My 25 Random Things

I’m sure Facebook account holders are familiar with the 25 Random Things About Me chain that’s been spreading like wildfire.  I myself have been tagged several times to answer this chain.  And so on this cool Friday evening, as a sat alone in front of my trusted laptop, I start to ponder on things about me. Blast away…

1. I love taking long hot showers at the end of the day. it’s  my way of washing away not only the grime and pollutants of city life but the stress of working in a quite demanding job.  I feel not only refreshed, but renewed. 

2. I love watching and crying over stories featured in Wish Ko Lang, especially family members who get reunited or people who live in inhumane conditions and were gifted with  a sari-sari store showcase.  It’s like all of them have a new lease on life. 

3. I can only sleep on my bed if the sheets are smooth and tugged tightly to avoid the appearance of creases.

4. I love chocolate, Arce Dairy’s Coffee Crumble, Lay’s Original flavor potato  chips, McDonald’s Caramel Sundae. Even if I’m on a diet, I do not have the will to resist these foods when offered to me.

5. I am a hopeless romantic. I believe in the existence of that one true love, that one person who is your other half, your North, the one being who will make you complete.  To think that one person eludes me to this day saddens me just a little. 

6.  I have never missed a Sunday mass since the start of the year.  That’s one new year’s resolution working to this day.  

7. I dream of someday winning the battle with the bulge.  I realize it’s not impossible.  It is something I can achieve. 

8. I love dressing up even if I’m horizontally-challenged. I love bags, shoes and fashion even if I am not a fashionista. The fact that I’d rather read Marie Claire or any woman’s mag over Time is clear proof. 

9. I get bored when conversations drift to business, finances and mathematics.

10.  I am addicted to sitcoms.  There should be a sitcom channel on cable.

11.  I believe friendships should be hassle-free.  A true friend understands, never demands. 

12.  I tend to giggle when I see actors I adore when watching films or television shows.

13. I don’t have any major life regrets.  Life is too short to wallow on what-could-have-beens.

14. I enjoyed my old career as a teacher but did not consider it my lifelong dream. 

15.  I love engaging in conversations from the serious to the mundane. Talking about mundane things relaxes me. 

16. I love to travel to Europe someday to see great works of art, architecture and historical places. That continent is my dream destination.

17. I love to laugh. Life is definitely better with laughter. 

18. My ultimate high in drinking: 12-13 bottles of beer and still standing. 

19. I easily forgive but find it difficult to forget. 

20. I am non-confrontational. That’s why litigation is not for me. 

21. I dream of growing old and have that one moment in my life where I can look back and declare: It’s been a wonderful life. 

22. My favorite movie is Schindler’s List. I love the part where after typing the list, Itzhak Stern said: “This list… is an absolute good. The list is life. All around its margins lies the gulf.”

23. If ever I feel depressed or something bad happens, I always think of this line from My Best Friend’s Wedding “This too shall pass.”

24. I fear death and people that matter dying. Not because of actually dying but the fact that I won’t see the persons I love EVER again. 

25. Oftentimes when I stare at myself in the mirror or I’m in the john for that very human thing of doing number two, I contemplate on why I ever existed. I mean there was a time in history I was not even here on earth and there will be a time in the future when I won’t exist.  I believe there is a reason for my existence and pray to God that I will find that out before I die.

Stalking Piolo

 Piolo  Pascual is a dreamboat.

I’ve been stalking him these past few months on Cinema One, hoping to catch any of his movies.  So far I have been lucky. I’ve recently watched Milan, Kahit Isang Saglit,  Till There Was You. This Sunday afternoonn, I caught the last quarter of Don’t Give Up On Us and tonight, it’s another Piolo date with Paano Kita IIbigin. Next Saturday, I have penciled in another date with Piolo and Judy Ann with Bakit Hindi Totohanin.   God bless Cinema One!

I usually consider myself a closet Piolo fan. But wonder of wonders, I have been quite vocal about it these past few weeks.  I remember gasping at his huge Bench jeans ad somewhere along Edsa.  Even my nephew Hendrich is getting embarassed by it.  The little boy practically wanted to disown me when I found myself giggling during the National Anthem video at SM Cinema where Piolo appeared in a white shirt, unbuttoned to reveal a white undershirt that hugged the wide breadth of his chest. And just last week, I was grinning from ear to ear when I caught a glimpse of his Max’s Chicken ad during lunch there.  

He’s just such a glorious human being to look at.  I could just imagine letting him sit on top of a stool in his hip hugging jeans and white tee and watch him for hours while I fight the urge to jump his bones. My friend Glads who already met him in person swore that he is the handsomest thing. I mean literally jaw-dropping.  This gave me the nagging idea to just put the jologs-ness aside and troop to ASAP to finally see him in person. Just once.

Watching his movies, I am so moved at what a sensitive actor he is.  I love the way he stares, the way those sad eyes evoke various emotions.  He is the consummate leading man. His movies just has this way of making me sigh and believing in the magic of life and love.

Friends usually know that I’m not into Tagalog films.  But I’m in that cheesy Piolo films phase right now and I’m simply loving it. I just might pass by the mall tomorrow and get my hands on a collection of his films.  

I don’t know why I’m so into him right now. But then who cares? I’m adding Piolo Pascual to my “is love” list.

I’m saying it now. All together now…

Piolo Pascual is love.

He really is.  ^_^