Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Who is Karen?
Inspired by the Who is Maan section of my personal website (which is a different thing from this blog), here's a small section for Karen since she just turned 26 years old last September.
Karen. Born under the sign of Libra. According to horoscopes and meanings of the zodiac signs, Librans are very compatible with Aquarians. No wonder that Karen's closest friends are me and Rose May (Aquarians) and Janice (Libran).
She is not the girly-girly type. Nevertheless, she enjoys going to the salon for a stylish haircut and some highlights for her hair. She also loves baking cookies which are so yummy. I swear that they are better than Mrs. Fields.
Karen is also a professor in our dear Alma Mater. Yes, she loves La Salle so much that she decided to go back and teach. It was actually a shocker to some of our classmates at first because no one thought that this sleepy girl with Garfield eyes who would cheat during exams would be a professor. Oh well. That's life. Full of surprises.
She loves to travel. If I were to join the Amazing Race, one of my candidates for a partner would be Karen. She knows how to drive a car, ride a bike and swim. She's been to the north part of the Philippines, Boracay, Cebu, Bohol, Hong Kong, China & Alabang Town Center.
To the serious part of things, Karen is a great friend. I will always remember the very first conversation we had. We were in the college canteen. I was eating my lunch and she was selling jackets. I was daring her to eat the "litid" from my ulam for P10.00. Unfortunately, she declined. Nevertheless, that was the start of a great friendship.
Karen is a very good listener and she also gives sound advice. Solicited advice. She is not judgemental. Regardless of what you've done, she will still be your friend. She will listen to your rants and raves, your whining and complaining. That's why I love her so much. She can take my rants, raves, complaing and whining. Hahaha! She may be on the conservative side with her morals and principles intact, but she's not too uptight not to enjoy Sex and the City.
But that does not mean we never had our fights and arguments. I remember that we had 2 misunderstandings. The first one was when I found out that I flunked our final exams because she gave me the wrong set of answers. Second one was when I decided to hitch a ride with another friend instead of meet her somewhere in Manila. Karen, naaalala mo pa ba ito?
Karen, thanks for making my college life memorable and fun. I will never forget the time we made our project at Janice's house and I was stricken with allergies and had a hard time breathing. It touched me deeply knowing that you and Janice had great confidence that I can finish our project in an hour. Also, our tricycle ride to an early death along C3 will never be forgotten. Thank you for listening to my stories and my problems. For the pieces of advice you've given me. For trying to teach me a few chinese words such as WO AY NI, IT DI SA SI GO LAK CHIT PWE KAW CHAP, OCHI, HAP CHIA, HOWE, KAI SIAO, SIAO SIAO, PWAYAM, and a whole lot more. I am definitely looking forward to more bonding moments with you and the Muskutings.
Maan @ 11:53 PM
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