Another set of questions

Just because I want to answer the Proust Questionnaire, as popularized in the last page of Vanity Fair.

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
extreme poverty

Where would you like to live?
somewhere free

What is your idea of earthly happiness?
contentment

To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
any, as long as they're my own

Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Moraes Zogoiby, Zorro, Donald Duck

Who are your favorite characters in history?
Mohandas Gandhi, Alfred Hitchcock, Che Guevarra

Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Melchora Aquino, Gabriella Silang, Florence Nightingale

Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
my mother

Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Hester Payne, Alice (as in the girl in Wonderland), Hua Mu Lan

Your favorite painter?
I'm not an art connoisseur. Van Gogh.

Your favorite musician?
Juanes

The quality you most admire in a man?
perseverance

The quality you most admire in a woman?
resilience

Your favorite virtue?
optimism

Your favorite occupation?
learning about other places and times

Who would you have liked to be?
no one in particular

Your most marked characteristic?
impatience

What do you most value in your friends?
their entertainment value (mwahahahahahaha). seriously, their generosity (of themselves)

What is your principle defect?
my allergic rhinitis

What is your dream of happiness?
absolute contentment

What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
abject poverty

What would you like to be?
complete (centrum? mwahahahaha)

In what country would you like to live?
a country with overflowing sangria, flamenco, superficial and meaningful friendships, and silence

What is your favorite color?
I don't have a favorite color, I prefer seeing harmony and appropriateness among/in them.

What is your favorite flower?
I'm allergic to them. I like seeing them in cheerful colors, though.

What is your favorite bird?
I don't like birds, especially after watching Hitchcock's film.

Who are your favorite prose writers?
Rohinton Mistry, Salman Rushdie, Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Who are your favoite poets?
I'm not into English or Filipino poetry, and I don't believe in translated poetry. I have yet to read Spanish poets, so I don't have a favorite poet.

Who are your favorite composers?
Juanes, Mercedes Migel Carpio, Fher Olvera, The Beatles

What are your favorite names?
Alejandro, David, Guillermo
Chloe, Isabel, Claire

What is it you most dislike?
looking at suffering

What historical figures do you most despise?
Hitler

What event in military history do you most admire?
I wouldn't exactly classify it as military, but Cinco de Noviembre in Negros was ingenious and amazing.

What reform do you most admire?
land reform

What natural gift would you most like to possess?
a good singing voice

How would you like to die?
in my sleep, without any fanfare

What is your present state of mind?
perplexed, thinking of what to answer to these questions

What is your motto?
Live each day as though it's your first.

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