25 random things about me

I've seen quite a few people do this lately, so I'm going to jump on the bandwagon. Feel free to comment, or to have a go yourself!

1. My favourite milkshake flavour is strawberry.
2. I have an Iron-Age Celtic triskele design tattooed on my right arm.
3. I was Welsh boxing champion in my teenage years.
4. I used to train and spar with the legendary Joe Calzaghe.
5. My favourite beer is either Brains Gold or Brains SA Smooth, depending on my mood.
6. I have had more and worse injuries from playing badminton and dancing than I ever had from mountain biking and playing rugby (and I played in the front row!)
7. I won the Planet LeRoc Wales Dances with Strangers competition last year.
8. The last book I read was "Cofio Grav" (edited by Keith Davies).
9. It's common for me to switch languages from Welsh to English and back again several times in a conversation (and even in one sentence).
10. The first pet I remember from my childhood was a mongrel dog named Pooch.
11. I am allergic to amoxycillin.
12. I have been to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
13. I represent the first generation of my father's family not to work underground.
14. I have a terrible fear of heights.
15. I don't like celery.
16. I have had articles published in an American newspaper.
17. My favourite band is Iron Maiden.
18. I once climbed up Masada at 3 am to watch the sun rise over the Dead Sea.
19. I have visited the holiest sites of Judaism and Christianity, and the second holiest place of Islam. I have also visited Hindu and Sikh places of worship.
20. I can recite 2 chapters of the Qur'an in Arabic.
21. I have prayed in Hebrew at the Western Wall.
22. I scored 149 on an official IQ test, but have scored much higher on unofficial ones.
23. I own six ferrets, four of whom have the same name (Rocky).
24. I like the taste of rabbit meat, especially in a curry.
25. I'd love to learn West Coast Swing.