25 Things about me

I've seen the 25 random things tag on facebook that has been circulating around and it didn't catch my attention until I read my brother's. Then I realised I really dunno a whole lot about him. So here I attempt to have my own version of the 25 random things about me.

1) Mum, Dad and my brother are the 3 greatest rolemodels in my life, whom which sum up who I am today. I always think I've got problem-solving and logical thinking from my dad while I've got the abstract thinking and sensitivity from my mum.

2) I follow my brother foot steps in many many things that I do. Usually, I couldn't do it as well as he does but I'm very happy with the things that I did and partially thankful that I'm not as good as he is or else I would've felt obligated to fulfil those potentials. These things include maths, soccer, badminton, athletics, mindgames, photography, carpentry and many other outdoor activites eg. rockclimbing, kayaking, bush walking, cycling, skiing, sailing, etc.

3) In yr 2003, I walked 100.3 km at Wombat state forest within 24 hrs. That was the first time I see a live full adult size red kangaroo jumping right past my face. In yr 2005, I cycled over 200km around Port Phillips bay under 12 hrs in a cycling event 'Around the bay in a day'. I was the last person to have gone over the Westgate bridge on the day and hence the last person to complete the event on the day. My bike computer registered 228.69km on that day. I would now like to attempt a 400+km drive under 6 hrs, hopefully in 2009.

4) I'm shortsighted with -6.25 (RHS) and -5.75 (LHS) and I also have astigmatism. It's a misconception that I'm a nerd because I wear thick glasses. I have poor eyesight owing to the genetic factor and my habit of watching TV in the dark when I was little in fear of waking my parents up. I've worn my glasses for over 15 yrs.

5) My last contact with girls before Uni was back in kindergarden given that I've been through all-boys primary and highschool. I remember being matched with one girl in second yr kindergarden whom I was teased about as being my gf. Her nickname was Nina.

6) I'm a Buddhist even though I went to christian primary and secondary school. During the 6 yrs in highschool, I had at least 4 bible readings every week, including half an hr chapel service on Sunday. I found that the more services I attended, the more repelled from christianity I felt.

7) I've only ever got one gf in my life despite what people around me think. I'm quite picky, like how I am with other aspects of my life.

8) I've been lazy all my life. My occasional displays of diligence almost always initiated from 'lazy' motives. It's always about achieving optimal results with minimal input and don't talk to me about doing things the last minute.

9) I enjoy reading quite a variety of novels but romantic novels are usually my preference when I want to relax my brain. My favourite romantic novel authors are Nicholas Sparks and กิ่งฉัตร (Thai novels). My life changing book is 'Ice Station' by Matthew Reilly which is the only book I've personally gone to ask for the author's autograph in my copy of the book.

10) I think I have a big personal space. I like doing things by myself and sometimes I can live by myself for a month without much human contact at all.

11) I used to grow up thinking my whole family is fat. Coincidentally, my mum nicknamed me 'Pui' which means chubby or fat in Hokkien.

12) I'm a very self-centered person. I have problem accepting what my mind doesn't like, to the point that I develop a way of tricking my brain into accepting things.

13) I live my life in patterns and so I have the urge to organise things into blocks, physically and imaginatively. I also have a fear of forgeting things which doesn't go well with my poor short term memory. I usually do a quick room sweep before leaving and I get caught up when I lost something as simple as a pen. I often forget what I want to say or do and am quite dependent on reminder notes. I used to get very upset when my mum washed away the 'notes' I accidentally left in my jeans' pocket.

14) I once thought that I would never grow out of playing games. I usually play computer games because I never own a PS, Nintendo, X-Box, Wii, etc. At 19, I got over it and stopped playing computer games. Now I only limit myself to boardgames.

15) I like drawing although I used to be terrible at it. I owe my dexterity to a comic called 'Conan' which I secretly bought with my lunch money behind my mum when I was little. Sketching Conan's character was how I started drawing but now I mainly sketch portraits. I still sux.

16) I have many regrets in life. I've done some terrible things the first few years away from home and I upset many ppl along the way. I think leaving home early was how I learnt to be a bit more considerate towards others.

17) I have a hunch back before starting dentistry due to my reading-in-bed habit.

18) I have numeral scars on my bodies. One on my head and one on my right wrist from broken window glass. One on the back of my right hand where a small greenish lump was excised. 2 on my right elbow from two seperate falls off the bike. A few on my left ankle and foot from a fall off a big rock.

19) Before 2007, I never thought Facebook could become the thing like many others of its kind such as Tagged, Multiply, Hi5 etc.

20) I own my first mobile phone in 1st year uni, the one which I'm still using today. I never own a pager, bluetooth or any other gadgets that became popular from time to time except a 30GB Ipod video.

21) I had my near death experience in Dec 2004 when I returned from phuket less than 24 hrs before Tsunami wiped the whole beach and most things 3km in land. I took a picture as I was walking on the pier without knowing that it would never be the same again.

22) I considered myself to be a lucky person. I was lucky even before I was born. My parents wanted 2 kids and my mum had a miscarriage before having my brother. I've almost never been born but I'm glad I'm my mum's boy for every minutes of my life.

23) I think that since it's my 23rd birthday, I shall end this 25 random things at 23.