23 3/4 things you may or may not know about me

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taken at silverfish books with a canon eos 50d

ihayat tune: rebellion (lies) arcade fire

i read ikabika's boyfriend's (pessa) post the other day and i tot i'd put in a similar post for fun. to celebrate my last quarter of my 23rd year (do the math, a lomography fisheye camera is on the wishlist).

1. i love food (you probably can guess by my plumpy exterior) but specifically, MALAYSIAN FOOD. nothing beats a good nasi campur with sambal tumis with kerabu mangga and and a dash of tempoyak or cincalok on the side. i also like indonesian food. anything spicy la! oh drools!

2. i somewhat think i am a hippy trapped in reality.

3. if i could have any animal for a pet it would be a panda, a (small) dragon, a hedgehog, a (fat fluffy) cat, a bat that i can feed blood through a syringe (oh that would be awesome!), an orangutan, an elephant (they're so loyal), a scottish terrier, a penyu or a sister i can annoy. oh wait i have a sister that i do annoy.

4. i have always been a person who carries a camera with me. because my dad did. ive played with cameras ever since the days where u have to wind the films urself (kodak) to when the camera evolved with an electronic exposure counter and an auto film winder (pentax) to when 3.2mpx digital cameras (kodak) first came out. My first DSLR was a Nikon D60 and then my sister was kind enough to let me play with her D90. currently i play with a Canon EOS 50d, an Oktomat and a Holga 120N. I would love to own a fisheye, a digital ixus, a juice box camera, a lomo lc-a and a tlr. but no money ~ :(

is it a bird? is it a plane?

no! it's a juicebox camera!

SO CUTE!

5. coffee makes me hyper, talkative and restless. shissha makes me numb...well the first few times anyways. my fave coffee blend is starbucks' tanzania blend. it is AWESOME.

6. i have a weird fascination towards the indian culture. the food, music, tradition and the colours. goodness gracious me anyone?

7. i've only fallen once but the feeling never had a chance to be shared. the feeling is gone but i've yet to fall in it again.

8. i grew up a girly girl with barbies and all, and then in high school i was a complete tomboy and now i'm a not so girly or a tomboy girl. so what does that make me? @.@

9. as much as i like my car for taking me places, i also hate herb for making a big hole in my pocket. (his mother was a petrol vampire)

10. i like to read...anything. shampoo bottles, back of cereal boxes, detergent instructions, books, magazines, labels on cosmetics, etc. among my first novels were enid blyton, roald dahl and jacqueline wilson.

my recent litbuy: star wars - a new hope

screenplay by george lucas

11. i may come off as unfriendly or obnoxious when people first meet me, but really i am a superbly shy person. my DISC PPA says i'm a Low I(nfluence) and a High C(ompliance) person. which means i'm not so sociable, but i will be once i warm up to the person/people.

12. ever since i was a kid, i feared growing up. and i was right to. but i try anyway.

13. the people i meet at art events have a hard time believing that i am an engineer. in fact i have a hard time believing it. among ambitions i had when i was in school was lawyer, photo journalist, archaeologist, anthropologist, marine biologist, primatologist, astronomer, cafe/bookshop owner and a fashion designer. engineer was never an ambition. it is a reality.

14. i find joy in helping anyone or anything.

15. i can draw. pretty well. other hidden talents? i used to be good at sports...until i landed in HOT & SUNNY malaysia.

16. i used to be the laziest person when it comes to cooking, but ever since i moved to damansara, i come to realise that the food here is plastic. i now enjoy eating my own cooking which i try very hard to make it taste like my mum's cooking. (because i miss it)

17. i hide my somewhat british accent because people here dont understand me. i'd probably get a slap in the face if i say "wa'er" instead of water or "mundee" instead of monday. lol.

18. my cheesiness has lead me to enjoy the spice girls, robbie williams, and dangdut.

19. i find myself talking a whole lot more when i meet up with people these days because i have no one to talk to at home.

20. i am a geek. i like electronic gadgets (when my dad can afford to buy it for me) and i think star wars is the best sci-fi series ever made. (ewoks FTW!) the second best sci-fi series ever made is doctor who. and david tennant is a scottish stud! *___*

tennant as the doctor and catherine tate as his companion.

tate is also another fave brit of mine.

21. out of all the chores, i especially hate ironing.

22. i enjoy being in front of a crowd and giving a speech/presentation/mc-ing. i miss public speaking.

23. i think everyone has some good in them. mentally and physically. you just have to look deep enough. but funnily i cant really see it in myself.

3/4. my sister is a smelly panda with funny dinosaur teeth...pandasaur!

pandasaur born and bred in johor.

photographed in front of the johor crest @ bukit timbalan.