Too Much Information Meme: 10 Things About Me

I'm still working on the sick computer situation, although it's amazing how much free time I suddenly have on my hands though!

It's a perfect opportunity to finally post my response to the latest meme going around the blogosphere. I was tagged by Rose two weeks ago, and the brief is to:

Write 10 weird or random things about you that most people don't know about. Then tag 5 others for at the end of the post.

Here goes...

• I dislike, I can't stand, ok, I hate apricot jam. I never liked it as a kid; I despised it after enduring weeks of it for breakfast whilst backpacking through France, Spain and Turkey. Thank goodness for our holy jar of Vegemite
• I can touchtype about 90wpm (spot the geek). It sure came in handing for temp'ing assignments overseas though
• The first rollercoaster I ever rode was Space Mountain at Disneyland at the age of seven. I screamed, petrified, the whole way through. By the time I was 12, I had a taste for it, and went on the Bush Beast at Australia's Wonderland seven times, ending the day in the first carriage on my own.
• I always eat wafers one layer at a time. I swear they taste better that way
• When I was eight, I once begged my sister to buy me a 1kg bag of sweets which was on special. I think I ate it in a week. She swore she'd never do it again (and people wonder why I use the moniker AugustusGloop?)
• I have a reputation for being a klutz. I once dropped the family dinner on the floor as everyone gathered around the table. We ended up having KFC. I was pretty happy about it at the time (I was eleven)
• I am left-handed, although you can't tell from my handwriting
• My favourite bit of the roast chicken is the thigh, followed by the wing. I am sooo Asian
• My favourite game at school was Heads Down, Thumbs Up. I never picked my friends even though I would pretend I had. I can be so cruel =)
• I once convinced my fifth-grade teacher that Helen's Cake Shop in Chinatown was owned by my parents. He believed me when I said they had named it after me. I *was* Jodie Foster.

I won't bother tagging anyone else as I'm sure it's done all the rounds already. If you'd like to play, please feel free to leave a comment.

And I hope everyone had a happy Australia Day today-- I did! Good food, good company and plenty of happy bellies all 'round. Tres beaut!