There are two things in life that I am very passionate about: mp3s and online games. I absolutely begged for my father to buy me a brand new laptop and to subscribe to a fast internet connection so that I could have my fill of downloading and playing. ?Pa, please I really need a brand new laptop!? ?How can I do my research and homework and stuff?? This is the argument that would fill every dinner conversations. I always attack from this-is-for-my-school angle. I find that it is the most effective argument to use. (Take note of that guys! It may come in handy for you someday.) I had also added some puppy dog look to that to add some more convincing power. I knew that soon he'll give in, but, of course, I did some extra chores around the house before that. If you saw some really shiny and spotless house back then, that was ours.

We finally bought this cool Lenovo laptop with fingerprint scanning, webcam, Dolby digital sound, wireless fidelity (wifi), Bluetooth, DVD combo writer and all the bells and whistles that would put the old Apollo spacecraft to shame. (Well, that is what the sales person told us. I really would not know for sure.) As long as that Laptop has speakers and can connect to the Internet, I really do not care if it contains the fastest Intel processor or the latest NVIDIA GeForce. (whatever those are) I remember that I pressured pa to drive faster on the way home so that I could finally use my new laptop. I got a long sermon from him about road safety and being a responsible driver because of that.

Ok now that I have told you the very boring story of how I got my laptop, let me tell you about my two passions. My family has always been music lovers. We have a huge collection of cds from different genre. Pa likes to listen to classical music. (you know, Mozart and stuff) Ma likes old songs especially The Carpenters, Bread and Abba. (I think these are 1970s groups.) Brother likes his noisy music while I like R and B and hiphop. To save money, I used to borrow my classmates? cds, rip them and save them into mp3 format. I listen to them for hours and hours and hours.

But my main interests are online games. I have been a fan of those engrossing games at yahoo, but lately, I have been a Bratz games fanatic. Bratz games? Yes, you heard me right. Bratz games. Those games that are inspired by the hit dolls Bratz. Bratz games have over twenty games to choose from. They do not have as many as those found in yahoo but it does not mean that they are less interesting. I tried all the Bratz games in the site and everything there was very fun for me. The characters are so cute, I would have hug them if they were real toys.