Things about me

This is a work in progress, so bear with me on this one.

1. I was born in Winchester, England.
2. I lived there for 5 days.
3. I was then taken to a transitionary foster home for 6 weeks.
4. And then was adopted by my parents.
5. My natural mother gave me up because she felt she couldn't give me the life she wanted for me.
6. I will never forget that incredible act.
7. I have had and am having a wonderful life and wouldn't change anything for the world.
8. I then lived in Somerset, England for 2 years.
9. We then moved to Nivelles, Belgium with my dad's job.
10. We thought we would be there for 3 years, but ended up staying for 7.
11. I think all this moving around when I was young sowed the seeds that make me a traveller today.
12. I have a younger sister called Mima.
13. We used to have epic fights, but now we are close.
14. I grew up in a local neighbourhood in French-speaking Belgium.
15. While I was there French was my first language.
16. I spoke it with my friends, sister and dad.
17. My mum never learnt to speak French. It made talking to each other a bit more interesting.
18. I am still friends with people from Belgium.
19. I am a Piscean.
20. I moved back to the UK when I was 10.
21. It was hard moving back to a small village, but maybe it was more strange for the local kids than even me.
22. After 2 years I went to a private school away from my new friends.
23. It was hard at times, but I really enjoyed my 7 years there.
24. Not sure if the school always enjoyed me ...
25. I took a year out after school because I had had enough of classrooms.
26. So I went to Zimbabwe and became a teacher in a school!
27. I lived in a mud house in the bush for a year.
28. I had no electricity and had to pump my own water out of the ground.
29. I was teaching classes of up to 50, aged from 12 to 26.
30. I was only 18 at the time!
31. It was hard, but rewarding. I would never want to be a classroom teacher again though.
32. I taught Maths, Commerce and Geography.
33. It was the toughest year of my life and I was pushed mentally and physically beyond what I thought my limits were.
34. In retrospect this was a good thing.
35. I got to go to some amazine places and have some fantastic adventures.
36. Despite having a hard year I fell in love with Africa and it will always hold a special place in my heart.
37. I went to Bangor University in North Wales, to study French.
38. I spent 4 years learning more about life and having adventures.
39. The third year was spent partly studying in Belgium and partly travelling the world.
40. The latter taught me more.
41. I have visited England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Spain, Canary Isles, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya, Nigeria, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bali, Fiji, Mauritius, Australia, USA, China, Macau in my life so far.
42. I consider myself very lucky.
43. There are many more places that I will visit.
44. I left university with a 2:1 degree in French and Modern France.
45. I work in publishing.
46. I fell into it completely by accident, but I really like it.
47. I always wanted to do a creative and positive job.
48. I started off as a journalist, but didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would.
49. So I moved into a more specialised area called production, where I still am today.
50. Last year I changed company and became a production director.
51. I take this responsibility very seriously, but also find it ammusing to be in this position at my age.
52. My friends tell me I'm very ambitious, but I'm not sure.
53. I associate ambition with being a bastard, and I don't think I am one.
54. I prefer 'motivated'.
55. I work for an international publishing company, with magazines in the UK and Germany.
56. I can speak English, French, German and some Spanish.
57. I was never good at German at school.
58. I now speak it regularly.
59. My girlfriend is English.
60. The majority of my girlfriend have not been.
61. I travel a lot now.
62. Sometimes it gets me down, but I think I would miss it if I stopped.
63. Business travel is very different to leisure travel.
64. I have a penchant for Belgian chocolate.
65. And ice cream.
66. I live in London.
67. I have recently bought my second property there.
68. I am a countryside person.
69. Putting down roots in London scares me sometimes.
70. My new house has a shed which is very exciting for me!
71. I have completed two London Marathons.
72. I have a cellular dislike of running.
73. But I like to challenge myself so I run for charity.
74. I also like motorsport in all forms.
75. I am trying to learn photography.
76. It's my first new hobby for a while and I'm really, really enjoying applying myself to something new.
77. I love spending time by the sea.
78. I used to enjoy exploring when I was younger. Since moving to London I have done it less.
79. I have learnt cross country skiing this Winter.
80. I like learning about computers and playing games.
81. I also have a growing DVD collection.
82. My other hobby is wine.
83. I am looking forward to having a proper wine store at some point. The house I currently own does not have a cellar.
84. I like New World wines, but my favourite red and white wines are French.
85. I don't like beer.
86. But I have just been to the Oktoberfest and had a really good time.
87. One of my favourite drinks is Gin and Coke, with Lime and Ice. I am slowly converting the rest of the world to this great drink.
88. I have a sweet tooth.
89. I love sunsets.
90. My favourite season is Spring.
91. My favourite city (so far) is Barcelona.
92. One day I would like to buy a property near the city and live there permanently.
93. My favourite food is Italian.
94. I mostly prepare my own food.
95. I am not a Rabbit, but I do like salads.
96. I'm feeling hungry now.
97. I don't like Raddishes.
98. I always get up early in the morning, even on holidays.
99. I'm not good at wasting time.
100. 2pm to 3pm is the hardest time of the day for me.
101. I can't believe I made it to 101.
102. I don't like spiders.
103. I don't like snakes even more.
104. And I think I am beginning to dislike non-personal work.
105. I am an Adidas person, not a Nike person.
106. I am a PC person, not a Mac person.
107. I like Garlic a lot, but it does terrible things to my gut.
108. Doesn't stop me eating it though.
109. I believe that, despite all that is going on in the world, we will be OK as a race.
110. I once did a photoshoot dressed as Father Christmas while sitting in a Formula 1 racing car. And yes it was a tight squeeze, but I did get all the way in!