6 Aug, 2007
Posted by teacherjulie @ 7:45 am
Eastcoastlife and Jing tagged me to do this meme: Eight Random Facts About Me.
The Rules of this tag are:
- Link to your tagger and post this rules.
- List eight (8) random facts about yourself.
- Tag eight people at the end of your post and list their names (linking their names).
- Let them know they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment in their blogs.
OK, here goes the eight random facts about me:
- I love to read books. Though I haven’t had the the luxury of having enough time to read books, I still manage to read a few. But my love for books goes beyond reading. If I like an author’s style and genre, I tend to buy books written by him/her. I have collections of some authors like Mary and Carol Higgins Clark, Tom Clancy, Jonathan Kellerman, Katherine Neville, Dan Brown, Patricia Cornwell, Richard North Patterson to name a few. Yes, I know you got the drift already,
- I love music. Classical, New Wave (of course, I’m an 80s girl!), Jazz, Heavy Rock and Patriotic or those being sang by the street democrats in rallies that they go to. We mostly listen to classical and jazz these days. Plus some light, easy-to-the-ears kind of music.
- I had some difficult time balancing my Protestant upbringing (we are Methodists) and being in a Catholic school ran by Paulinian sisters when I was still in grade school and high school. In grade school the Irish school director didn’t want me included in the honor’s list because I’m not Catholic. In high school I reported about Protestantism as a heresy.
- Since my husband is Catholic and we were married in a Catholic ceremony, the children are baptized in Catholic. This was the agreement set by the church because I did not get myself baptized in their religion.
- I feel I need to restrain myself a lot of times to not use my sharp tongue on people who, in my opinion, are inconsiderate. Like those who leave their grocery cart in the middle of the aisle to get something from a shelf, or those who just let their children run around in the mall, especially those wearing shoes with small wheels. You know what I mean, the list could be endless.
- Before I became a special ed teacher, I was a preschool teacher and before I become that, I worked in an office in the HR department. I just lasted for a month, I was bored to tears.
- I enrolled my eldest daughter in the grade school department of a women’s university that accept children with special needs. Why? I want her to experience being with these children for her to be able to understand and know how to deal with them, react and interact appropriately (wow, sounds like a program objective). Ditto with my Julian and Tania, I let them interact and play with the children in the center. Sometimes they don’t like it when they are accidentally hit or bumped.
- I have a black thumb. I can’t grow flowering plants, ornamental plants, orchids, whatever. I don’t know why. I tried a lot of times. Even the very low maintenance plant like the bromeliad, it died.
- Oh, nine already? I’m enjoying myself here so much I didn’t noticed I’m finished already.
Now its my turn to tag. For those who have been tagged doing this, my apologies.
To those who haven’t, my apologies too, for having you write something like this, I just want to get to know you more, that’s why. But you know what, I enjoyed doing this and I loved it. Hope you will too.
- Joanne, who just gave me another Rockin’ Girl Blogger award up my sleeve. I am wondering where you are because the photos you put in the PH are not from the Philippines.
- Ipanema, I am intrigued by you and I want to know you more. I gotta take a photo of those cute flip-flops named Ipanema that I saw in SM and send these to you (photos for now).
- Jose, you are one cool person. A grandpa who takes a lot of photos and puts them in his blog.
- Melanie, a Filipina married to an American who has a lot of stories to tell.
- Dragonheart, a Sphynx owned by wonderful humans. Sorry dear, not really you, I have read a lot about you, but I mean your humans, the humans behind your blog,
- Patricia, who takes wonderful photos and who writes inspiring posts.
- Meeyauw, who lives in a wonderful place that I dream to visit some day.
- Turtles, who continues to find answers and ways for her child.
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And I will link it to you. Thanks for doing the tag,