Thanks to Andie Summerkiss and no thanks to my lack of creative idea, I am going to list 100 things to know about me – being the narcissist that I am, with no regard of whether it matters to anyone but me – and I hope it will at least be enjoyable to read.

Besides the fact that I am a penniless recovering shopaholic who live life by this quote: “I have the simplest tastes, I am only satisfied by the best” – Oscar Wilde. I am so much more than that. I am a singer, a songwriter, a poet, plus size model, a wife, a lover, a sister, a daughter, a friend, a writer, a partner, a listener, a chef and a baker and read on below to see what kinds of things I really am and what I have in my head…

1. I only eat chicken, turkey, ground meat and smoked bacon.
2. I don’t eat anything that still has a face/eye/nose on my plate and nothing that smells or looks weird (escargot, mussels, rabbit/horse meat etc is a definite no-no)
3. My brothers and I once spent the entire week-end watching a couple of seasons of Friends. Non-stop watching, paused only when someone needed to go to the loo or get something to eat.
4. I use to speak passable Arabic (17 years ago) but lost it because I had nobody to converse with.
5. I had only black and dark blue clothing, not until I was in my twenties did colors started raiding my closet.
6. I could live off only chocolates and ice cream for a whole month. Or two.
7. I sing along to songs while driving, and upper-body dance too.
8. I know people in nearby vehicles look at me funny but I don’t give a pig’s arse of what anybody thinks.
9. I am afraid of earth worms and anything squiggly and small (centipedes, maggot etc) but I am not afraid of snakes.
10. I get crazy when people make spelling mistakes.
11. Yet I sometimes make the stupidest spelling mistakes, and when I do, I beat myself up over it.
12. I like cars, and compared to other women, I have quite an extensive knowledge about them.
13. I love my family too much.
14. I can’t live without friends.
15. I have several best friends who know absolutely EVERYTHING about me.
16. I am a singer and songwriter who can play no instrument but vocal chords.
17. I can’t write a song in Indonesian.
18. Nor can I read notes.
19. I am obsessed about my weight problems and am forever on a diet (it all started when I was 10 years old)
20. I had my first kiss when I was 10.
21. It was with my first boyfriend whose name is Hamish Ivey.
22. We were boyfriend and girlfriend for a day, from 9.30 to 14.30 when he broke up with me for a bitch named Rachel King (I swear, I was broken hearted then, lol)
23. I get along better with guys than with gals.
24. I get along better with gays than with guys.
25. I have a char-dar (character radar) that is 90% right on the money.
26. Growing up, our house has always had many pets, dogs and cats. At one point we had 13 dogs and 3 cats, all at the same time. It was a zoo, really.
27. I can apply make-up while driving. The knees steer, hands apply make-up.
28. I can speak English with four accents, Malaysian, Javanese, Sundanese and French (is zis ze Otel Iltong?)
29. I can speak French with an American accent. (My Belgian friends love it when I do this ignorant-american-tourist-trying-to-blend-in accent)
30. Whenever I pass a window or a shiny surface, I can’t stand to not look at my reflection.
31. I can spend days reading an interesting book and nothing else.
32. I can live without a television but not without an internet-connected computer.
33. I will always use my maiden name, much to my husband’s annoyance.
34. My first real love is torn between a man and New York City.
35. The plan was as soon as I finish my post-graduate I will go back to New York City, with no intentions to live and fall in love with Europe.
36. Although I was born and partially raised in Indonesia, I don’t have a strong emotional connection with the country. Belgium is where my heart is.
37. I am a strong member of the ‘non-prophet organization’ with lessening belief in the Almighty.
38. I don’t know to react to a compliment, and most of the time, I have to let it sink in before I can extend an awkward appreciation.
39. This is a problem that goes back several decades.
40. On top of that, I have daddy issues as well.
41. I come across as intimidating and strong at first, second, third and fourth, but I’m all gurgly-globey-gooey inside. It’s a serious disadvantage on my part.
42. I see nothing wrong with gay rights and marriage.
43. I get into heated debates with other people for endorsing this “curable” lifestyle (as if it was a disease).
44. I wear size europe 42/US 10/UK 7.5 shoes which is HUGE.
45. My dad and youngest brother Romi (size 43) and brother Rama (size 47) are among a few people I know who has bigger shoe size than me.
46. Contrary to other “pleasantly plump” women, I will tell you what I weigh if you ask. (depends on my mood but generally this in an information I don’t mind disclosing)
47. I only drink tea and water. No alcohol, no coffee although I will indulge in the occasional hot chocolate, but apart from that, nothing else
48. I usually prepare beforehand all clothes/shoes/bag/accessories before a major event, but will most likely change everything at the last minute.
49. When driving, I cannot seem to slow down, I tend to speed in a no speeding zone. If I had a euro for every-time I got a speeding ticket, well i’d not be rich but I will certainly have enough for a warm meal for two at the nearest thai restaurant…
50. I can’t not have a contingency plan. This applies to almost all aspect of my life.
51. The thing I fear most are losing my family and friends, and being involved in an automobile accident with me driving and hitting a pedestrian.
52. I can’t live without my cellular phone.
53. I can’t keep a plant if my life depended on it.
54. I can, however, keep animals. I’m good with them (explains why I am good with men)
55. I fell in love with STING when I was 9 and when I finally saw him live 2 yeas ago, instead of singing and dancing to his songs, I cried in awe, literally.
56. I can die happy after the chance to do a duet with him.
57. When I encounter (those who I think are) stupid people, I sometimes want to slap them silly and try to make them wake up and smell the coffee.
58. My best friends and I are honest-to-God frank with each other but we try to end an argument the same day we start it to avoid resentment.
59. I don’t watch Oprah and I am not a fan of Dr. Phil.
60. My own personal Oprah is My Aunt Ade, who is wise beyond her years.
61. She practically taught me life ethics.
62. I love her like my own mother.
63. I get frustrated when people ask me when I will have a baby.
64. When they do that I normally provoke them further by saying things like, “I’d rather have a dog than a baby” just to make them shut their pie-holes.
65. In the 7 years that I have been living in Europe, I have been back to Indonesia once. Plans to go back there? Not in another three years.
66. I don’t understand women who can’t or won’t cook or bake. I find it exciting and very therapeutic.
67. I think SEAL is hot and most men think I’m crazy for thinking that (hubby thinks he is exponentially better looking than SEAL. He is sadly mistaken)
68. I am pro cosmetic surgery (if necessary), I think I might get one when I turn 40.
69. Like Andie, I too, judge a book by its cover. I won’t be hypocritical and say otherwise. It’s human nature to see things on the surface and let’s face it, I’m no Mother Theresa.
70. What else, yah?
71. I am a very messy borderline OCD.
72. I miss my little brothers so much that I dream of them every week.
73. I can’t live without my best friend Deffie, so much that my mom and I were successful in finding her a dutch guy to marry just so she can live near me.
74. She now lives with her wonderful hubby in Zwolle, a small city north of Holland, 3 hours drive away from me.
75. I believe that Karma’s a bitch and will bite you in your ass deservedly.
76. I use to hate the Indonesian ‘dangdut’ music (equivalent of country music for the americans) but after knowing how hard it is to sing, I now have respect for its musicians and singers.
77. I listen to only jazz, blues, soul, funk, folk, electronic, progressive rock and its derivatives.
78. I do, however, have a fondness for music from the 80s no matter how corny it may be.
79. I can’t stand the current rnb, pop, hip hop, rap music, and I do not listen to any country or reggae.
80. I think I have superior taste in music than most people I know (musicians are like that, it’s the norm, so don’t take it to heart)
81. I think Hillary Clinton is da bomb and I don’t like Barrack Hussein Obama “Soetoro”
82. I started smoking at the age of 11/12, and was heavy smoker (2 to 3 packs a day) by 18.
83. Quit ‘cold-turkey’ on August 5, 2005 and haven’t had a puff since.
84. When out at night, I prefer to drink coke or ice tea although my friends call me a “pussy” for not drinking alcohol anymore.
85. I don’t drink alcohol because I don’t like to lose control over myself.
86. Apparently, I have a high pain threshold. My doctors will attest to that.
87. I am better at writing than speaking. This applies to all the languages I speak.
88. I was listening to my own songs as I was writing this list. Shows how narcissistic/self confident/proud (depends on how you see it) I am of my songs.
89. If you think my written English is bad, wait ’til you hear me speak.
90. So far, I have lived in four countries in four continents. I have no plans to ever live in the African or the Antarctica continents.
91. My life motivation motto is from my dad, which is, “Impossibility is not plausible. There is just the matter of how hard you want something which is a step away from making it a reality”
92. My father is a wise man and although as a child and adolescent I detested most of his advise, I have come to find 99% of what he taught and preached to be true.
93. I get very nervous before singing.
94. I still get nervous despite a one person audience. Even if that one person is my husband.
95. I am my biggest critique therefore it doesn’t matter if someone nit-picks my writings/songs/singing because I will be even more harsh on myself.
96. I have no patience when it comes to teaching someone something.
97. Yet, I was an English teacher for almost two years back in Indonesia. I had many students crying out of the classroom as a result of my well-known impatience.
98. I don’t like children but for some reason they keep following me around. (aren’t they supposed to have a radar for people like me to tell them to stay the hell away?)
99. I do prefer animals to children.
100. Unlike some people, I have no problem in making this list, in fact I can still go on.