some time ago, gina tagged me with the eight things meme. i have been putting it off for several reasons. first, i've been too tired to write. second, i seriously don't think i can come up with eight things or habits about myself. not anything interesting anyway. and third, i don't know eight people to tag. that one's ok, though, because i'm just going to wimp out and not tag anyone. so, here goes:
1. I have to post these rules before I give you the facts.
2. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
3. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
4. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
5. Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them they're tagged, and to read your blog.
1. i was born in cuba. i don't remember it, since we left when i was still an infant, but there you go.
2. i love the nutcracker. recently i have bought a CD and have been making myself homesick over it. crazy. that all started over me buying fantasia for 500 yen (the copyright must have expired) and hearing the suite over and over in the car. to be honest, i love tchaikovsky. when i was young i wanted to develop an appreciation for classical music so i got something i liked and listened to it as i fell asleep (just ask my poor sister). more often than not, it was the nutcracker.
3. i took ballet and tap lessons when i was very young. i wish i could have continued it, as well as take gymnastics. oh well, life never turns out the way you expected it to.
4. in general, i hate japanese food (that's kind of funny, because just last night i told jan that i don't!) before i came here, i didn't know how many different foods i disliked. i mean, i knew there were foods i didn't like and usually didn't eat (namely, fish) but after i arrived here it was a huge problem. and compounding that is the japanese way of using food to connect to others. very hard for me. i have learned to like some things (like tofu) but other still make me gag (like sushi. TOTALLY hate sushi, basically the national dish of japan. and you may be surprised to learn that i don't hate sushi because of fish. it's because of vinegar. gross gross vinegared rice. ew.)
5. halfway done. i don't remember learning to swim. so, i've been able to swim my whole life. i love the water, and that even spills over to housework: the chores i like involve water (dishes, bathroom and yes, even the toilet) and those i hate don't (dusting, vacuuming, etc.) swimming is the best exercise for me when i'm trying to lose weight.
6. although i was born in cuba, and i now live in japan, i am not really well traveled (outside of the united states). the only other countries i've been to is canada and korea. and that's only because i used those countries as stop-overs between the us and japan. that's kind of sad.
7. ok, two more. this is hard. how about a habit: i love to chew ice. i think that's because, for whatever reason, a couple of my baby molars fell out really early. chewing on ice helped relieve some pain i had in my empty sockets, and then later when my adult teeth finally came in. nowadays that's a bad habit and probably not good for my teeth, but i do it anyway. kind of a soothing action for me. and a waste of ice in the summer!
8. i love to read. i will read almost anything (and now that i'm in japan and basically illiterate, i do read almost everything i can get my hands on in english. even cereal boxes and the like. in my life i have only once not finished a book. it was that bad. books rarely make me cry (though movies usually turn me into a faucet) so the ones that have have a special place in my heart. and i do read books again, usually a few years later, which my husband feels strongly about, since he doesn't like all the 'messy' books around the house! ha! he has more books than i do!!
phew, i didn't think i could do it. if you don't have a blog or haven't been tagged, feel free to leave something in the comments.
April 24, 2024
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5 comments:
Cuba! Interesting.
I crave chewing ice every now and then but especially when I was pregnant. I would have killed for a slurpee (Canadian 7-11 drink, it`s like kakigori here) and made my husband search high and low for the right kind of ice. :)
How difficult to live here and not like the food!
So what book was it?
TM- they are calling slurpees squishees now at 7-11s for the Simpsons movie.
i never really cared for slurpees. but then, we never really had a 7-11 nearby.
Never too late to get back to ballet again. I did just that when I got to Japan. Stopped 3.5 years ago with my first pregnancy and just re-started this very week! I blogged about it twice recently at http://heidiandthe3boys.typepad.com/konnichiwa/
Very relaxing, nice to get away from the kids and meet Japanese. Although I understand you are pregnant now and would not recommend starting during a pregnancy.
OMG, thanks for doing this! Okay let me read and share a few of my thoughts, brb. : )
You were born in Cuba? That is really cool! Hey, I *never* knew that about you! Wow!
How funny, you took ballet and tap? I took ballet and tap when I was little too. How funny! Ha ha ha : )
Okay, reading again, brb again, lol. : )
I completely agree with #4!!! I really wasn't too crazy about Japanese food either. And I really dislike fish. And yes, the thought of vinegar mixed with rice grosses me out too. And just like you said. It's consider not so nice to refuse to eat something and mix in the whole connecting with others and food, like you said. I always have a problem with that too. That said, I have grown to like more and more things all the time. I have gotten a wider food pallet since when I first moved here. But I am still light- years behind many expats regarding, eating Japanese food, including you Illahee, I know you can eat way more stuff in Japan, then I can. Sigh. But I really am trying. : )
OMG about #5. You were a natural swimmer. I love that. Okay little known weird fact about me is, I was a water baby. Before I could walk, I could swim. Parents did that to me, when I was just a few months old. LOL.
You've been to Korea before even for a stop-over is cool. I have too. I loved it ( we were only there for a vaction)! I'm also not very well traveled either! Except for the US. I'd like to go to Europe someday, sigh. : )
You like to chew ice, eh? Again, I never knew that! And you like to read? That is a good hobby you have. I'm so bad. People can't pay me to read for pleasure. I'm hopeless. : ) I do read junk like the National Enquirer though, but that doesn't really count, I think. He he.
Thanks for doing this, I really feel I know more about you now! : )
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