mememe - a little meme about me

Um, so this post has been in the works for close to 3 months..whoops...

So here's A LOT of information about me =) Keep reading, there are two meme's here...

Meme number 1:
1. Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog.
I was tagged by Sarah at Sarah's Cucina Bella

The rules of this meme are:
1. Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog.
2. Share five random and/or weird facts about yourself on your blog.
3. Share the five top places on your “want to see or want to see again” list.
4. Tag a minimum of five random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs. Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment in their blog.

2. Share five random and/or weird facts about yourself on your blog.
Random things eh?
(a) I really enjoy watching Jon and Kate Plus 8. I would never want 8 kids - I can't even imagine having twins, but it's fascinating to watch 2 totally normal people bring up 8 kids. Since the show has been going on for quite some time, it's fun seeing the kids grow up and see their personalities develop. It's particularly fascinating as none of the 8 kids are identical! The kids are super adorable to boot!

(b) I'd like to know 5 or more languages. I, of course, speak English, I am ok at Japanese (terrible at reading and writing) and remember tidbits of Spanish from taking it for 4 years in High School. I'd love to learn French, how else would I communicate with my favorite pastry chefs?? As for the other two, I'd also love to learn Chinese (I tried, and it was so hard!) and for the last one..maybe Korean? I'm not really sure. I guess I should take it one step (or rather language) at a time. As for the 5 languages part? It's totally random, but I got obsessed with Teresa Heinz Kerry. I read somewhere that she knew 5 languages, and I thought that was a pretty cool thing.

(c) I am obsessed with medical shows, like Mystery Diagnosis. Perhaps it's the House influence, but I can't get enough of those shows. I find it utterly fascinating to find out about all these weird obscure diseases. Of course, the one negative, is that it makes me incredibly panicky when I get any sort of abnormal symptom.

(d) I'd love to learn how to play the violin or cello. No idea why, but I just think it'd be a cool thing to do. In the meantime, I keep myself busy with Guitar Hero, because you know, violins and fake guitars are SO similar...

(e) I spent the majority of my life thinking that I was rejected by the Girls Scouts. When I was growing up, every girl I knew was in the Girls Scouts and every boy was in the Boy Scouts. I always felt out-of-place whenever the girls would start talking about what was going on in Girl Scouts and what badges they got. I think what happened was, as a joke, someone in my family told me that I was rejected by the Girl Scouts. Being the gullible child I was, I totally believed it. Recently, and I mean really recently, I finally found out that it was that I was busy (lots of classes), and I didn't have enough time to commit to the Girl Scouts.

3. Share the five top places on your “want to see or want to see again” list.
(a) JAPAN: I can never get enough of Japan. I've usually gone to Japan to visit family, so haven't actually traveled much within Japan. I'd love to take a month and just travel to all parts of Japan...I guess I should start playing the lottery...

(b) FRANCE: I went to Paris once, actually with Sarah, who just tagged me for this meme. Back then, I was a poor college student and wasn't too much of a foodie yet. It also didn't help that the foot and mouth disease epidemic was in full swing, so neither of us wanted to eat much meat. I guess with that trip, what we did accomplish was to hit up all the touristy things like the Eiffel Tower. Now, if I go back, I can spend all my time and money at the pastry shops =) All I can say, is that I'm glad to have seen France at-least once prior to the Euro integration. When I went, everything was so cheap, now, the dollar is so weak!

(c) AFRICA: Although I'm afraid of the five billion shots you have to take to go there, I would love to go to Africa at some point. I'd love to do an African safari and see my favorite animals, giraffes, in their natural environment.

(d) AUSTRALIA: What can I say? Wallabies and Koalas! I'd love to do a trip that covers all the major Australian landmarks.

(e) ENGLAND: This was actually on Sarah's list as well. I have never been to London, or any part of England. Honestly, I haven't traveled that much! Seeing that I work for an UK company, and I have my obsession of British bands, I've been very curious to visit.

4. Tag a minimum of five random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs. Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment in their blog.
Ok, seeing that it's been 5 years since she tagged me for this meme, I think I'm going to skip this step - I think most of the blogging world has been tagged by now =)

WOW - so because it took me 5 years to respond to the meme - I actually got tagged for a different meme! I was expecting the same questions - but they're different! So here's some more information about me...

For this meme - I was tagged by Jessica at Su Good Sweets.

Meme number 2:
What were you doing 10 years ago?
Let me see - that would be 1998? I was being unproductive in college =) I think I was at the beginning of my baking experiments with Duncan Hines brownie mix.

What were you doing 1 year ago?
Is it bad that I'm looking at my pictures to figure this out? I had recently gone to Medieval Times for the first time in my life.

Five snacks you enjoy:
Cookies
Cake
Chocolate
Japanese sweets
Ice cream

Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:
Invest (long-term savings, real estate, etc.)
Go to every expensive good restaurant in NYC, and the world
Travel
Buy a Hobart mixer
Get a pastry degree

Five bad habits:
Not sleeping at a normal hour
Not exercising enough
Not responding to emails quickly
Not regularly writing in my blog
Not remembering peoples names

Five things you like doing:
Sleeping - once I get to sleep, it's hard to wake me up
Eating
Reading
Dancing
Frolicking around NYC

Five things you would never wear again:
Tight red plaid pants
Green plaid pants (I had a plaid obsession for awhile)
Short shorts
Hot pink dress - it was so heinous
I think I've blocked everything else out

Five favorite toys:
Wii
Toys that come from Kinder Surprise eggs
Camera
DVR - does that count as a toy??
Anything small and trinket-y