Little Things

Ina emailed several questions for a feature article she’s writing about our team for the company newsletter. My answers are terribly long; don’t know what I was thinking. Most of them will probably be edited out, so I’m copy-pasting some of my original answers here.

What is the soundtrack of your life?
I’d love to say Alanis Morissette’s "Not All Me" because I sooo love that song, but, no, I must say it’s the Diane Warren-penned Walter Affanasief-produced Tina Arena song "If I Was A River". It speaks of giving nothing but unselfish, unconditional love and care to a loved one, of giving that person all you’ve got. I can also relate very much to Alanis’s "So Unsexy" and Jewel’s "Near You Always". But one of my favorite lines from a song ever is "I hope I love you all my life" from that mushy song by Daniel Bedingfield.

What was your best subject in school? (ie, where did you excel)
Would you believe, Chemistry?! I completely don’t remember my periodic table now, but I topped one departmental exam in NatSci I in UP. I’m not exactly proud. Yuck. What a nerd. But I loved Film 100. I read "Film as an Art" from cover to cover… twice! I did okay in a few of my major subjects, but I forget all of them now. Sorry Prof. Umali and Prof. Mamaclay! Hehe…

What’s the best advice anyone’s given you?
"Kamayin mo na lang" — by a resource person invited to talk about sex-related crimes in one of the completely useless LES sessions in college.

What Simpsons character best reflects your personality?
Lisa, according to my cousin Telly, who is one of the biggest Simpsons fans I know. I, too, have always thought that I’m like my favorite Simpson character in some ways, although I’m tempted to scour all of Springfield to look for a character that reflects my personality even better than Lisa does. Anyway, Telly says I’m like Lisa because she’s smart. I don’t know; you tell me. She’s resilient; she keeps her sanity even with her lunatic dad and brother around. She is also precocious and very nice, and has just enough evil in her.

Did you cry when Littlefoot’s mom died in "The Land Before Time"?
No. I remember it saddened me very much, but, no, I did not cry. I would not cry watching a movie until I’m much much older. "The Cure" and "My Life" come to mind. The very first time I cried in a movie theater was while watching a Lualhati Bautista adaptation. But the two movies that made me shamelessly cry my heart out in a theater are "Big Fish" and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind".

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We were to submit photos for the article. Thanks to Letlet’s incredible talent with lenses and Miray’s incessant begging — no, more like demand — that we do a nude photoshoot of sorts in UP, my shift was able to come up with these:

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