Me & Toshiaki - Osaka Castle, Japan

Curtis & Me - In Front of My House

I'm a thirty-something Korean-American currently living in Pacific Palisades, California.  My neighbor is Ray Liotta, which is exciting.  I also love beautiful women.  I used to own a chain of Japanese restaurants.

My wealthiest friend is worth $700+ million dollars.  His initials are J.D. and he's involved with companies that you've heard of.  My least-wealthiest friend makes under $100,000 annually.  His initials are C.S. and he works at a very famous networking site where everyone knows "Tom".  And yes... I have met this fellow, Tom -- and I must say, it's quite humbling to see a mega millionaire like Tom driving around in an old Volvo.

My favorite musical artist is Billy Joel, and I own pretty much everything he's ever come out with (no stickers, hats, t-shirts; just music!).  My favorite classical composer is Mozart.  My favorite novel is Atlas Shrugged.

My favorite movie is Oldboy.  Then again, I also really enjoyed Schindler's List and The Shawshank Redemption.  Sometimes I enjoy stupid films like Jackass.

I graduated from Yonsei University (Rep. of Korea), one of the most difficult universities to get into in the world (slight exaggeration!), and I threw it all away by just graduating with a degree in linguistics.  

I also speak eight languages:

 -English - Fluent
 -Spanish - Fluent
 -Korean - Fluent
 -Japanese - High Proficiency
 -Chinese (Mandarin) - Intermediate
 -Russian - High Proficiency
 -Italian - Fluent
 -Arabic (Egyptian) - Intermediate

I am also studying two other languages -- French, and Portuguese.

Osaka, Japan is my favorite place to visit.  My best friend Toshiaki, a former judo champion lives there.  Also, I'm single, living in the USA mostly (sometimes in Korea).  However, by 2010, I will relocate to Panama.  Specifically Boquete in Chiriqui.  It's nowhere near the capital city either.  It's far -- but if you enjoy year-round springtime weather, why not?  Especially if you can have a custom built home for $60 per square foot!

Currently, I am also a director in a company that manufactures hydrogen conversions for cars.  We recently attended an event with a hydrogen-converted Hummer H2.  Sure, some people gave us dirty-looks -- but not after they found out it polluted less than their Prius'!  Maybe a bit of an exaggeration -- but not much.

Note:  I find it annoying when sellers wait to receive positive feedback before giving any.  I understand there are some as*hole buyers out there who just like being as*holes -- but to treat everyone like a potential as*hole when it comes to eBay is something I don't agree with.  After all, most people will still be reasonable -- and the few as*holes that leave a negative for no good reason -- don't matter.  But hey -- do what you want -- it won't affect the feedback I give you... I just don't like being the one to have to leave the feedback first.