Four Truths and a Lie Revealed

Last week, I posted four truths and a lie about myself, asking readers to guess which one out of the five was the lie. I’m going to explain the story behind each snippet I posted and elaborate on the story behind it, if there is any!

• I was once interviewed for a news segment that was broadcast on Iranian television.
  Guessed by: Rosier
  Truth: I did a studio tour of an international news broadcasting corporation. As I was leaving the building, I was approached by one of agency’s Iranian reporters and asked if I was willing to be interviewed for an Iranian news segment about the American youth’s opinion on engagement rings and marriage. I agreed and was interviewed by the reporter, and the segment aired in Iran a few weeks ago.
• The one and only time I have vacationed in Singapore, I spent the entire time in my hotel room, positively sick to my stomach since I contracted a virus.
  Truth: I was about seven or eight at the time, and I had flown twenty hours from New York to Hong Kong, and then another three hours from Hong Kong to Singapore. Needless to say I was absolutely exhausted by the time I got to Singapore, and the first day I was there I contracted a bug and was thoroughly miserable during my time in Singapore. While the place itself was lovely, I am hesitant to visit there again!
• I love writing, and I have had some of my works published.
  Guessed by: Kaylee
  Truth: While I do not have a novel published or anything, I have been published before in my high school’s newspaper (I was one of the editors) and literary journal (I was the managing deputy editor), as well as my college’s student-run magazine. A byline is a byline, you need to get your foot in the door somehow!
• My very first pet was a hamster named Chocolate.
  Guessed by: Olga, Alice, and Roanne
  Lie: I did have a pet hamster named Chocolate, but he was not my first pet. Prior to Chocolate, I had two turtles, two hermit crabs, and a dog. Chocolate was the one and only hamster I ever had, I’m definitely not getting another one again. Chocolate was a lovely pet, but hamsters just aren’t for me.
• I staffed the election polls during the 2008 US presidential election.
  Truth: My college organized a student volunteer program for students to volunteer at the election polls for the 2008 presidential election, so I spent election day helping to run one of the voting precincts. It was a day well spent, exhausting as it was, and is definitely a very positive memory.

Cross-posted from breakthesky.net. Please leave any comments there.