"If you're going through Hell, keep going.": 63 - Six pieces of useless information about me.

About Me.

Background

My name is Michael Rivera and I am a Filipino-Chinese, 18-year-old student living in Canterbury, but originally from Hong Kong. My parents divorced when I was two, and when I grew up, there were two sides of me: the wild, outdoorsy, gutsy side, and the conservative, intellectual, scholarly side. I spent two years living beside a beach in the countryside. It was then that I learned how to swim, how to fish and how to ride a bike. I love the outdoors, especially when having barbecues and hiking. Outside of that time, my more studious side of me reads, writes, and has a great interest in a broad range of subjects including: television and film, travel, anthropology, human cultures, linguistics, food and drink, psychology, philosophy, literature, forensics, Greco-Roman mythology, European history and politics, South American culture and geology. My deepest love goes to, well, my best friend. But the love that exists just a tiny fraction below that amount of love goes to television series, beautiful beaches, lime margaritas, and books considered classics.

Feel free to e-mail me if you have anything you want to share, suggest, criticize, inquire or comment on! :D

E-mail: scylla.michael.charybdis@gmail.com

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I was tagged here by Madame DeFarge, creator of bateau de banane. The rules are:

1) Put the link of the person who tagged you on your blog.
2) Write the rules.
3) Mention 6 things or habits of no real importance about you.
4) Tag 6 persons adding their links directly. (I tagged 7.)
5) Alert the persons that you tagged them.

My six mundane facts:

1) I'm reading The Prodigal Tongue by Mark Albey.
2) I don't think Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Minnie Mouse, Pluto and Goofy are good role models.
3) While I love broccoli, and hate celery, I'm neutral when it comes to lettuce.
4) I accidentally dropped my eraser five minutes ago.
5) I can name 192 countries in around five minutes.
6) Three months ago, I sent my resume to this restaurant in pursuit of a waitering job. I didn't get the job.

I tag:

J.J. from The World According To J.J.
Vivienne from Vivienne in Wonderland
gaf85 from gaf85 and Confessions of a Hope Fiend
Louise from Dear Diary
Randa from 365 Days and Tidbits
Marcy from Tales of the Kids, Welcome to Montana and Cooking Rut
Amanda from My special blog of randomness

4 comments:

Madame DeFarge said...: I'm in agreement on number 3. Hope you're less bored than you were earlier. And hope all is well with you.; March 13, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Molly said...: i love your blog! i happened on to it once, and I just love it!; March 14, 2009 at 1:18 AM
gaf85 said...: Michael, Regarding number one; I heard that bunch are probably anarchists or did I mean the antichrist,who really knows. Number two;Celery is 80% water. Anyway our little blogging world has grown somewhat incestuous. Are you sure it wasn't boredom that made you drop your pencil?; March 14, 2009 at 1:32 AM
Bullshee said...: What exactly do you put in a resume to be a waiter??; March 14, 2009 at 6:51 AM