queen jean tagged me so here it goes :)

1) as a child, i couldn’t have been furthest from the land of scholaristic/academic brainia; i was an absolute under-achiever. this was partly because i was just plain weird. i refused to participate in academic activities against my (philosophical) beliefs… whatever. for example, i refused to answer any of the subtraction questions in my math exam becaues, according to young jaz, apparently we should try to be positive (+), not negative (-)… my parents were called in, and i’m sure they had a very enjoyable conversation with my teacher. i actually had no recollection of this until mum told me about a year ago. to my family, it’s a miracle that i’m in academia.

2) i’m fascinated by all forms of fortune telling. korean shamanism really interests me on various levels but i’m not a fan of witchcraft. i also do tarot readings for people sometimes. when i first came to australia, one of my homestay mothers was a jahova’s witness and she used to take me to special meetings and give me bible lessons. quite clearly she had high hopes of me becoming a great jahova’s witness… well, it appears that i’ve failed her, slightly.

3) once i won a karaoke competition. i was the only under-age karaokean there. i sang some silly R&B song, but i don’t remember a single word or a note of that song at all now. anyway, i won a deck chair as a prize, which i couldn’t pick up because i didn’t have my licence then. and i was living by myself, hence no one to help me with tasks like picking up a karaoke prize. the last time i did karaoke was in japan early last year. four of us nondakures (drunks) + (what appears to be) an endless supply of alcohol + yummy hokkaido dishes = fun times. people close to me tell me that i talk and sing trilingually - in japanese, korean, and english - when alcohol takes me over. of course no one understands what i’m saying or singing then.

4) i’m ornithophobic. i have inherent fear of birds. about a year ago, someone made me feed little birds. that someone told me “trust me. you’ll be fine, you’ll see.” i thought, “yeah right, the only thing that i’ll see is none of you!” well, i did end up feeding them - after all, he was the one with the car key and it didn’t feel too smart to stay in the middle of nowhere in the mountains. thanks to him, i’m much more comfortable with those terrifying flying creatures now.  

5) i cry to some most random things. the other day, i cried to a lily allen’s song. god, i wish i’d never told you that.

 i tag lucy, carmen, and hanna.

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