I see my turning 40 in the following quotes:
Life begins at 40! (Walter Pitkins)
Life begins to be better in one's middle age.
I’m 18 with 22 years of experience!
This wine is forty years old. It certainly
doesn't show its age (Cicero).
To think, when one is no longer young, when one
is not yet old, that one is no longer young, that one is not yet old, that is
perhaps something (Samuel Beckett).
The 40 Cities/Places I have been to:
USA
California
1. San Francisco
2. Elk Grove
3. Sacramento
Nevada
4. Reno
5. Las Vegas
New Jersey
6. South Plainfield
New York
7. New York City
Washington DC
8. Catholic University
US Territories
9. Guam
Asia
10. Philippines
11. Vietnam
12. Singapore
13. Taiwan
14. Hong Kong
15. Macau
16. China
17. Israel
Africa
18. Cairo
Europe
Portugal
19. Lisbon
20. Fatima
Spain
21. Madrid
22. Caleruega
23. Salamanca
France
24. Lourdes
Italy
25. Milan
26. Como
27. Bologna
28. Florence
29. Assisi
30. Siena
31. Montepulciano
32. Rome
33. Napoli
34. Pompeii
35. Amalfi
Switzerland
36. Lugano
Czech Republic
37. Prague
Poland
38. Krakow
Germany
39. Mainz
40. Frankfurt
I am known by
family and close friends to be picky on food. The list contains 40
dishes/beverages my palate prefers.
1.
Rice
(plain, garlic, fried, arroz caldo, risotto, valenciana, champorado)
2.
Talong
(torta, fried, alla parmigiana)
3.
Noodles
(beef, sotanghon, pancit, palabok, sphagetti)
4.
Chicken
5.
Shrimp
6.
Alimasag
7.
Sausage
(longaniza, hotdog)
8.
Pinakbet
9.
Tuna
in can
10.
Tofu
11.
Italian
Pasta
12.
Ice
cream (sorbetes, gelato)
13.
Coffee
(Columbian, cappuccino, dunkin donut’s)
14.
Creamer
(coffee mate)
15.
Wine
(red and white)
16.
Tea
(green, Japanese)
17.
Chocolate
(dark, salted caramel)
18.
Peanut
butter
19.
Fish
(fried tilapia, tinapa, ball)
20.
Spam
21.
Pork
(dinuguan, adobo, barbeque, sinigang, chop, tocino, batchoy, humba, menudo)
22.
Kare-kare
23.
Junk
food (chips)
24.
Meryenda
(lumpia, turon, kamote-que, taho, kinulti, ginataan, buko pie)
25.
Desert
(leche plan, biko, tiramisu, halo-halo)
26.
Chicken
egg (hard boiled, fried, poached, omelet)
27.
Pizza
28.
Bruschetta
29.
Liquor
(whisky)
30.
Fruits
(apple, orange, guava, strawberry, prunes)
31.
Burger
(ham, bacon cheese, chicken)
32.
Pancake
33.
Beer
(San Mig Light, Taiwan, Japanese)
34.
Nuts
(corn, wall, chest, pistachio)
35.
Salad
(vegetable, fruit, macaroni, buko, potato)
36.
French
fries
37.
Pandesal
38.
Juice
(calamansi, orange, lemon, cranberry, papaya milk)
39.
Condiments
(salt and pepper, garlic, chili, ginger, fish sauce, ketchup, vinegar, butter,
mango tomato salsa, bagoong, rosemary)
40.
Green
and leafy vegetables
Laughter is the
best medicine. My 40 favorite source of laughter are:
1.
Ellen
De Generes
2.
Jimmy
Fallon
3.
Steve
Martin
4.
Will
Ferrel
5.
Senator
Miriam Santiago
6.
Perci
Perez
7.
Jeff
Dunham
8.
Gabriel
Iglesias
9.
Ramil
and Nel
10.
Kelly
Pickler
11.
Steve
Harvey
12.
Stephen
K Amos
13.
TVJ
14.
Bubble
Gang
15.
Novak
Djokovic
16.
Robin
Williams
17.
Rowan
Atkinson (Mr Bean)
18.
Billy
Crystal
19.
Ai ai
delas Alas
20.
Scary
Movies
21.
Whose
Line Is It Anyway?
22.
Fr
Romy, CS
23.
Finding
Nemo
24.
Jimmy
Kimmel Live
25.
Sofia
Vergara
26.
SNL
27.
Shrek
28.
Forrest
Gump
29.
Nora
Ephron
30.
Tracey
Ullman
31.
David
Walliams
32.
Sister
Act
33.
Just
for Laughs
34.
TV
News Bloopers
35.
Tom
and Jerry
36.
Sandra
Bullock
37.
Nova
Villa
38.
Tina
Fey and Amy Poehler
39.
Comedy
Central
40.
Ratatouille
The 40 Saints I
usually invoke for spiritual help.
1.
The
Blessed Virgin Mary
2.
St
Joseph
3.
St
Dominic de Guzman
4.
St
Catherine of Siena
5.
St
Francis Assisi
6.
St
Claire Assisi
7.
St
Thomas Aquinas
8.
St
Albert the Great
9.
St
Therese of Liseux
10.
St
John of the Cross
11.
St
Teresa Avila
12.
St
Martin de Porres
13.
St
John Macias
14.
St
Rose of Lima
15.
St
Padre Pio
16.
St
Lorenzo Ruiz
17.
St
Pedro Calungsod
18.
St
John Bosco
19.
Sts
Peter and Paul
20.
Sts
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
21.
Sts
Michael, Rafael, Gabriel, the Archangels
22.
St
Augustine of Hippo
23.
St
Monica
24.
Bl.
Pope John XXIII
25.
Bl.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
26.
Bl.
Pope John Paul II
27.
Bl.
John Henry Cardinal Newman
28.
St
Jude Thaddeus
29.
St
Ignatius of Loyola
30.
St
Agnes of Montepulciano
31.
St
Bernadette Soubirous
32.
St
Narcissus
33.
St
Maximilian Kolbe
34.
St
John Mary Vianney
35.
St
Martha
36.
St
Mary Magdalene
37.
St
Jerome
38.
St
Faustina Kowalska
39.
Sts
Anne and Joachim
40.
St
Anthony de Padua
