Still waiting for the official music video.. in the meantime, here are the lyrics.
This song is just so..

Paalam Kahapon
by Ebe Danel

Paalam na kahapon
kay layo na pala ng noon
‘Di ko na inakalang
Darating ang umagang ito

Parang kanina lamang
Nung tayo ay mga batang
Walang kinatatakutan
Sa bukas ay walang pakialam

Iwanan man kita
Nakaukit ka na sa puso ko
Malilimot ba kita
Nakaukit ka na sa puso ko

Paalam na kahapon
Kailangan na ako ng ngayon
Alaala mo’y ikakahon
Ngunit kailan ma’y hindi kayang itapon

Tila utos ng mundong mabuhay
Akong pasulong, at ‘wag paurong
Patawarin mo ako kung
Unti-unti akong binago ng mundo

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Congrats, Elainey! Can’t tell you how much I’m happy for and proud of you.

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Fix You

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Fix You
by Coldplay
When you try your best, but you don’t succeed
When you get what you want, but not what you need
When you feel so tired, but you can’t sleep
Stuck in reverse

And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can’t replace
When you love someone, but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

And high up above or down below
When you’re too in love to let it go
But if you never try you’ll never know
Just what you’re worth

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

Tears stream down on your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down on your face
And I…

Tears stream down on your face
I promise you I will learn from my mistakes
Tears stream down on your face
And I…

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. Never leave that till tomorrow, he said, which you can do today. This is the man who discovered electricity. You think more people would listen to what he had to say.

I don’t know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I’d have to say it has a lot to do with fear. Fear of failure, fear of rejection, sometimes the fear is just of making a decision, because what if you’re wrong? What if you’re making a mistake you can’t undo?

“The early bird catches the worm.”
“A stitch in time saves nine.”
“He who hesitates is lost.”

We can’t pretend we hadn’t been told. We’ve all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to seize the day. Still sometimes we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today’s possibility under tomorrow’s rug until we can’t anymore. Until we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin really meant..

That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beat the hell out of never trying.

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Challenge Accepted!

While browsing DPP, I suddenly had the urge to practice shooting again. Then right after that, I had the urge to set goals in shorter time-frames.

I’ve decided to give myself 15 days for each set of goals, then move on to another set after. Challenge accepted. I’ve already started a few days back, so I’ll end this set on January 31.

1. Make some real progress with my thesis
2. Go out to practice driving at least once
3. Practice shooting with the 35mm at least twice
4. Do my work out routine daily
5. Take good care of my teeth!

For coding, I recently posted an entry about my code sprints, and I’ve accomplished today my first actual 3D prototype for my thesis. For my work out routine, I play Kinect Sports with weights for at least two hours a day, I left even heavier weights, and I do onehundredpushups.com and twohundredsitups.com Regarding my teeth, I recently had a laser cleaning. For the longest time, I haven’t been to the dentist for a checkup. The dentist said my teeth were strong and excellent, just that I really needed cleaning badly. So there, my teeth are so brand new. And when I say take good care of my teeth, that includes the side effect of food control because I eat less food and I eat less snacks.

As for photography, here’s my latest photo, an HDR shot of the Technohub plaza:

Technohub Plaza in HDR

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My latest project!

To re-iterate, this is what I normally do:

1. Prepare ideas
2. Restart my computer
3. Open a web browser, launch references
4. Open my coding tools
5. Start my services
6. Unplug my laptop
7. Code
8. ???
9. Profit!

It’s really an effective way to focus on my coding task at hand, because I’m pressured by the battery life. I have to accomplish something before I run out of juice, otherwise, the sprint would be considered a failure.

I’ve accomplished quite a lot of projects this way, even MPs. It’s also a good way for me to brush up my skills. I used to do this back when I was participating in ACM contests, too. Haha!

This project still has a long way to go.. probably around 2-3 code sprints more. That’s about 9 hours worth of coding. The laptop battery life is kinda sucky now, though still better than my HP. It used to get 5-6 hours of juice, and now I can barely manage 4 hours on power saver.

Final stuff to integrate: switch from Google Image Tools to Google Interactive Charts

My new crush!

I recently got addicted to this song by Christina Perri. It’s from the soundtrack of Breaking Dawn, but it’s really nice! Here’s a quick cover

Guitar is by Sungha Jung

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A Thousand Years
by Christina Perri
Heart beats fast
Colors and promises
How to be brave
How can I love when I’m afraid to fall
But watching you stand alone
All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow

One step closer

I have died everyday waiting for you
Darling don’t be afraid I have loved you
For a thousand years
I’ll love you for a thousand more

Time stands still
Beauty in all she is
I will be brave
I will not let anything take away
What’s standing in front of me
Every breath
Every hour has come to this

One step closer

I have died everyday waiting for you
Darling don’t be afraid I have loved you
For a thousand years
I’ll love you for a thousand more

And all along I believed I would find you
Time has brought your heart to me
I have loved you for a thousand years
I’ll love you for a thousand more

One step closer
One step closer

I have died everyday waiting for you
Darling don’t be afraid I have loved you
For a thousand years
I’ll love you for a thousand more

And all along I believed I would find you
Time has brought your heart to me
I have loved you for a thousand years
I’ll love you for a thousand more

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To be honest, I’m in tears right now because and a bit sad about it because I only got to stop and think about my lolo when I saw my tita’s post.

I always admired my lolo. What I remember most about him is how he’d spend his days at home drinking beer (and he’d let me sip some!) while lying in bed, answering a crossword puzzle or betting in the karera. I was pretty sure it was the Santa Ana Park race. Oftentimes, his secretary, Trixie, would call and they’d converse on the phone with me not understanding a single thing they were talking about. Some times, a masseuse would come pay us a visit and he’d bring out his folding massage bed and lay there for an hour or so. During days where she couldn’t make it, he would ask me and my siblings to step on his back and give him a massage in exchange for baon. He even gave extra for the ones who’d do a great job.

What I miss most about him, though, is how he was selfless and how he would spend time with us. I was partly raised by my grandparents when I lived in Makati because my parents and other siblings moved to Quezon City for business and school purposes. On days when my parents were home, I’d always see him talking to my dad. When they were done, he would play with us kids. There’s this game he calls tumba-tumba where we would take turns in stepping on his feet while clinging on to him or his hands, and he would start dancing. The longest one who stays on him wins and gets prize money. He also has a special tickle he calls chiwiwiw that really does work against all of us. Gosh, I really missed that..

There are people in my life that I kind of just have an instant level 9999 self-respect given to them. My lolo was one of them. Though I really didn’t know the nature of his work nor what he does when I was young, I knew he was a genius. My knowledge was solidified during his funeral. I was amazed at the amount of people who came. Flowers from companies all over Makati and the city hall were sent for him. It was the first time I’ve experienced a loss of a loved one. Even as a child who knew he would be bullied by his brother for showing weakness by crying so he tried hard to control it, my tears just overflowed then.

His passing brought a lot of changes to our family.. my grandmother moved to the States, we no longer had Sunday dinners at home with my cousins, we sold our house in Makati, moved to Quezon City, began the business at home, among other things. More than anything, it was the start of my growing up. I owe a lot of my qualities to him. I’m pretty sure I got a lot from him because I really looked up to him and spent a lot of time with him.

Happy Birthday, Lolo! I hope you’re proud of who I’ve become, as proud as I am to have had you as my Lolo. I really miss you!

My 2011 can be summed up in three words: I made it. It may sound like a bad thing, but it’s really not. I surely thrived like there was no tomorrow, physically and mentally, but most especially emotionally.

Mentally, work and school took a great deal of effort from me. Trolling issues from work makes you deal with problems from 8am to 10pm non-stop and the only stress reliever I had was other teammates who felt trolled as well. School-wise, I failed my COMPARC subject during the 3rd term owf 2011, and since then I haven’t been enrolled in any subject. I stopped working on my thesis to focus on work and outside projects so I would have money to live off, since I wouldn’t be getting my stipend for the rest of the year.

My thesis is entitled "Real-time Automatic Human Recognition Using 3D Gait Analysis" and processes raw skeletal data from the Kinect sensor and extracts gait features to identify persons.

Physically, it was really great! Although not a very big change in appearance, I had a lot of physical activity this year. It also marked the point where I started to take running a bit more serious. I only joined fun runs during the latter half of the year, save for the World Youth Day run in May, but I did regularly go to UP to jog and I started trying to run around the village — a big thing given that I acquired a phobia of walking outside when it’s dark because of the hold-up incident.

My first fun run was in 2010, but it really sparked my interest in running. It wasn't until 2011 that I started to really train for runs and actually join more.

Emotionally, I can’t even… hahaha.

2011 for me was really a year full of disappointments, and there’s a lot of room for improvement. I usually agree with the fact that January 1 is just like any other day. That if I wanted change, I could have just as easily decided to act upon the things I wanted the moment I thought of it. That people just make New Year another reason to make promises they never keep. I read the following quote from an article I shared in Facebook:

Resolutions fail because they don’t emerge from true breakthroughs—they’re calendar-driven obligations; and they often address the symptoms, not the cause of our unhappiness.

I didn’t make any resolutions this New Year, but I did look back at a lot of things in 2011. My biggest motto in life is to live it with no regrets, and I have been trying to live by that for quite a long time. There’s really only one thing that I’ve regretted doing and that was breaking my best friend’s trust. But for what it’s worth I’ve already suffered enough from that, I endured it and I finally forgave myself and moved on from it.

I really hated a lot of the 2011 me. I think it was a year of unfinished business. I had lots of things left unfinished, ideas not put into action, projects not put into fruition. One particular thing I started but never got to finish was this:

I tried to create a vector art version of J for her birthday, but never got around to finishing it. I was inspired by her drawings, though I don't really have the hand for it. I think I can control the mouse even better than I do of the pen. We're not really that close, and she might not know it but the few times we chatted made me feel really calm and I got great advice from her. I was planning to print this out and frame it, then somehow give it to her along with a random letter (just one of the things listed in her wishlist).

See, that part of me really sucked. I always tend to start things but never get to finish them. I blame it on a lot of factors, and while some are legit, some are just made up excuses for me to not put the blame on myself. That’s one thing I think I have to change. But then this blog entry is a bit late, since I originally intended for this to be posted on December 31. That’s why I didn’t make it a resolution, because I know it’s hard for me to change it. And I don’t make promises I can’t keep. But I’m trying.

Work-wise, I think 2011 was the best year for me. I was in a really intense project for half of the year, while trying to balance several projects. I would go to school at 8am at times and leave at 10pm, but that’s only because the school has to close. Work continued at home. I guess one of the up-sides of my current work was that I could take breaks and stay home. But this was one project I really wanted to immediately finish because it was getting out of hand. I also wanted to finish it badly because I had other projects lined up. 2011 was the year when I was most busy, even up to the point that I was juggling 3 solo projects already.

Now I remember having an outline for this blog entry somewhere, but I think I lost it. I want to get this published immediately so I can start working on my 2012, so I’ll just do a quick recap of some of the happenings of 2011.

JANUARY

January marked the start of the high-stipend era of 2011. I had a lot of money when the year started, but spent a lot on things I now realized I didn’t even need. I was busy with COMPARC and certification exams, ones which I enjoyed the most since it was about .NET.

January 2011: I signed up for a 1-year membership in Sarreal Boxing Gym and took Muay Thai sessions with Jerk, Auds, Sia, and later, Irisse. We went on for a few more sessions, sometimes skipping it for months before going back. It was a really worthwhile experience and I'm pretty sure it contributed to my health.

FEBRUARY

February saw a lot of happenings together with my barkada, because of the annual LSCS Reboot and because it was Richmond and Sia’s birthday. Other than that, Jegs/Sia/Irisse/Mykel also graduated this month and we celebrated it by making siksik in Ricco’s Fuego!

After Jegs/Sia/Irisse/Mykel's graduation, we went to Pasadena and had studio shots, and made tambay before going to Jegs' graduation party @ David Tea House, Trinoma. Too bad not everyone was there.

Ha. This is still one of my favorite pics, along with the one where I was lying down.

One of the highlights of 2011 was the annual LSCS Reboot. This was my last Reboot with LSCS but it was certainly the best. It was a really great way to end my college life -- by looking back, and being able to tell the people around me what I have really been meaning to for the past 3 years.

One of the things that started in February was the really late night/early morning Seafood Island sessions with Ricco, Mykel, and occassionally, Jerk. After they would come home from work, they'd drop by my house and we'd head to Technohub to eat a boodle feast. It also marked the start of really getting fat. But they were fun times.

Same day, after Seafood Island, we went to Gateway/Teriyaki Boy to have a late celebration of Richmond and Sia's birthday.

Same day, on the way home, we stopped by Heavenly Chocolates and got ordered Sachi Nama, and we had it in Jerk's car. It was memorable because it was one of those days where you just sit inside the car, doing nothing but chat. And the chocolates were really good.

The last stop for the month was the first time I learned Fireworks photography thanks to Ricco. We went to the parking lot of Mall of Asia because it had a better view for taking pictures rather than paying a thousand for a spot near the main area. We had food from the stalls inside the mall instead and I got myself a Php250 tripod from CD-R King.

MARCH

Best. Month. Ever. It started off with my birthday. Then Sumibiyakids’ anniversary, and then LSCS Loopback. I’m pretty sure there were tons of things that happened in between those, but I’ll write about them.

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Best birthday ever. I celebrated my birthday on March 5 by treating my friends to lunch in Tagaytay. I only had one wish during this day, that everyone would be there and that there will be no more fighting and arguments. I was a bit sad when Marj said she wouldn't go anymore, but was happy when all the people I invited came. Really, 21 was the best birthday ever.

I'm not keeping track of countries anymore. But after my birthday, we went back to MoA to watch the Pyro Olympics again. Same old routine, me and some others went to the north parking lot to take photos, while some booked for seats in UCC.

Sumibiyakids is one of our favorite tambayan places because a lot of LSCS moments happened here too. We would always be invited to their events and we usually get treats after eating there. This year was one of the last moments we spent there, and a lot of us came, from ID 105's to 110's. Of course, we went there a couple of times after, but not with as much as many people, and no free ice cream nor a huge bottle of wine.

LSCS had their Loopback party on March 26, after 3 years of saving up for it. The event was a success! There were live bands, dancers, and other activities, and we had Jessica Mendoza as our host. There was also a mobile drink-all-you-can bar that probably got a lot of people that night. This is one of the few decent pics I have during the event.

I don't know if you can tell, but I'm already kind of really drunk at this point. This is one of the moments I really tried hard to not forget. Sadly, I lost the hard copy of the photo. I always smile whenever I see this picture, followed by a slight pinch on my chest.

Of course, at the end of the night, I was the most drunk. I'm not sure if I was the one who drank the most, but I remembered having around more than 10 cups of mixed drinks and 7 shots of whatever those colorful stuff were. Despite forgetting a lot of stuff that happened during the night, the happenings that I wanted to stick with me did so and I won't be forgetting them anytime soon.

APRIL

April wasn’t full of pictures. I have quite a few on my Tab, but I don’t recall a lot of events during this month. I’m pretty sure some pretty special stuff happened, but I don’t want to dig deeper. The rest of what I can remember is I sometimes went to school, and I also failed one of my certification exams.

MAY

Also during the summer, not much happened. There was the occasional going out at night with Ricco et al, and it was also the month of Elainey’s birthday. I don’t have pics of the events, though I’m sure Ricco has them along with videos. On May 23, me and Elainey went to the Maroon 5 concert. It was the first and only time we went somewhere together. Afterwards ensued one of the long fights we had. I pushed myself too hard and when I finally got the yes I wanted, it wasn’t a good feeling. And then we stopped talking, for a really long time, for the nth time. I try hard not to think about it, but you know.. it’s there. At least there were also good times when I went out with many people, like when we watched Thor, etc. … but yeah..

We watched Thor and went bowling, one of the few moments we had with Marj coming along with us.

JUNE

Mmm, June. The month where it all started. From here on, everything went downhill for me. Lots of emotional problems, as well as survivability problems. I stopped receiving my stipend and a ton of work started, including the project that would ultimately lead me to get in touch with new people. Looking at it now, it surely was a bad month, but it paved the way for me to finally get to spend time with people I’ve been wanting to spend time with. It was also Ricco’s EK month, Race Day, a day which I had no camera with me. FML.

Some time in June, DLSU had events before the centennial. Uni and Isis needed to attend something at 7:30pm. The relics of Saint La Salle was there, along with free food and some other stuff. This is a picture of Isis taken the same day in San Miguel by the Bay. We went to see X-Men, if I remember correctly, and had lunch at TGI Friday

It was DLSU's 100-year celebration, and we figured that the school would be full and the traffic in the area would be so bad that we decided to just spend the night at Max's in Roxas Boulevard. The Max's chicken-all-you-can promo was still on-going! 2 barkadas joined into one table. Really, while I don't get to spend much time with them, I know they are awesome people and I wish these moments continued on. We're all a great bunch. Sadly, ...

I checked my pictures, and it was indeed the very last time I've spent with Marx. After the centennial celebration, everything just went steady to downhill. For the most part, I know it was my fault. It's really hard when you break someone's trust. You never intended to hurt anyone, much more try to ruin someone's reputation. But you were stupid and you did. So you really wish you had never have done the deed. Tsk. A lot has changed ever since mid-year. And I really really really miss her.

JULY

The month of trying to move on. Well, from here on it was just me. Fights with best friends, and the only person I was able to confide with was one of my previous “enemies” — it really was one of the toughest times. It was also the month I regret the most. Well, I tried to spend the rest of the month focusing all my energy on other things. I also tried going out with people who are totally clueless. It helped ease things out, a lot. But it wasn’t enough.

So it was a time of moving on... I cleaned my workspace, cleaned my room, cleaned my bed, cleaned my files, cleaned almost everything. But there was something I noticed just now as I was typing this. I haven't cleaned myself of memories. See that noodle that lights up? You probably don't, but now that I think of it, it's a sign that I still held on to memories. Even when things were already so blurry, I kept on holding on and hoping for things to fix themselves. It wasn't totally out of my system.

Trying something different, I decided to go out and relax a bit. I wanted to get out of all the things that were stressing me out, and this is what I needed. Thanks to Jerk, we were able to go get Auds and spend time at the newly relocated Banchetto. We were a bit early, but nevertheless had good street food.

We were supposed to be at Banchetto with Jegs, but she had to stay in Trinoma, so we instead went there. We were really in the mood to try new things, and for the lack of better things to do, we tried The Vortex in Timezone, a ride where you pass through a rotating tunnel which totally makes you dizzy. Of course, we can easily tell what happened to Jegs inside...

AUGUST

July continued on to August. However, work load helped out in getting my mind off things. Me and my barkada had our long overdue outing (it was supposed to be for summer!) in Laguna, and I ended the month with an epic day… in Laguna as well.

To start off August, I presented my undergrad thesis to VP visitors from Google. They really liked my presentation and the work, and there were murmurs of job offers. However, murmurs stayed as such. It was a great day, though, as I got to sit in a room with them to discuss Google products as well as general stuff such as startups, education, etc.

After the Google Talk was a whole night planned out that failed because of severe traffic in all the areas we planned to go to. Jerk and I fetched Irisse from Makati, which was the first traffic area. Took us more than 2 hours to get there from school. Then we headed to Ortigas to fetch Auds and Jegs, and we planned to go to Banawe for Muay Thai, but it was also jam packed with cars along the way. We decided to go to Banchetto, which is by the way going back to Ortigas, but it started raining and the traffic was really heavy. We ended up ordering from Sunrise Buckets and watching short clips at Jerk's before calling it a night.

Our long-awaited outing finally came on August 20. Of course, I was depressed that time for obvious reasons. I slept, or at least tried to sleep outside. Around 4am, everyone was already asleep. I should have gone to sleep too, instead of getting my camera. But meh... when I saw things I shouldn't have, it made me decide on some things. I had been miserable for quite a few months already, and I didn't want to be miserable any longer. I told myself that I had enough already, that I had served my punishment, and the treatment I had been experiencing was already way beyond the line. I got over my biggest regret.

What followed the next morning was a calm morning for me. I was able to look people straight on, and I didn't mind what I was shooting. This is a picture of everyone who went. Sadly I'm not in the picture, someone had to hold the camera since it was raining really hard.

At the end of the month, it wasn't me who needed unwinding anymore. I went with Ricco, Amcel and Rui to Laguna to shoot things and shoot stuff. We had dinner at Seafood Island, and made a toast to life. Sadly I can't find the pics of the toast.

SEPTEMBER

Following the rough first 8 months of 2011, September was a change. First off, I wrote 15 messages to 15 different people and it felt good. The best friend was able to read my message, and we made mends. Anyway, at this point, I wasn’t expecting things to be okay between us anymore, because that’s what I have been told. I was surprised that a few other friends read my entry and personally messaged me to comment about my messages to them, because we don’t usually talk about those stuff.

I guess September was the start of the healing process. During September, I also met twelve awesome people who I would be be staying with for the next months or so. More about them later and in the coming months.

This photo was taken during the CRC6 Kickoff. It's quite shocking because just a year ago, we were in their position. Time flew by really fast in 2011. As in really fast. Anyway, these are the twelve awesome people I was talking about. It always cheers me up to meet new people that inspire me and push me to do better. Among the dozen was Zhayne, and given the little amount of time I've talked to her then, I found renewed inspiration in my quest to continue working on things that would attract Google. And also in my quest to take running seriously.

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A lot of things came up in work, but still, we managed to get out and have fun. I must admit, things are getting repetitive, however, the best times I have are always spent with the same people. We went to Centris to play laser tag, and headed to Trinoma for Red Box. It was during this day where Richmond did that fail. From here on, time just flew by so fast.

OCTOBER

From October onwards, most of the things were about were. This is when we started going to work so early in the morning and going home when the school started closing. We also shared the office with CRC6, which became really jam-packed… of fun.

October 1, we went to Shakey's in Espana for Mykel's party together with her family. It has been a long time since I last attended a children's party. It was also the time when I figured it's only a few years away until we'd be having our children's party for our own kids.

Zhayne asked me if I could do the pictorial for CRC6, needed for the company profile as well as other materials. It was difficult for me since I had no idea what they needed and I wasn't ready at all. I wasn't really satisfied nor happy with the results. However, they said it looked great and they liked it. That was enough for me that time, but next time I'm definitely going to do better.

I don't know the reason behind but CRC6 treated us to Yellow Cab towards the end of the month. It was fun, and after lunch, MVC filled the rest of the day. This other picture is Evan experiencing the rainbow. Some people still don't get it.

NOVEMBER

Again, another work-filled month. The thing with the last 3-4 months of 2012 was that I wasn’t as emotionally stressed as the past 8. However, I was physically tired and all from running and going home late. I lost a few pounds and gained them back again in December but it was all good. Of course, again, a lot of stuff happened in between but I’m only posting the highlights and the stuff I can immediately find from my collection. :p

Excel, Zhayne, Chari and Gem. Just like us, they received their laptops and laptop bags, and they were all excited about it.

We had a mini get-together at Centerstage in Jupiter, and these guys are playing Monopoly Deal.

Needless to say, there were those who were drunk, and there were those who were more drunk than drunk.

DECEMBER

It was the last month of 2011 (duh!) but it wasn’t the least for 2011 at least (that’s a lot of leasts!) It was the first Christmas I had in a very long time in which I was in very good terms with her. A more perfect gift for 2011 could not be asked for.

Chesca invited us to celebrate with her in Kitchen, Greenbelt 3. It was a fun experience since we haven't seen each other for quite a long while. After her celebration, we went on to watch the adventures of Tintin where Keavy tagged along.

Mid-month, we decided to have our annual barkada Christmas party. Plans didn't go accordingly, we didn't have time to cook, etc. So we decided to yank all plans and order food instead. Before everything, we spent time at Red Box in Trinoma. Most of them had buffet at Cabalen first. Afterwards, we went to the grocery area to shop some needed stuff for the party.

Thanks to Alloy for hosting the event! We went to the Chua residences right after grocery shopping. Jerk had to go home to get some stuff and they met with Elainey. Some of us went to the MRT up to Ortigas and hopped on with Alloy and her sister to get home. Afterwards, it was a night full of fun, Kinect, drinks and kwentuhans. Though it was mostly us boys left awake to tell stories.

Ending the month for non-family related events is the CRC Alumni Party, held at the Que residences. It was a good venue to meet the older peeps of CRC. From batch 5, only me, Marj and RC came. Nevertheless it was a great experience and I learned some photog tricks as well.

Well well well..

On 2012: I’ll be writing a separate entry for that. As for 2011, that’s something to put behind and to cherish. It was a really bumpy ride for me, and I’m sure 2012 will be even more tough. But I’ve already learned a lot from the past year and I’m pretty sure it’ll be an easier year for me to handle. As always, there’s a lot of room for me to grow. And as always, never stop loving.