Not very exciting, right? Well, it is indeed a beautiful restaurant, and one of my very favorites, The Crime Lab, which has been resurrected. I celebrated my birthday this year with 8 of my closest civilian friends there, and they treated me like royalty. Luckily for The Crime Lab, my review of their establishment is the most popular ever of my restaurant reviews on UrbanSpoon, so I am sure I’m bringing them some good traffic

Ok, and now to tag another six people. The great thing about knowing so many people in the Vancouver tech community (and abroad) is that I can tag friends with ease. So, I do hope they do the meme, and here we go!

Don (StudioYVR, who recently went self-hosted like I did!)
Sarah Marchildon (who is currently in Japan!)
Dr. Beth Snow (who just published a book!)
Jenn Lowther (whose company just launched BrightKit!)
Phaedra McEachren (who recently got a new job!)
Arjana (who recently visited Montreal!)

Related posts:

1. Sixth Photo Meme Redux
2. Too much information meme – Raul’s answers
3. 5 Things Meme

5 things I was doing 10 years ago:

1. Living in England (Manchester).
2. Thinking about doing a PhD in Management or Business Administration.
3. Finishing my MBA/MEng.
4. Living scared of the Moss Side in Manchester (as I lived near Whalley Range).
5. Learning about the Canal District.

5 things on my to do list today:

1. Finish a book chapter (or at least start it).
2. Finish folding laundry.
3. Write a blog post about the Sales Performance Meetup.
4. Transcribe my notes from said Meetup.
5. Buy soda (I’ve run out of Diet Pepsi).

5 snacks I love:

1. Grape Jell-O
2. Tamarind and powdered chile sweets
3. Yoghurt
4. Sushi
5. Soup (of any kind)

5 things I would do if I were a millionaire:

1. Buy several houses
2. Invest the money
3. Donate some money to the BC Cancer Foundation
4. Take a few months off work and go travel
5. Buy new MacBookPro!

5 places I’ve lived (for various lengths of time):

1. Vancouver, BC
2. Mexico City, Mexico
3. Manchester, England
4. Madrid, Spain
5. Paris, France

5 jobs I’ve had:

1. Research assistant (during grad school)
2. Chemical engineer with Coca-Cola
3. Process engineer with BASF
4. Office manager (my Dad’s office and my Mom’s office, both of them)
5. Research manager

5 people I tag:

1. Tyler Ingram
2. Raincoaster
3. Nancy Zimmerman
4. Monica Hamburg
5. Tanya Davis

Related posts:

1. Photo meme – I’ve been tagged!
2. Too much information meme – Raul’s answers
3. Five obscure things about me

2. Who is your favorite artist?
I think that most respondents have referred to painters/sculptors in their responses. Following the same trend, I am a big fan of Renoir, Michelangelo, Van Gogh. Quite obviously given my heritage, I am also a big follower of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Finally, I consider acting as a form of art (I am trained as a theatre actor) and thus I am also a big fan of Meryl Streep and the late Heath Ledger.

3. Who is your favourite blogger?
TMI. No, I’m just kidding. I don’t think I have a favourite blogger. I make a point of reading *at least* all the blogs in my blogroll, and the majority of those people are friends of mine in real life now. While my blogroll definitely needs some updating (particularly since I’ve started reading the blogs of new Twitter friends, both followers and reciprocal follows), I am usually pretty damn good at reading (and commenting) when I think I can add to the conversation, and no, I don’t think I can prioritize anyone and say “this is my favourite blogger”.

4. If you could meet anyone (alive or dead), who would it be and what is the most interesting thing about them?
This may sound like a really dumb answer, but I really would like to have met Albert Einstein. He was supposedly an outcast and his IQ tests were miserable, according to some reports I have read. I just would like to know how he would see the world as I know it. As for living people – I think I’ve met some wonderful people (famous actors, writers, politicians). That being said, I wouldn’t mind meeting Michaelle Jean in person, if anything just to ask her what does it feel to be such an iconic figure for Canada AND an immigrant.

5. What did you want to be when you grew up?
Originally, I was going to be a doctor. I am now a doctor, but of a different kind, hehehe. My parents were incredibly patient with me. They put me through lessons for everything. I studied library science, criminology, interior design, chemistry, you name it. I think my financial debt to my parents for my education is ranging in the six figures realm now.

6. What is the most interesting piece of trivia you know?
Well, not sure if it is interesting to YOU but it is interesting to me. Did you know that the two major fears of every human (the only fears with which we are born) are the fear to loud noises and the fear of falling? Of course, you could add a third (the fear of making a loud noise when falling).

7. If you could live in any point in history when would it be and why?
My ex was a historian, so I always got asked this question, and my response is always the same: France in the late 1700s. Did you know that the Declaration of Rights was signed in 1789? What made the French people at the time decide that all men (and women) are all equal? (mind you, the actual wording seems to refer only to men – how inappropriate!)

8. What is the most interesting job you have ever held?
I will have to say that hands down, being a professor (instructor, teacher, however you want to call it). I witnessed my students grow with every class, their self-esteem and confidence in the command they were gaining of the material. Learning about local issues and national issues and analyzing them through different theoretical frameworks and using different research strategies was always fun. Although, truth be told, being a bartender really does bring out a whole other side of me

Now, should I tag someone else? Nah – I’ll let you voluntarily self-tag. I am sure more than one of you will do it, sooner or later

Related posts:

1. Six quirks/habits of Raul – Meme
2. Photo meme – I’ve been tagged!
3. 5 Things Meme