TMI Meme

Hello all,
I have just returned from 3 weeks in the States, 3 kilos heavier, I shit you not. More on those adventures later. Obachan tagged me for the Too Much Information Meme. This is the first time I have participated in this event, possibly, because I have a sorry ass excuse for a blog, but whatever. I guess I’m supposed to post 10 random and interesting (questionable) facts about myself and tag 5 people. So here goes, read 'em and weep.

10. I have a brown belt in Shitoryu Karate, though you could say that I am an inactive practitioner (hence the expanding waistline and backside)

9. I am a fully qualified reflexologist. My husband's buddies always claim jealously, "Man, she cooks for you and rubs your feet? What is that?!"

8. I used to be the lead singer in a band. Okay, we did soppy covers, but the party goers seemed to enjoy us. Blondie was one of our faves.

7. I grew up in a Chinese restaurant family, a factor that may have contributed to my ever-growing obsession with food.

6. After escaping the Midwest of the United States, I have lived in Paris, Tokyo, Singapore and London, all of which have definitely contributed to my love for grub.

5. I quit a highly paid and highly stressful job to work in the food industry. I am much poorer, but much happier.

4. I am a web surfaholic, my husband has to pry the mouse from my fingers to get me to go to bed at times, eek. Such a geek.

3. I would rather spend 100 dollars on a rib roast then the same on shoes. Yes I have got my priorities straight.

2. I have Hobbit-like eating habits when given half a chance. In NYC recently, I started my day off with a hot dog, had some Dominican tripe soup, headed over to Chinatown for some Foo Chow stir-fried dishes then some Cantonese rice noodles with salted fish and greens. All this before 6PM, sigh.

1. Some of my favorite foods have to do with texture. I love beef tendons, sea cucumber, pigs trotters, very al dente pasta, jellyfish, etc. Good thing I'm Chinese!

So that's me in a nutshell, I am tagging:
- J. at Kuidaore
- Santos at The Scent of Green Bananas
- Johanna at The Passionate Cook
- Jeanne at Cooksister!
- A. at Chubby Hubby

Over to you guys...