Dec 30, 2008 16:41
JANUARY
1 - i welcomed the new year drunk and singing bad karaoke at casa de bea. my family and relatives were amused though, of my rendition of the tuesday vargas song "babae po ako". thank God no one recorded that for posterity.
4 - i turned another year older, celebrated with cy and rj
8 - watched the UP centennial kickoff, with, of all people, carl (i still have the pictures somewhere here). little did i know that day would change me and my life forever
21 - Marina the Mac was waiting for me on my bed
27 - roger lost the aussie open finals, and it was the beginning of his very very bad year
29 - lost my library card after borrowing thesis books at BA and CAL lib, then he came back from his way home and comforted me (which made me melt a little); last day i saw unmentionable (and i hope it stays that way)
FEBRUARY
11 - start of Arts Month and the opening of IskolArtista exhibit, first time i heard angel sing; started hunting down potential internship institutions
12 - another c day, pre-valentine things and he saw me eat oreos (i threw out the white stuff to the trash) and didn't make fun of me
14 - i woke up to a message saying "i was thinking of you when i woke up". cheese yes, but wonderful cheese, and hey, it was valentine's day; had a date with my girls at crepe's and we mocked the twosomes in rob (i was nicer this time around)
16 - saw him for a brief time after his basketball game because i remember he wore a blue shirt and despite the game, he still smelled good; UP Fair with let from start to finish
17 - despite tiredness, went to a wedding in freezing Tagaytay Highlands
23 - asked kuya to give Alliance my cover letter and resume
26 - elevate 8 (sana hindi pa last); before the start of the show, Olivier Dintinger, director of Alliiance Francaise de Manille called me and said i got hired for the internship
MARCH
7 - somebody got kissed
10 - after waiting and waiting, things were said and as they say, the rest, is history; sanya's birthday and i got to drink and see carmela, ekang, kate and jeriel and sir argh (thanks misha and sanya, for bringing me home even if you tired and sleepy. pssst misha, mia's my cousin twice or thrice removed...wala lang, small world)
19 - last minute thesis consult with ma'am pernia before The Defense
23 - early sunday, i was still finishing my powerpoint for The Defense and i haven't slept; later in the afternoon/early evening, ma'am pernia texts me that sir chong couldn't make it tomorrow for The Defense, better find substitute; i cried in church and during dinner in shakey's...this is not my fault; in the end, i got sir joey for my panel (along with dr labor)
24 - The Defense: nerve-wracking, mouth and throat-drying, lots of questions to which i responded with blank looks and huh's; edit edit edit thesis
27 - got back my final thesis draft from ma'am pernia with a pink post-it attached saying: "Hi, Carolle! I don't want to start another Post-It war, but I just thought that after you've gone over & done the revisions as suggested, you can present this as a paper in an arts management conference or marketing conference/seminar; use this as means to get a scholarship to study arts marketing abroad. Congratulations! Considering that you've not taken PA 132 (Arts Marketing), you've done a good job. P.S. You can bind this after you've done revisions." strange how my adviser is proud of my "opus" and i'm not.
APRIL
3 - my first day as an intern at Alliance Francaise de Manille
10 - my first press con (i was behind the scenes of course) at Sofitel for French Spring, got to meet Carolle Lucas, press attachier of the French Embassy
14 - helped sabrina (durand, cultural officer and one of my bosses in AFM) install 100 X France
17 - after much stress over nylon strings, balloons and expensive lunches at M Cafe, Deguste and 100 X France opened French Spring Manila; i invited katie and kuya who brought respective dates
24 - Quatuor Diotima at PhilAm Life Theater, this time i invited katie and my bear, who brought their respective dates (no i wasn't his date, i was working, thanks) jeriel for katie, terci for the bear
MAY
9 - my last day at Alliance
13 - nanny/big sister duty begins as tristan starts his summer classes in vargas
23 - bee's exhibit at vargas; one lady approached us and said to my brother, "we love your work" *big sister pride*; the next day he is no longer a boy as he went to visit the doctor with the scissors...
27 - went back to Alliance to work/help out on Boulou et Elios Ferre
29 - Boulou concert, had to abruptly leave due to girly emergency
30 - DJ Didier-Sinclair at Ascend, could've been my first bar thing
JUNE
10 - i got my final Form 5, petitioning for subjects really does work, a look at my schedule and i cry for it contains 21 units
20 - my last chug with my beloved org as un undergrad
26 - i passed my application for graduation *shiver*
JULY
6 - kuya's birthday; roger lost his wimbledon crown to that...spaniard
12 - i learned how to use GarageBand for the first time
28 - i watched lea salonga in Cinderella for the first time and ekang was in my mind the entire night
AUGUST
13 - let's undergrad seminar on..thc and cannabis sativa, our favorite...plant
19 - for the first time in my life, i consulted a shrink...over breakfast
SEPTEMBER
7 - roger finally wins a major, the us open
14 - shopped for books at the Book Fair in SMX
29 - sts asian fair (and the cursing of the subject escalates)
OCTOBER
4 - i learned old school photography (read: pinhole photography) and how to develop my own pictures
7 - my last day of classes...ever
17 - passed my final majors requirement (for PA 101) to ma'am bau as she was leaving the faculty room...talk about buzzer beater
20 - i passed my final requirement for school *relief, exhiliration, finally*
22 - i left for a more than a week vacation to bangkok with my parents
NOVEMBER
5 - obama is the new US president and good riddance to dubya
7 - i made my christmas wish list because i am now idle
12 - saw n for the first time and i told myself, "well e, it's about effing time"; si m na lang ang wala
24 - finally after months of planning and obsessing from my mother, dad's surprise birthday party finally happened; weeks of leftover cake eating ensued
DECEMBER
5 - sergei the ipod died *mourn*
17 - lantern parade with my bear (9 months and counting of togetherness); give the bear a toy and he will ignore you; got to meet The Parents and brothers (si christine na lang ang kulang, haha)
19 - last date for 08 at trinoma *coughshoppingcough*
23 - greg the ipod classic is born *rejoice*; ate my first bloody wagyu steak with wine
24 - at xmas eve mass, i reflected on what i wanted to ask Him and i realized, besides having a job, there is nothing more that i can want so my wish is for the others who need it more than i do
31 - here i am, typing this and smiling as i recall the events of 2008 and counting down until 12:01 (because the new year will start on 12:01 daw)
to my family, for giving me all that i want and need and all that's in between
to my friends, who never fail to amuse me and be patient with me
to my relatives, to all your craziness
to my professors, thank you for letting me leave UP properly
to frankie the pug, who is not afraid of firecrackers
to marina, sergei and greg, to all the happiness and frustrations you give me
to sigmagandaganda, i will see you guys again i promise
to honeybear, may you find your place at last
to carl, who has my heart
thanks for rocking my 08.