Correct answers to Trivia Game About Me
1. B. Catherine
I was named after the hospital where I was born, St. Catherine's Hospital in Quezon City. It has burned down many years ago. When I was born, Lola Natang Villamiel said to my mother, "You should name her Paula, after St. Paula who is honored on the baby's birthday according to the Church calendar." "That's an ugly name," my mother thought. "We're naming her Catherine, after the hospital," my mother said to my disappointed grandmother.
Mama nicknamed me Cathy at first. Those of you Tagalog-speaking Filipinos, know that Cathy is a homonym of the Tagalog word "kati," which means itchy. Mama's two sisters made fun of my name Cathy. They doted on me, saying "Cathy-Cathy (kati-kati), come here!" Mama decided to change my nickname to Irene. Coincidentally, Irene was also the name of the youngest daughter of the then President of the Philippines, Mr. Ferdinand Edralin Marcos.
5. B. In a drug company (Elin Pharmaceuticals, in Quezon City)
6. C. Dolly - I have published some of the letters I wrote my mother in one of my websites, "Hello Dolly"
8. B. 2 - Francis, my sister's husband and Bobby, my husband's brother
9. C. PSBA - I attended Centro Escolar University for one year and then transferred to the Philippine School of Business Administration where I graduated with a degree in Business Administration, major in Accounting. You can find this in my High School Website, Carlos P. Garcia High School Class '82 - Classmates Profile
