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14 years ago
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Even the nicest of guys have some nasty within' 'em
You don't have to be backlit to be the villain
Whether it's greed, lust or plain vindictiveness
There's a level of malevolence inside of all of us
I didn't want to drag this out over days or anything and I've been itching to be truthliness up in here, so 20 hours is enough for most people, no?
Below are 10 statements. Seven of them are true to the word, three are lies designed to deceive. Now you can find the truth in the mystery.
1. I am extremely religious. FALSE
Congratulations to... everyone.
I guess this was an obvious one, I'm not a devout follower of any organised religious practice. Currently I align myself closest to Buddhism in my beliefs, I meditate moderately often and really hope that doing good deeds will garner similar returns (ie, karma), but such things as reincarnation I'm much more iffy on.
As it happens when I was much younger (around 11 or so) I actually was an extremely religious person, except this time in Roman Catholicism (the religion I was indoctrinated into at birth). While I lost that faith pretty early on in my teens, at least it got me a golden ticket into the good schools.
2. I once built and programmed a robot to navigate a simple obstacle course in the space of two hours. TRUE
Tough luck Minh, this one is true!
When I was about 14 I was chosen to represent my school at a local fair to encourage more kids to partake in science and mathematics. One of the projects available was to construct a robot from a set of parts, without instructions and - should you complete this successfully - program it to navigate a simple obstacle course using a control unit (you could program it then tell it to run, but could not change the course after it started).
I completed my robot in 40 minutes and, with some measurements, had it successfully navigate the course on the second attempt.
3. I once wrote a poem so astoundingly good that it made someone cry manly tears. TRUE
Tolstoy, Hiro, Truck, Zane, Noragon and Jace. Tut tut tut!
Coming up to the final weeks of primary school, the final year group were preparing a talent show of sorts to act as a leaving assembly. Everyone was supposed to take part, and while many opted for your typical talent show fayre (singing and dancing) I decided to write and read a poem about the history of the school. The headmistress at the time (a Mrs L V Pollard) started crying while I read the poem and later had it framed and hung on the wall of her office. Then she surprised me later by giving me a pack of glittery gel pens in middle of a class.
I no longer have the poem (the copy I read from was the one put on display), but I can still recall the first line: I open my book of memories.
4. I have a very awkward interest in the mechanics of terrorist attacks, natural and man-made disasters. TRUE
No one doubted this one. Is my psychopathic side that obvious?
5. I have a book dedicated to me. TRUE
Minh and Tolstoy, you were absolutely wrong!
The book Northern Heritage - Medieval is dedicated to both me and my brother, having been written by a family friend going back a couple of decades. She never got married or has any surviving family, so we adopted her into our own and call her Granny Margaret.
Okay, so it's not exactly a bestseller or anything, but it's still a bona-fide published book!
6. I've nearly fell off the edge of a waterfall once, by accident of course. TRUE
Ain't no doubt in your minds!
Some 12 years ago while holidaying in Malaysia, the family decided to go swimming at a local spot - a moderately calm pool located between two waterfalls. While swimming there, water got into my eyes and I was blinded. Whilst flailing about uselessly and trying to rub my pained eyes I was caught in a current and pulled towards the edge of the waterfall. I survived mainly because there was a large rock in the way and my grandfather swam in and picked me up from there.
I almost fell off a cliff once, too.
7. At the time of my first high school's closure, I was statistically the smartest student there (measured by average exam results). TRUE
Oh Gullible of little faith. You have failed me.
I left my first high school (St Theodore's Catholic High) at the end of year 9. The school was closing at the same time and merging with the sister school (St Hilda's) to become a new school (Blessed Trinity College). Because the school building had long due to be demolished, they were steadily moving students year-by-year to the St Hilda's site, and by the end of that year only years 7, 8 and 9 were still present at St Theodore's.
Now our head of year (Mr Ennis, who I remember primarily for taking us on spontaneous, illegal field-trips) was a PE teacher and liked a little competition, so at the end of each term he compiled all of our test results and found who had achieved the best results. At the end of year 9, it was I. Huzzah!
Of course, for full disclosure, this was the only ever time I came first in one of these. I usually came second (after my best friend Danny), and the school wasn't very highly achieving anyway, so being the best there was roughly equal to being average anywhere else - I really struggled at my second high school, the psychiatrist I went to after my mental breakdown could tell you that.
8. I have been arrested for refusing to cooperate with a police kettle. FALSE
Congrats to Hiro, Truck, Zane, Nogaron, Gullible and Jace. This one is false.
I've only been threatened with arrest for refusing to cooperate with a police kettle. That time I just had two coppers grab me and push me into it. (They broke my backpack strap in the process :c)
9. I have a large collection of novelty shirts. FALSE
Haha! I got you on this one! It sounds too true for it to be a lie, and that's precisely what I was going for! Getting all psychology up in here!
The only shirts I have that are close to being "novelty" are one with a rock, paper and scissors wrestling, and one with Rainbow Dash's cutie mark - which I'm wearing right now.
The keyword there was "large".
10. I first drove a car when I was 13. TRUE
Nobody fell for it, despite me being criminally incompetent at the wheel of anything. D'oh!
I first drove a car... in August 2005... on a deserted road... near an army base... in Canada. It was a Chrysler 300 (commence "ooo"s from the car crowd), and totally automatic, so driving it wasn't actually that hard. I think I hit a top speed of maybe 20 mph.
And now you know, because knowing is half the battle.
Below are 10 statements. Seven of them are true to the word, three are lies designed to deceive. Now you can find the truth in the mystery.
1. I am extremely religious. FALSE
Congratulations to... everyone.
I guess this was an obvious one, I'm not a devout follower of any organised religious practice. Currently I align myself closest to Buddhism in my beliefs, I meditate moderately often and really hope that doing good deeds will garner similar returns (ie, karma), but such things as reincarnation I'm much more iffy on.
As it happens when I was much younger (around 11 or so) I actually was an extremely religious person, except this time in Roman Catholicism (the religion I was indoctrinated into at birth). While I lost that faith pretty early on in my teens, at least it got me a golden ticket into the good schools.
2. I once built and programmed a robot to navigate a simple obstacle course in the space of two hours. TRUE
Tough luck Minh, this one is true!
When I was about 14 I was chosen to represent my school at a local fair to encourage more kids to partake in science and mathematics. One of the projects available was to construct a robot from a set of parts, without instructions and - should you complete this successfully - program it to navigate a simple obstacle course using a control unit (you could program it then tell it to run, but could not change the course after it started).
I completed my robot in 40 minutes and, with some measurements, had it successfully navigate the course on the second attempt.
3. I once wrote a poem so astoundingly good that it made someone cry manly tears. TRUE
Tolstoy, Hiro, Truck, Zane, Noragon and Jace. Tut tut tut!
Coming up to the final weeks of primary school, the final year group were preparing a talent show of sorts to act as a leaving assembly. Everyone was supposed to take part, and while many opted for your typical talent show fayre (singing and dancing) I decided to write and read a poem about the history of the school. The headmistress at the time (a Mrs L V Pollard) started crying while I read the poem and later had it framed and hung on the wall of her office. Then she surprised me later by giving me a pack of glittery gel pens in middle of a class.
I no longer have the poem (the copy I read from was the one put on display), but I can still recall the first line: I open my book of memories.
4. I have a very awkward interest in the mechanics of terrorist attacks, natural and man-made disasters. TRUE
No one doubted this one. Is my psychopathic side that obvious?
5. I have a book dedicated to me. TRUE
Minh and Tolstoy, you were absolutely wrong!
The book Northern Heritage - Medieval is dedicated to both me and my brother, having been written by a family friend going back a couple of decades. She never got married or has any surviving family, so we adopted her into our own and call her Granny Margaret.
Okay, so it's not exactly a bestseller or anything, but it's still a bona-fide published book!
6. I've nearly fell off the edge of a waterfall once, by accident of course. TRUE
Ain't no doubt in your minds!
Some 12 years ago while holidaying in Malaysia, the family decided to go swimming at a local spot - a moderately calm pool located between two waterfalls. While swimming there, water got into my eyes and I was blinded. Whilst flailing about uselessly and trying to rub my pained eyes I was caught in a current and pulled towards the edge of the waterfall. I survived mainly because there was a large rock in the way and my grandfather swam in and picked me up from there.
I almost fell off a cliff once, too.
7. At the time of my first high school's closure, I was statistically the smartest student there (measured by average exam results). TRUE
Oh Gullible of little faith. You have failed me.
I left my first high school (St Theodore's Catholic High) at the end of year 9. The school was closing at the same time and merging with the sister school (St Hilda's) to become a new school (Blessed Trinity College). Because the school building had long due to be demolished, they were steadily moving students year-by-year to the St Hilda's site, and by the end of that year only years 7, 8 and 9 were still present at St Theodore's.
Now our head of year (Mr Ennis, who I remember primarily for taking us on spontaneous, illegal field-trips) was a PE teacher and liked a little competition, so at the end of each term he compiled all of our test results and found who had achieved the best results. At the end of year 9, it was I. Huzzah!
Of course, for full disclosure, this was the only ever time I came first in one of these. I usually came second (after my best friend Danny), and the school wasn't very highly achieving anyway, so being the best there was roughly equal to being average anywhere else - I really struggled at my second high school, the psychiatrist I went to after my mental breakdown could tell you that.
8. I have been arrested for refusing to cooperate with a police kettle. FALSE
Congrats to Hiro, Truck, Zane, Nogaron, Gullible and Jace. This one is false.
I've only been threatened with arrest for refusing to cooperate with a police kettle. That time I just had two coppers grab me and push me into it. (They broke my backpack strap in the process :c)
9. I have a large collection of novelty shirts. FALSE
Haha! I got you on this one! It sounds too true for it to be a lie, and that's precisely what I was going for! Getting all psychology up in here!
The only shirts I have that are close to being "novelty" are one with a rock, paper and scissors wrestling, and one with Rainbow Dash's cutie mark - which I'm wearing right now.
The keyword there was "large".
10. I first drove a car when I was 13. TRUE
Nobody fell for it, despite me being criminally incompetent at the wheel of anything. D'oh!
I first drove a car... in August 2005... on a deserted road... near an army base... in Canada. It was a Chrysler 300 (commence "ooo"s from the car crowd), and totally automatic, so driving it wasn't actually that hard. I think I hit a top speed of maybe 20 mph.
And now you know, because knowing is half the battle.
I would need a snorkel for all the tears.
Due to crying so much.