34 Things About Me

Tomorrow will be, what else, my birthday! Minus my family. Oh well, there's always a balance between the good and the bad. Last year, I didn't blog on my birthday. Usually, I try to blog, or at least I think I try mainly because it is the time when I examine (naks) er contemplate how the year has been the last couple of years of my life here on earth. Lol. The only other time when I contemplate is when its December / January.

In 2008, there wasn't much to blog about. Mainly because back then, I wasn't working. So there was nothing to write about in the work department. Also, I was very much dependent on my savings to complete my savings and my mom's help as well, so that didn't really bode well for celebrations, lol, much less a birthday one. And at that time, I was busy writing my case study, hoping to defend it by June and yeah, I was working on my paperwork for my work application here in the US. So a lot of things in my plate so to speak.

Looking at the previous year, I did blog about 32 things about myself. And I thought I'd do the same thing this birthday, and obviously it would be more than 32, lol. It would be 34.

But age is just a number. Leila tells me that I don't look my age anyways, hehehe, thanks roomie! And I don't mind telling my real age, unlike other people. After all, I've earned all the gray hairs and I think that with age comes a certain freedom, that you don't care so much about what other people think. The only opinions that matter to me are my immediate family's and I am fairly certain that they do trust my judgement on certain matters, lol.

So, on this special day (actually tomorrow since I won't be blogging tomorrow, I'll be at Denver Airport running from one end to the other, lol), here are 34 things about me, and more, lol.

1 - I am still the middle child. Nothing I can do about that.

2 - We are all still girls. But interestingly enough, my sisters had boys. Hmm...

3 - Now, I eat vegetable salad. Nope, I don't prepare them from scratch although that is a fervent wish that one day I will learn to do that. But I eat vegetable salad here. I particularly like the Classic Greek Salad from Trader Joe's.

4 - I still love the color blue. But if I have no choice when it comes to clothes, I choose pink. Only because it makes choosing easier, lol. Sort of like a default thing.

5 - Cooking still hates me. That's why I love microwaveable food!

6 - Hmmm...I think its status quo when it comes to cleaning. I take out the trash when needed. My room doesn't stink so that's still pretty much liveable, lol.

7 - Yeah, I almost didn't go to college but I more than made up for it by going to grad school, twice. Lol. And it looks like I might need to go back again for teacher certification. Yikers.

8 - And yeah, more school eh?

9 - Now, like what I did before in my Dole days, I live away, much farther away from family. Sometimes, I think about going home like next year, but then again, I think, I'm here, I might as well use to my full advantage being here. Go see other states, other places. At the end of the day, or years, I'm going to have a home to come back to. Plus its a good excuse for my family to come see me here...hehehe...

10 - I'm still afraid of snakes. Eww...

11 - Yeah, I've been bitten twice by a dog. That hasn't scared me away from dogs though. I love dogs and cats.

12 - Yes, still a SciHi person lol. One of our batchmates made a compilation of our yearbook pictures and wow, I looked different, kind of funny different, lol.

13 - I still love reading romance pocketbooks. But I don't have as much time. Now I only have CSET in mind, lol.

14 - I still love Pretty Woman. Let me think, what was the last movie I saw on the big screen? Oh yeah, January of this year, the Day the Earth Stood Still with my bf. Lol. I did not dig the movie, just the company, lol.

15 - Sigh, Legolas now seems like a thing of the past. But he's still good looking.

16 - Yes, I still hate writing. But I seem to be destined to have to write. IEPs this time, lol.

17 - Yes, I'm still camera shy. But I love my Kodak camera!

18 - Still not a good conversationalist. I do look forward to calling and talking to my mom. Even though its expensive, its well worth it.

19 - I still get lost. The most recent time. I was on my way to school from the Library. I walked and I realized why am I taking like 30 minutes or so? Yeah, I got lost, big time. I was tired when I got back to school, I couldn't work so much, lol.

20 - There is still Order in Chaos. Take in fact my desk in the classroom and my room. There's chaos there and yet I can find the things that I want and need. But clean it up, yikers. It'll take me the whole night or afternoon to find one paper, lol.

21 - Still hate cleaning up and putting away stuff, but I know I have to.

22 - I still love rice. But sadly, not much of an appetite lately. So I'm down to one rice a day, only for dinner. I just have a sandwich for lunch. I miss mom's cooking!

23 - Love soda...still...

24 - I still eat and drink whatever I want, cause I only have one life to live, lol.

25 - Love my blog!

26 - Hmm...neopets? I think it was a phase, lol. Now, I love surfing the 'net. Watching the news from back home. That keeps me grounded.

27 - I miss the beach!

28 - Hurray for Cebu! Wala lang.

29 - Whoops, I did have alcoholic beverages New Year's hehehe...got tipsy and now I remember why I gave up drinking. Lol.

30 - I love cats and dogs.

31 - Hmm...let me think along the lines of a life long vocation. Yeah, vet, but that could never be. So I'm a teacher instead. A special teacher, lol. Cause I'm special!

32 - I'm still shy. Part of the reason why I hide out in my classroom during lunch. Well, mostly its to catch up on work. But it does feel awkward. I'll definitely make more effort next year!

33 - I have a PSP but I have to master Spiderman and Indiana Jones.

34 - Happy birthday to me, at the airport. I'll be traveling for the most part. Here comes SJ International Airport, then Denver then Rapid and then home? We'll see...

Have a great Easter!

And yeah, thanks Lei for the chocolate mousse. It was eternally sinful, lol but well worth it. I'm going to be working those off tomorrow at the airport as I run from one end to the other end. Yeah, from A24 to what 60 or 80 something? Lol.