“I’m a regular person who believes life is simple, and I like a simple life.” – Manny Pacquiao
My name is Trisha Louise Lopez. I was born to be a simple person, in a life full drama. But I’ll get there I‘m striving for a simple life like Manny Pacquiao said, I was born on June 15, 2001 in Davao City, Philippines. My mother’s name is Michelle Gallarde Tabuno, while my father’s name is Ramonito “Diding” Lopez.
The name ‘Trisha’ is Latin which means “noble.” Though it’s also a combination of my mother’s nickname ‘Masyang,’ and my Father’s first name ‘Ramonito.’They came up with my second name ‘Louise’ by watching an action movie, though my parents first had their doubts of naming me after a fictional character, but when they looked it up they found out that the meaning of the name ‘Louise’ in French is “Famous Warrior or Renowned Fighter.” Once they found out about it my parents just knew that they had to name me after it. So technically if you combined the meaning of my name I am a ‘Noble Renowned Fighter.”
Maybe that’s why I have a strong personality. If I had to describe myself I would say that I am independent, fun to be around with, hyper, clumsy, and downright annoying, though I can also be quite, shy, silly, delightful, calm, brave, jolly, happy, nice, obedient, witty, and active at social activities but never on social media. I like being independent because that way you have no one else to fail but yourself. I also recently found out that I have the uncanny ability of talking anyone in or out of a situation, which is why I want to be a psychologist after graduating. I can also play the Ukulele, as well as the Piano (though I can only play one song in the Piano.) I am an avid singer. Singing has always been my passion since I had the opportunity of holding onto a microphone when I was 2. I once joined a talent search when I was young and won. I would love to perform live on Broadway one day, singing my heart and lungs out if psychology doesn’t work out well for me. I have an irrational fear of needles and blood, I have a sweet tooth, and I love baking pastries like my mom. Since she used to be a pastry chef, in a restaurant in Singapore, but most of all? I love my exasperating family more than anything else in the world.
I have a very complex family (and a huge one at that), so it may take a while to understand. I have 3 sister’s named Tania, Tracy, and Thea. Tracy and Thea are younger and are my half-sisters. We banter a lot, I mean we can’t even sit in a restaurant without throwing insults to one another but we’re always there for each other through the good and the bad, even though there’s an endless amount of childish banter. One thing my sisters and I all have in common is our love for music. My sisters and I are all performers in some way. While I play in a band and occasionally perform in school, my older sister Tania loves to sing and dance, Tracy is on the cheering squad but she can also sing, Thea is taking her sweet little time to discover her passion for music, by singing A.K.A murdering our ear buds with the infamous song “Let it Go” from the movie “Frozen.”
And now let’s backtrack a bit so I can explain why I have 2 half-siblings. Turns out my mother and father fell out of love from each other and can’t stand each other breathing at one another’s direction. They had a divorce. Which then turned into an annulment and they hated each other’s guts ever since. And BAAM it was like they were never in love in the first place. I was 7 months old when my mother walked out of my father, and like movie Cinderella, my father wanted my sister and I to have a mother figure. So he courted my step-mother. She then moved into the house bringing her evil daughter, my step sister, who shall not be named into our humble abode. My sister and step-sister and step-mother would be at each other’s throats all day and all night, having me as their mediator, a child. Maybe that’s why I have the uncanny ability to talk anyone out of a situation because my practice field was two hormonal teenagers and big momma bear always out for each other’s throats.
This happened every day for the last 10 years of my life. I grew up in a very chaotic environment in which I have to constantly choose sides and always be the mediator of the family. One night, my sister and I were studying peacefully for our exams, then my step-mother came barging in the room threatening my sister’s life and almost killing her. While my mother just arrived from Singapore, with the plan of surprising her children, but she came home to having one of us almost killed. By the way, we all got a hold of my step-mother before she could hurt anyone. Shocking? I think not. I think she did it because of all those pent up anger that she couldn’t express. Well, my parents then went on an all-out war for custody over the two of us, my sister already chose her side (which is my mother’s by the way) but little Trisha couldn’t come to her own decision. So the court of law offered my parents to compromise. My father could still get to keep us, and my mother could visit us, but my step-mother would have to go since my sister filed a restraining order against her. My father then moved her into another one of our houses and every night they would be together, while my sister and I live alone in our house with only our nanny to supervise us, and to stop us from burning the house down. 2 years later my half-sister Tracy Anne was born and soon came out Thea. Several months after Thea was born My father and step-mother had a fall out and they now hated each other’s guts. While he and my mother are patching things up as friend. Sounds familiar doesn’t it? Thea is in the arms of her mother since she’s till 5 years old and according to the law, she would still be with her mother until she is 7 years old or unless proven that her mother is incapable of taking care of her, and my Sister Tracy is in our custody living as annoyingly as she can.
Well that concludes my family’s complicated life story. I am now in Senior High dealing with the best and worst things that life has to offer, and is pursuing the strand HUMSS, working my butt off to graduate. So I can study Psychology, and I have a life of my own, where I can be the best version of me every day. I want to live a simple life without too much stress or drama. I don’t need a lot of things; I just want to be happy. Thanks for listening to my life story.
THE VINTAGE PRINT 