Monday, December 04, 2006

I was at Gina C.'s website (Portrait of a Writer) when I came across a list of things that she possesses or has done in her life (Nov 27 post). The post was called "Have You Ever..." and I just thought it was a fun thing to do. It's like counting sheeps, ah, I mean memories, mishaps and other things in between, in broad daylight. Now, that's something exciting to start a day with. Here's my take on it:

• Born in the 80s
  
• My favorite color is red (and other shades of red like pink and purple)
  
• I'm a shopaholic and a savvy net surfer
  
• Got one younger sister
  
• Two younger brothers
  
• My younger brother, Francis is my polar opposite
  
• My youngest brother, Michael is a darling but is too innocent (He always switches the TV channel when there's a kissing scene )
  
• I have a half sister
  
• Never met my younger sister
  
• I beat up a boy when I was in gradeschool, actually 2 of them
  
• My friends were all boys when I was 5-8
  
• I was always involved in childish gang wars
  
• I once went home with a black eye and went back to school the next day to give the bully a dose of his own medicine
  
• My first suitor was a 12-yr old son of the school principal and I was yet 6 (He once bribed my brother just to pass through our gate but never made it to the living room because I locked the door
  
• I cried when Frosty the Snow man died when I was little
  
• I sold books door to door
  
• I sold candies door to door
  
• Our tricycle was named Arlin, after me
  
• I wrote poetry in history class, and science, english and P.E. class
  
• I was in the volleyball team in elementary and highschool
  
• I wrote for my highschool and college paper
  
• I was the feature editor of my highschool paper
  
• I was the assistant of the Guidance Counselor in highschool
  
• I found out later that the counselor had a crush on my boyfriend
  
• I tried out for cheerleading
  
• I made it to the cheerleading squad
  
• I played the flute in gradeschool and highschool
  
• I learned to play the guitar when I was 14
  
• I played the digital keyboard when I was 19
  
• I won a logo contest with a cash prize in junior high
  
• My English teacher reserved me a spot for my high school play after she heard me sing in class (without my knowledge and without auditions - to the dismay of my batchmates)
  
• I declined to participate in the play because my parents won't allow me to go home late everyday
  
• I'm a sucker for a good musical
  
• I turned 18 in college
  
• I wrote for my college paper
  
• I wrote for the yearbook
  
• My parents separated when I was 19
  
• My father had 3 mistresses to date
  
• Several Africans proposed marriage, I refused,, (Africans I met online)
  
• Now, the Persians are flooding my inbox and my YM offline message box
  
• I can speak a little Japanese
  
• I was diagnosed with lupus at the age of 20
  
• I love the ocean/beach
  
• I can only go to the beach after 3:00 pm (without the sun) because I get rashes when I'm exposed to UV rays (blame it on lupus)
  
• I got to meet my penpal in real life
  
• I have brown eyes (dark brown is more like it )
  
• I scrapbook
  
• I am way behind in scrapbooking (I haven't scrapbooked for months)
  
• I paint
  
• I've only rode on a ship once (enroute to Dumaguete)
  
• I get motion sickness easily
  
• I performed health care services to 7 families of 15-24 members per family during college
  
• I've worked with troubled kids in a residential treatment center
  
• My fiance is into music and is the lead guitarist of their band
  
• He works as a computer graphic artist (specializing in 3D and animation)
  
• I hate sales! (my mom is in sales)
  
• I'm reading Web of Lies by Brandilyn Collins
  
• I'm an (impulsive) blogger!