What I've written:
The person I chose for this activity is Anjo, a friend of mine from University of the Philippines Diliman although we have known each other since we were in preschool, so we're really "really" close.
I think the things that Anjo would say about me are how we've known each other for so many years, went to the same elementary and junior high school campuses. Our transportation from school to home was always the same school bus, hence we became closer through stories shared during travel time. I think he'd say that I'm a good listener, I guess, since he shares some of his personal stories with me. He'd say that I'm someone who's always down to watch or listen to anything he shares that he finds interest in such as science videos, Lemino videos, memes, songs he likes, etc. He'd say I'm a social butterfly, very outgoing, or friendly since I've been very hands on when I was part of the student council. He won't probably mention this but I think he associates me with Mathematics as well since we share the same interest towards it although he's much better at it than I am, he was even the president of our Maths club in high school, and I was part of that too at some point. I think he'll also say how I could be smart but extremely lazy, hence not getting high enough grades for honors because I'm one of the biggest procrastinators in our batch. The adjectives, I think, that he would mention when describing me would be loud, outgoing, friendly, petty, clumsy or dumb at times, lazy, procrastinator, artsy, talented, clingy, talkative, and generous.
What he wrote:
Trisha and I go way back. To be honest, it feels as if she hasn't changed since our junior high school days. She's always been someone fun to talk to about a variety of things, from random shit like puns, hypothetical questions, and everyday experiences to more serious topics like problems with people, friends and family alike. When she falls for someone, she falls real bad. I see her as someone passionate and givers her all to the things that she loves. She doesn't eat cheese so she sucks real bad. She also finds my jokes funny and validates my humor hehe
These two descriptions of myself from my friend and I differ in a way that I spoke too much about our friendship and said a lot of things compared to his, but his was straightforward and as sincere. They differ with how in depth the statements are, for example he used "Trisha and I go way back" when I said long sentences about how we've known each other ever since we were little, mentioning our schools and all, even the ways how we became close friends. They also differ in details, his were vague while mine mentions specific details and gave sample situations. Some of the details he mentioned are similar to what I've said like being able to talk to me with anything at all which proves that I'm a good listener, I guess? He mentioned about how "marupok" I am when it comes to crushes, very true but I didn't add that to the list of things I thought he'd say about me. He mentioned my passion and I think that's same as to me putting "artsy" as one of the adjectives I thought he would use to describe me because my passion revolves around art. He mentioned that I don't eat cheese, but mainly because I'm lactose intolerant, so I'm sorry Anjo! He didn't mention anything about academics or studies related so I guess that's another difference between the two descriptions too. At the end of mine, I put a list of adjectives I thought would potentially be included in his own description of me. Among these, he only seemed to have used friendly, dumb (in crushes), artsy, talented, talkative and generous. To sum it all up, when I think of how people close to me perceive me as, I tend to think more about them, less about me; more about my relationship and memories with them. I also tend to avoid saying too much positive things about me, but point out some negativity, like my pettiness and laziness. I realized that in reality, these negative things don't even cross their minds. I was just creating assumptions and being a bit paranoid about impressing them and conscious with making mistakes in front of them, when in reality, it doesn't even matter because they remember me because of the positive things that I do or have, not the negative ones.
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