That was me (with blockmate Benj Pasaporte) grudgingly doing field work at San Pablo, Laguna’s Seven Lakes. I weighed around 160 pounds with a waistline of 38. LULS!

This is me now…

Well, PicLyf‘s camera is a bit deceitful, I have chubbier cheeks and a bigger tummy than what the photo shows. Anyway, I am currently around 135 lbs (or more, I really don’t know) with waistline down to just 30.

Before I took steroids, I was 130 lbs with waistline 28. Point is… a lot of things have changed since 2003. And it’s not just the looks. I am much more confident and happier where I am.

Being a science major and the potential for a career in science was exciting to me. I had been training for it for around 9 years before I shifted gears, went home to Davao, studied Education, shifted gears yet again… and is now a writer. Online and offline.

Even as a kid, I had wanted to be a writer. But life happened. I went to a science high school. Took up a course that excited me.

I’m glad those things happened. But I’m happier I am where I am right now. Doing what I love most. Writing. 😉

But that doesn’t mean I don’t have geekiness and nerdiness left in me.

I’m still the same Ria, somehow… interested in geeky and nerdy stuff. Still in love with Math and excited about science. Only I’m much more fab. 😛