On a side note, my wife was asking me about bullying in the US, and then stopped and said "oh, but you would have been the smartest one in the class, so the bullies would have left you alone". Bless her heart, she figured American bullies worked like bullies in Asia.

If you're smart, went to a top school, and have a good job, most Asian cultures will tolerate a lot of nerdiness out of you.