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Stan

I never make predictions, and I never will...

About Me

This Liverpudlin/Scouser(a person born in Liverpool, England) has been living in the US since I was 14yrs old. Being in England, I was fortunate to travel to many countries in Europe, learning and absorbing each of the different cultures.
My family used to own a famous Chinese restaurant, where many walks of life has dined. In 1983, we immigrated to the US. It's been great being here, meeting many new friends.
During my time in college, I also joined an Alternative band in which we had played at different venues. The band was successful. We had offers from a few record companies but we had to refuse due to bad circumstances. By then, all members were about to graduate from college and we could not pursue this unstable path.
A year and a half before graduation, a Japanese company was recruiting for students to intern. I had applied and was accepted, since that time I am still working for the same company (of course...at a different position).
A year after graduation, I was approached by my former math professor to draw illustrations for his soon to be published college text book. During this same period, several B&W Photographs was selected to be exhibit in the Printmaking Council of NJ in Somerset, NJ.
In 1999, I was selected by the International Who's Who in Professional Management to be listed in their Publication. Afterward, Akumo Assc. help me set up a yearly lecture for Professional Practice. (2000-2004)

My Interests

Arts, Architecture, Cigars, Comic Books, Cooking, Gamer, Movies, Music, Painting, Philosophy, Photography, Reading, Travel, Wine.

I'd like to meet:

Penn and Teller...I want to make Teller (the silent one) laugh out loud. Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez...for the movie geek in me... Seth MacFarlane...How does he come up with his stuff? (Beside, I want to hear him do Stewie's voice)View All Friends | View Blog | Add Comment

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Music:

I can listen to everything except rap music...It all has to suit my mood at the moment...FYI European Techno or Heavy Metal is great when driving, but don't listen to Wagner's RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES!

Movies:

Foreign Movies (European, Asian and other countries)like Run Lola Run, Shiri, Shaun of the Dead, The Devil's Backbone and etc...Epic movies like LOTR, Gladiator, Troy and etc...Comic Book Movies like FF4, Sin City, Batman begins, Hellboy and etc...The Old Westerns...Some Comedy and some Drama...

Television:

Most British Comedies (Coupling, Little Britain, The Office, Monty Python, Father Ted, Ab Fab and etc...) Family Guy, The Simpsons, Futurama, Alias, Lost, Anything History Channel and some Cooking shows.

Books:

For Fun:
I am currently, re-reading the Ian Fleming's Jame Bond books in the correct order that was written. (not the movie order) and Bernard Goldberg's Arrogance. There's also a tall stack of novels that I haven't touch yet. (Kill It & Grill It by Ted & Shemane Nugent, Fer-Der-Lance by Rex Stout, State of Fear by Michael Crichton, and etc...)
For Work:
Too many to list...all Architectural based...(eg Why buildings stand up? by M. Salvadori)

Heroes:

Of course, my family and friends...And, to all people that has made a difference in some other person's life...

My Blog

Your Real Age...

Real Age (realage.swf) @ embedtube.com My Real 22 years old according to this and my Life expectancy is 92 years old...Fun quiz, but no-one can really predict the future...Can they?...
Posted by Stan on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:21:00 PST

Better Music Quality Does Not Mean Louder...

I'm sick and a little grumpy.  This cold is getting better, but nothing has alleviated this feeling of being sick.  So, I take this time to rant about music. Stuff that irritates me which I ...
Posted by Stan on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:48:00 PST

Poetic Rock's Cingular ringtone project...

Leaving this blog public...I'm fixing Cingular ringtone html coding for Raej Entertainment. Everything does works except that it needs to look a little better. Please check out the music out if intere...
Posted by Stan on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:49:00 PST

My Talented Friends!

I have figured out a way to post my friend's banners without cluttering my profile page. I'll just post it in this blog. They will be in no order since the task of sorting all these banners will be im...
Posted by Stan on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 06:25:00 PST

Filthy Lucre

This is not a blog about an in-depth analysis of Punk. I just want to put forth an observation in the current realm of music. Punk is an ideology/movement. It is then translated into music; hence "Pu...
Posted by Stan on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 03:18:00 PST

The Secrets of Heaven and Hell...

A friend has just mentioned to me that she had found God again. I never pretended to be religious.  Just the good old philosopher that find truth in the outer reaches of thought.  In my past...
Posted by Stan on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 05:22:00 PST

The Original CBGB's remembered...

It was opened in December, 1973 on 315 Bowery St, in NYC. It's signature white awning with the letters of CBGB (stands for Country BlueGrass Blues) Below these letter it contains more letters,OMFUG. O...
Posted by Stan on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 01:02:00 PST

The Tale of My Music

   I like to thank all who emailed me asking about my music many years ago. This is specifically for Marigold from Escaping Zane who prompted this blog. Ill try to pare the story down since ...
Posted by Stan on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:55:00 PST

The Man In Black...

This a little tribute to Johnny Cash (2/26/1932-9/12/2003)...I'm a fan, but it goes beyond just that.  Johnny Cash was the original rock rebel. The underdog that beats all odds.  He&n...
Posted by Stan on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 03:57:00 PST

Phantasmagoria and other Poems by Lewis Carroll...

I love poetry and one of my favorites is Lewis Carroll...You know the same author as "Alice in Wonderland"...Read it and see why I like it...It's long...so be patient... Lewis Carroll PHANTASMAGORIA ...
Posted by Stan on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 02:32:00 PST