25 Random Things About Me…

I’ve been tagged by Praveen and pertaining to his tag, have to tell 25 random things (Note: This will be in a random order too).

1. As a child, I was very possessive about my parent’s stuff. I would bawl all over the place if anyone drove my Dad’s car or wore my Mom’s shoes and stuff like that.
2. I also used to be in everyone’s arms. If I ever walked, every few centimeters I’d start cleaning the bottom of my shoes with tissues. My Dad would eventually get bugged and just carry me after that. I barely walked even till the age of 5!
3. I used to cry a lot to go school. On the first day, the beginning of my school life, I cried all the way from home to the school banging on the car windows with my fists. I clung to my mom while leaving from home, then my dad’s watch at school. The servicemen at school ( 3 of them) finally freed my grasp on Dad’s watch and dragged me inside! Phew..
4. I am a total foodie and I love eating junk food such as burgers, pizza, French fries. I also savor several exquisite dishes from the continental, south Indian and north Indian cuisine.
5. Muli ke Paranthe with Curds (yummy!) is my hot favorite and the fact that not one place in Mangalore has authentic paranthas to serve makes me really furious. Especially at the Empire Mall, the paranthas there is an insult to the authentic ones. Even Punjabi Dhaba is disappointing.
6. I suffer from road rage. Most people who drive here have no road sense or driving ethics. Sometimes, I feel like driving with a crate of eggs so that I can throw it at someone who is an utter nuisance on road.
7. Books are my passion. I can read everything  that can be read. I can’t do without them…excellent stress buster.
8. I love playing ALL word games. Words add a dimension and depth to anything around or within us.
9. When I was small, my English was so sad that when anyone asked me if I ‘know’ English,  I’d say I ‘yes’ English.
10. I also used to create my own weird words to suit my convenience and the situation. For example, whoever or whatever used to bug/irritate me was called ‘pakaatali’.
11. I’m not at all  a morning person ( By morning, I mean the period between 7 AM and 11 AM). No matter what I do, I always feel sleepy in the first class of the day.
12. During my grade 9 summer vacations, I used to work part-time in the supermarkets trying to sell curry pastes every weekend and used to be paid Rs 200 for 4 hours.
13. My mother is the best person to go (window)shopping with as I won’t trust anyone else’s judgment. She gives great advice and has a pretty good taste (though sometimes there are clashes..but negligible!).
14. I can be very determined when I want to do something. If I can’t do justice to anything, I’d probably not bother about it. If I want to do anything, I want to make it really good.
15. Adventures gets my adrenalin pumping and thrills me (Mom thinks otherwise). I want to do a lot of things like sky diving, paragliding, space walking, mountaineering, white river rafting and many such things at some point in life.
16. I love dark chocolate. The bitter it is, the better. What a divine taste it has! Ferrero Rocher, Hershey’s Kisses and Snickers are my other favorite chocolates.
17. I hate travelling! Whenever I’ve got lots of travelling to do, I stay awake the full 24 hours so that as soon as we start travelling, I can just sleep it off.
18. The first drops of rain on soil tantalizes me…what a heavenly smell it is of the wet soil!! I love running early morning and the feel of the pleasant breeze on my face.
19. I love most Disney movies and all Disney Princesses. My favorite princess is Ariel, the little mermaid!
20. I have this real bad habit of involuntarily associating the subject with teacher. If the teacher is sad, then my subject suffers. I find it particularly hard to get over this but things are better now.
21. I wish I was Garfield… Then I could eat, sleep, watch TV without feeling like utterly wasted.
22. I can’t stand hypocrites, whiners, liars and those who want to be spoon fed and get on with life without a day’s work!
23. I usually don’t bother with anything anyone does, but if someone intentionally crosses my path and intends to harm then I know how to get back and what to do. When I really really get angry, I’m cold and ruthless.
24. I’m quite accomplished at playing agony aunt to all my close friends.
25. I wish I had some more interesting random things to write but anyway I think this should suffice!

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