These are in no specific order but mainly by what things I can remember in the 23 and a half years I've been alive. They are very random and some come from injuries that I will never forget!
10. Being adopted and moving from the Philippines to Minnesota when I was five and a half years old: I remember it took more than a couple of days to get home, and on one of our delays we ended up in Hawaii and that is where I had my first hamburger.
9. My first kiss: when I was 15 years old with Derek Foster at the Taste of Minnesota. We had been talking about our possible first kiss that entire day and I was so nervous because I had never kissed a boy before (obviously). It finally happened at midnight where we were lying on a blanket away from his parents and the fireworks were just starting when he planted one on me. It was a very sweet and great moment even though how my first kiss happened wasn't very original.
8. Getting stitches on my knee from falling on a pine cone: I was probably 12 or something and I was watching my brother wrestle around (friendly) with our friend Leah. I was bored from swinging and so I ran over to join them in their fun. Along the way I tripped (big surprise) and fell on a stupid pine cone that gouged itself into my leg. I started screaming because I could see the white insides of my knee and my brother and Leah ran over to me. Leah's mom put some hydrogen peroxide on it and bandaged it until my mom picked me up to go to the doctor. I got five stitches that day and my knee hurt a bit. One thing I remember is when it was just about healed I was swinging on a rope thing and my knee dragged on the ground and split it open again...wow that hurt like no other. It got infected but eventually healed into the small scar I have on my knee now.
7. Getting my front lip skimmed over slightly by my friend's front tire of her bike: OK, this one is just odd I know but I was probably around six and Felicia was four and I was running after her on her bike. I somehow got way in front of her and I fell and my head and nose slammed into the ground. Right when I had lifted my head up her tire basically skimmed over my right lip. I got up bleeding everywhere and I remember Felicia just screaming to go home and get help. I ran home and my mom took one look at me and sighed and started cleaning me up. Luckily I didn't need any stitches just a big ol' bandaid on my lip just in time to sing at my principle's goodbye concert.
6. Getting worker's comp at Hollister: Ha last injury one I promise! I was arond 19 and I was building shelves that day and attempting to get one of the shelves on. They had these stupid and tiny metal supports and I had gotten them all in place and gently put the shelf on and it was peachy for a moment. As soon as the last corner had fallen into place all but one of the metal things had fallen off so there I was balancing the shelf with no support and trying to put those metal things back into place...I had almost gotten them back in place when the shelf started tilting to the right I tried to fix it but instead the entire weight of the shelf in the top right corner of that shelf fell into my right pointer finger. For a moment I thought I just gotten a jammed finger but as soon as I lifted the shelf off my finger it just started bleeding a bunch. I yelled and ran to the bathroom which at the moment was occupied by my co-worker. Other people had seen what had happened and we were yelling for him to get out of the bathroom, me stating that "I am bleeding all over the floor..." ha ha ha! My manager bandaged me up and sent me home. I went over to the doctors and got five stitches. A few complications, some splints, and 4 weeks later my finger was better.
5. Moving to Fargo: I moved to Fargo for college but it was the greatest thing I did for myself. It made me feel great in respects to I was finally independent and completely on my own. I realize that there's a lot missing to why this is an unforgettable moment but moving here changed my life completely. I have made some awesome friends here and I have never been happier with my life and myself. I found myself here and that is one of the things I needed to do the most.
4. Winning State for the first time with my soccer team: I was around 16 and our soccer season that summer was OK. We won some and lost some and we were in 5th place for our division and I didn't think we were going to go to State at all that year. Playoffs had just started and my team had magically gotten ourselves together and we won all the play off games and won a 2nd place spot for State. We played so well during those games and it was just so unbelievable. We then played in the State play off and beat everyone and got into the Championship game. I remember one of those games one of the other coaches from the team was complaining that we were being to rough but I think she was just upset about losing. We were playing fair and played awesome! The championship game was so scary and nerve-wracking but we did it. The first half was horrible because it was 0-1 and we were losing and we were all so tense. The other team's parents didn't help because they kept saying that we were going to lose and that we basically weren't good enough to be there. The second half was amazing, and we ended up winning 4-1 and I can't tell you what an adrenaline rush it was and what the moment was like at all but it was AWESOME. That was such a well played game and I will never forget how proud I was of my team that day.
3. Meeting my best friend Emma: I don't remember how old we first met, but we met because we were on the same soccer team, "The Golden Retrievers", and we were an alright team. We didn't talk much but we got be OK friends. The moment she became a good friend, and eventually to be my best friend was in band my sophmore year, her freshman year and we were by our lockers. I took one look at her and tried to remember how I knew her and I immediately remembered from soccer! I asked her if she remembered playing on the same team and she said yes, we both laughed, and our friendship took off from there.
2. Getting my first car: This happened this on Jan. 20th and this was one of the best experiences I had ever felt. After not having a car since 2006, I finally was able to afford a car loan and a car itself. I had worked so hard to get this far and I so badly needed a car of my very own. I was working two jobs and I needed to be able to getto both of them and I needed to finally completely independent again. I got a Pontiac Grand Prix 2004 and I love it so much.
1. Getting snowed in with the guy I liked a bunch for two days and coming out with a boyfriend: This happened this year right before New Year's Eve and I had liked this guy for quite some time. We had found out that week that we were both interested in each other but we were both unsure how to proceed from that. That Thursday night I was supposed to have my friend come over and spend the night with me but due to a big, big snow storm coming our way she had to cancel. I let the guy know that I was free that night and if he wanted to hang out we could :) I had also had to work all day and luckily we were going to get out early due to safety precautions. We came up with the plan for me to head over after work and go from there. I was really excited but nervous at the same time because I had gotten a vibe from the night before that he was really unsure what to do with us at the moment. I was afraid that he didn't want to date or wasn't all that interested in having a girlfriend. I had expressed some concerns as well but in all honesty I wanted to explore where we could go and yes, have him be my boyfriend. After we were let out of work early I headed out in the blizzard-like weather, which was not fun at all but I got there slowly but surely. So, to make the story short we all hung out: the guy, his roommate, and I all watched House and I cuddled up to him. We talked a bunch that night which included figuring out what we wanted to do with us, becoming official, and our first kiss. It was a great couple of days with the guy I now call my boyfriend. Along with being snowed in, we also got to spend New Year's Even all together so that was a blast. We have been dating for almost two months and I couldn't be happier. He is truly an amazing guy!
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With everything that's happened in my life or happening right now, all I can say is I am alright, I am happy with who I am and what I've become.
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