About The Girl

I was born Michelle on April Fools Day in 1982 but ended up getting called Chelle, Mish or Mesho by friends. I have a mom, a dad, a brother, a sister-in-law, a nephew, a doggy & the most wonderful best friends any girl could ask for. When I was a small kid, I always got mistaken for a boy as my mom had a habit of forcing me to have boy cut hair not to mention favouring Action Men over Barbies. I loved nothing better than riding my little BMX bike which subsequently meant that the Accident & Emergency Department in the local hospital knew me by name. Thankfully I’m now a fully fledged girl, boobs & all… minus the addiction to all things pink & fluffy.

I was born in Glasgow, Scotland but when I was a kid, we left the UK. I was then raised in Singapore & Kuwait which then resulted in me having no clue where to call “home”. I have a messed up accent, no one normally knows where I’m from when they talk to me & am always asked if I’m Canadian or American. It’s a conversation starter to say the least!

I love everything to do with Computers & Technology. When I was a little kid, my dad got me into it by giving me his old Amstrad computer to play with in the early 1990′s. I learnt DOS Commands & was addicted to playing Nick Faldo’s Golf Game which was on those huge 5 1/4″ Floppy Disks. I also pretended to work in a bank, creating little Deposit & Withdrawal slips so that my dad could then come into my little bank & deposit money. Unluckily for him, I was smart & after he deposited his money, I would close the bank then pocket the money so he couldn’t withdraw it. He soon realised my game & the bank closed down forever :P

I took that childhood love of computers, went to University in Aberdeen to study BSc (Hons) in Computer Science & Business with E-Commerce and later went to graduate school in Glasgow to do my Masters in Information Management. During those years & a student internship later, I knew that fixing computers was what I wanted to do with my life. So here I am, after undergrad, graduate school and a few jobs, working for a huge worldwide IT Company & love nothing better than fixing computers, problem solving & learning new things every day. I don’t think I could ever give up my love of computers

It’s also no secret that I love cooking & baking. I love spending hours in the kitchen experimenting creating new dishes or baking cakes when I feel like something sweet. I then use my neighbours, co-workers & family as my taste testers, so I guess they are lucky! I have an obsession with cookery books & my bedroom is overflowing with them, there is just something about them I love. I also love food photography & writing about food so you’ll find that a lot of posts on my blog are about food. My belly hates that. But it’s a price I’m willing to pay!

Quickbits

    Birthday: April 1st, 1982
    Favorite Food: Steak au Poivre et Frites
    Favorite Drink: Diet Coke & Anything from Starbucks
    Favorite Color: All Shades of Blue
    Favorite Animal: Dogs
    Favorite Actors: Morgan Freeman & Denzel Washington
    Favorite TV Shows: NCIS, CSI, Criminal Minds, Body of Proof, Suits, Law & Order, Unforgettable, Revenge, Luther, Without a Trace, Greys Anatomy & Drop Dead Diva
    Favorite Music: R&B, Soul, Hip-Hop and Rap

Random Facts

    1. When I was a toddler, I broke my nose after falling over

    2. My parent’s have been married for more than 30 years & when the time comes, I want to have a marriage like their’s <3

    3. When I was 4, my dad bought me a Yorkshire Terrier puppy called Misty, she died in 2003 and I cried my eyes out. Her doggy husband was my grandmother’s Yorkshire Terrier dog called Rusty who died in 2001 and they had a puppy in the late 80′s called Smokey who got ran over by a car in 2004. In 2006, my mom bought my grandfather a Yorkshire Terrier puppy & he named him Bobby (I call him Chewy or Doggy Dog). He is the cutest thing alive, he was born with liver problems & needs to be medicated for the rest of his doggy life. I blog about him *alot*

    4. I’m climbed up the ladders of an Oil Tanker in the middle of the Ocean & sailed on some ranging from sleeping in a drawer when I was a newborn to bunk beds & partaking in fire drills

    5. I loved swimming when I was a kid, I stopped when I was 18 and sometimes yern to jump back into the deep end

    6. I grow my nails, then bite them off, then grow them again… a never ending circle!

    7. I haven’t worn a skirt or dress since I was 19 one of my best friends weddings in 2010. I’m rebelling against them due to having to wear them all the time at school

    8. I’ve been Privately educated since I was 9 & no I don’t talk like the Queen but I do have a messed up accent. I even did a 2 year stint at Boarding School in England, I had to share a bedroom with 5 other girls & hated every day of it!

    9. I’ve snorkled in the Great Barrier Reef in Australia & didn’t get eaten by sharks

    10. I learnt Mandarin Chinese while living in Singapore, I’ve now forgotten the majority of it

    11. I can converse in Arabic & French although I understand more than I can speak

    12. I wanted to travel the world & be a Hotel Manager after watching the movie Dunston Checks In but when crunch time came, I choose Computing

    13. I wanted to go to University in the States but ended up coming back to the UK instead and graduated from University in Aberdeen in 2006, then moved back to my “original” home town to do my Masters

    14. I am addicted to cupcakes & drink Diet Coke like it’s going out of fashion

    15. I’ve ate crocodile, kangaroo, frog’s legs, shark, abalone & a few other random dishes

    16. I love watching French Movies & think Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a genius!

    17. When I’m bored, I end up programming, satisfying the geek in me

    18. Shiny Gadgets make me weak at the knees

    19. I like being different

    20. I love cooking, trying new things out, but hate cooking for myself