The Ocean of My Being

I was tagged by Anicee . It's the timeline tag. ( Sorry, sis, it took me this long to answer this one. I didn't have my PC with me for a few days, eh. ) Okay, here goes... TWENTY YEARS AGO. In 1985, I was a very shy and quiet 5-year-old girl. I was in kindergarten (at Dansalan College). I don't remember that much about my very first year in school. Maybe that's because I never really found kindergarten interesting because, the loner that I was, I didn't really have friends. I just sat in my place the whole time and didn't really talk to anyone. When playtime came, I remember I didn't even bother taking a single toy from the toy cabinet. I didn't really find the lessons that exciting either because, having older brothers I studied with even before I first set foot in the classroom, I already knew most of the things being taught. I was already reading "kiddie words" (short and simple words) when my classmates were learning their ABCs. F...

One night, I was comfortably lying in bed, totally engrossed in a book, when in the silence I suddenly heard the soft sound of wings flapping. Knowing it was some insect or worse a flying cockroach, I quickly jumped out of bed armed with my Baygon (insect-killing formula)! I stood still waiting for the thing to make its presence felt again. It felt like time stood very still with me. And then, suddenly, I heard it again so I jumped and sprayed like crazy. The thing was actually a really big bug that looked very much like a cockroach. Relieved when I saw it fall to the floor, I slowly went to take a closer look. I saw that the thing was on its back with all its feet (3 pairs) raised up to the air as if begging for help. As I got closer, I noticed that it was actually struggling and fighting for dear life. I felt really sorry but it was too late, I've already sprayed (too much, too) on it and it was slowly dying. I continued looking at the little thing because, for some unkn...

I got this "questionnaire" from my email. Answering it was fun. Since there's been so many surveys and questionnaires going around in the blogworld, I decided to post this one in my blog and spread it as well. :) So, for this one, I'm tagging: -- Anicee -- Ayeza -- Mami Che -- Laureen ******** Your complete name: -- Diandra-Ditma Aguam Macarambon Interests: -- Islam, Literature (all genres), Culture (especially the Meranao culture) and People, Languages, Travel, Arundhati Roy, Soccer, Basketball (especially UAAP), The Internet, Figure Skating (just watching; i do skate, but i really don’t do fancy stuff), Musicals/Plays, Instrumental Music, anything/everything Pink, Asian stuff, Animals (especially cats and dolphins), Food, and last but not least, anything/everything about Japan! Oh, and my men: David Trezeguet, Maksim Mrvica, Hideaki Takizawa, Takuya Kimura, Ken Hirai, Hiroyuki Sanada, Denzel Washington, Orlando Bloom, Prince William (of Wales), Ken Zhu (of F...

I got this from Toni ! Number of books on the shelves: Where I'm currently staying: I only have a study table in my dormitory room, no shelf. I have around 15 books on the table. I have my other books in two balikbayan boxes; I have some books on the floor as well. :) Back home: My book shelf is full (I don't know how many books I have there) and then I have another box full. :) Those that I own/bought: Maybe around 300 or more (academic ones not included). :) 5 last books that I bought: 1. Lualhati Bautista 's "Gapo" 2. L. M. Montgomery 's "Anne of the Island" 3. Carol O'Connor 's "Mallory's Oracle" 4. Rebecca Wells ' "Little Altars Everywhere" 5. Arundhati Roy 's "The God of Small Things" Book/s I’m reading now: Paulo Coelho 's "The Pilgrimage" Last 5 books read: 1. J. K. Rowling 's "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" 2. Rolando Tinio 's "A Matter of Langu...

I feel pretty good. It seemed like the past weeks actually exhausted me, what with my job, graduate school and my "new career" as a serious cheerer/fan of the UP Fighting Maroons and the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the UAAP 68th Season . I haven't missed a single game of both school teams. There was even one time I went to the games by myself because my other UAAP friends couldn't make it. These games actually keep me sane and they've become my instrument for de-stressing . I get really stressed in some games, though. But, it's the kind of stress that's not really that bad or that wouldn't add lines or wrinkles on my face or anything. The games are really fun!:) My baller IDs... they're part of my "uniform".:) ******** Being always tired and all, my body's resistance to 'common diseases' considerably decreased so that I had another bout with gastritis and had some allergic reaction to some things (salmon that wasn't...