Eugene Peng
Hometown: Miaoli, Taiwan
College/Major: UC Berkeley/Political Economy
Hobbies: drinking fine teas
Favorite Taiwanese food: beef noodle soup, pork intestine and ginger stir-fry
Favorite tapioca drink: winter melon grass jelly tea
Likes: strawberries, cherries, watermelon, mango, volleyball, ping-pong, tennis
Dislikes: durian, salad
Distinguishing traits: “Hecka Hakka”

Cynthia Peng
Hometown: Cerritos, California
College/Major: UC Berkeley/Political Economy
Hobbies: reading, playing board games, listening to music
Favorite Taiwanese food: stinky tofu, oyster noodle soup, squid soup, shaved ice, etc.
Favorite tapioca drink: winter melon milk tea
Likes: Harry Potter, candy/sweets, stationery
Dislikes: bugs
Distinguishing traits: small in stature, play the bass, speaks Taiwanese better than Mandarin

Kan Lee
Hometown: Hsichi, Taiwan
College/Major: UC Berkeley/Math and Rhetoric
Hobbies: running, baseball, reading
Favorite Taiwanese food: stinky tofu, oyster pancake
Favorite tapioca drink: pearl milk tea
Likes: good food, watermelon, mango, BBQ
Dislikes: salad, rainy day
Distinguishing traits: very forgetful, has a big head

Joyce Yen
Hometown: Arcadia, California
College/Major: UC Berkeley/Cognitive Science
Hobbies: basketball, design, reading, photography
Favorite Taiwanese Food: oyster pancake, steamed dumplings
Favorite tapioca drink: jasmine green milk tea
Likes: writing, snowboarding, working with children
Dislikes: bugs, spiders, scary movies
Distinguishing traits: left-handed in basketball, frisbee, and ping-pong, right-handed in everything else

Phil Choi
Hometown: Davis, California
College/Major: UC Davis/Linguistics and TESOL
Hobbies: guitar, basketball
Favorite Taiwanese Food: Are there burritos in Taiwan?
Favorite tapioca drink: mango
Likes: cold weather
Dislikes: hot weather
Distinguishing traits: personal goal - to be able to count to ten in 10 different languages (I’ve got 7 so far)

James Chao
Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan
College/Major: UC Berkeley/Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering
Hobbies: computers, basketball
Favorite Taiwanese food: green onion cake with eggs
Favorite tapioca drink: winter melon milk
Likes: tech stuff, tangerines, Risk (the game)
Dislikes: fragrant vegetables (e.g., cilantro, basil)
Distinguishing traits: near-sighted in one eye, far-sighted in the other; tells corny jokes

Jessica Chao
Hometown: Yorba Linda, California
College/Major: UC Berkeley/Cognitive Science
Hobbies: cooking
Favorite Taiwanese food: steamed dumplings
Favorite tapioca drink: strawberry milk, winter melon tea
Likes: Microsoft Word and Excel, Hi-Tec-C pens, taking pictures
Dislikes: getting my picture taken
Distinguishing traits: big forehead, funny expressions, cracks knuckles

Kaitlyn Cheung
Hometown: Shanghai / Hong Kong
College/Major: UC Berkeley/Anthropology and Asian Studies; UC Hastings/Law
Hobbies: cooking, photography
Favorite Taiwanese food: shaved ice
Favorite tapioca drink: milk tea with pudding
Likes: a stroll with friends
Dislikes: sports
Distinguishing traits: big smile

Chi Su
Hometown: Potomac, Maryland (near Washington D.C.)
College/Major: UC Berkeley / Mechanical Engineering
Hobbies: basketball, skateboarding, guitar
Favorite Taiwanese food: egg pancakes
Favorite tapioca drink: almond milk tea
Likes: Washington Wizards, cloudy/windy weather, parking spaces
Dislikes: hot weather, mosquitoes, airballs
Distinguishing traits: my left eye has perfect vision and my right eye is nearly blind - so when I’m talking to you I would turn my head a little bit to the right

Tiffany Su
Hometown: Diamond Bar, California
College/Major: UC Berkeley / Integrative Biology
Hobbies: eating, cooking, ice skating, sports, photography
Favorite Taiwanese food: pork chops, shaved ice
Favorite tapioca drink: taro milk tea
Likes: arts, cute things, sound of rain drops
Dislikes: ants
Distinguishing traits: very tiny

Hubert Gee
Hometown: Alameda, California
College/Major: UC Berkeley / Computer Science
Hobbies: basketball, soccer, computers
Favorite Taiwanese food: beef noodle soup, dumplings
Favorite tapioca drink: mango slush
Likes: baseball, delicious food, tech-stuff
Dislikes: hot weather, a messy house
Distinguishing traits: quiet, and I have a twin brother

Esther Wang
Hometown: Sunnyvale, California
College/Major: UC Berkeley/ Psychology and Education
Hobbies: volleyball, cooking, hanging out with friends
Favorite Taiwanese food: teppanyaki (beef)
Favorite tapioca drink: winter melon milk tea
Likes: coffee, meaty foods
Dislikes: bug bites, being alone
Distinguishing traits: laughs really loud; eats really fast

Christina Tung
Hometown: YongHe, Taipei
College/Major: UC Davis/ Managerial Economics
Hobbies: reading, cooking, chatting
Favorite Taiwanese food: beef noodle soup, oyster pancake, peanut shaved ice
Favorite tapioca drink: papaya milk, pudding milk tea
Likes: vegetables, salad, seaweed
Dislikes: cold weather
Distinguishing traits: speaks Chinese better than English

Hartie Chang
Hometown: Millbrae, California
College/Major: UC Berkeley / Economics
Hobbies: basketball, reading biographies, eating junk food
Favorite Taiwanese food: egg pancake, vegetable bun
Favorite tapioca drink: mango ice slush, winter melon tea
Likes: cakes, cookies, peanut butter, ice cream, fruit
Dislikes: hot and humid weather, bitter-melon, stinky tofu, durian
Distinguishing traits: huge head, loves to eat sweets

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