IDIOSYNCRACIES

Hmm. . . been tagged by good ol' Mia to list my idiosyncracies. This list can go on and on . . but I can start working on it . . .

id·i·o·syn·cra·sy n. pl. id·i·o·syn·cra·sies:1. A structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual or group. 2. A physiological or temperamental peculiarity. 3. An unusual individual reaction to food or a drug.

1) I have to smell my food before eating it.

2) I have a lot of gas, that even I myself have to vacate the room sometimes. It's the silent but deadly kind. I can't help it - its part of my 'fast' metabolism. I eat a lot so where do you seriously think it goes - my system doesn't poop it out it converts it to gas. I can be a millionaire if farts can be used to energy. It's especially bad the day after I have spaghetti or brocolli.

3) I love thrift stores - almost half of my wardrobe/closet is from thrift stores - hey you truly come around when you discover never been worn manolo blahniks for 8 bucks - unfortunately they were size 8 and I was planning to sell them on ebay but I ended up giving them to a friend. Plus not to mention I live 40 minutes away from the closest mall and the only thing we have around here is JC Penney.

4) I still use a "tabo" - the water bucket filipinos are known to use after urinating and/or pooping. Seriously before I came to the states, I used to think "eww, americans just wipe? they don't wash?" coz think of it after we pee, we pour - its the rinse cycle and when we poo, there's the pre-rinse, then we involve soap and lather up, and then rinse again, and of course we wash our hands after. But really its coz we're too poor to afford toilet paper. My husband discovered this when he went to shoemart mall in the philippines and realized we have the holders but no toilet paper in the stalls. I'm like honey that's why i carry tissue all the time in my purse. But hey other cultures have a "bedet" did i spell that right?

5) I love eating w/ my hands, especially when I eat fish and seafood. My dad's side of the family thinks its only necessary if we're eating w/ seafood and its not very civilized. But I think they're trying to be snooty and all uppity because I know its part of the filipino culture to eat w/ their hands along side w/ eating w/ a spoon and a fork. I seriously eat more when I eat w/ my hands.

6) I set the table w/ spoon on the right and fork on the left - no need for knives unless you're like eating steak or you really need to saw something. Otherwise, filipinos have the skills to pry their food apart. Come to think of it - I think its the smartest way to eat coz you can scoop the sauce/soup w/ your food. When I spoon feed my husband he thinks its the best coz he describes how I just mix the perfect amount of rice, meat, veggies, and sauce in a spoonfool. Honestly spoon and fork rules - I mean how hard is it to eat w/ chopsticks?! Although I do enjoy eating w/ chopsticks every now and then - it's like a challenge. But yah filipinos are the only asians that don't eat w/ chopstix.

7) I love vinegar - especially datu puti sugar cane vinegar - you can't make adobo right without it. I used to drink it when I was little, that my lips turned white. White people's vinegar just doesn't cut it - I use that for disinfecting/cleaning purposes. To clean the house that is - I don't "douch" like some people might imply - never tried it and I hope never need it. Regular soap and water cleans that "down there"

8) I love green mangoes and bagoong. I love avocado ice cream and corn and cheese ice cream - whenever I can find it. Magnolia carries those flavors.

9) I can still do a back bend - thanks to yoga, but unfortunately I've lost the talent for doing the splits ever since 6th grade. I hope to be able to do a back flip - u know like how the gymnast do it.

10) I can dance at the club or anywhere for hours and hours as long as there's good music and good company.

11) I do feel the need to accesorize - whether it be shoes, purses, hats, and/or jewelry. Although in the winter time I don't wear that much jewelry coz the "metals" get cold but I compensate with hats, scarves, and gloves.

12) When I get home from work or I've been away from my dog Kodi I exclaim "yay!" and jump up and down with my dog. Now whenever you say "Yay!" around my dog his ears perk up and he gets excited.

13) When I cook a dish I almost always have to have all the ingredients - if I'm missing one, especially a crucial one like tamarind powder - forget it I might as well try cooking a different dish. Coz what good is 'sinigang' or 'pad thai' without it.

14) I love spam and rice - eat it w/ vinegar (and bagoong if I have it). If I have eggs over easy w/ my rice - i have to have tomatoes and 'patis' - fish sauce. If I don't have that then I'll just have ketchup. and I love banana ketchup if its available.

15) Incompetent, Inefficent, UnProductive, Pessimistic People Bug the Hell out of me. People that can't be optimistic - then they're just asking for it. If you're so negative, then bad shit happens to you. It's a frame of mind people! You can truly change and affect your life for the better. No Excuses. I cannot be around you if you're such a downer - Life is way too short for me to be hanging around and wasting my time with those kind of people. Unfortunately in the work place and in the real world - these people do exist and you can't avoid them but I try as much as I can.

16) I'm friends w/ you B'coz its either 1) I like you & truly honor my relationship w/ you or 2) I benefit or get something out of our friendship {connections, hook ups, networking, etc.} Otherwise I really don't care. My husband told me once - "most of the time I don't really like people and don't care for anybody - I'm just happy hanging out w/ my wife and my doggie." And I'm like "how can you say that?" - coz I was always the type of person to want to please everyone and have everyone like me - but as you live on and mature, you get to the point where you have a handful of your good friends and that's all you really need. F**k the rest of the people. Hehe. but I'm still nice most of the time - we just have to be careful w/ who our friends are and who we associate with. But sad that it is a fact of life, we still have to go through life and have our pretend "reallys?" and "uh-huhs" - all the conversation fillers we have to use to be "polite, nice, and tactful" to others because in our heads we're like "F**k off, or "You're so full of shit." and yada yada right.

17) Sometimes I like to smell my farts and sometimes I can't stand them. Hey you have to like your own "brand" right?