Tuesday, January 03, 2006
2005: A Year in Review1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
----> graduated highschool. went to college. painted. wrote a short story.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
----> yeah, i think i kept one of them. and failed the rest. so i decided not to make any this year and just take things as they come.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
----> nope. i don't think so.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
----> fortunately, no one did.
5. What countries did you visit?
----> did a little last minute traveling with my sister. singapore and indonesia.
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
----> a more charitable, self-less personality.
7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
----> 9/9. it was the day the music died. summer and the last days of the year. the most fun i had the entire year.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
----> graduated highschool.
9. What was your biggest failure?
----> failing her. wasn't allowed to enter U.P.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
----> sprains here and there. spots of fever now and then.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
----> i'm not sure. it's not specific to one item.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
----> LSGH batch 2005.
13. Whose behaviour appalled you and made you depressed?
----> my own.
14. Where did most of your money go?
----> consumables. food. movies. dvd's.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
----> first day of college.
16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
----> this time by my good friend ryan monje. you and me by lifehouse.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? happier. :)
ii. thinner or fatter? definitely fatter.
iii. richer or poorer? richer.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
----> written and read more. focused on something worthwhile. spent more time on the roof.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
----> gone out less. talked with people less.
20. How will you be welcoming the New Year?
---> a spot of relief. yet a tinge of fear towards the days to come.
21. Did you fall in love in 2005?
----> yes.
22. How many one-night stands?
----> three hundred sixty-five and one-fourth.
23. What was your favourite TV program?
----> Lost. hands down. best show EVER.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
----> no. i don't hate people.
25. What was the best book you read?
----> good omens by gaiman and pratchett was pretty good. but i guess it's lullaby by palahniuk. oh, and monina famas' works.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
----> the re-discovery of re-current and classic rock songs. and the startling realization that i, Jose Ricardo Diaz Abastillas, am mainstream.
27. What did you want and get?
----> i got into a university. certain gifts and signs.
28. What did you want and not get?
----> answers. a healthy and sturdy relationship.
29. Favorite film of this year?
----> i only watched finding neverland this year so it's gotta be that.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
----> seventeen. cheers. booze.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
----> if God had given me answers instead of signs. but i guess that's how it works.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
----> more freestyle. very flexible.
33. What kept you sane?
----> the roof. my closest friends. talking with the Dude. writing.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
----> my favorite authors. social heroes. kiko escora. the editor-in-chief of UNO mag. the big 5: elisha cuthbert, jessica alba, cindy curleto, scarlett johansson, and maggie quigley.
35. Who is your real-person crush?
----> in 2005? the girl who was wendy darling. the girl who considered me the 5th man. and slide girl.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
----> hello, garci. obviously. but i don't care too much for politics. it complicates things.
37. Who did you miss?
----> my sister. friends abroad. "girlfriend" jana.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
----> reppers, i guess. and strangers with whom i've had the pleasure of sharing the most whimsical/significantly pointless conversations ever.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005
----> peace lies in the acceptance of the Plan. steady lang. always. bawal emo.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year
And I try to realize
That I needn't look any further
The whole of the universe
Is plain to see
And I try not to rely
On another world or the future
The whole of the universe is a mystery
And it gets me over
Yeah, it gets me over
And it gets me over
Yeah, it gets me over
(oh, and almost the entire song I'm Still Here by John Rzeznik)
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2005 was like falling down the stairs, breaking your leg, standing up, walking it off, and just laughing about it after. a surreal insanity. the darkest of comedies. but overall, a great year. looking forward to a greatER 2006. let's make it happen.
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