100 Things About Me

  

 
1
 I have a mixed heritage of English, Dutch, German and Indian, aka Eurasian.  
2
 I was born in September and am a Virgo Dragon. One heck of a combination!
3
 I live with my parents who are will be 70 this year. They are both Tigers. Help!
4
 I have a sister, D, who's married and living in Memphis, TN, USA. We are very close. She's an Aquarian Monkey.
5
 I'm still single and looking...and enjoying the view.
6
 I run my own design/copywriting company. Just made a full-time career switch to another area in the design industy. Made yet another switch and am doing copywriting for a local design firm.
7
 I love animals especially dogs.
8
 I have had one who looked like a mini Lab. Murphy has since passed. Sob!
9
 I'm very allergic to cats. I go into sneezing fits when I'm around them or worse - I can't breathe. But I do love them.
10
 I love books. My favourite place to shop is a bookstore.
11
 I dream of being a writer of children's books and am taking steps in that direction.
12
 I have a thing for gadgets and gizmos. Especially anything to do with a Mac!
13
 I bought a PDA only to realise that I'm a pen-and-paper person.
14

I'm in love with Moleskines - what great notebooks.
15
 I own an iPod which is half full of songs.
16
 I'm have a G4 Powerbook with a 15 inch screen with 1.5GB RAM.
17
 My first Mac was the Classic. I was there when the revolution began.
18
 I studied design in the US and lived there for nearly 7 years during the Reagan years.
19
 I loved the 80's in the US. Everything then was so over-the-top.
20
 My first full-time job was in 1991 in a Singapore ad agency.
21
 I'm a movie buff especially of horror and sci-fi/fantasy movies.
22
 I've watched the Lord Of The Rings movies (on screen and DVD) about 10 times in all. Number 1: 5 times, Number 2: 3 times and Number 3: 2 times. Bought Number 3's extended DVD version and watched them back-to-back. Whew!
23
 I've done a 5 movie marathon in one sitting with a good friend who usually puts up with my craziness.
24
 My popcorn is usually a mix of sweet and salty. But if I had to choose one, then salty.
25
 I love nothing better than sitting down to a long meal with family and friends.
26
 My favourite foods are: Mediterranean, Japanese, Northern Indian and my mom's cooking.
27
 I'm a vodka and cranberry or lime girl. I'm not a fan of beer.
28
 My favourite kind of holiday is on a white shell beach by a turquoise blue sea like in the Maldives or Fiji!
29
 I love holidays where I can veg out completely and explore leisurely.
30
 I hate holidays that rush you through 13 countries in 10 days. Where's the fun in that?
31
 I want to visit Italy and Greece.
32
 Other places to must see one day: the rest of the British Isles (been to London), Spain, Russia, Turkey, Egypt, Tokyo, New Zealand, the Caribbean, Fiji/Tahiti and the Great Barrier Reef.
33
 I can either be relentlessly organised or an utter slob. The latter lasts a very short while, then stand back while I re-organise.
34
 A character on screen who best resembles my character? Monica from 'Friends'.
35
 My favourite character in that show was Joey.
36
 My favourite color is purple.
37
 I love jazz, R&B, soul and world music. I detest house, garage, techno... the stuff you hear at dance clubs.
38
 I love white flowers like magnolias, gardenias and jasmines.
39
 My least favourite chore is doing the laundry/ironing.
40
 I don't have a favourite chore. Is there such a thing?
41
 I've picked up crochet after a very long hiatus, thanks to my sister.
42
 I'm Catholic though not an actively practising one.
43
 My favourite holiday is Christmas.
44
 I love the smell of Christmas pineapple tarts and fruit cake baking in the oven. Nothing smells like home or Christmas more!
45
 I hate uptight, judgemental and malicious people. Just go away!
46
 I have low tolerance for stupid people. But I'm trying to do better.
47
 I do hold grudges but that too is easing.
48
 Not being 'right' agitates me. But I'll admit when I'm wrong. You just better be right. :-p
49
 I have a quick temper but control it well. Tears of anger usually spout when I do.
50
 I can't watch movies about animals especially dogs...I cry.
51
 I'm also a romantic and believe in finding my soulmate.
52
 I have been in love.
53
 I've been in an emotionally draining relationship. I only got through that with the help of a couple of very good friends who basically let me go to pieces for a few weeks before kicking me back into shape. You know who you are and I love you for it!
54
 I do procrastinate especially with deadlines.
55
 I get excited easily and try to drag everyone near into the whirlpool.
56
 I love rollercoasters. Been on the Demon Drop in Ohio and nearly peed with fright!
57
 I'd love to try bungee jumping one day. Want to join me?
58
 I've been skiing at night, fell and hurt my tailbone so badly that I couldn't sit, stand or walk properly for days. Never again!
59
 I love being indoors when it's snowing heavily outside (recalling winters abroad) or when its a thundering monsoon.
60
 I hate the hot season here when makeup melts as soon as you walk out the front door.
61
 I'd love to chase a tornado one day. And no! D, it's NOT dangerous.
62
 I hate saying "no" to friends and family, and that sometimes gets me in trouble.
63
 I love saying "no" to overly demanding and annoying clients.
64
 I have done work for a client and not been paid. That really sucked!
65
 I have done work for a client and been given $1000 as a 'thank you'.
66
 When I spot a star at night, I do make a wish.
67
 I believe that we are not alone in the universe and I want to meet them someday.
68
 I hate airports and hospitals. You go there to say 'goodbye'!
69
 I don't like chilli or anything too spicy. How can you taste or enjoy your food then?
70
 Favourite ice cream? Chocolate Raspbery Truffle from Baskin Robbins *orgasmic*, and Peppermint Chocolate Chip. And no Dad, it doesn't taste like toothpaste!!
71
 Favourite toppings? Nuts, nuts and chocolate sauce.
72
 Tiramisu is my other favourite dessert. Especially my mom's version. *Scrumptious!*
73
 I believe in the supernatural.
74
 I believe in past lives.
75
 My favourite scent is Chanel No. 5 and now Narciso Rodriguez.
76
 The smell of frying onions and chilli makes me sneeze.
77
 My favourite local fruits are the durian and mangos.
78
 My other favourite fruits are apples and strawberries.
79
 I love silver and white gold jewellery with real stones/minerals like moonstones, amber, amethyst, turquoise and topaz.
80
 I have 2 earrings in each ear lobe.
81
 I'm too chicken to get a tattoo unless I'm knocked out.
82
 I can cook a full Thanksgiving dinner complete with turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie.
83
 I don't have a favourite artist but there is a painting in the National Art Gallery in Washington DC entitled "A Young Girl and her Duenna" by a Spanish artist. It's larger than life and her eyes draw you in. It left me breathless.
84
 I love poetry: Dickinson, Yeats, Blake and Stevenson.
85
 My favourite English word is 'serendipity'.
86
 I have a diamond-shaped rose birthmark on my lower back.
87
 I have had allergic rhinitis - massive sneezing fits that last the whole day and leave me drained. Dust, mold, changes in air temperature sets me off. And I get it often. But strangely enough, I don't get it when I'm in the US. I saw an ENT doctor who prescribed some meds which after a couple of months, has let me breathe normally again. Touch wood!
88
 I collect sea-shells and pebbles from beaches around the world.
89
 I collect beads and make jewellery. Haven't had time in a long while.
90
 I believe a glass is half-full.
91
 I believe in destiny and the hereafter.
92
 I believe there are some friends you have for a season, some you have for a reason and others you have for a lifetime.
93
 I can't sit still in one spot and not do something.
94
 I love presents, especially those given without any reason.
95
 I'm protective of the ones I love. Sometimes, too much so.
96
 I think I was born a millennium too early.
97
 If given a chance, I would move to the US to live and work. I'm trying to make that happen now.
98
 I'd love to open a bookstore cum cafe one day. If I could do this with my sister, I'd call it Sisters' Books.
99
 I enjoy being on the open road with nothing on the horizon but sky.
100
 Everything here is subject to change without notice.