I’ve been reading Teena’s blog lately and she made this list she called “25 random things about me.” I had a blast getting to know my friend all over again. I thought I’d make a list about myself as well.
1. I love colouring my hair – I might go bald before I reach 40, yet I don’t care. 
I have my hair coloured every now and then. It all depends on my mood. I get a treatment when I’m extremely happy, feeling a bit low, angry about something, or plain moody!
2. Drama Queen – Before tuning off and going to bed, I love to put my feet up and listen to OPM Music…hmmm…and sing along as well. It just relaxes me and calm my nerves. This is my ME-TIME. It doesn’t hurt to have a bottle of wine (cough cough) I meant, glass of wine…by my side too! I prefer listening alone though. I can be quite the DRAMA QUEEN and it’ll be hard to explain why I’m laughing one moment and crying the next. Hmmm…did I say Drama Queen? Maybe I should have said CRAZY MARIA!
3. Grocery Shopper Addict – I can’t help it, I’m addicted to Woolies, Coles, Franklins, Butcher shops, Fish market, and Fruit stands! I’m a grocery junkie! I love the feeling of going from aisle to aisle, examining the meat and fruits, comparing prices and deciding whether or not I should get that food product! You should see our cupboard…it’s like I’m preparing for World War III…I’m hoarding so much goods!
4. Summer Sunshine – I love, love, love the sun. I just can’t help it, I feel ecstatic and renewed everytime the sun is up. I also love everything associated with summer…beaches, sundress, ice cold drinks, holidays, longer sun shine, bbq, picnics, etc. I used to loose weight during summer too, but that doesn’t seem to work now… Well, there’s always next year!
5. Seafood Junkie – I can go for weeks just eating seafood! Smoked Salmon and Oysters are my favorite. Ate knows that the best way to encourage me to go to any affair is to say there are oysters. I can’t say no to Sashimi either.
6. Jewelry Fanatic – I would go gogo and gaga over jewelry. But I’m not a big fan of gold or silver jewelry. They may cost a lot of money but I think they lack character. I’m more of a bead and swarovski fanatic. I like old ones as well, those handed down from my grandparents. I also prefer those handmade jewelry sold in markets. Speaking of markets…I LOVE MARKETS!
7. What’s in a name – My real name is *** It is quite a long one, you could imagine the nightmare I experience everytime I need to fill out a form. My parents gave me that name as a tribute to my grandparents. My nana from my father side is *** while *** is Nana from my mother side. And since I grew up everywhere, I developed quite a number of nicknames. Friends and family call me ***. Classmates from gradeschool call me ***. Classmates in highschool and Uni call me ***. There was a point in my uni days when people started calling me *** (my initials) And everytime I study or work overseas, it’s always been ***. But my Catholic Mission family calls me ***. Phew…what new name will come up next?
8. I’m a frustrated painter – I used to love to paint. I still do, but I’m not as passionate about it as I was before. My favorite medium was Oil Pastels. I’m not even good, but I guess it doesn’t really matter. Here in Sydney, I started painting the opera house with the harbour bridge on a small canvass. It’s been 2 years and it’s not even done. =) My dad was an accountant by profession but a painter/artist by heart and my long time goal is to have his paintings up on my living room. Someday…someday. I wish one of my kids will inherit my dad’s ability to paint… But I love the Arts, I love to create, and I love beautiful things 
9. I am shy – Family and friends from the Philippines would NEVER believe this =) in fact, I can see a riot starting with chairs flying, windows being broken, profanities uttered as their sign of protest to this comment…but the reality is, I am.
10. I was a LOA – Lilies of the Altar =) I would dance to the tune of “The Lord’s Prayer”, wear a white dress and a veil to mass and was quite an active parishioner in our Church. When I was young, I thought I’d enter the convent, but instead I enjoyed having a boyfriend! So I knew, married life is my calling.
11. I sleep with my feet inside a pillowcase – One of my weird habits. When I was in Phils, I cannot sleep without a pillow to put my feet in =) Now, I can’t sleep without socks on…psychologically, it’s my security blanket. =)
12. Movie-holic – This is my favorite pastime with my husband. We would spend long weekends sitting in our lounge doing a movie marathon. Unfortunately, because I have short term memory, I always forget that I’ve already watched a certain film and insist on watching the movie again…only to realise towards the end that INDEED I’ve already watched it:-D
13. I am Tinkerbell – Yup, Disillusioned Maria is back. I’m not going to explain this one…I just might lose friends and be advised to seek professional help. So I’ll leave it at that.
14. I panic – I respond to any form of stress with how I know best – I PANIC. I’m actually thinking of taking yoga classes to harness my chi. But then, MARIA without the PANIC MODE is NOT Maria
15. I’m hearing impaired – I have no medical evidence of this whatsoever! But I am 100% sure that I’m mildly hearing impaired!
16. So you think you can dance – Yes I do! =) But I didn’t say I’m good. I just dance a lot especially at home. It’s my exercise during the evening. When I get to work early, which happens once in a blue moon, I dance a bit too. Hmmmm, I hope there’s no camera’s around.
17. Food Lover – This is so obvious! Family and friends would know how much I enjoy good food! I would journey the world to taste what each country has to offer. I love experimenting with my cooking as well. It sometimes get my husband hospitalised but he always recovers from it, so I continue with my experimenting!
18. I am scared of birds – I am such a pushover when it comes to those massive flying creatures. I remember I was eating lunch during a picnic long time ago with my husband when there was this HUGE bird that came over and tried to eat my chips. Guess what, I moved away to let him/her have it. =) Tsk tsk, such a pushover! 
19. Cry Baby – Like Teena, I’m such a cry baby. I cry as often as I colour my hair
20. Lemon Lime and Bitter – My favorite drink in the world…to make it my ULTRA MEGA favorite, I add a bit of vodka
21. I’m a blogger – Yup I’m a bladger…oh sorry, I meant blogger! Before the internet era (did I just gave a hint to my age? tsk tsk), I kept diaries of my escapades (to my HORROR, I discovered that my mom now reads them–feeling pocketbook!) Now, I keep a blog where I put in my day to day experiences.
22. Traveling is my thing – I love love love love love love to travel. I would like to experience different cultures and see how everyone lives. Meaning, I just don’t want to see tourist areas, I want to experience their way of life…Kinchan and I almost packed our bags and moved to Japan to try it out for a year… Almost!
23. CHIQUES – I’m a part of this elite group of women whose presence has made a difference in their family and friends lives. I met these bunch of girls in highschool and to this day (17 years of friendship) I love them like family. Sometimes I forget that I’m an only child…because they are my sisters.
24. Loco Roco – I bought my own PSP 2 years ago because I was so addicted to Loco Roco. I would play until the wee hours of the morning just to finish a stage. I’m now trying PATAPON…PATA PATA PATA PON
25. I’m happily married –
