Looking back in my younger days.....

Everybody starts giving their full name when describing themselves, I might start with giving my full name as well :-) My Name is Mia Torreno Bernardo. I was born in quezon city on the 25th day of May 1980, my father was half bulaceño and half kapampangan. My Mother is pure Ilongga born in Bacolod City. I was raised in Pampanga by my relatives. My father died early when I was 9 years old (the day of my birthday) so my Mom had no choice but to work abroad and leave us with my relatives. During my younger days, I learned so Much... as in much earlier compare to other children in terms of household task, discipline, time management, patience, and goals.

At the age of 9 while some children at my age was playing outside after school, I was thought to wash my clothes instead, cooked rice for our dinner and then of course do my assignments. I also learned early to buy stuff in wet/dry market at the age of 11. Even the vendor was amazed how expert I am to negotiate for bargains at my age.

Living in Pampanga was not easy. During rainy season, it always flood in our town and the toughest time was when mt. pinatubo erupted. I felt like the world is really tumbling down on me every time we were in a hurry to save our valuables before the flood/lava flows inside our house. The effect of the lava is 1st degree burn if you stayed longer in just a few minutes, not to mention all the bacteria I will get from the flood. I actually had foot allergy (alipunga as they call it in tagalog) during my primary and secondary years in school. Aside from I need a good quality of sleepers for sensitive skin, I had to put a lot of medication to ease its itchiness. I remember that rambo sleeper (good one to have for tumbang preso because it has thick sole and very durable) was very popular those days and sad to say I can't have one because of my allergy.

During my HS, I'm a late bloomer I may say but proudly street smart. My teacher and classmates sees my personality as small but terrible (I'm the smallest in terms of height). Having a boyfriend in this stage had never occurs in my mind (euuww..) and no one will ever attempt hehe. I had lots of crushes though and having a glimpse of them was the happiest time of my day. I learned to cheat during exam (who doesn't???). I had many regrets also such as during my JS Prom, i was part of our cotillion but I dropped when I found out that my partner has a crush on me hehe. I really regret afterwards, I hope I still join for the sake of memories and pictures. I'm a really shy type of person and my classmate usually confused me as being suplada. I hate it when my crush found out that I had a crush on him. Now, that i'm 27 years, I realized that it's just okay. Oww.. HS school days are really one of my favorite moments in my life. I also remember when my Teacher said, "Relax, take it easy, savor this stage so that one day when you get older and look back in your memories, you'll just smile and laugh" and I just did.