super tuesday

now that john edwards is officially out of the race for the democratic presidential nomination, it's a close toss between hillary clinton and barack obama come super tuesday. i'm no american voter, but i'd have to say nobody has inspired me quite the way obama does.

missing dane

10 things:

1.) he was the least cute of all the infants ever brought to our house, his own mother even complained he looked older than his 3 days! but thankfully, over the years, he grew up to look more and more like his brother mikee, a veteran of a local high school's mr. UN search.
2.) he abhors school! and no amount of chocolate drink could ever bribe him to get his homework done. V-I-N. these are the only letters you see on his test paper's name space . stands for his first name, vince. lazy.
3.) it came to a point when he'd always cry on his way to school. this happened everyday for weeks, so his bestfriend, my mother, forced out the reason from him: his teacher told him, the class bully, that she'd put him in the stockroom on his next mischief! i didn't know whose side to take, his or the teacher's.
4.) corned beef is his favorite. he loved to eat outside, with his hands and with his favorite uncle king.
5.) his cartoon network buddy: my mother. he is tom, mama is jerry. but they're friends.

6.) he is actually an obedient brother. his kuya would perform wrestling stunts on him, and he'd gamely bear the risks of a john cena STFU. his ates would ask him to bring their 10-kilo bags to the second floor bedroom, and he would rightfully oblige. child labor.

7.) at the age of three, he memorized more barry manilow songs than he did nursery rhymes. his favorite: can't smile without you.
8.) he hates me. in fact, all babies do. because i love to tease them endlessly. dane always had a fit every morning when i call him out from our room, only to find out our door is actually locked and i've had no plans of letting him in! babies are cuter when they're angry.
9.) he is one lothario in the making. he loves pretty, sexy girls, and when asked who is more beautiful, he'd have no second thoughts saying, "ikaw gwapa" [points to me, although we're mortal enemies], and another "ikaw gwapa" to my mother. future heartbreaker.
10.) after nearly two years of staying in canada, he now only speaks english and french.

random firsts

my idea of a getting-to-know-you...

here is a list of a random firsts in this blogging modern-day-maria-clara's life:

first step - when? during my 10th month... my maternal grandmother, nanay itang, was the only witness to this historical event...
first word - "mama" (don't we all?)
first hero - my father (on my father's grave, i promised to grow up worthy of his name, and be the kind of daughter he wanted me to be. now, fourteen years hence, i would like to think i am, already.)
first school - st. theresa's college, an exclusive school for girls run by the ICM nuns... lots of good memories, but lost touch with most friends (sad...)
first grade (memory) - my first encounter with a pint-sized bitch! she was doing her role as an appointed class leader, listing the names of "N.I. Girls" on the blackboard. i happen to be included in her majesty's list, so to retaliate, i laughed at her when she tripped on the small platform behind the teacher's desk (my bad!). on her way to her seat, she intentionally passed by my chair, and whispered a bitchy, "i don't want to see your face ever again!" i froze, and sat on my place with my tiny lips quivering. for weeks, i contemplated on alibis to give to my parents for not wanting to go to school. i never thought of any.
first bestfriend - apple was her name. they transferred to the country's capital and never heard of her since. i remember she has a cute brother too!
first book (read from cover to cover) - sweet dream's "sharing sam." can't remember enough details, but the girl, i think, had cancer, and she had to find a girl (or has she found her already?) to take care of her boyfriend long after she's gone. tearjerker.
first full-length film - blob. or was it ghost? but i know ghost had a bed scene. so most probably, blob.
first crush - alexis! i was with my friend chammy when we followed him from the basketball court to their 4th year classroom, where he oh-so-slowly took off his shirt and sinfully albeit unknowingly introduced us, two innocent, wide-eyed freshies, to our first erotic senses. eeeewwww!
first love - i've never had a boyfriend in my whole 23 years, and most likely not going to have any soon. explains the maria clara in the earlier part of this post. but how old was maria clara when she met the legendary crisostomo ibarra? not 23. hardly.
first kiss - a must do before i die!

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