100 TINS

1.    My favorite letter is the letter I.
2.    I have scoliosis, if I wear a gown the zippered part is not always at the center – or any zipper for that fact.
3.    Allergic rhinitis is a bitch especially when you are all made up and going to a party.
4.    I’m intermittently asthmatic.
5.    Inhalers are the next best thing since thongs.
6.    The best massage for me is Thai.
7.    I love Thai food.
8.    Heels for me are like slippers, if i wanna be comfortable, I’m in my Janylins.
9.    My boobs are a cup C.
10.    That will get your attention.
11.    My mom and I have the same bitch personality but my soft heart I take from my dad.
12.    That is why if I marry he has to be as wonderful as my dad.
13.    Dad is from Mindanao.
14.    Mom is from Mindanao.
15.    I’ve lived in Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao for 20 years.
16.    Sugbu is now home.
17.    Ayala, BTC and Starbucks  come close.
18.     Zahrin and Vanessa are my beloved sisters.
19.    Tiara, Hugo and Bluey are adopted by my parents.
20.    Which happen to be dogs.
21.    My favorite city is Hongkong and I wanna go back there.
22.    But I’d rather live in Greece.
23.    I have a degree in International Studies and I’m currently reviewing for the board exam for DFA.
24.    I wish the reviewing part is true.
25.    Saint Marys was my alma mater and I went back to it to teach English for a year.
26.    I miss my students.
27.    Bien Roa, a nephew slash student of mine once broke into laughter when I mispronounced Ever for Eever which made the entire class guffaw.
28.    I love driving so much I should have gotten a Professional license.
29.    Hector, my dearest friend, wouldn’t let me drag race though.
30.    Thanks to the Splak Crew, they made drag racing fun.
31.    I have had three boyfriends since birth.
32.    The rest don’t count. Teehee.
33.    I am a camwhore.
34.    My drive C is 4GB worth of music while the .jpegs are 20GB. Go figure.
35.    I’m not a TV person but I live for Sex and The City, Entourage, Heroes, The OC, Desperate, Grey’s and One Tree Hill. Only.
36.    I spend most of my time biting my nails when aggravated.
37.    I take only 10 minutes to take a bath because I am scared being that long inside the shower.
38.    Panty Lines are the worst fashion killers.
39.    I’d rather see cleavages then butt-cracks. Scratch sexy on that.
40.    My favorite line is, “Best be overdressed that be underdressed.”
41.    Because dressing up is my favorite talent.
42.    That’s not the only talent that I have.
43.    I can draw, cook, paint, sketch, play the piano, play the guitar and sing.
44.    Humble noh?
45.    I hate people who sound so coño they say, “Let’s make para the taxi,” instead of saying, “Let’s para the taxi”. (Let’s hail the cab)
46.    Karaoke’s my thing and my friends knew my song list by heart.
47.    Especially For You is my number 1 karaoke song and its 9077 on the songbook.
48.    Most of my closest friends are gay.
49.    I think I might be one, too.
50.    Unless I’m over men, but I’m not that over men, so no, I’m not gay.
51.    My friends are composed of 4 sets. One, from St. Mary’s. Two, from Corpus Christi. Three, from work. And Four, from Xavier University.
52.    I have bestfriends from each of those groups.
53.    But I’m partial to Valerie Joy from Corpus Christi.
54.    Every psych test that I take I always end up in the middle. It always says I’m never on the extremes but I’m highly adept at going to it blah. Blah. Blah.
55.    I eat with my spoon on my left and fork on my right even if I’m right-handed.
56.    Daiquiris and Mudshakes are the drinks I can tolerate for hours.
57.    Since a 4th tequila shot makes me kiss everybody and suddenly all men look like Jon Hall.
58.    The only time I smoke is when there is nothing else to do besides dancing in bars.
59.    I call cigarettes as props. They entertain you while you’re bored at a bar.
60.    I can walk around the mall by myself in three hours and I feel like I’ve never had so much fun in my life.
61.    Debate? Kaw lang. I hate arguing. Not a fighter but a.
62.    But don’t pick fights with my friends, or you’ll answer to me.
63.    I collect designer shopping bags. I’d even pay to have that black shopping bag from Nars.
64.    Yet I hate carrying them around while shopping.
65.     That’s why I miss my friend Bong. He is now replaced by O or Anton. Haha.
66.    My mobile number is the same as my birthday so I hope nobody forgets my day since it’s on their phonebook.
67.    It takes a lot of shit to make me mad.
68.    That’s why I just cry when I am.
69.    I cry over drama movies, weddings and seeing people cry.
70.    I don’t know how to lash out or pick fights with people.
71.    But if you hurt me, hide… hide now. My friends will be after you.
72.    I don’t know how to swim. I’m a loser. Just give me a bikini and a Mai Tai and I’m good at the beach.
73.    My lenses are -3.00.
74.    I can’t see you now.
75.    I alternate between brown lenses for the day and grey at night
76.    I also have a pair of glasses which O hates because I look virginal.
77.    Virginal is my alter ego.
78.    Flowers for me are a waste of money.
79.    Not to mention being courted at. It makes me feel cheap being wooed when you can always show your true colors.
80.    I’m in love right now.
81.    He just doesn’t know it. Ssh.
82.    I want to have ten babies with him!
83.    My favorite baby names are Hugo, Kianna, Tajna, Brianna – anything with NA at the last hahaha.
84.    Clutch bags, yes. Oversized Todd’s bags, no.
85.    Havaianas still are just slippers to me. Unless someone’s generous to give them away.
86.    I eat the bottom part of the ice cream cone then work my way to the top.
87.    Which reminds me I also eat that bottom part then work my way to the top.
88.    Bwahahaha.
89.    My favorite housewife is Bree but I’m a Gabrielle after “Which Housewife are you?”.
90.    Which makes me want to be a politician’s wife in the future.
91.    My natural hair is curly.
92.    My artificial hair is straight.
93.    Shampoo commercials who only show women with straight hair are just wrong.
94.    Rj said that if I weren’t such an agaw-eksena person, then my name isn’t Kristine.
95.    Which is why my new nickname right now is Kianna, thanks Nhemz.
96.    I should make a book entitled Abstain Abstinence.
97.    My loquaciousness only comes out after being nebulized with Ventolin.
98.    The real me is wearing glasses, sniffling from colds, and hair all tousled.
99.    I only have two polo shirts with a collar and it’s from pink soda. I have a hard time dressing simply.
100.    Go back to reading from #1 and we’ll have a quiz about this. Go. Go.

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a musician and a nurse

 Amazingly last Monday, I was out on a date with this Chi-Span guy who lived coincidentally in the same posh neighborhood as my beau’s. He doesn’t know him, what are the odds, right?

Average height, slightly overweight, fair-skinned, very polite, very articulate –not so my type. Great guy though, he studied fine arts in Cebu and then went to US to study college. Had a band. Long hair, undercut sides. Glasses. But a car-enthusiast! Hot, sleek, lowered, fast car type of enthusiasm. I take it it’s not sold in the Philippines. And he is nice. Very nice. It’s like, “I want you to show me your tattoo. B-but I-I mean if its okay w-with you.” Aww…

I could never imagine anything happening with him. He’s an artist. I’m arte. Haha. I told him I like guys who looked so harmful you feel like he’s gonna rip you apart after. He wanted to be like that. I told him, “It wouldn’t be you, honey. It wouldn’t look good even if you tried.” And he laughed.

Yet we talked about seeing each other again, this time with his other friend whom he wanted me to set him up with my friend. The friend is six feet tall with a beach house. Is it bad to go after his friend? Muahaha.

The night after that I was out with another guy which made O say that I never respect work days. Men are not a bad job, might as well employ myself at their mercy.

The date is a nursing graduate who recently took the NCLEX exam and is now reviewing for IELTS. The date’s last name is the same as one of our late Presidents. Hint Hint. He is also fidgety because of an alleged leakage in the exam which made every examiner bemoan their faith on whether they are going to take the exams again. Luckily, President Gloria decided against it and well, these guys have been able to breathe much easier. He had been able to breathe easier. He smelled of breath mints. Wink. Wink.

We were at Mountain View hours before I had to leave for work– wow, amazing view. Sweet. It’s like parking in the middle of the road with nothing but shrubs and the city lights to surround you. Romantic. Plus he’s really sweet. He’s the boyfriend material kind of guy: very attentive, tells you he’d move mountains just to be with you, tells you he can stay up late for you, and even offer to drive you to work everyday. Aww isn’t that sweet? It’s so refreshing to know this guy, I am almost impressed until his hand find their way on my leg after talking for hours and his head was already on my shoulders. Sweet, and subtle do get him to places.

But I like him. Oh, shit. He looks like Luke Mejares with broad shoulders. Groan.

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for mrs. anita magtajas and mr. alcudia

I texted my friend Monette last August 28 to greet her because she just had her birthday. It’s sad because her mom died of breast cancer. Let us all pray for her and her mom. Also to Ting’s dad who died of cardiac arrest. If anyone of you are good friends with Monette or Ting or their families, please take time to drop by – because I can’t. Sniff.

To the families’ Alcudia and Magtajas, we’ll be praying for your dearly departed family member. May their souls rest in peace.

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