100 Things About Me

Right, Malin, the twin and Elena did theirs, and I decided to do one of my own.

1. I have been dancing all my life. My mother told me I did arabesques in my crib when I learned to stand on my own and danced to just about anything.

2. ...I love dancing in general, did all kinds of dances, including cheerdance, tap, folk, jazz, etc., but ballet is my first love.

3. ...I took my first ballet class when I was four and half years old, and got accelerated even before I finished the primary level, and danced in the culminating recital with the girls in the higher level.

4. ...Streetdance/hiphop is my second love. I was part of my high school dance troupe but quit after a year because I couldn't fit it into my busy schedule anymore :(

5. I have a hidden talent for shooting in basketball.

6. ...If I weren't a ballerina, I'd probably a basketball player.

7. ...Except that my mom refused to enroll me in basketball workshops/clinics, or any other physical contact-inducing sport for that matter. She was too afraid I'd get hurt and my grace and poise would get affected.

8. I have ridiculously huge thigh and calf muscles. And arms as well. No thanks to the countless hours of training and dancing.

9. I look incredibly young for my age.

10. ...in fact, I look too young, I still get asked for an ID. Even immigration officers in different airports ask me if I'm really my age. It's on my passport, FFS!



11. When I was younger, I would get my mother's baby pictures and tell people that it was me in the picture and not my mom.

12. ...because I look almost exactly like my mom. People say we're carbon copies, haha.

13. I used to hate wearing heels because they hurt my feet so much - they are too sensitive.

14. ...now I love them so much. Addicted to them even if they still cause me pain.

15. ...I am addicted to shoes in general. Nowadays, I always, always buy shoes first before clothes or bags.

16. I am brand-conscious. I don't want to be, and I'm trying not to be. But I can't help it sometimes... Ok, most of the time.

17. I have developed an obsession for bats and the colour orange because of Valencia.

18. I want to colour my hair but I'm kind of scared to do it.

19. ...plus, my mom would go ballistic if I pushed through with it.

20. ...Although, I love how black my hair is.

21. I love dogs, and I wish I could keep even just one inside the house and let it sleep beside me.

22. ...I can't though, because I'm asthmatic.

23. I also have a million other allergies and never know when they'll kick in.

24. My nose is really sensitive - I am very prone to getting colds and nosebleeds.

25. I wear two rings everyday, one on each ring finger. I never take them off except when I'm going to shower.

26. I cannot wear fake or fancy earrings, my ears itch and go red and swollen in a matter of seconds when I do.

27. ...it also sometimes happens when I wear fake bracelets or necklaces. It depends, especially if it's a really bad kind of metal.

28. I have a closet full of stuffed animals/toys which I have collected since I was a baby.

29. ...one of which is a giant black and orange panda given to me by my late grandfather when I was born.

30. ...my mom insists I give some of them away to charity, but I am too emotionally attached to most of them.

31. ...there are more stuffed animals around my pillows on my bed.

32. Penguins are my favouritest animal in the world.

33. ...I want to keep one in a huge freezer and take care of it.

34. ...I have 4 stuffed penguins who stay with me when I sleep.

35. ...their names are Pumpkin, Pinga, Chilly Willy, and Happy Feet (who got separated from her twin who is now living in London).

36. ...they have different nationalities, lol. Pumpkin is Filipino, Pinga is Singaporean, Chilly Willy is American and Happy Feet is Taiwanese.

37. I don't watch tv that much. I can last days without switching the tv on.

38. I am an expert crammer.

39. ...I crammed my way into uni. I crammed for everything - lectures, assignments, recitations, exams, etc.

40. ...I crammed for all of my final exams, only studying hours before the exams.

41. ...I crammed all of my final papers - within 2-5 hours before the deadline.

42. ...and I still managed to be on the dean's list for consecutive semesters.

43. I finished my bachelor's degree in Social Sciences in March 2009.

44. I also finished a minor in Cultural Heritage, as well as a minor in Chinese Studies.

45. I am terribly afraid of frogs, cockroaches and rats.

46. I have a cuckoo clock in my bedroom, which my mother got me when she went to Germany.

47. I hate the colour green. Partly because it's the school colour of my uni's rival school.

48. My favourite season is autumn. Sadly we don't have autumn here in the Philippines.

49. I used to be able to sleep during flights, it didn't matter if it was only for 50 minutes or 18 hours.

50. ...I can't anymore. I have a hard time falling asleep during flights now.

51. I've adopted Singapore as my second city. It sort of feels like home every time I go back and walk on the streets.

52. I broke my top right front tooth when I was a kid. My brother and I were playing tag, I was running after him and I slipped. I landed face first and instead of using my hands to stop myself from skidding forward, I opened my mouth and used my teeth. Very smart, no? :p

53. I have been given the Filipino World Class Achiever award for dance for two years in a row.

54. I joined my first international dance competition when I was 12, and won first place.

55. I own more than 30 pairs of Havaianas flip flops.

56. I constantly travel locally and abroad.

57. ...I used to travel so much around the country, I don't even remember that I've been to this place or that.

58. ...One of my worst travel experiences was when we got bumped off our flight to Macau. The airline provided us with hotel accomodations, meals and airport transfers, but we had to fly to Hongkong first then take a ferry to Macau. Flight got delayed for several hours. Halfway to Hongkong, plane had some mechanical problem, turned back to Manila. Stayed in the airport for a couple more hours. When we got to Hongkong, boarded our ferry, ferry broke, had to transfer to another ferry. Originally, our flight was at 8am, we'd be in Macau at around 11am at the most. After all that shizz, we finally landed on Macau soil... at 7pm.

59. ...the worst flying experience I had was when I had to take 3 planes just to get to Canberra, Australia. One plane from Manila to Brisbane, another from Brisbane to Sydney, and lastly, Sydney to Canberra. I hate transfers/connecting flights, I prefer flying direct or having just one stop over.

60. ...I had a huge crush on the boy I sat next to during the flight to Canberra though. He was hot.

61. ...But Jay was hotter. I met him in school (I was an exchange student in Australia). He was the best high school summer fling I had, lol.

62. My favourite toys when I was a child are my Polly Pocket houses and this cash register that my grandfather bought for me.

63. I am the eldest child, and the first grandchild of my maternal grandmother and grandfather.

64. ...sometimes I hate being the eldest, because it comes with huge responsibilities.

65. ...but I love it most of the time, because I get first dibs on most things.

66. The first ever thing I asked from Santa was a makeup set.

67. I love reading.

68. ...when I was a kid, I always had to have the latest Sweet Valley Kids, The Babysitters Club and Nancy Drew Notebooks novels.

68. ...I love mysteries and detective/suspense novels.

70. ...my favourite author is James Patterson.

71. I have been, and will always be a Disney baby.

72. ...I love Disney movies, especially the princess classics.

73. ...my favourites are Cinderella, The Little Mermaid and Enchanted.

74. ...my friends lovingly call me Cinderella because of my curfew.

74. ...but I think that I can relate to Ariel the most.

75. I love everything about the beach, especially lying on the sand and soaking up the sun.

76. I have really bad eyesight. I am nearsighted, and my opthalmologist told me it was inborn.

77. I took guitar lessons but completely forgot how to play it. It's like my brain and my hands forgot that I ever took those lessons.

78. I hate household chores. I'd never be a good housewife.

79. ...I'd never even agree to being a housewife. I wouldn't let my future husband force me into being one, haha.

80. Huge birds seem to have a fondness for me. I got chased by an emu in a wildlife park in Australia and by an ostrich in Zoobic, Subic (here in the Philippines).

81. I have been sponsoring a little girl's education for 4 years now and I hope to continue to do so until she finishes uni.

82. ...Her name is Jen, and she lives in a really far off island from where I am. I dream of the day when I finally meet her.

83. My family is such a close-knit one. My brother and I are very close to each other and to our parents.

84. ...I always put my brother first before me.

85. ...I disagree with my parents on a lot of things and can be rebellious, but I still find myself following what they say/want in the end.

86. I once got called up to participate in a local game show on TV. They needed dancers for contestants, and they called up my ballet school to get some of us to join.

87. ...I came out as the winner. I even had a talent fee for joining.

88. I received my first wages when I was 10 years old. I got casted in Sharon Cuneta's (a very popular local singer/movie star) music video as a fairy ballerina.

89. ...I gave my first wages to my parents. But my mom returned it to me, told me to save it.

90. ...I still give my wages (whenever I have jobs) to my parents, but they always return it.

91. I am Roman Catholic, and even if I'm not as traditionally religious as my mom, I like to think I am religious in my own way and my faith is very strong.

92. I wish I had a sister too.

93. I can distinguish most songs (songs that I know, that is) by listening to the first few notes, or first few musical lines at the most, of the melody.

94. I think I would be better off being European (Spanish please, haha) because I'm living on European timezones anyway.

95. I didn't use to be so addicted to the internet until I met online some of the best friends I could ever have.

96. I can be adventurous in dining when I want to be. I have tried eating fried frog legs, they taste like chicken.

97. ...the most exotic thing I've tried eating are tamilok. It's a local delicacy in Palawan which is a worm-like mollusk found on rotting mangrove trees. It taste like oysters.

98. ...the exotic food that I love the most are grilled chicken intestines called isaw. It's like pork barbecue, but tastes even better.

99. Most of my cousins and even older relatives call me 'Ate' or 'Ate Cla'. 'Ate' means big sister in Filipino and Cla is my nickname. When I was a little kid and had several younger cousins, I used to tell people I'm everyone's ate, and the nickname stuck.

100. My ultimate goal in life is to have an amazing job, have a blessed married and family life, be able to provide my children with what everything they need and if possible, more, and travel the world with my family.

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Pure Clarice.

Because I am procrastinating. THIS IS FUUUN. :D

Slogan-ize yourself.
Go to: http://thesurrealist.co.uk/slogan.cgi
Put your name in, and generate slogan after each question.

1. What do you say to yourself every morning?
You've got questions. We've got Clarice.

2. What do you want other people to say about you?
Keep that Clarice complexion.

3. Someone asked you out, your answer is...
If you want to get ahead, get a Clarice.

4. How would you answer a booty call?
You can't top a Clarice. (LMAO!)

5. How would you introduce yourself to someone you really like?
See the face you love light up with a Clarice.

6. To someone you dislike?
I bet he drinks Clarice.

7. You're in a conversation and you suddenly feel the need to pee, how would you excuse yourself?
Pure Clarice.

8. Your parents ask you why you got home late, you say...
Do you, uh, Clarice?

9. You're failing a subject, you say...
Naughty, but, Clarice.

10. The love of your life asks you to marry him/her, what do you say?
Let's face the music and Clarice.

11. Your bf/gf is breaking up with you, you tell him/her...
Refreshes the Clarice other beers cannot reach.

12. Someone told you you're an asshole, you tell them...
Two hours of Clarice in just two calories.

13. What are the best words to describe you?
Hands that do dishes can be as soft as your Clarice. (whut?)

14. If you're going to have a movie about your life, the title is...
Taste the Clarice. (LMAO AGAIN)

15. Your last words before you die..
I'd like to buy the world a Clarice. (Eee I like this one lol)

16. Your message to a special someone..
Any time, any place. Clarice.

17. Title of this post will be...
Pure Clarice. (hey it repeated :s)

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Just to keep it alive and kicking yo.

I am very very busy with law school and couldn't be bothered to keep this blog up and running :( But I want to keep it up, so I am going to post another survey thing that I saw from ontd, and Nandia did it on her blog too.

Here goes!

1) Your name : Anna Clarice is the real name. Aianna is really Ai An Na, my Chinese name.

2) Age : too young to be serious about life. Lol. 21. But I'm told I look like 15/16.

3) Where are you from ? the tropical islands of the Philippines

4) Date of birth: 15 de enero de 1988

5) Your hobbies: dancing, reading, watching football and other sports, wasting time online

6) What do you do in your life? I'm currently a first year law student trying to cope and tell myself that I can make it til the end. Lol. I'm also a ballerina who can dance just about any other type of dance aside from ballet, and currently trying to balance my dancing career with my law studies.

7) Favorite club(s): Valencia CF, MUFC, LFC. Spain NT.

8) What got you into football? I don't even know... I got acquainted watching the World Cup then it just evolved into a wonderful relationship with the EPL and La Liga.

9) Your favorite current football players: Valencia CF. Hehe. Seriously, in terms of skillz: David Silva, David Villa, Xavi, Cristiano Ronaldo. Though I'm saying goodbye to Cris now. *sob*

10) Your favorite past football players: David Beckham, Kaka, Ronaldinho, Fat Ronaldo. Yes, I was a Brazil NT fan before.

11) Most memorable game? Because I sadly missed the Euros... I guess it's going to be the CL final 2007/08. Or the 2nd round of the UEFA Cup 2008/09, Dynamo Kyiv-Valencia. And the Valencia-Real Madrid game, Silva's last game for the season. Ok, there's a lot.. Haha.

12) What do you think about the Real Madrid situation? Because I love Elena, I will not comment on this.

13) Is there a thing you would like to change about your club? If so what? Valencia - I want the stupid financial debts to go away. And for the current squad to stay.

14) favorite ice cream flavor: Oooh, a lot. Strawberry, Mango, Haagen Dazs' Dulce de Leche, Ben&Jerry's Half Baked, Green Tea, Chocolate, Vanilla

15) Chocolate or Vanilla? It depends.

16) Coke or pepsi? Coke

17) Ketchup or mustard? Both! But I'm picky when it comes to ketchup, it HAS to be Heinz.

18) Iker or Pepe Reina? Iker

19) Sernando or Sergago? Silva-Alexis.

20) Kickette or dirty tackle? Kickette

21) Premier league or la liga? La Liga

22) Jose or Pep ? Pep

23) Which player would you like to spend a night with? David Josue Jiménez Silva

24) Which three players would you like to be stuck on a desert island with? Silva, Alexis, Albiol

25) Which player do you like that you really shouldn't? Xavi

26) Which footballer would you describe yourself as like/relate to/something like that? Silva. We're seriously MFEO.

27) First live concert? I don't remember! I think it was... Incubus? From so long ago. Haha

28) A band you will always love: Hanson lol. Maroon 5!

29) If you could be one musical artist who would you be? Gwen Stefani (Oooh, same as Elena)

30) Favourite and least favourite subjects at school: I loved English and Literature. I hated Math.

31) Favoruite clothes shop: Zara and Topshop

32) Current favourite outfit: Er, idk. I don't have a fave outfit.

33) Flats or heels? Heels, but I don't wear them a lot haha. I do now, now that I'm in law school and the dress code's corporate attire. But I still love my flipflops and sandals.

34) Late nights or early mornings? Late nights of course

35) Small social gathering with a few close friends or a wild party with tons of people? Irl I prefer being with my closest friends. But I would do the wild party with my Kickette girls (and our boys of course) in a heartbeat!

36) Facebook or twitter? Twitter ftw yo! <3

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Just another pointless thing

I used to love doing these MASH games when I was younger. Especially when I was bored in school, ahaha! So I just had to try this out when I saw it. Anyway, this is scaring me. Whatever happened to my one and only David?

		I will marry Alexis.
		After a wild honeymoon, We will settle down in Valencia in our fabulous House.
		We will have 5 kid(s) together.
		Our family will zoom around in a Blue Porsche Cayenne.
		I will spend my days as a Football Player, and live happily ever after.

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Something irrelevant

Just because I want to blog even if there's nothing really interesting to blog about.

Got this from twiny.

Right first click this wikipedia link that will send you to a random article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The name of the article will be the name of your band.
Next step, click this quotations link:
http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last 4-5 word of the last quote on the page will be the title of the album!
As for the album cover click:
http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days The 3rd picture will be the cover of the album! Then Photoshop together.

Ok, here it is:

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Photo Mosaic Thingie

1. clarice & lubitel, 2. Meant To Be Dinner: Cheese Board, 3. Not available, 4. Not available, 5. Pieces of Europe, 6. Dance...Dance...Dance..., 7. don't worry be happy new year8. Not available9. Not available

Because I was tagged by Ruthie. :)

Rules:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search (http://www.flickr.com/).
b. Using ONLY the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into Mosaic Maker. Change rows to 3 and columns to 3 (http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/mosaic.php).
d. Save the image and post it!
e. If you’re tagged, reblog and pass it on.

The Questions:
(my answers are in bold and italics)

1. What is your first name? Clarice (well it's Anna, but I use Clarice, so..)
2. What is your favorite food? Cheese
3. What is your favorite color? Blue
4. Favorite drink? Bailey's
5. Dream vacation? backpacking across Europe
6. Favorite hobby? Dancing
7. What you want to be when you grow up? Happy
8. What do you love most in life? Breathing
9. One word to describe you? Diverse

I'm not really tagging anyone, but I require the twin and Elena to do this. Haha :)

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Makeover

I decided to change my layout, I was getting tired of the all green flower garden. It's too... Green. And I don't even like green! Haha. So yeah, this layout's really cute and I love it. :D I love the little chickie :D

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It's Complicated

I've made a blog over at Wordpress, but I find the whole blog management, erm, too fancy schmancy and complicated for me. So I've decided to keep it simple and transferred here. :)

Plus, I like this Blogs I'm Following feature they've got.

So, yay! :)

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