Dig A Little Deeper

It's time to get up close and personal. 20 Facts You Didn't Know About Me.

1. I currently live with my parents. If I were to use animals to describe what they are like, my mom would be a mama parrot because of all her squawking and her colourful personality, and my dad would be a papa bear because he is protective over his cubs and generally only angry when provoked.

2. Where I live, it is practically winter six months out of the year, so I always tell myself that winter is my favorite season hoping I could trick my brain into believing that, and then miraculously loving winter under that illusion. But truthfully, that has yet to happen and I doubt it will ever happen.

3. My all time happy place is Walt Disney World--a walking cliche, I know. But I can't help it! No matter how many times I go, there is always something different to make it even better than the last. For example, I went for my fourth time last summer with all my relatives from my mom's side. And I mean ALL my relatives. There were altogether over forty of us, so imagine an outbreak of loud and obnoxious Chinese tourists in Magic Kingdom and you got my family. By no means am I generalizing all Chinese People to be loud and obnoxious, but I definitely can vouch that my family... is.

4. Speaking of Disney World, my fantasy dream job is to be Belle from Beauty and the Beast. She is my absolute favourite Princess and when I got to dance with her last summer I nearly died of a heart attack. No, I actually didn't, but I did cry everyone a river. As embarrassing as it was--being a twenty something adult crying in front of a crowd of families because I saw Belle--is a memory I will never forget.

5. I am very impulsive and my attention span is that of Dory from Finding Nemo. This fact has caused me much havoc in my many years of living and I can safely say I don't have a filter in my head, nor do I think before I speak. My impulsive spending is something I am trying to work on, but like any addiction, it is three steps forward and one step back. What can I say? Nobody is perfect!

6. I have not been diagnosed this, but I have a strong suspicion that I am partially deaf. I can't hear frequencies that people my age should normally be able to detect, and I always pretend I can hear what people are saying when I really can't. All I do is nod along and laugh when everybody else is laughing. However, this mild deafness of mine does come in handy when my mom decides to yell sweet nothings into my ear during... all the darn time. 

7. I am allergic to bananas. This is a fact because I had the biggest reaction the last time I ever ate a banana. Swollen face, numbness, difficulty breathing, the whole nine yards. People always laugh and say I'm making it up because they have never heard of anyone with a banana allergy, and it doesn't help that I have never liked bananas. They'll regret it when they see my obituary in the paper because of a reaction.

8. My younger sister and I are almost six years apart, but we can pass of as twins. That, or people always assume I'm the younger one because I look younger than my age and she looks much older than her age. From what I can remember, there has only been ONCE that someone guessed correctly. My secret to staying youthful? I... it's a secret. 

9. Sometimes I just lie on the floor. Maybe it's a weird thing, maybe it's not, but when the world starts to spin around me, I find that the best remedy is to just lie on the floor. I stare at the ceiling, hear my own heartbeat, and just pretend that everything is okay even for just a passing moment. Other times I like to lie on the floor to annoy people because I get in their way. Luckily nobody has ever stepped on me before, with the exception of my dog. She enjoys prancing on my stomach when I lay on the floor. 

10. I can't say I enjoy this, but I in my mind I play fashion police. When I walk past girls on the street I have a tendency to examine them from top to toe their outfits. Not for the purpose of judging, of course! Everyone has something to express through their clothing, so it's a neat little way to get a first impression of who they are, even if they are just strangers on the street. However, I do admit that sometimes a little judgement here and there passes through the gate and I make a mental note to never pair leopard print pants with pink UGGS.

11. On fashion, I'm the type of girl to change outfits if someone else is wearing what I'm wearing. Or I ask them to change. That is very unkind, I know, but I find it awkwardly hard to be in a room with another girl wearing the same t-shirt as me. It happens sometimes and I have learnt to deal with it if nothing can be done, but I would much rather avoid it as much as possible.

12. I had no backbone in Elementary and Junior High. I let everybody walk over me and did what they always asked. I never said no when fellow classmates demanded me to do their homework or write their name on my assignments. Throughout Elementary I never got to enjoy recesses because this one girl always made me push her on the tire swings and never gave me a chance to ride it. It definitely sucked.

13. I am admittedly one heck of a picky eater, which is quite the contrast to my mom who eats absolutely everything, and earned herself the nickname 'trash can' (not saying she is garbage!). On the other hand, instead of an extensive list of what not to eat, chicken is unquestionably my favourite food to eat, whether it be fried chicken, chicken pot pie, or chicken alfredo pizza.

14. Not sure if this is a positive or negative trait of mine, but I am very good at manipulating people into doing what I want, or to believe whatever I say. Would I call that lying? No, probably not. Especially during games where deception is required I usually win. In the end, if I'm a bad guy, the bad guys always win.

15. I am a certified wedding planner! I was one of those little girls who always dreamt of their wedding, and I presently still do. It's not that I am desperate--with a lack of a better word--to get married, I'm just passionate about weddings in general. I'm a sap when it comes to the vibrant ambiance of parties, and weddings are just so exuberant that I fall head over heels in love with them!

16. If I was given a free trip to anywhere in the world, I would go to New York. I know there are lots of places to visit and a lot of things to see in the world, but at the end of the day, it is on my before-I-get-married bucket list and I want to check it off sooner rather than later. I feel like I have this romantic and idealistic image of New York fabricated in my mind, but in reality maybe there's nothing special about it at all. Well, that's certainly something for me to find out when I do visit the Big Apple.

17. I can't stand horrible drivers. There's a difference between being safe and being stupid. It's a wonder half the people who drive passed their driving test in the first place! I don't even know what the standard is anymore and that makes me cringe. Maybe people don't know it, but driving etiquette exists in real life. If you're driving 80km/h at a maximum 60 on the first heavy snowfall of the year, do NOT roll down your window and yell at the poor soul driving at speed limit because they're being safe for themselves and everyone around them! Do NOT turn into my lane on a double lane turn. I can list more, but that's another post in itself. 

18. There's something about feet that grosses me out. I do not like feet. It's the worst during summer months when everybody is wearing flip flops and sandals. I can't look at other people's feet, not even my own. And I definitely cannot touch feet, nor have mine touched. I wonder what a pedicure feels like, but the idea of having my feet touched is an immediate turn off. 

19. They say everybody is a winner. But I say, there can only be one winner. Yes, I can get a little over the top with my competitive streak. I don't like losing, period. Who does? I know I have to tone it down when I get upset about losing in a friendly competition. But a competition is a competition! I have come close to flipping tables, but as far as being crazy goes, I've only flipped game boards and ripped playing cards.

20. The majority of people probably grew up with an older role model or figure head, whether it be a friend, older sister, or a celebrity. For me, it's my strong and beautiful grandma--my favourite person in the whole wide world. My parents were always working back in the days, so it was my grandma who took care of me and all my cousins. She took me to school, waited for me after school, and fed me dinner every single day. If anything happens to her... I think my world would fall apart.