25 Things About Me

I was tagged in Facebook by some dear friends to do the 25 Things About Me Meme. I thought I'd post it here on the blog too. I am working on my "Tackle It Tuesday" post but I thought this one is a good post for today, Monday ....

1. I love Jesus. I thought I'd mention that first. I grew up as a Catholic. I gave my life to Jesus when I was in college. I believe in "lifestyle evangelism". I do not like it when people "force" their belief to others. I think if we live a life that Jesus would want us to live, others will want to know more about HIM.

2. I am a daughter, a wife, a mother, a friend, a sister, an aunt and a blogger. I also have many other roles aside from that.

3. I am married to Bradley. I am barely 5 feet tall, He's 6 and 3/4 feet tall. As my friend would say, I believe in the improvement of species ;)

4. Bradley and I dated through letters. We first met in the Philippines during one of Hope Chapel's mission trips, but he loves to say he ordered me from a catalog. He thinks it's kinda funny. Yep, he's got a warped sense of humor. Oddly, his sense of humor is one of the qualities that attracted me to him when we first met ;)

5. We have been married for 15 years (going 16 this year). Yes, we are committed to each other. And yes, I love that guy.

6. I love being a mom. This is one of my greatest passion in life.

7. I am a mom to a Hapa Girl N and a Hapa Boy G. Both are in their Tween years. They are my pride and joy. They are the best!

8. I love my family in the Philippines (and LA) even though I do not write and very seldom call them on the phone. My two brothers should win the award for "best brothers".

9. I am introvert by nature although I love having a lot of friends. I am a loyal friend. I have some close friends who I adore and love so much. They help me get through the rough times and they rejoice with me in the good times.

10. By being an introvert, I need a lot of quite time and reflection time. I get cranky when I don't get enough of those.

11. Being an introvert, I am not good at conversations. I tend to be a "wall flower" on social gatherings. I do not like talking on the phone. If you call my cell phone and I don't answer, you'd get a message recorded by Bradley. It says " You've reached Liza's phone. DO NOT LEAVE A MESSAGE -she does not check her messages. That's true. E-mail me if you need to reach me.

12. I love to sing but singing doesn't like me.

13. I also love to dance but dancing doesn't like me either.  Although in elementary and high school I danced a lot, even on school programs. But now I hardly dance except swaying during worship ;)

14. I love books and I think books like me :). Reading informative books, self-help books and biographies are my favorites.  I don't read fiction and novels that much. I love reading poetry though. Yes, I can be boring.

15. "Acts of Service" is my primary love language.  Anything I can do for you?

16. Someday when I retire and we can afford it, I'd love to "travel around the world".  Also want to do a lot of gardening and flower arranging;

17. I am a B.S. Psychology graduate. I took Psychology because it has the fewest Math requirements I could find in college that also has a lot of science.

18. Yes, I hate Math and love Science. Later on I realized I really really like Psychology and so glad I took that as my major.

19. I love living on Maui. Love the ocean, the people, the weather, and everything Maui. Maybe that's why I started another blog called A MAUI BLOG

20. I like eating ethnic Filipino food, And yes I do eat balut (much to my hubby's and some friends' disgust). DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK if you have low tolerance for weirdness and yuckiness)

21. I own more than 25 cookbooks but only use less than 10 of the recipes written those those 25+ cookbooks. I am a messy cook. I am insecure with my cooking ability.

22. Blogging and Twittering are among my favorite things to do.

23. I don't exercise very much. But I need to. I also don't drink water as much as I need too.  And did I mention I love eating fried foods? I can't claim to be a health buff. I'd fail the healthy list test.

24. Twenty four already? I still have a lot to share.

25. Now I am stuck and don't know what to put as the 25th things about me.  If you know me, feel free to add something about me on the comment section :)

High School Spirit

Dede of It Coulda Been Worse did this High School Spirit meme on her blog. Since I have such fun memories of my High School Days, I thought I'd do it too in here. Before I do the meme, i thought I'd mention what high school I went to. I went to Quezon City Science High School. I just found out it's on Wikipedia, so here's the link to our school's article there.

And here's my answers to this meme:

1. Who was your best friend? Myra for 1^st and 2^nd year. Then we got separated – she moved to Edison and I stayed at Darwin. 3^rd and 4^th I’d say Irma and Cielo. But in 4^th I also was close with Cecille and Luisa. Did I miss anyone? I hope not.

2. Did you play any sports? Unfortunately not. During our 4^th year HS, there was some kind of marathon that I joined. That’s about it.

3. What kind of car did you drive? None. But…let’s see … we like riding on that Red Bus (JD) or the blue bus (MetroManila Bus). Now there’s this white bus that always fast - it's like a ride to death (I forgot the name). And oh, not to forget Sammy’s car … Sammy’s dad gave us a ride all the time when I was in first year HS.

4. It’s Friday night. Where were you? At home watching TV. There several parties here and there but not much.

5. Were you a party animal? No. I did enjoy some of the parties I attended though.

6. Were you considered a flirt? I don’t think so. But I was good at pretending I wasn't.

7. Were you in the band, orchestra or choir? I joined the Rondalla in 1^st year (sort of a band). I really wanted to learn how to play guitar but I couldn't. I played the banduria instead.

Choir? Oh my golly, that’s one of my most embarrassing moments! I auditioned for Himig Scientia (the school choir). I tried to sing one of Sharon Cuneta's song. I could hear myself singing so badly I wanted to disappear! Really, I was soooo out of tune! My friends and I never talked about that audition - never! ever!

8. Were you a nerd? Nope. I belong to this section (class) called Darwin. We’re crazy people. We’re lunatic. We had fun. Not that nerds don't have fun (or do they?) .

9. Were you ever suspended or expelled? Almost, I think. A bunch of us got caught cheating in “Research Exam” during our junior year. You see, I was so bad in Math, and I was a little ok in English… the math people answered the Math/Statistic portion of the exam and I (and a bunch of others) answered the Essay part. For some reason, the teacher caught it. We were threatened to be suspended or expelled but we were give grace and just had to re-take the test.

10. Can you sing the fight song? What’s a fight song? I can sing our Alma Mater song well... (oh, didn't I just told you how "out of tune" I sing?)

11. Who was your favorite teacher? I don’t have any one specific. But two teachers are very momorable: 1) Mrs. Endozo 2) Mr. Damo

12. What was your school mascot? Test Tubes? Atom ? Something like that.

13. Did you go to the Prom? You bet I did!

14. If you could go back, would you? Nah. It was fun … really fun … but I like moving forward.

15. What do you remember most about graduation? We had to wear this nice blue dresses instead of Toga. Kind of weird. We had “corsage” made of orchids.

16. Where were you on Senior Skip Day? We don’t have this.

17. Did you have a job your senior year? No. It’s hard to get one.

18. Where did you go most often for lunch? Canteen (the Cafeteria). And oh, the field. Yeah, we would bring lunch from home and eat under the trees.

19. Have you gained weight since then? Yes.

20. What did you do after graduation? Attended the University of Sto Tomas. Got a degree in Psychology. Taught Pre-school and Kindergarten for one year; worked as Personnel Assistant (now called Human Resources); worked at church/Christian radio program; Got married; went to Hawaii; worked as Admin Assistant.

21. What year did you graduate? I graduated from high school in 1983.

22. Who was your Senior Prom Date? I can’t remember. I don’t think we had any “formal date”.

23. Are you going/did you go to your 10 year reunion? No.

This is a fun meme and a fun post to write. Come join the fun!

8 Things About Me (Tagged)

Denali tagged me for the "Eight Things About Me". Denali is a friend from my favorite message board at Schwablearning. She is the author of the blog "I Speak Of Dreams". I had been tagged by a similar meme before. I was going to write another 8 but the weekend got crazy and I didn't get a chance. I therefore decided to resurrect the post: Here it is:

I had been tagged by both Kamsin and MamaP to do the 8 Random Facts About Me. This will also serve as my reply to Joyful Day's tag on 7 Random Facts about me. Here's the rule:

1. I have to post these rules before I give you the facts (check)
2. Each participant posts eight random facts about themselves.
3. Tagees should write a blogpost of eight random facts about themselves.
4. At the end of the post, eight more bloggers are tagged (named and shamed).
5. Go to their blog, leave a comment telling them they're tagged (cut and run).

I did the 5 things about me meme before so some maybe a repeat. Here it goes:

1. I love to laugh. My husband's sense of humor is probably one of his traits that attracted me most to him. Sometimes I also get annoyed by his sarcasm, but most of the time I find it funny :)

2. I love to worship (that's obvious in my blog). I raise my hand and sway when I sing at church. I can't carry a tune so it's mostly a "joyful noise unto the Lord". One time a nice lady next to me at church said I sang the worship beautifully... either she's lying or she's deaf. I think she's deaf.

3. The main reason I majored in Psychology in college was because I heard there's only 6 units of math required. I am not good at Math. However, while in college I realized I love psychology and I would take it again even it has more math requirements. I am fascinated by the whole psychological make-up of God's creatures.

4. I am always late at (for) work. Sad and embarrassing but true. I am trying to get better. I think I should start a separate post on this.

5. I love being a mother! I think motherhood is one of the greatest ministry on earth.

6. I do not eat sushi (raw fish) but I like fried chicken liver or grilled beef liver. Sorry if that grosses you out.

7. I think Matt Damon is handsome, don't you think so? (Jayred think he's not, but still think he is :)

8. I own so many cook books. I love looking at those cook books with pictures. Of the 30+ cookbooks I own, I probably have only tried 10 recipes, (maybe less). For me cooking is a "big production" so I get discourage when it does not turn out as good and tasty as the photo looks.

OK, I need to choose 8 bloggers to tag. I think I'd do that tomorrow. I am sleepy now.

I'm back (6/29/07). Here are the 8 blogs I am tagging:
Cameron and Ava
African Girl
Growing In Grace
Overflow of a Forgiven Soul
Because of His Forgiveness
Digital Rich
Raqgold
Teacher Julie

Jen (Prayer Warrior), I went to your blog to look for that meme you tagged me before (about places to eat) and I can't find it. If you can, can you please post on the comment the link to that particular post so I can do the meme? Thanks!