Monday, June 07, 2004
i have a disease
someone once told me that i'm intimidating. it's definitely not because of my size...and it's definitely not because of my temper (if i even have one). he told me that i scare people away with my intelligence. i have still yet to decide whether it's a compliment or not. even then...i don't think i'm smart. i can probably name 50 people i know that are smarter than me. i know i have this irritating habit of correcting people's english (pronounciation..grammar..etc.) but that doesn't mean i have an excellent grasp on the english language. my knowledge of the english language is mediocre. my friends call me the walking dictionary but i don't think i even know the meaning of 10% of the words in the english language dictionary.which brings me to another subject. i have this tendency to find out more information on the things that i don't know. i was talking to a friend yesterday and we had a very short conversation about D-day (yesterday was D-day for those of you who didn't know). anyway...we were talking about the war and since i have so little knowledge on the war i decided to go home and read more about it. it doesn't serve any purpose...it's just a 'i need to know' thing. it's been that way for a long time. i sometimes find myself looking up for things that make no sense. it's like a disease. everytime i encounter one of those 'oh my god i know the answer to this question but i just can't think right now' situations i find myself not being able to sleep at night until i actually figure out the answer. which probably explains why i'm on the internet in the middle of the night. i end up searching for answers to questions and topics that have been discussed throughout the day.
anyway...another friend of mine told me that i have a habit of not looking people in the eye when i'm talking to them. i've known about this habit for a long time but have always been able to hide it somehow or another. it's not because i'm unattentive...it's just a habit. i have this weird habit of observing things around me at all times so i guess that's where my problem stems from. oh well...so far i've only got one complaint so i guess it's just a minor problem.
i'll be leaving for singapore tomorrow. i wish i didn't have to go. over the past one week i've realized that this is where i belong. i miss home so much when i'm in singapore. i always sit down and wonder what my friends are doing at that very moment or whether my family and friends are doing ok. i hate the idea of missing out on all the fun times with my friends. but heck...i don't really have a choice. i'll just will myself to stick it out for the next two years. i've always been able to persevere.
fun facts for today :)
- flies take off backwards
- women end up ingesting almost half of the lipstick they apply
- the owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink...all other birds raise their lower eyelids.
- a moth has no stomach
- the typical penguin has just one orgasm a year
- experts estimate that a real orgasm burns 112 calories...faked orgasm burn 315 calories.
- non-smokers dream more than smokers
- a kangaroo can only jump if its tail is touching the ground
- bluebirds can't see the colour blue
- a mule won't sink in quicksand but a donkey will
- it takes sperm one hour to swim seven inches
- bart simpson is left handed
- one in four compulsive gamblers are women
- if a man's tie is too tight his vision gets worse
- if a mackerel stops swimming it dies
- both hitler and napoleon had only one testicle
- two of the main causes for temporary impotence are tight pants and prolonged cigarette smoking
- there are no rivers in saudi arabia
feefs, 11:33 AM
