monica tan

ica-greenhills (1977-1985), st. paul college of quezon city (1986-89), university of santo tomas (1989-1993), university of the philippines-diliman (2000-03) .....guess which ones i love or hate!)

development practitioner, student of life

"citizen of the world", manix gang (high school)

traveling, reading, the arts, history, astrology, new age stuff, royalty, hanging out, sleeping all day

the alchemist, the valkyries and eleven minutes by paulo coelho, edgar cayce: modern prophet, bergdorf blondes, war and peace, noli me tangere, biographies of royals

breakfast at tiffany's, to catch a thief, st. elmo's fire

80's, songs: anything by the corrs, sting, kevyn lettau, soundtrack of the movie st. elmo's fire, anything written/composed/arranged/sung/produced by david foster (he was so hot when he was younger!!!), "poupee de cire, poupee de son" (1965 eurovision winner)

hmmmm.... i hardly watch tv, just the news (cnn, bbc, local news)

SPIRITUAL HOME: by the beach or somewhere high and cool.... and where the wind is wild; CHEAP THRILLS: eating french fries at mcdonalds and fishballs on the street; LIKES AND INTERESTS: (viet stuff) vietnamese rice paper rolls, spring rolls, (japanese stuff) voltes v, hello kitty and little twin stars, princess aiko, tokyo, (royalty) aiko of japan, the dutch royal family, caroline and stephanie of monaco, the habsburgs (especially archduchesses amalia, caroline and antoine aka marie antoinette), the wittelsbachs, (local cartoon character) ikabod bubwit; DISLIKES: cruelty and tackiness; VACATION: anywhere with a cool climate, staying at my place and doing nothing at all, dream vacation would be the highlands in scotland and the swiss alps and in the -REAL- BORA ISLAND (bora-bora island in the french polynesia); MY DRUG OF CHOICE: coca-cola light or diet pepsi (i hardly drink anything else!); OTHERS: if i'd walk into a room with 20 complete strangers, 19 of whom hold regular jobs and the 20th one is an alien, guess who i would talk to.., fascinated with vampires and 18th century europe

old friends and acquaintances, real-life vampires, caroline and stephanie of monaco, the current dutch royal children, kofi annan, and perhaps in an alternate world: Marie Antoinette and her sisters, and Prince Heinel of Voltes V.