it's way past my bedtime on a friday night
i am beyond fatigue from the hectic and crazy week
why am i blogging?

because my hair dryer broke down and i am waiting for my hair to dry -_-

so...
since there is this craze going round on facebook called "25 random things"
and although i've already done it on facebook...
i need something to keep me awake till my hair is dry...

therefore..i present to anyone who is still reading my blog...

X number of things you may or may not want to know about Ni Shiyin Gretel

1) my favourite stuffed animal toy are elephants. I dunno why...just thought that they look really cute and cuddly :D (but i go ga-ga over most stuffed toys anyway....)

2) i once took part in Talentime in primary school with 3 other female classmates...we sang 早安老师 and our group came in first :D

3) my first job (as in got CPF contribution) is relief teaching Biology in my JC for 5 months.

4) my second job is being therapy assistant at AH for 5 months.

5) i've fainted a total of 3 times so far in my life. 1st time in my second job, 2nd time at Escape themepark and 3rd time in my kitchen.

6) due to point number 5, i actually have a phobia of feeling giddy.

7) ironically, despite point number 6, i feel giddy very easily...and i get motion sickness in cars and buses. so basically, i live in fear most of the time

8) i used to idolise doctors. I don't anymore...why? you don't want to get me started

9) i went on 2 trips in australia with 3 very good guy friends. being the only gal means i get taken care of very well :D

10) i never wanted to study overseas...if not for the fact that there isn't a undergrad physio course in Singapore...and i manage to get a scholarship, i probably would have gone to NUS, did Biology and is now a teacher...

11) I don't watch horror movies anymore after watching The Ring (original Jap version). I still get freaked out when i see wells...

12) i fall down quite a fair bit when i was younger. Some of the more major falls include falling face flat on an unpaved road in Malaysia, falling off from the top of the double deck bed and falling off a sea saw when i was on the top.

13) I used to climb trees (in Singapore) when i was a kid..and i did better than my brother *muahahahaha*

14) My childhood dream is to become a figure skater...i am nowhere near that dream...

15) my earliest memory is of waiting for my mum to fetch my brother home from kingdergarten..and i wait by this little window in the living room cos i get to see my mum and brother walking back..i was about 2.5 years old

16) i think i am tone-deaf, but sadly for my friends who KTV with me, i love to sing...

17) i used to cycle with my dad from bukit batok to ghim moh for breakfast every weekend...and there was one time after breakfast, we cycled from ghim moh to chin swee road (near clarke quay) to buy kuey chup, and then cycled back to bukit batok.

18) i don't really like to sleep in an air-con room cos it makes my nose mucous membrane too dry and that hurts. prefer to sleep in a well-ventilated room with natural wind or a fan (like my own room)

19) i have poor tolerance for repeated behaviors which i deem as childish/attention seeking...and that has earned me the reputation for being too stern or not empathetising...thing is, once or twice is enough...keep doing it all the time and it just gets irritating!

20) my bolster is also known as my crying kaki...although i think it's really more like my giant tissue soaking up all the tears...

21) i've decided not to give my children (if i have any) English names. They can choose their own...and if they get ridiculed cos they choose a silly name, it's not my fault *haha*

22) i had my first taste of alcoholic drink (stout) when i was about 8 years old...had my first sake when i was 14 years old...had my first beer when i was 19 years old...had my first wine when i was 20 years old...had my first 'shot' when i was 21 years old...

23) i do not like alcohol despite above point

24) i learnt to play mahjong when i was in sec one (taught by my brother) using mahjong CARDS.

25) my hair is now dry so i can go sleep...

there u go...
another 25 things that i shared..

this is actually pretty fun..
maybe can share another 25 things on another night when i wait for my hair to dry...

~supine position is the best for the abled body~