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Was asked a question on FormSpring that I found interesting, but didn't want to answer there. It went like this, "What are 5 thing about you that most people don't know?". A wee bit too private for FormSpring, because I'm pretty open about loads of stuff? To the extent that if most people don't know about it, its probably super random or super embarrassing. Keep in mind that I'm from an Asian culture where oversharing is deemed inappropriate most of the time. Anyhow, felt it might be a nice change to the feel of my blog and decided to post!

In no particular order:

1) Hot water baths. I need them to survive. Yes I use to be from an organisation that had me camping out and surviving on cold water for weeks, but that was something like 7 years ago. Nowadays, I cannot live with no hot water. Its a horrible weakness and people are bound to comment about how diva-esque I am but I don't care. I sleep without air-conditioning. I sometimes sleep without the fan even. I usually only shower once a day, unless I'm stinky or sticky. So let me enjoy my wasteful hot water. We all need some creature comfort to remind us of our careful masks of civilisation or veneers of civility. Hot water makes me happy. It makes me feel clean and comfortable. I will probably never willingly go to a place without hot water. I dare you to bring out the pitchforks and judge away.

2) Smells. I've very strong opinions on scents. I adore the scent of Chinese ink! Ink for painting and/or writing? Fantabulous! And certain books, especially library books smell awesome. Fresh food always smells fabulous. Apples too! I like the smell of the sea, and of the air as rain and thunderclouds gather, especially in the night. Clean soil smells good too, but only natural soil and not those that have been pumped full of fertilizer or are processed with something. I utterly abhor the smell of lavender. It is supposed to be a relaxing smell but it just reminds me of something icky and almost spoilt. No idea why but it makes me want to run away. Far far away. Musky male colognes make me want to hurl. No guy who uses a musky cologne will ever get within arms length of me. Repulsive.

3) This is way oversharing, but heck. Strangely enough, I always suffer from ingrown hair. I get them on my arms, my thighs, my calves, my chest... my tummy even! Which is why I don't shave nor wax. I can't to be exact, because it makes things really horrible. I need to exfoliate constantly and all... body maintenance has to be done minimally. Yeah, I manage to get by sheer luck that most of my body hair is superbly thin and not very obvious. But it still happens... Ok this is getting strangely awkward, shall not continue. Moral of the story: I use 3 different types of wash, of which one is an exfoliator. The end.

4) All the guys who have ever confessed to me, and were all subsequently rejected, said they liked me because I was someone "who is reliable and understands my problems". Mistaking me for a surrogate mother/sister or counsellor, is immediate ground for rejection. The fact that they only knew at most half, of my entire lifestyle, was the second reason. All of these people come with really complex backgrounds that I have no mood to go into excruciating detail so... This is about all I will say. What kind of luck do I have to attract those who need Aunt Agony? Grrrrr.

5) I sleep with 2 pillows, a bolster, and a bear. Pooh bear to be exact. Many people have told me that its really childish, not that I really care, but about the soft toy? Its from someone special! Very very special! Its from my 19 year old self, and a birthday present to celebrate graduation from compulsory education. I walked past and fell in love with something that reminded me of the parts of me that I was abandoning to fit in with school and society. So the parts that couldn't stay went into my Pooh. Sad? Pathetic? Stupid? All, and none of the above. 

And there is my list of 5 things that I believe most people do not know about me! More tiring to type than expected, if only because I was trying to think about things that people would like to know that they don't already. I mean who wants to know that my feet are too wide to fit into shoes that are supposed to be my size because of the silly narrow cut? Or about the fact that my hair ties are constantly disappearing on me? Sound more like complaints than anything else. Unless you want to know about my very complex relationship with my office computer that is a Pentium 4 dinosaur that happily alternate between freezing and disconnecting from the internet every few minutes. Goodness...

"Its been said and done, every beautiful thought has been already sung..."