first of the year. eh.
I feel this innate need to write about the "year that was", just because it seems natural to look back and appreciate/contemplate/bitch about/give thanks for the numerous things that happened last 2006. Sure, it's the third day of 2007 already, and this entry is quite anticlimactic; but then again, I spent the first day of this year wheezing and crying as the fireworks blew up all around me. Whoopee. But! That is the past. Screw those people who say that the first day of the year is the prophecy of how the rest of your year will be like. I mean come on, I spent the first day of 2006 in a drunken stupor, and it was 2006 that I decided that I don't even like drinking that much anymore. So much for that belief.
So in the spirit of the new year (or, you know, whatever) I will do my best to group together the most important (at least to me) things that have happened and that I have learned about myself and the world the past year. All in this two hour break that I have before ES Lab.
First off, a rundown of the year's events.
January
I got into Ateneo.
January 30, 2006 - I got the sweetest prom asking of a lifetime. All thanks to Jason, my closest guy friends, a brand new 5 series BMW, and some green spray paint.
February
For the first time in my life, my weight was proportionate to my height.
Valentine's day at UST. When I looked back and you were were looking. I looked back and you didn't look away.
March
Our last prom. March 12,2006, 3 AM at the greenbelt gardens.
GRADUATION -- Finally being able to say that I AM A HIGHSCHOOL GRADUATE.
April
Summer at Cebu with my family and my girlies.
Bohol road trip.
One month of insanity.
May
Lazy days at home with Jason :)
June
Entering college (Orsem was and always will be a bitch)
July
I was officially fat again. Damn you carbohydrates!
August
I turned 18. Legal baby!!!
September
6-month mark. Thanks for the correction Reg, you are way too observant XD hahahaha.
October
Parties parties. A bunch of debuts.
November
The end of the first semester of the first year of college.
My first sem break that I actually needed!
More debuts and 18th parties.
December
Christmas season!
A lot more things happened, but I left my old planner at home (of course, why would I still be carrying it around?) So I'll be adding more stuff to this soon. :
A lot of things happened actually, now that I think about it. Last year was probably the most that I grew up in a year all my life. Does that sentence make sense? But yeah. I scratched every itch, wondered every wonderment, chased all my dreams. It was great to realize one of them (getting into ateneo) and it was amazing to realize that there is so much more to me than everybody else thought, and that I was right all along, I am brilliant.
Thinking of it in that sense, I'm suddenly excited for 2007. I have three more years in college, and for sure they'll all be fun filled and exciting and all that "these are the best time of your life" sort of stuff. Jason might be going to admu with me already and I'm still working on losing that damn pot belly that automatically grew once I was in my comfortable coupleness state. But then I'm feeling so optimistic about it that I can't help but feel like every thing's possible. That boundaries are nothing and that I can conquer the world one day if I really wanted to.
But then again, I could just be getting carried away.
I learned a lot of about being in a relationship this year too. Jason's the first guy that I ever took seriously, and it feels great. There's no feeling of entrapment or compromise with him. I've learned to be patient and to not have to have everything my way. Slowly and painfully, I'm learning to control my temper and my mouth, learning not to say hurtful things when I'm angry just because it feels good while I'm saying them. I learned more about guys than I already did, and I learned more about friendships. I learned that it really is best to be friends with someone before becoming involved with each other.
I also learned a lot about responsibility. I learned about honesty and about the effects of the lack thereof. I learned the value of a text message, a call, a wave hello, a simple hi. I learned that I'm more likable than I thought, and that people actually really do want to be my friend. And that I'm actually an interesting person. It's just a whole lotta coming of age/self discovery bullcrap that turned out to be to lacking in my life.
I've certainly grown up from the person I was in high school, and for that I am glad.
Thank you to the people that matter (you know who you are), for how much you've affected my life. I think If I hadn't met new people and made new friends, I'd still be the confused little ball of energy that I was in high school, and there wouldn't have been any growth whatsoever.
So to wrap up 2006 (a few days late), I just want to say that I am looking forward to this year more than I was looking forward to 2006. And considering how great 2006 was, well then that can only mean humongous things for 2007.
(In other news, you're going home today and I can't contain my excitement. I'm going straight home and waiting for you, love. You still owe me a million hugs and a couple million kisses. Take care, I hope you feel my love from all the way here. :) )
So in the spirit of the new year (or, you know, whatever) I will do my best to group together the most important (at least to me) things that have happened and that I have learned about myself and the world the past year. All in this two hour break that I have before ES Lab.
First off, a rundown of the year's events.
January
I got into Ateneo.
January 30, 2006 - I got the sweetest prom asking of a lifetime. All thanks to Jason, my closest guy friends, a brand new 5 series BMW, and some green spray paint.
February
For the first time in my life, my weight was proportionate to my height.
Valentine's day at UST. When I looked back and you were were looking. I looked back and you didn't look away.
March
Our last prom. March 12,2006, 3 AM at the greenbelt gardens.
GRADUATION -- Finally being able to say that I AM A HIGHSCHOOL GRADUATE.
April
Summer at Cebu with my family and my girlies.
Bohol road trip.
One month of insanity.
May
Lazy days at home with Jason :)
June
Entering college (Orsem was and always will be a bitch)
July
I was officially fat again. Damn you carbohydrates!
August
I turned 18. Legal baby!!!
September
6-month mark. Thanks for the correction Reg, you are way too observant XD hahahaha.
October
Parties parties. A bunch of debuts.
November
The end of the first semester of the first year of college.
My first sem break that I actually needed!
More debuts and 18th parties.
December
Christmas season!
A lot more things happened, but I left my old planner at home (of course, why would I still be carrying it around?) So I'll be adding more stuff to this soon. :
A lot of things happened actually, now that I think about it. Last year was probably the most that I grew up in a year all my life. Does that sentence make sense? But yeah. I scratched every itch, wondered every wonderment, chased all my dreams. It was great to realize one of them (getting into ateneo) and it was amazing to realize that there is so much more to me than everybody else thought, and that I was right all along, I am brilliant.
Thinking of it in that sense, I'm suddenly excited for 2007. I have three more years in college, and for sure they'll all be fun filled and exciting and all that "these are the best time of your life" sort of stuff. Jason might be going to admu with me already and I'm still working on losing that damn pot belly that automatically grew once I was in my comfortable coupleness state. But then I'm feeling so optimistic about it that I can't help but feel like every thing's possible. That boundaries are nothing and that I can conquer the world one day if I really wanted to.
But then again, I could just be getting carried away.
I learned a lot of about being in a relationship this year too. Jason's the first guy that I ever took seriously, and it feels great. There's no feeling of entrapment or compromise with him. I've learned to be patient and to not have to have everything my way. Slowly and painfully, I'm learning to control my temper and my mouth, learning not to say hurtful things when I'm angry just because it feels good while I'm saying them. I learned more about guys than I already did, and I learned more about friendships. I learned that it really is best to be friends with someone before becoming involved with each other.
I also learned a lot about responsibility. I learned about honesty and about the effects of the lack thereof. I learned the value of a text message, a call, a wave hello, a simple hi. I learned that I'm more likable than I thought, and that people actually really do want to be my friend. And that I'm actually an interesting person. It's just a whole lotta coming of age/self discovery bullcrap that turned out to be to lacking in my life.
I've certainly grown up from the person I was in high school, and for that I am glad.
Thank you to the people that matter (you know who you are), for how much you've affected my life. I think If I hadn't met new people and made new friends, I'd still be the confused little ball of energy that I was in high school, and there wouldn't have been any growth whatsoever.
So to wrap up 2006 (a few days late), I just want to say that I am looking forward to this year more than I was looking forward to 2006. And considering how great 2006 was, well then that can only mean humongous things for 2007.
(In other news, you're going home today and I can't contain my excitement. I'm going straight home and waiting for you, love. You still owe me a million hugs and a couple million kisses. Take care, I hope you feel my love from all the way here. :) )