the year that was…

i’m counting down the minutes before 2008 is over… so i want to look back at the memorable things that happened this year… i want to do the reminiscing now so that tomorrow i can look forward to 2009… i’m gonna do this by month so here’s january…

JANUARY: i started the year in Java bench, a place in our company for people who has no project as of that moment… i bought my first gaming console, my PSP (technically, i bought it on Dec. 30)… i got a text from ABS-CBN that i will be screened for GAME K N B… i passed the test and the screenin, got to the show and won 20k…

FEBRUARY: my appearance on GAME K N B was shown… i was rolled in to a project, thank God…

MARCH: hong kong baby!!! my family and I went to hong kong and shenzen, china… we went to HK disneyland at sa window to the world… check my multiply for the pics…

APRIL: i turned 25… and my neice nearly had the same birthday as mine…

MAY: simula na ng trabaho sa aking project… carry pa nman… hehe… kasagsagan ng ABL namin… we almost had a winless season, buti n lang nakadagwit p kami ng isa… i led the team in scoring, rebounding and steals… in a span of two games, i had 11 rpg and 5 spg… san k pa… hehe

JUNE:celtics won the NBA finals (against the lakers, buti nga)… and manny pacquiao won his first bout in the lightweight division (135 lbs.)… on a personal note, one of my tita’s in my father side passed away…

JULY: cmula na ng sleepless nights sa project namin… late na kung umuwi ung iba… one time, i had a 36 hours stay in the office… kala nyo grabe yun… one of my colleagus had almost 70 hours… our project’s  mott: work, work, work…also, nagbakasyon c rhys sa pinas…

AUGUST: JLX escapades in pangasinan (nde na sa hundred islands… hehe)…  tska, first dinner, este, team building in our project…

SEPTEMBER: i got promoted… from YM administrator to professional gamer (naglalaro ng PSP sa office, hehe)… actually, from SE to SSE… i felt that my promotion was due… pero i was pleasantly surprised with my rating… thanks sa mga TL ko from both projects… also, my d-group leader, Mike went to work in Hong Kong… end of the Mike era, start of the Archie era… go archie!!!

OCTOBER: if my memory serves me correct, we had my current project’s team building s pansol… videoke to the max!!!

NOVEMBER: after the team building, roll off talks naman… haha… pero for me, something BIG happened on november… this was my first time to be really involved in the retreat…i only wanted to help in a committee, like program or promo… but not only did i join the program committee, naging facilitator rin ako… talk about pressure… here, i saw the many sides of “christians”… nobody’s perfect not even christians… also, i saw how the devil can attack God’s people before and during the event… he knows that God is working mightly in that retreat… so he tries anything to ruin it… but God won’t let that happen… this was also the first time that i know quite a few people in the retreat… 5 of my dgroup were there, two of my ka-tropa were there, my sister was there, plus i met some new found friends in the program committees… and the results were amazing…the  retreat was a success… plus 175 were baptizedincluding my ka-tropa/ka-dgroup…

DECEMBER: balik bench ulit… my project had its official closure… and my company was so kind… they made us spend more time with loved ones, enjoy the holidays and pursue other activities… aka forced VL… hehe… my tropa had its mini reunion… jen and acehad their wedding… ivan and tina went back to the philippines for a vacation… kaya puro gathering…

tomorrow i’ll be writing about what i’ll be looking forward to in 2009… it’s just fitting that the music in my background is “it could be the start of something new…” cause i know it is… every year is… every day is… to quote master oogway in kung fu panda… “yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present…” l8r dayz…