Nick Ramsay on November 4th, 2008
The most successful freelance writer I’ve ever known, Michael Kwan, has asked me to tell the world about myself in the latest self-introduction meme. Let’s get straight into it…
5 Things I Was Doing 10 Years Ago:
- Learning Japanese
- Living in a one-room apartment in Nagoya, Japan
- Eating instant noodles and paying off debts
- Teaching English
- Hanging out with a guy called Bamboo
5 Things on My To-Do List Today:
- Get some money from the cash machine
- Unplug the phone and internet connection
- Watch technicians change the optical fiber and broadband router
- Bite my fingernails
- Test internet connection and phone
- Pay technicians with money from cash machine
5 Snacks I Like
- Chocolate bars
- Sakeru Cheese
- 7-Eleven Burrito
- Country Ma’am cookies
- Chorus Water (okay, it’s a drink, but…)
5 Things I Would Do if I Were a Millionaire
- Pay off the mortgage
- Renovate our house, especially the bathroom and toilet
- Help out my family and in-laws if they need a few bucks
- Start eating fruit again (it’s a rip off here so I don’t bother)
- Put my little Suzuki Wagon R in for a service
5 Places I’ve Lived (for various lengths of time)
- Crowborough, East Sussex, England
- Colchester, Essex, England
- Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
- Kani, Gifu, Japan
- Kakamigahara, Gifu, Japan
5 Jobs I Have Had
- Dishwasher
- Door-to-door windows salesman
- English language instructor
- General manager of a chain of English schools
- English school owner
5 People I Tag:
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Hey Nick! Thanks for playing along! I’m flattered that I’m the most successful freelance writer you know.
What’s up with having six things on your five things to do list? And when you say that sold windows door-to-door, do you mean Windows (MS) or, you know, actual windows?
LOL, I didn’t even notice I had 6 things there. Let’s just say I’m a very busy man! As for the windows, they were of the double-glazed variety and I only sold two. Since I got commission only, I gave up after two weeks of solid canvassing with just $50 to show for it.
Oooh, it’s going to take several hours just to narrow down the snack selection alone.
You’ve certainly come on since the early days Nick. Owwww! there’s fireworks going off outside my window. They’re a bit close
Haha, I never would have guessed “Door-to-door windows salesman” in a million years.
oops missed this while faffing about seeing the country lol I will add it to my list of writing jobs to be done as soon as I no longer have a fever!
Tell me more about Bamboo! What was he like?