25 Random Things About Me
Got this idea from a tag topic on Facebook. Just thought I’d post a copy here. J
1. I was christened Maria Margarita at birth. The former given by my dad who wanted ‘Maria’ to be part of his daughters’ names, and the latter courtesy of my mom’s favorite cocktail. My childhood nickname was EmEm– a chopped-up version of the first letters of my names. A neighbor of mine used to call me Gremlin, but that’s another story.
2. Contrary to what most people know, I am not an only child. I had a baby sister named Maria Cecilia (nicknamed Macee) who was born prematurely in 1984 and died 16 days later.
3. I wrote my first poem when I was eleven. It was entitled ‘Imaginary Love’. J
4. My favorite food in the whole world is my mom’s mashed potatoes. I could eat them for the rest of my life.
5. When I was in sixth grade, I secretly sent my crush typewritten love letters signed in code (inspired by my Nancy Drew phase). To my mortification, he eventually found out who I was.
6. I can see ghosts. (insert scary music here)
7. As seemingly prim & proper as I am now, I was the kind of kid who climbed roofs, played patintero and hide & seek with the other neighborhood kids, and ate fishballs sold on the street (with chili and sweet sauce mixed together, yummy!). We rode our bicycles everywhere during summer vacations, and played and danced in the rain during the rainy months.
8. I love to read ever since I could remember. I can spend four straight hours with my nose buried in a good book.
9. At the office, I absolutely cannot work without music playing in the background. The silence is suffocating for me. (Which is kinda ironic, because outside the office I find silence comforting.)
10. I spent my worst and best birthday in 2002 when my dad was in the ICU after undergoing a triple bypass at the
Heart Center. He left me a birthday card with actual instructions to access his will and bank documents in the event of his death. But on the morning of my birthday, he regained consciousness and groggily waved to me from the window of the ICU. It was the best birthday gift I ever received.
11. I believe in reincarnation and would like to undergo past life regression hypnosis. I once dreamt I was being chased in the woods at night by village people with torches screaming bloody murder. As crazy as it sounds, I have the strangest feeling I was a witch in a past life.
12. In college, I was supposed to graduate cum laude but didn’t because of a single measly subject that didn’t make the cut-off grade. It was a math subject. L
13. I can be a great friend, but once a friend hurts or betrays me, it’s impossible for me to go back to the way things were. Most of the time I just have to walk away.
14. My dream is to go to Paris and write a novel.
15. I used to love watching horror movies (I didn’t even flinch when I watched ‘The Exorcist’), until I hit my mid-20’s for some weird reason. Now Reagan scares the crap out of me.
16. Some of my friends say I’m neurotic because I tend to over-analyze things to death.
17. To date, I’ve had three boyfriends: my first love, my escape hatch, and my true love.
18. A professor courted me when I was a college sophomore; he was handsome and smart and the crush on campus (then again, that’s not saying much since it was an exclusive school). Then one day he just disappeared. I later read in the paper that he was jailed due to rape of a minor.
19. I’m OC when it comes to accessorizing. I’m one of those crazy people who can’t leave the house wearing a black belt and brown shoes. LOL J
20. When I was 15, I modeled for a teen magazine. Then five years later, the magazine went out of circulation.
21. My first job after college at a Japanese engineering firm was like a corporate boot camp. It was hell, but after a year, I emerged from it a more mature and resilient person.
22. I love theme parks and all the scary rides that come with it.
23. Places that provide me solace are churches and bookstores.
24. I absolutely love cold weather. If I could, I’d be perfectly happy to live in Baguio or Tagaytay.
25. I love my life and I thank God everyday for all the blessings He’s given me. 
