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1. I am an introvert at times.
2. I failed in math most of the time in secondary school, "F" was to be expected every semester. I never saw grades "A" or "B" in math and science until in highschool and university.
3. I love learning new languages, my brain naturally picks up languages better than math and science. In addition to English and Thai (which is my native language), I used to study (both speaking and writing) - French, Italian, Japanese and Chinese (Mandarin) with native speakers. However, I can barely remember them since I haven't had any chance to practice since I moved here. Sad but true. My daughter is 22 months old and is tri-lingual. She understands English, Thai and Spanish very well. Her daycare speaks Spanish to kids and I start to pick some up too! What a plus! lol
4. I completed my Bachelor's degree in 3 1/2 years from International School
5. I am half Thai and half Chinese but most people often think I am either Japanese or Chinese in person. Even people back home thought I was a tourist when I visited or walked by tourist attractions, they were going to charge me a tourist rate!
6. I can't swim and am afraid of the sun but I LOVE beaches
7. I drive fast
8. I can be such a control freak and am stubborn! What a terrible combo!
9. I don't eat beef EVER
10. I take pictures for this blog by myself. I need a tripod ASAP as I was about to drop my new camera a couple of times!
11. The most weight I ever gained was 30 lbs when I was pregnant
12. I don't want more babies. I am do darn tired with just one lol
13. I work with engineers and IT professionals. My degree has nothing to do with what I am doing now.
14. I hate hospital but I used to work in the hospital setting.
15. I am not good at sports
16. My favourite music is Jazz. I used to listen to heavy music too.
17. I have two younger brothers. My younger bro studies in Sydney, Australia. The youngest brother works and lives with my parents in Bangkok.
18. I want to run my own business of some kind so that I have a flexibility to travel to see my parents more often when they get older.
19. I have been in the states for 6 years now but my homesick never goes away.
20. I was afraid of a long term commitment but I got married twice, with the same man :D We had two ceremonies both in Thailand and US. We have two anniversary dates, one in Feb and another one in April, but we end up forgetting both dates every year!!
21. Nelah is not my real name, neither my daughter's.
22. I was a hurricane evacuee TWICE!!
23. I got robbed once in my life (hopefully) and it happened in the first year I moved to the States!
I love when you do personal entries like these. I hate beef too (I don't eat a lot of meat except for chicken nuggets and meatballs - which has beef but it's negligible because it's ground)! Lol, we have so much in common (among them the fast driving thing). It's so great to be able to relate to someone in a way that is more than just a shared fashion sense. :) More please!
ReplyDeleteThat's so cute that you had two ceremonies!
ReplyDeleteAwe!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't eat beef either EVER! LOL
ReplyDeleteYou are so cute!!! :)
great confessions! i also don't eat beef but do eat chicken almost 4 days a week! and I can't believe you gained 30 lbs when you were pregnant! nice job losing it all cause you look so tiny now!!
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I love learning more about you! I didn't realize Thai was your first language. I went to Thailand for a missions trip once but can't really remember much of what they taught us!
ReplyDeleteThank you for letting us know more about you. I also gained 30 lbs during my pregnancy. I lost 27 lbs after I left the hospital :) People said women can get away with the first one but the second preg. will hit you hard :) Have a great Thanksgiving with your hubby and little one.
ReplyDeleteLove knowing more about you! I get a little shy and awkward sometimes too but no one believes me!
ReplyDeleteTwice survivor? You are blessed!
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Hey Nelah! thanks for sharing all this, now i feel like I know you better!! Great post!! and yes, girl, get a tripod!!! :)
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So many confessions! Hehe... and lol about Thai ppl thinking you were a tourist :P I don't look stereotypically Vietnamese either, and once I actually had one person ask me if I was Asian! LOL... granted, it was an elderly Caucasian man, but still!
ReplyDeleteYou drive fast......love it (so do I), hehehe:)
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Wow to the last two facts... you are a blessed one to have gotten out of those (especially the former)! Very entertaining read. Thanks! :)
ReplyDeletenelah-- i love reading your confessions. i can't swim either! i lied to my doctor that i was allergic to chlorine and had her write me a note to excuse me from having to pass the swim test. lol.
ReplyDeleteCute post to know you. :)
ReplyDeleteVery funnny such a list.. I like the outfits your wearing.
ReplyDeletei loved reading all of these. i would love to learn other languages too. i can speak conversational spanish, and i started studying french. :D
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Your daughter is tri-lingual? I'm so incredibly jealous. My dad speaks Cantonese and even though it's a dying dialect, I would've loved for him to have taught me as I was growing up.
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ReplyDeleteParlez Francais avec moi alors! Vous etes Thailandaise, cool! J'ai mes amis a Bangkok aussi!
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Wow I identify with so much of what you said. I'm also an introvert most of the time, except when I get online, then I can't shut up! lol
ReplyDeleteI also didn't do well in math and Cs and Ds were business as usual, until high school, then it was all As. It was as if someone flipped a switch in my head and I could finally understand. Because of how traumatic it was in the earlier years, I still always hated math, even if I was good at it.
Hardly anyone can guess my ancestry, mostly people just think I'm Asian (Korean is the usual guess) or Latina (Mexican or Puerto Rican) but I am neither. I am Native American, Maliseet to be exact. The only ones who guess right are other Native Americans, but they often think I am from their tribe, I've had them come up to me speaking Oneida or Ojibwe when I lived in Wisconsin.
I've also been married twice to the same man! He was in the Air Force when we were dating and it just made sense to marry and get our paperwork in order as well as get base housing and other marriage perks. But then we had the real church wedding a year later. We also always forget both of our anniversaries! lol
On the other hand, I am terrible at languages. I only know a handful of words and phrases in Maliseet even though my mother taught Maliseet at the day care on our reservation. I took French in high school and struggled mightily to pass.
I also love love love beef. I would eat steak every day if I could afford it.