Caroline Ogasawara [Sept. 2007 - July 2008]
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
College/Major: UC Berkeley/Anthropology
Hobbies: playing basketball, card-making, cooking
Favorite Taiwanese food: vermicelli soup with large intestine
Favorite tapioca drink: watermelon milk slush with tapioca, honey lemon tea with aloe cubes
Likes: Taiwanese bakeries
Dislikes: American broccoli
Distinguishing traits: I’m fluent in Japanese

Allen Chen [Sept. 2007 - July 2008]
Hometown: Saratoga, California
College/Major: UC Berkeley/Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Hobbies: basketball, baseball, soccer, American football
Favorite Taiwanese food: steamed dumplings
Favorite tapioca drink: almond milk tea
Likes: food, sleep, fun trips
Dislikes: cold rainy days
Distinguishing traits: apparently some people think I look like Franklin the turtle, like to play piano and drums

Jon Chou [Sept. 2007 - July 2008]
Hometown: San Jose, California
College/Major: UC Berkeley/Molecular & Cell Biology, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Hobbies: guitar, soccer, basketball, reading
Favorite Taiwanese food: dumplings
Favorite tapioca drink: honey milk tea
Dislikes: insects, arachnids, durian
Distinguishing traits: large head, can eat 6 saltine crackers in one minute (sounds easy? YOU try it!)

Edwin Hsia [Sept. 2007 - Apr. 2008]
Hometown: Davis, California
College/Major: UC Berkeley/Economics
Hobbies: basketball, tennis, reading
Favorite Taiwanese food: steamed dumplings
Favorite tapioca drink: almond milk tea
Likes: outdoor trips with friends, rockin’ praise, steak
Dislikes: spiders
Distinguishing traits: into techy stuff

Oscar Ko [Oct. 2007 - Feb. 2008]
Hometown: Yong He City, Taiwan
College/Major: UC Davis/Computer Engineering
Hobbies: hanging out with friends, board games, basketball, reading technical news
Favorite Taiwanese food: noodles and dumplings
Favorite tapioca drink: jasmine milk green tea
Dislikes: hot weather, sweats
Distinguishing traits: energetic, friendly, funny

Greg Davis [Sept. 2007 - Dec. 2007]
Hometown: Woodinville, Washington
College/Major: UC Berkeley/Chemical Engineering
Hobbies: hiking, camping, soccer, tennis
Favorite Taiwanese food: Chinese pancake
Favorite tapioca drink: taro milk tea
Likes: ice cream, deserts, outdoors
Distinguishing traits: tend to be goofy or loud in groups, I’m white.