietnamese
Culture: American-Vietnamese
Birthplace: RWC, CA
High School: Bellarmine College Preparatory
University: Santa Clara University
Degree: Operations and Management Information Systems, 2000
Family: Two Parents, Five Older Siblings
Things I Like:
- The Written Word
- Roller Hockey
- Snowboarding
- Martial Arts
- Music
- Friends
- Hong Kong Action Flicks
- Anime
- Cartoons
- Sleep
- Food
- Chess
- Video Games
- Role Playing Games
- Play By Email Games
- Computers
There's only one way of life, and that's your own...
-- The Levellers, "One Way"
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