2003 pa rin

Here’s another way to be nostalgic about 2003. ‘Seems like I’m not over last year yet. Well, not really. It’s just that I haven’t spent enough time evaluating what I did and didn’t do in the year that passed.

A friend forwarded me this and I’m posting my answers here.

1. What did you do in 2003 that you'd never done before?

Become independent by renting my own apartment.

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

Most of it. But I gotta stop smoking!

Yes, the plans I outlined in my previous blog would be my new year’s resolution.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

Yes, my college best friend.

4. Did anyone close to you die?

No. Whew.

5. What would you like to have in 2004 that you lacked in 2003?

A more defined and solid character. But I think I’m getting there.

6. What date from 2003 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

Dates. April 21 – The Buddy left for the States for a 2-month break.
December 28 – just take my word that it will remain etched in my memory.

7. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

To rent my own apartment and move out when the redundancy/retrenchment was happening and to get a middle managerial job.

8. What was your biggest failure?

To get out of a vicious cycle.

9. Did you suffer illness or injury?

Cough, cold, fever.

10. What was the best thing you bought?

My laptop.

11. Whose behavior merited celebration?

Almost everyone.

12. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

FPJ. Panfilo Lacson.

13. Where did most of your money go?

Stuff for my apartment, clothes, shoes.

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

Events that I did not foresee or plan but happened.

15. What song/album will always remind you of 2003?

OHSI’s 2003 CD compilation.

16. Compared to this time last year, are you: happier or sadder?

Both.

17. Thinner or Fatter?

Fatter. Shit.

18. Richer or poorer?

Pareho lang but I feel richer because of my accomplishments.

19. What do you wish you'd done more of?

Spend more time with my Grandmother. Sleep and rest. Work out.

20. What do you wish you'd done less of?

I think I partied too much but I don’t regret I did so.

21. Did you fall in love in 2003?

Yes.

22. What was your favorite TV program?

Lots! Sex and the City still tops my list. Ally McBeal, Will and Grace, Dharma and Greg, Just Shoot Me, Two Guys and a Girl.

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

No, not my style to harbor grudges/ill fillings against anyone.

24. What was the best book you read?

Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist.

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?

India Arie.

26. What did you want and get?

Dami! My apartment. Friends. Love. Seduction. Job. School.

27. What did you want and not get?

Dami rin. Sleep. Rest. Love. Books. Time.

28. What was your favorite film of this year?

Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions – kahit na the ending sucked!

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

Review for my finals, 26.

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

I’ve always been grateful with what God gives me. If He didn’t give me something, he must have a good reason why.

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2003?

Still unconventional, but more restrained because of the nature of my job.

32. What kept you sane?

Not what, but who. God. My Mother. Myself. But almost all the time, God.

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

I had to think hard – parang wala.

34. What political issue stirred you the most?

Two political issues: the US-Iraq war and FPJ running for president.

35. Who did you miss?

Dami. My Grandma, my Mom, The Buddy. OHSI. Web.

36. Who was the best new person you met?

Not the best new person but a rediscovery – my former CEO. He became a good friend.

37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2003:

The best and most successful people are the ones who know how to balance being cerebral and being emotional.

Whatever trials and tribulations life would bring me, God is my pillar of strength.