- Originally hoped to play football while in high school at Hutch Tech and only agreed to become a runner after the constant urging of his American History teacher who was also the cross country coach at the time.
- First experience abroad was when he attended Bond University (Gold Coast, Queensland) in 1999 as an exchange student. Ironically at that time, the university's founder and famous Australian businessman, Alan Bond, was in jail for fraud.
- Worked at HSBC Bank for a short while before moving to Japan.
- During his early years in Japan his paychecks were minimal in comparison to the high cost of living in Tokyo and at one point had only 1 yen (at that time the equivalent of less than 1 US cent) in his bank account.
- When he first arrived in Japan in January 2001 to teach English he didn't have much money and survived on various flavors of cup noodle and soba noodles for the first six weeks until he received his first paycheck.
- Enjoys all forms of cooking and is proficient at making baked and rare vanilla bean cheesecakes.
- Worked 2 Christmas seasons for the US Postal Service sorting cheese boxes while on winter break from Union College and once worked 108.5hrs within a 2 week period.
- Became interested in black & white photography during his sophomore year at Union College. He loved it so much he added Studio and Visual Arts to his course of study as a minor with American History being his major.
- Interested in everything pertaining to 1980s pop culture. Claims his outlook and personality is reflected by this era. While at Union College, he wrote his senior thesis about MTV's dominance during that infamous decade.
- Avid lover of international travel and is a Star Alliance Gold Member with his favorite carrier, Singapore Airlines.
- Member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity - Gamma Zeta Chapter at Union College (NY).
- Speaks Japanese with upper-intermediate proficiency.
- Born on a Wednesday at 12:45pm.
- Lived in Tokyo, Japan for 14 years (2001 - 2015).
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