- I was born in Saigon, a city that no longer exists
- I am Buddhist by birth and by choice
- I am the eldest of three siblings and the only girl
- I’ve never lived alone
- I am a writer, a director, and a voyeur (and a production Accountaant to pay the bills)
- I like sleeping with my head under the covers
- I occasionally feel like a sixteen year old and I never feel like a thirty-two year old
- I met my husband in high school
- I am poet like my mom and an essayist like my dad
- I am the happiest when I am vacationing
- I am an over thinker
- In junior high, two friends and I made up boyfriends for ourselves... mine was called, Matt Preston
- I backpacked through five European countries and one principality in two months when I was 22
- Some days I have an overwhelming sense of fear and dread…but I think I hide it well with a smile
- I am my grandma’s favorite
- I have a tested I.Q of 143
- I was a mean to boys who professed their love/infatuation to me in school
- My husband and I sleep with separate blankets because I cocoon myself in my covers leaving very little for him... UPDATE (05/02/08): He refuse to let me have my own blanket, insisting that I learn to share.
- I am 5'0 and take up 3/4 of the bed
- I have very low tolerance for stupid people
- My favourite flowers are Gardenias
- I have very good work ethics, inherited from my mom
- I own shoes that I don’t remember buying
- I’ve been to a NEW KIDS concert… twice in one day
- I typically enjoy the company of men or non-girly women
- I sometimes cross that fine line between assertive and aggressive
- I don’t shave my legs during the winter
- I am afraid of dark water
- I don’t like chocolate
- I’ve do not drink coffee. The smell makes me nauseous. I drink tea, without sugar or milk
- I love to read
- I underline passages in books that inspire me
- When I was younger I wanted to be a spy
- I think my dog is a reincarnation of someone I knew
- I’m always “fashionably” late
- The first boy I ever frenched kissed was named Colin
- House cleaning makes me angry
- I love to laugh
- I was school patrol captain in grade four and let the power go to my head
- I dance in the shower
- I enjoy fruity things: drinks, ice cream, men
- I use to be a bank teller and would spy on the account activities of people I knew
- Jasmine is my favorite scent
- I think farts are funny
- I am a perfectionist; I demand it in myself and in others around me
- I have two deep dark secrets that I refuse to share
- I wanted to name our dog, Pepper or Poet, but my husband named her Misha UPDATE (05/02/08): We adopted another dog, I named her POET!!!
- I have Psychic dreams, I dreamed about my husband before I knew him
- I am extremely calm under pressure
- Barcelona and San Francisco are my two favourite cities
- The lyrics, not the beat, dictate whether I like a song
- I prefer savory to sweet
- I prefer grape juice to wine
- I hope to raise intellectually sharp-witted children
- I hardly drink
- When I drink, I prefer champagne and Vodka drinks, never beer
- I secretly wished that I had a British accent
- Manners matter to me, it's important to be polite to people
- When I was fifteen, a member of the duo Bros kissed me and told me I was gorgeous (I have the picture to prove it)
- I hate cheese fondue, but endured it for six Christmases with my in-laws, until my husband informed my mother in-law
- I've shoplifted stickers when I was eight and got caught
- I’ve never tried smoking (anything)
- I think ladybugs are lucky
- I’ve flown off my ten-speed bike scraping my face along a stranger’s driveway (I have the scars to prove it)
- I’ve broken my right arm doing #64
- I'm extremely superstitious
- I could change a diaper at eight years old
- People who play acoustic guitar and sing impress me
- I carry a change purse
- I worked for a day in a bagel shop and burnt all my fingers
- I use to hide in my closet when I cried
- The musical RENT forced me to enroll in film school instead of law school
- My parents have finally forgiven me for not going to law school (even though their money was wasted on LSAT prep study and the Law school applications)
- I talk very, very loudly when something matters to me
- I am opinionated, and quite vocal about those opinions
- I love a good love story
- I didn’t cry when I got married, but my husband did
- Photography was my first artistic love
- I played the violin and the piano… I don't anymore
- I have a weird phobia about washing lettuce
- I wanted to be a Behavioral Scientist. Psychology, criminology, and sociology facinate me. I was a Psych major in first year University. I took two Criminology courses, where the most important thing I learned was to never call anyone a "goof" in jail... that word has dire consequences
- I am a dreamer and a realist
- I have a tattoo on my left ankle, I'd like another one on my right ankle
- My favourite gemstone is a sapphire
- I am an amateur gemologist; I think all women should have a basic knowledge of gems. My mother taught me how to evaluate diamonds; I taught her diamonds are a relatively common and worthless gem.
- Tyler Hamilton was my first crush. I was six. I went to his house, knocked on the door and ran away
- I always dream, and I always dream in colour
- I wish I were fluent in seven languages (Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese). I am only fluent in two (English and Vietnamese) (I have basic comprehension of French and Spanish)
- I am fascinated by etymology – word origins intrigue me
- I enjoy learning
- I'm a fast talker
- I have exquisite (read expensive) taste
- I know a little bit about a lot of things (trivial knowledge, my specialty)
- Thunderstorms delight me
- I hide from my elderly neighbour, who attempts to teach/speak to me in Spanish
- When I am in between jobs, I go to my University Alma matre and audit classes (without the professor's knowledge)
- Teleporting would be my first super power, duplication would be my second
- I love eating soup, all kinds of soup
- Ethan Hawke was my longest celebrity crush (age 13 to 29)
- At nine, I rode my bike to my teacher's house and was disappointed by her lifestyle. I thought teachers lived glamorously
- I eavesdrop on conversations around me
- At night, I like looking into people's open window
- I'd like bigger breasts, but am afraid of plastic surgery
- My favorite specialty foods are raw oysters, lobster, crab legs, fois gras, artichokes, olives, avocados, rambutan, mangos and sweet potato
- I am a humanitarian
- I love dirty talk during sex
- My favourite number is 25
- I never turn down sushi
- Inconsequential things I am good at: shopping, eating, baking cupcakes, navigating, silkscreening, whistling through a blade of grass, and flying kites
- I believe in Karma
- I love Grover from Seasame Street and Gonzo from The Muppets seeing them puts me heart at ease
- I have extreme hostility towards Birkenstocks and Crocs
- I have one earlobe pierced, the other one has closed. One day I'll be brave enough to re-pierce it.
- I love garlic, raw and cooked
- I think it's tragic that people are afraid to sing or dance, everyone should sing even if they are tone deaf and dance even if they don't have rhythm.
- Toe sucking makes me cringe
- I am petrified of rodents, especially rats
- I am a great packer
- Public toilets give me anxiety, I always hover over the bowl without touching anything and use my feet to flush
- I change the buttons on my clothes for fun, interest and originality
- I can spend hours skipping rocks
- I enjoy road trips, I enjoy driving
- I swear loads when I drive, I try not to swear elsewhere... I use kid appropriate profanity instead
- I obsessively wear sunblock, I use nothing less than 30spf... I prefer 60spf. If it didn't look stupid, I'd carry a parasol
- I can be brutally honest, don’t ask if you don’t want to know the truth
2 comments:
#15 I think Grandma said I was her favorite.
I want the proof in writing.
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