Rapid-Fire Interview with Pete & Em

Pete:

Odd or even numbers? Even

Favourite food? Chilli

Chocolate or lemon? Lemon

If you could be any animal, what would it be? A guinea pig

Are you a morning or night person? Night

Describe yourself in 3 words: Optimistic, resilient, competitive

If you won a million dollars, what would you buy? Something for my family

Favourite colour: Pink

Favourite flower: Anything to do with chillies

What makes you smile? My one true love 🥰

What does Sunday night look like for you? Cooking for my family 🤤

Beach or country? Country

Previous jobs: Tree lopping

Family recipe: Chilli nachos 🌶️ and then pizza 🍕 and then chocolate pancakes 🥞

Top of the travel bucket list: Mongolia

Favourite season and why: Winter/because there is a limit to what is socially acceptable in summer

Most memorable travel experience: Europe with my Waifu

Where did you go for family holidays growing up? Around the Sunshine Coast

Tea or coffee? Coffee

Cannot leave the house without? A purpose

Favourite sport: Lacrosse

Favourite emoji: >_<

Favourite movie: The Dark Knight

Usual breakfast: Homemade muesli

Five people from any time period over for dinner? As a social experiment: Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi, Pol Pot, Genghis Khan, and Tony Abbott

Currently watching: Terrace House

Greatest achievement to date: Being a parent

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Em:

Odd or even numbers? E 👏 v 👏 e 👏 n 👏

Favourite food? Pete’s pizza and vanilla slice

Chocolate or lemon? Hmmm… day to day it would be chocolate (some 70-odd percent dark) but, every now and then, it would be lemon meringue

If you could be any animal, what would it be? Probably a labrador

Are you a morning or night person? Night

Describe yourself in 3 words: Empathetic, passionate, determined

If you won a million dollars, what would you buy? A rescue farm and a family holiday

Favourite colour: Do I have to choose? Hmmm, I guess it would be pink (as much as I am in denial about that)

Favourite flower: Peony

What makes you smile? My family

What does Sunday night look like for you? Planning for the coming week

Beach or country? I cannot choose… both have my heart

Previous jobs: Pharmacy assistant & various research positions

Family recipe: Strawberry cheesecake

Top of the travel bucket list: Mongolia

Favourite season and why: Spring/capturing flowers is a favourite slow, mindful pastime

Most memorable travel experience: Spending my 30th ill in Paris flat on the bed looking out the window at a rainbow - epitome of the “life is bittersweet” mantra

Where did you go for family holidays growing up? You would find us in either Chinchilla or Bribie Island (variety is the spice, I guess…)

Tea or coffee? Tea all day every single day

Cannot leave the house without? Snacks (parent life), keys & phone

Favourite sport: Tennis

Favourite emoji: ❤️

Favourite movie: Cannot choose… (those who know me will find this amusing)

Usual breakfast: Banana smoothie

Five people from any time period over for dinner? For similar social experimentation reasons to Pete, I would choose Corrie ten Boom, Adolf Hitler's bodyguard, Nelson Mandela, Eva Mozes Kor, & Handsomu

Currently watching: Nothing (if I had the time, I would be watching The Office. Always something else to do, though.)

Greatest achievement to date: Co-raising/nurturing a beautiful girl with Pete

From the archives. (Hyderabad, India // circa 2015)