Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Eternal Flame and other things that's worth knowing about me!

BORED.
I was doing my evaluations for my agents and I got so bored listening to the whiny customers that I decided to blog-hop.

I stumled upon a blog entry that listed trivial things about the author. You know, information that does not really mean a lot but fun to list down, and would only be useful WHEN I become a superstar and that game shows would have trivia questions about me. So I decided to make my own. Inggetera talaga ako.

1. I love cotton buds - you know - that ear swabs. I clean my ears with it twice a day - before going to work and before sleeping.

2. I don't use shampoo and soap when I bathe during rest days. Unless I'm going out.

3. I own 1 pair of white socks.

4. When I was in grade 3 - me, my cousin and our neighbor won our baranggay dance contest. We danced My Girl. After that contest, everyone started calling me "My Girl."

5. Before "My Girl" - I was known as "Ching." I have no idea where it came from.

6. Days prior to my 7th birthday - my two best buds (Ryan Abella and Allan Picones) and me won 3-on-3 basketball league sponsored by Milo.

7. Joan Romales was my first crush. She used to do ballet.

8. The three of us (Ryan, Allan and me) fought who would marry Joan when we grow up.

9. I was into Chinese Garter during that time.

10. When I was in kinder, my dad would always tuck my shirt in. He would not let me leave the house without styling gel in my hair. I was such a daddy's boy.

11. I had a blind classmate that time. One eye.

12. I shoplifted once in my life - I took a Thesaurus. I was in Grade 4.

13. I used to perform "Like a Virgin" and "Eternal Flame" accompanied by a minus one track. We had this new karaoke and my Tita's thought it was a fun idea for me to mimic Madonna and Bangles.

14. Jaws (the movie) rendered me sleepless for days.

15. Manilyn Reynes was my absolute favorite!

16. I got the lashing of my life when my mom discovered that I was skipping classes to hang-out in the play ground - for two weeks! I influenced my younger brother to come with me and we'll eat chocolates and play - the whole day until it's time to go home.

17. I missed basic Multiplication and Division because of that. I only learned how to multiply and divide after 3 years. I was in grade 3 that time.

18. During college - I almost failed both Math 1 and 2. Pasang - awa parehas!

19. My girl crushes are always over-achievers. My first crush - Joan Romales did ballet. Jolly Martin, my 2nd crush was our elementary salutatorian. My 3rd crush was Catherine Echiverri was also a Salutatorian - and then graduated as Cum Laude with a degree in Computer Science.

20. I gave Jolly a chocolate shaped like a heart during Valentines Day. We were in grade six.

21. I used to spend hours after hours on the phone with Catherine - 1st year high school.

22. 1st year HS - I cried my eyes out when Cathy "got married" during our school fair. She was married to Don De Asis. And they signed a Marriage Certificate! I think that was my first big heartbreak.

23. Winston Manuel Denina was my first guy crush.

24. He went on to be the boyfriend of my ka-barkada May Trinidad.

25. We had a big fight about it. It was totally my fault. I bad-mouthed him! Ahihihi! He was so mad at me he wanted punch me in the face. That was 2 days before our high school graduation.

26. It took us 3 years before we even talked again. Over the phone.

27. I was a member of the school choir, school paper, student council, extended PTA (I was VP for Students), Dance Troupe, Science Club and so many things I cannot even remember.

28. "Ang simbolo ng isang malayang bansa, ay ang pagkakaroon ng sariling wika." This was the winning slogan that I wrote during the "Linggo ng Wika." I got a gold medal.

29. The famous groups during our high school days were COMERS - short for Cathy and Connie, Ofelia, Maritess, Elma, Rizza (RIP) and Rogelyn and Sharonette, there was also "Tropang Ano?" composed of Adrian, Janet, Nilda and others. Then our group, we don't have a name but were generally known as the villains/bad tomatoes; me, Cathy Reyes and Cathy Romorosa, Trixie Rosario, May Trinidad and Lemay Villanueva.

30. If there is one person that I don't want to see from my high scholl days, that's EMILIZA ALARCIO - gawd I despise / abhor her!

30. SIKAP (Sibikong Kabataang Pinoy) was the only NGO that I joined during high school.

31. I went to so many Student Leadership Seminars and Summer Camps that I rarely spend summer at home.

32. I wanted to be the President of the Philippines that time. Until Erap was elected.

33. I was used to write for both our Tagalog (Ang Pintig) and English (The Laurel) school organs when I was in high school.

34. My lola used to own a bakery and I always loved going with the delivery van. We used to delivery bread for Judy Anne Santos. Ulah pa lang sya nun.

35. The biggest regret of my academic life was when I did not enroll in UP Diliman. My UPCAT scores only afforded me to enroll for European Languages when I wanted Political Science.

36. My thought that time was that "Would it do me good if I can argue with my friends in German?"

37. I took CommArts instead - in Recto!

38. I started college when I was 15.

39. My first college crush was Ryan Ang Santos. We used to sleep over in their house at Quiapo.

40. I almost enrolled to Commerce because of him. STUPID.