Before I go to my usual year-end meme, I just want to release my inner fangirl.
Lea Salonga will be playing Fantine in Les Mis!
Follow the cut for my year-ender meme.
1. What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before?
Eat. Throw up. Repeat.
2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don’t make New Year’s resolutions anymore.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.
5. What countries did you visit?
Philippines. Heh.
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
Love life.
7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Christmas Eve 2006. Let’s just say it was by far the happiest family gathering in a long, long time.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting really, really good grades.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Getting a grade that wasn’t what I expected.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Yes. I was in the hospital for two weeks, the first time in my life I’ve ever been hospitalized for more than two days.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Speakers for my iPod.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Nobody’s.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
A lot of folks who are not worth my time.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Food, clothes, books.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
My tita and tito visiting from the US, our new house, my new dog…
16. What song(s) will always remind you of 2006?
Rhinestone Cowboy.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. Happier or sadder?
Happier
ii. Thinner or fatter?
Thinner
iii. richer or poorer?
Richer
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Exercise
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Procrastinating
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Partied with my cousins, drank too much vodka and spent the rest of Christmas Day with a huge hangover.
23. How many one-night stands?
0
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Project Runway, Bones and all the CSIs.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
No.
26. What was the best book you read?
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance. Seriously.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
I learned that Tomorrow is a cool song. At least my nephew thinks it is.
28. What did you want and get?
New iPod, Wii, PS3. Hah. Doesn’t get any better than that.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
Little Miss Sunshine
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
20… got stuck at home because of raging storm, had dinner with my folks and slept.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
Casual and comfortable.
34. What kept you sane?
Lots of DVDs and a decent amount of sleep.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Still Rafa Nadal
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
I hate politics.
37. Who did you miss?
P.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Meann.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
Eat, drink and be merry for life is short.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
“At the end of the day there’s another day dawning
And the sun in the morning is waiting to rise.”
