The Weird Meme (Not to be confused with the "Weird Me")

Yes, I haven't updated in ages. Have been feeling really tired and uninspired. I blame it on the job & start of the new school term. Haven't had the mood to do many things lately. I guess I'm just going through the motions until something gets me going again.

Had to go to work this afternoon, great way to spend the last afternoon of the CNY holidays :(

Toyed with the idea of going to the River Hong Bao in the evening, but thought better of it and decided to go for dinner @ Katong instead.

On hindsight, that was probably the best decision I made today. From the bus, I could see that the place was totally packed! You could see heads bobbing everywhere, and all the seats at the performance area looked to be full. Ugh. I suppose the point of going to the River Hong Bao is to soak up some festive spirit - but the crush of bodies and the smell of B.O. doesn't exactly cut it for me.

Moving on to unfinished business. I was tagged by both Davienne and Vincent to draw up a list of 5 weird things about myself. Here's my uninspired attempt:

1. I have a strong fear of sharp items. I feel slightly ill when I come into close contact with needles, knives, razor blades and the like.

My fear of sharp items runs so deep that even the dinky little "test pens" that medical staff use to take a blood sample from your finger make me panicky. Ring-pulls (like those on Pringles cans and Bundaberg root beer bottles) make me nervous too, and more often than not I get a friend to open those for me.

2. Only flying bugs scare me. When they're on the ground, I can catch them with my fingers or swipe at them with a newspaper, but once they start flying that's a different story altogether. I have this fear that they'll fly into my ear or nose or something. LOL.

3. I like fire. I used to be quite a firestarter when I was younger. There was tin container in my room (legitimate purpose: for burning mosquito coils) and I used it for my little campfires. Sometimes, I would swipe raw meat from the freezer and cook it over my campfire.

Erm, of course I didn't end up eating the meat. I just wanted to see how long it would take to cook the stuff. (I probably got this "cookout" idea from the Beano, Beezer and Dandy magazines from my childhood)

4. I lose interest in things really fast. Sometimes, I get it in my head that I want to have something (e.g. an iPod, a camera) and start researching madly on which model to get, the best price, places I can get accessories, etc. But once I get my hands on the item, I get bored with it really quickly and it gets chucked to one forgotten, dusty corner. Months later, when I discover the item again, it's likely that the poor thing is a goner from lack of use.

This applies to collections as well. I have a 20-30 piece Swatch collection, 3-4 boxes of Beanie Babies, 10-20 Disney beanies ... the list goes on.

My latest interest is food blogs. I'm reading http://www.tastingmenu.com/ right now and getting hungrier by the moment!

5. I am a pack rat. I get more and more stuff, but I don't throw the old stuff away. So, my poor wardrobe is packed with old, never-again-going-to-be-worn clothes, my room is cluttered with old papers and trinkets, my dresser is stacked with skincare samples and almost-empty bottles of lotion ... you get the idea. I just don't like to throw stuff out, coz you never know when you might need it :P

A few days before CNY, I spent a few hours trying to tidy up my room. 3 huge bags of rubbish later, there was nary a dent in the mess that is my room :P I guess 10 years of rubbish accumulation can't be reversed in a day. Haha. I pity the person who's going to stay with me next time.

By the way, my current S.O. is also quite a pack rat himself. o.O

Takes one to love one, I guess. :)