Wednesday, January 10, 2007

happy birthday mom :)

Happy happy birthday Mom!
I wouldn't be here if it weren't for you. Thanks for bearing with my craziness and for being ever-supportive in everything. We'll have that trip to Tuscany soon. :)
We love you tremendously! :)

Saturday, January 06, 2007

the year that was

1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
I graduated from college, went to Aussie, got a job, paid my own rent!

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I've never made any real ones in the past, but this year I'm serious about keeping the ones I made.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
T. Jus gave birth to Gabriel Andrinor aka Badger. :)

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.

5. What countries did you visit?
Australia, May-July 2006.

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
Confidence, healthier eating habits, more time for reading, more resources for travel!

7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
17 August 2006 - the day I got a job, 20-27 April 2006 - Santayo CDO Trip :)

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Graduating.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Choosing the wrong place.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nothing serious.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
my v3i. :)

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My friends, Mom and Dad

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Mine. Nuff said.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Food and rent.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Travel - Santayo going to CDO, my trip to Australia

16. What song(s) will always remind you of 2006?
So Sick, Stars are Blind, Over My Head

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? -- sadder
ii. thinner or fatter? -- thinner
iii. richer or poorer? -- i'd like to say richer! ;p

18. What do you wish you'd done more?
Write!

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Complain.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Spent it with the fam. :)

21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
I thought I did.

22. How many one-night stands?
None.

23. What was your favorite TV program?
Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy!

24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No major ones.

25. What was the best book you read?
Birth of Venus, Jigs & Reels, Blue List! :D

26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
The Police, Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto, Putomayo Collection - thanks to lazy days in Ambrose!

27. What did you want and get?
The trip to Aus.

28. What was your favorite film of this year?
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants :)

29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Heard mass in the morning. Den & Riz said they'd take me out for lunch, but turns out everyone else was waiting at Shakey's :) they gave me a bouquet of flowers, grand slam pizza, and my fave coffee crunch cake! :) starbs with Yet in the evening. That was my 20th.

30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Getting a better place.

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
Laid back. Chucks & flip flops.

32. What kept you sane?
My family, my friends, the adoration chapel at Pentecost, unlimitxt, ice cream. :)

33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Piolo & Sam as usual. ;p

34. What political issue stirred you the most?
This was probably my most apathetic year to date.

35. Who did you miss?
My fam. Mama.

36. Who was the best new person you met?
People at eTel. :)

37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
You always have a choice.

38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Trying to make a move just to stay in the game
I try to stay awake and remember my name
But everybody's changing and I don't feel the same