More About Me

My name is Jonathan Wong, and this is my little corner of the Internet.

I am an amateur economist, wannabe dancer, anal retentive, casual otaku, foodie, struggling dieter, pig lover and overall nice guy.

But what I really am is an IT professional based in Singapore who pretends to be smart by making up stupid theories that have little basis in fact or reality.

Most of my theories are useless, but who knows, I may get lucky one of these days.

The Obligatory “Donate” Button

If you feel an urge to give me money, please don’t be shy and go ahead and click on the button below:

If you don’t have a good reason to give me money, here are seven reasons that you may consider:

You think I am an awesome writer and you want to encourage me to continue writing.
You think I am a terrible writer and you want to pay me to go away.
You work for Host Gator, and you want to pay for my hosting fees since I always tell everyone how awesome your hosting service is.
You just signed up for PayPal and you need a volunteer to test whether the money transfer function actually works or not.
You did something unspeakably bad, and need to atone for it by giving an obscene amount of money to some stranger you found online today.
You are Bill Gates, and you really don’t need all that money.
You are one of my parents.

Ten Random Facts About Me

I feverishly support Cleveland sports teams (Cavaliers, Indians, and Browns). If Lebron James leaves the Cavaliers in the next few years, there is a seriously good chance I won’t be able to witness a Cleveland sports championship until I have grandchildren.
I hate watching soccer and I find the sport extremely boring. However, my favorite English soccer team is Crystal Palace, since I needed to come up with an answer to a question I get asked way too often here in Singapore. Crystal Palace just sounds cool, and I enjoy the strange look on people’s faces when they realize that my favorite English soccer team is not even in the English Premiere League.
I was awesome in 6th grade. I cleaned up during our year-end awards ceremony, making the honor roll and winning “Best Student in History”, “Best Student in Art”, “Best Student in Computer Studies”, and almost winning “Best Student in Math” until someone realized that I have won too much.
I haven’t won a single thing since 6th grade.
I used to own a Japanese IBM PCjr, Apple IIGS, and a PC-compatible with an EISA bus. Yes, when it comes to computers I always had a knack of choosing the most obscure and inferior option when superior options are available at the time.
My life in a nutshell: I was born in Singapore, grew up in Taipei for 17 years, survived through three-and-a-half years of snowstorms in Cleveland getting my degree, stayed in Tokyo for six months to enjoy Japanese pop culture for an internship, came back to Singapore to serve my country and have been staying here ever since. I consider myself an Americanized Singaporean-Taiwanese with Japanese biases.
I wasted four years of my life learning French and all I have to show for it today is, “Je m’appelle Jon“, “Qu’est-ce que c’est” and “J’aime la pomme de terre“.
I have taken ballet classes before - during my mid-twenties.
If you Google for “Jonathan Wong” in Aug 2008, within the first couple pages of results you will get an Irish graphic designer, fitness coach, a guy who works with Linear Accelerators, an aspiring rock musician who is a bit emo, and a whole lot of other people who are not me. First mention of me (my FriendFeed) is on page three. My Dopplr is on page five, and Armchair Theorist doesn’t make an appearance until page seven. Sigh…
I hate to be average. If given a choice, I would want to either excel at something or totally suck at it. And thanks to my diligence in adhering to this principle over the years, I can proudly say that I suck at more things in life than I excel in. Well done, Jonathan!