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English Name: Lee-hom Wang
Christian Name: Alexander
Japanese Name: Ou Riki Hiroshi
Birthday: May 17, 1976
Ethnicity: Taiwanese
Nationality: American Born Chinese (ABC)
Horoscope: Taurus
Zodiac: Dragon
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 68 kg
Birthplace: Rochester, New York
Blood Type: O
Family: Parents, Older Brother - Leo (+3 years), Younger Brother - Lee-Kai (-9 years)
Elementary School: Pittsford Elementary School
Secondary School: Pittsford Sutherland
High SchoolEducation Status: Collage - Graduated with honours in Williams College of Music in Williamstown, Massachusetts (Major in Music, Minor in Asian Studies) / Graduate School - Diploma Candidate in Professional Musician in Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts
Hobbies: Baseball, Music, Drawing, Movies, Drama, Composing, Producing
Idols: Stevie Wonder, Sting, Elton John, Prince, George Michael
Person Admires Most: His Dad
Goal: To become an influential artist in the music industry; touch and inspire young people with his music
Email: lwang@wso.williams.edu
Fan Mailbox: P.O. Box 20083, Rochester, NY 14602, US

*FAVOURITES*

Boyband: N'SyncSubject: Jazz PianoAnimal: Human Beings
Colour: BlueSport: Baseball
Food: Japanese cuisine, Peking Duck, Pizza, Sandwich, Grapefruit Juice
Movies: 8 1/2, 夜訪吸血鬼、刺激1995、Little Women
Type of movie: Science Fiction
Country: Taiwan
Attire: T-shirt & Jeans
Phrase: "It's all good."

*TALENTS*

- sing- compose music
- compose lyrics
- act in musicals
- play percussion instruments
- play the violin- play the piano
- play the guitar- play baseball
- play vibraphone/xylophone
- draw
- able to speak Mandarin
- able to speak English
- able to speak French
- able to speak bits of Cantonese
- able to speak bits of Japanese

*SECRETS*

source : fly.to/lee-hom & zap.to/leehom

Leehom's Family:

- Leehom's father is a doctor (pediatrician)
- Leehom's mother business-manager and an amateur opera singer
- After Leehom's parents graduated from university in Taiwan, they went to the United States to further their studies.
- Leehom's elder brother Lee-De, Leo, is 3 years older than Leehom. He's also a doctor (currently residing in Chicago). Lee-De also plays the violin. He married on 5th June 1998, when he was 24.His wife Stacy, is also a doctor.
- Leo has finely tuned debating skills. His uncanny ability to win arguments won him many competitions in the past.
- Leehom's younger brother, Lee-Kai, is 9 years younger than Leehom. Lee-Kai can play the piano.
- Leehom's Grandma who lives in Taiwan is nearly 80 years old now. According to Leehom, she is a modern Granny who knows to go to concerts and is active in social activities. She was the History teacher of the host of "Super Sunday".

Leehom's special character:

- Leehom is left-handed.
- His close friends are David Tao, Shunza, Coco Lee, Eason, Jeff Chang, Mavis Fan, William So, Peter Ho and Vivian Hsu.
- Why doesn't he use his Christian name 'Alexander'? When Leehom was about to go to Primary School, Wang Mama wanted Leehom to choose the name he wanted to use: Alexander or Leehom. He chose Leehom with the reason that it is more unique than Alexander.
- Leehom has perfect pitch! This means that he can sing out the accurate pitches of notes without the aid of any instruments. Pretty fantastic, eh? Not many people can do that!
- Leehom can do the splits!

Strange habits during recording:

- Leehom brushes his teeth before doing any recording.
- Leehom pastes the enlarged lyrics all over the wall.

Other stuff you might wanna know:

- "The Bite That Burns" was a play written by Leehom when he was 21. It was a Broadway work which comprises of opera, Broadway and the films. The score of the electronic-symphony orchestra is more than 570 pages in length!
- Leehom loves wearing shoes without wearing socks.
- The fastest way to bore Leehom: History books!
- Together with his elder brother, Leehom worked as a paper boy for 7 years since he was 8. He said that this experience trained him to be honest, responsible and industrious.
- Leehom owns a studio in New York, named "Homeboy Studios".
- Leehom said he wrote his song "Julia" in 5 minutes when he got his hair cut!
- Leehom's first girlfriend sang the background music over the monologue in 'wo yao' (Wei Yi Album - Track 10)

source: leehom.cjb.net
pix from starestnet