It was through my dear friend Nathalie that I was able to see this great meme. The object of me opening this blog was to chronicle things happening to me, as well as unveiling different facets of me. I guess it's through that way that I get to know more of myself as I try to open up to other people. Checking the origin of this meme, I found out it's already on the 8th day, and since that would mean quite a lot of catching up to do, I decided to cut it and do the first half first.

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Let's start...

#01 - Your Favorite Song

So many good songs to choose from, but I guess my favorite song (and my anthem) would have to be: "Dying to be Alive" by Hanson. It was included in their second studio album "This Time Around," and has been one of the most powerful songs that really touched me because the time the album was released, I was on a crossroads of life.



I heard you crying
Somebody stole my soul.
How could I be dying?
I turned 25 days ago.
Yeah, we're all...

On the ground just crying out,
"Somebody save me please."
I won't sit around just thinking about
Troubles that tomorrow brings.
Yeah

I'm dying to be alive, yeah
I'm dying to be alive, yeah
Let's not go through our lives
Without just dying to be alive, yeah.

People you touch, the way you've touched them.
I hope they've touched you too
Cause in this life it's hard to tell
What's false and what is true.

And we all come tumbling down
No matter how strong
We all return to the ground.
Another day gone
A day closer to fate
Soon we'll find it's a little bit too late
Too late, yeah.
Yeah.

Na na na na na na na na na na.

The things you see
The way you see them
Will never be seen again
Lets go through life
Living on luck
Betting 10,000 to 10
Mistakes I've made
In this life
I can't say why or when
But the thing that's strange is
You only live once
And never look back again

And we all go tumbling down
No matter how strong
We all return to the ground
When the day's come,
Say 'Why did I wait?'
You can't just leave your life up to fate.
You've got to turn it around
Before it's too late.

It was the last line, "You've got to turn it around before it's too late" that really struck me the most. By the way, if you happen to click the play button above, this was the "Demo Version," obviously, the one in the album was much polished and much better. You Tube didn't have the album version, so I will just have to put this one up.

#02 - Your Favorite Movie

Again, quite a lot to choose from. Oh wow... this is difficult. Okay, I have made my decision. My favorite movie would have to be:



The Notebook (2004). Even just watching the trailer makes me cry...

The movie focuses on an old man reading a story to an old woman in a nursing home. The story he reads follows two young lovers named Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun, who meet one evening at a carnival. But they are separated by Allie's parents who dissaprove of Noah's unwealthy family, and move Allie away. After waiting for Noah to write her for several years, Allie meets and gets engaged to a handsome young soldier named Lon. Allie, then, with her love for Noah still alive, stops by Noah's 200-year-old home that he restored for her, "to see if he's okay". It is evident that they still have feelings for each other, and Allie has to choose between her fiancé and her first love. {Source: IMDb.com}

I blogged about this movie back then, if you want to read it, just click HERE.

#03 - Your Favorite Television Program

My all time favorite TV Program would have to be "Gilmore Girls." It's a series about the lives of the three Gilmore girls - the grandma, the mom, and the teenage daughter. Lorelai was born into a very rich family, but she had to leave because she got pregnant at age 16, and with the help of the friendly neighborhood, she was able to take care of her daughter Rory. She wanted to give her daughter a good future, so she went to talk to her parents to loan some amount so she could enroll Rory at a private high school, and it opened the gates for the grandmother to be back into their lives. It had a tag line, "Life is short, talk fast," which was really one of the good things about this series... they just talk fast, and if you don't keep your focus, you will get lost in the exchange of lines. I loved the show because it was something that I grew up with; week after week, I looked forward to how things will unfold, and for the seven years that it run, I have never missed an episode.



Of course, there were much, much more funny moments in the show, and the funniest for me would have to be the traditional Korean wedding of Rory's friend. The series finished it off when Rory had to leave Stars Hallow (the neighborhood) to work for then Senator Barrack Obama. On that last episode, I really cried hard.

Currently, my favorite TV shows are: Grey's Anatomy, CSI (Las Vegas), and The Amazing Race.

#04 - Your Favorite Book

This would be very easy to answer. My favorite book would have to be "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne.


I first heard about this through my close friends from Singles for Christ. They had opposing views about it, and one of my friends (whom I shall not name) called it "rubbish," and that he "can never be all bright and shiny like Spongebob Squarepants." It sparked my curiosity, so when Ecko returned the book to Ela, I asked if I could borrow it. I didn't get to read the book right away, but when I got to coincidentally saw a high school classmate at an event, we decided to travel back together, and he started talking to me about "the secret." When I got home, I took the book off the rack and read it. It changed my life since then. I admit there were a few things I couldn't understand; I even talked about it to a neighbor friend who's a clinical psychologist, but then even if there were some things I don't agree in, the message of the book was loud and clear for me.

I cannot really divulge what "the secret" is... I guess it is something one must personally know.

Days 5 to 8 will be posted tomorrow.

*** Jenn ***