...RAMBLINGS...

seribulan

   1. Name one of the most influential figures in your life.
  
   2. What are the countries that you would love to visit to if you get the chance to explore the world?
      
   3. What is your favourite book? Why?

   4. Who would you like to meet if you could meet a celebrity in real life?
  
   5. Name your favourite genre of music and elaborate a little on your favourite artists.
      
   6. What are the traits found in your siblings that you wish you could have too?
      
   7. What is the most defining turning point in your life? Briefly elaborate on it.
      

seribulan

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June 28, 2013 by scrivener

Hello, and welcome to this week’s Friday 5! Please copy these questions to your webspace. Answer the questions there; then leave a comment below so we’ll all know where to check out your responses. Please don’t forget to link us from your website!

    When you have to cut back on spending for a time, what are the niceties you’re least likely to give up even though you could (or should)?
    In leaner times, what are your go-to “famine foods?”
    How do you keep yourself amused or entertained in times requiring great frugality?
    When was the last time you had to go into austerity mode?
    What’s a necessary expenditure others might consider an extravagance?

Thanks for participating, and have a lucrative weekend!

seribulan

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Friday Fill-in

And...here we go!

1. Right now I'm _____.
2. _____ is my well known quirk.
3. Are you _____?
4. _____ first, then _____!
5. That's why _____.
6. _____ is one of my favorite tv shows ever!
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to _____, tomorrow my plans include _____ and Sunday, I want to _____!

redsinner

On this lovely Sunday arvo, I thought I might contribute a thing or two to your thread. Lama sangat x jengah ke sini. Rasa rindu plak. hehe

1. TBH one of the most influential figures in my life has been my dad. He is my benchmark in my life of all the things I aspired to do (and not to do!). Yes, people told me that I am 'anak ayah'. Habis tu anak sape lagi kan. hihi  

2. I would love to visit all countries in the world. I am planning my RTW trip as we speak (or as I write).

3. My favourite book is my sketchbook. Ok, technically it might not be the book you meant but for me, my sketchbook contains all of my darkest secrets, disguised in sketches and special wordings. My wordplay becomes a poem, transpose what others might interperate me to be.

4. The celebrity I would like to meet is Alvar Aalto. He may be  your non-typical celebrity but he is definitely someone I could have blushed while talking to him. He is one of the greatest minds to shape Finland the way it is now in architecture. He lived through the early 20th century and his inventions and way of thinking leapfrogged many of the current architects at the time. He is dead now but I read most of his books and try to understand his design philosophy, there are so many things I wish to ask him in person.

5. My favourite genre of music? It is a tie between classical and techno/electronic. It seems weird to bunch these together but to me the beauty lies in the mathematics of the music. Whilst listening in contemplation, you can find the beat of the song. Sometimes you listen too much to these genre you can have a guess at the crescendo and the diminuendo of certain bits. My favourite classical composer has to be the Russians, in particular Tchaikovsky. Electro music - Tiesto.

6. Ahh..this one. I wish for their intelligence for I never think that I could surpass them. I am cunning while they are just pure geniuses.

7. Defining turning point for my life is when I decided to take contemporary philosophy as one of my subjects at uni. The tutorial bit of the class forces us to get involved in conversations and opinions of our own. Each and every way of thinking has been explored. Many what ifs has been generated that may make us sound like a skeptic rather than a bunch a students who was learning, but I thought that this is necessary to break the existing mold to create a new one. My mind has never been the same since that class and the reading material I chose till this day has made many raised their eyebrows to me. I am just happy in my own skin.

Sekian Sunday ramblings. Maybe I have a few questions myself, if you all dont mind participating.

seribulan

redsinner posted on 7-7-2013 10:39 AM
On this lovely Sunday arvo, I thought I might contribute a thing or two to your thread. Lama sangat  ...

Red park your ramblings here, too. I will answer them.

ps. might I hop on the wagon on your wanderlust

PITTSBURGH

1. Name one of the most influential figures in your life.
Tun M.To me he is a gifted person with a great beautiful mind with a vision.

  
   2. What are the countries that you would love to visit to if you get the chance to explore the world?
i would choose Italy, Greece and France.

      
   3. What is your favourite book? Why?
i dont have any books in particular coz i dont like reading that much
however i do like reading economics journal


   4. Who would you like to meet if you could meet a celebrity in real life?
Sandra Bullock.I love her performance in almost all her movies.funny and classy.
  
   5. Name your favourite genre of music and elaborate a little on your favourite artists.
i m not a  hard core music fan..
but i love R&B.Hip Hop..Mary J bLige
      
   6. What are the traits found in your siblings that you wish you could have too?
All of them now pray 5 times a day..very devoted, i would love to do so..now i m progressing i suppose
      
   7. What is the most defining turning point in your life? Briefly elaborate on it.
can't remember any

mitnick

   1. Name one of the most influential figures in your life.

        Both my parents, and teachers. They made me who i am today.
  
   2. What are the countries that you would love to visit to if you get the chance to explore the world?

         Europe, japan and korea.
      
   3. What is your favourite book? Why?

          Nickholas Sparks : A walk to remember. Almost similar real-life experience.

   4. Who would you like to meet if you could meet a celebrity in real life?

          Brad Pitt.
  
   5. Name your favourite genre of music and elaborate a little on your favourite artists.

          I just simply listen to all. rock, jazz, pop, balad, R&B, jpop, kpop, indie band. fav artists would be maroon 5, adele, alicia keys, leAnn rimes, christina aguilera, ftisland,                 sistar.  
      
   6. What are the traits found in your siblings that you wish you could have too?

            None. I guess we're unique in our on way.
      
   7. What is the most defining turning point in your life? Briefly elaborate on it.

              Havent got that chance yet.


edit : thanks momod @seribulan for the tacang!

mitnick

When you have to cut back on spending for a time, what are the niceties you’re least likely to give up even though you could (or should)?
My cell phone, i guess. Otherwise, i wont be able to contact my family.

In leaner times, what are your go-to “famine foods?”
Cassava & potatoes. I heard my gradma used to eat those during Japanese intervention.

How do you keep yourself amused or entertained in times requiring great frugality?
Search for funny videos online. During my studies i did that a lot. I needed to relieve stress without spending money.

When was the last time you had to go into austerity mode?
I guess i didnt really go shopping that much except for my pills & groceries.

What’s a necessary expenditure others might consider an extravagance?
When i bought SKII serum for my mom & cell phone for younger bro because he received excellent result for his major exam. I didnt spend a lot of money for myself. I guess i'm the type who bought stuff for ppl I love. I always wanted to give them things we couldnt have when we were younger.     

Elle_mujigae

Friday 5

When you have to cut back on spending for a time, what are the niceties you’re least likely to give up even though you could (or should)?
Good food and books...

In leaner times, what are your go-to “famine foods?”
Spicy Olio....

How do you keep yourself amused or entertained in times requiring great frugality?
Disturb friends..Annoyed nieces and nephews.....Reread random books...

When was the last time you had to go into austerity mode?
Lol..austerity sound sooo economic-ish...erm last month.

What’s a necessary expenditure others might consider an extravagance?
A good wooden hair brush with pins that gently stimulate the scalp and a good hairband that have just the right stress to the head whilst wearing it;not too loose and not too tight. and a custom-fitted shoe insoles.

mitnick

Friday Fill-in

And...here we go!

1. Right now I'm happy with my life.
2. Funny remarks while putting on straight face is my well known quirk.
3. Are you fasting?
4. Eatfirst, then pay!
5. That's why  i eat out.
6. Alias is one of my favorite tv shows ever!
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to watch online movie, tomorrow my plans include hanging out with a friend and Sunday, I want to wake up for sahur !

jack0001

My favourite genre of music? It is a tie between classical and techno/electronic. It seems weird to bunch these together but to me the beauty lies in the mathematics of the music. Whilst listening in contemplation, you can find the beat of the song. Sometimes you listen too much to these genre you can have a guess at the crescendo and the diminuendo of certain bits. My favourite classical composer has to be the Russians, in particular Tchaikovsky. Electro music - Tiesto

Layza123

   1. Name one of the most influential figures in your life.
My dad.


   2. What are the countries that you would love to visit to if you get the chance to explore the world?
Scandanavian Countries.
      
   3. What is your favourite book? Why?
Not really a bookworm. Read most book especially mystery, thriller and action adventure.

   4. Who would you like to meet if you could meet a celebrity in real life?
Catherine Middleton  


   5. Name your favourite genre of music and elaborate a little on your favourite artists.
A little bit of everything i would say - ballard, pop, jazz, rock. Love artists who can sing live and i can 'feel' it . Michael Buble, John Legend, Cakra Khan, Andmesh Kamaleng, Whitney Houston.
     
   6. What are the traits found in your siblings that you wish you could have too?
Ketinggian. I anak no 3 dr 5 org adik beradik tetapi i paling remdah.

      
   7. What is the most defining turning point in your life? Briefly elaborate on it.
When i lost my job. It is truly humbling moment for me.