I feel like the world is conspiring to
make me write again. Or Ate Joan and Ate Allane are really the ones who
conspired to make me write again. But either way, in response to the
sisters-in-Christ I love (and miss) and for fear that my blog might rust any
time now, here are the 20 facts about me which I managed to write out of my
controlled spontaneity.
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| Bonus fact: I often look better in stolen shots. |
1. People used to spell my nickname
in such a random way- Abi, Abbi, Abby, Aby, Avy, etc. But gladly, Facebook made
it possible for the world to know my preferred spelling: ABBIE. The thing is,
because of that, people get surprised when they discover that my real name is
Mary Abegail Anicete. Yes, Abegail with an E in between b and g instead of the
usual I. More often than not, people who would know the spelling of my complete
name are my classmates or closest friends.
2. I don't like being called Mary and the
reason is I just don't like being called Mary. I'll post more about my name in
another blog that Ate Joan (again) tagged me with.
3. I'm a very reflective person and I am
currently stuck at no. 3. I keep on thinking about what other facts I should
include or not include here and how on earth I'd write them, the way I'd want
them to be written. I carefully plan every little thing that I do including
this.
4. People who know me associate me with
the color blue. All shades of blue. They would know from the look of my eyes
that I want something badly not because of its looks, peculiarity or brand---
but because it's color BLUE. I admit that there are times when I'll love a pink
item more but crazily, I’ll set my mind that my favorite color is blue so I'll
still stick with the blue one no matter what. Bravo for my self-imposed loyalty
to blue!
5. My teeth are a complete set of sweet
tooth. Ice cream, chocolates, candies and all sorts of sweets could be my
everyday meals.
6. My stomach isn't satisfied with sweets
alone. It also has a bad craving for sodas, fries, burger, pizza, and junk foods.
Well, to appease your alarming super ego, I may want them every day but I don't
eat them every single day. I have a very health-conscious mother who is capable
enough to make me NOT eat or even dare think of them. Okay? Okay.
7. I like reading books but I have a slow
reading pace. I'd try to read a book but until I reach that I-badly-wonder-what's-next-mood,
I won't continuously read it. That's why it takes a long time for me to read
books plus the fact that I am super reflective.
8. I am a teacher by heart and by
profession. Though not by how I look. Uniform is the only thing that
distinguishes me from my students. The statistics is 9 out of 10 people think
I'm a High School student. That 1 person out of 10 thinks I'm from Elementary.
Slow clap here please.
9. I like designing and doing different
kinds of crafts. I can't draw based on my imagination but I can fairly imitate
illustrations. These are ways I express my creativity aside from teaching and
writing.
10. I keep a journal which is both my
diary and devotional notebook. This is something you must not read unless I
show some entries to you or this is something you can hardly read because of
how I write. The flow of my thoughts is so fast that I scribble even faster just
to keep up with it. Therefore, I often forget what legible and neat handwriting
means.
11. I am craziest with the people I am
closest to. I also am the most talkative and most spontaneous to them. They
have heard the corniest jokes in the world from me.
12. I love children. I struggle hard not
to squeeze the cheeks of a very cute child I come across with whom I barely
know. The child I love the most is the cutest creature on earth for me- my
nephew Jotjot.
13. I post a lot on Instagram which I
don't post on Facebook.
14. I am the sweetest person that I know.
If I were a man, I could've trained guys how to court a lady. I like surprising
people and making them feel very special.
15. I’m a cry baby. I’ve always wanted to
trade tear ducts with those who rarely cry because mine are over used.
16. The most dynamic thing about me is my
hair. I have had a lot of hair styles in my entire lifetime because cutting my
hair has always been one of my ways in dealing with stress.
17. I do more listening than speaking. I
feel that God gave me this skill as a gift to the world especially to the
people around me.
18. I rarely use an alarm. My body clock-
which is mostly the fear of being late or the pressure of having a long
to-do-list wakes me up just in time.
19. I was always a sleepy head. But these
days, that characteristic seems to be a history about me.
20. I’m a morning person and I love to
spend my time in the morning with the Lord. Indeed, the most important fact
about me is this: I have God in my life and my desire is to bring myself and
the people around me closer to Him.
