Christinchen's Soapbox

Tagged! "7 Random Things About Myself"

Thanks to Christine of Humble Pen for this tag, sorry it took me so long to get this done as I was always interrupted at work and at home. (I am usually squeamish about revealing things about myself but I'll be brave this time, be a sport and let my followers in .)

How the game works:

*Link to the person that tagged you (just did that)
*Post the rules on your blog
*Share seven interesting things about yourself
*Tag seven people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs ... people you would like to know more.
*Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.

So here goes:


1.I almost died in a car accident when I was 2 years old. My family was hit by a drunk driver on our way home from Hedemuenden to Bonn-Bad Godesberg. My father and grandmother died then. My mother and I survived. She was in coma for 21days and I for 3. Thank God we got out of it alive. But it's been hard on my mom all the years after that accident.


2. (Pun intended) I obeyed the commandment : "Love thy neighbor" when I fell in love with our "next-door neighbor" (and married him!), after much searching and being in love with love itself. My hubby is my closest friend, my enemy (we bicker everyday), my confidante, my knight-in-rusted-shining-armor all rolled into one.

3. I love Kimchi, yes, that staple food from Korea. It's so pungent and spicy. There isn't a month that I don't crave for it. But I heard it's good for health, so I just enjoy it!

4. I daydreamed a lot as an adolescent. The daydreams I had were that... I led a diva's life, so internationally popular despite being from the Philippines. Someone who was a great singer and a great actress. and so popular, socially welcome, a missing member of royalty (like princess diaries). Come to think of it... that would be Lea Salonga and Kris Aquino now. Two of my favorites. I really had those daydreams back then to comfort me during my bad moments. Part of it they inspired me in writing stories that were "honestly" crappy, but these daydreams materialized in real life to people I don't know personally.


5. I am not a sociably mature person. Basically I'm just shy and reserved. I only get out of my shell when I feel I need to say something,which rarely happens. Why so? I grew up on constantly watching tv shows and movies, trying to learn socially from them. ( I know, my social life is so bad!) then years later I realized I picked the wrong kind of people to emulate. Anyways, I'm learning.


6.I think I am an unusual mom. Anyone might cringe to see me and my kids together. I am my four young boys' "elder sister" not because I look young, but I act silly when I'm with them. I just wonder why. During light moments, it's been a habit of mine to argue with them or to engage in an immature conversation punctuated with their kid language. I must be getting old backwards ;-) But there's the fifth member of the family whom we need to set a good example for.


7. I am a survivor and an overcomer. I have survived the bad times in my life - of which I have yet to divulge. I have overcome all these by the power of what I think/say and my faith in God.

So, now it's time to tag 7 others:

Ruan's Corner
Daystar Shine On Me
Musings of a Vicks Inhaling Man
The Life of An Everyday BBW
The Wise (*Young*) Mommy
Makoy's Take On The Art

God bless!