About

I was born and raised in Shanghai, China and my whole family have been living there since at least the generation of my great grandparents. I am a proud and fluent speaker of Shanghainese [zɑ̃̀hɛ́ ɦɛ̀ɦó]上海闲话, definitely not because my dad speaks horrible Mandarin. 

I am an old soul living in a young (well at least for now) body. I enjoy comedies from the last century: Seinfeld, Frasier etc. I listen to classical music, play the flute, and go to symphonies whenever I can. 

I have traveled to many places in Europe while I was an exchange student at the University of Stuttgart ( Universität Stuttgart) in Germany. I have fond memories of Lisbon, Portugal. 

Before coming to Irvine, I have lived in Philadelphia for over two and a half years, and almost half a year in Lansing, Michigan (where my boyfriend is doing his PhD in Linguistics!)

I am good at tongue twisters.