As member #2, dot1q has been known by some as the unofficial "dad" of the forums. Before the 2005 crash, he even had a fan club in the clan forum. As an admin, he takes care of many of the technical matters at Soompi. Now living in New York, he is married and has a wonderful baby daughter.

How long have you been a member of Soompi and how did you find it?

I started visiting Soompi from nearly the beginning. If you remember the green Soompi Town sign, then you've been around a LONG time. I think it was around 2001-2002 when I approached Soomp! and offered to help with the servers as well as become an admin on the forums. I've been a part of the Soompi staff ever since and boy has it been a wonderful experience. I had lurked for about 1-2 years before actually registering. I finally registered so that I can start an argument with mods/admins which got my account suspended on the 1st day... haha. I guess fate has brought me where I am today, but I seriously discourage anyone from doing this as the likelihood is that its NOT going to get you an admin position on Soompi.com... haha xP. How did I find Soompi? I "Altavista'd" looking for "kpop music" and it was one of the results on one of the subsequent pages. What's "Altavista"? It was a leading search engine before "Google's" time.

What do you do for Soompi?

I'm basically one of the admins on the forums and the one who takes care of all the technical stuff. In a nutshell, its my responsibility to make sure that the technology and servers behind Soompi.com are always up and running properly. I've also always kept a tight communication and relationship with soomp! over the years to make sure the Soompi community was healthy and ongoing. Obviously, in the last couple of years, we've been amassing a whole team of awesome people to take this role on and take Soompi to the next level.

How did you come up with your user name?

If you don't know me already, I'm a "techy" kind of guy. All my user names were "tech" oriented, including my current one. However, my original user name (which I kept for 2-3 years) was actually my real full name but I changed it because I was starting to get stalkers. :)

Who got you into K-pop?

My cousins were blasting "Seo Taiji / Nan A Ra Yo" and intriguingly, it was quite fun to listen to. From that point on, K-pop just became my mainstream choice of music. Till this day, I follow and listen to mostly K-pop.

soomp! says you have the "largest kpop music collection known to mankind".  What are your comments on this?

I don't know if its the largest known to mankind.. haha... but it's quite sizable. I've met plenty of people with large music collections (100k+) but I seldom meet someone with more "K-pop" than I do. I probably listen to less than 1/10th of a percent of my collection but I guess its sort of become an addiction collecting. I still collect till this day and I don't think I will ever stop.

If you had to listen to one K-pop song for the rest of your life, what would it be?

I'm a guy and I am by no means a fan of any kind of boy band group (past or present). But for whatever cosmic reason, I can always listen to "HOT - Candy". It's officially my favorite K-pop song of all time. I can build a playlist of recent top songs and I'll just throw Candy in the mix just because I never grow tired of it.

As member #2, how do you feel as the unofficial "dad" of the site? (some members consider you that ^^ )

I think it's sort of cool that people on the community think of me that way. I think its both flattering and quite amusing the conversation that goes on in that topic. Soompi members can be very funny at times and this is one of those things I'll always remember. Maybe they'll retire the number and I can always keep it even if things blow up again (like it did in the great crash of '05).

What Asian cultural tradition would you like to pass on to future generations?

I'm pretty open-minded in that I would like to pass on to them some core foundations, but I expect ultimately there would be some kind of fusion and/or change. If I had to make a blanket statement, I would just hope for that our future generations at least have an appreciation for where they came from and how history evolved to bring them to where they are. I couldn't ask for more.

Favorite Activity or Hobby

I'm a technology oriented person, but I don't think I'm a "nerd" or "geek"... haha. Actually, in the past couple of years, I think this stereotype is slowly starting to fade out. Being computer savvy even seems to impress the girls today~! But anyway, I just love technology and always have had a inherent interest in things like gadgets and computers. My other passionate hobbies include photography and reading.

If you go to karaoke, what song do you have to sing?

I don't think I have any particular song(s) that I have to sing. I generally tend to try to sing the newer stuff for the sake of not hearing "he always sings the same old songs." I guess some people enjoy Karaoke primarily for singing, but for me its always been a good place to get together and have fun with friends. :)

If you could invent anything , what would it be?

Something that can make people tick 24/7. I think sleep is such a waste of time especially given the relative short amount of time we have to live our lives. Even physically resting with an active conscience would be better so at least you can think about things.