Bisdak Babbles

Got tagged by Siani a long time ago. This one’s a bit difficult so it took me sometime to complete.

8 things I’m passionate about:
1. Family
2. Corruption
3. Respect for old people
4. Child abuse
5. Gender discrimination
6. Illegal drug addiction
7. TV shows screening and regulation
8. Poverty

8 things I say often:
1. Sumimasen (Japanese expression for “excuse me” or “I’m sorry”)
2. Otsukaresama desu
3. Hala (Bisaya word for “Oh my…”)
4. Hayyyyy
5. Naunsa (I think this is the Bisaya equivalent of “what the…”)
6. Ano ba yan?
7. Grabeh!
8. Wakarimasen (Japanese expression for “I don’t understand” or “I don’t know”)

8 books I’ve read recently:
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
The Chronicles of Narnia:
2. The Magician’s Nephew
3. The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
4. The Horse and His Boy
5. Prince Caspian
6. The Voyage of the ‘Dawn Treader”
7. The Silver Chair
8. The Last Battle

8 things to do before I die:
1. Visit Istanbul, Turkey
2. Europe tour
3. Live in Australia for at least 5 years
4. Take my family to other parts of the globe
5. Establish my dream businesses
6. Attend a design school
7. Attend my grandchildren’s weddings
8. Try a bob haircut

8 songs I could listen to over and over again:
1. What If Cartoons Got Saved by Chris Rice
2. God of Wonders by Caedmon’s Call
3. I Will Sing by Don Moen
4. God is the Strength (of My Heart) by Doen Moen
5. Wherever You Will Go by The Calling
6. Break Away by Kelly Clarkson
7. Superman by Five for Fighting
8. Planetarium by Ai Otsuka

8 things that attract me to my friends.
1. warmth
2. belongingness
3. interesting talks
4. laughter
5. listening ears
6. acceptance
7. same food cravings
8. random things

8 things I learned in the last year:
1. I could survive more than a year away from home
2. Paid blogging
3. Where and when to buy cheaper airplane tickets, though I have never gone home since I arrived here.
4. Came across BlogCatalog
5. Learned how to use the rechargeable train card (ICOCA)
6. Came across some toiletries that make summer here more bearable
7. Found where to buy cheaper snack food
8. and a lot more? (couldn’t point out which ones)

I’m supposed to tag eight people but I’m tagging three only and anyone who wants to do this
1. Elaine of Nocturnal Blogger’s Introspect
2. Stephen of Regeneration
3. Erra of The Next Chapter