25 random things about me

by justine

as tagged by baby and khairul.

  1. i started smoking at age 13
  2. but only started really drinking at 23
  3. which is also when i started wearing makeup and buying clothes
  4. i’m less angry than i always appear to be
  5. i’m fucking soft-hearted
  6. and very gullible and super naive (italics for emphasis)
  7. so i’ll forgive you almost anything if you apologise (even if you’re lying)
  8. i’m initially very judgmental when i first meet someone
  9. i despise showoffs (i really. don’t. care.)
  10. if you’re good to me, i’ll be your most loyal supporter
  11. i wouldn’t mind having a father who was never around but supported me financially (as opposed to having no father at all)
  12. i have teochew peranakan ancestory
  13. my grandad owned a local advertising agency
  14. i have a goldfish memory
  15. i find it hard to fall in (and out of) love
  16. no matter how nice you are, if you can’t do your job adequately (see, i hold you to low standards) we can never be fucking friends
  17. i was once in such a bad stage, i planned this tattoo: “odi et amo, excrucior”. how fucking emo.
  18. if it ain’t evident already, i swear so much i’m not even really swearing as much as i am just speaking
  19. i can only drink beer or vodka
  20. because in high school i drank a lot of herbs ‘n food crap (i.e. saheep, thaisong, etc.)
  21. a homeopath chiropractor once told me my asthma fucked up my back
  22. when i got my ears pierced (at 7) i ran around screaming after the first side was done and swore to never repeat it ever again
  23. i proceeded to get multiple piercings later on: 15 ear, 3 lip, tongue (twice), belly (DIY)
  24. i have paper journals dating back to ’95 *CRINGE*
  25. half the time i’m arrogant, the other half i struggle with self esteem issues