KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU !
Long distances mean that not everyone has met Tere and Aubrey. For those of you *Lucky* enough to have met both of us, here's a chance to know us better!
| TERE | AUBREY |
| Full name Maria Theresa Alcarde Nisperos. Tere is also known as Thes/Mat-Mat | Full name Auberon Lamdin-Whymark. Aubrey is also known as Aubs/Orbs |
| Tere is three years younger than Aubrey | Aubrey is old and wise |
| Tere is only 5ft 1in and weighs only 4kg! | Aubrey is 5ft 6in and weighs nearly two times Tere |
| Tere works as a Systems Analyst (computer programming, but a bit more apparently - mainframes and things) in Accenture - Manila. | Aubrey works as a wellsite geologist on oil rigs and formerly as a micropalaeontologist in the Middle East (Qatar at the moment), but he has 6 months off a year to spend in Manila. See his work webpage at www.geosteering.co.uk |
| Tere did a degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering, but don't ask her to wire a plug! | Aubrey did a degree in Geoglogy and Master's in Micropalaeontology. |
| Tere's family live in Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao | Aubrey grew up near London, but his parents now live in Tenerife, Spain. |
| Tere's father is retired from the army and well respected, whilst Tere's mother is a devoted housewife | Aubrey's parents are retired from a business growing herb plants for garden centres. Previously his father was a social worker. |
| Tere has four brothers | Aubrey has two brothers, including a twin. |
| Tere's brothers are studying in nursing courses, running an internet cafe and working as an Aeronautical Engineer in Singapore (soon to work in Belfast, UK) | Aubrey's brothers work as a Systems Analyst (similar to Tere anyway) and as an Archaeologist. |
| Tere's passion is fashion - particularly clothes, handbags and shoes. She is naturally artistic. Please look around this webpage! www.filfashion.com | Aubrey is obsessed with tektites! To find out more on this fascinating subject go to his webpage at www.tektites.co.uk |
| Tere likes plays and musicals | Aubrey tolerates these. |
| Tere can't sing (but tries) | Aubrey can't sing (and doesn't) |
| Tere rarely touches alcohol | Aubrey likes beer, wine and the local rum, but Tere is a calming influence |
| Tere is not good at cooking or housework | Aubrey is a modern man, so this is OK! |
| Tere loves travelling and seeing new places. | Aubrey has to travel for work, but after being dragged out, enjoys travelling |
| Tere wants three children ish, including twins | Aubrey agrees but suggests that Tere is too small to accomodate twins. |
| Tere's mother tongue is Tagalog, but she is fluent in English | Aubrey speaks English and only knows the Tagalog word for 'crocodile' |
| Tere is Catholic and tries to attend church on Sunday | Aubrey is non-practising protestant (Church of England), but is happy to go to Catholic Church |
| Tere has 34 pairs of shoes, 40 bags and 10 swimming costumes | Aubrey has 2 pairs of shoes,a plastic carrier bag and 1 pair of swimming shorts |
| Tere has perfect 20/20 vision, which is why she fell for Aubrey | Aubrey wears glasses or contact lenses, he probably wasn't wearing them at that time ;-) |
| Tere likes Aubrey with long hair | Aubrey prefers short hair as it is quicker to wash |
| Tere likes love songs and cheesy music | Aubrey likes rock and metal music |
| Tere likes gadgets and new technologies | Aubrey has a very basic Nokia, which is not stylish (but will never be stolen) |
| Tere likes spa and massage | Aubrey doesn't like this form of torture - last time they put acid on his face and beat him. |
| Tere loves shopping for clothes | Aubrey loves spending his money on tektites and scientific papers and is happy with 2 changes of clothes |
| Tere loves burgers | Aubrey loves burgers too - in fact he normally eats two in a sitting |
| Tere wanted to be an air stewardess when she was young, but she is too short! | Aubrey wanted to be an astronomer and then geologist when he was young. |
| Tere is very good in mathematics | Aubrey isn't - that's why he became a geologist! |
| Tere's favourite flowers are lillies and tulips | Aubrey rarely buys Tere flowers as they are a waste of money |
| Tere collects fridge magnets | Aubrey wastes his money on these for Tere |
| Tere does not like Chocolate, but she is very sweet | Aubrey eats the chocolate in the house |
| Tere likes love stories and celebrity news | Aubrey likes National Geographic channel |
| Tere is patient and calm | Aubrey has no patience and will not queue more than a minute. |
| Tere's favourite colour is brown | Aubrey likes blue |
| Tere is bossy sometimes | Aubrey does what he is told....sometimes |
| Tere loves Aubrey! | Aubrey loves Tere! |