Here's To Oh-Eight...Cheers To Oh-Nine!
2008 was a year full of surprises -- triumphs and failures, happiness and heartbreak. 2008 will always be the year that i got hurt, hit rock bottom, felt worthless and lonely, and was just miserable. :( i think 2008 will always be associated with all of that, to be honest.
the start of 2008 was happy for me.. i was in love, i experienced new things! and then a bomb was dropped mid-year.. and for a long time, i was broken. only during the latter part of 2008 did things start to brighten up for me. i met new friends who showed me my worth, i met someone who made me feel special and like a princess even if i was boyish and unrefined and unruly around him, i finally experienced expressing myself in a cypher, i got to talk again to people i've missed so much, and just so so much more! it's amazing how many things can happen in just a month or two! :)
if i had to give 5 words to summarize the year that was, i'd probably say TEST, FAITH, WORTH, EXPERIENCE, STRENGTH.
there are a lot of things that i am thankful for, some things i wish did not happen, still a few things i do not understand why they happened -- but that's life, right? like they say, it builds character. and i think i wouldn't have gained new friends or learned things about myself i never knew were there if it weren't for these experiences.. yes, i'm still bitter about a few things and i don't think i'll be letting go of them any time soon.. but i can proudly say that i am better than before. :)
from Incubus coming back after 4 years to my first US trip and taking classes with Shaun Evaristo and David Moore to performing for the opening of UAAP Season 71 to doing my first ever photoshoot, i think i can say that 2008 was definitely a year of new experiences :)
like i said, i'm thankful for a lot of things. here are some of the highlights :) :
i am thankful for bia. even though we weren't able to hangout at all this year, i really appreciate our friendship. :) she told me something last night that really opened up my eyes about how deep our friendship really is.. :')
we've been friends for around 12 years, spent 4 years apart, yet when we chat (not too often and not even talk face to face!), it's like the connection we have is still as strong as before. so i'm very much thankful for that -- that our friendship goes beyond physical presence and constant communication.
i am thankful for xernan. he's the best kuya an only child could ever have. :) summer of '08 must've been the turning point of our friendship. from being just friends (not even true friends! more like... 'org friends') to being really, really close ones. :') who would've known that simple (but long) ym conversations could have such an impact on our friendship? we were thousands of miles and a couple of timezones apart then! hehehe :') i've heard him cry over the internet when we talked, listened to his rants, read his words.. i tried to help him the best way i knew how, tried to help him win the love of his life back.. i guess you can say we've been through a lot in just one summer :P
i was there for him and he has been here (there.. anywhere!) for me ever since.. he was the first person i actually texted the night i became single! and yeah, he's been my kuya ever since: looking out for me, occasionally scolding me, perpetually teasing me.. we haven't been talking that much and i rarely see him nowadays...i really, really miss him :( but i know that he's still there (for me) because we recently had sort of this 'serious talk' about my current situation. i really feel like he's my kuya!!! :') and i really love him.
basta, please don't get me wrong
ayoko lang pag may nagtake advantage sayo because of this..
baka may makaaway ako.. :))
i am thankful for my FIRST EVER trip to the US and my trip to BALI. i was able to visit my cousins, buy nike dunks, go to Universal Studios, get my very own iPod (though i was never a fan of iPod... i could live with or without it hehehe) and my very own Canon EOS 400d (YAAAAY!!!), meet my dad and my half-siblings, etc etc. and yes, i got to meet SHAUN EVARISTO! highlight of my summer. :):):)
i also got to go to Bali! beautiful, beautiful place! i super loved the beach there!!! next time, i wish to learn how to surf... :D
i am thankful for INCUBUS coming back to Manila after 4 years. YES YES YES!!! after 4 years, i got to watch them again! and YES, CLOSER this time :)) too bad i didn't know about the afterparty! :S pwede pa naman ako pumasok dun kasi Patron VIP yung ticket ko. mmp. :S but it's all good! i super enjoyed myself HAHA i didn't watch the concert with anyone eh hehe! i didn't feel lonely during the concert, maybe while waiting lang for it to start and while waiting for my cousin to fetch me hahaha!
i am thankful for new friends namely miko and armani. :) they are my twin towers and photo-finish new friends. hahaha! they're such a riot to be with and really, really great friends. even though i've known them for just a little over a month, i feel so comfortable with them. i don't have any trouble opening up to them (but i am still being careful :P) and i feel like they are my new mini-barkada in IEClub. :)
i am thankful for the photoshoot opportunities given to me. truly. i feel so honored to have been given these 'jobs'. i don't really call em jobs because i had so much fun doing it! my first photoshoot was with FunkStyle Crew and the second was with LSDC-Street, both of which i had so much fun doing! :) super thank you kay ate mycs who actually asked me to do the shoot for LSDC-Street after i did their shoot (FunkStyle).. :')
these are just a few :)
so yay, i am looking forward to 2009! here's to a year of... BRAND NEW experiences.. YAAAAAAAAAY!!!
(okay, that sucked for a closing line.)
the start of 2008 was happy for me.. i was in love, i experienced new things! and then a bomb was dropped mid-year.. and for a long time, i was broken. only during the latter part of 2008 did things start to brighten up for me. i met new friends who showed me my worth, i met someone who made me feel special and like a princess even if i was boyish and unrefined and unruly around him, i finally experienced expressing myself in a cypher, i got to talk again to people i've missed so much, and just so so much more! it's amazing how many things can happen in just a month or two! :)
if i had to give 5 words to summarize the year that was, i'd probably say TEST, FAITH, WORTH, EXPERIENCE, STRENGTH.
there are a lot of things that i am thankful for, some things i wish did not happen, still a few things i do not understand why they happened -- but that's life, right? like they say, it builds character. and i think i wouldn't have gained new friends or learned things about myself i never knew were there if it weren't for these experiences.. yes, i'm still bitter about a few things and i don't think i'll be letting go of them any time soon.. but i can proudly say that i am better than before. :)
from Incubus coming back after 4 years to my first US trip and taking classes with Shaun Evaristo and David Moore to performing for the opening of UAAP Season 71 to doing my first ever photoshoot, i think i can say that 2008 was definitely a year of new experiences :)
like i said, i'm thankful for a lot of things. here are some of the highlights :) :
i am thankful for bia. even though we weren't able to hangout at all this year, i really appreciate our friendship. :) she told me something last night that really opened up my eyes about how deep our friendship really is.. :')
we've been friends for around 12 years, spent 4 years apart, yet when we chat (not too often and not even talk face to face!), it's like the connection we have is still as strong as before. so i'm very much thankful for that -- that our friendship goes beyond physical presence and constant communication.
i am thankful for xernan. he's the best kuya an only child could ever have. :) summer of '08 must've been the turning point of our friendship. from being just friends (not even true friends! more like... 'org friends') to being really, really close ones. :') who would've known that simple (but long) ym conversations could have such an impact on our friendship? we were thousands of miles and a couple of timezones apart then! hehehe :') i've heard him cry over the internet when we talked, listened to his rants, read his words.. i tried to help him the best way i knew how, tried to help him win the love of his life back.. i guess you can say we've been through a lot in just one summer :P
i was there for him and he has been here (there.. anywhere!) for me ever since.. he was the first person i actually texted the night i became single! and yeah, he's been my kuya ever since: looking out for me, occasionally scolding me, perpetually teasing me.. we haven't been talking that much and i rarely see him nowadays...i really, really miss him :( but i know that he's still there (for me) because we recently had sort of this 'serious talk' about my current situation. i really feel like he's my kuya!!! :') and i really love him.
basta, please don't get me wrong
ayoko lang pag may nagtake advantage sayo because of this..
baka may makaaway ako.. :))
i am thankful for my FIRST EVER trip to the US and my trip to BALI. i was able to visit my cousins, buy nike dunks, go to Universal Studios, get my very own iPod (though i was never a fan of iPod... i could live with or without it hehehe) and my very own Canon EOS 400d (YAAAAY!!!), meet my dad and my half-siblings, etc etc. and yes, i got to meet SHAUN EVARISTO! highlight of my summer. :):):)
i also got to go to Bali! beautiful, beautiful place! i super loved the beach there!!! next time, i wish to learn how to surf... :D
i am thankful for INCUBUS coming back to Manila after 4 years. YES YES YES!!! after 4 years, i got to watch them again! and YES, CLOSER this time :)) too bad i didn't know about the afterparty! :S pwede pa naman ako pumasok dun kasi Patron VIP yung ticket ko. mmp. :S but it's all good! i super enjoyed myself HAHA i didn't watch the concert with anyone eh hehe! i didn't feel lonely during the concert, maybe while waiting lang for it to start and while waiting for my cousin to fetch me hahaha!
i am thankful for new friends namely miko and armani. :) they are my twin towers and photo-finish new friends. hahaha! they're such a riot to be with and really, really great friends. even though i've known them for just a little over a month, i feel so comfortable with them. i don't have any trouble opening up to them (but i am still being careful :P) and i feel like they are my new mini-barkada in IEClub. :)
i am thankful for the photoshoot opportunities given to me. truly. i feel so honored to have been given these 'jobs'. i don't really call em jobs because i had so much fun doing it! my first photoshoot was with FunkStyle Crew and the second was with LSDC-Street, both of which i had so much fun doing! :) super thank you kay ate mycs who actually asked me to do the shoot for LSDC-Street after i did their shoot (FunkStyle).. :')
these are just a few :)
so yay, i am looking forward to 2009! here's to a year of... BRAND NEW experiences.. YAAAAAAAAAY!!!
(okay, that sucked for a closing line.)