those-stupid-but-fun-to-answer-questionnaire

1. When is the last time you held handswith someone?
- I'm not sure not that I'm keeping track

2. What should you be doing right now?
- encoding evaluation forms

3 . Have you ever crawled through awindow?
- no

4. Where is your mom?
- at home

5 . Morning or night person?
- morning

6. What was the last movie you watched?
- Flags of Our Father

7. ...where?
- bahay lang

8. Any cool scars?
- my newest scar from my mt. banahaw climb

9. Things about the opposite/same sex you notice first:
- teeth

10. What was the last cd you bought?
- avril lavigne's recent cd

11 . Ever been in love?
- i think so yes (yikee!)

12. What's something your friends makefun of you for?
- my silly jokes and reactions

13. What is your curfew?- wala na

14. Would you ever dye your hair red?
- i'm actually reflecting on doing that, pero hindi na siguro

16. What's your worst personality flaw?
- i think too much

17. What place would you most like to visit?
- Salzburg, Austria

1 8. Who's your best friend?
- bosom friend, faith amposta

19. Do you want a well paying job or ajob you enjoy?
- a job i enjoy, like what I have right now

20. Do you wish to have the samefriends when you're older?-
sure but of course i would love to have new friends too

23. When were you last on the phone?
- about an hour ago

25 . Do you like math?
- nah

26. What about history?
- super

27. Have you ever seen 5 squirrels at one time?
- nah

28 . Can you touch your nose with your tongue?
- nope, but i've been trying

29. Do you have a brother?
- yes, older brother

30. Did your great granddad fight inthe civil war?
- i'm not sure but that would be the collest

31. Who's your favorite person to talkto?
- faith

32. Have you ever used photobucket?
- yes, i used this before to post pictures on my blog.

33. Do you like hugs?
- sure

34. Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?
- nope

35. Do you want to be a doctor?
- nope, not much of a science person

36. Have you ever fallen asleep withgum in your mouth?
- yeah i think

37. What do you do right before you go to bed?
- watch the news and thank God for a wonderful day

38. Right when you get outta bed?
- pray and plan my day

39. Do you love your parents?
- of course!

40 . What music are you listening toright now:
- RX

41. Do you want to be famous?
- yes for the right reasons of course

42. Do you spend a lot of time thinkingabout life?
- YES!

43. Do you do your own laundry?
- nope

45. Do you believe in love?
- absolutely, i think

46. Ever want to sky dive?
- nah, not much of an extreme sports person

47. When was the last time you got angry?
- i don't get angry, i think this is a character flaw.

48. Are you addicted to MySpace?
- nope

49. Would you classify yourself as clever?
- define clever, not sure. Made some not so wise decisions but all part of growing up, right?

50. What do you hate the most at the moment?
- my voice! I am so malat! Everyone is making fun of me at the office.

Maria Francia Posted At 4:45:00 PM

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hard work

this is the most used word i know, if you can't think of anything else to describe a person you say this because everyone knows this word but the definition is relative, what might be hard work for you, might be easy for me. I guess it varies to your experience of hard work. an office worker who stays in the office for more than eight hours maybe considered a hard worker but if analyzed, maybe the office worker is not maximizing the eight hours given to him. in this sense hard work is relative and hard work takes different definitions in every situation.

i consider myself a hardworker because many people tells me so and i feel that i always provide 101 %. (of course, this is modesty aside. hehehe) quite frankly, it is difficult to be a hard worker because lady luck doesn't get on your side. in retrospect i cannot remember a moment in my life that i was lucky, i never won a raffle, those pick a prize gimmicks never work for me. all the things that i achieved in my life, its all because of hard work, if I got accolades when i was still studying, its because I work hard for them. and if I want to achieve more things for myself and my life, the formula is simple, yes you got that right, it's work hard.

there are people really born lucky, they don't usually work as hard but they get so many perks in life. I am not sure if luck is the proper word, i know they work to get where they are right now but the hard worker usually has to work twice to get to where the lucky one is. is this a defeatist attitude? or a mere excuse? I think it is just a realization on my part to accept things as they are, that I am resigned to my fate to work hard, it doesn't necessarily mean its bad, it is just the way things are and accepting what is, is much more easier and will make hard work a way life rather than a hurdle everytime you encounter it.instead of whining or complaining about the other person's fate (read: the lucky one), this way you'll get to appreciate what you have and really value what you earned from working hard.

Maria Francia Posted At 8:42:00 PM

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Post Climb Syndrome

It has been less than a week when we had our climb but my body isn't back to normal yet. I feel so tired, sluggish, and sleepy. And for some weird reason I always find myself eating or craving for food. I feel so starved its as if I've already used half of my body's energy for that climb, when in fact the trail or the climb wasn't that difficult except maybe for the mud and the occasional slides, compared to my previous climb this is pretty easy. Although I had some major scratches it was not because of the trail but because of the weather. I'd love to do it again after my body recuperates and maybe I'll face a more challenging mountain, perhaps Mt. Cristobal, of course I'll have to prepare tremendously.

Mountain climbing is a very rewarding experience and a humbling one at that. It is different feeling knowing how you were able to survive such difficult experience, it requires a lot of preparation, courage and discipline and you get to appreciate the small things in life, like going to a decent bathroom. My goal on my next climb is to go Number 2 and actually do it the way mountaineers do.

Aside from climbing, life has been pretty hectic, busy and confusing. I am now a member of Singles for Christ. It is a lay community under the Couples for Christ dedicated for single Christians trying to live a Christian-like life. And I have to say it's a daunting task, I could say that it is more difficult to live a Christian-like life than continue my old ways. It is difficult to stick to the values when your values are challenged every step of the way, you have to have a good resolve if you are really bent on living a life that is Christ centered and it has been a struggle for me bacause I am forced to look at myself from the outside, to evaluate my life, if its actually a life worth living or if my ways are actually according to what God has planned for me.

I've seen Stranger than Fiction and I would really recommend you see it. It is a very interesting movie and you'll enjoy the unconventional plot and the way it was presented. Although Dustin Hoffman was not really convincing as a Literature professor, he had his own brilliant moments. Will Ferrell was really good as Harold Crick, he was such a believable lonely IRS Agent and Maggie Gyllenhaal played her role very well. It got me thinking, if my life was a novel I wonder how the author would describe it. Do I count my brush strokes? Do I unwittingly count the steps? What are the mundane things I do? And ultimately I wonder how would I die. Will it be romantic? Tragic? I wonder.

I stumbled on this website posting love letters, I haven't written one in a while and it got me thinking what would I say if I were to write a love letter.

I'd share it with you once I'm done!

A glass of ice cold Coke seems like a really good idea.

Maria Francia Posted At 6:09:00 PM

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Sale! Sale! Sale!

Maria Francia Posted At 6:08:00 PM

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