41: Twenty Facts About Myself BONUS

Hello again!

Well last Sunday I was asked to do the 20 facts thingy so I did, but I really had quite alot of stuff that I didn't exactly elaborate on so here it is! Be honoured readers cause only you people will know ahahaha. (:

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Yep okay let's go!

(insert cute photo here)

1)Obviously, this photo is me from way back and I can't believe that I used to be that cute. Thanks puberty -__- 

I think I look way better when my skin was fairer as compared to tanned... I went through my childhood photos and found out that sadly my derpy face/derpiness came at primary school. Won't show you any of those photos cause meh they're terrible ahahaha.

2)My MBTI is ISTP, but my scores for I/E and T/F are tied so I'm actually like super mixed up? But I think I'm leaning closer to I than E. 

3)I play cello, and I've had String Ensemble as my CCA ever since primary one. 

Technically speaking, I only started playing cello seriously when I was in Primary two. The teacher that the school hired wasn't exactly helpful in any way so Primary 1 was a total waste of time, and the first time when I actually made progress was when I managed to find out the notes for "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" on my own. In fact, I learnt most of the fundamentals of cello all by myself (seriously, I learnt by randomly testing out each and every note of the 4 strings with limited musical theory). 

Looking back, I think that personally, that's a really great feat because I managed to pull so far ahead of the rest of the cellists that I ended up being the "secondary teacher", and I managed to enter the main ensemble in that same year (The main ensemble was only for those that the conductors think are good enough and the minimum age is supposedly Primary 3 so I ended up being the only Primary 2 there). But then again, learning cello all by myself made me end up with certain bad habits and poor bow control (I'm supposed to be using my wrist but I'm using my arm instead) and they're really limiting me from improving and playing more technically difficult stuff so I really need to get that fixed.

Additional fun fact: I have no clue why I didn't have any other CCA options. When I was in Primary 1 my parents asked me to pick up a musical instrument, and I had to choose between violin, guzheng or cello. I ended up picking cello because I didn't have any clue what that was and I thought the other two instruments were rather mainstream... (sorry Xiaowei, perhaps in another time we might have been gz buddies or smth hahaha)

4)I love football, and my favorite football team is Manchester United! 

5)I only had one other CCA, and that was basketball in primary school. But I quit after a year cause of training clashes. 

If I remembered correctly, I think Basketball was a newly formed CCA by the school at that time, because I know I was invited by my PE teacher to join. And I don't remember anyone in that CCA at all because I didn't really commit much to it (I sucked at basketball and I wasn't that interested but I joined anyway because I didn't know how to say no)

6)I've also learnt piano until grade 3, but stopped because I had poor coordination between my two hands so I really struggled... 

This is actually the thing that helped me develop my interests for cello. With the help of the piano and music theory that I learnt during piano classes, I managed to develop an interest in music and I only started playing the cello properly because I wanted to try playing my piano pieces on my cello. By matching the cello strings with the piano, I was also able to develop a perfect pitch (I can't tell you the frequency of the note though Xuliang), so I'm really grateful that I took that up too. I wish I'd quit later though cause now I can't really play any complicated pieces (I only play by ear nowadays).

7)This is my favorite number. And my favourite colour is navy blue. 

8)My kid self would probably hint to you that I am very skinny. Yes, I'm underweight for all my years in pri school. 

9)That is until I started loving to eat and now I'm getting fatter and fatter ): 

10)I have relatives in Thailand, China and Hong Kong.

This is because my grandfather and his siblings (aka my granduncles and grandaunts) decided to escape from China during WWII and some of them eventually ended up being split so they set up their own families in those countries. I'd love to tell the story but even I don't know about the exact details so...

11)I used to love reading. Now I don't.

It all changed the moment I started reading Harry Potter. I was in Primary 2/3 back then, and there was just so many characters/scenes/pages in the book that it really hurt my brain while I read it. The only times I read were before school, so I'd read like only 15 pages per day and I'd always forget about the plot so I had to re-read certain parts again, and when I finished the book I was really happy cause I thought it was finally over... Until I realised that:

1) That was just the first book of the series

2) There was a movie about it and I could just watch it instead of reading large walls of text

And that's how my dislike for reading came about....

12)A lot of people who I interact with on closer terms will definitely know I'm really childish. 

13)I was a really good kid in primary school, and I held leadership positions in class/CCA many times. That probably helped me to get into DHS. 

To be precise...

1) Chairperson in P2 & P3

2) Prefect from P3-P6

3) Chairperson of String Ensemble

14)Yes, I came in by the back door through that and my cello. My PSLE aggregate score was 245. 

15)I sweat easily. Real easily. 

16)And that is why I hate wearing formal wear, because it's simply too stuffy and cramped. Shirts, Jeans, even shoes... 

17)I love eating unhealthy food. Top 3 types come in the form of fried, spicy and BBQ. 

18)I'm afraid of heights... 

19)I wanted to be a doctor when I was young? Until I met bio... 

20)I love to play with kids! 

And that's all! Now it's time to get back to studying because PROMOS IS IN 5 DAYS OH NO