20 random facts about somebody named Carl

I got the idea for this post from Riclags.

1. Carl had an older sister right up to when he was four. He wrote a poem dedicated to her, but somehow the poem hadn't yet made its way to the blog. He thinks it's not yet finished.
   
2. Carl digs sitcoms. Friends, Still Standing, Yes Dear, Frasier, Everybody Loves Raymond, Perfect Strangers, The Wonder Years, Malcolm in the Middle. Thousand others.
3. The only reality show Carl cares about are The Amazing Race and American Idol. In that order.
4. Carl loves fried food. Fish, pork, beef, chicken, even rice.
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the only movie that Carl has seen three times and in three different movie houses.
6. Carl seems to always fall for girls way out of his league, who'll never be able to love him back. Some are too religious for him (you know, those on the brink of becoming nuns). Hehe... Some are too sophisticated. Some are too rich. Life's not fair. Poor Carl.
   
7. Carl loves to program more than he loves administering heartless machines.
8. His bookshelf contains books he hadn't read yet, several books he has yet to finish reading, but he still buys books almost every time he enters a bookstore.
9. When asked for a preferred course or courses in several college applications, he wrote Accountancy on top. He took and finished Computer Science.
10. If he didn't pass the scholarship, his family wouldn't have been able to afford to send him to Xavier University High School (XUHS).
11. Carl has a terrible singing voice, but it didn't stop him becoming a member of XUHS Music Ministry in his freshman year, eventually elected Secretary in his junior year, resigned the post in the middle of the school year due to differences with the moderator, and elected to Vice-Presidency in his senior year. A friend who was an officer of the Ministry during Carl's freshman year made it possible for him to become a member without knowing a single musical instrument and without knowing how to sing. Four years of practice, though, made him almost able to sing. He was dedicated. He never missed a practice session. When you are in an organization that from time to time practices three hours everyday, commitment will be the only thing preventing you from quitting. To this day, he believes that the Music Ministry is an organization of committed individuals. Only dedicated members survive.
    
12. On his sophomore year in high school a friend invited him to apply for a position in the school organ. On his junior year, a teacher invited him to it. He never accepted the invitation. On hindsight, he considers it a mistake.
13. In college, a chemistry teacher selected him as one of the contestants to a quiz/contest sponsored by Intel Philippines to be held in Cebu. Carl opted to spend his summer with his mother in Ilo-ilo instead of training and participating in the contest. On hindsight, he considers it a mistake.
14. He passed the opportunity to take the exam for a Cebu-based IT company, headhunters of which visited his school trying to find qualified students for employment opportunities after college. Somehow, he just couldn't miss a Religious Studies class. On hindsight, he considers it a mistake.
15. Carl thinks the cockroach is the most disgusting animal in the planet.
16. Carl missed volunteering for his local parish church. If only the company he works for doesn't have Saturday as working day. All lay organizations he cares for meet on Saturdays.
17. He thought of entering priesthood once. He thought how wonderful it would have been to surrender himself completely to God. To not worry about tomorrow. But then again, all acolytes (altar boys) have thought of entering priesthood at one point of their lives. Nothing special about this.
    
18. Carl, in elementary school, actually even before that in kindergarten, was tagged by teachers as the friendliest, the easiest to be friends with. Today he wonders what happened between then and now that made him a very reserved or timid person.
19. Carl wished he studied harder in college (just like in high school and in elementary school).
20. At age six, bored at a relative's house, Carl walked several kilometers all the way home from Tagoloan to Bugo leaving his father and relatives worried sick. They thought he got lost or was in an accident or something. The fact that he went straight to a neighbor's house without going home till evening didn't help. When "found" his parents and relatives were pretty happy at first for he was safe and then later pretty angry for his stunt. But what could they do, right? He was six. This is an anecdote that makes him smile every time he remembers it.