The 11 Personal Questions Challenge

28/11/2013

Thanks to Lionness for challenging me to the below. She answered her own challenge here. I'm glad the questions she has asked me are a lot easier than the one she had - e.g. having to reveal her first love and breaking up with a dude who moved countries for her two months later - ouch!

Here are the rules:

Thank and give a shout out to the one that nominator
Share 11 things about myself
Answer 11 questions about myself
Finally, nominate 11 bloggers to answer my 11 questions.

MY NOMINEES: any Neno Natural fan that wants to share! You can answer the questions as a comment or on your blog.

11 Things You Probably Don't Know About Me

I'm going to share my more academic and professional side with all o' y'all.

I grew up in Malawi, Africa. I left at 18 and now live between London, UK and Chicago, USA (I'm mostly in London though)
I won an academic prize every year that I was in high school
I was awarded a scholarship to the University of Cambridge when I was 18
I graduated with First Class Honours in 2005 (that's the highest ranking in the UK)
My first job was as an Analyst in Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs
My second job was in Derivatives Structuring at HSBC
I quit my job in April-2012 to start my own business
I have 6 published books and two unpublished manuscripts. All available on Amazon.
I started my first business at the age of 17
I met my husband in university but we only started dating a few years after
My passion is women. I like to help women with hair, business, anything - the day I die, I want to die knowing I made a significant contribution to the empowerment of women in society.

Here Are The Questions For My Nominees

What is your full name?
Do you run a business or work or both? - or school?
Where do you see yourself in 3 years?
What was your favourite moment in high school?
If you blog, what do you blog about?
What is your ideal breakfast?
If you were stuck on an island who would you want to be stuck with? (2 people)
If you were stuck on an island what 3 things would you want to have on you?
Tropical fruit juice or coffee?
Oprah or Richard Branson? Why?

You can answer these as a comment or as a post on your blog. If you don't feel like it, you don't have to nominate anyone else to do this challenge - I just did it for fun.

What is your full name?

Heather Katsonga-Woodward (it was Heather Katsonga-Phiri before I got married).

2. What inspired you to start blogging?

I wanted to learn how to build websites from scratch back in 2007 so I did that and started blogging at the same time. This was waaaay before it was even fashionable

3. Which country have you been to and liked the least? Why?

Ukraine.

When I got to the airport they detained me for further questioning. When I asked why they said it was strange for a woman to be travelling on her own. The moment I got released, I jumped on to a bus to find a white woman who was also travelling on her own (she had flown in on the same flight as me) and had not been detained - say what?!

4. What would you eat if you got stuck in a tree for a week. Poison berries ( cause you to lose your eye sight for a week) or raw monkey ?
Raw monkey - why not, eh?

5. What kind of shoes do your prefer wearing on a night out?

Cute flats, I hate high-heels, to much effort for too little return.

6. If you could own any item in the world what would it be?

A big business.

7. How much do you know about me, (lioness davis) ? Write 3 facts.

You've lived in London (Streatham) in the past
You currently live in Sweden
You're half Jamaican/Sierra Leonean

8. What is your favorite reality show ?
It used to be x-factor but after Simon left I started losing interest. Perhaps The Apprentice and Dragon's Den are first equal on my current list.

9. Who do you prefer: Tupac or Biggie?
Biggie

10. If all the vegetables and fruits in the world were extinguished, which two would you keep?

Nectarines
Honeydew melon

11. What is your biggest fear?
Failure!

My Questions From Lionness:

2 Comments

Susie

5/8/2016 12:16:34 pm

Here are my answers.

1. Susie Amanda Procter
2. I work as an Office Cooridinator for a staffing agency, but my dream is to own, operate, and cook in a soulfood restaurant.
3. I see myself more involved in my church and community in 3 years, setting the foundation for my dream restaurant.
4. I attended a predominantly white high school (coming from a predominantly black elementary school) and they did not recognize Black History month. I started the annual black history program each year I was there. Needless to say, it did not continue after I graduated.
5. I do not blog but if I did, it would be about food, or maybe natural hair, self help, or being a black single mother trying to raise girls into self motivated, determined ladies.
6. My ideal breakfast would be a 6oz ribeye cooked well done, crispy waffles with strawbeeries and whipped cream on the side to dip the waffle in, scrambled eggs, and a nice glass of water and ice cold milk.
7. If I were stuck on a island I would want my grandmother and Bishop T.D. Jakes with me. I think with those two we could definitely pray our way off the island.
8. The 3 things I would want with me would be my cookware, a good sharp knife, and my pillow/blanket.
9. I am a caffeine addict, so definitely coffee.
10. Oprah!! I have always imagined Oprah as an aunt, being from small town Mississippi. She is truly an inspiration to all.

Clare

5/8/2016 12:17:14 pm

1.What is your full name? Clare Flavien
2.Do you run a business or work or both? - or school? work
3.Where do you see yourself in 3 years? Zumba instructor
4.What was your favourite moment in high school? playing volleyball
5.If you blog, what do you blog about? don't blog
6.What is your ideal breakfast? oatmeal with chia or flax seeds
7.If you were stuck on an island who would you want to be stuck with? (2 people) Ellen DeGeneres (funny woman), President Obama (conversation)
8.If you were stuck on an island what 3 things would you want to have on you? water, toothbrush,

9.Tropical fruit juice or coffee? coffee
10.Oprah or Richard Branson? Why?
idk

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