re-cap

Christmas was great :D midnight mass, opening presents, xmas day mass, alba residence, tionquiao residence where i got my gift stolen 3 times... jerks :P, shopping with the family. i love the holidays.

tonight is family dinner with ate rizza then off to hang out with kris' family at a tionquiao residence. for once i can actually be in the same room as kris and kiss him at midnight. hahaha. anyway, looking forward to seeing everyone again, the food, and the fireworks.

Re-cap of the year: lots accomplished- got my bachelor's degree! had a very successful barrio fiesta and my last quarter in college was my best overall- both in grades and in content/professors yet challenging. celebrated my 22nd birthday and started a new job at harborview but in the same department. attended the torrella family reunion in vegas and most recently started to work out! yay for hot yoga.

3 very important people in my life passed away this year: Lolo (Generoso), Lola (Felicidad) (both Kris' grandparents), and my own Grandpa (Levi). I loved all of them dearly, Lolo and Lola being my grandparents in person and Grandpa being there for me since I was born. I was their first grandchild (even though my Mom was the 6th born out of 7 kids... her response to that? "they just took too long") and last saw him at his 50th wedding anniversary with Grandma back in 2003. It was so hard to see Kris' mom and family go through this twice in a year, with me sort of "half" their family but not. But it was even harder to see my own Mom break down. It was different this time... with Grandma it was sudden and she didn't have much worry. But with Grandpa it was sufferring. And she had to leave before my Dad's 50th birthday and amidst the xmas planning. Extremely hard to hear her talk about Grandpa and how much he hurt while she couldnt' do anything but sit by him in the Philippines. But it was somehow perfect, if that could be the right word to describe it all, with the timing of Grandpa's death. So many little signs that added up perfectly later. And eveyone made it back just in time for Christmas with their own families.

Thank you so much for being there for me and eveyone else that loved you. <3

This year was pretty good- I hope next year I figure out more of what I'm doing with my life. Weird that you're in school for the majority of your childhood then once it stops you really don't know what to do. Ready to tackle new things and figure things out.

New year's resolutions? Hmm... I'll think about it

almost time!

christmas is here soon :D i'm excited. it's midnight mass this year- i feel bad for the little kids who are supposed to sing at 11:30 pm. how are they supposed to stay up?!

watched princess and the frog with spleen and courtney: so cute. "you minced!" hehehehe. then later i watched avatar with carlo, gen, cjay, and charisse- with the respective significant others. it's nice to see them when i go home. i never get to hang out in seattle. ugh. so tired from work. avatar was good- so beautiful. definitely worth your money. supposed to watch it in 3D last night with kris, lofton, and sancia but it was sold out already! sheesh. now we'll just go with the roomies hopefully when we figure out when we're all free.

snowboarding next weekend! yay- i hope i do alot better.

i want to make this blog look better but i don't know how?! and i see that peej and gen can post links and such but i'm too p'tarded to figure that one out... ugh. someone want to educate me how i do that?

k thanks.

hot yoga again this week. gotta find another studio to use their new student special. but i do like this studio since it's close to the house. i'm going to have to skip out on wednesday's practice since i still have so much to do before xmas!

it's almost here!

i really need to learn how to use this thing and make it all pretty/cool lookin.. sheesh.

christmas is almost here :D i'm excited. i lvoe family gatherings. i also haven't hung out with kris' family in a long time- i miss them all.

still have a little bit of shopping to do. crap.

mom comes back from the PI tomorrow- I'm helping pick up her and auntie gundy and auntie bing bing. i've missed her- and i know my Dad really has too. he's so cute- always talking and talking to celine since carlo has taken the opportunity to hang out with savannah more. celine is done with her first quarter in college- how time flies. she's doing 100% better than i did, that's for sure. now she's into playing all the games that i play online :D carlo turns 17 this sunday! wtf?! yeah... didn't think that would happen this fast. he's a good guy though. daddy's half a century old too! hahah.

started hot yoga last week- love it. 1 hour and a half in 110 degrees, 50% humidity. your heart's pounding and you're trying not to get sweat in your eyes. hahaha. my favorite part is the after feeling- it's what people get addicted to. favorite pose? tree and half tortoise. yay.

went snowboarding with the boys on sunday. besides being sick in the morning it was so much fun. they were really patient with me, especially in the beginning when i got frustrated but they were very encouraging as i got into the swing of things. i'm learning fast and i can't wait to get my own board!

i want to go to either grad school or start on my sign language but man, i don't have money. i start paying my loans next month. who in their right mind thinks is ok to pay almost $9,000 in interest alone?! yeah. seriously.

lots of things i'd like for christmas- but really only expecting family fun. i barely told anyone what i'd like. haha. xbox 360? k thanks.

Sunday Sunday Sunday

snowboarding!

for real

time for a new start- i'm gonna need your help on this one