some of my favourite things: french new wave, aviators, apc, hussein chalayan, mushrooms, john fante, maharishi, eggs florentine, louis f celine, oldskoolmanics, pi, brautigan, adidas, charcoal, wong kar-wai, pajamas, chlorohexedine, derrida, emmental, holden, seymour and sibs, howl, onions, pulp, suede, blur, pavement, elephant 5, p.s., arcrylic, junk food, elastica, tea halia, reality bites, rice, yohji, the beatles, prosciutto di parma, lady death.

and least favourite: running out of kleenex, biting into clams unexpectedly, smelly buses and washing my bicycle after coming back from the trail.

My name is yaoping. I pass my days by contemplating new risotto variations and re-reading A spy in the house of love.

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