From My Notes On Facebook: 25 Random Things About Me

by JermynToh on 6 February, 2009

Here goes …

1. I have had 5 tattoos done.

2. Never watch horror movies.

3. Love novels about fantasy and magic.

4. Went to an international school when I was living in Tokyo.

5. Got my blue belt in Judo at the age of 11.

6. 1st guy I slept with was my classmate in Secondary 1.

7. 1st time I bleached my hair was with the hydrogen peroxide we got during science labs at age 15.

8. Got beat up at 15 for being gay.

9. Anthony Then invited me to attend class with Singapore Ballet Academy when I was 15.

10. First job was at Kentucky Fried Chicken when I was 16.

11. Came out to my parents & friends several years after that.

12. Failed my GCE “A” Levels so I could skip going to university.

13. Started smoking in the army.

14. Can shoot a M16 very accurately at night but miss the mark by a mile in daylight.

15. Worked as a performer at Singapore’s Boom Boom Room.

16. Joined SIA as a flight attendant and saw the world for 3 years.

17. Got molested by a female passenger when I was a Flight Steward with SIA.

18. Quit SIA without a job during the last Asian financial crisis in 1997.

19. Was the only shortlisted candidate without a degree when I applied for a job opening with Saatchi & Saatchi in 1997. I got the job.

20. Quit smoking at age 36.

21. If I count all the years I’ve been in a relationship, they add up 12 years.

22. My dad wrote Singapore’s first Geography textbook.

23. My mom was discipline mistress of Methodist Girls School.

24. My first dog was named Peppy. My family has had 4 dogs to date.

25. My first cat was named Ally. I’ve had 3 cats to date.

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andi_dreamz 11 February, 2009 at 1:13 am

wow…

okay… will write about it soon…

do comment after i posted it!

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JermynToh 10 February, 2009 at 2:52 pm

heheh … u got that

she was picked up from the roads anyway …. so she really was an ally cat. she really taught me a lot about how to take care of a pet. but she belonged to the streets so its good she ran back to where she belongs.

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JermynToh 10 February, 2009 at 2:50 pm

thanks for reading … now i tag u so u’ve got to write 25 things abt yourself too

:-)

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JermynToh 10 February, 2009 at 2:50 pm

heh …. now that u’ve read …. i tag u .. now ur turn to write 25 things about u!

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rabid_sheep 10 February, 2009 at 5:55 am

Heh…Ally Cat :)

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ndr3w911 10 February, 2009 at 4:44 am

can know more abt you now… cheers

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andi_dreamz 8 February, 2009 at 3:18 am

cool! thanks for sharing the 255 about u… i think u r a great dude!

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joejunior 8 February, 2009 at 3:01 am

My dad’s Tan Kim Hock :)

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JermynToh 7 February, 2009 at 9:29 am

hmmm … wat’s ur dad’s name .. we shud check if our dad’s know each other

:-)

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JermynToh 7 February, 2009 at 9:28 am

hahah … yeah … me too… i try my best not to remember the scenes that scraed the be-jee-sus out of me. if they’re not scary they’re lame so even more reason NOT to watch

:-)

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joejunior 7 February, 2009 at 5:33 am

my dad co-authored geography texts too – im not sure if there were for sg or malayan markets though.

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ladyoracle 6 February, 2009 at 12:06 pm

I dom’t watch horror movies either! I still get scared by stuff I watched ten years ago just from remembering.

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