70 things about me… *updated*

1. I am a boy …
2. I have to think of 98 other things about me … (this is work in progress – 100 things is the aim!)
3. I live in London, UK…
4. I have lived in 3 different countries by the time I was 16…
5. I am too competitive for my own good…
6. I am trying really hard to learn a second language, but I don’t think I am making progress…
7. I love the sound of guitars, and regret not learning it as a child (I was given an opportunity)…
8. I have played football (soccer) at university level…
9. I love italian and mediteranian food…
10. I have been under the knife (knee)…
11. I am looking at the possibilty of going under the knife again (foot)…
12. I have a tall glass of milk everyday…
13. I loooooooooooooooooooooovvvvvveeeeeeeee smoothies….
14. I am an ice tea guy…
15. but I also dig berries and berry juices…
16. I love Manchester United FC
    
17. I have been in love (with a person ) and have had my heart broken severely (by the same person who loved me)…
18. I am an Apple iPod hypocrite (I swore against owning an iPod. I now own a product red iPod nano)…
19. I love cooking and eating food…
20. I am very domesticated…
21. I have rebuilt an internal supporting wall (in a house) from scratch…
22. I know the feeling of a long hard day of work…
23. I am a summer person…
24. I have had 4 blogs in the past; I didnt post once…
25. I love travelling…
26. My job gives me the opportunity to travel…
27. I prefer making friends from other communities, walks of life and countries as opposed to making friends with those who are close to me…
28. I am NOT addicted to facebook…
29. The Internet is my sixth sense…
30. Generally I find reading fiction as a waste of time…
31. I invested in a car and a house, and I think it was a good idea….
32. I have 34 first cousins from my dads family, but only 9 from my moms side…
33. I have 2 other brothers…
34. I have family on every continent except Antarctica…
35. My favourite movie is Shawshank Redemption… Fight Club is a close second…
36. I decided, for whatever reason, to skip the Hamersmith and City line (subway train) from Mile End on July 7th 2005. It was one of the trains which was attacked by the London 7/7 bombers. I had a very very very very close escape. I thank god for that always!…
37. I believe in god…
38. I am not artistically gifted…
39. I have an older cousin sister who has been my role model…
40. I have had 4 great bosses in 3 years of employment…
41. The best career decision I made was to move from a Banking environment into Investments and Private equity…
42. I am lucky that my work and effort is generally appreciated…
43. All my best and closest friends are many years older than me…
44. I am very confident around people older than me. Younger folks scare the crap out of me…
45. I would love to live in Barcelona… and NYC…
46. I hate being the nice guy… it is the reason why i always come last….
47. I learnt to play squash recently, and I now give veterans of the game a run for their money…
48. I held the record for 100m at high school – 12.74s…
49. I hate badminton, I just cannot play it…
50. I can’t break the ice…
51. I suffer from panic attacks in the sea…. even in shallow water…
52. I love the feeling of sea water, and could play in there for hours…
53. I do not regret anything in life…
54. I would reccomend Barack Obama’s 2 books to everyone. They are an outstanding read…
55. Obama can bring the change….
56. I have injured almost every joint in my body…
57. I WILL suffer from severe artheritis…
58. I would love to have court side seats to a Lakers or a Knicks game…
59. I do not drink or smoke…
60. I couldn’t live without chocolate…
61. I can’t swim… I have almost fatally drowned twice…
62. I can trust only 2 people in the whole world with my life – RK and IK (not related to each other)…
63. I have an aunt who is my favourite amongst all my other uncles and aunts….. she will go on record to say that I am her most favourite nephew too…
64. I find 45C warm, but not hot….
65. I loves the summer…
66. MaliZOMG is in my close inner circle too… (see 62)
67. I hugely believe in networking – social (to a certain degree), but most definitely professional. Catch me on Twitter… and if you are good, I may just let you in on my Facebook and LinkedIn profiles….
68. My favourite food – Lasagne. Period!
69. I am hooked to social networking! Find me on Twitter
70. 2009 will see me learning conversational Arabic – Second language, here I come!