31 Facts About Me.
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I attended a private Christian school for 3 years. It had a three spire cathedral. I am atheist though.
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For 2 years, I was studying Chinese, English, French, German and Latin at the same time.
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I have a scar on my left hand from breaking a test tube during biology class when I was 14.
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I did 6 A Levels (Maths, Further Maths, Chinese, Biology, Physics, Chemistry).
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I went on a student exchange to Hangzhou, China without knowing a single person beforehand.
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I have friends from 20+ countries, mainly from university and work.
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My longest road trip was 290km from Tamworth to Brighton, taking 3.5 hours.
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My longest train journey was 2200km from Beijing to Shenzhen, taking 8.5 hours.
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Until 2010, I had only visited 3 countries, until 2015 only 4 countries.
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I visited over 30 cities in Asia and Europe between 2015 and 2019.
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I have flown the UK-China route around 15 times.
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I have slept for 1 week on the Mediterranean Sea and 2 weeks on the Baltic Sea.
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I won a children's arts competition when I was 9. The prize was a limited edition Snoopy Collection house.
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I have been a winner of the 200m sprint and 4x100m relay.
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I have worked part-time for 6+ years in the restaurant/takeaway industry, starting when I was 14. I was a dishwasher, trainee chef, waiter, till staff and order handler.
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I got my first laptop when I was 15, a Dell. I got my first mobile phone when I was 16.
- My favourite sporting event is the Olympics, followed by the Tennis Grand Slams.
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When I was a child, my favourite hobby was reading fiction. I became a literature nerd but this almost stopped by 2008. I started reading self-development and finance books around 2018.
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My first gaming console was a Game Boy.
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My first video game addiction was Pokemon Red in 1999. I also miss the craze of Pokemon GO.
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My first online multiplayer game was RuneScape. My most played game ever is probably Genshin Impact.
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I watched Cdramas throughout childhood, more UK/US TV during teenage years.
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I started listening to Mandopop when I was 18 and KPop when I was 19.
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I learned to play Sanguosha in July 2011, and became addicted.
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I made my first ever YouTube video in May 2020.
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I drink English breakfast tea in the morning and green tea in the evening. Sometimes coffee. Mostly water.
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I only really discovered coffee shops in 2017.
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I have become teetotal except for special occasions when I am obligated to.
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3 things I don't like: smoking, racism, annoying noises
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I'm semi afraid of heights, more like vertigo.
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Family is #1 <3
TO BE CONTINUED...