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MATT HOU
Matt Hou, born Matt Hou, not Matthew, 4th March, 1979 in Taiwan (area of Taiwan is unknown) is an elitist across all activities in his life. Matt is considered to most as an extreme high achiever, perfectionist and the all round "good guy". Matt is a person who dedicates a lot of his life to fine things.

Matt first came into fruition in early 2000's after graduating a Masters degree in health information management at the University of Sydney. Everything prior to this point in his life is unknown.

Early Matt was quite a shy reserved type who frequented the scene but remained in the background. However, he did make early alliances with those deemed part of the "circle of trust". Note that breaking the circle is known to have severe ramifications (see below).

The early days revolved around a serious amount of cycling. When Matt commenced mountain biking (MTB'ing), the light shone from him like a beam of florescent tubing on his helmet. He frequented many cycling events initially as more a competing spectator however began to show some serious skills. These skills were tested to the extreme in the "Mont 24" event of 2003. He joined a team of two other competitors with the other two lacking serious skills, experience and the willpower to win. Support crew was provided by what was possibly Matt's first love. During this event, a number of notable events occurred:

- Camping in sub-zero conditions leading to what is now famously known as the "rotisserie chicken" (no further explanation is required) - Numerous shouts of "C'mon, C'mon hurry up" as fellow team mates with broken bones, poor skills and absolutely zero interest in winning struggled over the line - Learning that Matt has extrodinary skills at using port-a-loo's, especially after finishing a box and half of GU (choc-berry flavour)

Matt commenced employment at the mental hospital in Westmead (Cumberland Hospital) in the early 2000's as a beginner in Information Technology. He quickly showed his extraordinary skills being promoted to a Solution architect where he has lead world class projects transforming the loony bins IT systems into best in class. While Matt holds a senior position in the IT department, he is still known to take home a modest package of approximately $52,000 per year (close to the Australian average salary).

In 2004 he met attended the Homebake music festival with known friends and accomplices. This was followed up in 2005 where most of the day was spent avoiding other known accomplices in the crowd (observed during the "Rogue Traders" set). He learned especially during this time that others could gain access to the "circle of trust" and were welcome with "closed hearts". Note Matt does not have a living beating heart.

The next few years were a bit of a blur, Matt excelled at cycling joining the Turramurra cycling crew and showed quickly that he could stand up with the best of the best in the peloton including CEO's, triathletes and other weekend warriors. After years of perfecting, he attended the inaugural trip to Italy in 2010 cycling most days and partying well into the night, with the peloton and the locals. It is here that Matt developed his second true love for Italy. Matt proceeded to use the opportunity of the cycling trip around Italy as his annual holiday returning in 2011 and 2012.

Matt developed an avid interest in photography, initially starting with MTB events then expanding to portraits and weddings. His side project is known as PixelPics had success in the last 2000's in many local and statewide (well NSW-wide) events. Eventually PixelPics was taken over, temporarily by some scumbag on the internet who just thought he could pull the wool over Matt's eyes. After numerous days of planning the phone call, Matt discussed the issue with the rogue website stealer. Heated conversation ensued and eventually leading, like everything in his life, to Matt's victory. Note: PixelPics is all but dead and buried with websiote traffic being directed to the "Edible Media" site.

In 2010 Matt's circle of trust began to expand to include attendance at numerous social gatherings. If one were to access the archives of the "Sunday Telegraph" and the "Sun Herald" you would observed no pictures of Matt and his circle. This is not due to notoriety but because there were zero paparazzi there to witness the spectacles. The best of the best occasions are summarised below:

Birthday weekends away:
- Canberra in late 2011 was certainly an occasion with appearances by numerous wine crafters, vegetarian chefs and the mad cat lady. - Berry in May 2011 with cycling at 8am, a suspected bout of food poisoning at 2am with bucket loads of chunder and a possible love interest (no further details known) Note: Matt is not known to celebrate his birthday. Due to his Taiwanese heritage leading to the new year commencing many weeks later that the western new year, it is not confirmed that Matt's birthday is in March or April.

Nights out:
- Too many to mention. Feel free as an attendee at a prior event where Matt got another bout of food poisoning to Edit this page