25 Random Things About Me...
1. I have flat feet and wear ergonomic shoe inserts that provide arch support so that I can walk without my feet being on fire.
2. I sleep like a corpse… meaning on my back and never move much at all during the night. My blanket is usually pulled up to my chin, which is how I imagine it’s like at the morgue.
3. I had Lasik in 2005. Loves it!
4. My preferred Starbucks drink is a Grande Soy Misto. It used to be a Grande Soy Latte but ordering a misto saves me a dollar.
5. I acted in a play called “Okinawa 1945” at the Noh Space Theater in San Francisco.
6. I took voice lessons while in Hong Kong from a professional singer who sings backup for Joey Yung (a Chinese pop star). She helped me “discover” my range with falsetto.
7. I used to hide inside the huge oval-shaped, aisle-long clothing racks at Price Club when I was a kid.
8. I always carry a small bottle of eye drops with me as my eyes get a little dry sometimes as an after effect of Lasik. But I never take out the bottle when I go through the TSA security check for liquids on carry-on baggage at the airport. They’ve never noticed and this better not jinx it! Heheh…
9. I love Targe't! Shop there at least once a week and try to buy all my necessities at Targe't unless it was a huge emergency and I needed the item ASAP. Costco not so much love as I can’t stand the crowding and the bulk quantities.
10. I love everything Muji!
11. I love my George Foreman grill!
12. Hardy anyone I know has seen me with braces on even though I had them for four years. I had braces super early and finished by the time I got to the 8th grade.
13. I don’t really believe in horoscopes and astrology but I do believe in miracles.
14. I taught myself how to read Chinese from karaoke and tabloid magazines from Hong Kong.
15. I read the news from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China everyday online to keep up with my Chinatown connection.
16. I consider both San Francisco and Hong Kong my home but have very little good things to say about each city.
17. I try to do all of my leisure reading in Chinese. It helps me nurture my Chinese psyche.
18. I love drinking green tea… at least 3 cups a day.
19. I learned the hard way that yoga is not a good substitute for cardio, weights and a general workout routine. Basically, if you stop working out and just do yoga you will gain weight.
20. If I die today, I want to know that I tried my best to take good care of my family… especially my parents.
21. Sometimes when I drive home late at night, I wonder if I’m actually a dead person like Bruce Willis in The Sixth Sense. I just don’t know that I’m dead. Other people don’t either.
22. I believe that maintaining any kind of meaningful relationship (be it romantic, family, friendships) is like holding on to a pile of sand with your bare hands. Try and grasp too hard and the sand will slip out of your fingers.
23. I don’t drink alcohol as it makes me explode. So on the rare occasions when I go out, I usually order a Red Bull on ice to wake up and use as a prop.
24. I will on occasion mispronounce certain words like “prominition” instead of “premonition” or… pronounce naiveté as “naivettttte” instead of “naïve-vah-tay.” It’s just a little embarrassing but not too bad. I’m not perfect and you know what I meant. Plus, I can say all of that fluently in Chinese Cantonese and Mandarin!
25. I’m glad this is #25 as it’s almost time for bikram yoga…
