1) I'm older than I look. That's a live shot from a few minutes ago. How old am I? - Alan Le

2) I immigrated to the US by boat when I was 6 to escape Communist Vietnam. - Alan Le

3) I lived in a refugee camp in the Philippines for about a year. - Alan Le

4) I still have family in Vietnam and whom I visit every other year. As a result, I still speak Vietnamese fluently, but I can’t write it. - Alan Le

5) I lived in Pennsylvania for a year as well. I hated the freezing winters and humid summers. - Alan Le

6) I’ve been in the SF Bay Area for over 23 years now. - Alan Le

7) After dating for 5 years, I married the love of my life a year and a half ago. - Alan Le

8) I think I would probably die of starvation without her. - Alan Le

9) I have an infant son named Edison that I love dearly (most of you already know this :) ) - Alan Le

10) I used the name “a7an” after reading Snow Crash (There was a character named Da5id) and before there was l33t speak. The movie “se7en” reconfirmed my username which I’ve stuck with since then. - Alan Le

11) I was heavily addicted to MUDs (text-based precursors to MMOs). - Alan Le

12) I’ve been a huge gamer since a kid. A family member asked me why haven’t I outgrown them. My reply: “How can I outgrow having fun?” - Alan Le

13) I’m very competitive but I'm not a sore loser. When I lose, I try to analyzer how I can do better to win. - Alan Le

14) I use to played Counter-Strike in gaming leagues. I was also competitive playing SFII at the arcades and Starcraft on battle.net. I can't wait for Starcraft II! - Alan Le

15) I was the 2nd lvl 60 druid Horde side on my server when I played WoW. I would've been the first 60 in my small guild too but my friend took a day off of work so he can grind the last lvl before me by a few hours. I’ve quit for about two years because it was too addictive and because I didn't do much else for hobbies. I stopped playing sports, reading books, poker nights, other games, etc while playing WoW. It was a boon for my savings though :) - Alan Le

16) I programmed my own Visual Basic games in junior high to bypass the “no games allowed” rules. - Alan Le

17) I love my job because I get to do what I’m excited about and good at. I work as a Senior Creative Developer at Vertigo Software. - Alan Le

18) I’m an omnivore and can eat pretty much anything. I like to pig out at buffets. My family usually have to wait on me to finish eating. - Alan Le

19) Exotic stuff that I’ve eaten include snakes, scorpions, Durian, crickets, chicken feet, and pig brains. Oh because I was the guess of honor, I had to eat the beating snake heart and wash it down with snake blood rice wine Anthony Bourdain style! - Alan Le

20) Tastiest food that I’ve eaten are fois gras, raw oysters, really good salmon sashimi, and great medium rare skirt steak. - Alan Le

21) I love Italian but hardly go out to eat it since my wife doesn’t like it. - Alan Le

22) I don’t smoke and only drink at social events. - Alan Le

23) I use to collect everything that I liked –comics, dvds, books, games, toys— and keep them in mint condition but now I don’t really care (okay just not as much). - Alan Le

24) I still like and watch anime. I catch every episode of Naruto from datteyabo. I recently watched Paprika on Netflix instant, and the whole Death Note series on Hulu. - Alan Le

25) I’m a total gadget freak. For example, I’ve had 4 different generation of iPods now. - Alan Le

phew! A list with 25 items is really long! - Alan Le

Awesome list Alan! :-) - vijay

Thanks vijay, anna, lindsey and the rest. I'm going back to correct/update a few of them. - Alan Le

Wow, great stuff. - Odi Kosmatos

Alright, I need to stop reading everyone's 25 things list and head home to play with the kiddo. Will be back online later. and thanks Odi. - Alan Le

Woot MUDs! - Pixie

aww no guesses on my age. - Alan Le

31. great list alan, thank you for sharing. - Carlos Ayala

id guess a lot younger than 31 actually. if i viewed the picture in isolation i would have to say 20's or even teens...but your 25 facts demonstrate that is clearly incorrect. - David Adam

I'm 31, I'll be 32 in May. I still feel 27 though. - Alan Le

100 Mega Bonus Points for having read (and liked!) Snow Crash. =O - Daniel Bruce