do you know yourself? how well do you know yourself?
do you know me? how well do you know me?
i've always wanted to do something like this, a list of random or unknown facts of myself. :D it's really fun and i highly encourage everybody to try this out. xD furthermore, it lets you know how much you really do know about yourself! and it's super fun lah, although random. xD try try try! :D
RANDOM & UNKNOWN: LEOW LI XIN ELLIALYN
1. my omma is a filipino. hence, im a filipino-chinese. and well, im proud to be one, if you dont know.
2. although it isnt entirely true, i like to say that my home in the philippines is in the mountains. but what, we are surrounded by mountains what. and i'd choose living there than living here, within a heartbeat. just give me my internet connection and all will be good!
3. my favorite color is red. my least favorite color is pink. i've begun to take a liking towards turqoise, though.
4. although i dont outrightly express this, but i always secretly believed that if i ever pick up acrobatics, i will do super super well. because well, i have mummy's genes in me after all. im supposed to have at least 50% of her talents, their talents.. lol. yeah, i can continue dreaming. but one day, i will fly. or so, i secretly believe. xD
5. i used to fail english until primary 3. and then snagged all the tops for english from primary 4 onwards, and for literature when i entered secondary school.
6. I SUCK AT MATH. numbers give me a fricking headache and when people ask me to do mental calculations, my brain blanks out automatically.
7. I HATE FLOWERS. real flowers or not, i hate them all. i've hated flowers ever since secondary 2.
8. I HATE FURRY SOFT TOYS. i dont even like soft toys, but pipi and domokun are special cases. because they are not furry and i wanted to have them. bleah~
9. i love hugs. :D
10. i dont like it when people pat my head. only some people can do it without me looking like my eyes are about to pop out from my eyes.
11. im a crybaby and i prefer expressing my feelings to keeping it inside. i express myself a lot better through writings because i stutter if i were to do it verbally. it's because i always have a lot to say about it.
12. i hated dongbang like *&@O#$%@#*(&%@#$ before i became the ulti fan i am today. :D
13. i CANNOT sleep with the lights off.
14. i dont really like wearing anything around my wrists. no bracelets, no watches. even rings can be a nuisance sometimes.
15. i tend to believe everything that people tell me. or rather, i tend to trust people very easily.
16. i hated yogurt like *#@$&%#@$(%@)#*$%@# before i became the crazed yogurt fanatic i am today. :D
17. i like chocolate, but not any kind of chocolate. i love chocolate with nuts. :D almond gold and fererro rocher are my top faves. :D
18. i like my yogurt mixed up with all the crunchy toppings (usually almond nuts and/or oreo crumbs). even if it looks like shit, it still tastes heavenly.
19. i am scared of dogs because i was chased by dogs twice when i was younger. and both times, i ran to my father and jumped on him like i would on a tree.
20. and yes, i am good at climbing trees. i do it all the time in the philippines.
21. i like to drink water a lot. i stay away from soft drinks as much as possible because it makes me burp. the only exception is root beer because i simply love it. :D
22. i burp and fart whenever i want to. what, i am only human!
23. sometimes, i like to walk within the tiles of the pavement. usually happens when im walking home at night. and i find it super fun, lol.
24. i like to walk in the rain. i like it even more to walk in the rain while listening to slow songs.
25. i like thunderstorms. i like the lightning, but im scared of the thunder. lol.
26. when i have nothing better to do, i will purposely look for things to agitate myself. sometimes when i get really upset, it is really self-inflicted. lol. i have nothing better to do ma.. and i do it to remind myself; remind myself what depends on the situation and what kind of agitation i need lol..
27. the only person who can scold me without me wanting to talk back is tan dehua benjamin.
28. there are times when you are talking to me and im not looking at you. dont worry, i am listening. it's just that my face is on 'switch off' mode. my ears and my brain are still working.
29. i like to stare into space.
30. the more amazed i am, the wider my mouth opens. LOL. it also happens when im engrossed in something. i only realize it when my throat begins to dry up..
31. it doesnt happen often but sometimes my accent slips. im not a native filipino but having grown up in a somewhat filipino environment, it gets to me. plus, i spoke perfectly fluent tagalog until i got to primary 1. so yes, the accent makes sense.
32. my chinese pronunciation is getting worse by the day because of working hard to perfect my korean pronunciation. sometimes, i sound like i have an accent when speaking chinese, lol.
33. the thoughts in my mind are either in english or korean. i know it's super weird, but i think in korean. LOL. im not even korean! i love the language, though. xD there are also times when only tagalog or korean can express how i feel. hahaha!
34. in secondary 2, i cried once because i had constipation and it was fricking painful.
35. im always a last minute person. be it for school, or for the efforts put into anything. my energy usually bursts through at the last minute.
36. the longest friends i have are wally (since primary 1), ahben (since primary 2) and melise (since kindergarten).
37. i was a short-distance runner. and long jumper. now i cant even brisk walk. LOL.
38. when i walked past places with reflections, the first thing i always do is to check out my isolations. LOLLLL!
39. i've either broken, twisted or sprained every single joint except for my right wrist.
40. i was the horror of every children's life until i went to primary school, where i became the target of bullies.
41. i refuse to believe this, but ahben nana shux morgan timtim clau always say that im very stupid, very gullible.
42. i dont like to wear jeans.
43. and if it's not because slippers are unsightly, i would have worn slippers to school every single day. i find it troublesome to have to wear shoes.
44. im not a morning person. waking up early in the morning is the most painful thing i need to do.
45. i can survive with only a few hours of sleep ( >5 hours) if i dont need to wake up before 11am.
46. i think that micky is super uncle, although i love him the most next to my father.
47. i think that a lot of things can be completed very easily, without much stress, if people were to stop thinking too much.
48. i dont have perfect english, but i really flip out when i read people's essays and see grammer mistakes.
49. speaking of which, i hate writing reports because it is sooooo formal and im not that formal of a person.
50. just because im a pretty informal person, it doesnt mean that im impolite. i think that im super polite. my thank you's and sorry's are always accompanied by bows. IT IS A HABIT TO BOW, SO DONT TELL ME TO STOP IT.
51. im a very naggy person. i like to elaborate, that's why.
52. i think my emotions are always written all over my face. i think i hide them well but people are telling me otherwise. lol. dont care, i will continue to believe that i hide them well.
53. i never think before saying or doing anything. but those reactions are the most honest, at least to me, they are. my tears are honest, my laughter is honest, my anger is honest. although sometimes embarrassed by my initial reactions, i dont regret them. they are my honesty.
54. mummy said that i once punched papa's little brother when i was little. i think i have vague memories of it happening. LOL. i used to love plucking out his armpit hair when he is sleeping too. :D
55. i was always picked to be on stage until i entered poly. HAHAHA. i miss being on stage, though..
56. i was a child model. LMAO. i have a mcdonalds advertisement under my belt, okay!!!
57. i can never walk straight.
58. ever since i got my ipod, i can never survive a day out without it. i need music, lol.
59. i like to look at the night sky. and hey, the night sky isnt black. it is dark blue. i realized this only on suntec dance 2009 finals. LOL.
60. it is not that i prefer to wait than to do. im just too lazy.
61. im a stubborn pig, i know that. i attribute it to papa's extreme stubborn-ness.
62. i learnt both japanese and korean officially before. but i forget everything i learnt. LOL.
63. i cannot tell jokes well because even before i can get to tell the joke, im already laughing at it. im lousy lah, aiyoh.
64. i like to talk and think about life.
65. when i was young, i wanted to be a doctor, a teacher and a policewoman. when i was slightly older, i wanted to be a singer. when i got older, i wanted to do anything related to writing. later, i decided that i wanted to be a good mother so i chose ech. second year into poly, i decided that i want to do anything related to writing again. it is my calling. so im waiting until i graduate.. :) and i'll still be a good parent. i think.
66. i hope that i can discipline my children the way my parents had disciplined me. because i think that im a very obedient girl who isnt very much restricted by her parents. im a very good girl, okay. really!
67. it's not that i dont like to argue. i dont know how to argue without stuttering and wanting to cry.
68. it is rude but i cannot help from looking at people from head to toe. because i want to see how their hair is like, what kind of bags they are carrying and what kind of shoes they are wearing. really!
69. cockroaches are more afraid of me than i am afraid of them.
70. my first kiss was stolen by a cockroach. when that happened, it was also the first time i killed a cockroach by hand.
71. im a pest master.
72. i still like 'century eight' alot. LOLLLL.
73. sometimes im angry because meimei and the rest have big eyes but i dont, even though we have somewhat similar blood running in us. chinese and filipino. SO WHY DO I HAVE SMALL EYES AND THE REST HAVE BIG EYES?!
74. i have a high forehead and i know it. but i love it. because high foreheads mean good fortune. :D
75. saying that i need sugar when im tired are lies. i just want to eat chocolate. but i needed sugar rushes, anyway.
76. i dont like to drink bubble tea. eww.
77. my favorite numbers are 7 and 15 and it has been so since primary 2.
78. i like to think that im a child of God because God's number is 7 and i was born on the 7th day of the 7th month. i dont know why i wasnt born on the 7th second of the 7th minute of the 7th hour of the 7th day of the 7th month, though.
79. i dont like big words. i like small words. simple words can also give us big impacts, and i think that such impacts actually last longer than those created by big words.
80. sometimes i really cannot be bothered because i see no point, but i oblige and go along because everybody else is doing it. -.- which is super sian on my part, haha.
81. i had a lot of nicknames in secondary school, but the most memorable one was gorilla.
82. the above was because i liked gorillas A LOT and people i played basketball with said that i remind them of gori. :D :D :D
83. the aggressive side of me is sleeping now. has been, for the past few years. i havent felt competitive in a loooong time..
84. i prefer to write in black pilot pen and red ink pen. :D
85. i like to write letters but i always give up halfway because i have so much to write but my hand is tired.
86. i always believe that i can do it.
87. for some stupid reason, i always feel like im the youngest no matter which group of friends i am with. even if they are younger than me, i always feel like im the youngest. WHY IS THIS SO?!
88. if i can, i want to do up the design for my house. :D especially my room. whoooosh! wait till i have the room all to myself..
89. if the above comes true, then i'd have problems sleeping at night. i cannot sleep alone in the room. o_o
90. i never watch horror or gory movies because i'd have nightmares.
91. im a humji kia.
92. im not afraid to be unglam.
93. but i want to learn to be more lady-like this year. lol.
94. i really like to eat fruits. and broccoli is the only vegetable i LOVE to eat. broccoli is said to be the most #$%#@-tasting vegetable. but i love it!
95. i prefer long bus rides to speedy train rides. i like to sleep on buses. :D
96. i think that for a girl, i have a pretty low voice.
97. i like taking photos because i have a lot of photo frames. and i like to collect photo frames. :D i like to preserve memories. :D
98. i will never do anything to hurt myself.
99. 85% of the time, i will want to be alone. because nobody understands what im trying to say, anyway. and i get tired trying to explain to them. and when i explain it to them and they get it, they dismiss my ideas. wtf?
100. dongbang has too much of an influence on my life to be easily erased from my life. :D
i really very lazy liao.
xD
