Random Meme
Unwinding after a long day - fellow bloggers, whoever you may be, consider yourself tagged (from
Friday's Feast):
Set Meal 1Appetizer
Choose one: Popcorn, Pizza, Pretzels, Peanuts, or Pasta.Pasta
Soup
Describe your personality in terms of a particular vehicle.Hmmm...a Toyota Hi-Lux 3.0 D-4D - versatile, sophisticated (chuva!), all-terrain, kinda costly to acquire but low-maintenance, good-looking (di ka ipapahiya), take anywhere, and lots of fun! Mwehehe, good question.
Salad
If you won a shopping spree, from which store would you want it to be?Borders!!
Main Course
Which television show re-runs do you enjoy watching?M.A.S.H., Friends, Oh Tokyo!
Dessert
If you could look into the future, how far down the road would you like to see? 10 years? 100 years? A million?Today has enough troubles of its own, thanks, but no thanks!
Set Meal 2Appetizer
About how many times per day do you check your email?Three to four
Soup
If you had the money to collect something really valuable, what would it be?Cars!
Salad
Write a sentence using the letters of your favorite beverage. (Example: The egret admires.)Certain owls kick eagles; lizards, iguanas, geckos have tails. I should have spelled "beer" instead!
Main Course
If you could be on a game show, which one would you want it to be?Jeopardy!
Dessert
Name 3 computer programs or web sites you would hate to be without.MS Office, Google, Nero.
Set Meal 3Appetizer
Name one chore you don't really mind doing.Washing dishes. Marketing, cooking (not a chore to me)
Soup
How many times have you moved homes in your life?Once, not including temporary abodes abroad.
Salad
How old were you when you had your very first kiss?16
Main Course
What time of day do you usually feel your best?Right before lunch.
Dessert
Using three words or less, describe your current local weather.Schizophrenic.
Set Meal 4Appetizer
Have you ever seen a ghost or an angel?No ghosts, angels in the form of human beings, yes. :-)
Soup
What is your favorite board game?Trivial Pursuit. Pictionary. Does mahjongg count?
Salad
What was the last movie you saw that made you cry?Can't remember, but I always cry at movies (sad movies, comedies, action films...). The last part of When Harry Met Sally
always makes me cry.
Main Course
What would you do if you had 3 months off from your job?My current "job"? Go crazy. :-)
Dessert
What kind of shoes are you wearing today?None. Earlier,
tsinelas. :-)
Samson-ite
I cut AG's almost-four-year-old hair today (Kuya JD did the "commitment cut," an anonymous hairdresser continued the job halfheartedly - his styling took less time than my pedicure!, and I did a great deal of
zhuzsh-ing, another two inches or so I think, hopefully not too badly!). An honor and a privilege for me, and a very happy occasion for all involved. And a confirmation of my calling to be a
hairdresser. Oh yeah baby...
Jhill, think of all the money you'll save on shampoo and liquid sosa! :-) Congratulations, dude, I'm proud of you.
Twos, Firsts, and Lasts
My e-mail service has been down since last night. I don't know if that's more of a blessing than a bane, but whatever. So forgive me if you dropped me a line and it got lost in the "mail." And since it's a quiet night (so far) after a very long day, and I have no way of knowing what's going on in my e-mail universe I will entertain myself by answering yet another survey, courtesy of Carmen:
1.TWO NAMES YOU GO BY:
Honey (Hon, Honeybabes, Honeygirl, Hanita, Haynie, and many many more weird mutations)
Ate Ganda (he he)
2. TWO THINGS YOU DISLIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
Romans 7:15-16: "I do not do the things I want to do, and I do the things
I do not want to do."
I'm not tall enough to reach high supermarket shelves or overhead luggage compartments.
3.TWO THINGS THAT SCARE YOU
Hell
Calculus
4. TWO THINGS U NEED EVERYDAY:
God
God alone. But He's not a thing. Then again, everything else I need He provides, so...
5. TWO OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS:
The Police
U2
6. TWO OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AT THE MOMENT:
Hallowed Be Thy Name
For The Lord Is My Tower (you said "at the moment"...)
7. TWO OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES: .
Traveling (but it's not a hobby, it's a lifestyle)
Reading
8. TWO THINGS YOU WANT TO REALLY BUY RIGHT NOW?
A brand new 4x4. Whatever kind.
Plane tickets to all the places I want to travel to this year.
9. TWO PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
Spain
Mainland SEA
10. TWO OF YOUR FAVOURITE PERSONS:
Obviously, my best friends, but that would be boring, so...
Prof. Solita "Winnie" Monsod
Atty. Susan Pearl Delfin Villanueva
11. TWO THINGS YOU DID YESTERDAY:
Conk out on antihistamine
Wined and cheesed (ampanget) with friends
12. TWO FOODS THAT YOU'RE CRAVING TO EAT?
Chili crab
A big steak
13. TWO PEOPLE THAT COME TO MIND NOW?
Marivic, who's going home to Australia in a few days
Cedric, who's arriving in Manila tomorrow
14. TWO COLORS YOU LIKE?
Orange
Red-orange (hehe)
15. FIRST two names
Maria Lourdes
16. FIRST letter ng name ng love mo except relatives & God
Shyeeah nice try...
17. FIRST thing na ginawa mo nang magising?
Went back to sleep.
18. FIRST thing na inisip mo nang magising?
"I want to sleep some more."
19. FIRST na tao na inisip mo pagkagising?
Ate Nora. "Ate Nora, wait for me, I want to sleep some more..."
20. FIRST na sinabi mo nang magising ka?
"Thank you Lord."
Second thing: "Ate Nora, patawad, I slept some more!"
21. FIRST song na narinig mo ng magising ka?
Ay. Forgot.
22. FIRST na hinawakan mo nang magising ka?
Cell phone. Typical.
23. FIRST school na pinasukan mo?
OB Montessori
24. FIRST crush mo?
Si Ivan de Leon. If you know him, shhhh!!
25. FIRST real love mo?
Si Bong Segovia. Ha ha!!
26. FIRST thing na tinitingnan mo sa guy/girl?
Sapatos. Seriously.
27. FIRST thing na hinahanap mo sa guy/girl?
Na GUY siya talaga. Haha!
28. FIRST thing na nagustuhan mo sa mahal mo?
He loved me first.
29. FIRST thing na nakakaturn-off para sayo sa guy/girl?
Na GIRLaloo pala sya. Seriously, yung walang paninindigan/prinsipyo (unprincipled daw sa Inglis).
30. FIRST thing na gusto mo sa isang tao?
Magaan ang dating.
31. FIRST thing na ayaw mo sa isang tao?
Fake. Pa-cute.
32. FIRST thing na gusto mo sa sarili mo?
Minamahal akong anak ng Diyos.
33. FIRST thing na ayaw mo sa sarili mo?
Suwail akong anak.
34. FIRST time na nakausap mo crush mo?
Sino, si Ivan de Leon? NEVER. From 1978 to present.
35. LAST movie you watched?
Oh my gosh, what a loser...
36. LAST tv show you watched?
Watching Scott Hahn in the background, not sure what the show's title is...
37. LAST song you heard?
Hallowed Be Thy Name (my version, attempting to play the chords)
38. LAST thing you bought?
Earrings in Quiapo.
39. LAST perfume/cologne u bought?
Don't have to, people like to give me these things...hmm, I wonder why? *sniff*
40. LAST food you ate?
Spaghetti for dinner
41. LAST thing you wore?
Not counting what I'm wearing now? Still in my "cooking" clothes.
42. LAST thing on your head?
On my HEAD? Hair, hopefully.
43. LAST time you went out?
Last night - although dinner and drinks at Lex's is not exactly "out" out.
44. LAST na ginawa mo d time u went out?
Dinner and drinks nga.
45. LAST thing you said to yourself:
"d time u?!!??"
Homecomings
Two straight nights in a row of reunions - it's been a crazy couple of nights. Friday night, after a long day of running around town and cooking for the Saturday feeding, I caught the tail-end of our annual girlfriend get-together at Miles'. SAMASKOM called us the "sisters" - we've known each other since 1986! - although all of us except yours truly (and Doyet in Canada) are now mothers. Marivic now lives in Sydney but visits Manila every year around Christmas, so we always make it a point to catch up. Didn't much of that because I had to be good and wake up early for the first Saturday feeding of the year.
But I more than made up for the (relatively) early night the next day. Bong - my oldest MassComm friend - had been texting me the previous day about attending Aling Suming's gathering (apparently a UP College of Mass Comm homecoming), and although I was initially ambivalent about going, I agreed to meet him, Neboy, and Ney (all of whom are part of the SAMASKOM "sisters" male counterpart - the "K___s").
Wasn't too bad - CMC with its new building isn't the school we "grew up" in, and I got to see old schoolmates and professors I hadn't seen for decades. Plus, since we hung around late enough to be present for the raffle, we got to take home some booty (600 pesos worth of Globe pre-paid load, a couple of bottles of wine, an original DVD, and Neboy's coffee maker and hot water kettle which he threatened to give me as wedding presents) before proceeding to join Allan and Ronald at the main event of the night - the traditional marathon drinking/bonding/
chika session which we've been conducting, although a lot less frequently, since the mid-80's. And, just like in the '80's, we adjourned, with much love and affection until the next time, in the wee hours of the morning (although I behaved myself and declined the k_____'s invitation to a 3:30 am breakfast, thank you very much). Speaking of the '80s, I missed out on a high school get together that same night - too many reunions, too little time, too old to be out so late!
