me in fours
i never really like sending chain letters, but this chain blog entry is fun. :) here goes.
four jobs i've had:
1. consultant. blah.
2. auditor. even more blah.
3. federal energy regulatory commission intern. very cool and interesting to see a how a government agency operates. i was there for the northeast blackout of 2003, and no i didn't cause it. :)
4. golf ball sales girl. i was a self-made entrepreneur at age 10. my family's backyard was adjacent to a nyc public golf course where the golfers were far from tiger woods, so we got tons of golf balls hit into our yard that were never sought after. i collected them and sold them back to golfers passing by our backyard. i even wrapped them in cellophane and ribbon. that money bought my sisters and me ice cream all summer.
four movies i can watch over and over:
1. eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
2. garden state
3. sabrina (1995)
4. shawshank redemption
four places i've lived:
1. staten island, new york. born and raised, baby, born and raised.
2. dundalk, maryland. twice. (as if living there once wasn't odd enough)
3. philadelphia, pennsylvania. yay for college and cheaper bar drinks than ny! :)
4. brighton and cambridge (not simultaneously), massachusetts. for those who know me, i say i live in boston, but i felt the need to distinguish here. apparently you only "live in boston" if your mailing address is actually in boston, even though brighton is a part of the city of boston. then there's the odd river rivalry between boston and cambridge so that people from each town try to avoid crossing the river unless it's absolutely necessary- yeah, who knew? to me, they're all bostonians. they are irrational red sox fans who think they can claim STREET parking during and after a snow storm with various bric-a-brac from their houses just because they took the time to dig their cars out and make the space "parkable". yup, they're crazy.
four tv shows i like:
1. sex and the city. i'm a girl from new york. :)
2. dawson's creek. joey and pacey 4e. ahh, gotta love high school.
3. felicity. i vicariously lived the new york college experience through felicity.
4. friends. as only a true fan can, i watched from episode 1 in 1994. i was 11.
four places i've vacationed:
1. france. just about all of it while following the tour de france in july 2005 with lawrence. i miss the strawberry tarts. :)
2. the philippines. mostly in luzon seeing family, and if you're filipino, you know that means it's not really a vacation...
3. barcelona. that crazy gaudi. maybe more people would be as relaxed and life-loving as barcelonians if there was more gaudi architecture around the world.
4. greece: mainland, islands, and, dare i include this country under my trip to greece, turkey. the ruins were amazing. the nerd that i am got a little too camera happy while at crete and filled up a large memory card in 2 hours.
four of my favorite dishes:
1. sushi. i think i'm in love.
2. paella, wine, and flan. what do you think i ate in barcelona everyday?
3. penne alla vodka. i was so disappointed when i tried to order it in italy. it turns out that this dish is italian-american and was not served anywhere in italy. no one even knows what vodka sauce is over there. they probably think it's russian.
4. asian noodles, in general. lo mein, pan fried, chow fun, pad thai, pad see yu, pearl noodles, udon, rice vermicelli, mamii, bihon. you name it.
four sites i visit daily:
1) google.com. my inquisitive mind, or my lack of attention, is highly satisfied by this site.
2) nytimes.com. i always want to know what's going on, from a new yorker's perspective of course. none of this boston.com nonsense.
3) gmail.com. how else could i gossip during work.
4) boston.craigslist.org. always on the prow, my friends, always on the prow.
four places i'd rather be right now:
1) new york. always and forever.
2) anywhere but boston. this city drives me nuts. from the red sox to refrigerators saving street parking spots to the awful drivers, this place is a mess.
3) in the warmth year around. and definitely near a beautiful beach and tennis court.
4) europe. they don't have bush.
four books/series i like:
1. gabriel garcia marquez's love in the time of cholera and one hundred years of solitude. his magical realism really takes the reader to a parallel universe.
2. time and again by jack finney. i'm a sucker for any novels taking place in ny. this novel involves time travel across several decades in ny, and for me, the more ny the better. :)
3. wonder boys by michael chabon. i can't help but root for the underdogs, and grady tripp is definitely an underdog, in his own pathetic and self-fulfilling way.
4. to kill a mockingbird. a classic. who wouldn't want atticus finch to be her dad?
four games i can play over and over again:
1. scrabble/literati. yes, i've made it to the online yahoo! version of scrabble. sad, i know.
2. taboo. i guess there are no words i can use to describe it. :)
3. pinball. even on the computer. sad, again, i know.
4. do drinking games count? :)
four bloggers i'm tagging:
1. rachel raymundo
2. lisa cruz
3. anna cruz
4. jennie lin
i don't really know anyone else who keeps blogs/xanga current. if you do though, take the time to do this. :) it makes you examine who you are and who you once were. i totally forgot that i sold golf balls when i was 10. :)
four jobs i've had:
1. consultant. blah.
2. auditor. even more blah.
3. federal energy regulatory commission intern. very cool and interesting to see a how a government agency operates. i was there for the northeast blackout of 2003, and no i didn't cause it. :)
4. golf ball sales girl. i was a self-made entrepreneur at age 10. my family's backyard was adjacent to a nyc public golf course where the golfers were far from tiger woods, so we got tons of golf balls hit into our yard that were never sought after. i collected them and sold them back to golfers passing by our backyard. i even wrapped them in cellophane and ribbon. that money bought my sisters and me ice cream all summer.
four movies i can watch over and over:
1. eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
2. garden state
3. sabrina (1995)
4. shawshank redemption
four places i've lived:
1. staten island, new york. born and raised, baby, born and raised.
2. dundalk, maryland. twice. (as if living there once wasn't odd enough)
3. philadelphia, pennsylvania. yay for college and cheaper bar drinks than ny! :)
4. brighton and cambridge (not simultaneously), massachusetts. for those who know me, i say i live in boston, but i felt the need to distinguish here. apparently you only "live in boston" if your mailing address is actually in boston, even though brighton is a part of the city of boston. then there's the odd river rivalry between boston and cambridge so that people from each town try to avoid crossing the river unless it's absolutely necessary- yeah, who knew? to me, they're all bostonians. they are irrational red sox fans who think they can claim STREET parking during and after a snow storm with various bric-a-brac from their houses just because they took the time to dig their cars out and make the space "parkable". yup, they're crazy.
four tv shows i like:
1. sex and the city. i'm a girl from new york. :)
2. dawson's creek. joey and pacey 4e. ahh, gotta love high school.
3. felicity. i vicariously lived the new york college experience through felicity.
4. friends. as only a true fan can, i watched from episode 1 in 1994. i was 11.
four places i've vacationed:
1. france. just about all of it while following the tour de france in july 2005 with lawrence. i miss the strawberry tarts. :)
2. the philippines. mostly in luzon seeing family, and if you're filipino, you know that means it's not really a vacation...
3. barcelona. that crazy gaudi. maybe more people would be as relaxed and life-loving as barcelonians if there was more gaudi architecture around the world.
4. greece: mainland, islands, and, dare i include this country under my trip to greece, turkey. the ruins were amazing. the nerd that i am got a little too camera happy while at crete and filled up a large memory card in 2 hours.
four of my favorite dishes:
1. sushi. i think i'm in love.
2. paella, wine, and flan. what do you think i ate in barcelona everyday?
3. penne alla vodka. i was so disappointed when i tried to order it in italy. it turns out that this dish is italian-american and was not served anywhere in italy. no one even knows what vodka sauce is over there. they probably think it's russian.
4. asian noodles, in general. lo mein, pan fried, chow fun, pad thai, pad see yu, pearl noodles, udon, rice vermicelli, mamii, bihon. you name it.
four sites i visit daily:
1) google.com. my inquisitive mind, or my lack of attention, is highly satisfied by this site.
2) nytimes.com. i always want to know what's going on, from a new yorker's perspective of course. none of this boston.com nonsense.
3) gmail.com. how else could i gossip during work.
4) boston.craigslist.org. always on the prow, my friends, always on the prow.
four places i'd rather be right now:
1) new york. always and forever.
2) anywhere but boston. this city drives me nuts. from the red sox to refrigerators saving street parking spots to the awful drivers, this place is a mess.
3) in the warmth year around. and definitely near a beautiful beach and tennis court.
4) europe. they don't have bush.
four books/series i like:
1. gabriel garcia marquez's love in the time of cholera and one hundred years of solitude. his magical realism really takes the reader to a parallel universe.
2. time and again by jack finney. i'm a sucker for any novels taking place in ny. this novel involves time travel across several decades in ny, and for me, the more ny the better. :)
3. wonder boys by michael chabon. i can't help but root for the underdogs, and grady tripp is definitely an underdog, in his own pathetic and self-fulfilling way.
4. to kill a mockingbird. a classic. who wouldn't want atticus finch to be her dad?
four games i can play over and over again:
1. scrabble/literati. yes, i've made it to the online yahoo! version of scrabble. sad, i know.
2. taboo. i guess there are no words i can use to describe it. :)
3. pinball. even on the computer. sad, again, i know.
4. do drinking games count? :)
four bloggers i'm tagging:
1. rachel raymundo
2. lisa cruz
3. anna cruz
4. jennie lin
i don't really know anyone else who keeps blogs/xanga current. if you do though, take the time to do this. :) it makes you examine who you are and who you once were. i totally forgot that i sold golf balls when i was 10. :)
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