Update.

New look, new day.
It feels right to be starting fresh, this time..
no pictures this post. Refer to my flickr account if you need
some of my life in photo form...

Mindaaayyy tagged me!
I've been meaning to get to it.
Lately shes been helping me through some things
and idk, I felt like we're getting to know each other better? LOL
Anyways..

Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you.

1. Everyone has gone through certain "phases" in their life, such as a geeky phase, ect... For me, although I am who I am today[random as hell], I still retain bits all of my phases throughout my childhood and middle school years: My gamer side, anime/k-drama obsessed side, preppy side[American Eagle, Abercrombie, ect], fatass side[LOVE to eat], rock side[Anberlin, Dance Gavin Dance, Cartel just to name random bands], and even a bit of a feminine side[sanrio. LOL.] Though I don't heavily focus on one particular side at one given time, it helps me in being the people person I am today.

2. My last name is Bautista. This is referred to by many as the "Nguyen of the Philippines" by my dad, because it is a very common last name back in the PI. A lot of famous singers [Mark Bautista, Justin Bautista, ect] from the PI, even the WWE's very own Bautista. LOL. Despite the claim, I haven't met that many other Bautistas in my life time, other than my relatives and maybe 3 or 4 other people..ever. My middle name is Allen...

3. If its my first time trying something new, I'll try my best to do it over and over again until I can do it at least decent. I am very OCD about that, and one of my biggest pet peeves is not being good at something that I do a lot.

4. I get mistaken for every other asian ethnicity, but I am 100% full filipino. Lately, I've been getting dark which I thought would help identify me easier, but instead of Chinese, Japanese, Viet... people start thinking I'm Cambodian, Thai, HAWAIIAN?! -__- My parents are both Tagalog, and as well as my grandparents, although I have friends who are helping me try to understand Ilocano.

5. Music has always been one of my favorite getaways from the world. From as far back as I could remember, I would playback songs I love over and over again. From my childhood, I remember the first CD I personally owned was the Pokemon: The First Movie soundtrack. I would listen the remix to the theme constantly, because it would get me pumped to do whatever I had to do during the day.

6. Going back to 5, I taught myself how to play guitar in the 7th grade when my parents bought me a guitar for Christmas. Learning from a chord book was never my style, but when I started learning tabs on ultimate-guitar.com to my favorite songs, I got on a learning streak and now can successfully play by ear and familiar sounding notes.

7. Although I have only one true brother, I've come to accept that I have many other "siblings", all of which are sisters. My older "sister", Jennika Esoy has been so good to me and makes me remember that I have someone to go to. (: My younger "sister", Erin Bautista. You know, if I wanted to she really could pass for my real little sister. But she's too mean. Still, I can't live without her. Love you both.

8. I over explain things too much. Which is probably why these facts are so long.

9. I am a huge Pokemon fan. I have every Version from Red/Blue, to Platinum today. When I met my two friends Tony and Stuart in the 5th grade, we made an agreement to stay under one starter pokemon type no matter what. Tony would be fire, Stuart would be grass. I was water, and from that point I became familiar with Squirtle, Totidile, Mudkip, and Piplup.

10. I used to be very chubby and almost to the point where I can say I was obese as a child. But, as I reached 5th grade I started to really become self conscious and pushed myself to eating less and exercising. I have lost all the baby fat[hopefully!] and I'm glad that I decided to make that choice. I am currently helping my little brother who is going through the same thing I went through x10[damn you yogos and hot cheetos]

11. Raised in a Christian home. Before I turned 7-8, my parents were Catholic. All I remember from those days were laying on my mom's lap trying to go to sleep cause it was so early in the morning, and waiting in a big line with my grandma and having to swallow a nasty piece of bread. As soon as we made the change, I knew I would enjoy it. Almost double the years later, my family and I are still attending Light Bearers Fellowship Church, formerly known as Fil-Am Baptist Church.

12. Most of my childhood was regretfully spent on N64 and PS1. It wasn't that bad then, but looking back I wish that I could've spent more time with my grandpa before he passed away. ILY Lolo Roger.

13. The feeling I have most often other than happiness, is guilt. It's a very bad feeling to have, especially when you know you can't do anything to fix it.

14. One of my main goals other than to be successful, have a family, ect. is a mere simple task: To make my parents proud of me. Seems easy, but despite their not that tough standards, I always seem to end up short. I want to be able to make them happy that they have me.

15. I'm always trying to do something new. Whether its learning a new language, trying to jerk [lol], or getting to know someone, I have to change up my daily routine.

16. I am very affectionate. Those who have known me a while know this very clearly. I have a need, even more so than eating or drinking, to give my affection and care to someone during the day. If I don't, then I can't say that I had a good day that day.

17. I have the ability to make most people feel like old friends around me, even if I've just met them for the first time. It really helps my social life, and no matter where I'm going, if theres people, I'm bound to make friends.

18. College Bound: My goals back then were to shoot for UCs such as Berkeley and LA, but due to my lack of effort, I've come to a conclusion that I want to shoot for something not as high such as SDSU. Back up plan? West Valley for 2 years, THEN transfer to UC Davis / UC San Diego :)

19. I'm not sure what I really want to do with my life yet. I love being outdoors and being active, but at the same time I want to be cozy and comfy inside. Possible careers I've thought of in the past include Wedding planner, Nature Photojournalist [Nat. Geo, Travel Channel, ect], Chef, Nurse, and College History Professor. These were all on choice and not by my parent's plans for me at all, although I'm pretty sure these would be jobs they want me to be in anyways.

20. I like someone. Things are difficult where they are right now because of distance, but I don't want to push it too far too soon. I want her to really see that I'm in this for the long run.

21. I hate the fact that people call me a hypebeast based on a shirt or a fk backpack I wear..hello? Everyones got one nowadays, I'm not that much different -_-; You probably only call me that because you have no real sense of style yourself. I am making an effort to become well liked and successful. I have friends to support me, but I want to be able to do it on my own when I have to.

22. I hate cocky people. Everyone has their faults and flaws, and trying to cover them up won't make them go away.

23. I sound different on the phone than I do in person. My voice tends to go really low on the phone for some reason, so I have to talk in a more nasally voice so people can hear me -_-

24. I am not into Huf because of the hype. I feel as though I have history with Huf through my cousins, because they have been wearing it and introduced it to me all the back to 2003. I've always liked the style of clothing and their hats, and I will keep being a fan and customer till I don't know when.

25. I want to be able to look back at this when I'm an adult, college done, family settled, and wonder if I'm still the same as I was back then..


DONE, haha that was a long time.
As for people I tag..I already know you ISSers gonna get tagged eventually. So I'll tag personal friends

Diana-chan
Big Sis Jenn
Ading Erin
Ashley
Jessica Kim
Tiffany
Jodelaine
Angelic
Angelica D!
Angela Channn
Angela Maximoo [thats a lotta angels]
Jizel
Janet
Janine
Jenny Kim
Jessica Ramiro [thats a lotta J's]

too lazy to put 25. Like half of you even read my blog. LOL.
be chill