i will.

- love and be loved in return.

- be Hayao Miyazaki’s apprentice

- establish my own animation studio like Studio Ghibli and Pixar

- make a positive difference in the lives of Filipinos

- be able to dance… and be awesome at it.

- always be there for my friends and my family.

- be a known and appreciated children’s book writer and illustrator.

- become decisive.

- become strong.

- win at cinemalaya and then at cannes.

(or whichever comes first.. berlin is great too. sundance won’t hurt either.)

- be a stroyteller.

- eat kobe beef.

- go backpacking in asia, europe and south america.

- go to tibet.

- have a coffee farm.

- meet a maori tribe and get an authentic maori tattoo.

- be able to ride a skateboard… well.  let’s edit this. ride a longboard.. more often.

- run and play frisbee.

- document spanish colonial and gothic-inspired architecture

in the philippines using bobo.

- be silly on the beach with close friends.

- eventually have the guts to wear a 2 piece swimsuit.

- learn my mom’s recipes.

- be able to play the piano and the flute.

- get back my guitar and play it better.

- be able to sketch well using ink.

- take awesome photographs everyday.

- rock out in a band in a concert setting. (another crack at this won’t hurt. hehe)

- direct stage plays artfully.

- direct music videos of my favorite bands.

- become a national artist for film, theater AND literature.

- learn how to edit movies.

- learn flash animation.

- publish the collection of deconstructed fairytales with my ate.

- become an effective and efficient teacher.

- come up with a company that sells crazy awesome tshirts.

- learn how to design and make clothes.

- be able to cook divine dishes and desserts.

- own an artsy cafe that has sublime coffee and pastries.

- regularly have ample quality time with my family.

- give my dad his farm, my mom her house with the crazy kitchen

and my sister her restaurant/veterinary clinic/vineyard.

- be a guest mtv vj and a radio dj.

- be well versed  inthe fields of film, theater and literature.

- go on a national food trip.

- go on an international food trip.

- be featured in TIME magazine.

- win a pulitzer, a nobel and a palanca. (any order is fine.)

- learn how to drive.

- be a cool and actual surfer chick with brains.

- live the road team dream.

- have a house of my own.

- own a jeep.

- meet johnny depp.

- live in a new york apartment like the one in rent.

- be able to quote literary works from the top of my head.

- own goats. cows. and sheep. and make cheese.

- have a bread store. and bake scrumptious bread.

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i will be able to do all of these things before i meet my maker. :)