My 100 list
I have started creating this my 100 list on a Monday, April 18, 2005 until I made a mess in my template and i cannot recover all my posts. here how it went ....
....They say a blog is not a blog without the 100 things. I have been having terrible headaches nowadays that I cannot even come up with 20 yet, but I will try to add some numbers everyday.....for the meantime, I am publishing what I have....
1. I have lots of nicknames marie, mare, isay, isang, mars and maria.
2. My mother would call me marissa when she was angry.
3. My family would always tell me that I am a fast worker.
4. I have a friend who always say to me “my mickey mouse”.
5. My nieces calls me mommy.
6. My husband’s term of endearment to me is skat which means “honey or tax” in danish.
7. I have a dimple that was brutally critized as abnormality.
8. I like chubby children with round faces.
9. I like pinching cheeks.
10. It was my dream to have long straight, healthy black hair
19th of April-I found a comment from Fr. Stephen the next day and I was so grateful and answered it with....
To Fr. Stephen-I can feel that my ears are pulling me up higher but my feet won’t go....I feel like hiding under the chair actually. From the bottom of my heart I wanted to thank you for the nice words you have said. Coming from someone very respectable, how can I not include it in my list! For those who disagree you cannot appeal, he he he and you cannot stop me-it is my blog anyway
11. Friendly
12. Smiling
13. Photogenic
14. Creative
15. Thoughtful
later on....my head is getting better so I was able to add more numbers
16. I like taking pictures or we pinoys call it “kodakan”
17. Exploring caves was a favorite past time before(hoping I can still do it again in the future).
18. I am glad to have religious friends.
19. Writing and receiving letters makes my day.
20. I easily cry and sometimes without any reason(crazy woman!).
21. Gardening is one of my most enjoyable hobby.
22. I like sketching faces of people who are very dear to me.
23. I cherished every honest friendship that comes along the way.
24. Some years ago, I would take a long bus ride to anywhere it would take me. There was also a time that my roommate and myself just take the bus from Aparri to Jolo and all over the northern part of the Philippines.
25. The Philippines will always be my home away from home.
26. When I was young, I said to myself-I would someday go to Greece and I forgot all about it until two years ago when I was already standing on its ground and admiring the view.
20th of April
I had a bad day today but I was able to relax and tried blogging. here are some more....
27. I had a 22” waistline when I was 22.
28. During the height of Farrah Fawcett’s career, she had this very famous hairstyle that I bugged my mom to have my hair done the same way, I had to wait for days before she took me to the hairstylist and it was truly awesome, he he.
29. Curlers do wonders for my hair.
30. I love watching movies and television.
31. I have a long list of favorite actors.
32. I am beginning to like sailing, the waves and the calm waters in the middle of the sea.
33. If I would be asked to wish something that I can change--I would like my normal vision back so that I will not be wearing eyeglasses and contact lenses. The eyeglasses has made me look matúred and it also has limited my capacity to do things comfortably and enjoyably.
34. I like “sinigang” fish-pork-beef-bones with lots of vegetables.
35. I am a sucker of love stories.
36. I have a favorite soup recipe that I can eat three times a day.
37. I like seafoods especially big shrimps, prawns, crabs, mussels, oysters etc. I cannot forget the day, that the host in a party (held in France) took the time to served all of them for us to eat. I felt I was the only one in the group(we are only three ladies in the group and the rest about 16 of them) who had a big stomach after we finished eating.(greedy!!!!!!!!)If only I can take home the rest.(too much already!)
38. I believe in miracles.
39. I had my first boyfriend when I was 15 years old. He was tall, dark and handsome but another girl stole him from me after 2 years.
40. So many times during College, I had to walk in the flooded areas around the university (University of Santo Tomas) to get a bus home. (Imagine there were lots of open manhole over there...)
41. I will never forget the worst traffic in Cubao(It is the nearby city where I live) that I had to walk until I reached our house. It is more or less 10 miles.
22nd of April
It is prayer day over here. It is so quiet, I got to add some more numbers....
42. I am a late bloomer. Everything that I experienced have happened to most people a long way earlier than me , and so some of them I was guilty of doing until somebody made me realized that it was just normal experiences and I am even late in experiencing it.
43. At some point in my life, I have realized how stubborn I was in more ways than one and yet, It’s were I have been taking in my strength in cases of restlessness.....
44. Happiness for me can be a minute, an hour, days, months or a year(?). I just try to enjoy the moments that I feel it because for all I know, another problem is coming….
45. My term of endearment to my husband is “taba”.Actually, he have lost a little weight and I am thinking if I will change it to - you know…payat?
46. That it pains me everytime I nag my husband(bwahahahahahahahaha!)
47. The sounds of the birds, the wind blowing over the trees and the train are music to my ears.
The sun is shining brightly today but it is still cold because of the wind. …I got to add some more….
48. I had asthma when I was younger and it was really very hard to bear.
49. Flying kites with my siblings is one of the nicest memories I had in my childhood.
50. I have two younger sisters after me and one of the “not so funny thing” we did was pulling each other’s hair when we were young. Nowadays since we have become matured(?), we just critized each other’s hair.
51. Growing up in a big family is fun but now so much fun sometimes….
52. Growing up in a household that was so noisy where you hear a lot of voices especially in the morning where it would wake me up, It was a luxury to have some time alone in a place and all that you can hear are the singing of the birds…..
53. Eating ice cream,balut( a fertilised egg with a partially developed duckling, which is eaten boiled), pandesal(a kind of round small bread) as much as you can was always something to look forward to in my younger years, wherein my father would buy a whole basket of balot, different flavors of ice cream and bags of pandesal. Those we have also shared with the workers in our little shoe factory.
54. I like keeping all the notes, little things, gifts that were given to me and it grows old with me.
55. My favorite animal is a sheep.
56. I don’t have a pet and I am not planning to have one.
57. I am into quality bargain shopping!
58. I have stopped smiling a lot(I don’t know why!).
59. Roses, tulips and daisies are three of my favorites flowers.
26th of April
Let’s call it Monday blues….I can’t think more than the following:
60. It is a struggle to be silent when I used to talk a lot….
61. I have an incomparable friend who is with me everytime I need him-his name is Ronald.
62. I am not good in saying goodbye. It is too painful for me to bear.
63. 9 is my favorite number.
64. It makes me feel good watching sunrise on top of a mountain.
65. I like to watch the sunset in a beach or anywhere comfortable in Manila Bay.
66. I like the smell of the flowers and the morning grass.
67. Sauna gives me nausea.
68. A good massage is a luxury for me.
69. I cannot whistle.
5th of May
70. If there’s a sin for abusing words or sentences then it would be “I should have…..” for me.
71. I am basically a sweet person but I can be as cold as ice when betrayed.
72. One of my dream is to win a lottery and become a millionaire for so many reasons….
73. Vancouver and Alaska are two of my unattainable dream vacation place until now.
15th of May-Finally!
74. Becoming an enterpreneur again is my latest dream.
75. I love the colors when the sun is setting.
76. I hope to be courageous enough to go to a gymn training instructor and soon!
77. I love chocolates.
78. I gained weight for the last 3 years.
79. And so I thought I had the most numbered of x-ray examinations than anybody else.
80. I allowed myself to be a guinea pig in our new MRI machine some years ago.
81. I have a garden of friends. Most of them are all based in different countries.
82. It is my wish when I become 50 years old(will I be alive then?) that I will invite all my close friends around the globe to come on my birthday to celebrate and have a reunion. (so guys, you have so many years to save for the trip)
83. One of the worst weakness I have is my being impatient although it has already improved....
84. My favorites fruits are red grapes, strawberries, pear, cherries, watermelon, melon, santol, sweet mangoes, atis, lanzones, oranges and kiwi.
85. The first time I really cried hard was when my mother died and the last time was last December where I had the most difficult stage in my life.
86. The first time I really got so angry was during a fight with my eldest sister and the last time when I was accused of saying something that I did not say at all.
87. It was so hard to tell the painful truth to a close friend about going on a sabbatical in our friendship.
88. I felt like a millionaire when I received the percentage amount from the lot that I have sold for the very first time some years ago.
89. The most miserable time in my life was having been confined in a hospital and not any of my siblings were able to visit me.......
90. My favorite sleepwear is a set of warm pajamas during winter and only underwear during warm season.
91. My most unforgettable experience was when I was flown away by a big stormy wind.
92. My parents are the most courageous people that I have ever known in my entire life.
93. Marriage for me is a two-way street.
94. I like Winnie the pooh.
95. My husband can make me laugh.
96. My favorite perfume is Happy.
97. I liked all the thai restaurants located in a long beach in Hua Hin.
98. I would like to come back in Paris.
99. All my nieces and nephews are my favorite children in this world.
100. I like the music of the beatles, Bon Jovi, Rod Steward, Barbra Streisand, Don Mclean, N'sync, Destiny's Child, Rihanna etc. ----and I am sure many names would be added in this one.....
.
....They say a blog is not a blog without the 100 things. I have been having terrible headaches nowadays that I cannot even come up with 20 yet, but I will try to add some numbers everyday.....for the meantime, I am publishing what I have....
1. I have lots of nicknames marie, mare, isay, isang, mars and maria.
2. My mother would call me marissa when she was angry.
3. My family would always tell me that I am a fast worker.
4. I have a friend who always say to me “my mickey mouse”.
5. My nieces calls me mommy.
6. My husband’s term of endearment to me is skat which means “honey or tax” in danish.
7. I have a dimple that was brutally critized as abnormality.
8. I like chubby children with round faces.
9. I like pinching cheeks.
10. It was my dream to have long straight, healthy black hair
19th of April-I found a comment from Fr. Stephen the next day and I was so grateful and answered it with....
To Fr. Stephen-I can feel that my ears are pulling me up higher but my feet won’t go....I feel like hiding under the chair actually. From the bottom of my heart I wanted to thank you for the nice words you have said. Coming from someone very respectable, how can I not include it in my list! For those who disagree you cannot appeal, he he he and you cannot stop me-it is my blog anyway
11. Friendly
12. Smiling
13. Photogenic
14. Creative
15. Thoughtful
later on....my head is getting better so I was able to add more numbers
16. I like taking pictures or we pinoys call it “kodakan”
17. Exploring caves was a favorite past time before(hoping I can still do it again in the future).
18. I am glad to have religious friends.
19. Writing and receiving letters makes my day.
20. I easily cry and sometimes without any reason(crazy woman!).
21. Gardening is one of my most enjoyable hobby.
22. I like sketching faces of people who are very dear to me.
23. I cherished every honest friendship that comes along the way.
24. Some years ago, I would take a long bus ride to anywhere it would take me. There was also a time that my roommate and myself just take the bus from Aparri to Jolo and all over the northern part of the Philippines.
25. The Philippines will always be my home away from home.
26. When I was young, I said to myself-I would someday go to Greece and I forgot all about it until two years ago when I was already standing on its ground and admiring the view.
20th of April
I had a bad day today but I was able to relax and tried blogging. here are some more....
27. I had a 22” waistline when I was 22.
28. During the height of Farrah Fawcett’s career, she had this very famous hairstyle that I bugged my mom to have my hair done the same way, I had to wait for days before she took me to the hairstylist and it was truly awesome, he he.
29. Curlers do wonders for my hair.
30. I love watching movies and television.
31. I have a long list of favorite actors.
32. I am beginning to like sailing, the waves and the calm waters in the middle of the sea.
33. If I would be asked to wish something that I can change--I would like my normal vision back so that I will not be wearing eyeglasses and contact lenses. The eyeglasses has made me look matúred and it also has limited my capacity to do things comfortably and enjoyably.
34. I like “sinigang” fish-pork-beef-bones with lots of vegetables.
35. I am a sucker of love stories.
36. I have a favorite soup recipe that I can eat three times a day.
37. I like seafoods especially big shrimps, prawns, crabs, mussels, oysters etc. I cannot forget the day, that the host in a party (held in France) took the time to served all of them for us to eat. I felt I was the only one in the group(we are only three ladies in the group and the rest about 16 of them) who had a big stomach after we finished eating.(greedy!!!!!!!!)If only I can take home the rest.(too much already!)
38. I believe in miracles.
39. I had my first boyfriend when I was 15 years old. He was tall, dark and handsome but another girl stole him from me after 2 years.
40. So many times during College, I had to walk in the flooded areas around the university (University of Santo Tomas) to get a bus home. (Imagine there were lots of open manhole over there...)
41. I will never forget the worst traffic in Cubao(It is the nearby city where I live) that I had to walk until I reached our house. It is more or less 10 miles.
22nd of April
It is prayer day over here. It is so quiet, I got to add some more numbers....
42. I am a late bloomer. Everything that I experienced have happened to most people a long way earlier than me , and so some of them I was guilty of doing until somebody made me realized that it was just normal experiences and I am even late in experiencing it.
43. At some point in my life, I have realized how stubborn I was in more ways than one and yet, It’s were I have been taking in my strength in cases of restlessness.....
44. Happiness for me can be a minute, an hour, days, months or a year(?). I just try to enjoy the moments that I feel it because for all I know, another problem is coming….
45. My term of endearment to my husband is “taba”.Actually, he have lost a little weight and I am thinking if I will change it to - you know…payat?
46. That it pains me everytime I nag my husband(bwahahahahahahahaha!)
47. The sounds of the birds, the wind blowing over the trees and the train are music to my ears.
The sun is shining brightly today but it is still cold because of the wind. …I got to add some more….
48. I had asthma when I was younger and it was really very hard to bear.
49. Flying kites with my siblings is one of the nicest memories I had in my childhood.
50. I have two younger sisters after me and one of the “not so funny thing” we did was pulling each other’s hair when we were young. Nowadays since we have become matured(?), we just critized each other’s hair.
51. Growing up in a big family is fun but now so much fun sometimes….
52. Growing up in a household that was so noisy where you hear a lot of voices especially in the morning where it would wake me up, It was a luxury to have some time alone in a place and all that you can hear are the singing of the birds…..
53. Eating ice cream,balut( a fertilised egg with a partially developed duckling, which is eaten boiled), pandesal(a kind of round small bread) as much as you can was always something to look forward to in my younger years, wherein my father would buy a whole basket of balot, different flavors of ice cream and bags of pandesal. Those we have also shared with the workers in our little shoe factory.
54. I like keeping all the notes, little things, gifts that were given to me and it grows old with me.
55. My favorite animal is a sheep.
56. I don’t have a pet and I am not planning to have one.
57. I am into quality bargain shopping!
58. I have stopped smiling a lot(I don’t know why!).
59. Roses, tulips and daisies are three of my favorites flowers.
26th of April
Let’s call it Monday blues….I can’t think more than the following:
60. It is a struggle to be silent when I used to talk a lot….
61. I have an incomparable friend who is with me everytime I need him-his name is Ronald.
62. I am not good in saying goodbye. It is too painful for me to bear.
63. 9 is my favorite number.
64. It makes me feel good watching sunrise on top of a mountain.
65. I like to watch the sunset in a beach or anywhere comfortable in Manila Bay.
66. I like the smell of the flowers and the morning grass.
67. Sauna gives me nausea.
68. A good massage is a luxury for me.
69. I cannot whistle.
5th of May
70. If there’s a sin for abusing words or sentences then it would be “I should have…..” for me.
71. I am basically a sweet person but I can be as cold as ice when betrayed.
72. One of my dream is to win a lottery and become a millionaire for so many reasons….
73. Vancouver and Alaska are two of my unattainable dream vacation place until now.
15th of May-Finally!
74. Becoming an enterpreneur again is my latest dream.
75. I love the colors when the sun is setting.
76. I hope to be courageous enough to go to a gymn training instructor and soon!
77. I love chocolates.
78. I gained weight for the last 3 years.
79. And so I thought I had the most numbered of x-ray examinations than anybody else.
80. I allowed myself to be a guinea pig in our new MRI machine some years ago.
81. I have a garden of friends. Most of them are all based in different countries.
82. It is my wish when I become 50 years old(will I be alive then?) that I will invite all my close friends around the globe to come on my birthday to celebrate and have a reunion. (so guys, you have so many years to save for the trip)
83. One of the worst weakness I have is my being impatient although it has already improved....
84. My favorites fruits are red grapes, strawberries, pear, cherries, watermelon, melon, santol, sweet mangoes, atis, lanzones, oranges and kiwi.
85. The first time I really cried hard was when my mother died and the last time was last December where I had the most difficult stage in my life.
86. The first time I really got so angry was during a fight with my eldest sister and the last time when I was accused of saying something that I did not say at all.
87. It was so hard to tell the painful truth to a close friend about going on a sabbatical in our friendship.
88. I felt like a millionaire when I received the percentage amount from the lot that I have sold for the very first time some years ago.
89. The most miserable time in my life was having been confined in a hospital and not any of my siblings were able to visit me.......
90. My favorite sleepwear is a set of warm pajamas during winter and only underwear during warm season.
91. My most unforgettable experience was when I was flown away by a big stormy wind.
92. My parents are the most courageous people that I have ever known in my entire life.
93. Marriage for me is a two-way street.
94. I like Winnie the pooh.
95. My husband can make me laugh.
96. My favorite perfume is Happy.
97. I liked all the thai restaurants located in a long beach in Hua Hin.
98. I would like to come back in Paris.
99. All my nieces and nephews are my favorite children in this world.
100. I like the music of the beatles, Bon Jovi, Rod Steward, Barbra Streisand, Don Mclean, N'sync, Destiny's Child, Rihanna etc. ----and I am sure many names would be added in this one.....
.
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1 Comments:
Fascinating list of 100; you sure have traveled a lot! I chuckled at the Farrah hair! and that you and your sisters used to pull each other's hair - now you criticize it. The being carried away by the wind sounds like an interesting story
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