i'm doing Jap homework (for the first time in gazillion ages) and it kinda struck me how TOTALLY SCREWED i am for Jap (wuahahaha... darn!). Last minute mugging MIGHT work for exam (like how i scored for JLPT4) but the truth is, you really don't have the basics. Like i'm reading one paragraph and have to constantly look one every five words up in the dictionary. Not to mention piles of grammar and adjectives and adverbs and whatnots which i am totally not sure about. I. am. so. screwed. Dad said i might have been better off studying German or French because of "family heritage" (:D) and the fact that okay, i sailed through English quite smoothly. Okay correction, conversational English that is, like the basic kind of English (i did realize how mediocre my English was by just taking a glimpse into the SAT reasoning book. But what to do now? 2 years ago i decided that Japanese is such a cool language and so.. (and Jap guys are okay and not too tall)
Read this on Jingjie's blog and i think it's quite fun so i shall do it too :D
10 weird things / habits / little known facts about you
1, I fantasize. Even over-fantasize sometimes. Like i always have this vision of me bumping into a genie (XD) and he gives me three wishes. And in the blink of an eye, i become (darn hate to admit this) tallskinnyprettyandsmart XD oh was that 4 wishes already? I think i purposely cheat and combine "tall" and "skinny" :D it sounds like something only kids would dream about right. But try being born into a family with an ex-model mum and a 162-cm-tall-and-40kg-heavy younger sister (and at the same time be 150-cm-tall-and-fortyplus-kg-heavy) like me (and i'm pretty sure i'm not growing anymore despite my dad's encouragement) and you shall see :D
Actually not only that, but i tend to fantasize about everything la. Like how i'm gonna get into the Uni i want (while slacking around and blog instead of mugging) and be glamorous and stuff like that. haha
2, On some very rare occasions when i can wake up early in the morning, i will take a walk to the vending machine located at the far, ulu end of hostel. I will buy a drink and just stand there at one of the balconies near the vending machine staring at the beautiful view of houses (all the posh estates of Namly avenue, Namly crescent etc) and the blue sky. I often refer to it as my "keeping calm" spot, where i can just stand quietly alone breathing in fresh air and feeling like myself.
It reminds me of my own room's tiny balcony back home, where my dad planted a few small trees with pink flowers and where my mum caught a wounded nightingale one day. The trees and the bird are still at home waiting for me to come back ya? :)
3, Okay this is rather shocking but i started to learn badminton when i was 4 and was a seed player for my pri school's team. I got silver in the district's tournament. I was even in the chess team after merely one week's learning and trial games. Haha and another silver medal. It was in grade 5th that i decided i hate being sweaty and shall be a slacker like mum :P
4, My singing "career" started when i was three and lasted for 9 years (that's pretty long right). I was asked to join a kids' singing group under the mentorship of a well-known composer for the national tv channel and then started my pretty interesting childhood. Like when other kids went to school, came back home, ate and slept i had my own tv and radio shows, voiced for a few animation movies, filmed many music videos, emceed/sang for events etc. Haha it was fun! It really was getting dressed in all the nice costumes and going to studios and "working" with all the local celebrities. I even had plenty of "fans" whose letters i still keep in a box in my room. I seldom replied to any of the letters though because my handwriting was kiddish and horrible, but the feeling when you read letters with all the nicest words people (who were usually older than me) wrote for you was really wonderful. And the best part, i was paid! So i started making money pretty early huh :) But then daddy decided that singing/performing was childish/a waste of time and i kinda agreed with him that studying was more important so i quit upon entering junior high (equivalent to p6 here). A lot of people asked if i regret, because you know not everyone had a radio show to talk about them at the age of 7, and i said no. When i saw my friends from the singing group who still pursued the whole singing thing until now and became famous, i wondered if i didn't quit last time would i achieve the same things too? But i guess in life you have to make tough decisions sometimes and once you did there is no time for "what if"s. I have to move on and make the most out of the life path i chose.
My family and many of my dad's friends still keep a lot of my videos from back then and show them during Chinese NY/birthdays. They do bring back good memories. I am thankful for all the opportunities i had and they to a great extent define the person i am today.
I grow up and don't sing anymore. My voice changed and don't ask me why i'm not in choir :D The thought of going for audition did cross my mind a few years back but i'm scared of auditioning and getting rejected. And i am a slacker remember. I saw how the choir people practice and it's quite scary. I guess i prefer performing in a small group. Maybe i will pursue a career in the entertainment industry later on, but definitely not as a performer. My performing life ended when i was 12 and i'd rather preserve all the memories than starting it again only to have all my good childhood memories shattered. You know how cruel the industry is.
5, I fancy online shopping to bits :D It's a great way to kill time and once in a while, you really find great authentic items at great price! Not to mention i can have stuff from brands that are not available in Singapore (the shipping price can kill but..) And online shopping = <3 to lazy people like me who actually prefer having everything sent to my doorstep than strolling and queuing in uber-crowded shopping centers.
[to be continued] - i shall go back to my Jap hw. its alr 11!
