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That Asian Guy

I am here for Dating, Serious Relationships, Friends and Networking

About Me

My name is Ko Wei (pronounced Kur Wai), which is a funny foreign name my dad gave me. It has a symbolic meaning like many other Chinese names. Most of my friends call me Chen (my last name), Kevin, or Kev. I was born on the 14th of July, which is Bastille Day (France Independence Day), in the island of Formosa (AKA Taiwan). I am an ex-Army ROTC cadet at Fordham University from Fall of 2001 to Spring of 2003. I love jogging, cycling, photography, and writing. I don't believe in doing something unless it is going to be done with passion. I want to do something that is going to make me happy and proud. I want to be the most unconventional Asian out there. Besides being liberal minded and a future Democrat, I think one fourth of my heart belongs to the Army. I am pretty grounded and I will try my best every time. In a way, I think the Army is just a doorway for an adventurous life for me. I wish to complete Army's Airborne, Air Assault, Freefall/HALO, and Scuba courses in future. I would also like to attend Ranger and Special Forces School. Yes, I am afraid to admit that I am a procrastinator like many others. Depending on the situation, it may be a good thing or a bad thing. If the Army Ranger thing doesn't work out, I might as well be a US National Park Ranger. Either way, both of them have a title of Ranger. My last option would be to become a civil/public servant or Federal law enforcement agent. Lets see what happen after the Spring of 2009!

My Interests

I enjoy running, cycling, independent films, photography, cinematography, martial arts, and paintballing.

I'd like to meet:

Good question. I've asked myself this question a few times before. I would like to meet someone who will sit down with me and have a good conversation. I would also like to meet different music lovers. I think everybody has a soundtrack of their lives and I am hoping to make a soundtrack of my life someday.

Music:

Pretty much almost anything and everything... Personally I prefer Jazz, Blue, Big bands, oldies, and whatever I can get my hands on. Mostly indie bands. Air, Melissa Auf der Maur, Belle & Sebastian, Black Box Recorder, Bruce Springsteen, Coldplay, The Darkness, The Ditty Bops , Garbage, Guns N' Roses, Jack Johnson, Jimi Hendrix, John Legend, Alicia Key, The Killers, Michael Buble, Moby, Modest Mouse, Alanis Morissette, Neutral Milk Hotel, Pearl Jam, Pinback, Postal Service, The Ramones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Rolling Stones, The Shins, The Strokes, U2, The Vines, Queen, The Who, Wilco, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Zwan et cetera They are not all indie but some are classic rock I grew up with...

Movies:

I am a big movie buff. I love everything from indie to foreign and many documentary thst dealt with social issues. Here are some of my favorites: 28 Days Later, A Very Long Engagement, About Schmidt, Almost Famous, Amelie, American Beauty, American History X, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Being There, Big, Black Hawk Down, Blade Runner, Boondock Saints, Bowling for Columbine, The Breakfast Club, Catch-22, Confidence, The Contender, Elizabeth, Eurotrip, Fahrenheit 9/11, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Fight Club, Fog Of War, Forrest Gump, Frailty, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Full Metal Jacket, Garden State, Gattaca, The General's Daughter, The Goonies, The Graduate, Great Expectations, Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle, Heat,House of Sand And Fog,I Am Sam, Identity, In America, Kill Bill,Leon The Professional, Lost In Translation, Magnolia, Matchstick Men, Marathon Man, Million Dollar Baby, Napoleon Dynamite, Old School, Philadelphia, Powder, Pulp Fiction, Rain Man, Road to Perdition, The Red Violin, Reservoir Dogs, The Royal Tenenbaums, Runaway Jury, Run Lola Run, Saving Private Ryan, Seven, Seven Samurai and most Akira Kurosawa's samurai movies, Splash, Training Day, NARC, Tigerland, The Usual Suspects, Virgin Suicides, Wedding Crashers, When Trumpets Fade, Why We Fight , You Me and Everyone We Know

Television:

Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Family Guy, Lost, The Office, Pushing Daisies, Will & Grace, That 70s Show, HBO's Deadwood, Six Feet Under, Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart et cetera

Books:

Catcher In The Rye, The Chinese In America, Tea That Burns, Great Expectations, A Farewell to Arms, Sophie's World, Black Hawk Down, Just Another Soldier: A Year on the Ground in Iraq, Love My Rifle More Than You, Not A Good Day To Die, Nickel and Dimed, The Prince, Shakespeare's Hamlet and Macbeth (love those tragic heroes) and many others...

Heroes:

I believe that anyone who contributes to freedom and the human rights movement, such as Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela are heroes. I also consider Actor Steve McQueen, Lee Marvin, and Audie Murphy because they kicked ass during their time period. Most importantly, however, I also consider my parents as my heroes.

My Blog

Significant Things In The Year 2005

Registered and went back to school early this year in later January. In the summer after summer school... Visited Anchorage, Denali Nationla Park and several other nature places in Alaska from 31...
Posted by That Asian Guy on Sun, 01 Jan 2006 07:01:00 PST

Arrived To New York JFK This Morning...

I been out for the last two weeks traveling with my parents.  It was the longest vacation time I spend with my parents. We left New York on 29th of July to Seattle. Arrived to Anchorage...
Posted by That Asian Guy on Wed, 17 Aug 2005 08:25:00 PST

One Great Speech...

Last Year on Saturday, 13 November was the 56th Annual P/R Company D-8 Military Ball Ball, at the Hotel Thayer, West Point, NY . Every years since my first attend at 2002 we had many alumni speaker a...
Posted by That Asian Guy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

So Far This Year...

So far... I finally went back to school this year after two semester off. Mom and dad sold the house late last year and we moved from Bayside to Flushing early January. It was one of those worst and...
Posted by That Asian Guy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The Tao of Soldiering

The Tao of Soldiering I. Learn to Suffer II. You are not Special Know your Place III. Release your Attachments Today is the birthday of The Monastic Order of Infantrymen. For ...
Posted by That Asian Guy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

iPod Are The Greatest!!!

I brought my first iPod back on 8 of September, Thursday. Technically, I didnt buy it, I kinda took it over (maybe freeload is the right word) from my dad. Since I convened him how great it was to ...
Posted by That Asian Guy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Poem Written During My Insomnia Night

"The Girl That Comes And Goes" There Was A Girl That I Thought I know She Step In To My Life Like A Dream Where I Admire Her In A Distance Light She Came To My Life With An Unknown Past She Left ...
Posted by That Asian Guy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

My Review On "Fahrenheit 9/11"

Body: As I sat in the theater on 63rd and Broadway for the 11:30am showing of the Fahrenheit 9/11 written, produce, and directed by Michael Moore (Best known for Bowling for Columbine) on 24th of Jun...
Posted by That Asian Guy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

eMail From 14Mar2004 0954

Well, I got an email from James. There goes another happy ending from the troops in Iraq. He is coming back to the state after almost a year of tour in Iraq. He will be send back to Fort Hood, Tex...
Posted by That Asian Guy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

About... Movies Sum Up And Some Thought

So far I have seen The Last Samurai, Along Came Polly, and Cold Mountain this year. I thought about it. The Last Samurai was a good movie, but the end was terrible. Come on! Tom Cruise supposed to...
Posted by That Asian Guy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST