What's the story of...
1. ...your name?
my dad came up with my very Christian Catholic name, MARIA MICHAELA VERONICA, which is absolutely beautiful, but a pain to write (or shade, for that matter) in all my college entrance exam sheets. :P Maria was taken from Mary, the Mother of Jesus (duh); My second name (which is actually considered my first name) from St. Michael the Archangel, whose name was the warcry of the good angels in the battle fought in heaven against satan and his followers (naks!); And my sumkinduva landi third name was taken from St. Veronica, the pious matron of Jerusalem who offered Jesus a towel on which he left the imprint of His face during His Passion.
2. ...your parents?
they were neighbors and dad had the HUUUUUUUUUUUGEST crush on mom. after a billion dozen flowers and boxes of chocolates from him, mom finally invites him over for dinner at her house. she was going to cook for him. DAW. to dad's delightful surprise, he eats the best meal of his life. he's thinking, "oh my goodness... she can cook! i'm going to marry this woman!"
after a decadent evening, dad walks out of mom's house on a cloud... only to find empty wrappers of Barrio Fiesta in the garbage bin at the back. WAHAHAHAHAHA. yes. that was the day my father decided he was going to live happily ever after with her and seven healthy children. yakakaaaw.
3. ...your last birthday?
was part of a tele-movie production, Maging Akin Muli, under the direction of our mentor, Direk Marilou Diaz-Abaya. we were shooting in Magalang, Pampanga that day. yey.
4. ...your first love?
my first love? haha. gosh. i was in high school when i met this dorky but very charming and smart guy. a lot of people didn't like him, cuz he was mayabang and feeling daw. i actually felt the same the first time i met him. but we became really good friends, and ended up spending a lot of time together. mabait naman pala at masayang kasama. :P the thing was, he liked my kabarkada and there was nothing I could do but be the nice, martyr friend that i was. blech. when i couldn't take it anymore, i wrote him this long letter, confessing everything i felt for him. i had all my friends read it, just to see if it was okay... but unfortunately lost it, and never got to give it to him. haha. pathetic. he and my good friend ended up together just as well. lalala... :P
5. ...your room?
i used to share "G3" or "girls room 3" with ate rai and gab. but then ate rai moved to the states to study, and left me and gab to make a mess of it. actually, gab cleans it all the time. i make a mess of it. :P hehe. gab and i vacated the room twice: first, to have it renovated; and just recently, to make room (literally) for the To family.
6. ...last Christmas?
it was fun! had lunch with mike's family and dinner with my whole clan. :) but the best part of the season was that mike and i gave good presents to everyone. ang sarap ng feeling. :)
7. ...last Valentine's Day?
mike and i had lunch at Angel's Kitchen. heehee. yummy yummy salmon! then had photography class with sir tom roa. haha. a lot of people were absent. :P there were tragic bus bombings all over the metro that day too. bad trip.
8. ...your current clothes?
almost-sort-of new :P and a few sizes smaller. yey!
9. ...the 1st time you saw your crush?
haha. WHICH crush?!?! :P
10. ...you and your best friend?
jill and i started out as mailwomen for my sister and her brother in grade school. thanks to rising gasoline expenses, we became carpool-mates in high school. inevitably, we became friends... then best friends. :) man... we went through everything together: we liked the same people, hated the same people... she taught me how to live through Oasis (hehehe)... i taught her how to get fat (which didn't work so much :P)... we almost died together too... yeesh (remember that jill? that huge 12-wheeler truck that almost ran over us along that Shakey's intersection? YEEEESH!). i remember this time when our car didn't have aircon (yuck)... everytime we were on the C5 flyover, we'd scream out this ugly song with lyrics that go something like... GUSTO KONG MAGWALA SA FLYOVER... PAPUNTANG ATENEO NA FLYOVER... SA FLYOVER, AKO'Y MAGWAWALA...WAWAWAWAAAAAAAH!!!
hahaha... lovely. :P i love jiru chula.
11. ...the last place you went to?
tagaytay for dinner at fire lake restaurant. and i saw someone i wasn't supposed to see with someone else. wahahahaha. it was great. spontaneous trips can be sooooo much fun.
12. ...the last time you cried?
wah. i was watching a chick flick. hahaha. i don't even wanna mention the title... :P shame!
13. ...your greatest achievement so far?
as cheesy and mababaw as it may sound, learning to commit. :) it took me a while...
posted by sixthfiddler @ 12:05 PM
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