25 FACTking true about me

1. I love my initials: F A C T

2. I like anything RED. RED is my favorite color.

3. My first playmate is my grandmother from my father side. She spoiled me with candies and Filipino treats. She died months right after my father fulfilled his promised to her, so fulfilling promises is very traumatic for me, please don't make me promise.

4. I think I am beginning to accept that I am the "black sheep" among my siblings (not in the bad way). They can draw, I can't. They can sing, I can't. They are friendly and sociable, I am shy. They are popular in school, my class adviser can't even recognized me. They have this aggressive personality, I lean towards the passive personality. To add more, I look very different from them that other people can easily tell that they are siblings while they can regard me as an adopted child.

5. I am a very disobedient to my parents before . Thank God, they didn't give up from understanding me.

6. I love eating vegetables, my Auntie Luz taught me how to love
them. My favorite vegetable is AMPALAYA. I love its bitterness.

7. I've been a Team Leader/Senior Programmer and College Professor in De La Salle University - Dasmariñas, Part-Time IT Instructor in Informatics, a graduate student in Ateneo Information Technology Institute, I studied level 3 Spanish in Instituto Cervantes De Manila, I also studied Level 1 French in Francais Alliance de Manille and I'm self-studying photography. All of these happened in a year, I didn't know how I manage my time to do all of these but I somehow did. I forgot to mention, I am also taking care of two golden retrievers at that time.

8. I had my first dog when I was 22, a Golden retriever, he is the smallest of the litter and the only one who approached me. I named him ORO, means gold in Spanish, my brother, Christian, suggested the name. One time he got sick, for three days I didn't go to office just to nurse him back to health, I thank God he survives.

9. I eventually took ownership of Oro's sister, a dark brown golden retriever. She's very different from Oro, has a deeper voice and naughtier than her brother. I named her Chiyo after the protagonist of the book "Memoirs of a Geisha." I miss them! ='(

10. People think that I am living an easy life, free of stress, that I have no problem, I have an easy work and comfortable living. little they know that underneath this jolly and stres-free exterior is a managed chaos waiting to explode any moment. I just know how to manage my life.

11. I do impulsive decisions most of the time. Like moving and working here in Singapore. Thank God it's working out!

12. I go for the extreme rides in carnivals. Thanks to my older sister who forced me to accompany her to ride the rollercoaster when I was 5 years old in a local carnival. Mind you, my sister is a daredevil. The dangerous the ride, the better for her.

13. I am afraid of snakes. But I do love touching them.

14. I tend to ignore the people around me when I am alone in public. That's how I can get around in crowded areas. It is as if I am the only one in the place.

15. If I like the song, it will be the only track in my playlist. I will listen to it over and over until I get sick of listening to it.

16. I'm 3 units away from completing my Master's Degree. All I'm lacking is the oral defense for my paper. I lost the motivation when La Salle granted me a permanent faculty status.

17. I don't like eating cake, I rarely eat one, even in occassions I avoid eating cake.

18. I forgive and I forget easily. My life is too short to be unforgiving, I don't keep bad memories, I let go of anger easily and I want to be at peace all the time. I put my pride into good use and I won't use it to be a hindrance in giving and asking for forgiveness. Life is too short, let's be MERRY!

20. I love living here in Singapore. I thought at first that I'll be having a hard time being independent and living here but it is working for me. If not for the cheap clothes, friends and my family, I won't go back to my home country. I love it here!!!

21. I know it's a cliche but I regard photography as more than my creative hobby going as far as having my own motto, "I will capture, enhance and preserve what is beautiful." But I don't enjoy being photograph, look at my photos, I looked like a retard.

22. I find it fascinating to get lost in a foreign land. My trip is not complete without that happening.

23. I enjoy eating alone in restaurant, that way I am able to quietly and slowly inhale my food, unlike with friends in which I talk, laugh and eat fast when I'm with them. Actually I enjoy my alone time, the one thing that I was able to do here in Singapore.

24. I don't watch TV, I prefer to watch everything in my laptop.

25. I am an impulsive buyer/spender. I spend too much for myself and I enjoy it!