101 Things You Didn't Know About Me™
For some reason, I felt like posting 101 details about my personal life since everyone knows so little about the other.
1. I thought about composing the this while I was in the shower.
2. I'm hoping that everyone else will write 101 things about themselves after seeing this.
3. I am absolutely addicted to motorcycles, boats and computers.
4. 50% of everything I make goes to a toy or piece of hardware I want to own.
5. I'm 29 years old on August 2.
6. I own a 126 foot yacht and had it before I turned 26 years old.
7. I'm never happy with what I have and always want something better even if I don't need it.
8. I have 4 jobs and still, I look for more. I can't stop working!
9. My mom died in March of this year.
10. My only son was born on October 8, 2002. My mom enjoyed him everyday for 6 months before she passed.
11. His name is Mano and it means several things: "Shark" in Hawaiian, "Hand" in Spanish, "Respect" in Filipino and "God is with us" in Latin.
12. His birthday is 2 days before my wife's.
13. My wife's name is Ina and she is one of the most beautiful people I know.
14. We're not really married but have been living together for more than 8 years.
15. Ina used to ride motorcycles with me but it saddens me that she doesn't anymore.
16. She liked 2-Stroke motorcycles like the Honda NSR250R PGM which isn't street legal in the US.
17. I have one toolbox and special tools for every hobby I have.
18. I clean my tools with gasoline while I smoke a cigarette... I've tried it, throwing a cigarette into an open pail of gasoline won't start a fire. The cigarette dies.
19. I get my haircut once a month at home by a professional.
20. As cheesy as it sounds, I love my son to death and would die for him in a heartbeat if I had to.
21. I upset my most important employer a moth ago and things aren't the same anymore. I screwed up and it was completely my fault.
22. Before I got my first job right after I turned 25, I partied harder than most movies have depicted for 7 years straight.
23. I am not as smart, fast or as healthy as I used to be.
24. I was in local competitive gymnastics for more than 10 years.
25. I was in local competitive badminton for 5 years.
26. Throughout highschool, I played varsity soccer as a sweeper and used to shave the sides of my head which worked very well in intimidating the opponent.
27. The moment I started partying, I quit every sport I was in.
28. I've never lifted weights!
29. I was richer when I was younger!
30. I don't like to travel internationally!
31. I travel a lot locally as long as I can get there by boat!
32. The furthest I've ever been from home is Hong Kong.
33. My dream job is to review speedboats and motorcycles for a major TV Show or magazine!
34. I have never appeared on TV for any reason at all.
35. I build computers for all my friends and never charge them.
36. 75% of my friends are women.
37. I fix and maintain all my friends motorcycles and never charge them.
38. My richest friend makes over US$100,000.00 a month and is very generous with everything he has.
39. He has a 7 bedroom house and lives alone.
40. He flies airplanes for fun and collects World War II planes.
41. My poorest friend is the one person I would do anything in the world for if she asked.
42. I support an orphan child who lives in a orphanage. I've never forgotten her birthday and never will.
43. I think all my wife's friends are HOT!
44. I almost never wear a shirt when I'm home.
45. I communicate with almost all my friends through mobile phone only.
46. I have close to 500 contacts on my mobile phone and I talk to most of them on a weekly basis.
47. Manual labor where I live is extremely cheap! I have my own driver, a 24/7 personal maid and a 24/7 nanny for my son and pay all of them about US$200 a month and I am very generous and they are all happy.
48. I am as polite as humanly possible with everyone around me and new people I meet.
49. I probably make less money than most of the people who are reading this but in the Philippines, I get much more value for every cent.
50. I pay all my bills on time and always pay the whole amount.
51. I have never bought anything through a financing plan.
52. I have never owned a brand new car, boat, bike or camera!
53. I don't install printers in any of the computers I build!
55. When people ask me to build a computer for them, I tell them that if they don't give me a US$1,500 or more budget, I cannot be blamed for anything that goes wrong with it.
56. I never build AMD systems.
57. This is the last party I was in: www.divetristar.com/frankie - Frankie lives across from me and I didn't need to drive to get to his house. I went in shorts and had to go home to change because I spilled a drink on myself.
58. Ina is throwing me a birthday party this Friday... she says she invited less than 30 people but I'm sure people I haven't seen in years will arrive.
59. For my birthday, I asked Ina to get me a 512MB Memory stick for my camera.
60. For my birthday, I am thinking about buying this bike that I saw for the first time last night even if I know I shouldn't get it:
61. I only wear Arai helmets. I will only wear Joe Rocket Gloves. I only use Adidas Rubber Shoes when riding and will only wear my kevlar jacket if it isn't too warm.
62. I hit 250KPH every night that I take my bike out for a spin and head down the highway.
63. I have never been caught for speeding!
64. I have never drank alcohol and gotten on a bike!
65. I have driven a car drunk but have never hurt myself or anyone else, EVER!
66. I've built an online picture album of my son which I truly believe all my relatives and friends love! It's found at www.mano.com.ph
67. I am proud that I'm now a father.
68. Ina tells me that she was put on this planet to be a mother!
69. Ina puts up with all my quirks and never gets upset that I am the way I am.
70. Ina and I used to fight and argue almost once a month. We haven't fought in close to 10 months!
71. Mano is turning 10 months on August 8.
72. Ina and I have an open relationship that works out well for both of us!
73. I was with Ina in an outdoor hot-tub, skinny dipping with two other women 6 hours before I asked Ina to marry me.
74. I asked Ina to marry me on a speedboat in the middle of the sea at 9:00 in the morning. She had no idea!
75. Instead of driving her back to the beach house where she thought we were going, I chartered my own yacht and had 26 of our closes friends waiting there for us with fireworks, balloons and streamers where we celebrated our engagement for 3 days straight! Here are pictures of that: www.divetristar.com/engage
76. I have been with more than one woman at one time more times than I can count and I say that everytime I get the chance.
77. I have never been to a concert that I enjoyed.
78. I don't like crowded places and absolutely hate it when people bump into me.
79. I have been smoking Marlboro Red's for more than 15 years now but cannot finish a pack in one day.
80. I consider myself an above average car driver and motorcycle rider but then again, most men my age do so too.
81. I do not read swells and tides well and I usually drive too fast in the water making my companions on the boat uncomfortable.
82. I can hold my breath for more than a minute but cannot do any of the stunts they do on Fear Factor.
83. I've never had the Jackass personality in me but the one thing I want to do is be strapped onto the front of a Top Fuel Dragster that will cover a quarter mile in less than 4 seconds.
84. My favorite form of racing is DRAG!
85. All my bikes have methanol mixed into their fuel tanks for hotter burns and quicker response.
86. All my bikes are capable of going from 0 - 200KPH in less than 10.5 seconds.
87. My favorite TV show is CSI and Ina's is Sex and the City.
88. If I had three wishes, they would be: 1. To live comfortably for the rest of my life. 2. Ensure my families safety, forever! 3. For everyone around me to be happy and problem free.
89. I have over 6,000 digital images of Mano on my hard drive that I started taking the day he was born. Those you see on the website is what I consider best.
90. I usually go to sleep at about 4:00AM and wake up at about 10:00AM. I never get as much sleep as I would like and feel guilty for waking up as late as I do already.
91. Mano almost never cries!
92. I'm not sure if I want more children but Ina and I think it's a waste if we don't have a girl because we think she will be absolutely adorable.
93. I will teach Mano to ride a little dirt bike as soon as he can balance on two wheels.
94. Ina will kill me if he gets hurt but will make sure he has all the protective gear anyway!
95. I don't own a gun and yet, I have several M16's, shotguns and 9MM's on the yacht which I have fired only once!
96. I don't think I compose letters and columns well and yet my job is to write all of the above.
97. I love the way Angie Everheart speaks!
98. Out of all the Bulletin Boards I've been on the web, I think OTCentral is the most closely knit community of them all.
99. I would love to meet each and every member of this board and if you all came to the Philippines at one time, I would host a party for everyone to enjoy.
100. I don't know why I am actually going to click on Submit New Thread after saying everything that I have.
101. I hope this thread doesn't offend anyone in any way!
For some reason, I felt like posting 101 details about my personal life since everyone knows so little about the other.
1. I thought about composing the this while I was in the shower.
2. I'm hoping that everyone else will write 101 things about themselves after seeing this.
3. I am absolutely addicted to motorcycles, boats and computers.
4. 50% of everything I make goes to a toy or piece of hardware I want to own.
5. I'm 29 years old on August 2.
6. I own a 126 foot yacht and had it before I turned 26 years old.
7. I'm never happy with what I have and always want something better even if I don't need it.
8. I have 4 jobs and still, I look for more. I can't stop working!
9. My mom died in March of this year.
10. My only son was born on October 8, 2002. My mom enjoyed him everyday for 6 months before she passed.
11. His name is Mano and it means several things: "Shark" in Hawaiian, "Hand" in Spanish, "Respect" in Filipino and "God is with us" in Latin.
12. His birthday is 2 days before my wife's.
13. My wife's name is Ina and she is one of the most beautiful people I know.
14. We're not really married but have been living together for more than 8 years.
15. Ina used to ride motorcycles with me but it saddens me that she doesn't anymore.
16. She liked 2-Stroke motorcycles like the Honda NSR250R PGM which isn't street legal in the US.
17. I have one toolbox and special tools for every hobby I have.
18. I clean my tools with gasoline while I smoke a cigarette... I've tried it, throwing a cigarette into an open pail of gasoline won't start a fire. The cigarette dies.
19. I get my haircut once a month at home by a professional.
20. As cheesy as it sounds, I love my son to death and would die for him in a heartbeat if I had to.
21. I upset my most important employer a moth ago and things aren't the same anymore. I screwed up and it was completely my fault.
22. Before I got my first job right after I turned 25, I partied harder than most movies have depicted for 7 years straight.
23. I am not as smart, fast or as healthy as I used to be.
24. I was in local competitive gymnastics for more than 10 years.
25. I was in local competitive badminton for 5 years.
26. Throughout highschool, I played varsity soccer as a sweeper and used to shave the sides of my head which worked very well in intimidating the opponent.
27. The moment I started partying, I quit every sport I was in.
28. I've never lifted weights!
29. I was richer when I was younger!
30. I don't like to travel internationally!
31. I travel a lot locally as long as I can get there by boat!
32. The furthest I've ever been from home is Hong Kong.
33. My dream job is to review speedboats and motorcycles for a major TV Show or magazine!
34. I have never appeared on TV for any reason at all.
35. I build computers for all my friends and never charge them.
36. 75% of my friends are women.
37. I fix and maintain all my friends motorcycles and never charge them.
38. My richest friend makes over US$100,000.00 a month and is very generous with everything he has.
39. He has a 7 bedroom house and lives alone.
40. He flies airplanes for fun and collects World War II planes.
41. My poorest friend is the one person I would do anything in the world for if she asked.
42. I support an orphan child who lives in a orphanage. I've never forgotten her birthday and never will.
43. I think all my wife's friends are HOT!
44. I almost never wear a shirt when I'm home.
45. I communicate with almost all my friends through mobile phone only.
46. I have close to 500 contacts on my mobile phone and I talk to most of them on a weekly basis.
47. Manual labor where I live is extremely cheap! I have my own driver, a 24/7 personal maid and a 24/7 nanny for my son and pay all of them about US$200 a month and I am very generous and they are all happy.
48. I am as polite as humanly possible with everyone around me and new people I meet.
49. I probably make less money than most of the people who are reading this but in the Philippines, I get much more value for every cent.
50. I pay all my bills on time and always pay the whole amount.
51. I have never bought anything through a financing plan.
52. I have never owned a brand new car, boat, bike or camera!
53. I don't install printers in any of the computers I build!
55. When people ask me to build a computer for them, I tell them that if they don't give me a US$1,500 or more budget, I cannot be blamed for anything that goes wrong with it.
56. I never build AMD systems.
57. This is the last party I was in: www.divetristar.com/frankie - Frankie lives across from me and I didn't need to drive to get to his house. I went in shorts and had to go home to change because I spilled a drink on myself.
58. Ina is throwing me a birthday party this Friday... she says she invited less than 30 people but I'm sure people I haven't seen in years will arrive.
59. For my birthday, I asked Ina to get me a 512MB Memory stick for my camera.
60. For my birthday, I am thinking about buying this bike that I saw for the first time last night even if I know I shouldn't get it:
61. I only wear Arai helmets. I will only wear Joe Rocket Gloves. I only use Adidas Rubber Shoes when riding and will only wear my kevlar jacket if it isn't too warm.
62. I hit 250KPH every night that I take my bike out for a spin and head down the highway.
63. I have never been caught for speeding!
64. I have never drank alcohol and gotten on a bike!
65. I have driven a car drunk but have never hurt myself or anyone else, EVER!
66. I've built an online picture album of my son which I truly believe all my relatives and friends love! It's found at www.mano.com.ph
67. I am proud that I'm now a father.
68. Ina tells me that she was put on this planet to be a mother!
69. Ina puts up with all my quirks and never gets upset that I am the way I am.
70. Ina and I used to fight and argue almost once a month. We haven't fought in close to 10 months!
71. Mano is turning 10 months on August 8.
72. Ina and I have an open relationship that works out well for both of us!
73. I was with Ina in an outdoor hot-tub, skinny dipping with two other women 6 hours before I asked Ina to marry me.
74. I asked Ina to marry me on a speedboat in the middle of the sea at 9:00 in the morning. She had no idea!
75. Instead of driving her back to the beach house where she thought we were going, I chartered my own yacht and had 26 of our closes friends waiting there for us with fireworks, balloons and streamers where we celebrated our engagement for 3 days straight! Here are pictures of that: www.divetristar.com/engage
76. I have been with more than one woman at one time more times than I can count and I say that everytime I get the chance.
77. I have never been to a concert that I enjoyed.
78. I don't like crowded places and absolutely hate it when people bump into me.
79. I have been smoking Marlboro Red's for more than 15 years now but cannot finish a pack in one day.
80. I consider myself an above average car driver and motorcycle rider but then again, most men my age do so too.
81. I do not read swells and tides well and I usually drive too fast in the water making my companions on the boat uncomfortable.
82. I can hold my breath for more than a minute but cannot do any of the stunts they do on Fear Factor.
83. I've never had the Jackass personality in me but the one thing I want to do is be strapped onto the front of a Top Fuel Dragster that will cover a quarter mile in less than 4 seconds.
84. My favorite form of racing is DRAG!
85. All my bikes have methanol mixed into their fuel tanks for hotter burns and quicker response.
86. All my bikes are capable of going from 0 - 200KPH in less than 10.5 seconds.
87. My favorite TV show is CSI and Ina's is Sex and the City.
88. If I had three wishes, they would be: 1. To live comfortably for the rest of my life. 2. Ensure my families safety, forever! 3. For everyone around me to be happy and problem free.
89. I have over 6,000 digital images of Mano on my hard drive that I started taking the day he was born. Those you see on the website is what I consider best.
90. I usually go to sleep at about 4:00AM and wake up at about 10:00AM. I never get as much sleep as I would like and feel guilty for waking up as late as I do already.
91. Mano almost never cries!
92. I'm not sure if I want more children but Ina and I think it's a waste if we don't have a girl because we think she will be absolutely adorable.
93. I will teach Mano to ride a little dirt bike as soon as he can balance on two wheels.
94. Ina will kill me if he gets hurt but will make sure he has all the protective gear anyway!
95. I don't own a gun and yet, I have several M16's, shotguns and 9MM's on the yacht which I have fired only once!
96. I don't think I compose letters and columns well and yet my job is to write all of the above.
97. I love the way Angie Everheart speaks!
98. Out of all the Bulletin Boards I've been on the web, I think OTCentral is the most closely knit community of them all.
99. I would love to meet each and every member of this board and if you all came to the Philippines at one time, I would host a party for everyone to enjoy.
100. I don't know why I am actually going to click on Submit New Thread after saying everything that I have.
101. I hope this thread doesn't offend anyone in any way!
[/manhug] My mom lost the use of her fingers in April of this year, due to smoking.
