THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS...

These are the things that i constantly do without too much thinking. Things that deform me. Things that make me feel alive and thankful. Things that make me happy. Just random things. My cheap pleasures.

1. Eat Tuna. I don't know where this began. This tuna eating habit of mine. Usually tuna sandwhiches in any form; on pitas, focaccia,ciabatta,whole wheat, pandesal, kariman and local white breads. In college, i made a short film based on the love of a girl to a boy that revolves around the tuna sandwhich--- how she makes it and brings it to him, how it was half-eaten by a dog and how she discovered something and gave the half-eaten sandwhich to the boy. We got good grades for that tuna sandwhich story. The first tuna sandwhich i tasted was in elementary. Moodrahbel made them in motherly heaps as baon complete with lettuce and pepper. It tasted real good. Right now, i love eating spanish style tuna from Century tuna.

2. Long walks while singing. The best ones are from upper Morato to downtown Morato and me coming from a 10 hour mtg. Walking has been part of my family. Poodrahbel used to bring me and my brothers to his office every other day back then when we were little and we would always walk going to the jeep terminal enough to stir some dew on our foreheads. When we go home we'd rather walk a 15 minute jeepney ride to our home. And while walking, Poodrahbel and the brothers would catch spiders along the way. Poodrahbel even found a tortoise and a snake during those walks. The singing part is just natural since i like singing and humming while walking. My walking songs range from Bread, Chicago, Grant Lee Buffalo, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Queen and Ella Fitzgerald. Paulie and i share the walking concerts.

3. Smell pages of newly bought books. As if making my presence felt in entering something unknown, i flip the pages of new books that i really like and smell the paper. And it really excites me to read the book after poking my nose in between pages.

There are a lot of things that i can classify as a favorite. LIke feeling my bra on my cheeks. Kissing the cheeks of LongLong ( a 4year old boy and the son Ate Midana who works for Kitsi's family as helper). Looking at old pictures. Wearing newly washed jeans and the feel of it on my butt. Gibberish talks with Lebanis and really laughing out loud.