The List

Here is a seemingly random list of things about me. I’ll add to this when the mood strikes me.

1. I put 6 packets of sugar in my small coffee and 9 packets in a 16 oz cup.
2. If I’m eating with my hands, I only use my thumb and index finger of either hand.
3. I hate making or taking phone calls.
4. I’ve been blogging in some form for more than 9 years.
5. I change my hairstyle every time I go in for a haircut.
6. I have an obsession with q-tips.
7. Grilled cheese sandwiches are awesome, and I don’t eat them nearly as much as I could.
8. I miss awesome black-bottom cupcakes.
9. I spent more than 2.5 weeks on email in sophomore year (HS), and now I work in internet marketing.
10. I still want to go to New Zealand, Japan, and Hawaii.
11. The Philippines is my favorite place ever (besides home).
12. My jaw clicks 3x as it opens.
13. Haagen Dazs coffee ice cream goes with anything.
14. The only sports event I’m ever excited to see is the US Open (Tennis).
15. I’m allergic to dogs and tangerines.
16. My perfect job would be one where I would get paid to travel everywhere, eat awesome food, try all the spas and write/blog about it. Awesome.
17. I live to eat.
18. I always scan the dessert menu before picking my main course.
19. Sikwate is the best breakfast drink.
20. I used to think I was going to pursue medicine as a career, instead, I enjoy having intelligent conversations with my doctor regarding my health.
21. I do not think that LISG was a nurturing educational environment. I spent 10 years there.
22. I love that my birthday is in the summer, but I hate that fall is right around the corner, after that.
23. I was born in Queens.
24. I’ve been to the Philippines 7x already.
25. I’ve been going to the same bakery and restaurant in Chinatown for my entire life for the same order: steamed pork buns, steamed mung bean buns, large special steamed buns, surprise (long sweet coconut roll), roast pork over white rice with chinese broccoli.
26. I think summer is the best season ever.
27. I haven’t bought a *new* song on iTunes since November 2008.
28. I have a habit of eating chocolate and candy bars during the time designated for breakfast.
29. I have an unhealthy obsession with shoes, and at last (incomplete) count I currently have 40+ pairs.
30. I try to wear flip-flops/slippers/sandals/thong sandals/tsinelas as much as possible.
31. I am not a fan of socks.
32. If I do have to have socks/hosiery of some sort, they must be some wild color or eye-catching design. SockDreams!
33. I am one degree away from Amanda Palmer.
34. The first album I ever bought was Paula Abdul’s Vibeology.
35. My favorite band is dredg.
36. My favorite bands in high school were Guster and Limp Bizkit. I still listen to a lot of Guster.
37. I joined an a cappella group this year (2010).
38. I avoid preppy style like the plague.
39. I’m addicted to watching Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Jersey Shore. I don’t really like any of the other shows.
40. At the time of this posting (1/12/10), I’ve tweeted 6,580 times.
41. I’ve taken bartending classes.
42. Everyone seems surprised when I tell them my liquor of choice — Jameson.
43. I promised myself that I’d take more effort to cook if I could pull off a full Filipino Christmas dinner in my tiny kitchen(-in-a-wall).
44. Less than a week after the successful Christmas dinner, I spent 4.5 hrs in my kitchen(-in-a-wall) and made pancit.
46. Beef is my favorite meat.
47. I’ve recently become somewhat of a rockstar.
48. Jagerbombs.
49. At the time of this posting (12/3/10), I’ve tweeted 14.432 times.
50. I’ve seen Guster twice live, at Beacon Theater.
51. I’ve been to a lot more live shows and parties since I moved.
52. I managed to pull off Thanksgiving dinner twice and Christmas dinner once in my apartment, and I haven’t made a larger effort to cook yet.
53. I don’t eat nearly as much meat/beef as I want to.
54. I regularly watch the show ‘Hoarders’ to scare myself into cleaning.
55. I want to go to Burning Man 2011.
56. I will never turn down an opportunity to go to a dance party.
57. The a cappella group attempt died after less than a month.
58. Despite being unemployed for the majority of the year, 2010 has been one of the best years of my life.