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Posted by Aggie on Jan 1, '08 3:49 AM for everyone Hehe. I couldn't think of 100 items like some of my more creative cousins, but I do want to give the year some sort of closure. Best Memories: - Getting engaged, telling our parents, attending the fun and insightful "Before I Do" seminar, talking with hushed excitement about the future and houses and lovely and smart and talented children and things to learn together, and falling more and more in love with each other each passing day
- Getting away to Sumilon Island for free, eye-opening marathon airport transfer ride cum bull session with Ate Angel, sunbathing on a beach when I should have been stressed out at work during month-end, breathtaking scenery, fresh seafood for breakfast lunch and dinner, spending a fortune in the pasalubong store, and spreading the love and wonder to everyone upon my return
- Going to Taipei on my first international flight, spending Valentines Day in a pretty lighted city in with nippy cold air, speaking Mandarin from a Lonely Planet phrasebook and being understood by native speakers (vendors, our chauffeur Mr. Chen, taxi drivers, people at the office--so cool! *sighs*), learning the truth about pasalubong and excess baggage
- Acting as treasurer for the Youth Camp (where God showed me how faith really works, we went to the venue not even sure how much money we had and ended up with excess), leading the Fira hotties with gorgeous sis Rachelle, seeing how the Lord uses my honey and loving him all the more, singing in the praise and worship concert despite an asthma attack while jamming with the other (waay more seasoned) youth leaders, sharing for the first time to a really big audience how Jesus changed my life, the No-Touch role-playing game, my baptism
- Putting on a benefit concert to raise money for Mr. Abodiles' kidney transplant, seeing and being able to talk with Sitti again for the first time since November 2006 and confirming that she hasn't changed, running up my phone bill to a small fortune, seeing my classmates again working together like in the old days, sharing the often-stressful job of coordination with the equally harassed Vanny, finding a new sounds provideer when our original provider cancelled on us the day before, meeting the down-to-earth artists who took time out to help out our teacher (to Julianne, Ninah, Ken, Tim, and Chique--you all rock!), finding out that we made a tidy profit, Sir Abodiles reporting to us that the money was appropriated to the critical donor-recipient compatibility tests, Sir Abodiles actually undergoing the successful transplant operation
- Robby graduating and going to Philippine Science (1,287 people bragged to and counting)
- Mig deciding that it's okay to listen to me again
- Livin' it up with my cell group sisters in a Somerset Olympia hotel room on a gift certificate bought for a song, fun swimming in the cute little pool that we had all to ourselves, gab and snack fest until the wee hours of the morning, lots and lots of pretty pictures and lovely stories
- My December vacation where I finally got an SSS ID, found just the right scripture and books to read about burn-out, thought about my life and what I really wanted to do, went on a gloriously revealing Church Leadership training seminar, spent hours on end with Koya Mig and Rob-bebe and my mom whom I missed ever so much (Papa I spend a lot of time with already hehe).
- Meeting and being friends with Jacky and Geebee, who serve as my confidants and morale boosters in the uncharted territory of my new job.
- Forgiving my parents
- Getting the opportunity to tell Amor, Ste, and Emai how I feel about their friendship, the tearful goodbyes, making up for lost time with the MDPs, finally erasing that other person from taking up valuable mind space in my brain
- Supervising the lovely Grace, Jam, Ruby, and She, becoming friends with them in the process, and missing each other terribly when I transferred
- My Devil Wears Prada moment where my boss realized how hard I had worked to support her
- Finally fulfilling my dream to be a cheerleader and winning second place besides in Chinatrust's Sportsfest, acting as the beleaguered coordinator for my very whimsical teammates, getting some lovely and touching words of encouragement from Sir Je, becoming better friends with everyone
- Seeing that the little slogan I once pitched to the President made it into the company's Board-approved mission-vision
- Going to the Chinatrust Christmas party in that lovely dress, getting my hair curled to a Marimar do, getting a dozen roses from Art and loving his reaction to my appearance (Happy Anniversary!)
- Getting surprised by a bouquet of roses by Art on our November monthsary (he went all the way from Security Bank during office hours to deliver the goods--and I was really not expecting it!), commemorating the time we first met and fell in love
- Making up with Dianne for not attending her wedding
- Lovely walks and romps and picnics in Velasquez park
- Christmas shopping in Divisoria (a real labor of love, I must have been carrying 6 kilos of gifts that first day--I kid you not)
- Nikki leaving for Singapore (waaahhh!)
- Lazy, lovely moments poking around and filling up my Multiply account
- Silly personality tests with not-so-silly revelations on myself and how I interact with people
- Being God's girl for a full year (I'm a work-in-progress, but I have Only The Best Life Coach ensuring that I turn out beautifully)
2007 was a good year. Full of upheaval, but also full of God's grace. :) Let's all have a good 2008!
Posted by Aggie on May 8, '07 11:21 AM for everyone |  | I was sent to Taipei for one week with my boss. I just wish we spent more time seeing the sights, though. Maybe I'll be back someday. To my credit, people actually understood me when I spoke Mandarin. Yayy!! Xiexie!
When we went there, it was Chinese New Year. The city lights were amazing. *sigh* I'll definitely be back and sample more of the food :) |
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