Fil Alcaraz

St. Benedict College, Attended 1998 - 2001, Class of 2001

International Philippine School in Riyadh

De La Salle University - Manila, Attended 2008 - Present, Master's Degree, Language and Literature, Major in Literature
University of the Philippines - Diliman, Attended 2001 - 2006, Class of 2006, Bachelor's Degree, Secondary Education, Major in Communication Arts (English)

English teacher, Joey Arguelles' personal editor

UP LLEAD, International Club of UP, UP Circuit, Princess Banana Hammock and the Cover-Ups, The Lunch Club, Mga Boarders ng Pook Palaris

literature, education, psychology, music, reading, writing, blogging, traveling, broadway musicals

Harry Potter, The Shadow of the Wind, Jane Eyre, The Name of the Rose, Tuck Everlasting, 1984, Never Let Me Go, Waiting, Like Water for Chocolate, Flowers for Algernon, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, A Solitary Blue, Perfume, Atonement, The Lord of the Rings, children's books (Love You Forever, The Velveteen Rabbit, the Adarna books...)

The Sound of Music, While You Were Sleeping, The Life of David Gale, El Crimen del Padre Amaro, Shrek, Moulin Rouge, Billy Elliot, Love Actually, Mean Girls, Finding Nemo, 300, Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros, The Lord of the Rings trilogy

musicals, acoustic ballads, instrumentals, alternative rock, jazz, Celtic, Gospel, classical, OPM, choral, lots!

House M.D., Heroes, Friends, CSI, 24, American Idol (and David Cook :-), The Big Bang Theory, Ally McBeal, As Told by Ginger, geeky shows on Discovery Channel and National Geographic

Sagittarius

I'm actually a boring person.... I just pretend I'm not.

I thrive on the simple joys of life -- laughter, a good book, the dewy scent of the air just before it rains, lots of stars in the sky, a bright moon reflected on the sea at nighttime, quiet walks, late-night talks with friends.

I also tend to complicate the littlest things.

Ako'y isang guro sa Ingles na nabubulol at mahilig mag-Filipino lalo na kung wala na akong ibang masabi kundi "chorva" at "kamusta naman".

Grading papers is the bane of my otherwise perfect profession.

If you've seen Avenue Q, then you've seen half of my life.

I have a deep love for videoke, Harry Potter and all things gay.

I've dreamed of becoming a bestselling novelist and/or a world-class singer.

I like to believe that I've made many difficult choices and that I was right in making those decisions, though I probably wasn't. I would also like to believe that life is what we make it anyway, and so here I am, trying to be the best I can be with the decisions I made, whether they were right or not.

Gael Garcia Bernal, and possibly Hugh Jackman on Broadway