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1987: Born Sept. 27 in the Philippine province of Albay to David & Jane Llaguno. My sister Jade was born 6 years and 11 days earlier. My grandfather Remigio died 3 days after my birth (and a day before his 80th birthday), and so I was named Patrick Mio Llaguno partly in his honor (he was known to his loved ones as Daddy/Lolo Mio).

1992: Starts kindergarten at St. Agnes Academy, a Catholic school run by Benedictine nuns. I will remain there for the next 12 years.

1996: Starts writing career in the grade school publication of SAA, the first of my batch to do so. My father goes to the US for greener pastures, my mom followed a year later.

1998-2002: The "dark years" of my life as I faced intense bullying in my school. Coupled with my parents' 5-year absence in my life, I became an emotionally shattered individual still healing from its wounds as of now. It didn't help that I was a constant crybaby even when I reached high school.

2002: Finally went to the US for the time as a tourist, and was happily reunited with my parents. Made 3 trips there within the year (and another one the next year) for green card ..ation purposes, missing my grandmother's wake and funeral in my last trip. When I came back to school after my first trip, most of the people who bullied me were suddenly gone and I was now free to mingle and express myself to the rest of my classmates.

2004: Graduated from high school, receiving a loyalty award and a service award for my work in the high school publication. A month after graduation, I went to the US where I have been stuck since as a permanent resident (with plans to become a dual citizen soon). The same year, I started my own blog ( pmll.blogspot.com ), activated my Friendster (193 friends as of March 2008) and MySpace (215 as of March 2008) accounts, and began participating in the IMDb boards. I also started my college education in Long Beach City College pursuing an associate degree in Film.

2006: Unexpectedly, just before I was to begin my fall semester in LBCC, my family had to move from our rented apartment in Long Beach to a house we bought in Santa Clarita/Valencia for tax purposes. This move threw me off-guard and I had to register in College of the Canyons a week before classes started.

2007: On the year I reached my second decade of existence, I got my first credit card, my first paying job working at the parking lot of Six Flags Magic Mountain (though they assign me to other departments from time to time), did a series of improvisational performances at COC, saw one of the projects I did at COC (my personal statement, which was also the first time I shot on actual film, super-8 to be precise) featured at that spring's Media Arts Showcase, signed up for Netflix, applied at CalArts, played a supporting role in a film by my teacher Mike Ott (getting paid along the way), uploaded my first video on YouTube (which you can watch here ) and also saw my sister get married at the end of the year.

My political affiliation is centrist (as per this quiz ) though I also consider myself a sympathizer for liberal/libertarian causes and frequently supports the Democratic Party. I support the death penalty, birth control, and stem-cell research; but I'm against abortion and euthanasia. My current status in the US is a permanent resident (green card holder) though I wish on undertaking dual citizenship in the future. I just recently registered as an overseas absentee voter for next year's Philippine elections.

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