Ask and Answer

Do you like eating fish?

I love baked fish with tomato sauce, but if I had a choice bewteen fish and something like chicken breast, I would pick the chicken breast.

Which European country would you like to travel to? Why?

I haven't been to European, but it's actually one of my lifelong dreams is to visit Europe. I like travel but I've traved mostly in Southeast Asia and South America so far. Well, where in Europe would I really like to go? There are kind of two top choices. I think my ancestors are from Norway, so I would be really interested in going and seeing that. If I went to Norway, I could see the Northern Lights. That would be so cool. But I also always really love Shakespeare and Literature, so I think England would be my first choice.

When traveling to a city, what appeals to you more - the tourist attractions or the nature? 

Well, sometimes the tourist attractions are natural things like ... like a beach or rock formation or something, but I really like seeing the culture of a new place. I would probably just wander around the streets and kind of get a feel for what the place is like.

What do you think about the food? Do you like trying different types of cultural foods?

Oh, I love it. I love trying new things, maybe not like fried ants or anything like that. But I really like trying foods from different countries. 

How do you resolve conflicts?

Uh... I talk to that person. I will approach this person directly and talk about what happened.

Do you ever get emotional? Why?

I think I get emotional because this is an emotional question. I got emotional when something... something like Gabe's singing, I got emotional. Because the word stuff of the songs kind of... just kind of... makes me feel weird. 

No. I get emotional when I feel angry about something. When I'm sad about maybe my friend and I had an argument, and I get emotional. Or when I just had a bad day at work, I don't know why I get moody, I get emotional.

Are you the type that feels like you need time to process stuff after a conflict? Or do you like to try to resolve it right away?

I will actually take some time to think about it because when you're in a conflict, usually I don't think you're in the best mood or the best situation to go and discuss something in the right mind.

How do you feel about people walking and texting at the same time?

I don't like it. It's not safe. Becasue they might get hit by a car. Or they might run into something or somebody themselves. There might be a big accident and people going to the hospital, and it might be crazy or maybe even their phone line would be cut off and they couldn't talk to their friend. A lot of problems that can happen.

Do you ever text while riding your scooter?

I never do, but let me tell you a litte story, all right. Once I was on my old scooter at a light stopped, and someone ran right into me, and I fell over. And actually I was a little bit hurt, not seriously. And then when I saw the person pick up their scooter, their cellphone was right in the street, and I have a feeling they were texting when they hit me. That's terrible. 

What do you do to protect your computer from viruses? 

I take them to the doctors. I'm kidding. I don't do anything. I don't know that much about... I'm not very good with computers. I know how to use it, but then I don't know how to protect it. And when it goes into the really complicated stuff, I don't really know what to do with it. But fortunately, I have friends that are really, really good at it, so I leave it into their hands.

Has your computer ever gotten a virus?

Um... not much. Just a little bit without me noticing. So that's how good I am at my computers, yeah. I try to put those, you know, install those virus-killing programs into my computer. But I don't know if it ever worked. I just... it just... I don't remember anything ... anything happened. 

Have you ever been scammed by anybody?

Oh, yeah, all the time. When you listen to their accent, and you kind of know they're out of the town, so it's kind of easy to spot them. They haven't ever successfully tricked my money out of me, but my mom. But then she got the money back, so, fortunately.

Do you like this video? Why?

Yes, I counldn't help but be reminded of Quentin Tarantino's movie while watching this video, everything comes together to really surprise me, it keeps me guessing and predictring and gives me a ming blowing.

I felt like I've been taken for a wonderful journey which allows me to step into a totally different world and have a new appreciation on learning something.

This video is like a well cooked steak with barbecue sauce, palatable and juicy.

The thing that is unique about this video is how it has a balance in it, it tells you something that you need to know as knowledge, at the same time it's a very interesting story to hear.

When do you feel most free?

Wow, that's an easy question but a big question, too, because I remember when I was in school, my prefessor told me that, um, you know the Russian musician Igor Stravinsky? He once said that the more... when I write music, the more limitation I have, the freer I am. People sometimes equate, rules to restrictions and you know, opposite of freedom. But then I think rules are there for a reason - to make us freer to guide us in a certain direction. So sometimes when we don't have any guidelines and we're totally free, sometimes we don't know what to do. And so we're not free in a sense when we're totally free.

What specific skill do you have that you would like to use to bless other people?

I kind of know how to sing. Well, um, sometimes people think about music and singing as something that's entertaining and extra. But then I think music and singing can be used in big ways. And sometimes musicians write songs fotr their country. And just a single song or a single piece of music can really... um, lift the spirit of an entire nation. So that could change, of course, the history. So, um, small things like music and singing, it can be small but it can be really, really important and big.