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Last updated: May 2005.
First
the basics!
Born
on: March 20, 1981; Pisces
Hometown:
Middlesex, NJ
Nationality:
Vietnamese
Political Party:
Mostly Democrat
Favorite Colors:
Blue, well anything Blue. I also like dark colors, but nothing completely
black or brown.
Least Favorite
Colors (Clothing wise): Red, Pink, Yellow, Orange
Favorite Softdrinks:
Barq's Rootbeer, A&W Rootbeer, Cherry Coke, Cherry Pepsi, Vanilla Coke,
Crystal Pepsi (you know, that crystal clear Pepsi of the 90's... I loved
that stuff)
Favorite Pizza
Topping: Cheese, sometimes Bacon
Favorite Pizza
Places:Domino's Pizza , Skinny
Vinnie's , Gerlanda's (at the Rutgers Student Center or Busch Campus Center),
Peace a Pizza (in PA)
Jobs (PREVIOUS/PRESENT):
-Lego
Store>November 15, 2004-Present; Sales Associate
-Rutgers
Parking and Transportation>February 2003-May 2003; Student Bus Observer
(or spy in simple terms)
>January 13, 2005-Present; Temporary Worker; doing things like preparing
reports, updating schedules, or acting as a substitute bus dispatcher
-Rutgers
Swimming and Diving Team>November 2003-July 2004; Team's secretary
-Rutgers
College Housing>February 2001-August 31, 2003, February 10, 24 and
26, 2004; Student Worker amongst other things for the Administrative
branch/portion...
>August 2004; Temporary Worker for the Operations branch/portion; only
assisting in the Administrative part when needed
Malls that I have shopped at in my lifetime:
In some cases, I have visited or revisited some mulitple malls in one day. I think I've managed to visit a total of 5 malls in one day (my 'PERSONAL BEST' record was on a Sunday in October 2004: visiting Woodbridge, Menlo, Freehold Raceway, Monmouth, and Quakersbridge).
Click on the mall name/location to go to the mall's website. Note that I've tried keeping the malls links as active as possible. The malls website url might change as mall ownerships changes. If any of the link(s) below are dead, try a web search for the mall for the most up to date link.
IN
NJ:
>>the former Middlesex Mall>South Plainfield NJ
>>My first visit in the late 80's/early 90's;. The mall only exists
today by name. It used to be a mall... equilvalent to East Brunswick
or the Hudson Mall of today... containing a decent, but SMALL selection
of stores. Most of the stores have since shut down or have become
part of the strip mall portion of the complex, with the space taken up
by the sole department store, and a national brand chain.
>>Bridgewater Commons>Bridgewater
NJ
>>My first visit in the late 80's/early 90's; A mall I go to often
>>Woodbridge Center>Woodbridge
NJ
>>My first visit in the mid 90's; A mall I go to often
>>Menlo Park Mall>Edison
NJ
>>My first visit in the mid 90's; A mall I go to semi-often
>>Brunswick Square>East
Brunswick, NJ
>>My first visit in Spring 2000; A mall that I USED TO go to on occasion.
I made a vow never to step inside that mall ever again... due to an incident
that happened back on Black Friday 2003.
>>Willowbrook Mall>Wayne NJ
>>My first visit in Summer 2001; Not a mall that I have a chance to go
to often.
>>Monmouth Mall>Eatontown
NJ
>>My first visit in Summer 2002~7/5/2002; Part of my "Mall Tour 2002";
A mall I go to rarely
>>Quakerbridge Mall>Lawrenceville
NJ
>>My first visit in Summer 2002~7/11/2002; Part of my "Mall Tour 2002";
A mall I go to rarely
>>Cherry Hill Mall>Cherry Hill
NJ
>>My first visit on December 29, 2002; Unofficial part of my "Mall Tour
2002"; It was considered unofficial because I didn't plan on going here.
I went here with a friend from PA (going to this mall from PA while on
a visit to said state). Second visit was made on 11/6/2004 during
a brief and efficient swing of the malls in the SW corner of Jersey....
>>Phillipsburg Mall>Phillipsburg
NJ
>>My first and currently only visit was in Summer 2003~8/2/2003; The start
of my "Mall Tour 2003." No other trips have been made.
>>Freehold Raceway Mall>Freehold
NJ
>>My first visit was in Summer 2003~8/12/2003; Second Stop of my "Mall
Tour 2003." To my surprise has become a mall I frequent semi often-depsite
the distance.
>>Livingston Mall>Livingston
NJ
>>My first and currently only visit was in Summer 2003~8/24/2003; Third
Part of my "Mall Tour 2003." Second visit made on 11/1/2004.
>>Jersey Gardens Mall>Elizabeth
NJ
>>The last stop of my "Mall Tour 2003." Went on Black Friday 2003.
Third visit was made on 11/5/2004.
>>Paramus Park Mall>Paramus NJ
>>The first of the malls hit under my "Mall Tour 2004." First visited
on 1/2/2004. Recent visit made in 9/2004.
>>Garden
State Plaza>Paramus NJ
>>The second of the malls hit under my "Mall Tour 2004." First visited
on 1/2/2004. Recent visit made in 10/2004.
>>Bergen Mall>Paramus NJ NO
WEBSITE AT THIS TIME
>>Unfortunately the third mall hit under my "Mall Tour 2004." I hated
this mall so much... it looks bad on the outside, and what's inside didn't
help to overcome its intial appearance (modest store selection... nothing
new or special that I couldn't find in any of the other malls I frequent).
First and ONLY visit on 1/2/2004. This mall is worst than the Brunswick
Square Mall!!! This is the worst of the three malls I visited in
Paramus in that one day. Oh yeah, Paramus Park and Garden State Plaza
are MUCH BETTER choices!
>>Ocean County
Mall>Toms River NJ
>>The fourth stop on my "Mall Tour 2004." Yes... I drove all the
way from Middlesex County down south... and honestly it wasn't worth it.
It wasn't that that special or exciting for me. First visit on 1/19/2004,
and it probably will be my last.
>>Hudson Mall>Jersey
City NJ
>>This wasn't an official stop on my "Mall Tour 2004." I wanted to
get to the Newport Centre mall in Jersey City from East Orange (because
I was in the area doing something for friends) on 10/11/2004. Thanks
partly due to the lack of familarity in the area, the evening darkness,
and bad Yahoo/Mapquest directions (from a starting point that wasn't my
home, but rather at a place in an area I'm unfamilar with), I wound up
getting lost, only ending up at Hudson Mall at a BAD consolation prize.
This is now the WORSE MALL that I've ever visited... and perhaps the WORSE
MALL of the Jersey malls. Ocean County and yes even Bergen
are much better... An unfortunate fifth stop.
>>Rockaway Townsquare>Rockaway
NJ
>>The sixth stop on my "Mall Tour 2004." I had some reasons to go
here. It's a decent mall. Nothing overly special or exciting
about it. First and currently only visit was made on 11/1/2004.
>>The Mall at Short
Hills>>Short Hills NJ
>>The seventh stop on my "Mall Tour 2004." Yeah, yeah... if I keep
hitting these malls, then there won't be many malls left in New Jersey
to visit... especially for a "Mall Tour 2005." I might as well...
since I have free time and have the chance to do so! I must say that
this mall is nice, extravagant, and classy. Definitely NOT your average
mall... this is more for those who have money to spend, or perhaps are
looking for class. I personally felt a little out of place here (I
felt like I was paying just to breathe here, it's that special... classy...
extravagant... that's my ongoing thought). First and currently only
visit was made on 11/1/2004.
>>Echelon Mall>Voorhees NJ
>>Yes, the EIGHTH stop on my "Mall Tour 2004." I was in the area
for a friend's birthday party, and since I had the chance, I decided to
hit the local area malls. Echelon was the first. It's average,
considering that there two other and slightly better malls not more than
20 minutes apart (Cherry Hill and Moorestown). First and currently
only visit was made on 11/6/2004.
>>Moorestown Mall>Moorestown NJ
>>Oh baby this was the NINTH and final stop on my "Mall Tour 2004."
I was in the area for a friend's birthday party, and since I had the chance,
I decided to hit the local area malls. Echelon was the first.
It's great, considering that there two other and slightly better malls
not more than 20 minutes apart (Cherry Hill and Echelon). First and
currently only visit was made on 11/6/2004.
Of course I'll try
again someday...
IN
PA:
>>King of Prussia>King
of Prussia PA
***I highly recommend that if you're in the area, you have to visit and
shop there!
>>If I recall, this probably was the first mall I ever been to,
back when the King of Prussia mall was smaller and different (small mall
plus strip mall portion). Today it is HUGE... three enomorous buildings
with about 6-7 department stores. My first visit was set approximately
in the mid 80's... when I was very young. A mall I go to (at least
I try to given certain circumstances) every time I am in PA.
Note that this mall does not have a Suncoast. It USED to have a Suncoast... which closed near the end of either 2002 or 2003. At first, it would have reopened next to Sam Goody (which would have taken up half the space previously own by Goody). The signs said so (like 'coming soon to this space... Suncoast'), but alas... it never reopened. After months and months of waiting (and visiting in vain whenever I was in PA, the Sam Goody (which the same parent company owns that and Suncoast) just got remodeled, reclaiming the lost space it gave up to Suncoast. In a mall that has 2 Electronic Boutiques, 3 FYE stores, amongst other interesting stores, would it have killed anyone to have a Suncoast?
>>Plymouth
Meeting Mall>Plymouth Meeting PA
>>My first visit in Winter 1999~12/26/99; First visit in 21st century:
9/8/02. Not a mall I have a chance to go to often.
>>Montgomery Mall>North
Wales, PA
>>My first visit-as a very young kid-probably in mid 80's; My first visit
with driver's license: Summer 2000.
A mall I go to on occasion when in PA.
>>Exton Square Mall>Exton
PA
>>My first and currently only visit was in Fall 2002~9/8/02; Part of my
"Mall Tour 2002" Not a mall I have a chance to go to often.
IN
NY:
>>Palisades
Center>West Nyack NY
>>My first visit was back in Winter 2002~12/7/02; The Last of my "Mall
Tour 2002" My second visit was in February 2004. First mall
that I've been too that has 4... yes 4 whopping floors. Plenty of
stores to be found!
>>Staten Island Mall, Staten
Island NY
>>First and currently only visit was on March 19, 2004. Fifth mall
hit in my "Mall Tour 2004." It was an ok mall... though that $6.00
toll at the Outerbridge Crossing slightly dampened my experiences a little.
IN
MA:
>>The Shops at Prudential Center, Boston MA
>>The first visit to this place was on April 30, 2005. I went to
Boston to attend the Anime Boston
convention. The hotel I was staying at was connected (mostly) to
the convention center via the mall. At least in this mall, you could
get some decent food, at mall prices. It was nice and unique.
Didn't have much time to explore it, but it was cool anyway. Maybe
more time in 2006...
POTENTIALLY
NEXT ON STEVE'S MALL TOUR 2004 or 2005:
-New York: None
come to mind...
-Pennsylvania:
None that I can think of or seem interesting at the moment...
-New Jersey:
Newport Centre
Some of
my favorite foods:
Pizza, Cheesesteaks,
Pasta, Hamburgers, French Fries (sometimes with spaghetti dipping sauce),
Onion Rings (w/ dipping sauce...), Pepperoni Stromboli, Chicken Cutlets,
Tacos, Nachos, Auntie Anne'sSour
Cream and Onion Pretzels, Auntie Anne's Parmasean Pretzels, Pringles
Sour Cream and Onion chips, Mrs. Field's
Butter Toffee Cookies, Pasta, White Castle Hamburgers, The Rutgers Fat
Koko (Submarine Roll-in it is Cheesesteak, Fries, Marinara Sauce, Mozarella
Sticks, Lettuce and Tomato [though I just avoid the LT part])
My Favorite
Japanese Anime Series
(NOTE
THAT THIS IS NOT A LIST OF WHAT ANIME THAT I HAVE WATCHED... THAT'S ON
MY ANIME PAGE!!!}
-Mobile Suit
Gundam {and of course The Movie Char's Counterattack}
-Mobile Suit
Gundam The 08th MS Team
-Gundam 0083:
Stardust Memory
-Gundam Wing
-G Gundam
-Gundam Seed
Notice a pattern/trend here...
-Ranma 1/2
-Outlaw Star
-Cowboy Bebop
-Weiss Kreuz
-Gravitation
-GTO
(Grand Teacher Onizuka)
-Yu Yu Hakusho
-Fushigi Yugi
-Rurouni Kenshin
-Full Metal
Panic/ Full Metal Panic Fumoffu
-Spiral
My ABSOLUTE
Favorite Video Game and Anime Characters
(Note
that it's hard to choose favorites! This list is in NO PARTICULAR
ORDER!)
-Cloud Strife
(FFVII, FFTactics, Chocobo Racing, Ehrgeiz, Kingdom Hearts)
-Kyosuke Kagami
(Rival Schools, Project Justice, Capcom vs SNK 2)
-Yoshito Kikuchi
(Great Teacher Onizuka)
-
Things I HATE: PARTIAL LIST
Or simply... people calling an office PURPOSELY to get the phone number or information ON SOME OTHER place
-Paying
retail prices unless absolutely necessary.
-Not
saving $$ or having enough of it.
-People
joking around about my sex life. Hint to my friends in PA...
-Not
having enough time!
-Not
getting the quality of customer service that I deserve
-CompUSA
-A
certain person who I worked with for about 2 + years at Rutgers... I won't
name a name, but those who know me know damn well who it is!
-
Favorite Game/Reality Shows: PARTIAL LIST (Past and Present)
Favorite
TV Shows: PARTIAL LIST (Check local listings for times and
channels.)
Star
Trek: The Next Generation and Voyager
Iron
Chef
Home
Improvement
Married
With Children
The
Nanny
The
Simpsons
King
of the Hill
Futurama
NewsRadio
Night
Stand
Drew
Carey
Malcolm
In The Middle (I think the mother- Lois, is just one of the coolest
moms out there, she's so evil, in the mom way!!!)
Boston
Public
The
Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Mail
Call
Most
Extreme Elimination Challenge (MXC)
Note: RPGs I have played will be listed on their respective pages.
Candid Shots Part 1:
Here
I am chillin'. This was taken during my FIRST and ONLY trip to Vietnam.
The trip took place just shortly after I graduated from Mauger Middle School.
The locale is my grandfather's house.
This
was a picture of my dad's car (Chevy Cavilier) , after a terrible storm
struck. This place is at the Zeus Industrial Products Plant, in Raritan
NJ. Seen in the background is my dad, and my two sisters. I
took the picture. The tree that fell on the car had been already
been chopped up. Our family had to get a new automobile (Plymouth
Voyager mini-van) afterwards. Oh, I'm so thankful. All the
employees were moving their cars vehicles, during the storm. My dad,
I forgot the exact details, was stalled. HAD HE ACTUALLY WAS IN THE
CAR WHEN THE TREE FELL, WELL IT DIDN'T HAPPEN, SO LET'S NOT GO THERE...
From a summer vacation trip to Cape May.
I
stayed in the room on the right, bottom floor. Of course, my family
was vacationing with friends.
School Career Facts/Info:
Graduated
from Middlesex High School, in the top 10% of the class of about 250 students
back in 1999.
Known
for (back at Middlesex):
-Perfect
Attendance (4th grade-12th grade)
-Honor
Roll
-French
Club President (Senior Year, 1998-1999); I was the ONLY president, in recent
years, who pushed to do stuff. The majority of presidents before and SOME
after me (no offense...) did little, if anything at all. I was the
only president to have held so many fundraisers- in a year, and the club
nearly got to go to the annual dinner (some members who didn't care...)
In fact, the club, according to someone I spoke to over the summer of 2000,
says that the club is sort of falling apart w/out me. I blame the
decline of the club for the following: students who don't care/ aren't
decicated enough, and the advisor of the club- who REALLY should work even
harder. The advisor, who shall go unnamed and is now longer at Middlesex
High School, never worked hard enough, I think.
-Golf
Team (Freshman and Sophomore Years); I sucked big time, but I sort of had
fun doing it. The team records for those years were awful (almost like
a certain football team at a certain college... under a former Coach Terry
Shea).
-Having
a Digital Wristwatch set to the exact second/ bell. People always
could count on me for the exact time/ countdown before class started or
when class would end. To bad that's not the case here at Rutgers...
Favorite
Academic MHS Subjects/ Classes: Foods I., Accounting, Creative
Writing, all English classes (except...)
Favorite
MHS teachers (former or present): Ms. Alessi, Miss Spang, Ms.
Somers, Ms. Dowling (FORMERLY Urbielewicz, as she is married now!!!)
Least
Favorite Academic MHS Subjects/ Classes: Junior Year English
(a.k.a. English III C.P.), C.P. Chemistry
Least
Favorite MHS teachers (former of present): Ms. McMeekan (I found
out from a very dear friend that she's retired after the 2000-2001 school
year, first off: Good riddens, and second: Why couldn't see have
retired EARLIER? Everyone who had her, especially those of who graduated
(and had her for Honors and Regular English III) in 99 hated her, to a
certain extent. I'd rather not go into detail of why the class of 99 and
myself hated her so much. Of course you would think she'd simply
go away-but now she's STILL HAUNTING the halls of MHS... in a substitute
teacher capacity. Will there ever be peace over at MHS?
Favorite
Teachers (non-high school): Ms. Darlene Campana
Candid Shots Part 2:
Picture
of the French Club that NEVER made into the yearbook, can you guess why?
(A good friend of mine, had his eyes closed... it's alright James... I
forgive you...) I'm the one sitting on a chair, first from the left.
Another good friend of mine, Beth Shephard, is in this picture. This
was taken, around the time she was bound to a wheelchair, for a while.
I remember being able to push her to her next class, leaving Mr. Shanahan's
AP European History class early, YES!!! Anyway, I also recalled, having
to push her, when a fire drill alarm went off during Miss Spang's 7th period
Calculus class. Locale: MHS Library.
Here
I am during French class, 1st period, 1998-99 school year.
Here's
the actual photo of the French class, that made it into the yearbook.
This was our class, French IV, BEFORE our foreign exchange student (he's
the sixth one from the left) left mid-semester...
A
picture of me, and Ms. Campana, during the Eighth Grade Prom, held in the
Middlesex Recreation Center.
You may have noticed that I only scanned HALF
the Polaroid. The other half has a pic of someone who I really hate,
who was once a friend, but is now, IS AND WILL BE FOREVER a complete
jerk...
Ms. Campana is one of my closest friends.
I still visit her, to talk, to get advice, etc. Ms. D.C. Jordanski,
in my original fanfiction, is slightly based on Ms. Campana.
This
is a picture of me, and a friend, Beth Shephard, during a History trip
to Ellis Island, during our Junior year.
This
is a picture of me, and once again, Beth Shephard. This was taken
during the Junior-Senior Prom of the 98-99 school year. I had so
much fun during the prom. I kinda forgot where the prom was...
Here's
a solo shot of me.
I
graduated on 6/17/1999. The same night, the graduating MHS class
when on a lovely trip, on a boat, the Spirit of New Jersey, for a ride
all around Manhattan and stuff. We talked, we danced, we gambled
(fake money), but we all had the chance to spent one more time with each
other. This is a picture of me, and a good friend, Ted Paraskeupolous
(I hope I spelled the last name correctly...), after we got back from the
all-night trip. We had just received our door prizes, and had our
breakfast for the morning. It was around 4 to 6 in the morning, when
this picture was taken. This place is the MHS cafeteria.
This
is a picture of a cake, the Tazmanian Devil, made by Kitchen 2 during Ms.
Alessi's Foods and Nutrition I. class, 1998-99. Along with me, there
were 3 others in this group, Mike Hionis, Eric Weber, and Brian Mulcahy.
Boy, it was a good year. There were slight complications that arose
when we made the cake. That's me in the background, wishing dishes.
This was also the day that I had to take care of a baby doll, for my Senior
year Health class. If you look closely, you can see the "key" and
the wristband that kept the key bound to the right arm.
Rutgers Section:
Major:Geography
Minor:
Economics
Former
Residences at Rutgers College:
Freshman
Year: Clothier
Hall (Room 223)
Sophomore
Year: Hardenbergh
Hall (Room 607)
Junior
Year: Hardenbergh
Hall (Room 138)
Senior
Year: Hardenbergh
Hall (Room 141)
GRADUATED: May 2003
Dining Halls at
Rutgers that I tended to eat at:
Busch
Dining Hall (dinner majority)
Brower
Commons (lunch take out majority)
Cooper
Dining Hall (dinner take out majority)
I tend to eat at Busch
every time I get now. Busch is very nice, very comfortable, the atmosphere
is just NICE...
Unfortunately... heh
heh... LOL... my weekday routine often involves Lunch Takeout from Brower
and Dinner at Busch... of course there is some variation based on what's
served...
First created: October 15, 2000
(c) 2000-2005 Steve Vo
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