world traveller

if you have ever read my posts i have a tendency to get passionate about my theorys, or make light of a serious subject heres a lil about me.

Name - Ben
Age - 22
Country of birth - New Zealand
Most fervent wish - to own a Dodge Viper

Im pretty much your typical Kiwi with a few Indiscrepencies.

When i was 5 (1986) my family moved to Iraq with my father, we moved into Basra where my father was working as a sandblaster. Where his job was sandblasting the oil tankers and also the silos. He jumped from Basra to Dubai with great frequency advising on blasting operations in most of the major oil fields. In 1990 when the gulf war broke out our family was sweeped up in the uprising after the war in Basra. after my ather and brother was arrested by the police as part of the uprising the NZ Diplmat in Dubai came over and organised thier release, my father later learned that all the people that were arrested with him and my brother were killed or 'went missing'. after the realeses we went back home to NZ and started rebuilding our lives at home. At 15, 2 years after coming home i left school to do a aprentice ship in butchery, whitch ended badly (see a previous post). whn i turned 20 i did my big OE and travelled the world going to places i had always wanted to go, unfortunitly it was just after 9/11 so my arrivals at most countrys were greeted by armed soldiers pointing semi automatics as we got off the planes, the worst would have to have been when i arrived in LAX airport were i was escorted to a holding cell for 7 days while my background was checked over (curtesy of living in iraq). after receving the documents showing we fled iraq afer being arrested in the uprising i was let go but had to report in every 3 days to the local police station to prove where i was. In all reality i understand the measures taken when i was in the States and consider my self lucky to have been able to tour around with almost complete freedom.

The highlight of my life would have to be when i attended the WWF new years eve party in NY.

The Lowpoint of my life was seeing my father being dragged away by the 'police'.

My Interests are purty much anything that takes my fancy or makes me think, i have studyed in my own time a few of the worlds religins and hope that one day ill be able to see the big picture.

thanks for reading
The Seedy one

P.S. Seedy sid is my nickname that i got after my 21st birthday when i was hung over for 3 days and one of my mates said ha ha look its seedy sid and it grew from there.

[Edited on 28-5-2003 by seedy_sid]

very cool profile for one so young. your off to a good start

Great story Sid. Im also a Huge wrestling fan. Whos you're favorite wrestler?

in all honesty my favoutite wrestler was mick foley. i had the chance to meet him at the new years eve party. i have to say even though they are big and mean on screen, they are the nicest people you would ever meet.

Yeah I was a big Mick Foley fan too. That guy was crazy! Its a shame he had to retire so young after all the punishment his body took over the years.

hell yes ol mick. hands down, child hood favorite. a reply to: seedy_sid

and Jericho...idk why...he ended up being evil. a reply to: Cho401