My Family
Introduction to my family
We are seven in the family. We are indeed lucky because, nowadays, a lot
of families are either broken or incomplete.
My father, Elmo, and my mother, Rosalinda, have been
together for over 30 years. They are the persons who fed us, clothed us and sheltered us.
We truly owe our lives to these two wonderful people.
Through love and compassion for one another, they were able to bring us to life.
Mama bore five children namely, Carlo, Cristina,
Luis, Liselle and Charina. Just to
inform you, Char and I were born 10 years after our brother, Luis, was born. Although
we have large age gaps, we are still close as a family.
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Papa
Elmo L. Custodio
"You know, fathers just have a way of putting
everything together."
-- Erika Cosby
I got this quote from the internet and thought that this fits my father.
My father had been gone for many years during our older siblings' childhood.
He was out in Africa as one of UN's associate. He went away to work for the
poor and work for his family. He lost the chance to become a daddy to our
older siblings because his presence was only felt during his abrupt stays
here in the Philippines. It was somewhat inevitable because he and mom
were a young couple. Once, I heared him say to his friends, "God gave me
another chance to become a dad. I should not squander this oppurtunity..."
He was always with us during our childhood days. He seldom left for business
in the province. We were one of the lucky ones who experience our father's
warmth in almost everyday of our lives.
Even today, I am still amazed with his capacity to withold others' temper. He
has also has a way of making things possible. It is often shown whenever he
fetches any of the family members. I am proud of my father. I am proud that
my father is unlike other fathers who are often away and are only present in
material things. :]
PROFILE
- Name: Elmo L. Custodio
- Nickname/s: Mong, Mong-key
- Age: 57
- Birthday: January 24
- Zodiac Sign: Pisces
- Eye Color: black
- Hair Color: black
- Height: 5'1
- Hobbies: joking around, drawing, giving inspirational messages, dancing,
sometimes he plays the piano, chatting with friends, walking around, sleeping,
watching news, watching drama, watching movies, giving gifts
- Likes: good food, movies, reading (especially news...) :] Beetles
- Fears: zero love :P
- Favorite Color: blue
- Favorite Number: number
- Favorite Movie: Ten Commandments
- Favorite Music: Beetles
- Favorite TV Show: CNN
- Favorite Book: News
- Favorite Meal: adobo
- Favorite Icecream Flavor: Pistacio
Quote:
Never too early, Never too late.
Mama
Rosalinda M. Custodio
"Some mothers are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it
is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together."
-- Pearl S. Buck
The quote before this is a very concise and precise phraseology of how my
mother is. She scold and kiss together at almost the same time. Her sayings
and pieces of advice are often irritating but are infact really helpful.
Mama had truly shown love in many different ways. She works hard for us and
gives us abundant amount of care and thought. She taught us almost anything
we would want to know to survive life. She trains us how to cook and feed
ourselves. She taught us how to clean our things and organize our possessions.
She taught us manners and gave us tips on how to deal with almost any kind of
person we see. She brought us to different places and told us stories about
how the poor and rich live their lives. She gave us a perspective in life.
Other than being the best mentor and adviser, she is the person who is never
selfish of love. She gives them whenever we need it. Even if it were midnight,
early dawn or during the hot noon, she would never cease to accomodate us to
her warm arms, especially when we feel bad about something.
"Mama" is a word, uniquely different to all the other words. As what the book
of Mitch Albom says, "Mom is a word that can be forever stolen when our mothers
die...". I am proud to have mama as my mom. I would never wish it any other way.
PROFILE
- Name: Rosalinda M. Custodio
- Nickname/s: Osang, babing-baby, Buno! :]
- Age: 53
- Birthday: September 18
- Zodiac Sign: Virgo
- Eye Color: brown
- Hair Color: black
- Height: 5'1 1/2
- Hobbies: playing the piano, gardening, crafts, listening to music, carpenting, cooking,
reading, checking what's new in the internet, watching news, eating/tasting diff. kinds of food...
- Likes: peach, clean and neat surroundings, jazz music, Audrey Hepburn movies, plays, classics...
- Fears: almost all pests, heights,
- Favorite Color: White and other Light colors
- Favorite Number: Seven or Eight
- Favorite Movie: Audrey Hepburn Movies, Classics, Historical Movies, True Stories, Musicals
- Favorite Music: Jazz
- Favorite TV Show: CNN, BBC, iron chef
- Favorite Book: Magazines, Cookbooks, Do-it-yourself magazines
- Favorite Meal: Japanese, Mexican, Italian, High quality foods, Food without acrylamide
- Favorite Icecream Flavor: Munggo/ Adzuki
Quote:
Work hard, pray harder...
Kuya Bung Bung
Carlo Noel M. Custodio
PROFILE
- Name: Carlo Noel M. Custodio
- Nickname/s: Wa, Bungbung, Kaloy, Panget :3
- Age: 29
- Birthday: December 22
- Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
- Eye Color: brown
- Hair Color: black
- Height: 5'2
- Hobbies: photography, drawing, writing, editing, eating, playing, singing,
playing computer games, playing online games, walking, reading (a lot!), talking,
teaching, too many to mention...
- Likes: zoids, Star Wars, Ate Katherine :3, robots, cool cartoons, Music
- Fears: heights
- Favorite Color: blue
- Favorite Number:
- Favorite Movie: Star Wars
- Favorite Music: Rock, Josh Groban, Classics
- Favorite TV Show: Heroes, Primetime TV Shows, AXN
- Favorite Book: Tom Clancy
- Favorite Meal: KFC, balimbing
- Favorite Icecream Flavor: Chocolate
Quote:
Be a MAN for others :] (Ateneo Quote}
Ate Nini
Cristina Elisa Custodio-Salvo
PROFILE
- Name: Cristina Elisa Custodio-Salvo
- Nickname/s: Cocay, Ate Nini, Panget 8}, Cocs
- Age: 28
- Birthday: December 21
- Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
- Eye Color: dark brown
- Hair Color: black
- Height: 5'2
- Hobbies: Singing, playing the guitar, writing, reading, sleeping (a lot),
chatting, taking care of her sisters 83, eating, watching tv
- Likes: Kuya Spenz, children, babies, eating, sleeping, watching tv, poems,
classics, pajamas, the smell of rain, the smell of freshly lit matches, chocolate,
champoy, sampalok, music
- Fears: public speaking, being far from family, mice, psychos
- Favorite Color: blue and pink (mostly pink)
- Favorite Number: 12, 21, 19
- Favorite Movie: Stand by me, Dead Poets Society, LOTR
- Favorite Music: too many to mention
- Favorite TV Show: Criminal Minds, Oprah, Brothers and Sisters, Grey's Anatomy,
Rachel Ray, iron Chef, and the like...
- Favorite Book: LOTR
- Favorite Meal: Japanese, Italian, Filipino, Chinese, mexican... too many to mention
- Favorite Icecream Flavor: Rocky Road
Quote:
Do your best and God will do the rest. :]
Kuya Buno
Luis Miguel M. Custodio
PROFILE
- Name: Luis Miguel M. Custodio
- Nickname/s: Buno, Luis, Bruno, Bunoy, Panget, Boss(quote from Kuya Bung Bung)
- Age: 26
- Birthday: September 18
- Zodiac Sign: Virgo
- Eye Color: dark brown
- Hair Color: black
- Height: 5'9
- Hobbies: playing the guitar, playing basketball, playing, watching tv,
watching movies, collecting dvds, watching sports, travelling, sleeping, crafts,
cars, drawing, computer games, poker, driving
- Likes: Ate MM, Psyduck, Pokemon, Otto bear, Krispy Kreme, Cars, robots
- Fears: mice and cockroaches
- Favorite Color: blue
- Favorite Number: 19
- Favorite Movie: too many to mention
- Favorite Music: rock, The Used, The Muse, Incubus, blah blah blah
- Favorite TV Show: Heroes, Scrubs, Anime, House, F1, NBA, sports, too many to mention
- Favorite Book: Bible
- Favorite Meal: Grill Queen, Spanish Bread, Bread
- Favorite Icecream Flavor: Chocolate
Quote:
Ayaw ko ng panget!
Nana :][:
Ma. Charina M. Custodio
PROFILE
- Name: Maria Charina M. Custodio
- Nickname/s: Char, Nana
- Age: 16
- Birthday: April 15
- Zodiac Sign: Aries
- Eye Color: brown
- Hair Color: black
- Height: 4'11.9" :]
- Hobbies: playing the guitar and piano, drawing,
sleeping, eating, watching tv, playing the computer, listening
to music, doing weird things and many other eccentricities :]
- Likes: hippos, interesting things, guitars, mexicans, James
Mc Avoy, Jin Akanishi, Gael Garcia Bernal, Jude Law, JHONNY DEPP,
Eric Bana aka Hector, Patrick Wolf, RHCP, Rock, Liselle, Twins,
Cool things and the like...
- Fears: lizards & lizard eggs
- Hates: hiphop
- Favorite Color: blue
- Favorite Number: 11
- Favorite Movie: Motorcylce Diaries, Pirates of the Carribean
Historical Movies, Biaographies, Adventure, too many to mention...
- Favorite Music: Rock, Funk metal, J-rock, Visual-K
- Favorite TV Show: Deathnote, Cowboy Bebop, house, Heroes, DeathMatch, MTV
- Favorite Book: Wikipedia
- Favorite Meal: Paksiw, Yogurt, Yakult, Tuna, Sashimi
- Favorite Icecream Flavor: Capuccino
Quote:
Imperfections make you Perfect :][: