I'm normal

6 weird things about me, then tag 6 other people to do the same.

I think I'm pretty normal however. Nothing interesting about this boy in particular. In fact, after reading about Jack's deformities, all I can come up with are

1. My deformed jaw. In fact, it's best shown in my side profile:

In fact, when you look at me from the front, and take a few moments to appreciate my teeth and how gloriously white they are, you'll notice that my upper set of teeth settle far behind my lower set of teeth, like so.


This gives me the appearance of a constant pout. And a very ugly pout at that. This jaw apparently is known as an 'overbite' and is a dental condition that can only be corrected by surgery. If at some point in future I become sufficiently interested in joining America's Next Top Model, I will have to let some orthodontist drill into, and cut out bits of my jaw in order to bring the upper and lower jaws back into their normal position. For now however, I rest in the knowledge that, should I ever enter a head-on collision with something, my jaw will give me plenty of warning before any other part of my face gets hit.


2. Maybe due to my jaw, my second claim to fame is my constant blowing air upwards towards my hair. I'm still not really sure why I do this. One theory is that it was a way to keep my hair from falling over my eyes way back, before I succumbed to water-based hair gels. My only consolation is that I don't do it so often now. Only when I'm alone.


3. I pull at my hair.

Especially when I'm stressed/thinking/when I have absolutely nothing to do. Again, I have no idea where this came from, but its a habit that has stuck with me since secondary school. I have fond memories of friends assigned to hit me hard every time I pulled at my hair way back when I was in Sitiawan. The amount of hair that I pull out on a daily basis is frightening, even to me. Leading to my friends' and family's predictions that I will be bald before I turn 40.

And scarily, I still do it. Right before exams, and even during exams. And considering I'm among the minority of people my age to still be studying and not working, it means I'll go on doing it for a while yet. Actually, come to think of it, I will probably carry it on even when I'm working.

Can't do it when I'm in a operating theatre though. Which leads me to believe I'll never make a surgeon. Imagine being stressed out in the middle of a operation, but not being able to pull at my hair!


4. I tend to swallow air down my esophagus, and burp it silently to myself. Well, sometimes not that silently, and people have scolded me for making 'funny noises' before. Funnily enough, I've discovered there's actually a medical term to this: aerophagia, which literally means swallowing air. I tend to be able to control this to a great extent now though, thankfully.


5. I'm really scraping the bottom of the barrel for weird thing to talk about now, so I'll mention the way my head tilts to one side when I think I'm looking straight ahead. Like in the photo I think I'm looking straight, but actually:

My head's tilted to the left.

I first noticed this when I was marching in my school military band way back in secondary school. We were standing at attention when a senior came up to me and barked "Stand straight boy!" I replied I was, and he said no your head is crooked, or words to that effect. And I've lived with it ever since. Talk about stigma.


6. I've run out of weird things body-wise. So I'll end by saying I'm scared of spiders. Especially the ones with furry legs. I think thats just wrong.



People I would like to tag:
1. David Yu
2. Edward
3. Siew Lee
4. Philip Ong
5. Shawn Kong
6. Chik Ian

'Everyone's normal, some are just more normal than others' - Anonymous