10 Random Facts (tagged by Ron Cruz)
Thursday, April 10, 2008Post the rules:
- Each blogger starts with ten random facts/habits about themselves.
- Bloggers that are tagged need to write on their own blog about their ten things and post these rules.
- At the end of your blog, you need to choose ten people to get tagged and list their names.
- Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.
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- I’ve watched every single episode of Charmed at least five times
Huge fan! Even had a phase where my email address was halliwell_phoebe@charmedmail.com. and had everyone call me Phoebe or Pheebs (some of my college friends still do). Cute story… my brother found out about it and wrote down "Phoebe" on my Christmas gift tag.
- I was nicknamed Peachy in high school
It all started as joke when someone called me Angelu and I looked back. Henceforth, I was dubbed, Peachy. Actually, I never thought it would catch on but it did. And before I knew it, even some of my teachers would call me Peachy instead of my real name.
- I was interviewed on Teysi ng Tahanan and the Inside Story when I was 10
They both did a segment on gifted children and I was one of them… hehehe… kidding. It’s actually one of my childhood friends who’s the gifted one.
- I text using my left hand
Which is funny because I’m right handed.
- I hate reading
Not that I hate literature (don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan) but I just don’t enjoy reading books, which is probably a good thing because the moment I pick one up and finish it, it’s probably worth reading.
- If I were in the States, I’d probably be a Republican
Red states here I come. Yes, I’m a gay republican. I’m all for tradition and family values. And yes, I’m more conservative than liberal.
- I’m homophobic
Yes, I’m a homophobic homo. Weird, huh?! I’m probably one of the very few gay guys who never enjoyed hanging out in Malate (I’ve only been there once or twice and the only reason why I went for the second time was because I didn’t have much of a choice). And you’d barely see me hanging out in the gay scene. The thing this is, there are just certain gay people who (i’m sorry to admit but) scares the bejesus out of me. I don’t know why but they do. - I’m emotionally imbalanced
This fact scares me. I don’t cry when I know I should and cry when I know I shouldn’t. You know how everyone cried when the watched the Notebook? Well, I didn’t. I didn’t even cry when one of my closest friends died. I cried though when I watched the Little Mermaid 2 (when Melody tore the wall down), the Mighty Ducks (when they won), Sister Act 2 (also when they won the competition). Actually, I still do when I watch them again. I also cry when they send someone home on American Idol, when I watch series finales of my favorite shows, and when the overture plays when I watch musicals.
- I don’t swim in public pools
I just don’t.
- I’m a hopeless romantic
No matter how strong my convictions are saying I’m not, don’t ever believe me. I know deep down that I am and there’s no changing that. Funny how my life (and everyone else’s) gets screwed up a whole lot and yet, at the end of the day, I still believe in happy endings.
Now, I’m tagging: anna, ayn, fiona, ghambz, kath, marcy, rhea, rica, shiela, and teri
adrienisms
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Ever since I resigned from my previous job, I have taken the full responsibility of nanny to our little boy. Funny how time flies, I still picture him as that witty little kid running around the house screaming, "Raaawwrr… I’ll eat you!" Yes, he loved dinosaurs as a kid which is probably the reason for the dinosaur teeth he had growing up.
Now, not that I’m gloating (like every parent I know does about their child) but Adrien’s really one of the brightest kids I know. He may not be that good with fractions or division with remainder (i mean, who is… no, wait.. I AM!! *kidding*) but he’s very witty and smart for his age that you start wondering if he’s really a kid or simply a midget.
Anyhoo, next week marks the little brat’s tenth year. He’s officially entering the double-digit years (as my ever-so-corny father would put it, his "ten-ager" year) which means goodbye adorable and hello obnoxious. And as we all welcome the hideousness called pre-teen in our little boy’s life, I’d like to share some his quotable quotes which, until now, is discussed during weekend dinners and reunions. Most of which happened when he was about four or five years old.
[Adrien playing with his action figures]
Adrien: Die you f*ck!ng aliens!
[Mom tells adrien he should not say such words]
[Adrien continues playing]
Adrien: Die you…
[looks at mom]
Adrien: … funny aliens!
Bro-in-law and I talking about on of the spells in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer Stone]
Adrien: [out of nowhere in a British accent] it’s leviOsa.. not leviosah
Adrien: I want to go back to the nice room [pertaining to a hotel that we stayed at during holy week]
[a fat lady was getting off the elevator]
Adrien: Wow, that’s a big butt!! [My sister and I actually raced to cover his mouth]
[During his Moving Up ceremony at his pre-school]
Adrien: When I grow up, I want to be a scuba diver!
{On riding the tricycle]
Adrien: I miss riding the tricycle. It has been a long time and I forgot how relaxing it was.
[On lola’s text message]
Adrien: Feel na feel ni Lola that she’s still young.
Ardee: What made you say that?
Adrien: Kasi, I texted her if they’re going out tomorrow. Then she replied, "Dono yet." As in D-O-N-O. Dono!
Waiting for my sister, we sat down one of the benches in Ateneo and talked]
Ardee: What did you do last night?
Adrien: The usual. (which means, he watched Friends with his mom)
Ardee: What episode did you watch?
Adrien: The one with Rhonda.
Ardee: Who’s Rhonda?
Adrien: [in an African American tone] Yo, Peter! Peter! It’s me, Rhonda! From PS 129. I used to share my pudding with you, man! I gave you my snack pack!
Truth is, there are actually even more moments that I just can’t remember and for sure, there are more to come. Over all, I think we did a good job raising the very first kin our immediate family’s third generation. But then again, this is just the beginning of his journey.
do it anyway
Thursday, February 14, 2008the good thing about having lots of time on your hands is you find stuff around your house that you never realized you had before. below is a poem by Mother Teresa which was printed in my Grams 90th birthday souvenir half a decade ago. just thought i’d post it.. 
think of it as a "Valentines" treat from me to you. enjoy reading…
People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered.
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies.
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you.
Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight.
Create anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, will often be forgotten.
Do good anyway.
Give the best you have, and it will never be enough.
Give your best anyway.
In the final analysis, it is between you and God.
It was never between you and them anyway.
Singles Awareness Day Preparation
Monday, February 11, 2008
Three days ’til *ahem* *ahem* SINGLES AWARENESS DAY and in preparation for one of the years most awaited hallmark holiday, I decided to post an email that i received five years ago from one of my college friends. It may have been half a decade ago but I still enjoy reading it every now and then up to this day. Hope you will, too..
Would you like to come with me? Maghahanap ako ng isang dimension where in on the 14th of Feb., is a HALLOWEEN NIGHT..ansaya diba? inform nyo ko if you wna come? If not, maybe you can find something useful from the following quips.
These are quick smart answers to the annoying question:
"HOW COME YOU DON’T HAVE A BOYFRIEND?"1. The Arrogant Approach
"Boyfriend? I don’t date boys. I date men."2. The "I love my independence" Approach (I might use this!)
"All men I date keep asking me to marry them and I’m just not ready to commit."3. The Confident Approach
"I’m already engaged to someone. Only he doesn’t know it yet."
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Friday, February 8, 2008Hi J!
Surprised?! So am I. I don’t even know where to start. You see, I was watching "Little Black Book" the other day and there was a line there that has been haunting my subconscious for days now.
A clean break is easier. You can reset it. And it heals, and you move on. But if you fleave things messy or things don’t get put right then it just hurts — forever
- Joyce Moore (Julianne Nicholson)
I know it probably doesn’t mean much now seeing how you’re obviously doing ok now but I guess I still have this need to clear the air between us. I know you keep on insisting that it’s water under the bridge and that you really don’t want to know what happened but I feel like there’s definitely a need to tell you, both for my sake and yours. It’s just that everything happened so fast before we parted that I didn’t get to say the things I wanted to say and the truth that you deserve to know. So, here it goes:
First of all, I want to apologize for any pain I may have caused you. I know that it was a difficult time for you and I didn’t mean to burden you with additional baggage. I’m sorry for screening your calls and pretending you’re not in the room even though we were two feet apart. Also, I may have said some things to my friends behind your back and I’m sorry for that, too. You’ve been nothing but good to me and I should have known better. As the cliche goes, it’s not you, it’s me.
Now, the hard part — getting the WHY out in the open. Why was I such a b*tch? Why did I leave? Why did I shut you out of my life? Why did I treat you that way? Like I said, you have been a good friend, too good of a friend that I started to get scared. I was afraid of where our relationship was leading to and I panicked. Call me a relationship-phobe but all I can think of at that moment was that I wanted to get out — I just had to. You were, after all, leaving, right? So it’s a matter of leave or be left.. dump or be dumped. You know me, I don’t want to plummet into anything I can’t get out of unscathed. Selfish as it may seem but I felt like I had to do it for self-preservation. Ironically, though, I ended up being hurt anyway, and in the process hurted you, too. And if I can do anything to change it back, I would do it in a heartbeat. No doubt about it.
Given what we’ve been through, I think everything still turned out well in the end. I know I don’t really get to see you anymore but you’ll always play a huge part in my life. I enjoy looking back with what we had then and I very much happy with what we have now knowing that you’ll always be there no matter what. Nobody gets me the way you do and it even scares me that you seldom know more stuff about me than I do (which you have to admit is true) regardless of distance or time spent together. And you do know it goes both ways, right? If there’s anything you need, I’ll always be here for you and there’s no need for second-guessing.
Love you,
D xoxo
PS And by the way, NO, you have not changed one bit no matter what you say. You’re still have that short-tempered, i-don’t-care-about-what-you-say-but-i-know-i’m-right attitude going on. It may have mellowed down, but it’s still there. Oh, and please send my regards to your Mom. And tell her thanks for the gift. I love it!! :p —> D
Meticulous to the bone paying attention to the nitty-gritty details of anything (or anyone) that piques his interest. He's terribly O.C. when he feels like it and other times he just leaves the mess as it is.
