[Play-Tag ♟] 20 Facts about me

Tagged by 2 of my good friends (Kityee and Alicia), I've decided to do a blog post instead of spamming my Instagram account with facts about myself.

Here is 20 Facts about me:

Fact #1: I am an independent person and have a certain strong stand of my own life principles (to which I'd make sure I would not cross the border line I set for myself) which indirectly makes me set a high expectation on myself and be hard on myself to achieve that something.

Fact #2: I used to be extremely shy and is a person with almost no words until my Form 1 teacher decides to put me with the noisiest girl in class and we end up being best friends but I was still a little too quiet >.< Being shy, I'm definitely an introvert ~.~ I don't mind doing things alone although I can talk, mix around and possesses good communication skills but will need some me-time after that. Socializing to me is energy draining.

Fact #3: I may not look friendly/warmly enough to approach to the extend I do get peeps telling my I seem cold, serious and fierce. But the truth is I just need some time to open up to people... then you'd see that I'm actually abit funny and not serious at all (unless you cross me lol) plus I think of myself as a good friend who'd stand with you no matter what.

Fact #4: I'm a superfan of Disney's The Lion King to the extreme that I can recite parts of the animation scenes perfectly and know all the soundtracks by heart. I even named my dog "Kouvo" which is a character from The Lion King 2 because he's black and I couldn't name him Simba =.=

Kouvo, the dog-with-a-fictional-lion-name and he totally adores me hehe

Fact #5: I'm a dog-person. Not only I love dogs but I also practically grew up with dogs: A fierce black dog when I was at toddler stage, dalmatians when I was at kinder to middle-school stage, terriers when I was at high-school stage and finally have my own dog at 16 (where I learn the hard way that taking full responsibility on my pet is really difficult)

Fact #06: I tend to show extreme interest toward Korean Culture and Language as a result of having a close Korean family-friend since young, thus I'm exposed to the Korean language and food like all my life. I pick up Korean language due to this particular reason and not because of the hallyu wave and K-pop~ and yes, I can converse in a little Korean and still learning

Fact #07: I ultimately love Kimchi (to the extend of 김치하고김 있지만 밥을 먹어 됐습니다Although there's only kimchi and seaweed, I could already have a meal) and Korean food is best~~~ I even go the extra mile to learn how to make 김장 (Kimchi Making), 반찬 (Korean side-dishes) and other main dishes.

Fact #08: I was made Head Girl in Form 6 but happen to be an ordinary student who mostly broke rules in high school and thinks prefect are somewhat useless...

A blurry low quality picture but brings lotsa' memories of our school days

Fact #09: I am taken by this boy from the prefectorial board who happen to be my direct 'senior' during probation period and thereafter I became his direct 'senior' in Form 6... do the math, yes I'm in a 언니-동생 relationship (where the guy is younger compared to the girl) Fate is really a weird thing...

Fact #10: I have an unexplained obsession toward planes and wish I was on a pilot career track. I love airports and would go there just to plane watch then wonder and read about the mechanics of planes and hopefully someday I can be financially fit to get a PPL.

Fact #11: I have a rather complex family background. Period

Fact #12: I'm a fresh seafood lover! Especially towards raw salmon, raw squid, raw oysters, raw raw raw... whatever that is classified under the sashimi and seafood category are my FAV! My course-mates have seen this insane part of me because all I really ate was raw food throughout the night >_<

*Drools* just at the sight of it! 

Fact #13: I'm all for extreme sports and whatever that keeps the adrenaline oozing. Its a shame I'm no rich kid or I'll already be on my way for extreme wet-parks or theme-parks, bungee jump, G-force, diving... all other you can name ^-^

Fact #14: I can loop a single track (that is new and caught my attention) for a few days straight or stay plug-in to my mp3 all day long and even to bedtime until I once have a roommate who said this to me, "Someday you might get deaf with all the music directed into your ear all the time". Truth is I'm already a little deaf with all the band practice and besides music helps me concentrate. A lot. Better.

Fact #15: I started-off learning Yamaha's Electone at a decently young age (which is a japanese syllabus for the organ instrument) and only pick-up piano at age 13. Ironically, I'm turn out to be a piano teacher instead although my piano basics are not strong and definitely had better skills with the Electone [Teacher will work 10x harder~] and I still want to learn other instruments can?

Should it be violin or cello? 

Fact #16: I seldom visit the cinema. But when I do its because there's an interesting animation from Dreamworks/Disneys/Pixars (because I love cartoons) otherwise its definitely a top box-office movie!

Fact #17: I have weird sleeping habits. I'm a heavy-sleeper in familiar environments and would press the snooze button so I could get that wee bit more sleep and there is no 'nap' in my dictionary 'coz my naps could go up to 3-4 hours but... becomes a light-sleeper in unfamiliar environments including in transportation T_T

Fact #18: I have broad shoulders and arms (which becomes a difficulty in clothing shopping) thanks to the all the training for swimming and tennis since young but they are the two sports I like best!

Fact #19: I drive a manual car up and am a lady drive with some awesome-pawsome driving skills (angkat bakul sendiri) I even sometimes internally curse other drivers + lady drivers as if I'm not one *whoops* --- until I did my internship last year and got stuck in traffic for some 2.5 hours daily I guess its time to get an Auto car with all this KL madness~~

Fact #20: I'm a proud banana thanks to my English-ed family background and only speak hokkien to the elder gen. I speak almost no chinese until I was selected for National Service and couldn't make any 'C' friends because of this fact. Thankfully, I meet some good friends who is willing to accept my banana-ness and teach me some along the way. There after, most of my chinese speaking skill I have today is from the humble teaching of friends and chinese dramas. Lots and lots of dramas.


Among the listed facts, how much have you already known?

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