Dear Diary

Today, I'm a free woman. mwahaha. My kiddielets have been with their dear Tita Telly since yesterday, as today is home study day yehey. Joel is out on site. So technically, parang day off ko ngayon. I'm freeeeeeeee, free I tell you. No, dirty minds, not to drool over Gerard Butler's half-naked pics but to catch up on my cleaning, organizing, and reading. While rummaging through our bodega searching for staple wire, I chanced upon my old diary circa 1997. How time flies noh. Ten years ago my thoughts were predominantly on teenage crushes, love, love, love. Puro love (at ang ganda pa ng handwriting ko noon chuva). Among the things written there was a copy of questions once asked to Anthony Hopkins by GQ or Vanity Fair, see, it's been so long I can't even remember. I'm not a big fan of Sir Anthony Hopkins (I didn't even care what his answers were) what struck me was the was the type of questions asked. It's like a grown up autograph book. I've always believed that if you ask an intelligent question, you're bound to get a rational answer. Pag bopols yung tanong mo, e di bopols din ang sagot na makukuha mo, da va. Anyhoo, I was amazed because among the 28 questions which I answered 10 years ago (14 ata ako nun, ahem, liar liar pants on fire), half of my answers remain the same, and the other half has changed. And since ayaw niyo 'ko tanungin, ako magtatanong sa sarili ko. mwahaha

Moving on..........

What is your idea of perfect happiness? anytime I'm on top of my wakeboard haha

Which historical figure do you most identify with? Marie Antoinette

Which living person do you most admire? Oprah (hindi ko kilala); My mother & my Tita Loi (kakilala ko)

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? OCD & ADD

What is your favorite occupation? Motherhood

What is your most marked characteristic? Idiosyncratic behavior

Which talent would you most like to have? Singing and dancing hahaha

What or who is the greatest love of your life? JLA (who); wakeboarding and bags (what)

If you can change one thing about yourself, what would it be? My limbs, I want longer ones!

If you can change one thing about your family, what would it be? Secret!!!

Which words or phrases do you most overuse? chuva, chaka, shungak, eng eng

When and where were you happiest? 05.22.98/on the road somewhere along Manila

What do you dislike about your appearance? My limbs

Where would you like to live? Very near the beach

Who is your favorite hero of fiction? Holly Golighty (Breakfast at Tiffany's) & Cathy Ames (East of Eden)

Who are your heroes in real life? My mother

What is your most treasured possession? My diaries and scrapbooks

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? O.J. SIMPSON !!!!!!!

What is the quality you most like in a man? Masculine stillness

What is the quality you most like in a woman? Feminine strength

What are your favorite names? Joel, Jorel, Joshua

What do you consider your greatest achievement? Motherhood

What is your greatest fear? Heights

What is your greatest regret? Absolutely nothing!!!

If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be? Queen Rania Al-Abdullah (Person); falcon (animal)

How would you like to die? Painlessly!!!

What is your motto? If you cannot heal the wounds of your past, you will continue to bleed.

The answers in purple and italic are the ones that have changed, the white ones are the same answers as 10 years ago.

How about you, how would you answer?