Aero Wong
Met 2025-04-24 19:00 at JW Marriott Hong Kong, Hong Kong.Age 40. His daughter is 8. During the Cultural Revolution, his dad swam for three days (!!) across the straits from Shenzhen to Hong Kong, to escape the revolution and start a new life. His mother is from the same region of China as his dad, but they didn't meet until here. Aero has grown up here and chose the name Aero like aeroplane. When attending school in Salt Lake City Utah, (he stayed for 9 months), he went to a store called Aero, and they were in disbelief that was also his name. Hong Kong is China. Taiwan is China. All the same origin, same people. Han-yu language. He remembered “gem install hairball” and we talked tech stuff. When I told him what I'm doing with HTML generated by PostgreSQL, he said “That’s very Derek.” He lives in east Hong Kong in Sha Tin. We had two glasses of red wine. Families often have a “family house” like a little outside shrine hut that holds family items across generations, cousins, etc. He brought his daughter to mainland China to see their family house there and there's one in Hong Kong too, so again emphasizing that it's all connected.