The 20 questions game

During my recent 6 days trip to Melbourne (24-29th November 2010) with Sheena and Ben for the Engineers Without Borders National Conference: Impact 2010, we started a game of 20 questions on our 2nd day there though we only got to question 14 by the end of the trip. I'm going to put down some of the more memorable (or the ones I remember really- it was only the day before but I've forgotten some already!) questions and answers.

Question 1

Sheena: Describe your perfect day.

Ah, an age old question! Though for a LONG time (all my life really) my answer has been lounge on the couch and read a good book, I found myself answering...

Me: A day out (or in) with my best friend.

Sheena:Who is...?

Me: Adrian.

Sheena: Because...?

Hmmm...would this have counted as 3 questions then? :D

Me: Among other (million) things I could sit down and talk to him for ages *beam!*.

Got "knowing" smiles from them for the rest of the trip :| Hahaha...

Question 2

Ben: Something you regret and wished you haven't done/can take back.

My initial answer was actually absolutely nothing as everything that has happened, happened for a reason at that moment in time and all the things that has happened in our life has lead us to where we are now.

But then again I thought perhaps there is one thing I wish I could take back and I can't possible see how drastically my life course could've changed should I have not done it. And so I answered...

Me: When I was in high school, mum would wake me up in the mornings (around 6-ish) and not being a  morning person, sometimes I got really grumpy (whoops! Sorry mum). I suppose I wished I was less cranky then. Poor mum...

Question 3

A rather morbid question but fire away (no pun intended)!

Me: Would you rather die by burning or drowning?

Sheena: Drowning. I hear it's peaceful. 

*Yikes!*

Ben: Burning.

Me: Burning. I'm "hoping" the smoke will kill me first before anything else.

Question 4

Sheena: An embarrassing moment in the last year.

Nothing in the last year comes to mind but I did have an embarrassing moment in the last 2 years...January (or sometime February) 2009 to be exact.

Me: Early last year during the second semester of A-Levels, we had to go to a "leadership camp" (it was only for 1 weekend) and on our first day there we did the obstacle course activity. The boys all went first and my team was the first girl team to go. When we got to the Tarzan swing obstacle where you  have to swing yourself across using the rope that's suspended above a tank of dirty, murky, algae filled water (no way of knowing how deep the tank was-it's underground), none of the girls wanted to go first and so I heroically volunteered myself to be the first girl to go (I've done this before though it was ages ago-should be easy peasy anyways). Bearing in mind e.v.e.r.y.o.n.e was looking at me (boys having finished first and is know just lounging on the grass and all the girls waiting in line for us to go through), I grabbed the rope, and across I went! Only I didn't make it across having not held the rope securely enough and halfway through-*PLOOP!* In the disgustingly dirty water I went (I suppose I was lucky it only went up to my midsection). NO!!! So yeah-an embarrassing moment. Lesson learned behind this? Urmmm...think before you leap? Really, I should say think before you swing :D

Question 5

Me: Best childhood memory that really "pops out".

Me: Trip to LA Disneyland when I was 7. That one Definitely "pops out" :)

Question 6

Sheena: If you could invite 2 people (dead or alive) to a dinner party, who would it be and why?

If this question had been a little differently and went "2 historical events you'd like to see", 2 immediate ones pops in mind. Though now that they're people-based, I'll relate it to my historical events.

Me: The person who designed the Pyramids of Giza and the Stonehenge simply because I'm extremely curious to know how they did it! Scientists, engineers, archeologists, historians of the 21st century still can't figure it out. Amazing!

Question 7

Me: Song you'll play at your wedding reception when the bride and groom has their first dance. (Ben surprisingly commented that this was a good question)

Me: Though I've never given it much thought, (I suppose I'll have to give it a "proper" think when the day comes-maybe something from Billy Joel?) the first song that pops to mind is Sarah McLachlan's Angel though I'm not entirely sure the lyrics is a perfect fit for a joyous wedding day but one line does stands out, "You're in the arms of an angel, may you find some comfort here". I imagine my husband would be my angel, my greatest blessing :) Nevertheless, the melody is good and I've always sorta imagined dancing under the moonlight to this song, especially those moments when I'm listening to it late at night, alone somewhere...

Sheena's followup question to that was: Song you'll play during the walk in (to the alter).

General consensus was Pachelbel's Canon in D. Lovely song! I just might stick to that one-it gives one such an uplifting feeling when you're listening to it. I definitely can imagine myself walking down the aisle feeling beyond happy to this song :)

Question 8

Me: If there was a device that could show you the future, would you like to see what the future has in store?

Ben, Sheena: No.

Me: Yes, but only if it could be erased from my mind straight after. I am curious to see just for that moment in time, what the future really looks like but I wouldn't want to remember it for the rest of my life though-things could/would go wrong at some point should you try to alter even a tiny portion of it or you'd end up living your life based on what you saw. Seems wrong anyway.

Question 9

Ben: An extinct animal you'd like to bring back.

For the life of me, I couldn't think of a single extinct animal besides the dinosaur the moment he asked that (though I started to remember a few after). Tsk tsk. And though I was tempted to reply dinosaurs (seeing I couldn't remember any other ones-Sheena already took the Dodo bird because they're so cute), it got me thinking that if I bring back one species, it'd only be "fair" to bring back all of them which would include the T-Rex and I'm not entirely sure I'd want a one-on-one encounter with a T-Rex that's on a rampage. Plus, we humans will get all high and mighty anyway and probably caged them all off and that wouldn't be fair. They should be allowed to roam wherever they want (they are some mighty big creatures). I don't quite remember Jurassic Park ending very happily-then again I watched that one AGES ago when I was little. Maybe I only remember the "bad" bits like when one of them got gobbled. 

Me: Mammoth.

Ben: Why?

Me: Urmm...why not? :D

...and my memory of the game ends there. Should I (though I don't think so) remember questions 10-14 sometime in the next few days, I'll add on.