KNOW ME

I’m Trixie. Female, and still a girl. Partly sushified, but still proudly Filipino. Forever stranded at sixteen, I wish. Status: Reserved, Not Available and Not Negotiable. Maroon-blooded. A bitch, but not a slut.

I LOVE BALANCE AND HARMONY. I am a Libran, and I do believe I live up to the characteristics of a true Libran. I love everything in balance, and yes, I mean I am a socialist. I hate squabbles, but that doesn’t necessarily mean I do not get in some. I am level-minded, most of the time. I know it’s still part of being Libran, but sadly you don’t want to go shopping with me: I spend like thirty minutes deciding between a brown headband and a black one of the same kind. I just love to justify everything.

I HAVE A WARM HEART. At least my friends say, in contrast to my former future better half, who has a cool head. Anyways, enough of reminiscing. I easily empathize with people, and I don’t think it’s not bad. Yeah, you read it right. Sometimes I get too sentimental I forget balance.

I’M A CRYBABY. Sad to say, I cry over practically everything. News reports. Chick flicks. Books. Street children. Animals in pain. Criticisms. Trees being cut down. Hunger. Even my own writing. I can’t help it. I am melodramatic. And, oh, dying old men (and I mean the male ones) never fail to make me weep.

I’M IMPULSIVE. And that’s the first reason why I get into trouble. I always say and do things without thinking first. And most of the time these impulsive thoughts are violent reactions. But what can I do? I totally get fired up and lose my senses.

I HAVE A STRONG ATTACHMENT TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS. The negative ones. Like I cling to them. I actually find it hard to remove my negative FIs on people, and so I end up hating them until forever. So you better not choose to stand out on our first meeting.

I’M A GOURMAND. True. I’m a glutton and I eat virtually every food that looks good, and I eat them in huge amounts. Well, it goes to say that I am a hoarder, too. I just want to get the best of everything.

I’M A MARTYR. Unfortunately. I always sacrifice my desires for the happiness of my friends. Except when it comes to fried chicken. And I think that this idea of self-sacrifice will take me to the asylum someday.

I’M SO NOT PROFOUND. I’m actually very shallow. So, if anyone of you thinks that I’m deep – haha! – don’t be fooled.

I HAVE A GOOD MEMORY of the sideshows. I remember nearly everything that’s not major, and I always forget the things that show up in, yeah, exams. Whenever I’m reviewing, I remember that I ate chocolate in this part of the lesson but I forget what that lesson is. Crap. That’s why I give full attention to details.

I’M A SNOB. In reality, I don’t talk too much. I have this don’t-talk-to-me-we’re-not-close aura. And the saddest part is that when I talk nothing good comes out. It’s either they think I am an airhead or I am Miss Smarty Pants.

I’M LOYAL. You got it: I do not watch GMA-7 shows because I am a loyal Kapamilya. I don’t listen to Korean boy groups because I love JE. I never had a crush on ANYONE ELSE since I decided I like Inoo Kei. Sometimes I think it’s a contradiction to my balance attribute, but just let me have this one, please?

IT’S EASY TO CONVINCE ME though, most of the time. Except on the stuff I have negative first impressions with and the stuff that I am loyal about, it’s easy to influence me to think the same way as you do. Loser, right? I used to dislike Miley Cyrus until my friend said she liked her, and now I’ve become a Hannah Montana fan. I used to think Hey! Say! JUMP was child labor until my roommates got obsessed with them and look at me now.

I HAVE HERO-COMPLEX. Yeah, I have this feeling I can and should save the world. So, two decades from now, vote me as your President.

Now you know what kind of person I am in reality. You decide whether you still like to be my friend.

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