random thoughts on the second night of the new year

pucha. 2005 na.


if i remember it right, here are the few things i actually achieved last 2004:

1. made peace with two of my closest friends.
2. made war with three comm people. (no regrets on my part.)
3. learned to be more upfront.
4. finally drove alone.
5. completed simbang gabi.
6. completed 2 month and a half long practicum.
7. dean's lister for the second sem of school year 03-04.
8. finished my first thesis draft. (now, i have also finished my second thesis draft... hooray!)
9. killed two roaches, without anyone's help.
10. went back to playing basketball.
11. gained and lost weight.
12. started a filipino movies collection.
13. arranged one huge reunion.



what i plan to do this year:

1. get a diploma.
2. take law school entance exams. (for the hell of it.)
3. look for a job (or two) that i like.
4. save at least 100k.
5. make wall-climbing a regular hobby.
6. kart-racing.
7. pursue drinking nights with bea and sid. (guys, please reconsider your plan to leave for the states =) )
8. take photography more seriously.
9. shop at british india.
10. watch more movies.
11. play more games in both pc and ps2.
12. bora, palawan, bali.
13. climb another mountain.
14. lose more pounds.
15. read more books. (david sedaris' books seem interesting...)
16. do self-study on adobe photoshop, premier, and flash.
17. shoplift.
18. smoke mj, once. =)
19. hopefully, move out of the house.
20. drink more, eat less.
21. a road trip to vigan.
22. attend a cooking school.
23. room make-over.
24. closet make-over. (sid, i'm sure you're happy to hear this...)
25. get drunk.
26. get a new computer.
27. bacolod and baguio.
28. get monthly massages.
29. audition in a voice talent search.
30. watch more plays.
31. help the calamity victims.
32. get a westie.
33. eat magnolia ice cream (thank God it's back)
34. complete again the simbang gabi.
35. learnt to play the piano and guitar.
36. spend this year's new year's eve somewhere aside from house.
37. get myself board shorts and havianas.
38. finish a coloring book.


i will...
1. be more upfront.
2. be more patient.
3. be less expectant.
4. be less competitive.
5. be less indolent.
6. take things more seriously.
7. talk less, do more.
8. get away from people whose company i don't really enjoy.
9. be more honest.
10. be less paranoid.


my last year's...

favorite food craving: pork barbecue, tokyo tokyo's red iced tea,
new food discoveries: jamaican pie, chocolate kiss' fried chicken strips, reyes barbecue, brazil! brazil!, healthy kitchen's tuna teriyaki.
favorite movies: laws of attraction, the terminal, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, 50 first dates, the incredibles, shrek 2.
favorite cable movie: kung ako na lang sana
most frequently LSSed songs: destiny child's lose my breath, usher's confession part II, sunday morning (before it became famous), and the stupid novelty songs
favorite album: regine's covers
favorite class: fr. que's philo of ethics
usual hang-out spots: greenbelt and powerplant
favorite television shows: queer eye, sex and the city, six feet under, pipol, f!
new television show discoveries: one tree hill, meet my folks, amazing race, the apprentice, dateline nbc.
favorite drink: tang mango
favorite alcoholic drink: san mig light, miller, bea's alcoholic jello shots, and tequilla rose
most extravagant expense: my 8k phone bill
my most worth it discovery: sun cellular's 247 call and text unlimited
weird experience: saw an old man enter the women's restroom in powerplant mall
biggest regrets: missed a lot of great movies, missed regine's concert, played too much solitaire, not cross-enrolling in UP, slept too much, didn't get to help any of the calamity victims.
biggest disappointments: theo 151, some comm people, my indolence.
achievements: thesis' first draft, practicum, saved money, lost appetite, bought less magazines, kicked someone's ass.