Kreativ 25
Because Candy tagged me for the Kreativ Blogger Award and I just made a Random 25 list on Facebook, I thought it be best to cover all bases and merge the lists as one.
No more tagging from me. This meme is free for all. :)
Here goes:
1. Depending on when or where you met/knew me, you'd probably have a distinct impression of me. Things have certainly changed over the years!
2. I love good food and sometimes I'll make an effort to cook a special meal, but I prefer to just sit down and enjoy a sumptuous meal prepared by someone else. Cooking really isn't a calling -- and trust me, I've made several attempts. I'm a good food shopper, though.
3. It may not look it to many, but I can be quite adventurous and open-minded in ways no one would expect. I once posed for the late and wonderful photographer Marlon Despues. I thought motherhood and marriage tamed me, but the other day I seized the opportunity to try pole dancing class for an article assignment.
4. I never studied or planned to make writing a career. I always had a love affair with words though -- and I'm glad that has led me to what I am doing now.
5. I studied Business Management in college -- against my real wishes. It was a parental demand, and I was happiest being kicked out of MEco, spending a year in SocSci before shifting to Mgt. Many, many years later, I have made peace with business, finding out that I actually ENJOY it. I just wish it wasn't forced on me.
6. I applied to be a teacher after college. I even went as far as giving a demo class to an AHS class. Something though told me it wasn't the right thing for me.
7. But I do have experience in teaching. For Th141 immersion, a bunch of us taught in an elementary school in Barangka over a period of weeks. And for about a year, I taught supplementary English and some Math to high school students at the Sibol Hesus School.
7. I think I might have tried out for JVP if it didn't need parental permission.
8. I'm a true Aquarian: a social loner. I can easily socialize in pretty much any situation (I have a history of kaladkarin moments too), but I like flying solo. I never really felt the need to be part of a crowd all the time.
9. That doesn't mean that I don't love my friends. The Crew is family. And I can be fiercely loyal to those that matter to me.
10. I have always loved kids -- being with them, talking to them, playing with them. And before, I used to have an illogical fear of being barren. I guess I was wrong. :P
11. I am still sometimes surprised that there was a time a baby was growing inside me then I try to connect the idea with this little person who has become a walking, talking, running, negotiating, singing, joking, living being.
12. I am a late bloomer when it comes to appreciating music, art, and culture in general. But now I can't imagine a life that is not immersed in it.
13. I got involved in music by chance. I was just sitting in a meeting of people who wanted to put up a music org. I ended up being an officer. And drawing up its constitution. And being a rock band manager after graduation.
14. Sitting in also got me involved in political activism. I wasn't supposed to be in that DEA meeting, but I left with an assignment already. I was later found lobbying and rallying.
15. It was hard for me to change the world because I was doing it behind my dad's back. I would hide behind the cameras if media would arrive.
16. I love design, but I can't draw for squat.
17. I can't learn to love the gym. I would try and go back once a year. Literally.
18. I found an affinity in other kinds of workouts: I used to run before class in college. Lately, I discovered Pilates. If only I could afford it.
19. I used to be in varsity in college. Surprise, surprise. Friends took me to the shooting range, and I joined the rifle-pistol team. I had some promise in me. I made it to Varsity in time to be exempted from 2 semesters of PE classes. I quit after that... because our coach took us to a live firing range which was much more fun! (And I chose politics over sports eventually)
29. I was (mistakenly) referred to as the gin goddess in the far province of Baler. It was a surf trip, but I was there to just hang out, not to surf. The surf dudes liked to think that I drank them under the table but should have remembered that they started drinking before I did and that I had a lazy day compared to their wave-riding one. I'm scared to go back and face a drinking challenge.
21. I acted in a play once. It had a repeat performance in Freedom Bar where we drank real beers and smoked cigarettes and cursed out loud. Happy times with friends.
22. I miss writing -- writing for myself and not as work. Writing as expression. I don't know where to start now.
23. I also miss reading. Baby repaced books, it seems. I need to work on that, I know.
24. I'm back in the Katipunan area where I grew up, and I love experiencing it anew. So much has changed, but it holds a lot of happy memories too.
25. I am really grateful for the house we are living in. I am happy it serves its purposes well: a place we gladly go home to, a venue to gather friends, and a refuge from the craziness outside.