25 Things

I should have written this entry weeks ago, but it's only now that I find time to do it. Chie is the one to blame why I struggled making this post. I don't wanna make a lengthy preamble for this one 'cause this post is already long, it doesn't need much of an introduction.

Here are the 25 things you may not know about me................

1. First, I hate those people who don't leave any comments after reading an entry on my blog. That's why I always warn them to post some because by doing so will make me feel appreciated and will encourage me to write more...So next time, put a comment on my work...it wouldn't cost much of your time and energy..

2. Back in High School, I acquired lots of names. Different classmates of mine call me in different names. The first name tagged on me, if I can recall it right was "Dimples"...yeah..I forgot who gave me that girly name...but that's ok, in fact it suits me 'cause I have dimples....hehehe.....and I guess that's the reason why that 'forgotten' classmate of mine used to call me as such...but calling me in that name didn't last so long, 'cause I told to that person that it's indeed such a girly name. Then here comes Karen, after we spoofed the famous McDO commercial for our English class, started calling me "Lolo"...[remember that advertisement?....the one with the old man with Alzheimer's and her grand daughter Karen]....then days after, she's no longer the only one calling me that way....Reinel and Tin began referring me as their 'lolo' too-the reason?, they were Karen's children, and that made them my instant apos sa tuhod. Then there was Ana, Karen's twin kuno. Many people are saying they look very much alike so she also labeled me as her lolo. Can you imagine?..I don't look old that time and I'm not on my 20's pa, but I already have 2 apos and 2 apos sa tuhod already....It lasted till now, and I hope they won't stop calling me by that name, that's why on my phonebook, I named them apo1(Karen), apo2 (Reinel, since he looks more mature than Tin..hahaha), apo3 (Tin), and apo4 (Ana). Then other classmates of mine called me "Babs"...I also forgot who coined that name....Jaja, AA, Apholl [who is forcing me to attend to their church] and other Nosides Einsteins before referred me as such....KC called me "Yan-yan"....and Paula used to call me her "Fuckner"....and they both still does. And of course, my other unclassified classmates, call me by my given name "Ryan"....Wait!!!...I almost forgot, Joseph used to call and still calling me "Shobe", in return I call him my "Achi"...Chinese terms for baby sister and sister respectively-got if from JLee...she's our "Anya" (brother).....So in total, I have 7 names....too many..!!!!

3. My favorite subject is Science especially Biology, even though I'm not a Science major....hahaha....But Physics is an exemption, hate it, abhor it, too much calculations and analysis.....I excel more on memorization 'cause let's just say I have a sharp memory....hahaha...[lifting my own chair???].

4. I've been in UP Diliman for four long years but I still haven't seen the Oblation Run....Why would I bother to witness that event?......There's no reason for me to be there, wanna know why???.......'cause I also have that thing which was bluntly displayed on that juncture...huh!

5. Another thing which I still haven't experienced in my UP life so far is to borrow books from the library......I don't know how to do it.....besides, our lectures are all available online, I'll just have to print them all...no need to borrow heavy books...such a burden...besides again!!, I only go to libraries whenever lethargy hits my body...it's nap time Yahoooo!!! ....BTW, I love our Eng Lib II....so modern, fully air-conditioned, and there's a free conference room too...perfect place to rest..hehehe...

6. I'm not a picky eater. I eat anything and believe it or not I prefer vegetables dishes for my main meals. I can consume 5 cups of rice whenever I get vegetable meals for my lunch or dinner, but I'm not a vegetarian. I eat meats too, but a little less. I eat any kinds of foods, be it a pasta, pizza, and anything with cheese or Chinese cuisines like mami, lomi, pancit and dimsums or even street foods. The only things I don't eat are okra, chesa, cauliflower, menudo [my stomach can't take this dish], liver at lamang-loob. I can't say I don't eat sweets, it's just that I'm not fond of eating such, di lang ako mahilig. Cakes and ice cream are the only desserts I eat in large amounts. Favorite cake flavor-Coffee from Red Ribbon, Ice Cream-Cheese, Double Dutch, Cookies and Cream.

7. Too much details on food..., Another thing about me is that I am trying hard to be a bookworm....of course not of academic books, but of great well-known novels written by famous writers....Yeah..Believe it!!!!!..Damn!, don't you dare to hesitate...Thanks to Mavee, I already read Victor Hugo's Les Miserables, The Diary of Anne Frank, Tuesdays With Morrie, The Giver and The Wuthering Heights which is still in my possession even I'm done reading it.....but now, it seems like I won't be able to grow as a bookworm...'cause it's been months since I last lay my eyes on books for I can't afford to buy one....I wanna read Angels and Demons, The Odyssey, Pride and Prejudice, Hamlet, Memoirs of a Geisha and of course the books from best author in the world Bob Ong. I don't have any idea if he had released new books, the last book I read from him is the Stainless Longganisa and that was years ago......I hope I could read his new stuffs but my pockets and wallets are both empty....Poor me, so if you know you have the books I'm craving for......please, lend those to me, promise, I'll give 'em back.

8. I'm a movie person. I love watching movies be it on theaters; which I truly miss or on DVDs or online [thru Graboid]. Nothing in particular, any genres will do as long as it's not boring. But I consider romantic-comedy films on top of my list. Next is comedy/action then horror/suspense/thriller and sci-fi/supernatural.

9. I'm a TV addict too and that makes me a genuine couch potato. I always hear my father or my mother say "'Pag si Ryan talaga may hawak ng remote, di mo maiintindihan kung ano pinapanood mo, palipat-lipat.".....I gotta admit it, it's somehow true. I always switch channels every commercial breaks. I can't avoid doing so because there are shows that I like to watch that have the same time slots...And I want to see all of them that's why I switch networks in between gaps....I just wanna add, one evening, my mother was watching Marian's TV soap when I suddenly go downstairs and turn the TV to ETC to watch E News....She blurted out "Sino ba nagpababa kay Ryan?, ayan na naman o hawak yung remote."....then I replied "Patalastas pa naman ma e."....I saw her feel infuriated so I switch it back to 7 ang go upstairs and turn the radio on.

10. My family and other people always thought I'm lazy, a sluggard, but for me, having the fact that I know myself better than others, I could say that I'm not lazy,....not totally...just a bit....a greater bit maybe...[meron ba nun?..hahaha]. It's just that when there's something that's needed to be done, I don't immediately work on it....It's just that I love cramming...hehehe..and besides I get it done on time....But when it's about house chores, it's a different story. It's very very very rare that I put my hands on our broom. But I'm not lazy!!!...it's just that it isn't my job, it's my brother's...hahaha...The only tasks I do on our home are washing my own dishes, because we have a rule [pinggan mo, hugas mo], clean the electric fan sometimes when asked, remove dusts from our TV set when my father says so, and to wash and cook the rice whenever my younger brother was asleep or not around...So, I'm not lazy right?...that's four strenous jobs...that's why they don't have the right to call me a sluggard.

11. In connection with my entry on #10, I recall one afternoon, my younger brother Raffy...was asked to sweep the floor. He was so infuriated and he refused to do what was asked of him because he was asked to do other things several times prior to this new one and he complied on all of those. I understand his sentiments but my father kept on insisting him to do it..When I saw my brother's disappointed/mad look, me, just trying to cool down this heated situation, I blurted out "Wag ka na kasing umangal, ako nga ang dami kong ginagawa sa bahay, di ako umaangal.....nanonood ako ng TV habang nakikinig ng radyo, nagco-computer pa 'ko, tapos kumakain pa 'ko kahit ayaw ko...tapos natutulog pa ko....humihiga pa ako sa sofa...ang dami-dami kong ginagawa, pero nakita mo ba akong nagreklamo..di ba hinde..wag ka na kasing umangal, sumunod ka na lang.."...then all of us laughed....hahaha....I don't know if what I said become a great relief to him...haha....

12. I always thought the term 'lol' on text messages means 'ulol' for short. So before, every time someone texted me with that word, I always replied lol ka din.....hahaha....such an oaf...hahaha....I only figured out it's true meaning thru an ad on TV....I never thought it means laughing out loud.....What a shame Ryan!!!!....

13. I don't believe in the saying to see is to believe. Di ba, it means that if you wanna believe that something exists or happening, you must first able to witness it, right?.....then how come girls who after caught their boyfriends making out with other woman would say "I can't believe it, you did this to me.!!!".....or a person after winning the biggest jackpot in lotto would exclaim "Is this really happening?, I can't believe this, am I dreaming?.!!!"...get my pointless point?...hahaha...

14. Do you know that my first ever PE in college was Scrabble ?.....and I enjoyed that class 'cause I learned a lot of 2-letter words that's valid for the game...like jo, ap, aa, fy, xi...and many more...are they really words?...then why are they not in any encyclopedia?...

15. Whenever I feel bored with either the way my prof is discussing the lessons or by the class itself, what I always do to skip that monotony is to go out of the class and pretend that I'm going to CR [It's a legal move, 'cause in UP you don't have to say "May I go out?" to your prof just for him to allow you to leave his class] Well, I really go to the CR but just about for 2 minutes, I'll fix my messy hair...but what my prof don't know is that I spend the remaining 13 or 8 minutes sitting in the stairs outside the room..so I'm gone for 15 or 10 minutes without him knowing it...hahaha..I only did that on my 1st and 2nd years especially on my GE classes....I remember I did it couple of times on my Philo 11 class, but lucky me, I got 1.25....hahaha...but now, I quit, I stop. Promise!!!!

16. I am not a man full of dreams meaning I don't have a dream in life, I don't have any particular goals....just give me a laptop, a digicam, and slide-up phone, I'll be happy....hahaha...

17. I'm a good big brother to my siblings because every time they need some help with their homeworks, I provide all the knowledge they requires. And if you thought I'm that kind and selfless, then you're totally wrong, of course evrything in this world has its own price-even my efforts and incomparable wisdom...[naks!!..ang hangin]....After solving their academic problems, in return, they have to pay me [mura lang naman], usually 5 or 10 pesos, or a merienda will suffice...hahaha....

18. My favorite physical feature is my wrist, the part where wrist bands are worn because I guess it's the sexiest part of my body.... :( ....and the part I hate the most, is my hair, so thick, so hard, so messy.....I always have to check if it's fixed or not....Damn..I can't find the perfect hairstyle for me.....pakalbo na lang kaya ako...

19. I don't like hot drinks...I prefer my tea, coffee and chocolate to be ice-cold. Drinking hot liquids won't refresh me, it would just aggravate the heat I'm feeling, especially this summer......

20. I'm not a good swimmer, I can't do freestyle, breast stroke, back stroke, floating, treading....I can only dive..swim under the water.....

21. I love witnessing brawls and riots...Hey I live in Tondo, those just happened ordinarily in our place.....can't avoid to see those....I also witnessed a frat war before in UP, that happened on my 2nd year when we are on our Geog 1 class. It happened before we enter our room, we were waiting outside for the previous class to go out......what we don't know is that there were these frat guys...I think 4 of them who were also waiting outside for someone inside our room, So the moment the guy from the previous class, step out his foot of the room, the four guys start to ambush him with intense punches......All of my classmates were scared that time, we don't know what to do, so we just stay on the side of the corridor. We see the whole pambubugbog....kawawa yung guy.....there was blood all over the floor and even on the bulletin board.....It just stopped when the girls [I think the gfs of the 4 bad guys] arrived, they were pleading to stop what they're doing...and so they did, leaving the guy on the floor....with a bloody and seems like disfigured face....Bunch of people reached him to the clinic......then we go inside.....then while we were on our class, we thought the fight is over, but it's not....we can still hear the noise and mura of the people outside...I think the frat co-members of the beaten up guy, came to seek their vengance....resulting to frat war 2.....then our prof blurted out "Normal lang yan...pabayaan nyo sila...mapapagod din yan..."...

22. I'm good in playing cards....be it solitaire, tong-its, pares-pares, unggoy-unggoyan, or pusoy way, pusoy dos. But my favorite card to play is the UNO card......Way back in High School, when I first learned how to play that game..and I enjoyed it...I remember whwn we were playing me, Tin, Ana and Kim....Since I'm close with Tin and Ana and being devils the we are, we came up with a plan of making Kim our victim.....making him succumb with our witty, dirty tricks.....and we did....he lose the game......for a gazillion times....feeling nostalgic now...

23. If ever I would be given a supernatural power, I would choose the powers of rapid cellular generation to make me easily recover from any kinds of wounds and diseases, the power to stop time so I could do anything I want without restrictions from anyone, and the power to move in different places in just a snap of a finger because I love to travel and that's the cheapest way to go to all the corners of the world.

24. I can't keep my promises......asked Apholl for that.....I think last year, she invited me to attend to their "mysterious church".....[ I don't know if she was planning to be a nun or what]....several times....but of course I wasn't able to attend a single Sunday.....Sorry....

25. I miss all my high school friends.....especially Mulawin..Jlee, Kr, Jep, Ana, Anne, Emma....gruoup4 sa Physics....achi, jack, exi, pre,....and jaja,karen,chie,apholl,aa,reinel,tin [who said she was going home last summer, I'm waiting for my snow pa naman]..,hope I see you soon...very soon especially some of you are graduating na...huhu...ewan...di naman gano.....slight lang...hahaha.......