10 things most people do not know about me.. TAGGED!!!

I was tagged by Janine…

HERE ARE THE RULES:
1. Each blogger starts with ten random facts/habits about themselves.
2. Bloggers that are tagged need to write on their own blog about their ten things and post these rules.
3. At the end of your blog, you need to choose 10 people to get tagged and list their breads.
4. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

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Ok, I figured since I am so open to everybody, and almost everybody who knows me knows my idiosyncrasies, I'll write things that most people do not know about me, things that only my bestfriends would only know. Let me begin with:

1. I do not like chocolates (but I eat chocolates, very rarely). Let me explain. I get dizzy (diabetic?? not really) when I eat chocolates. I only eat black chocolates with macadamia nuts (cadbury lang!). But occasionally, I eat red or blue M&Ms (arte noh!, parang iba kasi ung sweetness eh). I feel disappointed talaga when I receive chocolates as pasalubong or gift kasi I just give it to my sister who's an absolute chocoholic!

2. I love receiving flowers as gifts. Although it doesn't last long, but the memory of receving the flowers on a regular day or on a special day, stays with me for a long time. I still remember the people who gave me flowers since I was in grade school.

3. I actually contemplated leaving my profession 3 to 4 years ago. I wanted to pursue another career path that is so (180 degrees!) different with what I do now. My mother supported this decision, the problem is, my father didn't. He didn't allow me to leave the country thus he didn't approve of this move. Well, what is this new "career" that I wanted to pursue? It will remain a secret (for now).

4. I just realized, that I am not ready to bear children. If and when I get married, my (soon-to-be) husband will have to convince me (sobrang convincing) to have kids. When I was younger (about 4 to 8 years ago), I always wanted to have lots of children, at least 4, because I only have 2 siblings and it gets lonely when one of us leaves the house for out of town trips. Why suddenly a change of heart? I read somewhere that when you feel the need to nurture, and if you are not sure if you are ready for children, GET A DOG. Well, my sister got us a black labrador, and I love him dearly, but he's kind of a pain now, and he's growing up, he chews on my clothes and shoes and consumes so much food! Compared to a child, the money I spend on our dog is not as much (not even 0.0001%) as I would be spending on a child. I have to prepare for education, spend lots of time, effort and energy to show my love and affection to this child. What more if I had more than one? My life will be so different! But if it is the will of God for me to have children, of course, His will be done.

5. My ultimate dream is to be a very supportive and very loving HOUSEWIFE! haha! I know, it's quite ironic that I am not ready for children but I'd be very happy to serve a husband. Don't ask why because I myself do not know the reason.

6. I am a frustrated web designer. But I am not at all artistic. I have been building sites since I was in college. I get inspiration from other sites. I try my best to update all the sites that I created but I will not be broadcasting the sites I made. hahaha!

7. I am totally addicted to watching television series. Korean, chinese or american series! Once I'm hooked, I have to finish it immediately! I've featured coffee prince, one of my all-time favorites, here in this site. My other faves are: kim sam soon (I really hate it that Regine V is doing a remake of it, parang di bagay!), my girl, meteor garden, full house, Which star are you from, gossip girl, ONE TREE HILL, CSI and CSI miami!

8. I am not into American food. I love to eat chinese, korean, italian and filipino cuisine. I like few japanese cuisine (takoyaki and the japanese siomai only!). I also love to cook. More of experiment with cooking. I normally rummage through the kitchen when I am hungry, find whatever's on the pantry, mix ingrediates and just hope that it will taste good. Until recently, I made good food, last night, I made a terrible mistake of mixing bangus with oyster sauce. hahaha!!!

9. I have the nasty habit of fiddling with my clotting wounds, or rough skin around my fingertips or feet. Hahaha! Kaya hindi mabilis gumaling ang mga sugat at pimples ko! Nakakaasar noh!

10. Lastly, I find pleasure in grocery shopping! It's really corny, but I've given up being a shopaholic since I had to take some financial responsibilities at home. The next best thing is going out to buy groceries. Especially when the grocery that I will go to has everything (example: SM MOA and SM Bacoor!) I love looking at housewares, pots and pans, things that I might need around the kitchen or anywhere around the house that would absolutely look good or find use for.

I do hope you now know me a little bit better, and will not be surprised with the "revelations" I made in this entry. And now for the exciting part!!! I’m tagging the following people: aileen, alhexe jessica, ronald, romeo, nalen, tonix, bebang, jop, marvin and whoever wants to answer this tag. Please let me know if you already did, so i can read it too! God bless!

SAVE GAS!!!

I got this from my kumare Eliza, may help some of the car owners I know.. Let's save gas! Go carpool!

TIPS ON PUMPING GAS

I don't know what you guys are paying for gasoline.... but here in California (so it is not me) we are also paying higher, up to $3.50 per gallon. But my line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to get more of your money's worth for every gallon..

Here at the Kinder Morgan Pipeline where I work in San Jose , CA we deliver about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline. One day is diesel the next day is jet fuel, and gasoline, regular and premium grades. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 gallons.

Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early morning when the ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the more dense the gasoline, when it gets warmer gasoline expands, so buying in the afternoon or in the evening....your gallon is not exactly a gallon. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products plays an important role.

A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.

When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to a fast mode. If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3)stages: low, middle, and high. In slow mode you should be pumping on low speed, thereby minimizing the vapors that are created while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapor return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some other liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapor. Those vapors are being sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you're getting less worth for your money.

One of the most important tips is to fill up when your gas tank is HALF FULL or HALF EMPTY. The reason for this is, the more gas you have in your tank the less air occupying its empty space. Gasoline evaporates faster than you can imagine. Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the gas and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature compensated so that every gallon n is actually the exact amount.

Another reminder, if there is a gasoline truck pumping into the storage tanks when you stop to buy gas, DO NOT fill up--most likely the gasoline is being stirred up as the gas is being delivered, and you might pick up some f the dirt that normally settles on the bottom. Hope this will help you get the most value for your money.

DO SHARE THESE TIPS WITH OTHERS!

Spark! Nawala??

haay.. di ko maintindihan ang sarili ko, nakakatawa ako, one day its here, the next day, its gone. i hate the fact that i felt this way when i got to "know" him a little bit better. sabi ng ibang officemate ko, elitista daw ako, eh hindi naman totoo yun. pero na - turn off talaga ako sa mga nalaman ko about him, and its driving me crazy, i really can not concentrate on my work, i always think about it, the way that i was "driven away" by what i learned. am i an elitist? no i really don't think so. i just don't know how to explain it. i think i just have to wait and see what will happen when i see him again. hay talaga! naaasar ako sa sarili ko!

Spark! Nawala?

Naghahanap ako ng DORM sa Intramuros!

HELP! ang mahal na ng gasolina. by next week daw, madagdagan na ng 11 pesos ang presyo ng gas. ang sweldo ko ay di tumataas. kamusta naman ako nun? uubusin na lang ng gas ang sweldo ko? help me naman. tulungan nyo ako maghanap ng dorm sa intramuros. hay! thanks a lot!

Spark!

My friend Leslie was driving the traffic-laden EDSA yesterday evening (while I was sitting comfortably on the passenger seat) after bonding with our other friends Jeff, Eliza and our inaanak Erin. We got into this conversation about our almost non-existent "love-lives". Oh well, it got me into talking about this guy whom I met over two months ago. Of course, I assumed nothing, I do not expect anything, but this other friend of mine, whose identity will remain a secret, gets so kilig everytime this guy and I would engage into a conversation. Leslie was so excited with this "fact". Spark daw ang tawag dun. What???? Anong spark??? Ngayon ko lang ata nadinig yun!

Can somebody explain to me the word spark?? And what does it have to do with me? Hahaha!!!!

Lord, bring my passion back...

I've been feeling tired these past few weeks, I feel like I am not giving my 100% in my work and I think I temporarily lost my passion for teaching. I hope its not permanent, because I really love what I do, but these past few weeks have been hard on me. I attend my classes just because I need to, and teach half-heartedly. Is it because of my students? Is it because I have so much to do? Is it because of the "salary"? Or is it because of me? Have I really lost my passion for teaching?

I now pray every day and night for my passion in teaching to come back. If the Lord says no to my request, I think I will have to move on to the next phase of my life. Whatever it is, the Lord has the answer. I am lifting it up to Him, I know He will be there to hold my hand and get me through this phase.

Richard Poon's First Solo Album!

Locally available in all SM record bars, Odyssey, MusicOne, Astrovision and Tower Records!

Consistently in Odyssey's Top 20 Best Sellers!

If you are ABROAD, you can buy RP's album online, via Titik Pilipino.

Negativity!

Been 'NEGA' these past few days. I actually cried one time as I was driving myself to school. Buti na lang I was able to share it with a few people. Kung di ko siguro na-share, baka mag - breakdown na ako! hahaha!! Kidding aside, buti na lang strong ang faith ko, grabe kasi minsan ang mga "kaaway", sobrang mang - tempt! Naisip ko kasi minsan, di ba, God's love can be felt through our "neighbor". Pero di pala ganun yun, paano kung yung neighbor eh kakampi o naimpluwensyahan ng kaaway di ba? Kaya ngayon, di ko na hinahanap ang love ni God sa maling neighbor. hehehe!
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Bukas, company outing namin, tinatamad ako sumama, kasi naman, ang layo at ang init, parang gusto ko na lang mag pahinga sa bahay namin kahit mainit, at least makakatulog ako. Birthday din ni angel sa Thursday, at walang pasok yun! Tapos sa Friday naman, concert na ni Richard Poon, hay! Super excited ako, first time ko kasi makikita si Piolo in person! Jologs na kung jologs. Piolo is a beautiful man. Inggit lang ang nagsasabi na bading siya. Ultimate siya talaga!
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At pinakahuli! May bago akong crush. Super simple lang siya. Super mabait at higit sa lahat, di malaki ang ulo niya. Ang cute ng smile nya, at di siya maputi. Di din siya chinese, pinoy na pinoy. hay! ang saya!

3rd Week of Vacation

It has been three weeks already? This will be my last week of vacation and I am still not totally rested. The sun has been draining all my strength because of this horrible heat, I am not able to sleep well, and I could not lounge around in a pool or beach because it is too darn hot!

I've been very busy these last 3 weeks with all the things I needed to do and wanted to do. The Cisco Skills. The PRC conversion. The NAMA Food Committee Preps. The Performance Bonus Preps. Haaay!

First Week: Holy week!
The first two days of holy week was spent in school. Deadline of submission of grades was set on Holy Monday (I think, or was it Tuesday? Haha!) and the cramer that I was, of course I was going to submit grades on the last day! I was juggling between reviewing the Cisco team and finalizing grades. On Holy Wednesday I knew I had to rest or my head will explode. So I spent the day, sleeping. On Maundy Thursday, my siblings and I went to Tagaytay, only to spend 1 hour of traffic (in Tagaytay! at least we were there!) sitting on my brother's new car. We, my sister and I, wanted to eat merienda in Tagaytay but to no avail, traffic was heavy. My brother did not want to waste his hard earned moolah on gas that was wasting on traffic, so we headed to Alabang and had dinner there. It was not really relaxing but at least my sibs and I bonded on our little trip. On Good Friday, I prepared questions for my cisco team because on Black Saturday, we studied, ONLINE! The wonders of technology! On Easter Sunday, we were back in school, and reviewed the whole day!

Week Two: The Cisco Skills competition and convention
My team and I still studied on Monday and Tuesday, and headed off to Tagaytay on Wednesday. We arrived at 4pm and still continued to study until they could not handle it no more. Thursday was contest day, and as you may know, we were second place.

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Sidenote muna
On Being Second Place
Some people might think that being second place is not actually winning, it is actually losing to the first placers. Well, to me, it is all a matter of perspective. I did receive a wireless router, and my team received twenty thousand pesos, so how could anyone think that we lost? They received money, I received a router, and life lessons / experiences that no one could actually buy! Of the TOP THREE teams last year, we were the ONLY team who actually made it BACK to this years TOP THREE, and RETAINED the position, not bad eh? We still brought glory to the school. Plus, my kids have a chance to be employed in a multinational company that provides networking equipment (ahem ahem, we were in the CISCO convention right? hehehe!) Too much of my boasting. Back to being second place, I learned so much with this experience, and it gives us something to work hard for next year. Of course, new students, new team and new rules. Who knows, maybe we'll bag that elusive first place next year!
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The rest of week flew by so quickly, and on Saturday, we were supposed to head down to Batangas to celebrate the victory, but on some unfortunate event (right Patrick, BK! hehehe.. joke lang), we decided to head home. We were supposed to head off to Zambales the next day but we decided to head on to Zambales on Saturday night. We left Tagaytay at 5pm and arrived in Zambales at 3:30am. I drove all the way. By the time we were at Weng's house, I immediately fell asleep on my trusted ol' car. Sunday was a total blast! The water was cool and I really enjoyed swimming on the not-so-salty waters. Thanks to the Comlab kids! I will miss all of you!

Third Week: Dota Week
I went to school, to tidy up my pigeon holes at the cisco laboratory, and when I finished, I played dota until it was closing time. I did this for four days. Dota for four days! It was fine, because I was able to achieve some of the goals I set this vacation: throw away all the clutter in my pigeon holes, submit my end of term requirements (class records, final exams and course portfolios), convert my PRC license from Electronics and Communications Engineer (ECE) to Electronics Engineer (ECE), set up schedules for food tasting for NAMA and started to burn it out in the gym! Last Saturday, I was so excited because my bestfriend Mina, who worked in Japan for 1 year, was finally coming home. So I went to the airport to pick her up. We had another round of bloopers and the whole parking lot of the NAIA terminal was witness to the whole bruhaha! Thanks to one wonderful soul who helped us out with out little big BOX of dilemma. hahaha!

Fourth Week: This week, my last week of vacation
I have things lined up for this week. Today, bonding with Mina. Tuesday, send off yaya to the pier. Wednesday, food tasting in Quezon City. Thursday and Friday, MAPUA, planning sessions. Saturday, spa. Sunday, rest. OH well, hopefully.

I hope you enjoyed your vacation as I did mine. Never mind resting..

I am Tagging You

I was amused by this blog entry from Don Bagsit, but instead of answering it just like a survey, I am tagging you, the reader of this entry, to repost this and answer it also. So here goes:
1.Real Name:
Emma - Ruth Mendez Tiong

2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME:
(first four letters of your name, plus zzie)
Emmazzie (yuck, it doesn't sound right!)

3. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME:
(fav color and fav animal)
Blue Dog

4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME:
(middle name, and current street)
Mendez Virgo

5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME:
(the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name, first 3 letters of mom's name)
TioEmEmm

6. SUPERHERO NAME:
(2nd favorite color, favorite drink)
Red Four Seasons

7. IRAQI NAME:
(2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, any letter of your middle name, 2nd letter of your moms maiden name, 3rd letter of your dads middle name, 1st letter of a siblings first name, last letter of your moms middle name)
Mozesaz (what?)

8. MONUMENT NAME:
(fathers or mothers middle name)
Gomez (my mom's middle name, it sounds more "monument"-like than Rasing, which is my father's middle name)

9. GOTH NAME:
(3rd favorite color, and the name of one your pets)
Black Gabbie

10. SCREEN NAME:
(any of your tv's brand and your mom's middle name)
Sony Gomez

Lips of an Angel... A sad (and true) love story..

Disclaimer: Emote blog, may bore you to death.

I believe it's a dream for everyone to fall in love and be loved back, or just find somebody to love. Well, in my twenty - something years (ayaw pa aminin!), I fell in love, got hurt and recovered. I've learned and moved on. But sometimes, I can't help but remember the past, look back, think it through, and ask myself, "What went wrong? What did he want? What is he looking for? What was I looking for?". And during those times, I find myself overwhelmed with emotion, and tears flow down from my eyes. A single song can start a bucket-full of tears. Just like this one: LIPS OF AN ANGEL (by Hinder). I can so relate to the song. I think the song was made for me (hahaha! kapal ng mukha!)

Honey why you calling me so late? It's kinda hard to talk right now.

It started with friendship, just like any other romantic relationship. It ended after almost two years, one day, we just felt that it would be better to love each other as friends than constantly hurt each other as lovers. We wanted to save the friendship, so we stopped being lovers. Dreams were shattered. Hearts were broken. We remained friends, best of friends even. We shared victories and defeats, laughter and tears, joys and sorrows. But sometimes, I feel like I got the bad end of the deal. Why? Because he's got somebody now. When I don't.

Honey why are you crying? Is everything okay? I gotta whisper 'cause I can't be too loud.

Last year, I called him, the night of my birthday, we talked (on the mobile!) for more than 15 minutes. Well, more of I sobbed for 15 minutes, and he listened while I cried my eyes out. He felt so guilty. I didn't blame him for anything. I just cried and cried.

Well, my girl's in the next room. Sometimes I wish she was you. I guess we never really moved on. It's really good to hear your voice say my name. It sounds so sweet. Coming from the lips of an angel, hearing those words it makes me weak. And I never wanna say goodbye. But girl you make it hard to be faithful, With the lips of an angel.

We still get together for snacks or dinner. We still have the long talks. We still make each other smile and laugh. I sometimes wonder why we parted ways. Sometimes I wish we should have saved the relationship. We should have worked on the difficulties.

It's funny that you're calling me tonight. And, yes, I've dreamt of you too.

I constantly dream about him, and I normally tell him about it. It varies from the things that happened in the past, things that I want or may have wanted to happen, or things that he may have wanted to happen. And it starts this rollercoaster of feelings of I don't know what. I really can't explain it.

And does she know you're talking to me, will it start a fight. No I don't think she has a clue.

I know he is in a commited relationship right now. Sometimes I regret the fact that I let him go, that I did not fight for him. And sometimes, I feel guilty whenever he spends time with me to talk or just listen to my endless stories and problems, because he should be spending it with his girl. I feel confused with all of these feelings, and I have been praying hard that I lose all these confusing feelings.

Well, my girl's in the next room. Sometimes I wish she was you. I guess we never really moved on. It's really good to hear your voice say my name. It sounds so sweet. Coming from the lips of an angel, hearing those words it makes me weak. And I never wanna say goodbye. But girl you make it hard to be faithful, With the lips of an angel.

I'd like to think that I've already moved on. That we moved on. But being truly honest with myself, I know I still love him, it's just that I really don't get to show him that love on a regular basis that's making it easy for me. Occasionally, I wish that we lost touch, that we never really kept contact, or stop being friends, even just for awhile, until I'm completely healed. Just until I find someone new. Just until I can say "I don't love you."

Hell Week Again...

This term, I didn't feel too much pressured with all the papers that I need to check, everything seemed easy.. Maybe I just managed my time well, or maybe, I made things easier this term.. I was able to finish the syllabus, for all of my courses, no need for make up classes... Eventhough I have been sick this week, I am still doing fine. Thank God for his wonderful blessings this term!

Good luck to all the "Hell-weekers"... I do hope you all pass your courses! God bless!

Congratulations to the New CCNAs!!

Congratulations to the growing list of new CCNAs from Mapua Cisco Track!

1. Del Harold Antone
2. Gian Carlo Trias
3. Jeremiah Caparas
4. Diana Antone
5. Joshua Lachica
6. Rowena Dadural
7. Patrick Ilog
8. Jon Warner Campo

Singing With 7th Soul!

Ok ok, nakakatawa ako.. Kasi nastage fright talaga ako.. But I did it, I sang with 7th Soul, by request of a very special person, my gimik buddy, Benjiegirl! Pa-happy birthday ko sa kanya un.. So sorry naman at medyo out of tune ako.. super kabado! haha... Di ko nipublic access, request access na lang kung gusto nyo makita.. hahaha...

Click here to view the video!

I am Such a ChickenJoy

oh well, i think gaming is not really for me. i have been playing dota for the longest time now and i don't think i improved that much. i am still a friggin' newbie... hahaha! i guess i'll just stick to playing ragnarok online na lang. o kaya, i'll play alone na lang, with AIs! hahaha!

Salamat God!

Father God,
Thank you for the wonderful blessings I have been receiving. I am most thankful (for today) for the gift of my spiritual family. I am so blessed to have a wonderful, and supportive spiritual family. Grabe ka magpadala ng message through them. Grabe ang mensahe mo sa akin. I am sorry po kung di ako nakinig kaagad. I was really hard-headed but your message today really made me think straight and my heart soft. I could not believe that You could send a message to me that STRONG. I hope I was able to please you with what I did. I hope that when I recount what happened to me, it will be a testomony of how strong your love for us and how much you want us to be with you. No matter how much we resist, you will always insist. Thank you so much for your persistence.
Your daughter,
Maruth

Cisco Skills Cluster Competition: Mapua Intra: Winners!

Looks like we will be heading to Tagaytay this March! Weeks of hardwork paid off. But the work does not end here, there were areas of concern that will need a lot of work. I do hope that the team has enough time to "jell" together. Since the national competition is weeks away, we will enjoy this victory! Dota muna ito! Go go go!

pictures of the kulitan before the skills part and VICTORY dinner! http://maruthtiong.multiply.com/photos/album/21/Cisco_Skills_Cluster_Competition_Mapua_Intra_Winners

Album: I'll Take Care of You: Richard Poon

Friends, Multiply-ers, promote ko lang po, album po ni Richard Poon. At first, you'll think that his songs are too old for you but really, he arranged them so we, the young (naks! sinali ko talaga sarili ko!), can enjoy the beauty of old school. A new spin on old school music!

Listen to the preview of the songs: click here.

I hope you enjoy his renditions of "Way Back Into Love" (eto ang text alert tone ko!), "Fallen" and "Kahit Maputi na ang Buhok Ko"...

You'll be touched with his originals, "Naalala" and "Goodbye"...
"The Last Time" is so right for weddings..

I do hope you like it and buy the ORIGINAL CD. Available in you suking record bar in the Philippines. If you are not from the Philippines, you can buy his album via TITIK PILIPINO, here's the link:
http://www.titikpilipino.com/album/index.php?albumid=1526.

For more info about him, you can visit his multiply site: http://richardpoonmusic.multiply.com.

You can also help him by voting for his music video over at MYX, text MYX_VOTE_I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU and send to 2366.

So sorry po kung medyo super promote ako, I am just so proud of him. And I am really indebted to this person. Kaya, super supportive ako sa kanya. Many will not believe that I do know him, but I do, super down - to - earth tong taong to. He is worth my support!

Sister Bonding

My sister Angel and I are basically cam-freaks (I don't want to use the word "wh0R3" because definitely, we are not.) And we take lots of pictures together, and I want to share our pictures while waiting for our dinner over at a restaurant in Glorietta.



Yesterday, we were around Manila, just running around with our brother Sonny who has a ton of things to do and so little time to do it. We went to Las Pinas for fitting, Alabang for haircut and Makati for case - shopping for his new HTC Pocket TyTaN II (well, we wouldn't be doing this had he not forgotten where he left the original case that came with the gadget!). We were unsuccessful locating a new case for his gadget, but he was successful in shopping for new polos! My sister and I could only oggle at the beautiful creations at Zara, the clothes were too rich for our blood, but to my brother, oh no.. he picked up two long sleeved shirts, fitted it on, and when we gave our thumbs - up, off he went to the cashier and paid. (grrrr.. kulugong yun, ang yaman! hehehe.. joke lang Sonny!).

Where's the bonding????

Clothesshopping. While (window) shopping, we were comparing styles, her style is more of adventurous and yet beautiful, I was more of a classic-type of chic. I asked her to buy me one dress, like a goal dress, maybe 3 sizes smaller, so I won't be able to wear it unless I lose the weight. Of course, I could not expect her to buy me a dress at this time, she just began working for this advertising company, but maybe in the future.

Shoeshopping. We had absolutely opposites tastes in shoes, she liked the corporate-type, hyped - up, difficult-to-wear but trendy shoes, I was more into comfy and less trendy shoes.

Food. We have similar taste in food, she loves sweets, chocolates, seafood and beef! I also love sweets, but not chocolate, sweets like ube halaya or leche flan or NY cheesecake will do, but not chocolate! She ate a lot but gained little if not none at all! I eat little but I gain a lot. She won the genetics - lottery as my brother would aptly put. GGGRRRR!