Wednesday, May 25, 2011

20 Things you may not know about Linda Yu




1. I was born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee
2. My parents are from Taiwan, but I have never been there
3. My first car was a navy blue Ford Escort hatchback
4. I have an older sister, Amy, who lives in Germany
5. My husband and I have been together ever since my freshman
orientation/rush at MIT
6. We were long distance (me in Boston and New York, him in Durham) for
MANY years
7. Although I am a systems programmer now, my undergraduate major was in
Management Science
8. I worked at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics at the Soldier Hollow
venue, where cross country skiing and nordic combined were held
9. I have a motorcycle license
10. My ears have never been pierced
11. I was a piano and cello player when I was a kid
12. amazon.com Prime is a bane and a boon
13. Sichuan peppercorns make me weak in the knees (and tastebuds!)
14. I prefer my (paper) day planner to any electronic calendar
15. Instead of holiday cards, I prefer to send Valentine's Day cards
16. I grew up with Apple computers (our first one was an Apple IIe), but I
do not have any Apple products now
17. My father is a paraplegic
18. For a year or two, I was obsessed with mileage runs. I flew to
Singapore for 6 hours just for the miles
19. I am a bit of a packrat, hoarder, non-relinqusher...
20. The first thing I do when I get home is change into "home clothes

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