So I've been pointing some friends to these
Talk Da Talk blogs to get their initial feedback, and the first question that everyone keeps asking me is,
"Do you know David Wu?"
Hey come on! What about my writing? What about my family background? And what about my Chinese jacket with the bank deposit slip stapled to my SLEEVE? What if I had gotten hurt by that crazy teller with the staple gun?! I could have gotten killed, know what I mean?!
So many questions to ask me, and yet people only want to know if I know David Wu... ayah...
Well, the answer is, yes I do...
... sorta.
A long time ago (1995) in a land far, far, away (Taipei), and at a night club that no longer exists (Two Kinky), a bunch of us ABC's (American born Chinese) used to hang out together in a loosely defined social circle. I used to see David quite often at restaurants and bar lounges as we had and still have a number of mutual friends, but I don't think I ever really spoke to him at length because usually, that guy was SURROUNDED by a million people!
What was I supposed to do?
Take a flying leap over the crowd and hope to land in front of him without wiping out all the dishes on the table?
So anyway, there was this one time when my friend Walter was visiting me in Taipei, and it happened that his friend Gail was David's friend, too, so we all went out to dinner together at some random restaurant in the city.
When we were formally introduced, I didn't want to make any ASSUMPTIONS -- one must never make any assumptions about people, right, especially if you don't really know them -- so the first thing I said was,
"Hi David! Nice to meet you! So... what do YOU do?"
LOL.... yes I pretended not to have any idea that he was a famous VJ in Singapore, Taipei and Hong Kong so that he could be a normal person like everyone else and have the opportunity to tell me about himself and what he does for a living on his own accord, because hey, I was just being polite. And he of course answered my question, and in a very nice way.
So yes, I do know David Wu...
... sorta.
The REAL question is:
Do *YOU* know David Wu?