From anonymouswish's xanga:

1. What time did you get up this morning?
9:15am

2. Diamonds or pearls?
If diamonds are forever, then what are pearls?

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Madagascar

4. What is your favorite TV show?
Don't really watch TV, but I still like to watch Friends reruns when they come on.

5. What did you have for breakfast?
Cereal and milk.

6. What is your middle name?
Official middle name: Louis
Chinese name: 家盛 ('flourishing family')

7. Favorite cuisine?
No favorite cuisine, but my favorite food is any type of pasta (regardless of what the noodle is made of).

8. What foods do you dislike?
Brussel sprouts, pigeon, chicken feet

9. What is your favorite chip flavor?
Doritos

10. What is your favorite CD at the moment?
Among CDs I own, a tie between U2's Greatest Hits and Live's 'Distance To Here'

11. What kind of car do you drive?
Honda Civic.

12. Favorite sandwich?
Roast beef.

13. What characteristic do you despise?
Dishonesty

14. Favorite item of clothing?
Jeans

15. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would
    you go?
France, anywhere in Asia, or Australia

16. What color is your bathroom?
Off-white to light beige (renting a place, I didn't pick it)

17. Favorite brand of clothing?
Nothing in particular

18. Where would you retire to?
Somewhere quiet and away from the city, but close enough to the city for frequent visits

19. What is your favorite time of the day?
Sleep.

20. What was your most memorable birthday?
When I was taken out for the first time by friends.. specifically by MyJellyBellys

21. Where were you born?
Manhattan, New York, NY

22. Favorite sport to watch?
No real favorite.
 
23. Who do you least expect to send this back to you?
n/a

24. Person you expect to send it back first?
Not sure.

25. What fabric detergent do you use?
Whatever I have available.

26. Are you a morning person or a night person?
Night person.

27. What is your shoe size?
7 or 8, yes I have small feet

28. Do you have any pets?
Nope.

29. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with your families and friends?
Nope.

30. What did you want to be when you were little?
A software developer or a math teacher.

I was bored... so I took another blog quiz thing found on iloren's xanga...

You Have Fantastic Karma

You are a kind, sensitive, and giving person. And all your good deeds will pay off - if they haven't already. But you're not so concerned with what you get in return anyway. You have an innate caring nature - and nothing can change that!

I've always said that I'm *not* an engineer. But if I were one I guess I would be an....

Electrical Engineer You scored 48% sociable, 59% intelligent, 66% nerdy, and 32% destructive!

Electricity turns you on. You love the intellectual challenge of designing circuits, don't you? That's right, you're an Electrical Engineer! Let your nerdiness blossom and build yourself a new capacitor. No one can stop you, their resistance is futile (if less than one Ohm)!

anonymouswish's comment made me laugh, but I think it warrants further clarification, lol

Ok, the song has been uploaded. Enjoy, folks.

This song was lodged into my head so much that I found the need to
blast this song and belt it aloud with my own voice. Thank God there is
no one else here; that might just qualify as cruel and unusual
punishment

The following song is currently stuck in my head, and I'm desperately trying to get rid of it, lol. Here are the lyrics; I'll upload it tomorrow night for you all to listen to.

I qualify this posting with a statement that you are free to interpret in however way you wish: 'No disclaimer here'

The dawn is breaking
A light shining through
You're barely waking
And I'm tangled up in you
Yeah

But I'm open, you're closed
Where I follow, you'll go
I worry I won't see your face
Light up again

Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills my mind
I somehow find, you and I collide

I'm quiet, you know
You make a first impression
I've found I'm scared to know
I'm always on your mind

Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the stars refuse to shine
Out of the back you fall in time
You somehow find, you and I collide

Don't stop here
I've lost my place
I'm close behind

Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills your mind
You finally find, you and I collide

You finally find
You and I collide
You finally find
You and I collide

- Howie Day, "Collide"

Since several ppl seem to be taking it... hmm.. not sure about being labeled as 'liberal,' 'wealthy', or 'romantic' (I think the romantic part still needs a little work, haha), but otherwise it seems accurate, lol.

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first impressions.. part trois

Two weekends ago, I went to a family friend/pseudo-cousin's wedding. I was out on the dance floor doing my non-dancing (lol). All of a sudden, the bride's mother, a childhood friend of my mom's, says that I should meet someone, and she even did the classic Asian relative/parent thing and dragged her out to the dance floor right in front of me.

Needless to say, it didn't work out. I was too busy trying not to fall over with my clumsy non-dancing to try to incite any meaningful conversation over the music, and she was too busy being immersed into the poppish-type music.

So that is precisely what got me thinking about first impressions, along with how I personally handled first impressions in previous encounters with others.

This part of cucumberlove's comment made me laugh.

is thesentiment wanting to get out there and meet some new people?  lets find you some hot girls, lol.

Hey, why not? Well, it's exactly what I've set out to do, as I wrote in that French entry way back when.

It's time for bed. I can't believe it's 1:30am already. Good early morning, everyone.

keys

Thanks to anonymouswish and shrek_azn for posting this blogthing.

What Are The Keys To Your Heart?

You are attracted to obedience and warmth.

In love, you feel the most alive when your lover is creative and never lets you feel bored.

You'd like to your lover to think you are loyal and faithful... that you'll never change.

You would be forced to break up with someone who was ruthless, cold-blooded, and sarcastic.

Your ideal relationship is open. Both of you can talk about everything... no secrets.

Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment.

You think of marriage as something precious. You'll treasure marriage and treat it as sacred.

In this moment, you think of love as something you thirst for. You'll do anything for love, but you won't fall for it easily.

first impressions.. part deux

Thanks to those who gave feedback about the first impression thing. I myself believe that first impressions are totally overrated, but they exist for a reason. The example of job interviews was mentioned, where essentially all you get is the first impression. But in terms of meeting people socially, should it be different?

I argue yes, but indeed, most people, in practice, seem to think otherwise.

cucumberlove says that one should be oneself when meeting others. My main problem is that nerves get the better of me, and I act uncharacteristically *unlike* myself, lol.

It takes more than a few tries for me to get used to something new; I suppose it's just another one of those things.