At baka they might think I am not from Ateneo...

1. What's your ID number?
Surprisingly easy to remember...940481

2. Passed or wait-listed?
Passed

3. How did you know about the ACET results?
Got them while in school. The nuns gave up trying to round us up back to our classes.

4. Was Ateneo your first choice?
At that point, it was. At some other point, it was another school.

5. Do you know what your ACET score is?
Basta I remember I had a good score in Math. Some indicator that was.

6. What course was your first choice?
Eco-H was probably my first choice.

7. Second choice?
Eco-S?

8. Anong course mo ngayon?
Eco-S

9. Did you have any plans of shifting?
well, I left Eco-H before they could kick me out...I like to cover my bases...

10. Chinito/chinita ka ba?
yes, although I don't think this is from my Chinese side...pureblooded guakong had huge eyes.

11. Taga-Ateneo High?
sorry, no dick…

12. Did you have fun in your OrSem?
I don’t think so.

13. Saang gate ka pumasok nung first day?
gate 3, I think.

14. Are you staying/did you stay in a dorm?
no.

15. Ever had an F in your grade report?
hah! Buti na lang wala.

16. How about an A?
yep. Several in PE

17. Highest grade?
A

18. Lowest grade?
D

19. Worst experience in ADMU?
the math. Whichever one it was…

20. Do you always attend class?
most of the time…although there was this one time that mike tavas dragged us off to protest charter change. We actually asked permission from the professor to cut class.

21. What are/were your orgs?
Heights, AEA, ACIL, AJMA, yearbook.

22. How many units have/did you pass/ed?
basta lahat ng kinuha ko.

23. Nangangarap/nangarap ka bang maglaude?
for the first time in my life, I didn’t kill myself over being an honor student

24. When will/did you graduate?
march 98

25. Fave subject?
Theology with Fr. Dacanay, and (yes I will say it) Econometrics

26. Worst subject/s?
I failed all of my math midterms (even if I was doing As on the other exams). Go figure. also hated accounting.

27. Fave landmark sa ADMU?
Rizal Foyer.

28. Fave kainan?
clubhouse

29. How do/did you get to school?
walked 40 minutes uphill from grand villas.

30. Are/were you always at the lib?
no, could never get any studying done there. Too many books.

31. Ever gone to the infirmary when you were sick?
I don’t think so.

32. Do/did you have a crush in campus?
lahat ng pangit na nakita ko

33. May balak kang mag-MS, PhD?
doing a phd now

34. Have you ever watched a graduation ceremony?
3 times

35. Do you know the "Song for Mary" by heart?
yes

36. Memorize mo ba ang Fabilioh?
nope

37. ...ang Halikinu?
halikinu kinikina halikinu kinikina, yea-bo yea-bo, Ateneo rah! (I have an uncle who used to be in the blue babble)

38. ...ang Blue Eagle Spelling?
If you don’t know how to SPELL, you shouldn’t be an Atenean

39. Are you part of Team Ateneo?
nope

40. Who's your fave UAAP basketball player?
baka si Paul Tanchi. Brains AND brawn.

41. Ever had a perfect score in an exam?
Stats (surprise surprise). Does a 3.97 in Theology count?

42. Ano ang ayaw mo sa Hell Week?
walang tulog, tapos lalakad pa ng 40 minutes galing sa grand villas.

43. Dito ka ba natuto uminom ng beer?
still don’t drink beer.

44. What do you like about our school?
the intellectual snobbery. we thought we were so much better than the people from UP or LaSalle, hahaha.

45. Ano ang ayaw mo?
malayo sya from grand villas

46. Have you ever bought anything at the A-shop?
i think so, but I don’t remember

47. maganda ba ID pic mo?
not during the era of grunge and short hair

48. Done anything illegal on campus?
no, but I know Tanya has, hahaha!

49. Bought anything at National Katips?
yes.

50. Ever gone to Starbucks Katips?
starbucks wasn’t around till after our graduation, but I lived in loyola heights and indulged in starbucks (and beauty bar…wala na yun) every now and then.

51. May nakaaway ka na ba sa school?
marami. I make enemies everywhere.

From one kind of stress to another...

I'm just one of those people who can't seem to relax. Even if I was on a most gorgeous beach on Panglao Island, I confess that my mind was really on a lot of other different things. How much money is this vacation costing me? I hope that's not a thundercloud in the distance....Is this mosquito bite on my pinkie toe going to give me dengue fever?

I took up yoga to help me with this (it doesn't, I just like to be able to do a split at age thirty, without the classical ballet training). I took up knitting, collecting perfumes, blogging, watercolor painting, Agatha Christie, whistling, piano. Right now, I am lazing around in bed, worrying about whether all of this lying down is going to wrinkle the sheets. Plus, I think I lost one of my turquoise pillowcases, and the periwinkle one is not going to satisfy me for long.

Is this write-up too long? Maybe I should just go...(cartoon from snoopy.com).

Tonight, I write the saddest lines...

...sort of. I'm leaving for Manila tomorrow, and this is my last night with the pups. Just when they started to trust me. I don't have new puppy pics, so the old ones will have to do. They're trying to sleep now, so I won't wake them up. I wonder what they will think on Saturday morning when they wake up and I am not there. Will they remember me? Will they even think of me? Will they scratch on my door at night, waiting to see if I come out? Ah, well, such are goodbyes...

Since Mae already tagged everyone that I know, I really don't have anyone to tag. This is just for the enjoyment of the people that Mae already tagged, hahaha!

Instructions: Each player starts with 7 random facts/habits about themselves. People who are tagged need to write on their own blog about their seven things, as well as these rules. At the end of your blog, you need to choose 7 people to get tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them that they have been tagged and to read your blog!

1. I was born with a head of thick curly hair, with the same side part that I have now (off center to the left). Also apparently, my skull bones were already fully developed, ergo, my mom had to have a C-section to get me out.

2. I eat lasagne with rice. Always.

3. If faced with a choice between an overhead or subterranean train, I will always take the overhead train. I never take the D by choice.

4. I know very little French and hardly any Italian, but I can sing the entire Marseillaise and Nessun Dorma. My entire family can sing most of the libretto of the Phantom of the Opera.

5. I first read The Thorn Birds when I was in third grade, the same time I was reading Little House on the Prairie and Bulfinch's Mythology. It was only much later that I realized what all the weird stuff I had read meant.

6. When I shower, I shampoo my hair before I wash my body. Less chance of back acne.

7. My favorite holiday? Christmas, of course!

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I got this from Noel, the source of all my quizzes.

1. Are you a child of the 70s, 80s, or 90s?
70s...I was singing along to the BeeGees when they first hit the charts in the 70s.

2. Where were you born?
Cebu Doctors Hospital in Cebu City

3. What city did you grow up in?
Cebu City

4. Did you enjoy your childhood?
Enjoy? What's that?

5. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Believe it or not, a Carmelite nun. There was something very attractive about turning your back on the world.

6. What do you want to be now?
A staff economist for the IMF, with a vampire-slayer secret identity (and a vampire-with-a-soul boyfriend)

7. Were you a fun little kid?
If I say yes, a lot of people will know that I am lying.

8. What was your first best friend's name?
I think it was Bunny...he was a weird little boy who thought he was a girl.

9. Is he/she still your friend?
Haven't see him since I was four years old.

10. Can you name all the schools you ever attended?
St. Benedict's, St. Theresa's, Ateneo, Fordham

11. Were you closer to your mom or dad as a kid?Mom, because she was always there.

12. What was the first record, tape or CD you remember buying?

Tape was Electric Youth, I actually don't remember the first CD I bought (could it be *NSYNC?)

13. How old is a good age to have kids?
Should have done it ages ago.

14. Are you scared of anything?
Hell

15. What was your favorite class in elementary school?
Art, I think.

16. Did you buy school lunch or bring your own?
Went home for lunch 'til I was in freshman high, then brought my lunch.

17. Broken any bones or had any freaky accidents as a kid?I fell down a long flight of stairs and the bottom was concrete. For some reason I escaped with only 2 bumps on my head (like horns).

18. Were you a mean kid?
YES.

19. Favorite board game of all time?
Trivial Pursuit, cranium a close second.

20. Did you play house or pretend to be a super hero?
Contrary to what Noel said, not every kid pretended to be a superhero.

21. Seriously, are you still just a kid at heart?
Yes.

People who know me know that I am all about obsessions. In high school, I obsessed about professional tennis -- I had a little (ok, not so little) scrapbook with newspaper articles about Michael Chang, Steffi Graf, Jim Courier, Monica Seles (it's so obvious how old I am!). I sketched avidly in high school and grade school. Ask my old teachers and they will tell you how I would pretend to be paying attention in class while dreaming up the latest version of my wedding gown (right now it's strapless with an A-line silhouette).

I always view my obsessions as learning experiences, and this past year has brought new obsessions and new lessons. I have seen eight operas at Lincoln Center, knitted five and a half scarves, one and a half beret, and one sock that I unraveled and started over again, gone to yoga class twice a week almost every week for two years, and have bought twelve new fragrances (full bottles, not including the samples that I bought).

My sisters will tell you that I was the one who would leave the house forgetting to spray on something. My mom, the very proper lady that she is, always left the house with a tiny spritz, and at least one handkerchief discreetly scented. When I wake up in the morning, I look forward to going through my stash of samples to see which fragrance I will test during the day. Those in the know will tell you that when you are considering buying a scent, test it out by wearing it an entire day, the better to experience the unfolding of the scent. My worst purchases have been those solely based on how the scent smells on a tester strip.

I found this interesting "favorites" poll on makeupalley.com. Do you have any favorites?

Favorite 'high end' fragrance: Un Lys, Luctor et Emergo, New Haarlem

Favorite 'drugstore' fragrance: Skin Musk

Favorite 'most reached for' scent: Now, it's Un Lys. Should stop because there is a limited stock in the US

Favorite 'soap & water (i.e. fresh & clean) scent: White Musk, Minteva

Favorite comforting fragrance: Luctor et Emergo, Ambre Sultan

Favorite '2nd skin' fragrance: Not sure if this qualifies, Datura Noir...smells like sunscreen and coconut

Favorite 'energizing' scent: La Chasse

Favorite 'casual' fragrance: Luctor et emergo

Favorite 'formal wear' fragrance: Un Lys

Favorite 'antique' fragrance: Tabac Blond. C'est tres chic.

Favorite Cool weather fragrance: New Haarlem, Chergui, Noir Epices

Favorite Hot weather fragrance: Datura Noir, Minteva

Most desired fragrances to try: Musc Ravageur, Bois d'Encens, Tubereuse 40, Borneo 1834, Rahat Loukhum, Iris Poudre, Les Exclusifs

Most desired fragrances to own: anything above that I have not bought : )

Images from wimbledon.com, the Caron website, and the Frick Gallery