Facts - Things About Sham

Apparently, self knowledge is the only way to have the life you want.  So here goes:

10 Questions & Answers About Sham

Question One:  If you could do anything you want tomorrow, what would it be?

Honestly, I would just love to go for an extremely long, scenic drive.  I want to stop at completely random places and take pictures of things.  I want to sit under a tree in a completely unknown place and just... sit.  I want to listen to life pass me by as if I have no care to whatever happens from that moment on.

Question Two:  What are your core values?

Inspiration - without inspiration my life is incomplete: it's what drives me to do the things I do every day.

Family - my family has always been there for me and I believe I should always be there for them too.

Friends - no one truly lives without having a bunch of friends to keep them going.

Question Three:  What are your special talents?

For some weird and crazy reason I tend to befriend people rather quickly.  I also gain trust from these people just as quickly.  I don't know what it is about me but I think people find me at level with them, no matter what's going on, and a great person to listen to when they have something to say.

Question Four:  What do you do better than most people you know?

Compared to some people I know, I think I'm better at assessing a situation and picking the right way to dealing with it.  For example, when people get extremely irate, I automatically know not to fuel their anger by matching their mood.  If I stay calm and collect they eventually ease down from their peak of anger and get on a better playing field with me to deal with an issue.

Question Five:  What were your dreams as a child?

When I was a young child I dreamt about animals and helping them, or different jobs I wanted to grow up and do.  When I got older and was into my teenage years my dreams were dark and depressing at times.  I didn't really dream of my future but more dreamt of how to get out of my present.  I believe this is common in a lot of teenagers, however, who are struggling to figure out who they are and what they want to become.

Question Six:  What is the thing you are most proud of accomplishing in your life so far?

They say that it's the small things in life that add up to big things in the end.  I'm not proud of a 'single' accomplishment in my life.  I'm proud of many.  I'm proud of myself for graduating college so I could make a good career choice.  I'm proud of myself for never giving up drawing or reading.  I'm proud of myself for knowing whenever I needed help because I couldn't do something alone.  And I'm proud of myself for becoming the cheery person I've always wanted to be.

Question Seven:  What will you regret not doing in your life if you continue as you are now?

I will regret not living my life to my complete potential if I continue living it as I do now.  But that's currently in the works to be changed.

Question Eight:  What do you want people to say about you after you are no longer living?  What is your legacy?

When I'm dead I want one person to be able to say that I somehow changed their life for the positive.  I want to inspire someone, motivate someone, allow someone to dream and create new goals for themself because of something I have done.

Question Nine:  What do you want to do when you retire?

I want to visit every province in Canada.  I want to work more on my website and maybe when I do my tour of the country I can leave my mark wherever I go and inspire more people who get to see my site!

Question Ten:  Outside of parents who influenced your life more than anyone else; who had an impact on your life and what was it about that person that meant something to you?

My best friend of 23 years has had the greatest impact in my life, in everything I do.  She's always been there for me, despite the distant between us now.  She's been there to listen when I needed it, to give me advice if she had any... and she's taught me that despite the fact we're both in our late 20's there's nothing wrong with still interacting with the child inside us all.  Every time I receive a letter from her it brightens my entire day and the day after, just because I love hearing from her and seeing what she has to say.  She inspires my artwork, stories I write (I haven't written anything in a while but still), my everyday activities.  I'm not even sure if she really knows that either.  But when she reads this she'll certainly know then. :)

Market & Girly Stuffs

It is 7:42am when I (first) start typing this, I’ve been up since 7am. I am up early because on Saturdays I love going down to the Farmer’s Market downtown. Especially when I can go there early. When I can get there early (before 9am) there is noticeably smaller crowds (so you don’t feel like you’re constantly being herded like cattle), fresher coffee (Mmmm coffee), and you get the better picks of everything available by the vendors. It’s a brilliant atmosphere, everyone’s always friendly, and I’ve never had a bad experience there. I really recommend going to Farmers Markets if you can because the food is also fresher and generally cheaper than what you would find at a local grocery store. Rhem and I only like buying our vegetables at the market for this reason. We pay half the price we normally would at Sobeys or Superstore!

Onto more interesting things – girly things! *Gasp* OMG I said girly things! This, coming from a TomBoy. lol Today I’m venturing forth and doing something completely wild. I’m getting my hair trimmed. LOL That’s not the wild part though, that’s a normal part of my life when it comes to being a natural blonde and having exceptionally annoying hair that likes to tangle often (split ends are the devil LOL). This is also the first time I’m getting my hair trimmed since about a year ago, as I’ve been trying to grow it out long. But it’s due. The wild part, however, is that I’m getting my hair dyed (I’ve also not dyed my hair in over a year as I wanted it to grow out naturally and with its natural colour for once lol). But not just dyed. I’m also getting highlights!!

I will be dying my hair black (which, to most who know me, is quick a change in its own!!) and then I will be getting purple highlights (PURPLE!!! ^_^). And then, if they can do it, I’m getting a single strip of hair bleached white. I’m doing this because for those that don’t know, my mother has lung cancer. She’s having surgery to get the lobe removed at some point but out of remembrance for her and my Other Nanny (who also had lung cancer), I’m getting this done. “Pearl” is the ribbon colour for lung cancer. So it’s kind of a tribute to Mom & Other Nanny and their strength for dealing with this and still being awesome. ^_^

Please note – I have never had a hair colour that wasn’t considered a ‘natural’ colour (the only exception was when I bleached my hair to dye it back to blonde and my hair was a lovely bright orange colour lol)… so this is certainly going to be a wild change!!!


** Update ** The place I got my hair dyed at didn't have purple... at least not one they could guarantee would stay in and vibrant looking for longer than a week... so I went with a blue type highlight that, currently, doesn't show up much but she told me the colour will come through after the first or second washing.  Yay!! **