Wednesday, 8 April 2020

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I needed an intervention (even I'm starting to see a problem with my non-stop gaming LOL) so... I'm forcing myself to do something here instead.
Snagged this off of [livejournal.com profile] milhent

1. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed?
Closed. And I have to keep it very well closed. I have had the unpleasant experience of the white cat going into the cupboard and peeing inside!

2. Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotels?
I used to do it as a kid - Mom's orders. But nowadays, I much prefer to bring my own travel sized shower gel and shampoo, or just use from the hotel (but not take the bottle away). In Japan, I went to a couple hotels that actually had sample sized package of toiletries available for pick up in the lobby. Granted, the staff is there looking at you so essentially you can't abuse and take a cargo load of stuff LOL, but that's who I tried Pola's conditioner and I loved it. Now I buy the Pola conditioner here back at home!

3. Do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out of the mattress?
Even though I don't move in my sleep (the position I wake up in is 98% the position I fell asleep in) I don't like to feel constricted, so I make sure to pull out the sheets whenever in hotels. At home, I simply just don't tuck the sheets under the mattress.

4. Have you stolen a street sign before?
Why would someone want to do that? What use do you have for a street sign?

5. Do you like to use post-it notes?
Yes, and specifically it has to be the 3M post-it notes because they stick better. Nowadays the office gets a knock-off chinese brand that hardly sticks on anything.

6. Do you cut out coupons but then never use them?
No coupon culture here. Or I should say, not this kind of cutting out from the papers or catalogue. Coupons are usually given out at the establishment.

7. Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of bees?
No idea. I guess bear? I will die and that's it, but if it's bees, if I survive, it's gonna be painful??

8. Do you have freckles?
No

9. Do you always smile for pictures?
I've learned that I should smile because I have a RBF (resting bitch face) AND, when I don't smile, it looks like a mug shot LOL. So I try to smile... but when I do, I look like my Mom.... LOL

10. What is your biggest pet peeve?
There are many things, but as of right now, when you say pet peeve, the first thing that comes to mind is.... the word Staff.
When you are talking about the human staff (employees), be it one person, be it 10000 people, it will always be staff. No bloody S.
Once you add and s, it becomes Staffs, as in, the wizard stick. I get pretty annoyed when I see an email from HR saying "All staffs that comply to this will need to .........................."

11. Do you ever count steps when you walk?
Not anymore, the phone does that, and now with this semi-quarantine I hardly ever check anymore, coz I'm sure I didn't meet it.

12. Have you peed in the woods?
No

13. Do you chew your pens and pencils?
At one point in time, yes, but that I recall, I wasn't a constant chewer. If memory serves me right I've only ever chewed on one pencil, it was during a super boring class, then never again.

14. What size is your bed?
It's a single. Mom had asked if I wanted to upgrade to a queen when we were renovating last year. I didn't mind it, and the renovator guy said he can't do it with the set up of my room, so I didn't get it. Maintained a single bed. Doesn't really affect me, as I mentioned, I don't move in my sleep.

15. What is your song of the week?
Not one particular song. I pre-ordered Myrkur's Folkesange a couple months ago and recently it got available and downloaded, so now I've been listening to that album.
Folkesange | Myrkur @ Bandcamp

16. Is it OK for guys to wear pink?
Never understood the issue with that.

17. Do you still watch cartoons?
I hardly even watch TV anymore, let alone cartoons or anime.

18. What do you drink with dinner?
Dinner at home - nothing. (Trained since kids not to drink water during meals)
Dinner out with friends - water.

19. What do you dip a chicken nugget in?
Whatever sauce McD's happen to give me. Over here the standard is the sweet and sour sauce.

20. Were you ever a boy/Girl Scout?
I remember when I was in Primary 1, I asked to join the Cub Scouts program. Mom snorted and said "You have to work for people! Don't do that!" and shot me down. By the time I got to Primary 5 or 6, when I could make my own decisions, I applied, but by then I was "too old to join the scouts", so I never did.

21. When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone?
Incidentally a few weeks ago (though the "few weeks ago" should be around or after Christmas) I wrote 2 letters to people that... I should have written a year ago LOL. One of them replied me already. I'm kind of waiting to receive the other one as well so I can write 2 letters one after another instead of writing one now and then writing the other later..... but maybe I shouldn't wait....

22. Can you change the oil on a car?
No

23. Ever gotten a speeding ticket?
Speeding no, parking yes.

24. Ever ran out of gas?
Yes - that one time when the gas-meter wasn't working well. The mechanic didn't callibrate it properly, and when I said there was something wrong, he said "but it doesn't affect the car, just remember to put gas in every once in a while!" So I drove the car another couple of days, but it was really hard to gauge the gas levels. Then one day the car just stopped and I had to call for a tow service.

25. What’s your favorite kind of sandwich?
One of the new "healthy food" place I order take out from has a yummy mango and crab stick sandwich thing.

26. Best thing to eat for breakfast?
I actually really like soft boiled eggs for breakfast, but only when I have the time to enjoy it.

27. How many languages can you speak?
Almost native-fluent: 2, English & Cantonese
Well enough but not fluent: 1, Portuguese
Possible to communicate, talk about weather and ask for directions: 1, Japanese

28. Do you have any magazine subscriptions?
I have a new one - forgot the name exactly but it's a dog magazine

29. Which are better: legos or Lincoln logs?
Dunno what are Lincoln logs. So, I can only choose Legos here LOL

30. Are you stubborn?
Irritatingly so, yes.

31. Have you ever watched soap operas?
I'll consider "series" as soap operas. I have watched them, but I've never actually finished the entire show. Finished a season or two, yeah, but from the very start to the very end? Not a single one.

32. Are you afraid of heights?
It's weird. I'm afraid of heights if there is no barrier and/or railing, but I'm cool looking out a window, and even walking on those glass-floor see through things?

33. Do you sing in the car?
Depends on the song that is being played

34. Ever shot a gun?
No

35. Do you think musicals are cheesy?
Depends on the story

36. Is Christmas stressful?
Yes, very much so

37. Occupations you wanted to be when you were younger?
Air hostess, tour guide, travel agent. Then I realized I sucked at customer service. No, actually, I'm not bad at that, I just hate doing that, so why must I suffer?

38. Ever have a Deja-vu feeling?
Yes

39. First concert you attended?
Don't remember, but I would guess.... Kelly Clarkson maybe. There must have been something before that, I just don't recall.

40. Walmart, Target, or Kmart?
Couldn't answer as haven't been to any of them

41. Nike or Adidas?
Nike maybe, but more because it's more readily and widely available here.

42. Cheetos or Fritos?
No thanks

43. Can you curl your tongue?
Yup

44. Have you ever cried because you were so happy?
Don't remember. But one time I got so happy that I just crazy hugged and kissed my friends. They got me out for a birthday dinner, which wasn't a secret, then they talked about going to a friend's home to look at some new magazines or something so I said yeah sure I've got nothing to do anyway. Then at her home, they brought out an Agnes b Dino cake (couldn't find my photo, but I found one online), the cake was a surprised, but I guess both of them had never been hugged so hardly nor kissed in the face LOL

45. Own any record albums?
No, was never a thing in our home

46. Own a record player?
No

47. Ever been in love?
I guess those have been crushes only, as I've easily gotten over them

48. Ever won a contest?
Not a contest per se. Back in my job-wise darker times, after some major confusing (I can write about that another day). Anyway, I got into a new department but people there didn't really know how I worked. It was the same time the company-wide staff evaluation time was starting, so they said my job was to get all departments (under one particular segmentation) evaluations together. So I did a meticulous job, even crossing out from the staff list the staff that had meanwhile resigned/not working anymore. All other segments did not do anything until the deadline, only my segment and so the department heads were very happy with me.

49. Do you miss anyone right now?
Well yes, I miss my friends, with this semi-quarantine thing I haven't seen a lot of my friends for a long time, despite not having many friends.

50. Who are you going to tag to do this survey next?
I never do the tagging in these games. Chain mails die with me. But of course anyone is welcome to snag this survey and do it.

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