2009: a recap

Dec 30, 2009 20:56

Got this from Jojo and I just wanted to do something to cap the year :)

1. What Did You Do In 2009 That You'd Never Done Before? (tama ba yung grammar nito?)
I went to Bohol alone. :) After the Consumer Insight activity, I stayed behind and stayed at Bohol Bee Farm and went to Bohol Beach Club alone. :)

2. Did You Keep Your New Years' Resolutions? And Will You Make More For Next Year?
God no. I promised to run often which I never got to do because I was so busy. :( However for the part about running on roads and not gyms, I did do that. So bad for the knees though! I managed to run around Singapore, too.

3. Did Anyone Close To You Give Birth?
Carol and Lourdes

4. Did Anyone Close To You Die?
Charley's dad died Jan 1. :(

5. What Countries Did You Visit?
Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore (Japan and Singapore for the first time!)

6. What Would You Like To Have In 2010 That You Lacked In 2009?
uhh... more money? :)) and MA degree in March?

7. What Date(s) From 2009 Will Remain Etched Upon Your Memory, And Why?

Aug 29 - the day i watched Rent and met Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp
Aug 31 - my mom celebrated her 60th birthday!
Mar 29 - the day i turned 25. yipes!
Nov 20 - the day Makaw and I ran for our lives to catch the New Moon premiere LMAO
Dec  8 - the day Mimay got a boyfriend! <3

8. What Was Your Biggest Achievement This Year?
data collection for this thesis (that's still not done though)

9. What Was Your Biggest Failure?
my thesis which is a month late na!

10. Did You Suffer Illness or Injury?
just the usual flu

11.What Was The Best Thing You Bought?
my on chesil beach copy which i bought in Singapore International Airport bookstore :)

12.Whose Behavior Merited Celebration?
Jill Saubon - hindi na t-zone this year!

13.Whose Behavior Made You Appalled And Depressed?
Ampatuans, Manny Pacquiao, Tiger Woods, and yung mga sobrang nagkalat sa Christmas party: GROSS NIYO

14.Where Did Most of Your Money Go?
the economy of Japan and Hong Kong; PAL & Cebu Pacific; HSBC and Citibank. LMAO

15.What Did You Get Really, Really, Really Excited About?
Going to Tokyo to watch Rent!!!!!!!

16.What song will always remind you of 2009?
Anything from Spring Awakening, really.

17.Compared To This Time Last Year, You Are:
actually pretty scared of 2010. This year was a pretty good year and it's fact that you're bound to go down at some point. :( god, i trust in you.

18.What Do You Wish You'd Done More Of?
uhhh.. exercising?

19.What Do You Wish You'd Done Less Of?
facebook leche

20.How Did You Spend Christmas?
at home with the Camus Cardenas Shin gang

22.Did You Fall In Love In 2009?
not really.

23.How Many One Night Stands?
502 so minsan lumalagari ako ng more than one sa isang gabi.

24.What Was Your Favorite TV Program?
the vampire diaries - like i literally ask my mom to download it so when i get home it's ready.

25.Do You Hate Anyone Now That You Didn't Hate This Time Last Year?
:) actually...

26.What Was The Best Book You Read?
Wow. Thanks to audiobooks, i got to "read" so many books this year. The best so far, which I have included in my fave books list: On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan

27.What Was Your Greatest Musical Discovery?
Spring Awakening (more this year than ever); Wilco; Grizzly Bear; Nick Drake

28.What Did You Want And Get?
Tokyo and Rent!

29.What Did You Want And Not Get?
better tolerance for alcohol. lmao.

30. What Was Your Favourite Film This Year?
500 Days of Summer; Up!

31.What Did You Do On Your Birthday? And How Old Were You?
We went to Sonya's :) i turned 25

32.What One Thing Would Have Made Your Year Immeasurably Satisfying?
It was a pretty good year. It would have been nice to end the year with a lot of money in the bank, though. ;)

33.How Would You Describe Your Personal Fashion Concept In 2009?
uhh... less like a homeless person?

34.What Kept You Sane?
friends

35.Which Celebrity/Public Figure Did You Fancy The Most?
GERALD ANDERSON: LET'S MAKE BABIES

36.What Political Issue Stirred You The Most?
Definitely the Ampatuans... EVIL!

37.Who Did You Miss?
just my Nanay Dencia who is in heaven now.

38.Who Was The Best New Person You Met?:
Aika :)

39.Tell Us A Valuable Life Lesson You Learned In 2009:
I never fully understood this prayer until this year: May I find in my dreams, your dreams for me, Oh Lord.

40.Quote A Song Lyric That Sums Up The Year :
You can't always get what you want: but if you try sometime, you find, you get what you need.

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