In the spirit of this delightful blogging tradition of tagging, That Armchair Philosopher has invited me to share five unknown things about myself:
1. If one is fairly judged by the company they keep, I fear that this little snippet paints me in a somewhat... unstable light:
A friend (let's call her Fatma and let's make her a Nehru scholar at Cambridge) recently said to me over drinks, 'Snake Anthony, I've been seriously troubled by this dream I had last night.'
'What happened?'
'Oh, it was so vivid...' she shuddered, 'I had six fingers. SIX, Snake Anthony, SIX! It was so frightening. I couldn't decide which was my middle finger that I could stick up at people!'
2. As a little girl, I fancied myself as an air hostess or a secretary because the two most remarkable and inspirational people I knew - my father's secretary and my mother's best friend - were in these professions. As I grew older, I came to understand that it wasn't so much the glamour of these jobs that I fancied but the dedication and passion that these two women brought to their work. I am not quite sure what I will be doing 9-5 once I graduate but I know for certain, I will always try to be as enthusiastic and committed as they are.
3. I amuse myself by conversing with media theorists in the margins of their pdf readings. 'How wonderfully vague' and 'Easy for you to say!' are some of my more frequent scribbles. But like I mentioned in one of my previous posts, McLuhan's prophetic writing silences me:
'When we lose nature as a direct experience we lose a balancing wheel, the touchstone of natural law. With or without drugs, the mind tends to float free into the dangerous zone of abstractions.'
from The Global Village: Tranformations in World Life & Media in the 21st Century (1989)
4. I confess that I have been setting back the feminist movement by a few decades. Yes, it is true, I cry at airports and the results are miraculous - inexpensive tickets suddenly appear and several kilos of my luggage over the weight limit are suddenly dismissed. If all my attempts at a mainstream career should fail, do watch out for The Snake Anthony School of Airport and Other Tricks.
5. And here, a spurious one for good luck, as one of my Philosophy professors would say: I ate for lunch a smoked ham and cheese panini and large glass of freshly squeezed orange juice.
There!
I tag Jerry, Basho, Young Thos, Scritch and Jon.
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6 comments:
Well, I'm 20-something and I STILL fancy air-hostesses and secretaries. Never wanted to be one of them, just wanted to have lots of them around. Preferabely naked and by the jacuzzi.
Anyway, I totally get the point.
And about the setback to the feminist movement... tsk tsk...
Haha. Well, I wish you well for your pursuit!
I feel guilty about the feminist movement but it works everytime. Last month, I was in Oslo and I missed my flight back to London. The only available ticket was 200 pounds. 200! That was more than the entire amount of money I had paid for 4 tickets around Scandanivia! Don't ask me how I managed this but I got a ticket out to London for 42 pounds for the next day. All this just by shedding a few (no, several) tears.
You mean you want me to actually update my blog? The one you linked to incorrectly?
Sorry. I didn't know you had a new random things blog. But yeah, on your onion blog, you have been tagged by me. :) That means you have to share 5 unknown things about yourself.
My exams end June 11. And I'm definitely up for another Bath trip!
I'll work on my 5 secret things. :)
But if they're unknown, why would I want them to be known?
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