Ok I'm Awake!

Yup ‘tis a New Year! I broke the new Year in the middle of the streets of Makati. It was a futile attempt to re-create the Times Square New Year…Umm yeah right…Nice try but don’t think so. I was persuaded to go there because my sis was one of the hosts of the event. Oh yawn! (just kiddin’! just in case she might be reading it.) But as usual I styled her oh-so-cool outfit and once again had failed to acknowledge my work. It was haute-couture/rock frock!

Spent the pre-New Year hours mingling with Manila’s rockstars…and oohing an aahing the blah fireworks. Man, the free fireworks at Greenbelt Mall were more astig. There were 3 false alarm countdowns to signal the coming of the New Year…The New Year that came 15 minutes too late. Go figure! But hey the music was good…The New Year came I was jumping like a jelly bean and screaming like a banshee. Okay so the excitement lasted..hmmm a good 10 seconds. The New Year..2005 I envisioned that I would break into the New Year with a bang, making out with Johnny Depp. Oh yes the New Year’s kiss. Then I woke up and it didn’t happen after all. Oh darn it. Well that didn’t happen and no substitutes to be found. Maybe next year!

Instead of making New Years Resolutions that I won’t keep. I never made those lists. I’d rather say thanks (Just like Thanksgiving!So I am a little delayed) to those events/people who made 2004 very memorable for moi :

1. People who made me smile. (It was either I was laughing at you or with you..hahaha!)
-The guy at the Immigration Office for calling me up that day so I could say : “Hoy Pinoy Ako” –Translated as : "Hey I am a Filipino!" I am now Recognized as a Filipino,woohoo!

-My friends who make weirdo jokes about anything and everything.

-My family they are warped and probably the funniest people in the world. Cracking jokes at each other is our fave pastime. A family that plays together stays together. Watch ‘yo back because this family is out to get ‘ya at your nearest badminton court! Hey we pray too! Don’t hate us because we are beautiful.

-For that guy who made me kilig, who I met in August. (of whom I believe was just as kilig as I..well at the time) The last time I felt kilig was in college. What is the English term of kilig I have no idea? As I have to translate this for the non-Tagalog i-speakers. Shucks there isn’t any. Kilig, to be in the state of utter stupor..nah..umm to feel weak at the knees. Oh wait to feel flustered is a better definition. ‘ya get the point. I guess it softened my stoic heart. Thanks for making the effort to smile because I know it took me a while to actually smile back. (Forgive meh for being so cheesy…its kinda sick. I’m not use to it.)

2. The moments that made me sad. All the hatred and destruction brought in by the wars, instigated by one freakin’ greedy bastard. The natural calamities that lead to so many deaths. These moments of tragedy taught me how to be grateful with what I have. Complacency will not get us anywhere these things happen for a reason so we got to do something. FPJ dead, well on that one I am not really affected. But okay I am sure he was a nice guy. But hello never watched his movies man.

3. My family—can’t live with them can’t live without them. No matter hard I tried to admit it they know me better than I know my self.

4. My friends, although few, they are the best. Some near (bugging and calling you just because I need to vent), some far(for chatting, emailing, calling me long distance for all the updates and advice.) All of them different from the other offering their best as a friend. They are all weird! That’s why I love them…I love you guys! Thanks for listening to my incessant whining about going to NY and about my non-existent bf.

5. God, for life and unconditional love.

Awww…how sweet. I know. I don’t normally do this so enjoy! You can wipe those tears now.