Looking Back

Why do I always keep coming back to livejournal? Prodigal daughter, achu!

And oh, here’s the annual year-end meme.

*****PLACES:
1) PLACE/S YOU HUNG OUT THE MOST IN THIS YEAR:
Greenhills, Greenbelt, Blue Wave, Harbor Square

2) FAVORITE NEW PLACE YOU DISCOVERED:
Seaside

3) PLACES YOU WENT ON DATES:
Greenbelt, Powerplant, Promenade

4) FAVORITE VACATION SPOT FOR THE YEAR:
Tagaytay

5) PLACES YOU MADE OUT IN (OR MORE)THIS YEAR:
*bleh*

*****PEOPLE:
1) PERSON/S WHO TAUGHT YOU A LOT THIS YEAR:
A professor

2) AN OLD FRIEND YOU REDISCOVERED THIS YEAR:
An old friend who became my classmate last term

3) PERSON/S WHO TOLD YOU THE NICEST THING ABOUT YOURSELF:
Pau

4) PERSON WHO DID SOMETHING REALLY GREAT FOR YOU (AND WHAT):
Pammy

5) PERSON YOU SPENT THE MOST TIME WITH THIS YEAR:
Pam, An, Adi, K, Pau

6) PERSON YOU DID SOMETHING REALLY GREAT FOR (AND WHAT):
My nephew

7) SOMEONE YOU WISHED YOU TALKED TO THIS YEAR:
Dad
SOMEONE WHOM YOU STARTED A GREAT NEW FRIENDSHIP WITH:
Pam, Rachel, K

9) OLD ENEMY/S YOU MADE PEACE WITH THIS YEAR:
Myself

10) SOMEONE YOU LOST THIS YEAR:
Wala naman.

11) PERSON/S YOU KISSED THIS YEAR:
Wala nga eh.

12) PERSON/S WHO MADE YOU LAUGH THE MOST:
Everyone in Accounting3 class

13) PERSON/S WHO MADE YOU CRY:
Mom and Dad

14) PERSON YOU DISLIKED WHEN THE YEAR BEGAN BUT ENDED UP BECOMING GOOD FRIENDS WITH:
Ay wala gid.

15) PERSON YOU CRUSHED ON THE ENTIRE YEAR:
The same guy I’ve been crushing on since 2004.

16) SOMEONE YOU WISHED YOU APOLOGIZED TO:
My parents

17) PEOPLE YOU WENT OUT ON DATES WITH:
Way gid.

18) FRIENDS YOU WENT OUT WITH A LOT:
Ady, Pam, K

19) COOLEST PERSON YOU MET THIS YEAR:
Cno man? Way gid.

*****STUFF:
1) CLOTHING ITEM YOU WORE MOST THIS YEAR:
Green Nike shirt.

2) NICEST PRESENT YOU GOT THIS YEAR:
PSP!

3) FAVORITE SONG FOR THE YEAR:
Good Morning Starshine

4) COOLEST EVENT FOR THE YEAR:
December 31 brunch with Mom’s friends and our neighbors

5) NEW ‘HOBBY’ YOU PICKED UP THIS YEAR:
Watching movies with my yaya

6) BEST BOOK:
The Last Temptation of Christ (had to read it for my paper eh)

7) BEST MOVIE:
The Notebook
MOST SHOCKING NEWS HEADLINE OF THE YEAR:
John Paul II’s death

9) FAVORITE FOOD FOR THE YEAR:
Baked Ziti @ Italianni’s

10) FAVORITE NEW ARTIST THAT CAME OUT THIS YEAR:
Si Rubi. Joke. Peace, dude.

*****LESSONS:
1) WISEST THING YOU DID THIS YEAR:
Cleaning my room (Hah!)

2) STUPIDEST THING YOU DID THIS YEAR:
Crush on someone I don’t want to crush on. Ano ba yan!

3) BIGGEST CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE THIS YEAR:
New house, new room!

4) BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF THE YEAR:
Maintaining my sanity

5) SOMETHING YOU LEARNED THE HARD WAY:
Forgiving and forgetting is tough.

6) GREATEST LESSON YOU LEARNED ABOUT:
A. LOVE: Love is… shitty.
B. LIFE: Life is too short.

7) BEST JOKE YOU’VE HEARD ALL YEAR: Is yawning catching? Part 2. BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE YEAR: I’d rather not talk about it.
9) BIGGEST BLESSING OF THE YEAR: Our new place, dad’s promotion, mom’s new job, my grades.
10) BIGGEST THING YOU DISCOVERED ABOUT THE WORLD: The world is not big enough for the two of us… psh.
11) BIGGEST THING YOU DISCOVERED ABOUT PEOPLE IN GENERAL: People can be so stupid sometimes.

*****AND LASTLY
1) GOALS/DREAMS FOR THE NEW YEAR:
Good grades, improve my relationship with my parents, be a better daughter.

2) PREDICTIONS FOR THE NEXT YEAR ON:
A. LOVE: Ay ambot, que sera sera.
B. CAREER: Get a job after graduation.

1. What did you do in 2005 that you’d never done before?
Almost, almost completing the nine days of simbang gabi.

2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don’t have any new year’s resolutions and no I will not make resolutions for next year.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No

5. What countries did you visit?
My next trip abroad will be in May 2005 pa.

6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
I can’t think of any pa.

7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
December 31, 2005 – our housewarming brunch.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting really good grades for the first and second terms.

9. What was your biggest failure?
I started smoking again. Eh.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Yup.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
I can’t think of any, unfortunately.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My parents.

13. Whose behaviour appalled you and made you depressed?
Dad’s brother.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Havaianas, DVDs, shirts, books.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Our new home and mom’s new job.

16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
Good Morning Starshine.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? happier
ii. thinner or fatter? fatter
iii. richer or poorer? poorer

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Talking to my parents.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Being bitter.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Went to Divisoria (Dad went with us, himala!), got stuck in traffic, had lunch at Seaside (parang Dampa) in Macapagal Ave. and then watched Spellbound at Aranco.

22. Did you fall in love in 2005?
No.

23. How many one-night stands?
Wala gid.

24. What was your favourite TV program?
Law & Order, Desperate Housewives, Lost.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
No.

26. What was the best book you read?
The Last Temptation of Christ.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
My mom’s love for everything Broadway is contagious. I now understand why they call Sondheim a genius.

28. What did you want and get?
Xbox 360

29. What did you want and not get?
Nikon D50

30. Favorite film of this year?
The Constant Gardener

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Went to school, had dinner with dad at Don Hen’s tapos Mom surprised me by showing up at 11 PM!

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Losing the unwanted pounds.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
Rockstar jeans/skirt, havaianas or chucks, shirt.

34. What kept you sane?
DVDs, PSP

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Rafael Nadal

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Everything about GMA. Grr, enough already lady!

37. Who did you miss?
Mama

38. Who was the best new person/s you met?
K, Ady

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005.
I can run but I cannot hide.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
“Rivers belong where they can ramble
Eagles belong where they can fly
I’ve got to be where my spirit can run free
Got to find my corner of the sky”