Long CountdownNick Ramsay, blogging from Japan.

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:

1. Learning Japanese
2. Living in a one-room apartment in Nagoya, Japan
3. Eating instant noodles and paying off debts
4. Teaching English
5. Hanging out with a guy called Bamboo

5 Things on My To-Do List Today:

1. Get some money from the cash machine
2. Unplug the phone and internet connection
3. Watch technicians change the optical fiber and broadband router
4. Bite my fingernails
5. Test internet connection and phone
6. Pay technicians with money from cash machine

5 Snacks I Like

1. Chocolate bars
2. Sakeru Cheese
3. 7-Eleven Burrito
4. Country Ma’am cookies
5. Chorus Water (okay, it’s a drink, but…)

5 Things I Would Do if I Were a Millionaire

1. Pay off the mortgage
2. Renovate our house, especially the bathroom and toilet
3. Help out my family and in-laws if they need a few bucks
4. Start eating fruit again (it’s a rip off here so I don’t bother)
5. Put my little Suzuki Wagon R in for a service

5 Places I’ve Lived (for various lengths of time)

1. Crowborough, East Sussex, England
2. Colchester, Essex, England
3. Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
4. Kani, Gifu, Japan
5. Kakamigahara, Gifu, Japan

5 Jobs I Have Had

1. Dishwasher
2. Door-to-door windows salesman
3. English language instructor
4. General manager of a chain of English schools
5. English school owner

5 People I Tag:

1. Danielle
2. Michael
3. Ryan
4. Jordan
5. Billy

I’d love to hear more about you guys!