I was an avid blogger a few years back. My blog (raymond-angelo.blogspot.com) was all the rage in my secondary school, and in JC, some people read it and so on and so forth. I was hot shit. But then I went off to serve my country, and this resulted in infrequent postings and an eventual lost of interest.
Seeing as how my two years of NS are coming to an uneventful conclusion, involving me clearing weeks of off and leave, I'm here right now trying to regain some sort of my former glory. First the facebooksphere, then blogosphere, then the twittersphere and then the World.
Let me tell you a little bit about me. I can take the conventional route and blabber on (which I fully can, I can talk about myself non-stop, I swear)...but I'll let you know more about me through...SONG. And by song, I mean Facebook profile pictures.
I was born in 1990 in a shitty (I'm assuming) hospital in the Philippines. I grew up, and I grew big, on a diet of rice, cheese and milo. My childhood was straightforward enough. I spent my days running around, playing catching, playing Playstation, watching anime and things like that. Raised by my grandparents a province in Philippines, I grew up kinda sheltered and kinda spoilt, and fat. In the picture below, I'm the swell looking guy on the left.
On the year 1998, my family made the move to Singapore. Hmm, it was difficult at first trying to adjust. Suddenly, speaking tagalog wasn't possible. Even speaking english (because of my accent) wasn't easy! My classmates didn't make fun of me per se, but they still found it strange. I got used to it, though. I went through primary school with OK grades, which could have been excellent if it had not been for my Malay results.
I went on to Queenstown Secondary School, where I spent my formative years, made many friends, found love (?) and lost weight. I don't have a profile picture of me in Queenstown Secondary, because everybody was still on the Titanic that was Friendster back then, but I had the time of my life over there. I was in the best class, had good friends, and I didn't go through it without achieving some stuff. Our debate team was champs, I got valedictorian, oh and I made out with O-level results which got me to...
ACJC. Things were different in AC, but still fun! My studies didn't do so well, but I think I had a great time, anyway. I joined council, debate, the school magazine, made lots of friends and farted around. Here's a picture of me talking shit during Orientation. Knowing me, I was probably telling a penis joke, or a knock-knock joke.
And then NS came, and suddenly, I'm in green. I can't say much about this, so I'll just...put these three pictures, you figure out everything else from there.
What do I do besides NS? Hmm, I hang out with my friends and try all sorts of things. Rock climbing, tennis, swimming, LAN, cross-stitch, gym, cooking, guitar...I dabble in a little bit of everything. But amongst all the things I do, there are two things which you can say I love. Firstly, reading, and secondly, running.
I'm into all sorts of fiction, but I prefer funny books. I read Kurt Vonnegut, John Irving, Franz Kafka, Haruki Murakami, Kazuo Ishiguro...yeap, those from the top of my head.
As for running, I like to run 5 times a week, at least. It's a spiritual experience for me. It's healthy, and it clears your mind. It allows you to push yourself, and exceed yourself. Oh, and you can never lose. Below is a picture of me finishing my first marathon in 4h25min!
I've embarked on this quest to find a girlfriend. I made a resolution at the beginning of the year to find one by the end of this year. If you refer to your calendar, you'd see that I don't have much time. So ladies, feel free to feel me.
Yeap, so that's about me. I'm finishing my NS in a month's time. I'll try to update here at least once a day. Routine is something I'm able to follow quite strictly, so you won't be disappointed.
Oh, and I'm random and that's a good thing, right?
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