Are you quirky?
By Aja103654
@Aja103654 (5644)
Philippines
January 19, 2013 1:00am CST
Quirky, in this context, is an adjective used for people who have a peculiar behavioral habit.
I have done my research and it have read that everyone on earth has quirks. Some adorable, some... not so. They are called 'the tiny wrinkles in our personality' they make us perfectly imperfect, more interesting. Our quirks are a reflection of our past and of who we are.
Anyway...
Have I told you guys that I am working on a manga/comic with a friend of mine? Well, we needed to develop interesting characters and in order to do that, we wanted to make them as quirky as possible.
So I would appreciate it if you share some of your quirks and some adorable quirks you find interesting in people you know, or even fictional characters that you know.
Here's some of my personal quirks
1. I hate eating sweet meat
2. I act as if I'm the youngest among my group of friends, but I'm actually the eldest by age
3. I have a knack for making funny comments... with a serious face
4. I adore babies, but scared of giving birth and marriage at a young age
5. In the past, I cried because I was not born a boy
6. I have habit of correcting people who make English grammatical and pronunciation errors
7. I am very easy to bribe, give me a potato chip/french fries/food and I'd do anything.
Well, I think there's more but that's all I can think of for now.
Feel free to share your own quirks too! It will really help us create a quirky character for a story!!
Thanks!
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8 responses
@Mavic123456 (21891)
• Thailand
19 Jan 13
oh yes, I think there is a little quirkiness in me. I am a cheap thriller too, I can be thrilled in simple and nonsense things and situation as long as it is new to me.
you must be interesting to be with, you have a lot of quirkiness. LOL.
My quirkiness:
1. Am a cheap thriller. I am thrilled at small things around me.
2. I am scared to the max of lizard, and I can not move as in like a statue if there is one on my way.
3. I love chinese movies in chinese dialect evenif I am not a Chinese and even if I see the strings tied to the performers in the vision that they were flying.
4. I peanut butter and banana.
5. i imitate mr. Bean to taunt and tease my sisters.
@Aja103654 (5644)
• Philippines
20 Jan 13
Thanks, mavic. My friends have noticed I am quirky, they make fun of me out of love they say though I suspect they are doing it mostly for laughter. I don't have that many friends. I don't show this side of me to people, but when I'm with my anime addicted friends this side of me just goes out of control sometimes.
You are easily thrilled by new things! I wish I was like that so I'd have more emotions in me.
Really? Lizards? I find them disgusting to look at. We have so many in our house and they steal our rice! But I can't bring myself to hurt them either. I just scream at a lizard to get away but it just stares at me with those beady eyes, not scared at all. It must think it is human.
You sound very quirky too! Just the Mr Bean imitation explains that!
I have a friend who likes banana and peanut butter. I tried that one time and I had a stomachache.
My dad likes chinese action movies too even when he doesn't understand them.
Really? Lizards? I find them disgusting to look at. We have so many in our house and they steal our rice! But I can't bring myself to hurt them either. I just scream at a lizard to get away but it just stares at me with those beady eyes, not scared at all. It must think it is human.
You sound very quirky too! Just the Mr Bean imitation explains that!
I have a friend who likes banana and peanut butter. I tried that one time and I had a stomachache.
My dad likes chinese action movies too even when he doesn't understand them.@Aja103654 (5644)
• Philippines
21 Jan 13
hahaha, that's good. At least you are a happy person! People should be envious!
Really? What did the lizards do to you? Why are you scared of them? I find lizards creepy but I'm not really scared of them. One time, a lizard fell on my head and that freaked me out.
Haha, that goes without saying! I hear Rowan Atkinson, the mr. bean actor, is retiring. SO sad. 

@Mavic123456 (21891)
• Thailand
20 Jan 13
I just watch them.. and laugh even if I should not laugh.. most of the time I find the scene corny but, i am entertained.
Yes, those little lizards with beady eyes.. I just hate them, but they are so powerful to me... they can make me a statue for hours. LOL
hahaha my sisters would tell me.. i look like a crazy and stup!d imitating Mr. Bean... hey he's my favorite.
Yes, those little lizards with beady eyes.. I just hate them, but they are so powerful to me... they can make me a statue for hours. LOL
hahaha my sisters would tell me.. i look like a crazy and stup!d imitating Mr. Bean... hey he's my favorite.
@Nursefrai06 (2498)
• Penrith, Australia
20 Jan 13
I love cats, if I had a large house and a stable income, I'd fill up my house how I'd fill up a fish pond with fish. Like everywhere you look, cat, under the table, cat, on the shelves, cat, sofa, cat, everywhere you look cat. I'd make my entire living room into a big cat playground. Is that a big bath tub in the kitchen? Nope, that's a giant litterbox for all ze kitties!! :D
I dreamt of a bed made out of cats once. :D it's sooo adorable!!!
Cat! Cat! CAT! CAAATT!!
Very soft sounds give me ecstasy, like the sound of crumpling paper, or the sound of rice being poured from one container to another, very soft voices, the way a paper turns to the next page, the sound of people shading stuff on their paper during exams, the little sounds out me in a trance.
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@Aja103654 (5644)
• Philippines
21 Jan 13
WOw, you are a cat lover! I think cats are adorable but they can be hard to control as pets. They are rather independent... but they cling to you so much when you have food.
Haha, a giant litter box eh? That would take a lot of maintenance. Cat poop is nasty smelling!
Woah, those are unique quirks, especially the sound of rice being placed in another container. I didn't even know that can make a sound. You must have happy memories associated with such things to make you like them that much.
@Aja103654 (5644)
• Philippines
24 Jan 13
LOL, I think I understand. Cats are harder to pet, they are very suspicious creatures and very smart. I know dogs are loyal and smart too, but you can see that cats are so much more cunning, smarter and agile.
I have this idea that a partner you want in life might either be a cat person or a dog person.
Ahhh....
That is indeed a quirk. That's one unique thing about you. Maybe you are the auditory type whose hearing senses are stronger than your other senses? You are very observant of your surroundings then.
Maybe there are others like you? I do recall Spongebob Squarepants enjoying hearing the sound of rubbing pickles. It is weird but it ain't bad so that's fun.
That is indeed a quirk. That's one unique thing about you. Maybe you are the auditory type whose hearing senses are stronger than your other senses? You are very observant of your surroundings then.
Maybe there are others like you? I do recall Spongebob Squarepants enjoying hearing the sound of rubbing pickles. It is weird but it ain't bad so that's fun.@Nursefrai06 (2498)
• Penrith, Australia
25 Jan 13
There was this cat my room mate owned, she had it ever since it was a kitten. And we kind of raised the kitty. Then one day, it escaped, we haven't seen it for more or less a month or so. And then one day, I was on my way to my exam, when I saw the car on a porch of some house. We looked at each other for a long time. She just glared at me. I called out her name, and then she ran away, she just shot out into the bushes. She did not even remember me or anything, I wanted to chase her but that would make me miss my exam so I let her go, I never saw her again.
Maybe it's because I look for the sounds and I actually like the sounds that's why. But I'm not sure.
I hope there are, its quite comforting to know that you're not alone in something. I got a bit disturbed picturing pickles being rubbed for a second there. Haha!
Is falling asleep in class in extremely large amounts a quirk too?
I hope there are, its quite comforting to know that you're not alone in something. I got a bit disturbed picturing pickles being rubbed for a second there. Haha!
Is falling asleep in class in extremely large amounts a quirk too?
@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
19 Jan 13
Hi Aja!
It is difficult to access one's own quirks ......lol!
I defintely have some. I am taking a clue from the list given by you.
I love passing funny and humourous comments when the atmosphere is serious in a gathering or at work place with blank face (lol).
You could not bribe me for doing any favour. If I have to do you any favour, I would do it without expecting anything.
I would like to offer you some chips, chocolates and French fries to either do a favour for me or for illiciting any information ..... lol.......!

@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
20 Jan 13
Will arrange to send chips and chocolates etc. as soon as I need something from you .....lol!
@Aja103654 (5644)
• Philippines
20 Jan 13
Woah! That's really hard to pull off, making a joke or humorous comment with a blank face. It makes people laugh harder when you say it with such a blank face!!
Wow, you are really kind not to expect anything for doing something.
Oh, go ahead! I'm willing to wait for those chips, chocos and french fries sent to me all the way from Delhi, India!!! What information do you want??
^very easy to bribe.
@Aja103654 (5644)
• Philippines
21 Jan 13
-uses hypnotism- You will send me food anyway.... you will send me food anyway... 


@jenny1015 (13359)
• Philippines
19 Jan 13
So, it is just like saying it in a fancy way of what is weird about a person, right?
I eat ripe bananas dipped in soy sauce. Also, I love guavas dipped in Vinegar. I hate crying coz I always end up having clogged nose but I love watching Heavy drama movies. When I was younger, I told myself that I only want two kids when I get married coz I only have two hand to hold each one, but ended up having 4. i love making fun of my SIL even if i know she'd get annoyed sometimes, most especially referring to her hair and her house mess. I think like I am still in my late teens but actually, I am...well, let's not go into too much detail...

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@jenny1015 (13359)
• Philippines
19 Jan 13
Hahahah! I'd want to have my mind set that my age just froze during my high school days!
By the way, have you tried dipping fried chicken with catsup mixed with soy sauce?
By the way, have you tried dipping fried chicken with catsup mixed with soy sauce?
@Aja103654 (5644)
• Philippines
19 Jan 13
Wow! bananas on soy sauce? I wonder how that tastes??
Same here, i hate crying because it makes it hard for me to breath afterwards and they make my eyes hurt. I avoid heavy drama for that reason. heheh
LOL, not everything went us planned eh? But I can see you are happy with the way things turned out. thank you for these quirks!!!
You have another quirk, you don't go into detail about your age. 


@bluespygirl (2112)
• Philippines
19 Jan 13
This is a nice topic to discuss!
I agree that most people have peculiar behavior or some may call it something unique, unusual or something weird in their personalities.
I don't know if you will find it weird that I don't like telling my age to anybody. Whenever I am asked of my age, I just smile or I just tell "secret". It really is a secret because I am using two birth year in my different records. I mean, my parents brought me to school two years earlier than the usual. And when I was in college, old enough to get documents at the National Statistics Office, the birth year was blurd. It is just during college that I had known this. So I have different birth year in my school records, drivers license and other government records. I had made an affidavit about those already. So there. You can see that me too is having trouble when asked my age, I don't know what to tell -- the truth or the age in my records.
I don't like eating sweet foods too.
I can drive for straight days with just nap, short rests in between.
I can sleep the whole day too with meals in between. Long sleep is what I need after driving and doing so many errands.
My siblings call me jack of all trades but master of none. I can do lots of things well. But what they don't know is that I just put my best in everything that I do and wants to please everybody.
I don't like doing housechores much.
I regret being born a girl and I always thoughts about it much too.
That is just what I thought of now. It may not be an interesting character on your manga. As to you correcting people, hmmmm



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@bluespygirl (2112)
• Philippines
21 Jan 13
I am from Philippines like you aja, just like you.
You are so cool too! If I am not mistaken from your posts, you're a writer and a graphics illustrator for manga comics! I think that is cool too!
I live in province and my parents are from manila. So I go there topick them up and drive formthem back to the province. Ilike driving in no traffic areas like expressways. City driving with traffic is much more stressful that long driving.
You are so cool too! If I am not mistaken from your posts, you're a writer and a graphics illustrator for manga comics! I think that is cool too!
I live in province and my parents are from manila. So I go there topick them up and drive formthem back to the province. Ilike driving in no traffic areas like expressways. City driving with traffic is much more stressful that long driving.@Aja103654 (5644)
• Philippines
24 Jan 13
I see. You do look like Filipino in your photo, I thought you lived abroad as a migrant. ^_^ Your English skills are good!
LOL, not really. I do write as a hobby but I don't work as one. I plan to be one someday though and I also want to learn digital graphic illustration. I can only draw no paper for now. I want to hone my skills as much as I can, they might be able to help me earn money someday. Writing and drawing is just a hobby, but it might turn into something more if I develop these skills.
I don't know if that makes me still under the 'cool' category.
That's true. The city is so crowded and there are too many things and people around you might bump into. So your parents work in manila?
I don't know if that makes me still under the 'cool' category.
That's true. The city is so crowded and there are too many things and people around you might bump into. So your parents work in manila?@Aja103654 (5644)
• Philippines
20 Jan 13
hehe, a lot of women don't tell their exact age. They are conscious about it. But I think your reason is understandable. It will be troublesome if people discover that your records are not accurate. Why did your parents send you to school so early anyway?
I like sweet foods but not sweet meat. To me, meat should taste like meat, not like a candy LOL
Wow, where do you live? Maybe the states? I know people there are sometimes expected to drive for hours when travelling to different states. Driving while sleepy is dangerous. Being a jack of all trades is cool! It's one of the perks of wanting to please everybody, but you shouldn't let other's pleasure control your beliefs though.
Why do you regret being born a girl?
Thank you for the response! ^_^ I appreciate it.

@Aja103654 (5644)
• Philippines
19 Jan 13
That's impossible sishy, no one is normal in this world.
Typical would be the right word, but not normal. People are crazier than you think
I'm sure you have quirks,
I'm sure you have quirks,1 person likes this
@Aja103654 (5644)
• Philippines
20 Jan 13
Hmm, could be. I don't like facebook that much either. I only use it though for communicating with people for something important.

@wolfie34 (26770)
• United Kingdom
24 Jan 13
Being quirky is good and not seen as a negative, in fact quirky can also mean unpredictable, now don't you think someone who is predictable can be boring to be around because you always know what they are going to do and say? whereas someone is who is unpredictable or quirky is much more fun, as they tend to do more spontaneous things, however, the downside is that you don't always know where you stand with someone who is unpredictable. I would definitely describe myself as quirky, mainly because I prefer my own company, I keep myself to myself and whereas most people find driving stressful, I actually find being behind the wheel of a car very relaxing!
@Aja103654 (5644)
• Philippines
25 Jan 13
That's true. Having our own unique quirks makes us unforgettable individuals, they make us interesting. Some people even love us more because of our quirks. Quirks attract people, but it depends on the quirk.
Really? I thought driving makes most people tense.
@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
25 Jan 13
I don't like babies or small children, especially screaming ones.
I've got a phobia of grills on the ground - for drainage or whatever (I fell on a heating grate when I was a small child.)
I love cats, horses, giraffes and snakes and am interested in bats (not necessarily in that order.)
I love history, the older the better.
I love geology, missed my calling I think... in this fact, I'm really interested in geo-thermal events ranging from hot springs to volcanoes.
@Aja103654 (5644)
• Philippines
25 Jan 13
Woah, those are unique things. I don't usually met people who are into history and geology.







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