My family is a big one, composed of my Lola (grandmother), my Papang (father), my Mamang (mother), and nine of us children, from eldest to youngest, Elmer (lawyer), Gary (mechanical engineer), Ayreen (teacher), Jocelyn (Senior Education Program Specialist), Leah (thats me, SPED teacher), Eugene (Equity Administrator), Richie (Civil Engineer), Grace (Physical Therapist) and Glynda (Entreprenuer)!   All in all, we are 12 members, a dozen of strong people possessing unique idiosyncrasies.

My origin is Mangaldan, Pangasinan, that is the northern part of the Philippines.  We all grew up sane (so I think) with a very normal happy childhood life.  Its basically a big family so we all have to.