I decided I was going to do this meme even though I am probably about 3 years late. It’s taken forever to come up with 100 things about me, but here they are.
1. My married name makes me imagine I am tall, blonde and Germanic. Either that, or dumpy, blonde and wearing lederhosen.
2. My husband is the person I get along best with in the whole wide world.
3. I love cats.
4. I don’t mind dogs, but don’t like how my hands smell after I’ve been patting them.
5. I have a strong sense of smell.
6. My favourite smells are nag champa incense, lavender, sandalwood, and freshly brewed coffee.
7. However, I don’t like the taste of coffee and don’t drink it ever. Apart from the taste, it makes me pee.
8. Tea is my drink of choice. Strong and with a drop of milk.
9. I am also partial to a good beer.
10. Wine makes me sleepy.
11. I can’t stand being around drunk people. I am always worried they are going to get violent, maudlin, or worst of all sick – and chuck up all over me.
12. I dislike the smell of vomit (who doesn’t), and cigarette smoke.
13. I love to read.
14. I can read anything in English, Malaysian/Indonesian, and Chinese.
15. I was baptised and raised Roman Catholic.
16. I don’t believe in god.
17. I don’t believe that religion is necessary in order to be a good person who has a strong ethical and moral sense.
18. Despite this, I have many friends who do believe in God. They don’t judge me, and I don’t judge them.
19. I have a very weak right ankle that is prone to collapsing at odd moments. It hurts a lot when this happens.
20. I don’t wear make up. Ever. In fact I can’t remember the last time I did – maybe for a school concert when I was 12?
21. I am the only person I know who only uses fountain pens when writing.
22. I am trying to improve my writing by writing more. I’m not sure if it’s going to work.
23. People tell me I am a good teacher.
24. I never really wanted to be a teacher when I grew up, and I still don’t, but my job as a librarian means I have to teach a lot.
25. I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was a child.
26. But I still don’t know what I will be when I grow up.
27. I dislike going to the hairdresser. This means that I either have very long hair or very short hair. These are both hairstyles I can manage on my own.
28. I have never permed or dyed my hair.
29. I love listening to smarmy Mandarin tearjerkers. Wo mei wangji ni, ni wangji wo¦ lian mingzi ni dou shuo cuooo… (I haven’t forgotten you, but you’ve forgotten me, you even got my na-ame wrong…) It’s strange, as I can’t stand that sort of thing in English.
30. I have a cockroach phobia.
31. I’m allergic to aspirin. It makes me break out in hives.
32. I’ve never owned a pair of Nike shoes.
33. I try not to wear anything with visible brands on it. I don’t like being a walking advertisement!
34. I like computer games like Civilization and SimCity.
35. I played EverQuest for about 5 years, on and off.
36. I also played Dark Age of Camelot, EverQuest II and World of Warcraft.
37. I am a recovering Massively Multiplayer Oline Roleplaying Game addict.
38. I hate answering the phone.
39. I don’t like wearing skirts or dresses, and don’t own any!
40. I can’t swim. Never learned.
41. I’ve needed glasses (spectacles) since I was about 12.
42. I like hot chips with mayonnaise, biltong, rollmops and salty liquorice.
43. I like durian, sambal belacan, and nasi lemak.
44. I like chicken rice, char kuay teow and Peking duck.
45. I like roast meat of any kind, mashed potatoes and roast parsnips.
46. I like crème caramel, lemon meringue pie and pavlova.
47. I like sour gummy worms and Reese’s peanut butter cups.
48. I can’t play a musical instrument.
49. I was in my high school military band and played the side and tenor drums. And don’t tell me school military bands are uncool. It was cool in the school I went to.
50. I have no cool or fashion sense.
51. I have clothes that I’ve owned for more than 10 years.
52. I’ve never ridden a horse.
53. I’ve only ridden a pony. Once. I was about 8 years old and it bit me when I got off.
54. I have never been stung by a bee or wasp.
55. I have a recurring nightmare that involves a swamp. I either have to wade through it, get out of it, find something in it. Ugh.
56. I live in Perth,Western Australia.
57. I have never been to Canberra, Darwin, Alice Springs or Hobart.
58. I was born in Malaysia and lived there until I was 15 years old.
59. I lived in Hangzhou, China for a year.
60. I was born in 1970.
61. I didn’t learn to ride a bicycle until I was 15.
62. I can’t roller skate or ice skate.
63. I am hopeless at ten pin bowling.
64. I didn’t learn to drive until I was about 28 years old. (I don’t remember exactly, somewhere around then.)
65. I always forget to turn my mobile phone on.
66. I don’t know how to send text messages on my new mobile phone. I can’t work out the new-fangled dictionary helper thingy that’s supposed to make typing faster. Ok, you can all stop laughing now.
67. I have no tattoos.
68. To date, I’ve never broken a bone in my body.
69. I’ve never worn braces on my teeth.
70. I am scared of going to the dentist.
71. I have never had to stay in hospital.
72. I have never been arrested.
73. I like writing letters by hand. (See point #21)
74. I have been using the Internet since 1996.
75. I have 8 email addresses. I think.
76. I didn’t go to my high school ball.
77. I don’t belong to a political party.
78. I do belong to a trade union.
79. I also belong to a professional association.
80. Vacuuming the house is my most disliked chore.
81. I am introverted, but can ‘pass’ as an extrovert when I need to. Afterwards I need to lie in a darkened room by myself to recover.
82. I don’t shave my legs. There’s no point as I have about 2 visible hairs on each leg.
83. I have been watching The Bill since 199… I can’t remember!
84. If I didn’t watch The Bill I wouldn’t watch any tv at all. It’s a habit.
85. My middle name translates to “Beautiful Bellâ€. Bell, as in ding-a-ling.
86. People who are ignorant and inconsiderate get on my nerves.
87. I can be quite judgemental.
88. I ‘catastrophise’ sometimes, see the worst case scenario and start getting stressed and panicky – or make mountains out of flat ground, as my boss would say. (although he was not talking about me.)
89. I dislike musicals and romantic comedies.
90. I am the least athletic person I know. (See points #19 and #40)
91. I like to cook.
92. After finishing uni, I got an apprenticeship to learn how to become a chef.
93. I quit my apprenticeship after 3 years because I kept getting tendonitis in my right wrist.
94. I am right handed.
95. After quitting the kitchen I went back to uni and became a librarian.
96. I still like to cook but suffer from acute laziness.
97. I have a BA, Grad Dip, and MA.
98. I have a very bad sense of direction.
99. I do know how to read maps. I learned the year I lived in China.
100. I can’t believe how long it took me to do this! (15 hours!)< If you're going to do this too, do let me know so I can read yours!
9 Comments
an amazing peice of work i don’t think i could write 100 things about my whole life cheers tag
Bravo – I think writing a list like that taught you something about yourself doesn’t it? 🙂
Thanks Tagnews 🙂 It took me a looong time.
Mooiness it sure does! You gunna try it too? 🙂
I’ve been trying to do this for aaaaages. I start, screw up the paper, forget it for a month or three, start again, get fed up, forget again, start… again. Your effort/completion could be the inspiration i have been lacking though!
100 things….hmmm. It will be an ongoing effort that will take months like yours. I don’t think I can get 100 things in one sitting. 😛
But if and when I post it, you’ll know anyway. 🙂
Mine is up. Over three days, I was able to come up with the required number, although I think I might have been able to go on for at least a few more!
I, too, can pass as an extrovert, although I dearly hate to be put in that situation.
Wow! I too have never owned a pair of Nike shoes, and don’t like being a walking advertisement… esp for Nike.
Hmm you’ve kinda inspired me to do a list myself… i might not get to 100 though… we’ll see.
I have just completed and posted my own 100 list thanks to your amazing inspiration and great idea…if you want to check it out it is at: http://spaces.msn.com/members/pandorasundae/PersonalSpace.aspx?_c=
Thanks Mickey, Purpletiara and Pandora Sundae.. I’ll check out your lists! 🙂