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I got tagged by Carl: “Each player of this game starts with 6 weird things about himself or herself. People who get tagged need to write a blog entry of their own as well as state the rule clearly. In the end, you need to tag 6 people as well and list their names. Don’t forget to let them know they’ve been tagged!”


SIX WEIRD THINGS ABOUT ME:

1
When I was a kid, I used to watch “Jennifer Slept Here” on RPN9. It was about a teen-age boy who suddenly discovers his house is haunted by the ghost of a beautiful blonde actress. I liked it so much, I pretended to have an invisible ghost friend—which lasted a total of one school day, because my classmates started to think I was a freak.

2
When I was a kid, I also used to watch “Hardy Boys” and “Karl Kolchak: The Night Stalker”. One day, I was reading a book about horoscopes and under “possible occupation” for Scorpios were detective or occult investigator. So, I was determined to become one or the other. Then I found out that detectives don’t really earn a lot and I decided to change my career path.

3
I cannot go to the toilet without any reading material. I need to be reading something while I’m seated at the toilet! I mjust have a book, newspaper, comic book, magazine—even an old one that I’ve already read will do. On one of my trips to Bangkok, I remember having to make do with a tourist map. I just kept reading the little details around the map. Crazy!

4
I have no sense of direction. I once got lost in my own village. If I’m traveling from one place to another, I’d rather take the long route just to make sure I know the way and not get lost.

5
Back in grade school, me and classmates tried to train ourselves to become ninja. I was able to get some book about “how to become a ninja” and we got ourselves some black clothes and masks and ran around school pretending we were invisible assassins.

6
I sometimes wonder if that random fat, balding guy I see (at the mall, on the street, in the next car) could be my future-self and he’s come to warn me about something. “Don’t! Eat! That…”

And I tag... everyone who read this blog entry.
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