About

안녕하세요! My name is Arnold (상인). I am from the beautiful city of Vancouver [the unceded xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) territory]. I was a child of the 80s and spent most of my time riding my BMX, playing road hockey, building forts, playing Nintendo, and being told to come home before dark. I grew up with dial-up Internet and learned HTML by building websites about the Ferrari 512 TR and Vancouver Canucks hosted on GeoCities and Tripod. I was user of Infoseek, Hotmail, ICQ, and Winamp. Some adventures I have been on include walking on the Great Wall of China, visiting the Korean DMZ, snowboarding mountains in Japan, exploring the beaches of Australia, driving around the Scottish Highlands, surfing in Tofino, and portaging in the wilderness of Northern Ontario. In my free time, I enjoy hiking, running, cycling, golfing, snowboarding, watching K-dramas, and reading books.

Concerts I've Attended

2025 - Rolling Quartz (Rio Theatre) Vancouver, BC
2024 - Festival Shiwol: Ha Hyun Sang (Haeundae Beach) Busan, South Korea
2023 - Rolling Quartz (Mel Lastman Square) Toronto, ON
2023 - TWICE (Scotiabank Arena) Toronto, ON
2022 - Rage Against the Machine (Madison Square Garden) New York, NY
2022 - Rock The Bells Festival: LL Cool J (Forest Hills Stadium) New York, NY
2017 - Nickelback (Rogers Arena) Vancouver, BC
2013 - Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake (BC Place) Vancouver, BC
2012 - Tycho (Fortune Sound Club) Vancouver, BC
2010 - The Temper Trap and Coast Modern (Commodore Ballroom) Vancouver, BC
2009 - U2 and Black Eyed Peas (BC Place) Vancouver, BC
2008 - GZA (Richard's on Richards) Vancouver, BC
2007 - Del The Funky Homosapien (Richard's on Richards) Vancouver, BC
2007 - Lyrics Born/The Coup/Joyo Velarde (Richard's on Richards) Vancouver, BC
2006 - Zion I (Atlantis Night Club) Vancouver, BC
2006 - Coldplay (GM Place) Vancouver, BC
2003 - Radiohead (Thunderbird Stadium) Vancouver, BC
2003 - Ben Harper and Jack Johnson (Thunderbird Stadium) Vancouver, BC
2003 - Dave Matthews Band (GM Place) Vancouver, BC
1999 - DC Talk and Jars of Clay (Canadian Airlines Saddledome) Calgary, AB
1999 - DC Talk (GM Place) Vancouver, BC

Favourite Albums (Excluding K-pop)

• A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay
• Ajunabeats Volume 7 - Above & Beyond
• The Art of Chill 2 - Jon Hopkins
• Back to Black - Amy Winehouse
• Dive - Tycho
• Far Away Trains Passing By - Ulrich Schnauss
• Hurry Up, We're Dreaming - M83
• Jars of Clay - Jars of Clay
• Liquid Swords - GZA
• The Look of Love - Diana Krall
• Meet the Woo 2 - Pop Smoke
• Meteora - Linkin Park
• MTV Unplugged in New York - Nirvana
• Strobelite Seduction - Kaskade
• Ten - Pearl Jam
• Within and Without - Washed Out
• Yourself or Someone Like You - Matchbox Twenty

Favourite Movies

• Back to the Future
• Before Sunrise
• Blade Runner
• The Breakfast Club
• Dredd
• Escape from New York
• The Fast and the Furious
• Gladiator
• KPop Demon Hunters
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Matrix
• Mission: Impossible 1-8
• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• Titanic

Favourite Korean Movies

• 12:12: The Day (서울의 봄)
• Architecture 101 (건축학개론)
• Friend (친구)
• Il Mare (시월애)
• Joint Security Area (공동경비구역 JSA)
• Little Forest (리틀 포레스트)
• Memories of Murder (살인의 추억)
• Mulberry (뽕)
• Parasite (기생충)
• My Sassy Girl (엽기적인 그녀)
• Shiri (쉬리)
• Tae Gu Ki: The Brotherhood of War (태극기 휘날리며)
• Take Care of My Cat (고양이를 부탁해)
• Train to Busan (부산행)

Favourite Shows (Excluding K-dramas)

• Cobra Kai
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
• The King of Queens
• Saved by the Bell
• Schitt's Creek
• Seinfeld
• Sherlock
• Spartacus: Blood and Sand
• Suits
• The Wire

Favourite Video Games

• Cyberpunk 2077
• God of War
• Gran Turismo 2
• Half-Life 2
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
• Metal Gear Solid
• Need for Speed: Underground 2
• Resident Evil 4
• Stellar Blade
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Favourite Books

• The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
• Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimialism by Fumio Sasaki
• Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
• Open: An Autobiography by Andre Aggasi
• The Tears of My Soul by Kim Hyun Hee
• Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn