Listmania

Facebook has gone beyond being just a passing fancy. Like a molten chocolate cake, it’s what’s inside that makes people keep wanting more. It’s really funny, we don’t seem to have time for so many things such as spending precious moments with our parents, having our liver checked, getting our roots done or even getting a pedicure for the good of mankind. But everyone in Facebookland certainly has time to poke and prod each other in the most voyeuristic venue for our most exhibitionist selves. And everyone certainly seems to have time to answer the newest time-waster in Facebookland: Listmania. It was even written about in the New York Times because everyone just really went to town with this.

In an age when privacy is a thing of the past, why not bring your inner self-loving whoreness out in the sunshine and bake under the judgmental glare of the world? There is no such thing as oversharing, after all.

I found myself suckered into this after Bea Ledesma enthused on how much fun it was doing it. Bea’s “happy” standards are very high, so I decided this was going to be better than another marathon of The Hills, a break from my very exciting evening routine as a kidult. After two lists, I caught myself feeling sucked and got out pretty much unscathed. They say it only takes nine days to create a habit — in FB world, all it takes is an hour. Some friends have gone to the dark side of Listmania and have now found themselves in the bowels of the “Philosophy of…” and “–isms.”

However, I won’t discount its merits. It’s a good way of reminding you of who you are and how you see yourself. Just don’t do it in third-person form, please. Enjoy; make your own, even if you haven’t been ensnared by the cruel time-sucking siren that is Facebook.

25 Random Things About Me

1. Bea made me do this but she did not write this. Or any of my crap, for that matter.

2. I get my music tips from The Hills. No shame in that.

3. I have a hard time spelling “wierd.” See?

4. Freedom for me means seeing the world. It also means learning to sleep vertically and eating freeze-dried food without complaining. Also packing light. Learn the beauty of having an intimate relationship with a travel agent because travel websites suck.

5. Selecta’s Strawberries and Cream ice cream is my ultimate weakness (second to Lucky Me Instant Mami).

6. You can have fun while being as dry as Judi Dench’s fun tunnel in menopause. I stopped drinking for more than a year now and it’s been the best time of my life.

7. I have age vertigo. Today I am 21 writing my Random 25.

8. The day your parents become your friends is the day you become a true adult.

9. You are allowed to break up with your friends. It’s healthy.

10. Chanel makes you feel better. So buy a lipstick.

11. I’m growing my hair. Each day I feel like a different person as more hair comes in.

12. Life is long. No problem is ever too much. Time is your bitch.

13. I think my beautiful dog Caligula is not that smart. But he gets by with his good looks and that’s enough.

14. I will one day create furniture.

15. I plan to finish my dreams for Agape. My baby islet in Guimaras. It will be a cave filled with furniture by Kenneth Cobbonpue.

16. Never be a victim. It’s so boring and so ‘90s. Please, girlfriend, interrupt it.

17. I have the strangest accent.

18. I have now started using Sisley Anti Aging Cream. I fear the scalpel and I fear Bardot. So I am now taking affirmative action.

19. It takes me 10 minutes to get ready. No kidding.

20. I am obsessed with Pepper Lunch. That effin honey sauce is the nectar of the gods. I also like the subtle Japanese-y referenced music that plays in the background. I feel like I’m in Tokyo. Or eating sinful rice in Muji, which I believe is heaven’s 7-Eleven.

21. I’m moving homes. I was very sad at first but now I can’t sleep because I can’t decide whether I want navy or topaz for my study. Breaking up is not very hard to do.

22. I have A.D.D. (Attention Deficit Disorder). I now have an eternal excuse for many things.

23. I believe in psychics. I have one here in Manila, one in London and one in the US.  

24. I think Perez Hilton is the most annoying person in media; Anderson Cooper the most intriguing; Larry King the most desperate.

25. I pray every night. No fail.

Name Game

1. Your real name: Celine

2. Your gangsta name (First three letters of real name plus “izzle”): Celizzle

3. Your detective name (Favorite color and favorite animal): White Dog

4. Your soap opera name (Your middle name and street you live on/or neighborhood if it’s a number): Remedios Rosario De La Costa (Guess I’m some evil matron)

5. Your Star Wars name (The first three letters of your last name, first two letters of your first name): Lopce

6. Your superhero/criminal name (Your second favorite color, plus favorite drink): Pink Evian

7. Your Iraqi name (Second letter of your first name, third letter of your last name, first letter of your last name, second letter of your mom’s maiden name, third letter of your dad’s name, and last letter of your mom’s first name): I’m so not answering this.

8. Your witness protection name (Parents’ middle names): Relucio Javellana

9. Your goth name (Black, plus the name of one of your pets): Black Caligula

10. Your hood name (First three letters of your first name then add “-iqua”): Celiqua