things to know - childhood and early teens

We have the culminating event for our Excellence Week today. I'm assigned to man the booth for the grave yard session: 9PM - 12AM!!!! I don't feel like working now so I compiled these.

20 Things to Know About Me.

01. Although, I have lots of playmates during early childhood, there are times that I wanted to play all by myself.

02. I'm a music fanatic. My grandpa had this huge collection of vinyl albums stored in boxes. When i was 5, I would pull out grandpa's monophone on a table and those boxes of vinyl albums, sit in front and enjoy listening to those classics - local and foreign artists alike.

03. When I was 7, my sister convinced me to collect stationeries. Not knowing what they're for, I collected a lot until my next door neighbor stole everything away.

04. I'm a big tennis fan since I was 7. There's a tennis court a minute away from my house. Sadly, my mom can't afford to buy me a racket and would not allow me to 'ballboy'. I still wanted to learn right now but can't summon much energy to go to a tennis court and lift a racket.

05. I'm a nature lover. I've known that since I was 8. I felt very guilty cutting down tree branches for our games.

06. When I was 8, I got my first watch as a birthday gift from my godfather. I became a "watch lover" since then but don't have money to buy and collect.

07. When I was 9, I once saw an evil spirit or more like an ugly spirit walking beside me.

08. I'm a collector. When I was 9, I have a huge collection of local comics, mostly horror and comedy. But friends and neighbors borrowed and lost most of it.

09. Aside from rubber bands, marbles and cigarette packs, I also started collecting stickers since I was 8. I would put those stickers at the back of my notebooks and at the end of the school year, cut out and kept the covers. I continued this until 5th grade. Until now, I still have those stickers.

10. I also have a few collections of trump cards since I was 9. And yes, I still have those collections with me.

11. I get easily addicted to anything - computer games, video games, manga, anime, tv shows, books, photography, etc. One time when I was 9, Mom asked me for an errand for her dish. Well after lunch time, I still didn't return. Mom had to pick me up at the video game arcade and spank the hell out of me after.

12. I kept a box full of memories. During elementary and high school years, we usually have those silly retreats and some activites would require us to give something to a person. I kept what I received and have it with me til now.

13. At 12, I wanted to know social sciences. Before elementary graduation, I sneaked out a book from the library and never returned it. The book is all about human behaviour. Unfortunately, I only finished chapter 1.

14. Before going to high school, I memorized how to pray the rosary. I was afraid the nuns wouldn't let me enroll if I don't know how to pray.

15. I became a devout catholic the whole high school period. Mostly because, I studied in a catholic school.

16. After high school, I wanted to know more about religion and started reading about Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, etc.

17. I first saw MTV when I was 14 and immediately became a big fan. I would waste hours and hours sitting in front of the boob-tube and watching those videos.

18. At 16, I saw Rage Against The Machine on MTV and became a metal lover since then.

19. I once like local movies but after high school, I found them to be a waste of time.

20. I received 13 medals during high school graduation. Half for the academe and the other half for extra-curricular activities. I was student council president and an SK chairman at the same time.