37 Questions

What is the geekiest part of your music collection?
It’s a toss up between The Best of John Farnham and The Best of Jacky Cheung. John Farnham did a song with Australian pop group Human Nature, and Toby is so… yummy. My friends were right into Jacky Cheung back in the late nineties and I was bitten by the ‘I don’t understand a word you’re singing, but it’s nice anyway’ bug.

What is your secret guaranteed weeping movie?
Bed of Roses, starring Christian Slater and Mary Stuart Masterson. I haven’t seen it in years. I bet it’d still make me cry, though. Er, it’s not so secret anymore, is it?

If you could have plastic surgery, what would you have done?
Lasik. I’m so shortsighted.

Do you have a completely irrational fear?
Monsters hiding in dark rooms. I blame my uncle who used to play a game with us that, oddly enough, had him being a monster in a dark room who would find us and tickle us to death.

What is the little physical habit that gives away your insecure moments?
A look of intense anxiety?

Do you know anyone famous?
No, but I met Jimmy Barnes once. I never get tired of that story.

Who would play you in a movie?
Lori Petty, because I worshipped her in Tank Girl. Whether or not she’d be willing to play me is another story.

What do you carry with you at all times?
Wallet, mobile, keys, camera.

What do you miss most about being a kid?
The lack of fear.

What colour is your bedroom?
White. The flat’s a rental.

What was the last song you were listening to?
A cover of a really familiar song by The Beautiful South.

Have you ever been in a play?
Yes. I was guilt-tripped into it. I hate being on stage, and I’ll never do it again.

Have you ever been in love?
Surely.

Do you like yourself and believe in yourself?
On most days.

Do transient, homeless, or starving people sometimes annoy you?
Only when they are part of a syndicate and come up to me, will not leave me alone, and touch me. Can you tell I live in China?

What is your ideal marriage location?
Vegas. In one of those chapels with an Elvis impersonator as the celebrant.

Which musical instrument do you wish you could play?
Well, I learned the drums for a few months before I realised I hated going on stage. I still like percussion instruments.

Favorite fabric?
Cotton, baby.

What’s the one language you want to learn?
Where do I start? I’m not good with languages, so I want to, but never will, learn Spanish, German, and French.

How do you eat an apple?
I start by chomping off all the skin, the chew off the flesh in the middle before attacking the sides.

What do you order at a bar?
Gin and tonic, Tsingtao beer, or Cranberry Bacardi Breezer (if I don’t really feel like a drink).

Have you ever pierced your body parts?
Erm. Yeah. About ten too many times for my mum’s liking.

Do you have tattoos?
Erm. Hell yeah.

Do you drive a stick?
Yes. Unfortunately, when I go home, my mum drives an automatic and I haven’t driven a manual transmission since about 2001.

Favorite trait of the opposite sex?
Humour and intelligence. Muscular legs.

What kind of watch do you wear?
A Fossil digital / analog with Chinese characters on it. My long-suffering first generation Seiko Kinetic is waiting for me, post-service, in Singapore.

Most frivolous purchase?
White boots. WTF, dude.

What are you best at cooking?
Heh. Funny question. I can heat canned soup really well.

Would you ever go out dressed like the opposite sex?
Sure. I didn’t spend my childhood (and on certain days, my adulthood) being mistaken for a boy for nothing.

What’s one car you will never buy?
A Ferrari. If I were to splash out in a full-on way, I’m getting a Jag.

What kind of books do you like to read?
Historical fiction and non-fiction. Crime fiction and non-fiction.

If you won the lottery, what would you do?
Quit my job and be self-employed.

Do you cry in front of your friends?
I try not to.

What’s one thing you like to do alone?
Read.

Are you a giver or a taker?
I dunno.

When’s the last time you cried?
I think I welled up a bit watching The Majestic a couple of weeks ago. I’m a real sap.

How many drinks before you’re tipsy sleepy?
Only a couple for sleepiness.

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• 3 Feb 2005