I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my life. None that I regret. But here’s my top 3 dumbest ideas that had really bad consequences:

3. The Speed Drinking Contest - Night out with the girls. What I thought would be a fun game ended in the worst night of my life. Who knew downing 2 glasses of Weng Weng in under a minute could lead to a lot of throwing up…in public. Got banned from the bar. Cried my eyes out over a guy. Ended up in someone else’s clothes (to this day, I have no clue where I got those nice pants). Couldn’t remember anything else. BTW, I won that game.

The speed drinking contest

That got us so drunk

2. Bleaching my hair and coloring it red - I was working in the US. Got bored out of my mind. Didn’t know it would ruin my hair so bad. It took me nearly two years to grow it out and cut off the part with the “burnt” hair.

1. Piercing my tongue - Cel’s birthday 2006. I was waiting for her for an hour. Got bored again. Walked over to the mall and got it done. When I came back, she was there. The drinking started and forgot about the piercing. Ate a cherry. It started bleeding. That thing had pus for 2 weeks. I couldn’t eat anything solid. My boyfriend hated it sooo much. I gave it to him as a present last year…removed it permanently, I mean. The mark is still there.

Thank God for digital photography and friends who take pictures of the stupid things you do. I have proof. That should remind me not to do it again. Hehe.

Things that I learned from these not-so-smart moves:

  1. When I get bored I do a lot of crazy things.
  2. Red doesn’t suit me. Purple was way better.
  3. My special friend Weng Weng is very influential in my life…and not in a good way. That picture with the tongue piercing ..yep, that’s him again in front of me (with my other good buddy San Mig).