I've Been Tagged: Seven Random Facts About Me

I've been tagged by Emer and Cai. Here are my Seven Random Facts About Myself:

1. When my throat itches, the corners of my mouth itch too. I would scratch them until they get sore so sometimes I go around with wounded mouth corners. No people, it's not from too much eating.

2. If you look closely, you will notice a small greenish dot between my eyes, closer to the right. My sister and I were tickling each other in bed while she was holding a newly sharpened Mongol pencil. Inevitably, I got stabbed. Quite surprisingly, it didn't hurt. I lifted my head and saw the pencil swinging from side to side while still stuck to my head. That made me cry. I was maybe seven or eight years old.

I think she was aiming for the eyes.

3. I tell stories in a super-loud voice, especially when I get excited. I am usually unaware of this until a friend would call my attention to it. And much as I try to keep my voice down, I would forget about it after less than a minute and have all of the passengers in the FX/jeepney/MRT know what happened to me that day.

4. I never graduated high school Chinese.

Most Chinese schools in the Philippines follow this format: regular classes in the morning (with subjects like Math, Science, English, Filipino, etc.), then Chinese classes in the afternoon (with whatever subjects they could come up with that were taught in Chinese). I failed Chinese Math (Geometry in Chinese!) and was thus required to attend summer classes to make up for it. I did not attend. I had to repeat 3rd year Chinese while I was a senior in English. Most fun Chinese class I had ever had.

5. I have posed nude for a friend's photography project in school. That was ten years ago and it was for art's sake. Enough said.

6. I am twenty-seven years old and I have yet to apply for a real driver's license. Maybe next month? We'll see.

7. I swear by tomato juice. I hate the taste but it makes my complexion glow and when you're vain, that's all that matters.

I'm tagging Jason Hinsley, Nick Wah, Jason Tan, Bevz Asenjo, Jing Racelis, Anna Cinco and Cheska Lim.