Under One Roof

I have been seeing this meme of sorts in various blogs so I thought why not do it as well. But instead of it being about me, I thought I’d list down 25 Random Things About My Family.

1. We are a large family. My parents with 6 kids.
2. We live in a house that my dad inherited from an old neighbor who passed away and had no relatives to speak of. My dad and my mom took care of him when he was sick and dying.
3. Two members passed away already. My brother died of leukemia when he was 15 in 1998. My mom died in 2005 from a kidney disease.
4. I am the eldest, then two sisters followed after, then my brother who died of leukemia, another sister and the youngest, a boy.
5. There are two accountants in the family, two teachers. Three are licensed and one has yet to pass the board.
6. We have lived in the same place since my parents were kids.
7. We are a loud family. We love to laugh out loud, discuss things loudly, and unfortunately, argue loudly as well.
8. Eating out versus eating at home? We prefer the latter. But we also love eating out, preferring to eat at a restaurant we trust and we are comfortable at.
9. When my mom was still alive, she cooked for us. Now that she’s gone, my dad took over. And he delivers!
10. My dad is big on religion. He’s a devout Catholic and he wants us to attend mass together as much as we can.
11. We watch tv shows together. We love action movies and shows like Prison Break, Amazing Race, travel and other kid-friendly shows.
12. We are not used to having someone sleep over. As I have mentioned in #6, we are a loud family. And a guest might just get the shock of her life when he or she experiences it first-hand hehe
13. Plus, we are all cranky in the morning.
14. Especially when we are hungry.
15. Or when we are uncomfortable, like chaotic sleeping arrangements.
16. And we easily get pissed off. Haha!
17. If we can get away with it, we don’t like eating leftovers. Sama ano?
18. We are not the affectionate people except towards Hazel.
19. There’s no inclination towards sports in our family. We are more the indoor-type.
20. We only have one pet dog but my dad has a number of chickens. The fighting kind.
21. We are meat lovers.
22. Bulacan, Pangasinan and Batangas are our provinces. But we don’t feel like we’re really from those provinces. We’ve adopted Baguio as our province hehe
23. Christmas eve and New Year’s eve are celebrated with my maternal grandma. The next day at the paternal grandparents’ home.
24. We’ve always wanted to move to a new residential area. The place where we’re currently living has grown unfamiliar over the years.
25. We pray the rosary every night.

There you go. 25 random things about my eccentric family! Hehehe

Happy Sunday!