Year End Review :)

It's the last day of the year! Most of the people around the world are doing the last glance on what their 2008 has offered. A trip down the memory lane. I might as well join the wagon and do that to.

So this is the year end review of my life.

Before I start, I just want to thank the Lord for another year under his wings. All the things I did, the feelings I felt, the joy I laughed at, the pictures I posed to, the pictures I took, the food I ate, the money I spent, the hugs I received, the tears I cried, the prayers I uttered, the people I loved, the person I want to hate, the words I used to compose a blog, everything... were made possible because of the lover of my soul. Praise and Glory to my God!

Okay, now let us begin... Let's do a list of all the blessings I got this year!

Digital Review:
* In May, I bought a 160GB external hard drive / media player that allows me to watch my movie/drama/anime downloads from a TV.
* In June, I bought a new point and shoot camera (the red fujifilm) to replace my four years old Sony Cybershot.
* In July, my work assigned me another laptop, the Dell latitude to be with my old, hand-me-down IBM laptop.
* In October, my friend gave me my Sony PSP slim.
* In November, my Apple iPhone celebrate its one year anniversary with me clad with metallic pink casing this time to party with my equally metallic pink PSP (hehehe).
* Latest acquisition just in Dec 24... my all-time favorite gadget of the year... My new
baby Canon 1000d SLR (aka Candy.. hehe).

Geographical Review:
New Places I visited:
* Caramoan, Camarines Sur (August)
* CWC, Camarines Sur (August)
* Bohol (November)
* Lago de Oro, Batangas (October)

Places I revisited:
* Boracay (August)
* Chateau Royale, Batangas (December)
* Tagaytay (multiple trips in the fourth quarter of this year)
* Laguna

Hotels and Resorts I stayed at:
* Shangri-La Hotel (Eloisa's birthday)
* Astoria (Karen's birthday)
* Tirona Hotel (Tagaytay, with RFS IT gang)
* Alona Beach Resort (Bohol)
* Shenna's Resort (Boracay)
* Rex Inn (Caramoan)
* CWC Container Vans (Cam-sur)
* Salazar Private Pools (Pansol, Laguna)

Best Coffee Shop:
* Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf at Bonifacio High Street

Social-Life Review:
Friends I had to say goodbye for a while to because they are working elsewhere in the globe:
* Eloisa (Singapore)
* Faye (Singapore)
* Karen (Dubai)

Friends we said welcome back for visiting us this year:
* JayAnn (from Australia)
* Eloisa (from Singapore)
* Vanessa (from Dubai)
* Cathy (from Canada)
* Faye (from Singapore)
* Macky (from Dubai)

New Friends I got close to this year:
* Ayie, Cicelle, Ryan, Carl, B1, Eric, Cyrus, Jinky (new travel-mates... hehehe)
* Verna (kapalit ni Karen... hehehe)
* Twiti (ni Joan... hahaha)

Prayer / Accountability Partners:
* Jheny, Coney, Ate Rona
* Ms My
* Charly

Events and Celebrations:
* Joseph the Dreamer Musical at CCF (March)
* Hillsong United Concert (May)
* Kitchie Nadal free Concert at UCM (May)
* Tommy Walker Concert (May)
* JayAnn-Rancel Wedding (June)
* Cinderella Musical (August)
* BIG 4 Singles Retreat (December)
* CCF Christmas Cantata (December)
* Six Christmas Parties! (December)
* Rhea-Sonny Wedding (December)

New networks I joined in:
* Facebook
* Wordpress
* LinkedIn

Intellectual Review (hehehe):
Books I read (that I still remember):
* I kissed dating goodbye (Joshua Harris)
* Boy Meets Girl (Joshua Harris)
* Not even a Hint (Joshua Harris)
* What to do until love finds you (Michelle McKinney Hammond)
* Joyfully Single (Harold Sala)
* What matters most for women (Devotional)
* Really Bad Girls of the Bible (Liz Curtis Higgs)
* The Power of a Praying Woman (Stormie Omartian)
* When God writes your love story (Eric and Leslie Ludy)
* Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
* New Moon (Stephenie Meyer)
* Eclipse (Stephenie Meyer)
* Breaking Dawn (Stephenie Meyer)

New things I learned (and re-learned):
* Basic Japanese (continuation from last year)
* Basic Photography (okay, super teeny weeny basic.. haha.. what I got lang from online)
* How to reformat a laptop (hehehe :P)
* How to post in website using html
* Understanding imbeciles (wahahaha)
* How to be an imbecile (bwahahaha)

Things I haven't done before that I did this year:
* Wakeboard (in Camsur and Lago)
* Rock Climbing (in Caramoan)
* Parasailing (in Boracay)
* Paintball (in The Fort :P)
* Get hooked in Photography (like actually taking decent pictures rather than just posing in front of the camera like the previous years)
* Participate in 2K walk for Unicef Fun Run
* Join choir in back up for Tommy Walker (CCF, June)
* Volunteer as transcriber for CCF
* Cruise Manila Bay while watching Pyrolympics and having dinner (May)
* Cut my hair really short! (and cut it every now and then)
* Cut my Citibank credit card (literally)

Other Milestones:
* Promotion in July, transfer to RFS IT
* Moved to a new apartment

Songs consistently on my playlist:
* Thank You - The Katinas
* Sweetly Broken - Jeremy Camp
* I Can Only Imagine - Mercy Me
* I Still Believe - Jeremy Camp
* Who Am I - Casting Crowns
* Indescribable - Chris Tomlin
* Breathe - The Katinas
* Tonight - FM Static
* Code - Nishikido Ryo

Hmmm... have I covered everything? Any other category I might have missed? I'll think some more and will update if I remember something :) Or if you remember something I did, we did, or any milestone for this year, let me know, leave a comment so it can be added here! Hehehe!

But... looking at this current list now... I just have to say... I've been abundantly blessed!

Thank you to all the people I shared these moments with. I couldn't have asked for a better company.

And of course, Thank you Lord for all these!

Please bless us more in 2009!