Blog tagging 5 Secrets

First read about this meme a couple weeks back on bigwig SEO blogs and I thought there’s a good chance this doesn’t reach me, ever. Wrong. Thanks to Marc for a timely blog revelation, though his wasn’t really any secret at all!

So, here’s my best effort to reveal 5 secrets about me you’ve probably never heard of before:

• I suck at 8-5 jobs. Never applied for any company that are strict with the 8-5 regimen. If it did, I’d still come in 3 to 4 hours late or I’ll just quit. So during interviews, the very first question I ask the HR officer is “what’s your time schedule policy ‘coz I work best late at night?“. I guess that was my biggest motivator why I went solo.
• I flunked Electronics 101 in Ateneo. Yup, my first and only F my entire academic life. Funny thing was, the teacher asked us if we want a curved grading system or just lower the passing mark from 50 to 40%. We opted for the latter (stupid choice). I got 37% (highest was 62%)and had to repeat the class the next semester where I got a D. That’s the reason why I rejected 4 phone calls from Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) right after graduation — I know they’ll just drop me once they’d see my transcripts.
• I used to be a gambling addict. I started really young — around 7 or 8 years old. Started out with Pusoy, then Bridge, Domino, Pusoy 2, Mahjong, Tong-its and all the derivatives. We used to stay up for 24 to 36-hour mahjong marathons against the local cop, priest and doctor esp. during wakes. The good side effect of it was that it made me a bit smarter in Math and Statistics (probabilities and card counting, baby!).
• I faked my allergies. When I was young, I used to lie about my allergies towards sea foods. I just don’t like them but it allowed me to be excused at the dinner table whenever fish is served. Later on, I did had them allergies. You can call it acquired psychosomatic disorder, I guess.
• I don’t fancy meds. I believe that the human body is well equipped to fight any common illness so I really try to stay away from Medicol, Neozep, Alaxan, Tempra, Advil and the likes.

So, who wants to get tagged next?

Miguel Paraz
Rico Mossesgeld
Jayvee Fernandez
Erwin Oliva
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