30

I’m still going on about Sean Bean. He’s 47 and I’m turning 30 in less then 48 hours.

To commemorate the occasion,I took some pictures and completed the Q+A Sean Bean did with The Guardian Weekend Magazine in the 10th March edition.

I have to say that I do not feel as reluctant as I thought I would have felt. I think in my 20s there was so much I felt I needed to achieve before I turned 30. But now that I am turning 30, I realize that I can achieve anything that I decide to achieve, even up and moving to another country and starting all over from scratch.

When were you happiest?
When I was with XXXXXX.

What is your greatest fear?
My loved ones dying on me.

What is your earliest memory?
Sitting on a Milo tin when I was three and asking endless questions while watching my mommy preparing the evening’s meal. I had all the time in the world then.

Which living person do you most admire?
It’s a close call between my parents, my sister and Haruki Murakami. My mum is the kindest most forgiving person I know. My dad made his way up the ladder from scratch with family and burdens in tow and I have never ever heard my sister complain no matter what hardship she goes through.

Haruki Murakami captures hopes and dreams of the ordinary. He makes the most ordinary seem extraordinary.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Inflexibility and loosing my temper/patience when someone does not understand me.

What is the trait you most deplore in other?
Lack of empathy.

What was your most embarrassing moment?
Having a fib I told to a good friend exposed by her.

Aside from a property, what’s the most expensive thing you’ve ever bought?
I would have liked to say my baby pink Vespa, but I don't own one, so it would have to be my Toshiba Satellite Laptop with Harman/Kardon speakers. I still love it!

What is your most treasured possession?
Physical possession must be a framed paper cut from someone close to me and a first edition hard cover print of a Neil Gaiman book with his signature from a friend.

Metaphysical must be my friends and family's love and support.

Where would you like to live?
For this moment in my life, right where I am now.

What would your superpower be?
Being able to induce a cocaine like euphoria on people without cocaine. Either that or create mist.

What is your guiltiest pleasure?
XXXXXX and Peanut Snickers Bars.

What do you owe your parents?
My life.

What makes you depressed?
Loving someone, a friend or even a family member and not being loved back in the same way. Problems I have no power to solve. When I am not learning new things. Politics in the office and sensitive human relationships because my whole psyche is not made to deal with such issues. My inability to express my thoughts clearly verbally.

Would you rather be clever and ugly, or thick and attractive?
Dah….Clever and ugly.

What is your most unappealing habit?
Being uptight and unable to relax.

Cat or dog?
DOG!

What is your favourite word?
Don’t have one.

What is your favourite smell?
CK Summer.

What has been your biggest disappointment?
Not going to The AA to study.

What is your fancy-dress costume of choice?
This must be the most boring and predictable answer, but I’ve always wanted to have fairy wings, wield a magic wand and wear a tiara.

What is the worst thing anyone’s ever said to you?
I can’t say it.

What do you most dislike about your appearance?
I can't tell you one particular thing I dislike the most. It's a combination of things. But I think I was fortunate enough to have reasonable looking parents and no one obscenely obese in the family line.

Is it better to give or to receive?
When I was younger, I would say give….but now.....

What or who is the greatest love of your life?
XXXXXX

Which living person do you most despise and why?
Despise is a strong word, and Saddam Hussein is already dead so I think the person I most despise right now is XXXXXX.

Who would you invite to your dream dinner party?
Haruki Murakami, Tadanobu Asano and his wife Chara, Maya Lin and maybe Sean Bean! But if I could really choose, I would like to invite God. I have many questions to ask him.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Its alright.(But actually not mean it).

What is the worst job you’ve done?
It’s got to be a tie between a waitress and a data entry clerk.

If you could edit your past, what would you change?
I wish I never met XXXXXX.

If you could go back in time, where would you go?
To China as an Empress.

How do you relax?
Having a warm cup of tea in my hand while writing/reading/sitting in the sun. Alternatively hanging out with friends and downing a couple of pints has the same affect.

What is the closest you’ve every come to death?
Pneumonia when I was 9 and another illness again when I was 17.

What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
Power Yoga twice a week.

What keeps you awake at night?
Problems and too much green tea.

What song would you like played at your funeral?
Right now, ‘Hang me up to dry’ by Cold War Kids.

What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
You can plan everything but not everything goes as planned.

Where would you most like to be right now?
Running in a sunny field with my dog, Chopin.

On Player_'48 hours'_By The Good Luck Joes