Woohooo! I already have a job. A good job. :)
What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
Graduate from college
Join business competitions and actually win a cash prize
Head JMA’s Major Event AdHoc Team
Join MarkProf
Play poker regularly frequently
Try organic stuff :p
Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
No and no
Did anyone close to you give birth?
No
Did anyone close to you die?
No
What countries did you visit?
Nada
What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
a job/business --> I'm joining the labor force soon, I told ya. ;)
my own (new) car
more time to do more sensible things
travel more
a power PC/laptop and digicam
What date(s) from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
February 24-25: Tagaytay-Tali Trip with JMAers, Of sleeping in gas stations and crashing into someone else’s resthouse to take a bath
April 6: Tagaytay Trip with the Kukoo boys and Diane, Of watching a former batchmate in Game KNB on the car television, posing on stone pillars, singing Noypi with feelings in the videoke and drinking fraps on a chilling climate
April 28-May 2: Boracay Trip with high school friends and the Hot Girls (and the rest of the BA recently-graduated population), Of non-stop Ever Afters, longgaburgers, blue-stained everything and hopeless skimboarding
September 3, Gary’s Wedding, Of loving and committing to it; enough said.
September 10-11: PI 100 Banahaw Trip, Of long jeepney rides, longer hikes, getting wet every hour, and drinking lambanog with the professor
October 14: VIOS IMC Challenge, Of groupmates smoking pot the night merely hours before, a groupmate arriving 4 hours late, cramming the whole presentation the day itself, wearing Liel’s clothes and pearls, and taking home 75,000 Pesos
Every Saturday from October 29 to December 10: MarkProf Bootcamp, Of draining whole-day lectures and tests, powerhouse speakers, finding friendship in the midst of competition, free lunch and snacks, and running away with the first prize in the competition
October 29-30: Zambales Trip with Kukoo, Of wild wave-riding, birth of poker nights, and drinking on the shore
What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Graduating with honors
Joining MarkProf and winning the competitions
What was your biggest failure?
Not really a failure but a disappointment. I junked an internship in an advertising agency for Citibank’s and I was not satisfied on how my internship went.
Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nothing serious, just fevers, flus and PMS..haha
What was the best thing you bought?
Tickets to Bora
New cellphone
Whose behavior merited celebration?
Mine! Haha. :D
Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Feasib teacher. Pero binawi naman niya eh so okay na rin.
Where did most of your money go?
Dates and gimmicks (a.k.a. food, movies, food, travel, food, drinks and food)
What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Bora and other beach trips
AdHoc
The December triple-holiday (Christmas, my birthday and our anniv)
Going out with the Hot Girls
What song(s) will always remind you of 2005?
Ever After (because of the beach trips)
Pinoy Ako (and our own version or our Big Idea presentation)
Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? -- happier
ii. thinner or fatter? - fatter, I think
iii. richer or poorer? - richer
What do you wish you'd done more?
Save money
Wake up early
What do you wish you'd done less of?
Spend money
Sleep late
How did you spend Christmas?
With family and relatives at my tito’s house
How many one-night stands?
With a girl or a boy? Hahaha, kidding!
What was/were your favorite TV program(s)?
I don’t really have a favorite. Fine, CSI counts.
Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No
What was the best book you read?
Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden
What was your greatest musical discovery?
A rekindled relationship with the videoke
What did you want and get?
So many things
What was your favorite film of this year?
Again, I don’t really have favorites but just for the combination, Mr. and Mrs. Smith will do.
What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 21. (See previous entry for details, hehe)
What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Immeasurably? Geez, I still have to think about that.
How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
Slutty. Haha. Basic kikay, gets? Ewan, di ko maexplain!
What kept you sane?
Getting insane with my family and friends :p
Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Too many to mention :p
What political issue stirred you the most?
The election scandal of course
Who did you miss?
Highschool friends - Aaron, Pima, Dom, Din, Iris and Tin
Who was the best new person you met?
Persons. MarkProf friends especially the Party Animals :)
Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005.
Bilog ang mundo.
Did you fall in love in 2005?
And all the years before that. :)
If yes, with who?
Geoel Anthony Yu Esguerra…and Jester too!
Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
As I’ve written in my previous entry:
These are the moments I thank God that I'm alive
These are the moments I'll remember all my life
I found all I've waited for
And I could not ask for more
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