These are a few of my favorite things:

1.Friends and foes (they are enemies of the bookworm Rita who wishes to spend forever buried in a novel)

ay shucks. sobrang dami nila. so i’ll just list those I collided, este bonded with this week: he who delivered me to school on a big bike, the pretty girl with bangs, the 2 guys who are now part of the spondazontes core (bwahaha), they who finally got together, she who introduced me to triMOna and square banana, and the lady who carried my very heavy backpack around the acad oval.

2. Edibles (solid, liquid and everything in between)

tarragon tea, barako coffee, kimchi, fried kimbap, gyoza, piping hot rice, bagoong, isaw, dirty ice cream, fried porkchop ni benj, sinigang anything, rice wine, cheese sticks and chix lollipops ng maru, flourless chocolate cake kina phil, bagis, kilawin, mustasa and buro, kuya nikko’s cooking, cdc hallelujah diet, and whatever is served during training sessions.

3. Places (here, there, and everywhere)

My bed, my couch, UP diliman academic oval, amphitheater, mashita, kopi roti @the columns, highlands steakhouse, mataas na burol-silang, cdc tagaytay, mrt edsa-taft station crossover, massage parlors, sm hypermarket, avr chapel, anywhere i can see the stars. =)

4. Gadgets, games, and other objects

my Henry (samsung star), pambu (my ancient desktop), my wheezing ipod shuffle, jumping rope, upwords! frog relay, mud crawl, any camp recreation session, ghost, scrabble, boggle, word factory, taboo!, tito manolo’s rope games, my Bibles, that wooden massage tool, sleeping bag, hammock, backpack, coffee press, flipflops, signpens, journal, banig, books books books.

6. Experiences (when the only bad moment is the final moment)

affirmation, camps, retreats, walking along the up acad oval, mrt rides, coffee talks, massages, kc getogs, choir cantatas and practices, MA classes with certain profs, fgds, manuscript bible study, videoke nights, makeovers, team-writing, stargazing, sunsets, dusk/twilight, chatting with faraway humans online, sane motorbike rides, theater performances, warm hugs, chasing my niece, getting an uno, post-station one/d3 bonding, talks with my papa, reading a great book, road trip, sweet spots…

…And BLOG ANNIVERSARIES. Happy 2nd birthday to tarits.com!

My gift is a name change to “Live:Laugh:Learn.” From now on, I celebrate passion, laughter and the pursuit of learning.