Reflections

Long time no blog once again. It has been about two weeks since I last visited this site.

Anyways, happy new year to you, Cerebro! I guess there is no better time to do some reflections on the past year than now. It was indeed a crazy year for me and for the people around me.

On Sentimentalities

The past year has been an emotional roller coaster for me. A lot of sensitivities were sparked inside due to some outside forces. I had a lot of sensitivity issues with friends, with my best friends, with family members and with classmates. It had been hard, trying to control the angst and the feelings of deprivation and rejection. It was so hard that all of those just got loose. Never mind who was at fault, although I must admit that all those bad days were spurred by my insecurities, I just had to vent it out, making me the most transparent person this side of town.

I lost a friend and almost lost one of my best friends somewhere along the way (nope, it wasn't registered in this blog. It happened long before this blog was created). It was a good thing that new relationships were formed and new friendships were established.

On Travels

One of the greatest things that happened to me last year was the opportunity for me to travel to Australia. I got a chance to spend some time with one of my best cousins and a few of my best friends in the land down under. I was also able to visit a southern beach in the country, the world-famous Boracay. It was truly a stormy experience, that beach trip.

On the other hand, there were some trips that I planned on going to but did not materialize. I wanted so much to go to Hong Kong with my best buds. In fact, we were planning it as early as January of 2004. They pushed through with it, I got left behind. Where are your financial rainfalls when you need them?

And then, there was this supposed trip to Thailand just before Christmas. It would have been the perfect opportunity for me to see Phuket in its grandeur. Now, all that is left are remnants of a very wet and submerged graveyard. And truly, I am very thankful that the problems I had last year didn't end up as horrifying as the ordeals of the victims of the tsunami. May their souls rest in peace.

On Weight Loss

I guess one of the greatest achievements I had last year was my significant weight loss. After painstakingly losing about 80 pounds in a span of a year, I was able to reap the physical benefits of the feat during the holiday season. Relatives who only saw me during the holidays were quite surprised by the changed. All I could tell them was, "I'm on drugs!"

As of today, I am still overweight by 10 to 15 pounds. I have an entire year to lose it, though. Slowly but surely.

Resolutions

I don't really believe in resolutions. If it happens, it happens, I say. I do, however, have goals for this year. I intend to travel abroad at least once this year. Hopefully, I could travel abroad more. I also intend to lose 20 pounds more, just to be on the safe side. Hello Home TV Shopping!

I also would like to strive hard to minimize my sentimentalities and being too emotional to a bare minimum. Who would want to lose best friends? I also would like to spend more time with my family, although I have yet to figure out how I can do this.

Financially, I would like to be able to save my first hundred grand, or even my first million. The first is just a stone-throw away. The latter, a shot at the moon. Who knows? I might win the lottery one of these days (wish*wish).

But I guess my greatest goal is to be able to finish my MBA and migrate to Australia either latter part of this year or early next year. My goal is to fix all my papers before the year ends.

And to you, anonymous, it will be another year of intriguing comments for me! My goal would not be to please you but rather generate interesting comments from you.... from all of you (wink*wink).

Here's to another year of blogging!