I've been tagged!

Berns got me tagged. lol So, in the spirit of fun and show-and-tell, here is my reply to: 5 Things About Me That People Don't Know About.

1. My secret (well, not so secret now that I'm blogging it, lol) dream career was to be a stage/play/broadway performer. When I was about 7 or 8, my mom brought us to a stage production of Mirandolina. I thought, stage acting was cool because they would memorize their kilometric lines and there's no take 2 when they commit a mistake! I thought, wow - they must work really hard and be very confident to face those hundreds of people watching them. That thought has been on my mind and that's the reason why I love, love, love watching stage/broadway shows. If I can't be in them, I'd just patronize them! ;)

2. In gradeschool, my sister (J) and I along with our distant-cousins won PaTINIKan contest of Kulit Bulilit (ok, so I'm THAT old!) hahaha. I think we were in Bangus team. (Note: Kulit Bulilit is like a trivia/educational game a la Quiz Bee and was a spinoff show of Kaluskos Musmos - an educational child-show similar to that of Sesame Street). Oh, we were the pride of Filmore for a while! hahaha (Filmore is our place in Makati). We won tons of goodies but we did not return for the semi-final because it was exam week for all of us. Dang, we could have won trips to Cebu or Davao! ;)

3. I collect/keep tons of paper bags. B would tease me to no end about this. I hate wasteage so I don't throw away the paper bags. I recycle them by using it all the time - to hold my lunches or my (change) shoes, etc.

4. In Grade 2, I learned the essence of assertiveness. L, who is known as the Sanrio girl and sat behind me in class - accused me of stealing her My Melody eraser. She even went to the point of telling our teacher (Mrs. A - who I don't particularly like as she's known to take 'bribe' from parents - you know how things were in gradeschool, right?!?!?) Anyhow, Mrs. A asked all of us in class to dump our things on our desks so she can inspect our stuff and found that I had a My Melody face pack. (You know, those small little napkins a la Kleenex with small toothed-comb and mirror). As I'm the only one in our class who has that type of "sanrio" (most have either a Little Twin Stars or Hello Kitty), I was the prime suspect. And you know what the teacher did - she raised my MM face pack and wanted me to produce the 'eraser'. I was aghast but I did not buckle down. I did remember throwing her a one-liner that went like this. "Mrs. A, I may not be rich as L but my parents taught us to not steal." I saw the face of our stupid teacher grow red and my classmates applauded me. I knew I said something more to the effect that - why would I be a suspect just because I just happen to be the only one in class with a My Melody stuff? And, why would I steal an eraser when I have one?!?! (Then I showed my Mongol pencil, hahaha with that white and silver (forgot the name) eraser that I always use for my Math exam!) L, then, who was crying initially probably realized that her drama won't be bought by the class - then, sheepily took out her eraser for her skirt pocket and said, oh, I didn't realize it's still with me. DUH! Now, you know who has more credibility and why at a young age, I thought I should be a lawyer! hahahaha

5. When eating bread, I am not one to eat the 'ends' or for a wheat/white bread loaf, I don't eat the top part because I thought it's gross. However, I do eat the bread I bake - crumbs and all. ;)

Now, let's tag the following:
1. Sharonel
2. Marj
3. Luzel
4. Faye
5. Alynn

Just doing it for fun and nice to know, girls!!! ;)