MY 2010 IN A NUTSHELL

Friday, December 31, 2010

Again, it took me centuries to write again. I remember in college when all I do was blog my days away often forgetting assignments, papers, etc. Now that I have all the time in world, I couldn’t even write a single entry. Oh well.. Got this in FB and thought that it’d be a good way to end the year and welcome 2011. YEAH!

               

1. What things did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before?

a lot. drink like crazy and throw up after. have the worst hangover ever. be addicted to coffee. work hard and mean it. have a boyfriend. love someone as much as i love my gadgets (haha. joke mu, babe). love my job (like i really do). miss my parents like hell. do stupid things i regretted doing. host a christmas party. spearhead activities at work. complete simbang gabi. attended to my sister after she gave birth. watch my nephew grow up every week. and a lot lot lot more. i love 2010, not because it was perfect or great but because it was memorable and full of learnings.

 

2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

didn’t have any for 2010. somehow i have predicted that i won’t be able to do them anyway. and no, i have no new year’s resolutions lined up for 2011. i plan to be more decisive though and less emotional. 

 

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

yep. my sister, ria. it was one of the bestest things that happened in 2010.

 

4. Did anyone close to you die?

nope.

 

5. What countries did you visit?

none. yeah, i know, poor me. haha.

 

6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010?

courage to stand by my decisions and contentment to just appreciate everything i have now. in short, htc hd 2, nikon dslr, and portable hdd.

 

7. What date from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

02.14.2010 - barney. naksssss. hahaha.

 

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

good question. am speechless for the first time in this post. haha. hmm.. perhaps being commended for things i do that i am not very well aware of. 

 

9. What was your biggest failure?

lying. enough said.

 

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

the usual dysmenorrhea, acid attacks, heartburns, and cold.

 

11. What was the best thing you bought?

shoot. i can’t even afford to buy myself luxuries. haha. perhaps those i bought for people i love. 

 

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

mine? haha. kidding aside, definitely my friends. friends from work (abs-cbn), previous work (metro), college (kaye,tesa,cess), high school (superfriends), community (luray), etc.

 

13. Whose behavior appalled you and made you depressed?

 bernie’s. hahaha! and insensitive people who brings out the hell in me.

 

14. Where did most of your money go?

food. surfing.

 

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

being in-love. aww..

 

16. What song will always remind you of 2010?

california girls by katy perry. hey soul sister by train. nothin’ on you and just the way you are by bruno mars.

 

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

i. happier or sadder? happier.

ii. thinner or fatter? thinner. i guess.

iii. richer or poorer? a bit richer because i haven’t paid bills yet. haha.

 

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?

more restraint on things i know wouldn’t do any good.

 

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?

‘facebook’-ing. drinking. nagging.

 

20. How will you be welcoming the New Year?

welcomed it by watching the fireworks alone in our street and wishing i had my whole family with me.

 

21. Did you fall in love in 2010?

yep yep. and it made me genuinely happy

 

22. What were your favourite TV programs?

glee. gossip girl. and all kapamilya shows. hahaha.

 

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

none at all.

 

24. What was the best book you read?

oh shoot. did i even read anything?? the chronicles of the wind-up bird by haruki murakami. 

 

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?

definitely bruno mars. the beatles covers. 

 

26. What did you want and got?

LOVE from bernie. TRUST from my family.

 

27. What did you want and not get?

contentment.

 

28. Favorite film of this year?

none. hahaha.

 

29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

worked. helped out in the kapamilya awards all day. ate dinner with bernie and dion. had coffeeand cake with dion and friend. am 23 and am proud of it.

 

30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

hmmm.. why do i have to repeat my answers? haha. contentment with the things and people i have and more money. wahahahaha.

 

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010?

a bit too formal for me since it is required for work. haha. 

 

32. What kept you sane?

hahaha. nice question. i have no idea. haha. hmm.. perhaps my family who keeps me grounded and loved, my boyfriend who reminds me how difficult i could get but still accepts me, my friends (especially dion) who reminds me ALWAYS how to have fun within my limits, and my job that gives me a sense of responsibility over my life.

 

33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

chuck bass for a time for being the most romantic bad boy of all time. hahaha.

 

34. Who is your real-person crush?

bernie conrad liwag. hahaha.

 

35. What political issue stirred you the most?

the 2010 elections.

 

36. Who did you miss?

my mom and dad. my ate jen, kong rodel, and aumar. my koya, ate jmee, and aj.

 

37. Who was the best new person you met?

myself! haha!

 

38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010.

hahahaha. there are people in this big bad world who’d still love you for who you are no matter what. AND, TRUST NOBODY. hahaha.

 

39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

i had the time of my life.. hahaha.

 

40. Rate the year 2010 in a scale of 10.

10. need i say more?