So I know that my “About Me” page already has more than 25 random and oh-so-uninteresting tidbits about me, but I got tagged by an ex-boss, so what’s a girl to do, eh?
Anyway, I’m sure you don’t need to know any of this, but I’ll respond to the meme anyway. See, I have this really important project to do but not the diligence to do it, so I thought I’d waste time answering this thing instead.
Hopefully, the following 25 random details about me will give you a better idea of who I am, not inspire several comments somewhere along the lines of “she’s a freaking nutjob“.
Not in any specific order of importance, alphabetical or otherwise:
- I’m not a big fan of chocolate. I only like chocolate when it has mint in it.
- I am deathly afraid of beggars, especially street urchins. Some tactics I have employed to avoid them include hiding behind my companions, throwing money at them and crossing the street.
- I don’t like it when people preempt my actions. Back in college, I used to buy sliced green mangoes from the same store in the cafeteria every single day. One day, the guy in the store saw me walking towards him and started slicing the mangoes even before I reached the counter. Though I was going to buy green mangoes yet again, I decided to buy a taco instead just to thwart him.
- I believe that had I been born male, I would have been one of two things: complete manwhore or flamingly gay. Nothing in between.
- I find it very interesting when people refuse to believe that I graduated college with honors. Apparently, it has something to do with this face of mine, which is more “average rift-raft” than “genius”. I had this office mate (we were quite close and he was generally a nice guy) who told me not to pursue my graduate studies in UP because, “mahirap yun, kailangan at least cum laude ka”. Well, duh.
- On a related note: faced with the prospect of unemployment after graduation, I briefly considered wearing my medal daily while panhandling. At least then I would have been a respectable bum. Sort of.
- I’ve never been to Enchanted Kingdom.
- The words “love” and “commitment” scare the hell out of me. But of course if you’re David Tennant (or at least look like him), I’m all for a completely physical, no-strings-attached, no-holds-barred relationship.
- The mere fact that I got to number 8 before referencing Mr. Tennant is a feat in itself.
- I like earrings. I have earrings that range from livestock to landmarks and I’m always on the lookout for new and weird ones. I love my gay-Buckingham-Palace-guard pair the most.
- I find extreme joy in writing research papers. I don’t know anyone else who feels this way, but I get completely giddy when I finally get the outline of my research paper down pat. When I finally establish the perfect thesis statement for my topic I get this really scary grin on my face and I do a little victory dance.
- In which case, I suppose it’s obvious: I’m a nerd.
- I still owe a high school classmate five Burger King Chicken Sandwiches. We had this long-standing bet over Formula 1; my fowl debt accumulated after Schumacher kicked McLaren’s collective ass for five consecutive seasons. Of course Schumi garnered more than five wins since we started the bet; I just stopped counting after the 5th. Just so we’re clear, I have no intention of paying him. Ever.
- I take skin care very, very seriously. I have different sunblock products for the face and the body, moisturizers, toners, cleansers, etc. Seriously. My desk looks like a Watson’s counter.
- My philosophy professor (Dr. Vasco) will probably bitch-slap me for this, but I think the Lord of the Rings trilogy is overrated.
- I am a big fan of Jin Yong’s wuxia novels. It takes me twice as long to read them, though, since they’re in Chinese, but I just love them, especially Xiao Ao Jiang Hu. Unfortunately I have yet to come across anyone around here who shares this passion, so I have no one to rant and rave to.
- I have a Majinboo figurine on my office desk. The thing is, I don’t even like Dragonball; I just like Majinboo.
- I am absolutely in love with semi-colons.
- As much as I adore pristine notebooks, I realized that I write best when I jot random ideas down on a piece of scratch paper/bus ticket/tissue.
- I tend to rub my eyes when I find myself in awkward social situations. This happens involuntarily, whenever I get shy, embarrassed or just generally wished the earth would open up and swallow me.
- I used to think it would be a fantastic idea to live inside a mall. Now, of course, I know better.
- I once convinced an office mate that my sister (whom he had a crush on) was actually my “brother”. I also told him that she’d won Miss Gay San Juan and he believed me.
- I also answer to the name “Bogart”. My friends took to calling me “Bogart” to confuse the random men who would ogle me everywhere I go.
- I have God Complex, which I satisfy by destroying the lives of the Sims I create.
- My secret life-long dream, apart from being a teacher of course, is to become a Royal Hong Kong policewoman. It has to be Hong Kong, specifically, because I get to be a royal something at the very least.
Now if you have the time, do go ahead and answer this yourself. At least I won’t be the only chump who did.
