This section has become ridiculously long, I won’t blame you if you only read the first part.  Joanna told me to tack on the surveys (I admit, they’re kind of fun).

My name is Cheryl I just graduated with a Biology degree from Queen’s University, and will be attending teacher’s college there next year.  This is pretty generic stuff, I can’t really think of much else to say.  I’m very easy going once you get to know me, but I take a long time to warm up, and can also be very shy.  Sometimes I like to make random noises for no reason, but for that to happen you would REALLY have to get to know me.  I have a lot of weird quirks, I guess.

Things I like (In no particular order, and will add to this list regularly if I can think of new stuff):

• My family and friends – this was a later addition, I have to admit, because I didn’t think that it need to be said.  Yeah, they can be a little weird, annoying and Asian at times, but how can you not love family?  My friends can also be a little weird and annoying (trust me, I mean that in a good way), but they put up with my weirdness and annoying tendencies too (is that not what friendship is?  tolerance?  lol jk – friendship means much more than that), I love you guys too : )
• James Franco (primary being)
• Secondary beings: Max Changmin (actually, I like all the members of DBSK, but Max the best , Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jensen Ackles, Wang Lee Hom, Tyson Ritter, Matthew Fox, Johnny Depp, Ryan Phillippe, Taylor Kitsch, Ryan Reynolds, Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal
• long, pointless walks
• turtles
• my guinea pigs: Penny and Sassy
• chocolate
• procrastinating
• cheese
• Converse
• Gap (underwear especially)
• boxes (I like to organize)
• boxeRs (also amazing)
• denim
• cream cheese icing
• Japanese buffet
• Edward Cullen
• Mahjong
• pasta
• Movies (just the simple act of watching them, even if they are dreadful)
• Movies: Shawshank Redemption, Finding Nemo, the Little Mermaid, the Incredibles, Wall-E, actually most anything Disney, Mean Girls, the Notebook, A Walk to Remember, Notes on a Scandal, Forrest Gump, Moulin Rouge!, Lord of the Rings, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the Constant Gardener, Dark Knight, the Pianist, Cruel Intentions, Pan’s Labyrinth, Pirates of the Caribbean, Fight Club, Children of Men, American Psycho, Little Miss Sunshine, Mission Impossible series, Collateral Damage, Disturbia, Transformers, the Usual Suspects, 3:10 to Yuma, the Virgin Suicides, Thirteen, Legends of the Fall, Anne of Green Gables, Crash, American Beauty, Oldboy, Life is Beautiful, anything Miyazaki, Nobody Knows, My Sassy Girl, Brokeback Mountain, i Robot, Amadeus, I Am Legend, Atonement, Aviator, August Rush, Bourne series, Kill Bill, Ocean’s Eleven, the Talented Mr. Ripley, Babel, the Birds, Mr. Brooks, Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, A Clockwork Orange, the Mummy series, Bean, Blade series, Donnie Darko, Batman Begins, Jurassic Park, the Land Before Time series, Se7en, X-Men series, Kung Fu Panda, Ratatouille, The Day After Tomorrow, 28 Days Later, 300, Matrix series, Gladiator, Big Fish, Titanic (not even gonna lie), Blood Diamond, Blow, Memoirs of a Geisha, anything Jet Li (but the less English he speaks the better =), Superbad, Infernal Affairs series, Dreamcatcher, Panic Room, March of the Penguins, Mystic River, Hotel Rwanda, Inside Man, Remember the Titans, Shaolin Soccer, Unbreakable, Legally Blonde, Lord of War, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Underworld series, the Prestige, the Illusionist, Saw I and III, Step Up, Transporter
• Twilight series *blush*
• Natalie Portman
• Claire Danes
• Elizabeth Arden Green Tea
• Chapstick: Labello (now Nivea? -_-;), Blistex
• hobos (I mean like BAGS)
• Burt’s Bees: chapstick, tinted chapstick, cuticle oil, I would probably love all their other stuff too but I haven’t tried them
• mittens
• scarves
• tuna casserole
• crows’ feet wrinkles
• Hexic
• Text Twist
• Bejeweled
• asparagus
• Music: Alicia Keys, the All-American Rejects, All Saints, Avant, Backstreet Boys (yes, NO SHAME HERE), J.S. Bach, Beastie Boys, Beyonce, Black Eyed Peas, Cassie, Christina Aguilera, Chopin, City and Colour, Coldplay, Czerny, Daft Punk, Cruel Intentions OST, Moulin Rouge OST, David Gray, David Guetta, David Tao, Death Cab for Cutie, Destiny’s Child, Disney OSTs, Donna Lewis, Dragonette, Econoline Crush, Esthero, Feist, Fergie, A Fine Frenzy, Frank Sinatra, the Fray, Gwen Stefani, Hans Zimmer, Holst, Hot Hot Heat, Jason Mraz, Jay-Z, Jay Chou, Joe Hisaishi, John Mayer, Juelz Santana, Justin Timberlake, K.T. Tunstall, Kanye West, Kate Nash, Kate Voegele, Kelly Clarkson, Kill Bill OST, ROCK BAND SONGS, Lady GaGa, Leona Lewis, Lil’ Wayne, Liszt, Ludacris, Lupe Fiasco, Mariah Carey, Donnie Darko OST, Michael Jackson, Michelle Branch, Jackson 5, Missy Elliott, N.E.R.D., Nas, Natasha Bedingfield, Nelly Furtado, Neverending White Lights, Oasis, OneRepublic, Our Lady Peace, Outkast, Percy Grainger, Pilate, Placebo, Pussycat Dolls, Rihanna, Robbie Williams, Sara Bareilles, Sarah Connor, Sarah Slean, Savage Garden, Snow Patrol, Something Corporate, Spice Girls, Lionel Ritchie, the Strokes, Switchfoot, T.I., Timbaland, Travis, Usher, Vivaldi, Wang Lee Hom, Wyclef
• Christmas music in DECEMBER
• broccoli (Chinese and Western)
• fried rice
• citrus (food and smell)
• orange (my favourite colour)
• Autumn
• cold, dry, crisp air
• nail polish
• the Body Shop
• Smart Set
• Skittles
• ice cream: strawberry cheesecake, rocky road, chocolate, mango, chocolate peanut butter, everything!
• rainbow sherbert
• frozen yogurt
• shopping
• non-stick cooking appliances
• food places: Thai Express, Royal Angkor, Mekong, Milestone’s, Golden Beefball, Montana’s, Pickle Barrel, Little Saigon, Red Lobster, Arby’s, Frankie Tomato’s, Wasabi, Shanghai anything (particularly Skyland de Shanghai, I know, the name is some weird attempt at French..), All Star, Swiss Chalet, Peter Pan Bistro, Kelsey’s, the Keg, Subway, Beaver truck!, Cultures, Olympic 76 Pizza Cafe, Mr. Dumpling, Tim Horton’s, Maison, Popeye’s, Keung’s Noodles, CoGro, Korean BBQ, Ben & Jerry’s, New York Fries, Baguette, Jimmy the Greek, Druxy’s, Moxie’s, Dai Cheun, Trimurti, Mei Cheun
• Australia (never been there, but if I could go anywhere, Aus would be it)
• Tasmanian tigers (they will find one some day, you just wait!)
• penguins
• Dare RealFruit gummies
• capybaras
• IKEA
• Eeyore
• QP Buffalo chicken wraps
• CoGro avocado chicken sandwiches
• CoGro Pomme Beach smoothie
• CoGro cream cheese bagels
• Nutella
• buttered popcorn
• cookies
• babies (humans and animals ) – maybe I shouldn’t have put this one amidst the food section, it just happened this way, I swear.  But I can assure you, I don’t like to eat babies.
• brownies (mmm, yum)
• cardigans
• late night non-productivity
• TV (just the act of watching something that will fry my brain makes me feel content)
• TV shows: LOST, Alias, Nip/Tuck, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (all time favourite!), My So-Called Life, Friday Night Lights, True Blood, Supernatural, Grey’s, Heroes, Law and Order SVU, House, Gossip Girl, Dexter, the IT Crowd, C.S.I., 90210, Jeopardy, the L Word, One Tree Hill

Things I hate (will add to this list regularly if I can think of new stuff):

• coriander/cilantro BLECH, BLECH -BLECH *VOMIT*
• eggplant (sometimes, it’s okay in lasagna)
• cauliflower
• movies: Dungeons and Dragons (OMFG, worst movie of all time)
• runny egg yolk
• cubicles
• the smell of metal zippers (yeah, i know you know what i mean)
• being drenched from the rain and then trying to do stuff while you are all wet
• going to bed with wet hair
• wet socks
• wet shoes
• generally I guess by now you’ve noticed that I don’t like getting wet
• Christmas music in NOVEMBER (too keen)
• cracked skin (my persistent problem)
• funny tasting water
• fingernails across a chalkboard O_________o, or squeaky chalk
• death metal or any kind of music with indiscernible noise and screaming
• sloshy brown ice/snow/grossness
• black ice
• smelly things (HA, but don’t we all)

Surveys

What is todays date? December 27, 2008

What time is it right now? 12:12 am

vitals

Name: Cheryl

Nicknames? I don’t really have a solid one: Cher Cher, JEHLLO GIN (my name with a heavy Asian/mad parent accent), Cher (when I was younger by a select few), Cherlo (don’t remember the origin of this one?!), Cheerio (yeah I don’t understand this one, an oxymoron sometimes), embarrassing Asian name used by friends when they want to embarrass me, BIG BIRD (PRIMARY SCHOOL SCARS, THANKS SIMON/ANDREW), Cher Bear (MOIYA.), crazy woman

Sex: Whatever James Franco is into

Where do you live? Canada

What’s your age? 21

Hair colour? Brown

Eye colour? Brown

Height? 5′ 7.75″ (YES, I NEED THOSE THREE QUARTERS, please get it right)

Shoe size? 8.0

Date of Birth? October 19

What’s your star sign? Libra (is that the right kind?  I don’t know, there are so many)

Element? I don’t get this one.  Can I pick a cool one?  This reminds me of the time that I was watching some comedy movie about mahjong, and they had this crazy imaginary set including the four big sky kings (Asians will know this, LOL and their faces were actually printed on the MJ tiles), and then this guy got some wicked amount of “fan” because he miraculously made up some fifth Taiwanese sky king (his name escapes me).  Well.. ANYWAY, I honestly can’t remember the point of that story anymore, but since I have it all typed out I am going to leave it.  Going with Joanna’s theme.. I would say water.

How many siblings? None that are biological..

How many pets? Two guinea pigs named Penny and Sassy   See below my “About” page.

Obsessions? Holy crap, where do I start?  Can I make a new page with this?  I think I would class myself as a serial obsessor, I think I just made that word up.  If there was such a thing, I would be it.  My face would be next to the word in the dictionary.

Bad habits? Interrupting people when they talk, not taking things seriously, procrastinating O_____o, obsessing over things, making weird noises, short term forgetfulness, leaving in the middle of conversations, mentally drifting off in the middle of conversations.. I guess this all points to my short attention span

Phobias? A world without delicious food O______________________o  Can you imagine having to eat gruel everyday for the rest of your life?  I actually think that I might rather be dead.

about you

What makes you happy? Friends!  Food O_______o!  In combination is best : )

What really irritates you? People who shake their leg while sitting, public nose pickers!  eew.

What makes you sad? There are too many bad people in this world.

What makes you angry? Bad people.

What makes you scared? Losing the people and things that I love

Who is your best friend? Me, I guess.. sometimes

Ever broken a bone? No. Let’s stay this way forever.  I suspect that I fractured my left baby toe a few months ago.  I severely stubbed the same one twice, and the second time, I kicked a door frame.  I couldn’t walk for a while after that.

What’s the best advice you’ve ever received? Quit sitting on your ass and go do something.

What trainers do you own? Omg, come look in my closet, I can’t name them.  Probably atleast one pair for every major brand, a few pairs for major major brands.  These days, I only wear my Converse and Asics.

What was the last CD you bought? OOOooo.. not something for public knowledge.  HAHAHA.. JUST KIDDING.  HA.. umm.  I would have to say..

What was the last book you read? Twilight series Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer

Who was the last person you spoke to? Joanna

What was the last thing you ate? Pretz, salad flavour

What was the last thing you drank? Water.

What’s the best thing you’ve ever bought? Hmm.. my iPods (first one broke because I use it like 10 times a day)

The most recent thing you bought: “Cozy” socks.. you know.. the warm furry kind that you wear at home

What’s the worst thing you’ve ever bought? I was actually just thinking about this today in the car.  I bought this basecall cap once for 50 dollars and now I have no idea why because I’ve never worn it.  Anyhow, this is probably not the worst thing, but at this moment I can’t think of anything else.

What’s the best thing you’ve ever been given? Eeyore

What’s the worst thing you’ve ever been given? uhh.. even if I could think of something I would never say it out loud.

What are your future goals? To be happy

Describe your bedroom? A place that I like

What’s your most embarrassing moment? OH MAN.  Wouldn’t even know where to start here.  I seem to goof like everyday.  Ask any of my friends and they will be able to give you something, probably recent.  Some of the stuff that I can remember are things that I would NEVER share on the internet.

Who do you consider the most beautiful woman in the world? UHHHHh, your mom : )  I really mean that in the nicest of ways.

Who do you consider the most handsome man in the world? UHH TOUGHIE.  wow.  Whitie: James Franco.  Asian: Changminnnnnnie <3

Favourite thing to do on a hot summers day? ROCK BAND INDOORS WITH JOANNA leech AC whenever she was lucky enough to have it

Favourite thing to do on a snowy winters day? Stay inside and read or watch TV

If you were granted 3 wishes, what would they be? 1) Love for me and my loved ones (family, friends, partner) 2) Success for me and my loved ones 3) An infinite supply of clothing/accessories (why lie?)

If you could go back in time to see or change something, when would it be and what would you do? Should I list their names in alphabetical or chronological order? LOL, JK.  I think that this is kind of a personal question.  Anyone close to me should know what my one big regret in life is.

What exactly were you doing on September 11th as the terrorist attacks were being carried out in America? UMM YES, I was in 9th grade Geography class with crazy Mr. Robertson.  He told us all about what was happening, but 1) at the time I did not know what the World Trade Centers were, 2) he was a total loonie so we thought that he was just having another lapse of sanity

Do you believe in the after-life? No

Where do you see yourself in 10 years time? Hmm.. this is too scary to think about

If you could choose your own death, how would you go? Giving up my life for someone I love

Would you ever consider having plastic surgery? Yes.

What’s the funniest joke you’ve ever been told? Typically, I don’t find jokes very funny.  Things that I find funny are the daily banters and events that go on between my friends and I.  Every so often we will have some golden moments where we say or do some hilarious things.. they usually aren’t jokes.

Do you have any regrets in life? Should I list them in alphabetical or chronological order?   LOL, JK AGAIN!  Similar answer to the one before, though.

What advice would you give to a kid? Enjoy life now while you have fuck-all to worry about.  (and no, whether Jimmy likes you or Suzy better does not count as a crisis)

Any hidden talents? Hmmm.. I can make food disappear in its entirety.. albeit slowly.. I am the slowest food magician that I know.

Is yours an ‘innie’ or ‘outie’? INNIE, LET’S KEEP IT THAT WAY.

Last job? Retail sales associate lackey slave bitch

Current job? Retail sales associate/Student on holiday

Dream job? Something to do with whale sharks..

Who is your hero? Hmm.. the Croc Hunter Steve Irwin (R.I.P. )

Describe yourself in 3 words: obsessive, random, strange

favourites

Favourite colour? Orange.

Favourite number? 2

Favourite animal? TURTLES.  TURTLES TURTLES TURTLES (I don’t mean the chocolate kind, though as a self professed food lover I have to say that those are good, too)

Favourite sport (to play)? TOUGHIE!  I like to play all sorts every once in a while.  It’s nice to mix it up a little

Favourite sport (to watch)? Umm, the Olympics (not a “sport”, I know)?  Otherwise, tennis

Favourite soap? In terms of bars? Pears and the Body Shop.  Hand soap: SoftSoap, Method is cool too.  Body wash: the Body Shop only.

Favourite painting? Well I am no art connoisseur, and I won’t pretend to be.  Emily painted me something for Christmas, so I will have to go with that.  It’s the only painting that I own.

Favourite programme/s? OOO OMG COULD GUSH FOREVER.  Read likes section above.

Favourite radio station? Don’t have any, I am not a station monogamist.  When I was young, it was 92.5 KISS FM – then they changed it to Jack radio or something.. tragic.

Favourite movies? Read likes section above.

Favourite band? Read likes section above.

Favourite song? The Verve – Bittersweet Symphony –> I know, it’s so typical, but I am in LOVE with Cruel Intentions, so it is really special to me.

Favourite room in the house? My closet.  LOL, JK.  My room.. it’s the only place that I can control (to an extent).

Favourite football team? I don’t watch football, the only team that I’ve heard of (and I guess like by default) is Liverpool.

Favourite footballer? MICHAEL OWEN!  Waaaat.  Love of my life when I was like 12 and watching the France World Cup.

Favourite famous celeb/s? JAMES FRANCO and of course the DBSK boys (recent development)

Favourite board game? OMG  Guess Who, Connect Four, Life, sooo many, I can’t think of their names anymore.  It’s been a while since I’ve played board games.

Favourite video game/s? Rock Band, Puzzle Bobble, Mario Kart, any kind of fighting game where I can mash keys a lot and prey to hit the other person

Favourite PC game? Civilization, which I only played in high school.  Some other internet games: Text twist, Letterati, Bejeweled, Hexic, I used to love all of the Shockwave and Candystand games and Neopets

Favourite food? OMG EVERYTHING.  LOL.  Please don’t make me answer this question.  My brain will short circuit.

Favourite fast-food? Wendy’s, Thai Express, New York Fries, Cultures, Taco Bell, Popeye’s, Baguette, Druxy’s Deli, Subway, McDonald’s, Jimmy the Greek, Chinese fan hup – this list is sadly quite long but I really don’t eat fast food that much (seriously)

Favourite drink? Milk or water

Favourite magazine? I don’t really read mags, but I secretly love those gossip rags.

Favourite fashion house: I don’t even know what that is.  Maybe I should just copy Joanna

Favourite place? A place where I can call my own and be alone when I need to be.

Favourite anime character? UMM DID YOU ADD THIS ONE IN HERE, JOANNA?  I feel as though you must have.  Since I have almost never watched anime, I will have to go with Tuxedo mask from Sailormoon or Goku from Dragonball.

Favourite advert/commercial? Geico gecko commercials and the Mac vs. PC commercials.

Favourite day of the week? Saturday.

Favourite day of the year? I don’t have one.   Any day when I can just sit back and relax.

Favourite season? AUTUMN, HANDS DOWN.

Favourite car? Audi, Volkswagen,

Favourite shop? Well.. I know what I SHOULD say Smart Set, but I don’t really have one.  I like any store where I can find an item of interest.  This can vary a lot..

Favourite holiday? hmm.. I don’t have one.  I guess if I had to pick, daylight saving time in Autumn when I gain one free hour XD

Favourite girls name? Shane, Sydney

Favourite boys name? Jane,

Favourite country? Australia (although I have never visited, it’s my dream!)

Favourite smell? Citrus, or that so fresh and so clean-clean showered smell

Favourite sound? Music

Favourite accent? Anything European or Australian.

preferences

Coke or Pepsi? I HATE fizzy drinks.

Pen or Pencil? Pen

Day or Night? Night

Cat or Dog? Dog

Summer or Winter? Winter, hands down.

T.V. or Radio? TV

Brains or Beauty? Brains, beauty is subjective anyway..

Cup or Mug? MUG

Neighbours or Home and Away? I don’t even understand this.

Tea or Coffee? Can I be greedy?

Gold or Silver? Do I look like a nub? Platinum. <– lol, I like Joanna’s answer, but I would pick silver between the two choices given

Brush or Comb? Brush.

City or Country? It depends on what the location would be for.

Red or White wine? white

Early or Late nighter? I like both, it depends.

Early or Late riser? I like both, it depends.

Blonde or Brunette? I would never discriminate based on this characteristic.

Scary or Romantic movies? SCARY!

Board or Computer games? Hmm, hard.  I like the social aspect of board games, but I generally think that computer games are more fun and prettier, I like flashy things

Rugby or Football? Neither.

Half full or Half empty? Half-empty.

Long nails or Short? I like to have a “tapping edge”, but I don’t like it when they are long.  I guess generally, I would say that I would prefer short over long if I absolutely had to choose.

Happy and poor or Sad and rich? Happy and poor. Wealth can have different meanings..

Swimsuit or Bikini? Swimsuit!

Glasses or Contacts? Glasses

Salt and Vinegar or Cheese and Onion? Cheese and Onion.

Flowers or Chocolates? CHOCOLATE, DERRRRRRRR hands down

Love or Money? Can I be greedy again?  Haha, I would have to say love.

Hugs or Kisses? I am a greedy person..

right here, right now

What are you wearing? Velour pants, T-shirt, furry socks and fleece hoodie

What’s the latest news? My eye is itchy as fuck and I’ve got some red welts around it O_______o

What’s the weather like? Cold and wet.  I hate the second part but I love the first part.

How do you feel? I think my eye just had some kind of allergic reaction, it’s driving me insane

when was the last time you…

Cried? Well, a real cry?  I don’t remember.  It must have been a year ago.  I cry regularly in movies or during songs, lol.  For movie cry: when I watched 7 pounds.

Laughed? Just a few hours ago

Swore? I guess it was just a few seconds ago

Lied? WHEN I TOLD JOANNA THAT I LOVED HER.  Just kidding.  I actually don’t remember

Got drunk? At the Frontenac’s girls’ wine and shine, I THINK.  but it wasn’t that bad

Read a newspaper? A few days ago

Read your horoscope? So long ago, I can’t remember. I don’t miss it.

Had a bath/shower? Showered a few hours ago

Had a cold? I can’t remember.  A few months ago

Smiled at someone? Earlier today

Gave someone a cuddle? I don’t remember last night with Changmin in my dreams

Said, ‘I love you’? I use that term loosely all the time, it might be a bad habit, but I think that I mean it for the most part when I am talking to my friends

people you know

Who’s the funniest? everyone can be sometimes

Who’s the most annoying? everyone can be sometimes, if I want to be mean, I would have to say my mom

Who’s the best looking? Changmin

Who’s the weirdest? myself.

Who’s the chattiest? Joanna

Who’s the quietest? I would say that I am pretty quiet, unless it’s with someone that I know really well

Who’s the most outrageous? myself

Who’s the shyest? myself

Who’s the idiot? MYSELF, lol, but again.. everyone can be sometimes

Who’s the friendliest? Moiya

Who’s the best? Changmin

Who knows the “real you”? I can’t even say myself for this one

the opposite sex

What is a turn on? Height, crow’s feet, nice neck/shoulder muscles (I am weird like that), wit

What is a turn off? SMELLY!  POOR HYGIENE

What physical feature are you attracted to the most? Height

Best chat up line? I wouldn’t know anything about this

What’s the most irritating thing about them? POOR HYGIENE

Could you live without them? No, sadly.. probably not.

Describe your ideal partner? I will know when I find him

What time is it now? 2:20 am. Sorry, I got a bit distracted, as I always do