Bijou's Profile

I'm a die hard Steeler fan always have been, always will be! I LOVE DANCING, exercising, staying active, I enjoy traveling, singing, reading good books such as: autobiographies, documentaries, and history. I also enjoy painting with acrylics, listening to music of all types on my ipod, fashion, interior design, skiing, horseback riding, symphonies, operas, ballets, cooking and baking gourmet and international cuisine, and meeting good and interesting people.

I'm part Filipino, Spaniard, French, and Chinese. Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and now live in Texas. Born in Manila, Philippines to an upper middle class family. My father emigrated our family to Pittsburgh, PA where he did his dental residency at the University of Pittsburgh. He was a DDS and a DMD of Dentistry and an accomplished Dentist during my childhood. My father died suddenly from Asthma complications, specifically Triple A or an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm while visiting his relatives abroad in the Philippines during Christmas 2003. The loss of my father is still very difficult and sad for me and for the rest of our entire family. I miss him immensely and wish I could've told him so many things I wanted to say before he went to be with the Lord. Life is too short to take any second of it for granted. I attribute all of my achievements in our strong faith in Jesus Christ our Saviour who not once ever failed us when people around us have. I am a Polyglot as well. I speak five foreign languages fluently; Deutsch, Italiano, Tagalog, Francais, and Español. I love to travel and I have visited many beautiful places and tourist attractions all over Europe. I really love anything outdoors such as, skiing, hiking, camping, rock climbing, and white water rafting. I have always been active, but due to the development of this disease, it has slowed me down a bit, which has made coping with it quite difficult at times for me. However, I won't allow it to slow me down. I am proactive in my recovery and healing. Praying to Almighty God is extremely important and pertinent in fighting this disease. I like staying active, exercising, eating healthy, taking a holistic and natural approach toward prevention and healing. I also have been told that I have great style and taste in fashion, interior decorating and music. I love to read, bake and cook gourmet cuisine. I also used to enjoy drinking wine, but I stay away from all alchoholic beverages ever since I was diagnosed with Hep C and I so miss having a glass of fine Bordeaux or Cabernet. I enjoy singing and being creative. Painting with acrylics, pastels, and watercolors is very therapeutic. I took various art classes at Carnegie Mellon University in my teens. I love many types of music from House, Techno, Smooth Jazz, Classical...(My favorite Composers are Chopin, Mozart, Bach and Beethoven), Soft Rock, and Christian Contemporary. I grew up dancing to "Look Around" and "So Many Stars" by Sergio Mendes and ensembles by Burt Bacharach and Dione Warwick like "What do you get when you fall in love" and "The Look of Love". I also enjoy going to the symphony, opera, a ballet and to the beach. I continue to maintain a positive outlook and remain steadfast through lots of prayer and helping others. I trust in the Lord to help me through my life day by day. He is my rock and my strength, in HIM will I trust.