American pop music, computers & tech gadgets, books, big-budget movies, television serials, Italian Renaissance & Philippine Spanish colonial religious art , arts & crafts
Long-time-haven't-seen relatives, family friends, CSA batchmates and buddies, Pisay pals and acquaintances, and geology peers.
Music by Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, Toni Braxton, Madonna, Sarah Brightman, Celine Dion, Britney Spears, Norah Jones
The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Chicago, The Mummy, Pocahontas, Mulan, Sleepy Hollow, Amelie, Finding Nemo, Down With Love, Piglet's Big Movie, Scary Movie 3, Matilda, Kill Bill, The Passion of the Christ, Shrek
Alias, Six Feet Under, The X-Files, Sex & the City, Spongebob Squarepants, C.S.I., The Amazing Race, Fear Factor, Gata Salvaje, Oh Tokyo!, Looney Tunes, The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Mr. Bean, The Jeff Corwin Experience, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Chronicles of Narnia, Artemis Fowl series, The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, Dilbert, The Far Side, A Dog of Flanders, Church conspiracy books, Christopher Pike, Amy Tan, R. L. Stine books