one to twenty

i got tagged by her. i'm supposed to share 20 random facts about me, so here's my list: from one to twenty...

1. i am a southpaw. that means i'm left-handed.

2. my approximate weight is 85 lbs. i am so light. i ought to eat more.

3. i tend to bite my drinking straw. it's something i do unconsciously. i should drink straight from the glass or the bottle -- it's healthier and earth-friendly that way.

4. i eat instant noodles/pancit canton only once in a blue moon. it's not that i don't like it. i'm not allergic to it either.

5. one of my labmates challenged me to gain at least five pounds over the christmas break. we had a bet and i really wanted to win. i lost. she won the bragging rights. she should have just challenged me to lose weight instead. ha ha!

6. to date, i only have two god children. they're both boys.

7. when i was nine, i thought i'd never survive past eighteen. i wasn't sickly so i don't really know why i thought that way. needless to say, the universe proved me wrong. thank God!

8. i stopped biting my nails in 2003.

9. when i eat watermelon, i make it a point to eat the small brown seeds one by one. sometimes, i patiently open each one of them just so i could eat their white parts bare.

10. i could count with my fingers the number of times i go to church to attend mass in a year. i regularly pray though. my family is religious.

11. if there's one thing i don't want to re-live, it's college graduation. gawd, that was the day when my own legs barely supported me.

12. i often think that i haven't really outgrown my stage of 'terrible twos'. until now, i'm so quick at saying 'no' even in times when i should say 'yes'.

13. i have a thin triangular scar on the left side of my face. i have it because i was accidentally hit with the handle of a small guitar by one of my uncles and his cousin when they were horseplaying. i don't think they remember, but i do.

14. i love eating ice cream even when it's so cold outside.

15. there's a reason to believe that my language of distress is english.

16. i can't remember when i last chewed sugarcane. it must be more than ten years ago.

17. i learned how to ride a bike on my own, and i didn't get bruises and scrapes while i was just learning. i got the nasty looking scar on my left knee only years after -- after i fell off the bike one fine day and a sharp stone cut through my skin. major ouch! my fault 'coz i chose a rocky road.

18. i like skittles. they're my favorite candies.

19. canals are really danger zones for me. my clumsiness tends to manifest itself whenever i'm near them. no, i haven't really found myself bathed with canal water... but close...

20. currently, there are only two songs looping in my winamp: kiss from a rose by seal and mig ayesa's version of baby, i love your way. last week was reggae week, maling akala by brownman revival was on repeat mode.

whew! i thought doing this was easy. would you believe? it took me more than a week to complete this list! AND because you read this, you're tagged! ha ha ha!!!