Monday, March 10, 2008

Am I Quirky?

I believe each individual is unique in his or her own way and all of us have certain things that are quirky. Those quirky little things make us special in our own way, don’t you agree?

Trinity tagged me with "6 Quirky Things About me" and Dora tagged me with "5 Facts About Me". This will be a 2 in 1 meme about ME:

  1. What do you do when you get angry or sad? For me, I would go shopping! While I was studying in university, I had a motorcycle to carry me around. So, when I was sad or angry, I would hop onto my motorcycle and go shopping. I just need to walk and walk in the shopping complex and I would feel better. Now that I am married, I still have the urge to drive to the nearest shopping complex when I am not happy but most of the time, it didn’t happen. I know it is weird and I am beginning to think that I need a doctor!!!
  1. A clean freak or perfectionist or whatever you call it, I can’t stand the sight of MESS. My hands and legs would automatically start working to clean the mess.
  1. I can’t stand sound made by polystyrene and mechanical pencils. I just can’t stand the sound.
  1. I sleep talk and sleep walk ……………. when I was young! I don’t do that anymore now. I can’t imagine what I would say or do in the middle of the night especially now when I do not sleep alone anymore.
  1. I’m a lousy cook and that’s the fact. I don’t bake either. So, what I get are complaints from my husband but luckily my children still support me. Although I don’t cook well, they would sometimes say: “Mummy, thank you for cooking this yummy food for me.” See how they make me happy although they make me angry and sad at times too.
  1. Because I’m a lousy cook, we love to dine outside, in the restaurants, in coffee shops or in food stalls. I would try all kinds of food every time or should I say new dishes in the menu that I have not tried before. That’s quirky, isn’t it? My husband always go for the same dish every time he visits the same restaurant and he told me that based on his loyalty towards food, I could be very sure of his loyalty towards me too. Now, am I quirky or is he the one?

21 comments:

slavemom said...

I know who I shld invite to my hse when it's in a mess. You! LOL

Tammy said...

It's nice to learn more things about you. :o)

L B said...

Oooo, you're a neat freak too!! I must have everything in its place, and tidy, and clean, and.. I get out of balance when things are all messy!!! But, I can't drive or ride out to do shopping so unbalanced! :-) So, I cook.. Cooking is such a stress reliever..

Trinity said...

Thanks for telling us your quirky things! I always salute to those who can be so organize and clean! LOL...I am not like you and LB..I am messy mom, LOL..though I will get so stress to see messy rooms! But to keep all clean and tidy is just too much! too tiring and endless for me!

I am also a lousy cook and never successful in baking something ever! hahaha.. and just like you, sometimes I really want to dine outside as I want to have a delicious meals! hahaha..but Cliff will not eat well outside, so we rarely do it. We just order delivery dishes, that is a perfect solution, everybody is happy.

the last one, i think your hubby is quirky! LOL... I would love to try new dishes of course!

Zooropa said...

Hi Jo-N, I'm a clean freak as well. I'll go mad when I see my hubby didn't put back d magazines after reading...!

Dora:)

keeyit said...

Learning more on how you treat yourself and face life.. hehe..

Sweetiepie said...

I am unoraganized person so i don't mind is the house is messy but maybe once a while i will clean up the mess.:)

Sandy C. said...

Ahhh...Retail Therapy :) It think it really does work sometimes ;)

sting said...

with 3 kids, you still manage to keep things tidy! wow! my hats off to you ;-)

Eagles' Wings said...

Interesting post. Now, I know that I am not as quirky as I thought ;-)

miche said...

when is ur next trip to malacca? can come to my hse our? my room very messy lar..hehehe

i hope you will be loyal to ur hubby. :P

Shireen Loh said...

*on knees begging* Please come clean my house...pwetty pwese...:-) Thanks for dropping by my blog even though I've left it idle for a while and apologies for not visiting as often as I should :-(

JO-N said...

Ginnie,

LOL. Waiting for your invitation :)

Tammy,

:)

LB,

Give me five! People say men are untidy but the men I know are all neat.

Trin,

I know, I know, it would be tiring to keep clean. That's why I get my little helpers to clean up. They can't go to bed if the house is messy. LOL. Next time when you come to Malaysia, we go dining together. So, my husband is quirky? Yay!

Dora,

High five!

Keeyit,

LOL. You get a general impression of me before we actually meet, eh?

Sweetiepie,

It's good that way too. At least, there's no stress.

Sandy,

Hmm...Retail therapy, nice name for a quirk like mine. It sounds more professional, eh?

Siew Ting,

I have a maid to help and three little helpers too.

Chris,

Should I tag you on this so that you can share your quirks?

Miche,

I ask my hubby: Do you mean I would like other men if I like to try all kinds of food? He kept saying NO. LOL.

Shireen,

Don't worry, be happy. Visiting blogs shouldn't be stressful. It should be fruitful. That's what The New Parent said to me one day.

Lizzy in the Burbs said...

Hi!

That's a great list, and really not too quirky! :o) I do alot of the same things you do, except for the sleep talking/walking! My son has a friend who does that, and he spent the night once and came out of my son's room and was talking to me, but it was all jiberish, it was really strange! I just took him by the shoulders and guided him back to bed and he went right to sleep. The next day he had no memory of it.

Hey, if you get a minute, please stop by my blog, I tagged you for another meme. (only if you want to/have the time to)

Lizzy

wen said...

i still havent done this post from Trinity yet. i just dont know how quirky i am!!
mechanical pencil........(??) relly cannot stand ah?

Health Freak Mommy said...

I'm a clean freak too, but not that neat... but hubby is a real neat freak, to the point that it drives me crazy coz he loves to hide or throw my things!

Mommy to Chumsy said...

not quirky but normal :D

suesue said...

Glad to know I found someone who is same as me, clean freak. It is really eye sore when I see thing lying around house. 'Kenot' stand ah must clen it first before I go to sleep.

Tot's Mom said...

hey, we have something in common. i don't like cooking either & neither do i bake.

Jacss said...

ah hah....now i know some quirky facts about you...
but being a lousy isn't as quirky lar....bcoz we 'kamching' ma, haha

Aunty J said...

Hahaha...i like reading your quirky thingy :) And oh yessss...I go shopping be it if I'm happy, angry, sad etc...hmmmm it makes me sound like I shop round the clock eh???!!! No la, I need to sleep oso right! ;p