Happiness is wasting time on memes

I got this on e-mail from my mate Karen in Malaysia, and it’s one of those you’re suppose to forward via e-mail, but I’m gonna live dangerously and put it on the bloog instead.

1. What time did you get up this morning?
   8:30am, as we had a dentist’s appointment at 10:00. Wasn’t happy about it as a late coffee last night kept me up.
2. What do you prefer diamonds or pearls?
   I’d like to choose neither, but… gun held to my head, diamonds, I guess. I can’t get past the ‘pearl necklace‘ references.
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
   Fearless, or Huo Yuanjia (霍元甲). Nothing I really want to watch is on at the cinema at the moment, which sucks since I so rarely get to do the popcorn-movie theatre thing.
4. What is your favourite TV show?
   Er… Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Enterprise, and Monk.
5. What do you usually have for breakfast?
   Nothin’. The room with my laptop is closer to the bedroom than the kitchen.
6. What is your middle name?
   According to my IC, it’s Chuen Yin. According to the Catholic Church, it’s something I don’t want to share.
7. What is your favourite food?
   Everyone in Xiamen would say my favourite thing is French fries, but I think it really is potato crisps.
8. What foods do you dislike?
   Anything with chilli in it, the pregnant fish (capelin, or 多春鱼 it’s called), anything that is killed by cooking it in or out of my presence, any animal’s penis or testicles, dog anything,
9. What is your favorite chip flavour?
   Salt and vinegar.
10. What is your favourite CD at this moment?
    Dave Matthews, Some Devil.
11. What kind of car do you drive?
    No car, lah.
12. What is your favourite sandwich?
    Ham and cheese. Or the seasoned tuna melt ciabatta they sell at Starbucks.
13. What characteristic do you despise?
    Lechery, greed, infidelity, and oh, pathological lying.
14. What is your favourite item/outfit you like to wear?
    My Diesel jeans.
15. Where would you like to travel?
    I want to do a road trip around North America, continental Europe, Britain, Australia, er… everywhere, really.
16. What colour is your bathroom?
    Exhilarating white tile, baby. It’s a rental.
17. What is you favourite brand of clothing?
    According to my recent purchases, Diesel. I still kinda like Lip Service, and preppy stuff like American Eagle Outfitters, Banana Republic, and Gap (even A&F is okay by me, as long as it’s not overtly branded), but I don’t shop there.
18. What location would you like to retire?
    Probably somewhere in Europe or Australia.
19. What is your favourite sport to watch?
    I like to watch overweight rugby fans who get very excited and shout at the teevee when a match is being screened. Does that count?
20. What is your favourite sport to play?
    I can’t think of any sport I like to play. Bloody ‘ell.
21. Furthest place you are sending this?
    I dunno. Would someone like to nominate themselves?
22. What is your goal in life at this moment?
    Have What’s On Xiamen make enough money to pay our rent.
23. Last person to send this back to you?
    See ‘Furthest place you are sending this?’.
24. Who will be the 1st person to send this back to you?
    Er. See above.
25. When is your birthday?
    Australia Day.
26. Your favourite flower?
    I still like gerberas. Daisies are nice. I don’t really think about flowers nor know much about them, though. Some weeds are pretty.
27. Are you a morning or a night person?
    Mid-morning, really.
28. What was your childhood dream of becoming a:
    I wanted to be a doctor like Mum, then didn’t want to go to medical school, then I wanted to be a vet but then couldn’t face putting animals down. Then I lost all hope and am now drifting aimlessly through life like the tramp I am.
29. How are you today?
    Happy, because we’ve just got my Mum’s wireless Internet connection set up.
30. What is a date on your calendar you are looking forward?
    Neil’s birthday, it throws me into a spell of anxiety while I try to work out what to do (note to self: stop trying to outdo yourself every year)… that doesn’t sound like I enjoy it, eh.

• 3 Feb 2006

• Thinking