i’ve been tagged by kloudiia to share five things that most people didn’t know about me. now that’s a tough one. my life is pretty much like an open book except for the deepest and darkest secrets that i have (if i had any). but i ain’t about to shed light on them over here, am i?
nonetheless, here goes. think you already know everything about me? *hears echoes of “who cares?” and “boooooo”*
1. i am extremely clumsy. if someone tripped over a rock, knocked over a bookcase, spilled a bowl of curry all over you (or hot mocha, i’ve done both), or fell down on a busy street, legs sprawling in the air, chances are that person is me. in fact only last night at a gathering in pitstop café, i knocked over a penguin-shaped water cooler and made someone wet!
2. i bruise like a peach. this point is closely related to point 1. at any one time i have at least a bruise or a blister somewhere on my body, and i would have no recollection of how it got there. most of the time i wouldn’t even feel it until someone pointed out my nasty bruise. my friend fernando tried to recruit me into his gang of ultimate fighters one time. but then he changed his mind on knowing how easily i turn purple.
3. i had good grades in school. i scored an A* for all my subjects in the primary school leaving examination (PSLE), 8 distinctions out of 9 for the O levels in secondary school, 3 distinctions out of 4 for the A levels at junior college, and 1490/1600 for my SAT. wow, what a lot of bragging! then i got into university and flunked computer science of course. i barely made it out with a degree! damn!
4. i am fearless! well, except when it comes to any of the following:
- water — i have severe hydrophobia from a near-drowning incident when i was little. but hey, at least i’m not too chicken to bungy jump!
- lizards, cockroaches, centipedes, millipedes — actually to be more accurate, what i fear is that they may come into contact with me. i start shrieking like a little girl and running like a woman.
- death — too many places i haven’t been to. too many dreams unfulfilled. too many people i would have to leave. yes, i fear death indeed.
now, don’t anyone start giving me that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself” crap!
5. i still look out for stars at night. if there’s one thing i love seeing more than the beautiful places on god’s green earth, it is those little diamond studs sprinkled across an inky black sky. but we don’t really get a good view over here in singapore, do we?
that’s it! five things you didn’t know about me, and now you do! i shall tag another five people to do the same. it’ll be fun! come on, my fellow geeky bloggers!
tag, you’re it: Beni, chillycraps, DK, Merv, Pkchukiss
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goes by the name veron (english) or wanting (chinese). a definitive leo born august 1, 1984. a solo traveler. loves cats, coffee, sensual music, yummy food and technology. when she's not at her job as an IS developer for the government, she's likely to be out dining, or visiting an interesting art gallery or event.
I’m so glad that I came late yesterday. Else I might be the one getting wet. :P View all comments by DK
Haha damn funny. Each time I spill something, someone else gets it, lostin in this case. One time I met a cute guy in my tutorial, and we had breakfast together after that. I ended up dropping my hot mocha and spilling it all over his feet (and that was the first time he met me!). Instead of getting pissed with me, he was nice enough to buy me another mocha. Phew! View all comments by Veron
Hey girl
Well, I’m not rubbing salt into the wound here, but it feels darn good that I’m not the only one knocking things down or knocking myself into big objects hahaha :D I’m with you on Pts 1 & 2 too! Oh gosh. But on top of bruises, I get cuts, and they leave scars on my skin which takes years to fade. Damn!
Hmm… I love stars too…
And to end this, I’m gonna leave you with this quote for you to mull over:
“There’s nothing to fear, but fear itself” hahaha :D View all comments by Dating Specialist
dot dot dot… argh I got tagged!
but then, it saves me the trouble to think of what new topic to blog about. =P View all comments by chillycraps
Hey Veron, I also often get bruises out of nowhere and did not realised until I accidentally pressed on it, and I will bump onto the door, the wall, the cabinet and nearly caused my shelf load of books to fall onto my pc… *sweat* View all comments by Xanthe
That is a good way to leave a lasting impression.
I bet that guy still remember you till this day. :D View all comments by DK
shall share some of my clumsy moment to make you feel better~
i always go through glass doors by pushing the door and walking at the same time, but there are times when i pushed the glass doors, but by virtue of the fact that i’m lousy and haven’t enough arm strength, the door doesn’t open but i still kept walking, and rammed myself right into the door. did it three times, all three times in public areas, once at starbucks, one at citylink mall, and the last one at the university health and wellness centre.
i also periodically ram my big toe into those grooves along the ground and trip over drains and humps and those small steps. that’s why i hate science. the ground there isn’t smooth as arts.
haha… feeling better now? at least you aren’t the clumsiest person around~ View all comments by xxoos
Man… Just had time to sit down and read. Just saw your tag and hey, am so gonna do it now that i’m finally in the office haha! View all comments by mervkwok
Dating Specialist: Those cuts and scars sound nasty! And you just have to leave me with a quote, don’t you? :P
chillycraps: You’re welcome!
Xanthe: You and I both!
DK: I’ll bet he does, the same way I remember him, but not exactly the same way.
xxoos: Hahaha we sure have many clumsy people around here. Phew! The glass door thing sounds pretty rare though. The closest encounter I had would be the time I walked right into a full-length glass window because I didn’t know it was there!
mervkwok: Hey, I tagged you for a reason. I know you won’t disappoint :) View all comments by Veron
Hello veron, have been reading your blog for quite sometime, dun mind if i link u thru my blog?
keep up ur postings~ enjoys reading them :)
Cheers View all comments by nicole
Link away! Thanks girl :) View all comments by Veron
Hey you forgot to tag the next 5 people! View all comments by DT
Just happened to chance upon your blog yesterday. Today, 8 Feb 07, I was reading the TODAY papers and on page 52, I was quite surprised to see the same castle as featured in your design. Kind of Spooky! …. anyway good layout and content. :) View all comments by ghosthack
I see that many others before me has got the part on your (and their) clumsiness very well covered, so I won’t go there anymore.
Well, no matter how badly you did for uni, this website is a testimony to the fact that you have achieved much more than what some of your peers would ever!
I’m sure many of those who scored distinctions in uni those days are slogging away in some office somewhere right now! Not the kind of life you would want, right? :) View all comments by think2ink
DT: Haha I already did! In fact I wanted to tag you, but thought it wouldn’t be relevant subject matter for your awesome designer blog.
ghosthack: The castle is the Schloss Neuschwanstein in Germany. It’s world famous and I’m not surprised it appeared in the Today paper :)
think2ink: Whoa, now it sure seems like I can never shut down this site! View all comments by Veron
If you ever shut this site down, many people will be REALLY upset! So for your own sanity and ours, do us a (BIG) favour and keep blogging please? :) View all comments by think2ink
Heheh, thanks but aiyo so paisei, must not tell everyone hor? View all comments by DT
There are a few nice places close to city area for star gazing at night. One is 5 mins drive from Media Corp and the other is just 3 mins drive from British Council. Now, all you need is the right companion for star gazing. View all comments by Kevin
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Hey Veron, finished the tag! Haha, I didn’t noticed that I got tagged until my colleagues pointed it out to me. Here’s my homework! View all comments by pkchukiss
There are stars in our sky all the time actually… it’s just that our city is too bright for your eyes to see most of the stars… quite sad actually. View all comments by Dave
We all know that. It’s called light pollution. View all comments by Veron
Okay! Looks like I’m it. Thnx :) But first let me figure out what this tagging thing is. I’m assuming it’s something like hyperlinks. Duh! Time I caught with the times. Also, let’s see if there’s ANY one thing that people don’t know about me. View all comments by Beni
Dude I can already think of a few things about you that I’m sure most people would find very surprising. I know I did. View all comments by Veron
i thought one secret is that you want to be a mac user, but dare not take the plunge. hehe.. View all comments by Keropok Man
Haha it’s no longer a secret ever since I sort of announced it on ping.sg. View all comments by Veron
hi, thought i wanted to say that you made me laugh when you wrote that “the only thing that we have to fear is fear itself” is crap. absolutely, because that maxim is nothing but some fanciful tautology which some idiot thought up without any substance whatsoever.. View all comments by hylas
I know! I don’t see the logic behind it. Yet this quote is everywhere! View all comments by Veron
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