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OH WHY, IT'S 2011!

Saturday, January 15, 2011

I've chronicled my life online since 2001. 10 years definitely flew by so fast. Now we all got our fresh starts. That's the nice thing about life. While we don't have that ever-convenient reboot button, we do get that chance, once a year, to start anew, with a clean slate even.


But the thing is, I don't want to start with a clean slate. My memories, my experiences made me the person I am today, and I certainly don't want to erase anything. But, I do want to take a step back and reflect on what I want to START, STOP and CONTINUE.

Let me start with STOP -

1) I'm definitely over lists. Years ago, I made a before-30 list:

1. Learn how to swim 2. Learn to drive stick-shift 3. Take up diving 4. Learn how to cook 5. Learn CPR

Years later, I still haven't done 2 & 3. I may never take up diving, because open waters scare the s out of me. The thing is, I don't want to drive stick-shift because A/T is just so darn convenient. And yes, I took CPR classes, but I don't know if I'd know how to do it. I cook, yes, so-so, at best. And swim? I took up classes, and let's just say I'm no Michael Phelps. So yeah, I'm done with making lists.

2) I no longer want to overanalyze love. I'll throw in second-guessing myself when it comes to love as well. Yes, I got married barely 3 months after my now hubby proposed, but those 3 months were filled with a lot of doubt. Here's the simple truth - I married the person who knows me best and who understands my family the most. He makes things so simple, it irritates me sometimes, but then I realized, why complicate things? The most important things are really just so simple.

START -

1) I'm going to start just doing things. No lists this time, just live each day to the fullest, doing things that matter to me and my loved ones!

CONTINUE -

1) I shall continue to love madly. There is no reason to hold back. I want to love and give so much, even when it hurts.

2010 was the year that I made so many life-changing decisions. I quit my job, even when I haven't began looking for another one. I knew if I didn't, I would have lost so much more. Then I got married. Something I didn't plan on. We just talked about it, and barely 3 months later, we found ourselves getting married, not once but twice! Haha.

This year, I just want to go back to basics. Live simply. Eat healthily. Exercise regularly. Love madly.

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NEW DECADE, NEW YEAR, NEW ME?

Saturday, January 02, 2010


The magic of the coming of a new year is that people always feel that it gives them a fresh start. Like a personal reset button, if you will. I guess change is always so hard to do or accept, that's why we need this magical or mythical push. 


The last four months of '09 were the roughest for me - the twin typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng happened, my dear friend Matt passed on, I didn't get the job that I posted for, I continued to struggle with my hormonal imbalance and metabolism problems (which have started to affect my liver) and well, relationship-wise, it was more lows than highs. Which is why, I longed for the magic of 2010 more than any other coming of a new year. I wanted '09 to be over and done with.

But the truth is, every new waking day is a chance to start afresh. A chance to right the wrongs. A chance to make up for the misses. A chance to be better.  A chance to love more. A chance to be stronger. A chance to be kinder. A chance to finally surrender and let go.

It's the second day of the year and I'm thinking that I know I have given it my all. Giving up and letting go are two different things. But tough as I am, I get weak when it comes to the matters of the heart. 

So today, on this 2nd day of the new year, of the new decade, I ask for willpower. I want to be rid of the things that are eating me up alive. I deserve to live, and live well. We all do.

Today - 01022010 is a palindrome day. Maybe that means I will get what I asked for. Here's to living well and living strong! 

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WISH LIST AND RESOLUTIONS

Sunday, January 13, 2008

The last time I updated my wish list was last October. Nothing much has changed since then. But I've since come up with new items to lust for. Harhar. And a couple of resolutions. Here 'ya go:

2007 Wish List:
1. Japanese platform bed - CHECK
2. Pink Notebook - I'm going to the U.S. for a biz trip in a couple of months (if stars align, haha) and I'm going to scope out the prospects :)
3. D80 dSLR - CHECK
4. HP AC - oops, I totally forgot about this and summer is fast approaching. Time to scope out the appliance stores :)
5. New car - Hmmm.. still flaky about this.. Let's see..
6. Singapore trip - Junked in lieu of our Taiwan trip last Christmas, so I say this once is CHECK

** I also wanted to get a P&S camera to satisty my spontaneous cam-whoring needs but instead I got the SE K850i phone (5mp Cybershot)... Well, at least it's dual purpose. But I really just wanted a cam.

2008 Wish List:
1. Pink Notebook
2. New AC
3. Car-- well, it's a wish list, so I'll still keep it
4. Ipod Touch
5. Shoe Closet and some more cabinets for my spare room which I want to turn into a big closet anyways
6. Shake hands with Mickey :)

As for my resolutions:
1. Learn to swim - goshdarnit, this was in my before 30 list. Damn. haha
2. Go somewhere I've never been to -- with R. Yey!! I'm soooo excited :)
3. Quit smoking - So far, well, not so good. But i'm getting there!
4. Go boxing again - So far... argh! I still have to step foot in the gym..
5. Be a photography master! hehe :)

and well, lastly, invest in a couple more stuff... Have to do some grown up stuff somehow. Hehe

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