since all the kids from the US Apps 2009 workshop have been working on their 15 Random Things About Me lately (in order to synthesize material for their application essays), I grew a bit nostalgic and decided to try and dig up as many of my old "Random Thing" memes as possible. of course this notion lasted only about 15.5 seconds (enough time for me to quickly scan through just one most recent one on Facebook and rapidly give up on the idea), so here are a whole brand spanking new set of 15 random things about me (I never recycle ;))........just because.
15 Random Things About Me (Take 7, or something, possibly)
1. I really like making lists. :D there's something very thrilling about it all, like the suspense that lies in between the 1s and 2s or little bullet points, or the mostly-unvoiced/unnoticed/presumptuous expectation that by the end of your list EVERYTHING you have mentioned will come into place and form one giant fantastical conclusion that will save the universe, or at least make your day.
2. i don't like bread. i just don't. why do people eat bread? it's disgusting.
3. I secretly enjoy stereotypes. (well, some of them.) ironically, they make life a little bit more colorful.
4. i think my getting into columbia was a fluke
5. every time I look at old family pictures I surreptitiously observe how fat I was at various stages of my life. for some reason in my head i believe if i can spot the timeframe during which i magically "bloomed", i will be able to travel back to that time and stop that little kid (preferably screaming "HALT!!!!!!!!" in a very dramatic way with my palm outstretched and holding a big red shiny stop sign) from crossing that dreadful border.
6. the only reason I currently want to learn Chinese is so my boyfriend's mom will like me. :c
7. but i still very selfishly hope and pray the Chinese economy will fail so i will no longer feel obliged to learn the language.
8. recently my capitalisation has become a very temperamental creature. I can never strictly capitalise or uncapitalise my blog posts because sometimes i can be bothered to press the Shift key and sometimes i can't. notice the fluctuations in this very last sentence. occasionally i'll feel bad about how it looks afterwards and go back and make it uniform but for now i'll just leave it au naturale (this is requiring a strange amount of willpower for some reason, I just really want to uncapitalise that I) so you can see what i'm trying to say.
9. lists are cool because they cut out all the crap in between the good stuff.
10. well-organized textbooks make me so happy. there is just something very magical and euphoric i find about being able to flip through and marvel at how well a book teaches one its contents. the books that scream "LEARN ME!" are keepers. i am especially in love with my revised edition of Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese (by Akira Miura and Naomi Hanaoka McGloin). my dad brought it back for me from Sydney today and i was so joyous to be reunited with it i spent hours just reading grammar lessons and reciting the passages aloud to myself
11. there are many, many occasions in my day-to-day life where i pause out of nowhere and wonder if I, as a person, as a student and a human being, deserve a lot less or more credit than I tend to give myself. there is such a huge crime in both undervaluing and overvaluing one's self that i just can't decide which would be preferable.
12. when i'm on my computer in my room i drink too much water and therefore always need to go to the toilet
13. I don't know how to play solitaire. like, i really DON'T. it seems like everyone and their grandmother knows how to play solitaire but i've never really managed to comprehend what it's all about. i used to cheat during computer lab periods by just dragging cards all over the screen until they stuck somewhere (and then i'd know that was where they were supposed to go). till today i still don't know what the point of those piles at the top were for. Aces? why the hell are the aces up there in the first place? D;
14. i've always secretly thought the 1990 people have it all. I seem to know of far too many (far, FAR too many) perfect people who were born in 1990. it deeply vexes me. is that even possible? what year comes after the Snake anyway? hmm must wiki.
15. I'm so excited by the thought that in a few years my friends will all (hopefully) start getting married. can you imagine being invited to friends' wedding ceremonies on Facebook and watching them start uploading pictures of their kids and families and brand new homes?? :DD it's so crazy to think that loads of people meet their future husbands or wives at university - which is where we are now. I actually have a sekrut list of the friends I know who are dating that are likely to stick together and get married one day.....but obviously that list is staying secret. >;D (well currently it only really consists of three couples. actually possibly four. which is quite a lot, all things considering.)
Bonus #16: ...the little things matter. i wish i didn't care so much. :'(
meh, i don't think this list was one of my best works. i actually reckon i've run out of fresh new facts to tell people. :( let me add more garam to my diet (ahem, from the Chinese saying "your elders have eaten more salt than you" i.e. have had more experiences in life) and then i will get back to you.
Link to second-most recent list here. Was written a week before I left for Sydney in February. actually, six months ago. wow. time flies. o_o
it's 4am!
i hope my sadness goes away.
i hope i dream with one eye open tonight. (:
15 Random Things About Me (Take 7, or something, possibly)
1. I really like making lists. :D there's something very thrilling about it all, like the suspense that lies in between the 1s and 2s or little bullet points, or the mostly-unvoiced/unnoticed/presumptuous expectation that by the end of your list EVERYTHING you have mentioned will come into place and form one giant fantastical conclusion that will save the universe, or at least make your day.
2. i don't like bread. i just don't. why do people eat bread? it's disgusting.
3. I secretly enjoy stereotypes. (well, some of them.) ironically, they make life a little bit more colorful.
4. i think my getting into columbia was a fluke
5. every time I look at old family pictures I surreptitiously observe how fat I was at various stages of my life. for some reason in my head i believe if i can spot the timeframe during which i magically "bloomed", i will be able to travel back to that time and stop that little kid (preferably screaming "HALT!!!!!!!!" in a very dramatic way with my palm outstretched and holding a big red shiny stop sign) from crossing that dreadful border.
6. the only reason I currently want to learn Chinese is so my boyfriend's mom will like me. :c
7. but i still very selfishly hope and pray the Chinese economy will fail so i will no longer feel obliged to learn the language.
8. recently my capitalisation has become a very temperamental creature. I can never strictly capitalise or uncapitalise my blog posts because sometimes i can be bothered to press the Shift key and sometimes i can't. notice the fluctuations in this very last sentence. occasionally i'll feel bad about how it looks afterwards and go back and make it uniform but for now i'll just leave it au naturale (this is requiring a strange amount of willpower for some reason, I just really want to uncapitalise that I) so you can see what i'm trying to say.
9. lists are cool because they cut out all the crap in between the good stuff.
10. well-organized textbooks make me so happy. there is just something very magical and euphoric i find about being able to flip through and marvel at how well a book teaches one its contents. the books that scream "LEARN ME!" are keepers. i am especially in love with my revised edition of Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese (by Akira Miura and Naomi Hanaoka McGloin). my dad brought it back for me from Sydney today and i was so joyous to be reunited with it i spent hours just reading grammar lessons and reciting the passages aloud to myself
11. there are many, many occasions in my day-to-day life where i pause out of nowhere and wonder if I, as a person, as a student and a human being, deserve a lot less or more credit than I tend to give myself. there is such a huge crime in both undervaluing and overvaluing one's self that i just can't decide which would be preferable.
12. when i'm on my computer in my room i drink too much water and therefore always need to go to the toilet
13. I don't know how to play solitaire. like, i really DON'T. it seems like everyone and their grandmother knows how to play solitaire but i've never really managed to comprehend what it's all about. i used to cheat during computer lab periods by just dragging cards all over the screen until they stuck somewhere (and then i'd know that was where they were supposed to go). till today i still don't know what the point of those piles at the top were for. Aces? why the hell are the aces up there in the first place? D;
14. i've always secretly thought the 1990 people have it all. I seem to know of far too many (far, FAR too many) perfect people who were born in 1990. it deeply vexes me. is that even possible? what year comes after the Snake anyway? hmm must wiki.
15. I'm so excited by the thought that in a few years my friends will all (hopefully) start getting married. can you imagine being invited to friends' wedding ceremonies on Facebook and watching them start uploading pictures of their kids and families and brand new homes?? :DD it's so crazy to think that loads of people meet their future husbands or wives at university - which is where we are now. I actually have a sekrut list of the friends I know who are dating that are likely to stick together and get married one day.....but obviously that list is staying secret. >;D (well currently it only really consists of three couples. actually possibly four. which is quite a lot, all things considering.)
Bonus #16: ...the little things matter. i wish i didn't care so much. :'(
meh, i don't think this list was one of my best works. i actually reckon i've run out of fresh new facts to tell people. :( let me add more garam to my diet (ahem, from the Chinese saying "your elders have eaten more salt than you" i.e. have had more experiences in life) and then i will get back to you.
Link to second-most recent list here. Was written a week before I left for Sydney in February. actually, six months ago. wow. time flies. o_o
it's 4am!
i hope my sadness goes away.
i hope i dream with one eye open tonight. (:
5 comments:
lol. the year of Horse comes after Snake! and OMG, YES. I want to get invited for weddings! it'll be like "homg, we are INDEED adults already!"
kidyie here btw, take care bb!
No. 7 FTW MAN! So my dad can stop pestering me about Chinese lessons in uni... >.<
No. 12. so. applies. to. me.
@mickyie: How do you even know that? XD please don't tell me i fail as a chinese for not knowing the order of the zodiac. :( haha get a BOYFRIEND. then invite me to your wedding (:
@tubbalicious: I feel much better about being a selfish banana brat now. :D
@Tarrant: LOL. bladder behavioral patterns high five! :D
LOL. YES! I KNOW!!! since quite young. and i can even list you all the zodiacs in accordance. XDDD
oh, damn. soon~~~
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