10 (More) Things You Should Know About Xyzha
By Yan • Aug 2nd, 2007 • Category: 10 Things
Okay, the first one was just a tad too serious. That was so not me (but sooo Xyzha, don’t you think?). You see, while we do have a lot of similar traits (scary, they all are), we also have a wide range of glaring differences. In fact, on the surface, we are in no way similar. For example, my sister is the typical kikay - i.e., she’s more concerned about her looks than her studies - whereas I’m the hopeless geek who still doesn’t know how to put on makeup. My sister wears her heart on her sleeve, while I take great pains to mask my emotions. My sister believes she can pass herself off as a prude, whereas I’ve learned long ago that there’s no point in pretending. heh. 
And so, lest my friends start to think that I’m as deranged as my sister (truth is, she’s not half as deranged as I am), I bring you…
10 (More) Things You Should Know About Xyzha
- She keeps herself busy by thinking of new ways to reinvent her appearance. As of this writing, the most important question plaguing her existence is: “Should I cut my hair or let it grow longer?” Hmmm.
- She’s an expert in makeup, clothes, and all those other stuff that girls are supposed to like. (Sorry, I guess I’m not a “girl” - at least not by her standards.) As a so-called expert, she buys only the most expensive brands. She calls this “splurging”. I simply call it a complete waste of my parents’ money.
Heh. Or maybe I’m just jealous coz I don’t have an allowance anymore. - She can’t walk past a mirror - or any reflective surface, for that matter - without checking out her appearance.
- She’s a cam whore. Nearly 99% of her hard disk space is made up of a gazillion bitmap variations of her face. (Interestingly, Mom just asked me to buy some hardware upgrades for Xyzha’s PC. Little does she know… )
- Her taste in music is far more sophisticated than mine. She likes Enya, Josh Groban, Andrea Bocelli, and believe it or not, Gregorian chanting. Did I say sophisticated? I meant old. (I once brought her backstage to a major MTV rock event, where I oohed and aahed over local and national rock legends. She, on the other hand, snoozed near the buffet table and bugged me all night to take her home. What a waste of a perfectly good VIP pass, huh?)
- She needs vitamin supplements to spike up her energy levels. Seriously. My sister is always “too tired” to get out of bed, to walk a few feet from her bedroom, to lift a finger around the house. Seriously. The only thing that seems to get her going is an invite to a fab party. Ahhh, to be young, eh?
- She hardly eats. Her biggest fear is gaining weight. Can’t she see that a real woman has curves?
- Contrary to popular belief, Xyzha has had not two, but three boyfriends so far. The first one was a loser named Michael, who dumped her because she was “too fat” (hence, no. 7 - hello! she was 13 and still hadn’t outgrown her baby fats!). The second one was a spoiled rich brat who had anger management issues. And the last of the lot was a reasonably decent guy named Jason (he’s in a band!) who turned out to be a toad disguised as a prince. Okay, that’s 3 boyfriends and how many flings again, Xy? I lost count at 5.
- She has always been my parents’ favorite. I say this without any tinge of envy. She was the pet that traveled everywhere my Mom went. She was the baby that got all the best toys. She was the daughter that hogged all the attention. She was the superstar that basked in the limelight. No wonder she has trouble passing on the baton to Khyle.
- She’s a bitch. She’s self-centered. She’s selfish. She’s high maintenance. And she believes the world owes her something. Or so you think. True, she is all these things, but she is also none of these things. The trouble with being as complex a creature as Xyzha is that her actions are easily misconstrued as animosity. But you have to look beyond her tantrums, beyond her superficial preoccupations, beyond her erratic mood swings, to see the person that she really is. Beyond the surface, Xyzha is really just an awkward child-woman who constantly seeks approval. Believe me, it won’t take you long to figure out that all Xyzha really wants, all she really needs, is to be loved and appreciated.
Note: This is part of The 10 Things Series.
*You might also want to check out: 10 Things You Should Know About Guile | 10 Things You Should Know About Fruhlein | 10 Things You Should Know About Xyzha | 10 Things You Should Know About Jojo
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Yan (a.k.a. Yannie, YanYan) is a young-ish entrepreneur, writer, poet, artist, graphic designer, web geek, lover, friend, daughter, connoisseur, gourmand, amateur chef, coffee addict, control freak, and incessant dreamer. Not necessarily in that order.
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Yan, I think there is an explaination to No.10. Could it be because her 2 older sisters bullied her when she was young? Thus she always crave for approval, the need to be perfect(appearance and all). But despite that, She really grew up good. Xyzha is the sweetest kid. Very sensitive to other’s needs. She is a very mature young person with some imperfections of course.
So Xy, you have to overcome that. You have to see beyond the mirror that you are as beautiful inside. No one can let you see it. You have to see it for yourself. And you have to accept your imperfections whatever you think they are. Only then can you truly feel being beautiful.
Take it from me Xy. Sa akong pagka-kagiron and with really big legs, I can still strut in the mall wearing my shorts. hehehe… my legs have always been the root of my insecurities.
Ta Yang, I never bullied Xyzha. Teased her mercilessly, perhaps. But isn’t that what all sisters do?
I think #10 may have something to do with the fact that she is always being compared to her sisters. I did not mean to set the bar high. In fact, I didn’t even try. But things are the way things are. You know what I mean.
Plus, our Mom, for all her lovable qualities, tends to demand too much from her daughters. Failure is never tolerated. Mistakes are always punished. etc. etc. You know how it goes.(We still love you, mommy!
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The end result is that all three of us will always crave for approval and attention, no matter how old we get.
The goal, really, is to stop letting this constant ache for approval define our concept of self. …To live our lives without always needing affirmation from anyone but ourselves.
I haven’t even gotten to that point yet. How much more Xyzha?
That being said, I think Xyzha knows just how special she is. We’re slowly getting to that point, aren’t we, Xy?