5 Things Most People Don’t Know About Me
December 13, 2006Ok, I’ll play. Tony has tagged me to join the meme of “5 Things Most People Don’t Know About Me”. I quite like this idea … it’s a good icebreaker and goes beneath the “elevator pitch” facade most people are forced to carry around to comply with social norms.
So here it is:
1. Despite having both Undergrad (BA) and Masters (MBA) degrees, technically I have never passed Year 9 of High School. I switched schools (I was in danger of being kicked out!) and started at y10 at the new school, which commenced the school year in November.
2. I was born at Walsgrave Hospital , Coventry on the 26th December - Boxing Day. I emigrated with my family at the age of 6, arriving in Australia on 20th May 1977.
3. In my mid-late teens I fronted a hard rock / metal band. We played a couple of local gigs and parties, but inevitably we all went our separate ways. I still predominantly listen to Metal — faves being Sabbath (and Ozzy), Metallica, Zepplin, Dio and some local Melbourne stuff thrown in for good measure — although my tastes have matured somewhat with age. Eclectic is probably the best description.
4. I underwent a Gastric lavage procedure after a drug overdose at the age of 5. I had raided the medicine chest and taken a whole heap of aspirin. I also convinced my little brother (who was 3 at the time) to take them too, by crushing them into water. To this day, I still vividly remember the experience!
5. I experienced my fifteen (and only) minutes of fame on TV at the tender age of 12. I was a contestant on Family Feud (Daryl Somers was host). We stayed on for a couple of nights and won a couple of dodgy prizes. I’ve never lived it down. I just hope that it never ends up on YouTube!
I’ll need to give some more thought on who to tag seeing as tough Tony would have been one of my victims and he’s already tagged Pete - so watch this space. Ping me if you’d like to volunteer.
Update: No volunteers, so here are a few people I would love to know more about (some I don’t know at all!). Apologies if you feel like you’ve just been chain-mailed!:
Martin Gleesson, Micheal Specht, Ben Barren, Tejas Patel, Michael D. Pollock
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