Am I Weird?!

Some facts about myself you might find weird:

1. At my office, my desk is always tidy and neat. I’d freak out if it was untidy.
2. When I’m at a store and get change back, I always ask the cashier to give me clean paper money. I would never accept dirty damaged ones.
3. Every joint in my body cracks loudly after being still for any length of time.
4. I hate horror and violent movies.
5. After I turn the lights off before going to bed I quickly jump into the bed just so I can make sure nothing will grab my feet.
6. Before eating, I always examine my food.
7. I tend to wipe the silverware on the table, before eating.
8. Before pouring a drink, I always start with a quick puff of air inside the glass/cup I’m using.
   
9. I do not like placing elbows on the table while eating.
10. I hate eating a banana.
11. When I was a kid, in school, I used to pinch myself every time I say the wrong answer. (filled with embarrassment)
12. On escalators, I do not touch the safety panel.
13. At supermarkets, I always wipe the shopping cart holder with Dettol wipes.
14. I can’t stand people who chew and/or breathe loudly.
15. I always have to lock the car doors and wear the seat belt when I get in.
16. I know every ‘Friends’ episode by heart.
17. I love sleeping in the dark.
18. I can’t stop being afraid of the dentist.
19. I hate all hospitals, clinics and medical institutions.
    
20. I’m extremely accurate with dates! My brain automatically saves everyone’s birth-date! Even the ones I don’t care about.
21. I have a fear of heights.
22. I don’t like eating in front of strangers – except at restaurants ’cause that’s when everyone is busy eating and not looking at me as I eat.
23. I hate smoking and can’t stand smokers.
24. I still enjoy playing video games, none of my friends like to play!
    
25. I’m proud of the child in me.
26. I love Christmas more than any other occasion.
27. When I walk into a room and people are looking at me, or I just get nervous, I tuck my hair behind my ear. (dunno why!)
28. I have no respect for violent people.
    
29. Religious people tend to suffocate me.
30. I’m addicted to green tea.
    
31. I can’t live a day without looking at myself in the mirror.
    
32. Gaining weight freaks me out.
33. I believe in signs.
34. I often put the needs of others before my own.
    
35. I do not like poetry.
    
36. I hate that stupid sound pigeons make.
37. No doors can be ajar, they have to be completely open or closed, nothing in between.
    
38. Whenever I go to the bathroom, I always have to check the shower first and move the shower curtain just to make sure no one is there. Because sometimes I imagine there’s a dead body or a psycho killer waiting for me. (don’t laugh!)
39. Whenever I sneeze and someone says “Bless you!” I get really nervous to sneeze again and try to hold it in.
40. I’m not really friends with chocolate.
41. I’m obsessed with playing Scrabble.
42. Although I enjoy reading about horoscopes personalities, I don’t believe in astrology. (I don’t believe in daily horoscopes-detailed astrology)
43. When I go grocery shopping, I always make sure to pick the items behind the front items on the shelf. (I know about grocery store display techniques)
44. Even though I love heels, I rarely wear them.
    
45. I can sit and eat an entire jar of mini pickles as a snack.
46. I love makeup but I don’t wear it a lot.
47. I prefer to be alone most of the time.
48. Even though I’m a cat person, black cats tend to scare me.
    
49. I respect all nationalities/religions and I don’t understand how another person can hurt or kill a person over a small/big difference. Its for God to judge not you or anyone else.
50. I sometimes act too rationally where one should be lead by emotions and act emotionally in the situations that require rationality.
51. I drink more than I eat.
52. I love playing with children as if I was as their age.
53. I don’t know how to ride a bike. I never wanted to learn because of an awful incident I had when I was a kid.
54. Mannequins give me the creeps.
55. I hate it when people chew gum loudly and/or with their mouths open.
56. I don’t like Ramadan.
57. I freak out when people/children jump in an elevator.
58. I believe that having a smoking section in a restaurant is like having a peeing section in a swimming pool. (harmful either way)
59. I can hold my breath for 1 minute.
60. Good looking guys don’t attract me, geeks do!
61. I can live on only eating Salads.
62. I don’t share French fries.
63. When I’m feeling blue/down, Music lifts me up. (Dancing is my passion)
64. I hate eating melon as much as I love eating watermelon.
65. It grosses me out to see someone biting their fingernails or the skin around their nails.
66. I like to smell markers.
67. I’m very attached to my childhood memories.
68. What attracts me the most is a man who takes good care of his hygiene.
69. Whenever I laugh hard, I clap my hands!
70. I hang up the phone when people put me on hold.
71. I like to do everything in even numbers.
72. I think I have a weird attachment to pens. I get sad when the one I’m using runs out of ink or someone else uses them.
73. Whenever I’m having powerful and loud music in my car, I automatically turn the volume down when I slow for a red light, regardless of whether my windows are rolled up or down.
74. I don’t like using public restrooms. I get so anxious if I do.
75. Its very rare for me to wear earrings and a necklace at the same time.
76. I hate it when someone is explaining something for me and I don’t understand, I get so angry with myself that it makes me cry sometimes! I feel so stupid.
77. When eating, I like to play a movie or music just so I don’t hear myself chew.
78. I feel shy to tip my hairdresser.
    
79. I hate donuts as much as I love pancakes.
    
80. I find maths so hard, I still count with my fingers or use a calculator.
    

10 Things I am Thankful For

I’m Thankful For…. 

1. Good health: Knock on wood. I’m thankful that I’ve been blessed with good health.  No major health issues. (الحمدلله)
2. Being a nice person: I’m hardly perfect, but it’s good to know in my heart that I’m a kind person. I’d never intentionally hurt anyone. I don’t believe in being mean. I hate to see anyone cry and love to see people smile. I may be a bit quiet sometimes and not the best at socializing, but I genuinely appreciate and care about people.
3. Being a Kuwaiti: Taking nothing away from any other country, I’m just being thankful for my own. It may not be the perfect country, but I love it nonetheless.
4. My family: I’m thankful to have a very loving, supportive Family. I get unconditional love and acceptance. I’m just the luckiest girl in the world.
5. My friends: I don’t have a large number of close friends, which I’m totally satisfied with, I love my friends who I can count on, who care about me, and who want only the best for me. I truly value my friends and love them to death.
6. Accomplishing goals: To one degree or another, I tend to follow through on things. I thrive on having goals to strive for and I am happy about the fact I’ve been able to achieve some of them.
7. Memories: It’s fun to reminisce. I like looking through photos and slides, which remind me of so many beautiful details. It’s also fun to chat about “old times” with others who were there too.
8. Winter: It’s the most beautiful season of all, I like Rainy days, I like knowing the world around me is getting watered. The warmth of coffee/green tea in the cold breeze is a magical comfort. The most thing I love, is the sound of the rain, is there any better sound to fall asleep to? That doesn’t happen a whole lot here in Kuwait, but what a treat when it does.
9. The hard times: Because they’ve made me stronger and wiser, and the good times even better.
10. Things to look forward to: I have wonderful things, big and small, on my list, both planned and yet to be, to be excited about.

Thank God every day that you’re alive. Thank Him for good health, happiness, and what you already have and don’t have. Happy Thanksgiving Everyone (^.^)

Japan ♥ The Strange Country (^o^)

Just came across this video about Japan which is very informative and interesting, a really good introduction to Japan ♥

Kenichi Tanaka, the guy who made this, is a 23-year-old graphic designer from Nagoya, Japan, and this was his final thesis project.

“This is my final thesis project. I created info-graphic, motion piece. My objective is to make Japanese people to think about that everything happening here in Japan, isn’t that normal. So I created this video from foreigner’s point of view, rather than Japanese people’s point of view.”