7 things about me you didn't know
We have first snow today! Bummer :( [Manju, do you wanna change?]
The incredibly talented Mauritian blogger Manju dared me to write 7 things about me you didn't know before. Manju says that according to the rules of this award I'm supposed to tell you 7 things you might not know about me, and then tag 7 other creative bloggers to do the same. So here are 7 random things about me you didn't know before:
1 When I was 3 years old, I already knew how to spell, read and calculate to 10. I was considered a prodigy in that regard. Mum told me that her colleagues, who came to visit us, couldn't believe their eyes, when they saw me reading from the newspaper fluently. Keep in mind that the language was Slovenian, which uses 1 letter for 1 sound. Nevertheless, it was still exceptional. [I do wonder now where my genius went after that... -_-]
2 Although I speak German fluently and I have a Bachelor's degree in German language and literature, up until today I have never been in Germany. [Ok, before you start tearing out your hair like a crazy professor, let me tell you that I live 1km away from the border with Austria, which is also a German speaking country. I'm sure I've been in Austria more than hundred times.]
3 Last year I would stay up very late just to listen to an Obama speech, which was broadcast live during prime time in America, but due to the difference in time, it was aired at 3 or 4am in Europe. Yes, I could! And yes, that's how much I believe[d] in that man.
4 I never dated someone from my hometown.
5 I collect chopsticks.
6 I'm allergic to pollen, so every spring [usually from February to June] is my worst time of the year. I sneeze every day, my nose and eyes are red, it feels like a constant flu. That's one of the reasons I felt so good in the tropical Malaysia and Singapore, because I'm only allergic to the blossoms in our climate with 4 seasons. And it would be one of the reasons for me to consider emigrating and settling in a warmer [allergy-free] place [most likely in Asia].
7 I hate reading books. I would read a book only, if it was really really necessary. I do read a lot of stuff though, but online.
Now, don't worry, I won't tag anyone, but you can do the same list, if you want. And sorry, I didn't reveal anything scandalous here. Hope you know a bit more about me now :)
Now, don't worry, I won't tag anyone, but you can do the same list, if you want. And sorry, I didn't reveal anything scandalous here. Hope you know a bit more about me now :)
50 KAFKAESQUE COMMENTS:
chopsticks? why?
November 3, 2009 6:56 PM
Harini Because I like them :) And when I traveled around Asia, I bought all kinds of them, of course not the normal ones, but those made of special wood or decorated nicely.
November 3, 2009 7:05 PM
why not allergic to stinky smell? LOL.
November 3, 2009 7:59 PM
Stefanie
That would be the number 8, haha..
November 3, 2009 8:04 PM
You know it right? I read your posts about Malaysia. Saw the disgusting thing about the couple. It's seriously sick. It's okay to be No.8. Haha!
November 3, 2009 8:26 PM
Stefanie
Well, that was just 1 thing, that could happen anywhere :) I love Malaysia with all it's flaws, hehe. Glad you're reading my old posts. Yea, maybe next time I write 8 things about me you didn't know and I can add some crazy stuff like that, hehe.
November 3, 2009 8:33 PM
aha! u mentioned something that triggered my memory!
point 4 :D
November 3, 2009 8:40 PM
Oh my you were a child genius! I reckon some of that brilliance is still seen in your writings today :)
Haha so you could be considered a linguist.. what other languages do you speak besides German? Any Asian ones since you might move there? (see u in Singapore perhaps!)
November 3, 2009 8:46 PM
i collect books and never read chopsticks...we're all different eh? :)
November 3, 2009 8:51 PM
Sharon
Haha.. you also never dated a guy from Penang? OMG, neither did I :P
Dawn
Ah, Dawn, thanks for your compliments and thanks for stopping by at my humble blog *blushes
Well, I do speak a little Mandarin and it's enough to make Chinese girls giggle, hehe. I'm still learning though, it's the hardest language I ever tried to master :)
Thanks again and your comment made my day :)
November 3, 2009 8:52 PM
Ax
Undoubtedly different, but that's what makes us great, right? Different age, nationality, interests, yet we connect through blogging :)
November 3, 2009 8:53 PM
i tot you will stay up to watch some korean babe's concert or something hahah!!!
i bought a lot of chopsticks from china!
November 3, 2009 9:03 PM
Ok and make sure it's in your list too. Hehe. Anyway, thanks for loving MALAYSIA! :)
November 3, 2009 9:14 PM
zewt
Hahaha.. sorry, but you have the wrong impression of me :P I'm not that crazy about Korean singers, ok? :P
Really, you found chopsticks in China? I thought they're so advanced now, the government enforced the usage of forks :P Kidding..
November 3, 2009 9:15 PM
Stefanie
If I get more lovely Malaysian commentators like you, I might love Malaysia even more :)
Which part of M'sia are you from, btw?
November 3, 2009 9:16 PM
The capital. :)
Again, you're most welcome.
November 3, 2009 9:19 PM
did you make a snowman? :D
Yes yes plzzzz let's swap
It was so disgustingly hot today, i thought i was going to have a heat stroke T__T
Lmao, i thought men only stayed up till 3-4am either to play war of warcraft or to watch porn haha
Handy little tip: try putting vaseline around your nostrils in spring, the pollen will get stuck and you won't breathe it in.
November 3, 2009 10:33 PM
Hmm...I'm the opposite though...I like reading books, but hate reading long text online...that's why I'm always delaying reading posts which are interesting to me but is like a chapter from a textbook :P
P.S. I love metal korean chopsticks.
November 3, 2009 10:50 PM
not only guy from penang but from msia as well >_<
November 3, 2009 11:07 PM
Stefanie
KL rocks :)
Manju
Hahaha.. no, I didn't make a snowman and yea, I'd swap instantly :) I don't watch porn and *cough I never lie :P Ok, I don't watch porn that late, that's really true :) Ehm, thanks about that vaseline tip [why did this just sound weird, hahaha]
The Envoy
Ah, we're different when it comes to reading, but we have a thing for chopsticks :P
Sharon
Wow, I did date a girl from my country, you top me in this regard, hehe :P
November 3, 2009 11:56 PM
You were quick to do the tag!
Reading book is good! Most guys I know don't like reading books and yet they enjoy reading online! o_O Any explanation for that Sherlock?
November 4, 2009 3:02 AM
what's wrong with the girls from your hometown? or is it just because you find other girls exotic? :P
November 4, 2009 3:04 AM
Angele
I have no idea, but I'm still on the case, hehe...
Girl in stiletto
Well, when I was a teen, I was too shy, I started dating when I was studying at the university and that was not in my hometown :P And later love led me to Asia, but that's a whole nother story ;)
November 4, 2009 3:09 AM
hey cake-man! :P just kidding...
never dated anyone from my hometown as well, it's a boring place anyway :P haha
I'm allergic to pollen too, it's really annoying, esp. this year was bad! love to be abroad, where I don't have that much trouble with that!
I've never been to austria or slovenia.. hmm... it's not even far from the netherlands! been to germany a few times though I don't speak any german. No wait, I do, a little tiny bit, I've forgotten so much from high school! I think I'd understand a lot of it, reading and all, but really speaking would be a nono!
loves
November 4, 2009 5:04 AM
Shirley
It's a small world, huh? We have some things in common, but I do wish there was a cure for our annoying allergy >.< Yea, this year was really bad.. and I been thru a break up this spring, so it was quite a tough time all together for me... -_-
I thought you Dutch all speak a little German, but I see that most are more fluent in English. You know, I almost learned Dutch during my time at the uni. We had to choose between Swedish or Dutch, I chose Swedish... which turned out to be so hard and complicated. I had it 2 years and now I don't know how to speak at all...
November 4, 2009 5:28 AM
Hi, landed here via ShingoT's blog.
#5 - that's a strange hobby collecting chopsticks. Were there many intriguing chopsticks to collect in your hometown? Or you're collecting it in Msia?
#6 - I sneezed everyday, 365/24/7 when I lived in Malaysia. I grew up in Msia. When I left to live in the southern hemisphere, I stopped sneezing all together! That's so different to what you've experienced.
November 4, 2009 8:09 AM
You still have genius on language ah, I mean it, as least you understand what I'm talking about. And it's funny that you haven't been to Germany before but speak German fluently. I just can say: "So cool!"
I guess now your readers know you collect chopsticks, so maybe they would send you chopsticks as your birthday or Christmas gifts, and then you will have a chopstick mountain. hehe.
November 4, 2009 2:43 PM
Ai Shang
Thanks for dropping by. Always welcome :) I started buying some in Singapore, Malaysia and HK during my travels and a Japanese friend send me some. They're all a bit more expensive with some nice ornaments.
Hehe, I never sneezed in Malaysia, always felt great :)
LilyChen
Haha.. yea, I understand you :P Oh no, that wasn't my intention. Nobody should send me chopsticks, hehe :P
November 4, 2009 5:19 PM
You have a Bachelor's Degree in German language? That is amazing. You should have added on to that Asian language or Asian Literature. Do you know how to use chopsticks? My mom is full chinese, and I'm half but yet, I don't know how to use them. And you should move to Asia, the weather here would be perfect for you. =)
November 4, 2009 8:01 PM
Mel
Thank you. But by the time I started to study, I wasn't into Asian languages at all :) I know how to use chopsticks, yes. Well, I might move to Asia indeed, shall see how it goes :)
November 4, 2009 8:37 PM
yeah...cool. You should really emigrate to Malaysia or Singapore. You'll love it there...especially the weather..
Haha..apparently I am having something against the countries with 4 seasons. *ah hem..*
November 4, 2009 9:22 PM
Erny
I almost ended up in Malaysia, but it wasn't meant to be.. -_- Who knows where I'll be in the future. Yea, I'm not a fan of 4 seasons, either.
November 4, 2009 9:58 PM
You hate reading books????!!!
You HATE reading books?????!!!!!!!!!
OMG!!!!!!!
November 5, 2009 12:21 AM
Sabrina
Oops, now I feel a bit odd. Is that so scandalous? Sorry, I just read online. Books are not my cup of tea :S
November 5, 2009 12:27 AM
Cool, interesting facts bout u.
November 6, 2009 1:15 AM
Vampie
Thank you ^^
November 6, 2009 1:19 AM
don't fool me, you're about to come back to this region for the ladiessss lol pollen what..hahaha
I'm kidding ;)
How come you know so many languages? I'm jealous. I need to learn Spanish!
November 6, 2009 3:26 AM
number 5 is quite interesting...i cant say i've heard that one before
November 6, 2009 4:42 AM
Andhari
Well, I said it would be one of the reason, not main reason, haha :P You know me well, Lo, but ladiessss is wrong. I usually go, because of 1 lady :P I'm not a playa ;)
misscindee
Well, it's not like I'm crazy about collecting chopsticks, but quite many came together in the recent years and now I collect them :)
November 6, 2009 5:23 AM
I love chopsticks tooo... except that I never had the good idea of collecting them :D I'd like to do that too, if you don't mind me stealing ur idea? :D hehehe
And wow at speaking german fluently!! I spent 3 years learning german and I can clearly announce that I can't recall anything from it except from the basics "Guten Tag"...lol. I was such a bum! :D hehe
Nice blog by the way :)
Cheers!
xxx
November 6, 2009 10:47 AM
Manju's just making you blurt out your secrets to us. =p
Why am I not surprised that you were a child genius? I could tell from the way you write.
I know why you don't like hometown gals. That's because you have this thing for Asian gals. Haha.
November 6, 2009 2:59 PM
U hate reading books, student life must've been a real 'joy'.
November 6, 2009 4:05 PM
JaMie
Sure, why not. I don't hold the rights to this idea, hehe. Well, I did learn German as a kid already thru TV, so my situation is a bit different :) Thanks for dropping by at my blog :)
Shingo T
It's not like I wrote big secrets, don't worry :)
Well, as for Asia, my interest started 5 years ago, before I dated a girl from my country, she just wasn't from my hometown :)
November 6, 2009 4:08 PM
pinkpurplelizard
Haha, especially if you keep in mind, that I had 4 years of literature and more than 100 books to read -_-
November 6, 2009 4:12 PM
Amigo, I think I might have a go at this too.
:)
But like you, I don't think I have anything scandalous to show. ;p
November 8, 2009 1:48 AM
Amiga
Great! Try this, it's fun. And I'm very curious about the things I don't know. I'll be the 1st to comment :)
November 8, 2009 1:51 AM
collect chopsticks?? u r so cute!
cuz it sounds to me only girls does this kind of stuffs. haha
November 8, 2009 2:32 PM
Adeline
Haha, thanks. But for me was more the cultural aspect, not the cuteness :P
November 8, 2009 7:19 PM
hahaha... sourvenirs...
November 14, 2009 11:10 AM
zewt
LOL!
November 14, 2009 5:53 PM
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