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I've Been Tagged

I've been tagged by Shiez....shiiessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss urgh

OK, here is how you play this game:
  1. Link to your original tagger and list these rules in your post.
  2. Share seven facts about yourself in the post.
  3. Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names and links to their blogs. (see lah if i rajin!)
  4. Let them know they’ve been tagged.
  5. Let your tagger know you've completed the meme. (I copied this list of five things I need to do and what the hell is MEME??!?!??!?)
OK, now for the boring part

1. I'm currently in Australia (some people still don't know where I am) doing a postgraduate degree in Applied Linguistics.

2. I love playing the piano. Yes, people whom I know listen to me rattle about how much I hate it but my fingers yearn to touch the keys and make beautiful and ugly music.

3. I am turning 23 this August and I feel like I still have too much that I want to do before hitting 30 - considering another undergraduate degree; volunteering for language researches at some remote island/jungle; WORKING/etc. - jeez daron who's rushing you to settle down (THIS IS AN UNCONTROLLABLE REACTION TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO ARE TYING THE KNOT)

4. A stereotype boy isn't supposed to like shopping but I simply LOVE it. I'm special.

5. I'm a bit torn right now because I know I can produce better English/Malay but I simply can't. I am afraid I have reached the phase where everything I know is fossilized and learning new input would be difficult.

6. Reaction to #5 - I am born bilingual. Thanks to parents-talk/caretakers-talk. I believe most of you who read my blog are bilinguals/multilinguals (polyglots) as well.

7. You know how we are given ID numbers at school; house numbers (address)... okay I like many numbers, one of them is the number '26.' In my final year in primary school I was student number 26 in my class; I was living in a tent called Charlie 26 with 9 other guys when I was in National Service, and now I'm living at house number 26, here in Jesmond, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, Earth, the Universe.

7 lucky victims?

nah.... I'm not gonna tag anyone :P hihihihihi sorry

Comments

Unknown said…
WALAU... ur supposed to tell me when when u finish the tag lah! ahhahahaa...

Eh u English major dunno wat is meme??????

HOW CAN!??!?!!
1:56 PM
Kim said…
haha i was in L26 too!! sungguh sehati sejiwa oh we this!
3:02 AM
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