im IT!

Haha I really am sorry la. Didnt quite get the guestbook message you placed at my homepage. So this is what I'm supposed to do. I am to give 10 stuff about me....For some reference, I decided to post your answer here too and added mine in italics..I realized we share some common stuff la hahahahah......:D

1. I have a collection of receipts. Any receipt that would link me to a memory (e.g. a receipt from when I celebrated my birthday with friends, or the receipt of the first thing I bought with my first-every paycheck). The oldest receipt I have is from my birthday year 1986, of a useless Barbie doll bought by my mom's hard-earned money... Funny thing about this collection is people think I'd collect just about any receipt I can get my hands on. DUH. I have no plans to be B.I.R.'s BFF, y'know. So please stop giving me receipts from when you bought mints from the local grocery!

Guess what? I also have a collection of receipts! Though not as old as you have, but I used to have a clipper hanging on my study table when I was in college where all (yes literally ALL) of my receipts for the sem are placed. Geez, I didnt have any idea that I could be the most coveted BFF of BIR for that...Anyway, I decided to get rid of them. But I still get to see some receipts on my wallet every now and then for some laundry a couple of months ago...hehehehe...

2. I believe that I am Garfield turned into a human female. Seriously :)

I say I believe in love and destiny. Hehehehe...I am your hopeless romantic Bridget Jones personified! But I still havent got that happy ending yet. :-<

3. When I was in Grade 3, I got hooked on the "Adventures of Tin Tin" Series that I'd fake sickness just to get out of class, and instead of going to the clinic, I'd head off to the library and spend the whole afternoon there. (I now have DVDs of the Tin Tin animation series, but nothing beats the good ol' big magazines!)

Hmmm, for this cartoon themed item, I say I am one of those die hard Samurai X fanatics...I even got interested in Japanese history for the mere reason that Kenshin Himura was rumored to be an adaptation of a real-life assasin of the Meiji era.....I remembered paying 120 pesos for the 3 Sam x OVA pirated copies. Twas the payment for the VCDs then...See how expensive blank CDs were back then!

4. The top 2 places I'll have to go to before I die would be Egypt and Japan. These places are so alive inside of me that I'd smell the cherry blossoms of Japan and feel the coarse sand of Egypt in my face... I'll have to visit the tombs in Egypt and join an archeological dig. In Japan, I would have a no-holds barred makeover that one can only pull off while there.

The Alps would be one. And New York. I have been dreaming living in those places....

5. My secret dream job- which I'm now going to divulge so it'll be a secret no more- is to be a herpetologist, and my would-be specialty: snakes and crocodiles. I will never cease to be amazed at these beautiful creatures. All predatory, all muscle, yet they move with unbelievable grace. They strike fear in me, true, but their power and wild nature only make them more magnetic that I cannot help but be drawn to them.

My dream job (I omitted the secret for reasons implicated above) is to be a travel show host...I was a big fan of the Lonely Planet show in Discovery Channel....

6. They say old habits die hard. So this is in connection to number 3. While in college, I'd often skip my morning class on Mondays because I'd stay at home watching the Snakewrangler series. (Snakewrangler or P.I 100... snakewrangler or P.I.100.... SNAKEWRANGLER!!!) BUT, when my professor began asking my older sister why I keep missing his class, and she in turned nagged me in so many creative ways, I figured I'll have to make do with reruns... oh and yeah, I managed to pass the subject.

Habits...err...does procrastination count? Hehe...BIg time crammer here!

7. I am a frustrated musician... for a music-lover such as myself, I consider this a tragedy.

Me too!!! Geez, it has always been my dream to create beautiful music but I dont think I am blessed with that talent....

8. I cried when I saw Cynthia Alexander play Comfort In Your Strangeness, Fete dela Musique 2004. I cried buckets when I read Bridges of Madison Country. I am such a crybaby, it's embarrassing.

I cry in every chick flick I watched! Cry baby too! I even cried watching sex and the city...pathetic tear glands....

9. I'm a huge Jet Li fan. I can watch his movies over and over again, and again... and again. (hmm...maybe not much of The One). I shall meet him one day.

When I was a kid (was I in gradeschool?), I used to have a big crush on Mark Anthony Fernandez! Hahaha, this is embarassing!

10. My favorite movie is Love Me If You Dare (Jeux d'enfants)

Well I have loads. I am one of those who'd rather spend a lazy Sunday couch potatoing..hehehehe.....

Lucky Number 8

Got this from megsy. I say this is how multiply answers the "survey" phenomenon of friendster.

* in the 8 facts, you share 8 things that your readers don’t know about you. at the end, you tag as much other bloggers to keep the fun going. each blogger must post these rules first.
* each blogger starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.

1. I used to eat rice with FRESH eggs and a pinch of salt to flavor. When I was 5, that was my favorite meal. and I also "drink" FRESH eggs straight. I just crack a bit of an egg's shell, sprinkle some salt, and mix the concoction with a toothpick. Weird. No wonder I was as fat as the "Kung Fu Panda" then..hehehe...

2. I had an eye operation when I was in second year college (twas a sem break and just a few days of recuperation)...some cyst...just benign...nothin serious...

3. I always thought I'd pursue a career related to the natural/basic sciences..guess what, I am in the math world! tsktsk...and i still feel i dont fit in.

4. I so fancied space when i was much much younger. I would so love looking at the sky on a clear, cloudless night and dream about going to the moon. i watched apollo 13 and contact several times. i aced a physics exam in college (prolly the only time na nagtop ako sa 80+ or so na class) when the topic was all about astronomy and cosmology...and nobody else might have remembered that...geez...When I die, I'd like to be buried in the evening so that I could say goodnight to the stars and they could see me finally being cradled to my eternal slumber.

5. I used to love the number 3. I dont know, I felt lucky with that number. Maybe psychological...

6. I was rushed to the hospital one time due to hyperventilation. And yes later was diagnosed with asthma. I used to have an inhaler but decided i should get on with my life without it. I still do get attacks though but very seldom.

7. I am good at hiding, and keeping secrets...let's say one of the best. ;)

8. I am bad at rejecting or refusing someone I dont like.

i TAG all of YOU! hehe...

The Ring 4

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Who said that you can't be a star in a horror movie? Click on the link above and see how you can have loads of fun without shedding a single buck or getting drunk...Just some loads of imagination, creativity and of course, a bag of sense of humor...You'll never know how much fun you can have.

PS. Kakapagod na magsave ng pictures. Chaka naunahan na ako ni anne eh so xa na pinagpost ko..hehehe......

Of Manholes and Bruised Knees

I just got off the Ikot jeep at the park last Thursday evening and was to start my march towards our crib (by the way its about a 100 meters or maybe more) when I heard my phone sound. After not having received any text message from anyone for one whole day, I was quite excited to open my phone and see who has disrupted my oh-so-boring text life.

A smile crossed my face when I saw my roommie's name on my message inbox asking me where I was and where do I plan to eat dinner. Excited after having a very hectic "reading" day (I will be having my first research report the next day), I immediately pressed the reply button of my phone and began rummaging the keypads for a very quick "yep,m on my way".

Just as I was about to send the message, I somehow noticed the ground shaking. I did not exactly pay attention when suddenly I found myself a little lower than the sidewalk I was supposed to be walking in. Then all of a sudden, I lost my balance and found myself in a position where my one hand is tightly holding my phone and the other on the rim of a manhole! Can you believe it? I fell in a manhole!!!

I looked around and saw that there was this guy at the shed not so far away looking at me. I really did not try to look closely and I am not exactly sure if he was smiling or worse, laughing at me. I could not care less. I tried to muster some guts, tried my best to get a grin on my face, and pull myself up out of that [thank-heavens] dry manhole. Good thing it was already dark or the people who might have seen me could have noticed how I turned red with shame. It's like placing a big placard on my forehead marked with a very big "stupid".

Geez, we had an incredible laughtrip when I reached home after telling everyone what happened to me. No one would have believed me at first but seeing those super dark bruises on my knees, you would not dare say I was lying. How could I? Hehe...