Amazing Race 16: Joe & Heidi Wang

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Amazing Race 16: Joe & Heidi Wang
[url=http://vevmo.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=5220][img]http://vevmo.com/imagehosting/15504b58d2897df41.jpg[/img][/url] [B]Married[/B] [B]Joe Wang[/B] [B]Age[/B]: 42 [B]Hometown[/B]: El Segundo, Calif. [B]Connection to your Teammate[/B]: Married [B]Current Occupation[/B]: Software Sales Executive [B]Favorite Hobbies[/B]: Coaching youth sports, poker and golf [B]Achievements[/B]: My biggest achievement is my family. [B]Lifelong to do List[/B]: Travel around the world. [B]If I could switch places with someone[/B]: My son Jameson who has unlimited potential. [B]Role Model/Hero[/B]: My parents. They immigrated here to USA to provide a better life for me. [B]What are you passionate about?[/B] Raising my kids to be the best they can be. What would you do if you won the million dollars? Pay for my kids' college education. [B]People would be surprised to learn[/B]: I was born in Taiwan and speak fluent Mandarin Chinese [B]Favorite place you have ever visited[/B]: Fiji [B]Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on the Race together[/B]: Getting a task that we both can’t do and being away from our kids for an extended period of time. [B]What do you hope to accomplish by running the Race (other then winning one million bucks)? [/B]Create a closer bond with Heidi [B]Pet peeve about your teammate[/B]: She can’t multi-task. [B]Heidi Wang[/B] [B]Age[/B]: 37 [B]Hometown[/B]: El Segundo, Calif. [B]Connection to your Teammate[/B]: Wife [B]Current Occupation[/B]: Homemaker [B]Favorite Hobbies[/B]: Traveling, gourmet cooking, shopping, golfing and reading [B]Achievements[/B]: Giving birth to my two beautiful and intelligent kids, having a successful finance career prior to choosing to stay home to raise my children. [B]Lifelong to do List[/B]: Run a marathon, improve my golf game and to never stop learning new things [B]If I could switch places with someone[/B]: It would have to be with my daughter, Herason. The opportunities and potential for a young girl today are endless. [B]Role Model/Hero[/B]: My parents, Richard and Yohko Leeser. They sacrificed everything for their children to give them a better life. I have the utmost respect and admiration for both of them. [B]What are you passionate about?[/B] My family. There are no words for the love and devotion I have for my husband and children. [B]What would you do if you won the million dollars?[/B] Invest it towards my children's college education fund [B]People would be surprised to learn[/B]: In high school, I was voted Senior Class President, Most Likely to Succeed, Most Likely to win a Nobel Peace Prize and Most Likely to Total Their Car [B]Favorite place you have ever visited[/B]: My home. Although I’ve traveled extensively and visited many wonderful places, there really is "no place like home." [B]Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on the Race together[/B]: Being away from our children for so long and not being able to eat sushi. [B]What do you hope to accomplish by running the Race (other then winning one million bucks)?[/B] Spending quality one-on-one time with my husband. We both could use some extra, uninterrupted time and attention from the other. Additionally, I plan to re-enter the professional workplace soon and I hope this experience makes me a better job candidate. [B]Pet peeve about your teammate[/B]: Joe is a very intense and short tempered individual who thinks he’s right all the time! [url=http://vevmo.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=5221][img]http://vevmo.com/imagehosting/15504b58d290ebb5f.jpg[/img][/url]