but I came across it again
where it had originally been shared
and thought, why not?
so here we go...
1. I love the smell and feel of the ocean salt on my skin on a warm day and grass or sand underneath my feet. I hate wearing closed shoes. Going barefoot or in flip-flops everyday makes me devastatingly happy.
2. I'm ridiculously shy when meeting new people.
3. I love naming things that are dear to me. I named my first guitar Mossad. And my second, Fez. My ukulele is named Kauanoe (misty rain). My laptop is named Moss (Maurice), after my grandpa. When I was 13, I named my stuffed bunny, Rosencrantz Archimedes... it's still in my posesssion.
4. To this day, I love lurking in the poetry section of libraries.. and I love reading poetry in its native language.
5. I adore seeing the hidden beauty and potential in people, the more obscure, the more satisfying and wonderful. There is incredible beauty all around, sometimes you just have to soften your eyes.
6. Perpetually backpacking around the world and living in a community/village in some off-the-map jungle has been a constant temptation since I was young. I frequently dream of simply packing my bag and hanging out in South East Asia or Latin America for a few years... the time, I feel is drawing closer for this..
7. Singing beautiful songs makes me very, very happy.
8. I'm a story-teller and a collector of stories. It's in my blood. Like the ocean
9. I constantly write words, phrases, paragraphs of beauty in my head and sometimes on paper, but can never seem to be able to remember the melody I put to any of them.
10. Every year since I was 13 (except 2008), I have read 'To Kill A Mockingbird' and 'My Family and Other Animals'. 'Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency' has been read every year since the very early part of this century.
11. I was an anti-globalist of the communist/socialist persuasion for a number of years. Before uni. It was borne out of a pure desire.
12. I am much too sarcastic for my own good. Frequently. But definitely without a hint of malice. Thus I do enjoy the talents of the likes of Jack Dee and Eddie Izzard.
13. Sometimes I think that there might actually be no blood in my veins, only salt water. No matter how badly or how well my life is going, when I sit by the ocean, everything is better. And God, closer.
14. I'm an artist. But I love quantum physics. And I was in the chess club. I still have moments of monumental nerd-dom. And my God seems to have painted fractals into everything.
15. I'm never going to retire, because I'm always going to love what I do. There's no room in life for regret.
16. I was born in Fiji, moved to Aussie when I was 1yr old. I went to 9 different primary schools and 3 high schools, due to moving around (Australia) so often for my dad's job (draftsman). During this time, I also lived in Malaysia for 3 wonderful, dark, significant years. And I wholeheartedly appreciate my parents moving us around so often and implanting in me the insatiable travel bug and appreciation of people and culture.
17. I'm no good at arguing. I always seem to lose my thread and motivation to continue.
18. I have been debating for years, whether or not to just go for it and get dreads. It's the whole shaving-my-head-and-subsequ
19. I ought to be a much better guitar player than I am, however, I have a sneaking suspicion that I'm just incredibly lazy in this area. I still dream of playing the drums (kit and hand drums), sita, cello and violin one day.
20. I used to make mixed tapes for people, but have only recently met kindred spirits who not only appreciate and understand, but also took part in this art-form.
21. I think a life lived without awareness and embodiment of Beauty, Love and Passion is not really life.
22. I spent 9 years (not consecutive) dilly-dallying in the Australian university education system. I can write an essay on just about anything off the top of my head. Without doing the required readings. Skills for life, eh? I almost took political science instead of nursing.
23. I would love to own a two-tone kombi microbus with safari windows.
24. Air-conditioners make me feel nauseated. Including the ones in shopping malls.
25. Every day, it becomes increasingly clear, as it infuses every part of me, that I have the Love I've always dreamed of.
