Someone sent me one of those forwarded messages but the project seemed interesting- "25 random things about me." So I actually invested a little time and thought about it. Recently, I revisited the list and realized so many things are still true... I guess the more we grow up, the more we stay the same!
1. I hate sleeping. I seriously do- I don't get why we waste time sleeping- I want to chat on the phone, read a book, watch TV-- all when it's dead of the night... (Qs: should i move to another time zone??)
2. I love cartoons. They are better than 'flesh & blood' movies any day...I watch Incredibles whenever SAD! Incredible, eh?
3. I'm die hard romantic. My fish are called Penelope and Odysseus (my parents call them O & P or vice versa :). I read mills & boon by the dozen (am ok not sleeping but reading 2-3 mbs back to back)
4. When writing a presentation- I need to fix the template first! I can't even begin to think without the right template!
5. I love getting lost. I do this in every new city I visit. In Diu, once I just kept taking left turns (just!)...till i reached a dead end. You really absorb & observe things better.
6. I like taking mental pictures. Just see something/anything around me - shut my eyes and open it again- it's stored! (Remember this was written in 2005)
7. I like to 'abuse' things i love (no! not people silly!). Very sadistic but it's the control freak inside me...I threw my mac once just to ensure that 'it' understood that am the only one who can fix it!
8. I talk to myself. Yup! There are two me...I can debate for hours within me...Have conversations which normal people have with other normal people...Like the way this whole thing is flowing- it's not me talking to you but me talking to me!!!! Also, I don't think I am madhurim...really!
9. My favorite book is: "As the Crow Flies" I THINK IT SHOULD BE DECLARED AN EPIC
10. I can't eat sea-food. Stoopid bone/boneless phobia (also i actually like veg food better than non-veg)
11. I can't manage time. I want to do tomorrow's things today when I know I won't finish yesterday's things till tomorrow!!!
12. I don't understand music. I like a song for 'something'-doesn't mean if someone repeats it, it would be good as well. (I like Bruce Springsteen's Dancing in the Dark, Pet Shop Boys' King of Wishful thinking, U2's The Sweetest Thing, the old coke jingle- Holidays are coming, Everette Harp's All jazzed up-- really no pattern!)
13. I want to design my own house one day-down to the curtains & murals on the wall and the 'bright neon pink' sequined cushions on sleek white leather sofas in front of an exposed brick wall.
14. I know there is a dancer inside me...but my center of mass is too high for ballet :)
15. I want to solve a really wicked physics problem one day- but I guess that is for another lifetime.
16. I love children- they smile and make everything happy (however, i don't believe that all children are cute...ya..some kids are just way prettier than others...also sorry seriously random trivia- i can NEVER EVER tell who a newborn/five year old resembles? It's the world's oldest trick question)
17. I am a clean freak- I shower twice a day at least, clean my room every month and my cupboard every week!
18. I don't like mountains or the sea... I like holidaying in places of historical significance- not watch sunsets/ hike mountains/ do water sports...etc..etc.
19. I get 'scared' playing fighting games or even racing games- I can only play The Sims or time management games (i still suck at it.... but whatever)
20. If I like something I have just read- I write it down. I have half-finished diaries everywhere with trivia, quotes or even wayward pictures from Gabriel Garcia Marquez's books (you shouldn't try rewriting anything he writes)
21. I love heels... Actually I like shoes...period- twirling in a pair of heels feels like walking on air.
22. I want to study more but not sure what and how much- just want to keep studying, reading, knowing more, more and more...and no particular subject. Just everything including wicked physics problems. (since then I have finished my MBA (phew!) and done an MA... hmmm PhD next I guess!)
23. I want to stop & help at every accident but I just never do!
24. I like doing things alone- shopping, watching a movie, eating out...i really am 2 people!
25. I want to work in South America one day- go to Machu Pichu, learn Spanish and read Gabriel Garcia Marquez in original and go to Neruda's home and listen to his love poems in Spanish....