30- day challenge day 1

so how do we start this. there is only one word to describe my attempt at keeping a blog- failure. i have created about 4 or 5 blogs to date. at this point, all of them are either forgotten, never written in or ignored. yet again, here's another attempt. thanks to reginald uy (follow @reduy on Twitter). one suggested topic for each day of the month, let'see if we can get to day 30.

day 1 introduce yourself

Introduce yourself. This sentence, as well as its derivative tell me something about yourself, poses rather a lot of problems for me especially when asked during a job interview because i don't know where to start and i cannot contain how wonderful (chos) i am in a few sentences
born on mar 27, 1987 eldest of four. my parents consider me stubborn and very temperamental. i am quite talkative when among friends but i am actually an introvert.

not let's get to interesting facts about me

1. i love countdowns,checklists, anniversaries (of anything like next week it's 2 years of wearing braces) and odd numbers. on the other hand, i hate long lines, split ends and algebra...calculus, trigonometry, fractions, decimals. okay, i don't like math in general

2. i haven't had softdrinks and chips (chichirya) for a long time (7 yrs). at McDonald's, i only eat sundaes (everything else makes me gag). and i have never tasted anything alcoholic (except green cross, haha). i don't like raisins. i'm crazy for sweets but caffeine gives me headaches (sorry, chocolates)

3. it is very seldom that i listen to music but i enjoy videoke sessions. i used to only like classics (read:mozart bach and others, so geek). it follows that i don't know how to play any musical instruments

4. i read a lot. i collect stephen king books and like to scare myself after reading them. the woman who had two navels by nick joaquin still puzzles me, maybe i need to read it again. i have no intention of reading the harry potter or twilight books.

5. my favorite movies include animated ones like finding nemo and kungfu panda. when i like a particular movie, i watch it more than once.

6. i love taking pictures, mostly of myself. so much for vanity

7. i love pets. over the years, i've had several cats, dogs, hamsters.

8. i keep a spiral notebook where i write ideas and lines that i could probably evolve into a short story for later. i also write poetry every once in a while. i also love reading them. pablo neruda's sonnet XXvii is one of my all-time favorites.

9. i started walking alone at 9-plus months. average babies walk at one year (yabang). one of my first memories is the 1990 earthquake and the sound of my dad's leather shoes on gravel.

10.my childhood dream is to become a doctor. i get toy stethoscopes for christmas instead of barbies.i used to sew clothes for my dolls but i forgot if i ever wanted to be a fashion designer.

11. i never had a boyfriend (for applications please email resumes to...haha)

12. i bake on my spare time. i make mean brownies. but i have never made a decent cheesecake so i need to practice that more.

13. i have never been hospitalized but have had 3 operations due to my third molars, the 3rd one under general anesthesia and performed by a maxillofacial surgeon in PGH outpatient department.

14. i can't swim or drive. my dad once said, "yung bike mo pagsakay mo napatakbo mo agad, di mo na inaral. bakit di ka matutong magmaneho," or something like that

15. last interesting fact that i want to share: this is probably the first and last post that i will ever write for the next 30 days.