current music: Run It - Chris Brown

Oh great. It's 2006. I feel like the year snuck past me, and I didn't realize that it pulled my pants down. Or something. Oh well.

Still, the year was quite an interesting one. This blog, however, isn't the right place to do a recap; my LJ has more juicy details. There are more stories locked away in its heart.

I will say that about a year ago, I spent it in my room chatting with my brother. This year, no such luck; I spent it mostly thinking on my own, which was good, and shivering in the hills of Tagaytay with my family, which was not so good. But fine.

So what happened in 2005? (I shall use my LJ as a cross-reference tool.)

January:
- turned 21. whopee-doo. dapat debut ko daw ito, but it doesn't apply. i don't get that lucky
- directed a scene study
- survived Payatas Days.
- fell in love with U2's music.
- witnessed the start of a war between 3 good friends from A-Days.
- witnessed my crush of about a year cry, right in front of me in Starbucks katipunan

February:
- spent Valentie's day not stressing about anything, for once. but still, no less melancholy.
- made a huge surge to pull grades up on all fronts
- kept directing my final piece. watched as well-laid plans fell apart.
- maintained good relations with many people. particularly the feuding three. became very close with some of them over that time.

March
- discovered how cool an iPod would really be.
- directed the finals piece, to mixed reviews but overall success
- wrote poetry again after a long dry spell
- bonded with Jemjem over Playstation 2
- finished the schoolyear.
- got pissed off at a friend because she wouldn't dare listen to what I had to say.
- started jogging
- I saw a friend cry.
- later, another friend arrives. and we learned how to play poker.

April
- got my grades. DL pala ako. w00t!
- summer registration. there's a long story (and a poem!) in there.
- farewell, Your Holiness. got seen on TV for it. hehe.
- owed up to having hypertension. lifestyle changes begin
- entered a difficult dieting program
- discovered a former crush got a job i wanted for myself years ago. On april fool's, no less.
- A28. part-time nga lang though.
- gave the Eagle Story for LnK. happiness. :)

May:
- TnT preparations. Costume-making ensues. didn't get the job anyway. hehehe.
- LnK! (sportsfest, parties, formacom, etc.)
- Tito Jose, rest in peace.
- termites infest my room
- Star Wars episode 3! and Kingdom of Heaven!
- Arsenal win the FA Cup! :D
- the end of The Fifth Summer. Sad.

June:
- A29. Housing Head. sheeeeet.
- classes resume. (art writing, poetry w/ sir larry, and practicum topbill)
- I decided it was ripe for change.
- spent the early part playing NBA Street V3, and also listening in to NBA Finals.
- began jogging with Jihan. started to become good friends with Jihan.
- wrote a lot of poems, but one stuck for, like, forever.

July:
- can you say "Neil Gaiman"? Gateway adventures! Batman Begins!
- "Sa Uulitin", by Mojofly
- coke, anybody? :p
- nagka-party kina Lolo Rowald. yipee!
- suddenly, ang dalas kong lumabas. The Wednesday hungry trinity was formed. (Rodic's, Gayuma, etc)
- Debut ni Chimoms! and stuff after.

August:
- lumalabas kada wednesday. at kumakain.
- Aegis photoshoot.
- Bayanihan with blockmates
- got to cook an entire meal.
- finally got published! Yeah!
- finally put to rest some things regarding her. oo, siya din.

September:
- Happy birthday, you. I'm happy you got your wish at last.
- Edlyn's birthday libre.
- Raph starts getting into emo, c/o mostly Mela, and continued by Mindy
- Art Writing's got me busy.
- Sonya's Garden.

October:
- S.A.W.I., Darls' party
- bringing Jay home, drunk
- thesis defense, preparations for Ateneo Law,
- sem break. raph starts missing everybody
- A30. heartbreaker of a batch. security head ako, though. (although... something changed here.)- Nick Horby's "High Fidelity", and Neil Gaiman + Terry Pratchett's "Good Omens"

November:
- Humanities Week!
- Lit Night to remember
- Law exams left and right
- No more DL powers starts to sink in
- got drunk. yeah.
- got sick shortly after. yebah.
- THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER by Stephen Chbosky
- Christa's debut. LnK mini-reunion!
- so many little coincidences

December:
- Immersion!
- Mela's birthday.
- directing monologue series!
- auditions for FA Festival!
- Christmas!
- directing Jihan's play!
- A31! Happy birthday Kuya Jess!
- party ni Lolo Rowald!
- New Year's at Tagaytay.

Whew. that's that.

now time for dinner. i'm not hungry, but i'm obliged to eat. tsk. i just hope i don't end up barfing all over the place or whatever. i'm THAT full after all the adventures of the day.

biro mo? paguwi namin sa maynila, dumaan ulit kami kina lolo rowald. party naman sila ulit! This time, it was the carrasco side of the family (lola pining's side) that had reason to celebrate, along with guests from the people who used to live in their compound. I wanted to hunt out the childhood friends I made from way back, but I didn't see them today. tsk.

instead, we snuck to tito allan's sanctuary, with the snazzy Yamaha 5.1 sound system, the huge flat-screen digital TV, and DVD player, and the beanbag which is just love. i got to watch an episode of Macross for the first time. and I walked home borrowing the DVD of "My Sassy Girl". yesh! finally!

oh, and we ate a lot.

now, i have to eat some more.