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10 Quirks I Have That May Seem Weird
I have been tagged by Michelle Monet to write this chained story about quirks, so here they are in descending order (I like to be different from the crowd) :
10. I wear socks all the time, hate being barefooted except in showers or on the beach. I protect my footsies.
9. If there are kids are over at the house, I tend to watch over them and make sure they stay out of trouble whether they are mine or not. It’s a habit I never got rid of. I am the oldest of 5 kids and both of my parents work. In Asian culture, the eldest child automatically becomes the overseer of the younger kids, it doesn’t matter whether I like to or not. You don’t have a choice. The eldest child becomes the daycare provider. Cooking, tutoring, feeding, and diaper changing comes with the job. If our family is visiting someone else’s home and there are kids there and you are still the oldest, then you still are the daycare provider. I started doing this when I was 9 years old, as each sibling arrived, my responsibility grew, the eldest child doesn’t get to have a childhood.
8. I started training in martial arts in my teens. Years of training, sparring and tournament fighting matches have caused me to throw punches and kicks while sleeping, dreaming, or someone shaking me awake. I have on a few occasions punched my poor wife in the head in my sleep (really…
