As
mehinda well knows,
pluginthejebus liked to play down those personal qualities of his that reinforced stereotypical white notions about Asians, such as the fact that his hands were deadly weapons (to be fair, Sam favored western forms like boxing, that Russian special forces martial art, and submission wrestling). It also happens to be the case that Sam was extremely good at science, and at his Mom's place, he had a secret laboratory filled with bunsen burners, erlenmeyer flasks, centrifuges, and much larger, more expensive equipment that can't be found in a first year chemistry lab. He told me once over a fourth pitcher that he had invented a working hang-over cure, but it had some weird side-effects. I asked him how he tested it, and he just grinned. "What about early versions? What did they do to you?" At that point, he took off his high-tops and showed me his feet. His toes were webbed. "I wasn't born with webbed toes," he said.
He was destined for greatness...oh Sam Cheuk, where have you gone?