100 Things About Carmen…
- i’ve been with al since 1991. married since 1995.
- rumor was, we got married because i was pregnant.
- close enough… five years after we were married, i finally became pregnant for the first time.
- and met joshua, the love of my life.
- i have small feet
- i speak and/or understand 6 languages: english, japanese, tagalog, baby babble, piglatin, and gibberish.
- i’m right handed.
- i own a small corporation.
- my boss, scot, from my last j.o.b. told me about advertising on the internet. i gave my 2 weeks notice a few weeks later.
- he was my favorite boss.
- my mom used to find snails and caterpillars in my pockets.
- when i was in first grade, i used to make boys cry.
- i have a younger brother and a baby sister, and i love them to death.
- i don’t drink.
- i don’t smoke.
- never done drugs.
- i was born in tokyo japan.
- on july 10, 1971
- “non drowsy” meds will totally knock me out.
- i love my mom and dad.
- my mom and dad are still married.
- my husband is my best friend…
- he can also be my biggest enemy.
- my other best friend is one of the prettiest people i know. she named her daughter minerva rose.
- another best friend lives in san fran. he’s the kind of friend you only dream about. his daughter, jaelynn rose, is betrothed to joshua. just kidding.
- i’ve experienced verbal abuse via e-mail and online chat.
- i’d understand if you hated me because your baby isn’t as adorable as mine.
- i’m a perfectionist
- i’m working on building my self confidence
- whatever happened to ricky martin?
- i’m very patient.
- i wanted to be a psychologist.
- i wanted to be a dancer.
- i wanted to be a professional pianist.
- i wanted to be an astronomer.
- when i was younger, i dreamed of opening my own school of performing arts and dedicate it to gloria, my piano teacher.
- she passed away when i was 14. i haven’t been the same since.
- my very first pet was a bunny named bumper (full name: buster thumper). his original name was “junior”. a co-worker at lions clubs int’l gave him to me. we thought he was a boy. the vet said he was a girl.
- when bumper died, we adopted 2 more bunnies. buster and thumper. few years later, we found another bunny who looked just like bumper, and named him junior.
- we have 2 dogs and a cat. mikko, valentine, and kaela. mikko’s name is a combination of my sister and brother’s names. valentine was a valentine’s day present. kaela was named after al and me.
- if i had a pet pig, i’d name it bacon.
- i don’t eat birds, pigs, cows, or any other animals, but i eat seafood.
- i love surprises. unless you tell me there’s a surprise waiting for me. then i’d rather you tell me now.
- my favorite subject in grade school was english/grammar because my 5th grade teacher, mrs. hesslau, made it so much fun.
- i came to the u.s. not knowing how to speak or write much english, so my mom asked my 2nd grade teacher, ms. corso, to provide extra help. i became fluent within a month.
- i cry often.
- i laugh even more.
- i love chocolate.
- i hate velcro.
- one of my friends and i live parallel lives. we were both born in july, married in ’95, gave birth to our first sons in the same year by the same doctor via c-section, and at one time, we lived in the same town in (different) apartments with the same unit number… now we live in the same subdivision.
- i’m on my way to getting my mba…
- then my phd.
- my favorite color is burgundy.
- my favorite book is ‘story of a soul: the autobiography of st. therese of lisieux’
- i’m not spoiled.
- i’m well taken cared of.
- i loved being pregnant.
- when things seems to go all wrong and i’m feeling discouraged, i remind myself that things are exactly the way they are because of the choices i’ve made… and i have the choice to change it.
- i’m a kick-booty mom.
- i’m an awesome wife.
- i’m not too fond of perfume, but i love the victoria’s secret dream angels “divine” collection.
- my name means “song”.
- my husband’s name means “handsome”.
- joshua’s name means “Jehovah saves”.
- i was a tomboy.
- i love cleaning the house… keeping my house spotless.
- i’m afraid of the ocean because i “know” the water is alive and waiting.
- i won 2 beauty pageants when i was 19 because people thought i was kinda pretty back in the day.
- my first car was an ’85 buick station wagon
- i love God.
- the most precious day of my life was the day my son was born… i finally met my angel, face-to-face, for the first time.
- my father’s father and my father’s mother had the same last names before they were married… that explains a lot.
- “they” told me i was clinically depressed.
- my doctor prescribed zoloft, i took it twice, and will never take it again.
- my dad can beat up your dad.
- i’m a hula girl.
- i used to perform in luaus… $100 a dance.
- i’m a cancer.
- i’ve been totally broke at one time.
- i’d like to learn to drive stick.
- in first grade, my classmates in japan treated me like a celebrity because i wasn’t 100% japanese. they’d line up for my autograph after school.
- i only knew 3 letters of the english alphabet… “a”, “d”, and “m”. so, i’d write “adm” on their hands and tell ‘em it was my name in english.
- a.d.m. is my husband’s initials. are you creeped out?
- i crave for hotdogs and kfc every so often.
- my favorite book in highschool was, “to kill a mocking bird” by harper lee.
- i always wear a brown scapular around my neck.
- i was named after “Our Lady of Mount Carmel”.
- i passed my driving test and got my license on my first try.
- i still don’t know how to correctly uphill/downhill park.
- my 1st grade teacher bought me presents every week because she wanted a daughter.
- i’ve won over 200 music and dance awards, from both national and international competitions.
- i feel vain writing so much about myself…
- my grandma on my dad’s side is an origami pro.
- i see dead people.
- i talk to dead people.
- i look like a cartoon.
- i’m at #97 already?
- after my grandpa passed away, he came to me in my dream… we were traveling by bus when he asked me to have breakfast with him. i told him i don’t usually get up until noon, and, he told me he’ll be there waiting for me until i’m ready to have breakfast with him.
- that dream comforts me… but, it totally freaked out my mom.
- if joshua gets a brother, his name will be “jacob”… maybe “zachary”.
- my daughters’ names will be “janelle” and “jennalie”… or “rachelle” and “rebecca”.
- right now, i’m leaning towards “cassandra” and “caitlynne”… or “alyssa” and “arielle”.
- i started talking when i was 9 months old… haven’t stopped for a breath since.
- i love musicals… namely miss saigon and les mis. my cousin alex got me hooked when he landed the role of “tam” in miss saigon.
- i’m passionate about all that i choose to do.
- i feel like i’ve given birth to everyone i know.
- i lost my husband, best friend, and the keeper of my heart of 15 years to midlife crisis on 10/2/06. joshua and i miss him terribly and pray every moment we have that he will make it out of the fog and come back to us one day.
- i over deliver.
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