Tag...You're It!

I got tagged by Hanlin.

1. Four Jobs:
a. intern at Amgen, in between college and grad school: I remember gowning up in bunny suits and crawling among pipes.
b. researcher in ChE department at grad school: This counts cuz research was a requirement for funding my tuition, room and board. My job was to make E. coli happy all day by feeding it sugar (glucose) at controlled doses.
c. research and development engineer at Caliper Technologies, then renamed Caliper Life Sciences.
d. tutor for twin 6th graders, the kids of my co-worker. I got to know my co-worker rather well after doing this for almost 1 year.

2. Four Things I Wish I Had Done Earlier (interpreting as things I haven't done yet):
a. speak Mandarin fluently
b. pick up piano or another musical instrument
c. learn to speed-read and process information faster
d. art lessons/classes

3. Four Places I Have Lived:
a. Taiwan (various cities)
b. Rosemead, LA County, California
c. Temple City, LA County, California
d. Mountain View

4. Four Countries I Have Been To:
a. Europe: Denmark to Italy, 10 countries in 14 days (Chinese tour, what else?)
b. Spain
c. England
d. Canada

5. Four Countries I Would Like to Visit:
a. Japan
b. Greece
c. France and Germany (at a more leisurely pace than a Chinese tour)
d. Australia

6. Five of My Favorite Dishes:
a. lion's head (Taiwanese)
b. good angel hair pasta with garlic sauce (cuz of childhood memories)
c. steak
d. sashimi (didn't develop this taste until I met A)
e. soup (I had to sneak this one in. I looooove soups.)

7. Four Sites I Visit Daily:
a. company intranet
b. Yahoo
c. Google
d. friends' blogs/smugmug (occasionally)

8. Four Software Applications I Cannot Live Without:
a. Netscape (ok, so I haven't tried out Firefox yet)
b. AIM/YM
c. Excel
d. Powerpoint

9. Four Things I'll Never Forget:
a. Being very tired of studying for finals, my roommate and I decided to make a door knocker out of a bagel that had hardened overnight. It was hilarious.
b. Trip to Spain
c. Using my super Barrel ability on Bang! and warding off 5 consecutive shots from the opposing team
d. A's bday, Kristine's bday, and Ruth's bday (they're on the same day)

10. I Tag...
a. yosef
b. byria
c. uturkey
d. drew