#zmallet

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I was tagged by: sorentwerkegaard Rule 1: Always post the rules Rule 2: Answer the questions the person who tagged you asked, and write 11 new ones Rule 3: Tag 11 people and link them to the post Rule 4: Actually tell them you tagged them 11 questions.

If your skin could be any shade or pattern outside the natural/flesh-toned palette, what would it be? Intriguing - wouldn't mind a bit of iridescent, blue-green scales about my shoulders. But otherwise, I like flesh-tone.

Taking this one from Marnie - What is your favorite fact about the universe? The fact that humans (generally) think they are masters of the cosmos, that we're so smart etc etc, when we are minuscule in the grand scheme of things, and all our squabbles and disagreements, our desires and passions and relationships and non-relationships are so insignificant. We're not even top of the food chain, like we'd like to believe. Even just watching the stars at night - the vastness of it all takes my breath away.

How are apples and oranges supposed to be compared? Well, they're both fruit and bear seeds, have skins and are edible, so I guess it'll depends on what you're in the mood for. E.g. I'm never in the mood for apples, so oranges always.

Which historical figure would you meet if given the chance? Either Hua Mulan or the mariner Zheng Ho.

Memory is strongly tied to the olfactory sense. What smell triggers the strongest nostalgia for you? Tbh, I associate memories with my auditory sense more than with my olfactory sense, but I will say that a certain cologne has been riling me up recently...

What have you done recently to dismantle the patriarchy? Hahaha I emotionally/symbolically excised my misogynist brother from my life and actually made the rest of my family understand and accept the reasons behind this.

If you could add something to the high school curriculum, what would you add? Um. Chinese history. 5000 years, people. Some major inventions there.

Talk about an important learning experience. Through various experiences during childhood, it's stuck with me that no matter how good my English is, or how native my accent, I will never be perceived as a 'New Zealander' or a 'Kiwi'. I will always be 'Chinese' and I decided from then that this Chinese girl will be one who is able to speak and read and write her own language.

Pick something (preferably meaningful) from your immediate surroundings and tell the story behind the item. There's an empty bottle of Chardonnay, and one of Pinot Gris sitting nearby, borne from some sneakiness at work (aka we swiped them; double the risk since I don't like Chard and he doesn't like Gris) and consumed during a spontaneous supper on the beach. We'd gone intending to swim, but clean forgot that tides go out occasionally.

Elaborate on an unpopular opinion of yours. Not sure if this counts as an opinion, but this does get some hackles rising - as an physical anthropology major, I can say with certainty that humans evolved to consume meat, and this change in subsistence is key to our encephalisation.

Somewhere you would like to move or visit? Czech Republic. To visit. I think. It's a big maybe.

My questions:

1. Most disturbing book or movie read/watched this year. Emotionally unsettling/moving, that is, not necessarily scary or controversial.

2. Long-term long distance relationships are doomed to fail. True or false, and why.

3. Pure altruism is possible - agree or disagree, and why.

4. The superpower of your choice.

5. Opinion on marriage.

6. Favourite guilty pleasure.

7. The sexiest accent is ____________. 

8. If you had to get a tattoo right now, what would it be and where would it be.

9. Share something about yourself.

10. Choose someone other than Hitler and other Nazis to remove from history.

11. Favourite scent.

Tagging: utopianimagination, zmallet, latinkilledtheromans, artoftheearth, peizaji, talefromtheeast, garrulus, vestnix, misswhiteowl, adifferentaspect, chasmformysar

[optimistes]

HAHAHA it amuses me that you were on my blog looking for speech topics. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't have found anything sorry XD

Hey look a question from Yujie AND Winnie! That's a first.

Nah, I found some good stuff. :D Your blog is awesome, but I feel like a creeper going back into like 2009 and 2008 stuff hahaha.