25 Random Things About Me

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

(if you're on my bloglist, consider yourself tagged.)

1. i love all things chocolate. i was allergic to it before, but that's why antihistamines were invented.

2. i don't mince my words. i hate it when other people do.

3. i fail at lying. see #2.

4. i love footwear. shoes, sandals, sneakers, heels, flats - if i like it and it fits, i'll buy it.

5. i love bags.

6. i'm impatient, ESPECIALLY WHEN I'M HUNGRY.

7. i make time for what matters most - love, work, or otherwise.

8. i don't sweat the small stuff.

9. i reserve strong feelings for people i care about. if i don't care for you, i won't even bat an eyelash, let alone get angry at you.

10. i hate it when people plan my life for me.

11. i like adventure, but i'm not suicidal. mountain hiking during typhoon season is not my idea of "fun."

12. if i want something, i'll do it. i once ventured on my own to a friend's home at the province, got lost, and eventually found my way armed with trivial info, pride and a lot of persistence. (hello rina!)

13. if i want something, i'll say it. see #2 and #3.

14. i have things in my closet that i bought AND haven't worn even once.

15. mornings are not for me.

16. sleep is sacred to me.

17. i have a weird talent of talking people into doing things they never thought they would do.

18. i'm super flexible.

19. my tummy has a mind of its own. it's also the major cause of my absences, if any.

20. i'm quite athletic (wallclimbing, volleyball, badminton, swimming, running, football) but i suck at basketball. yes, even if i'm tall.

21. i find it funny when guys grunt at the gym.

22. i have put my first aid and basic life support training to good use several times and i was scared as hell every single time.

23. i hate it when people who try to make me feel guilty. the world doesn't revolve around you nor myself. deal with it.

24. i hate red tape, asskissing, and inefficiency in general.

25. i never get drunk. i just get allergies.

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i refuse to live in a bubble

last night, i went back to the clinic to get the results of my chest x-ray and complete blood count (CBC) tests. (did i get it right, nursing kids?)

OMG, chest x-ray and cbc?

yup. my hypohondriac self got the better of me when one of my neck lymph nodes started to ache and add this to the fact that i've had persistent coughs and watery eyes for about a week now. the thing is if you added this to the days when i've had the upper respiratory tract infection, i would be coughing for more than 2 weeks now-scary threshold. so there, i told bossing that i might go to the doctor to have them check my aching lymph node.

yippee! i don't have TB! nor emphysema! nor lung cancer!

actually the tests were somehow inconclusive. the x-ray says that i don't have anything extraordinary in any of my lungs. the blood tests do confirm that i have some kind of infection but not in the lungs. yep. not in the lungs.

i did confirm the doc's suspicions that i could be allergic to dust, air pollution and smoke. this meant that basically, i'm allergic to my job.

i also shared with the doc that i've had some strange allergic bouts with alcohol and chocolates, but i'm not that certain because i've yet to take allergy tests.

WTF! i'm allergic to the sweet life too?

so there. if i followed the recommendations to the dot, i might as well live in an antiseptic bubble.

to h*ll with allergies. that's what antihistamines are for.

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