YES ELJAY IS FINALLY WORKING ON RICH TEXT.
i have barely been updating because i was left with html for such a long time that i didn't want to bother relearning all that ICT code stuff.
i'd love to do a flashback on 2009 but i'm supposed to be writing my fil paper.
instead, i will answer this survey.
which totally takes up less time. :|
1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?
go to college.
join a band.
get drunk. :))
find the most beautiful place in the world: Africa. :)
sleep over in a guy's house =))))))) [ONDOY!]
go to my first high school party. HAHAHA.
wear a dress to school. HAHAHAHA MORE.
2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i didn't.
but i'll try to stop swearing foreal. :|
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
well, she's about to...
go tita mads! :D
4. Did anyone close to you die?
yes.
5. What countries did you visit?
Africa, HK, France. :)
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
time management.
self-control.
balance. :|
7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
not date, but dates:
January 11---because i got what i worked for. :)
February 13---because you can't go wrong with Fall Out Boy the second time around. :)
April 4---because the day i left for Africa was the best unexpected day of my life. :)
April 18---because you were the reason why i had so much fun in Bora.
May 11---because you kept me strong when i was weak, and i'll always be thankful for that.
December 31---because i learned to appreciate how much i love my family. :)
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
making it to the school and course that i worked my ass off for.
9. What was your biggest failure?
love life, hands down.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
senioritis. :|
and freshmenitis.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
original Harry Potter DVDs :|
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
DJ.
13. Whose behavior appalled you and made you depressed?
my ex.
14. Where did most of your money go?
donations for trees and Ondoy victims.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
grad ball, bora, cotillion, band.
16. What songs will always remind you of 2009?
You Belong With Me, any Disney song, and any party song.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? happier.
ii. thinner or fatter? fatter.
iii. richer or poorer? richer.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
study, dance.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
laze around.
like now. :|
20. How did you spend your Christmas 2009?
with the banals---breakfast---and cancios---dinner, as always. :)
22. Did you fall in love in 2009?
i highly doubt when it came to you.
i know i had to fall out of love, though.
23. How many one-night stands?
none. :))
24. What was your favourite TV program?
How I Met Your Mother.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
yes.
26. What was the best book you read?
stardust. :)
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Ars Moriendis. HAHAHA. =))
28. What did you want and get?
donations for the trees.
a college.
29. What did you want and not get?
driver's license.
you.
30. Favorite films of this year?
500 Days of Summer, definitely.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
on my 18th, i had a donate-to-the-trees dinner in my house.
it was the best one so far. :)
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
more time in Africa.
or still being better friends with you.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
tree-hugger/dancer.
alternating :))
34. What kept you sane?
my friends. :)
thank you, guys.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Taylor Swift. :|
NO TAYLOR LAUTNER.
HAHAHAHA =))
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
LAIBAN DAM PROJECT!! :|
37. Who did you miss the most?
my cotillion partner.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Shim. :|
which is weird, because it shouldn't be him.
but it is.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009.
there is too much beauty and love and joy in the world to stop living.
40. Quote lyrics of a song that sums up your year.
"if i never knew you, i'd have lived my whole life through, lost forever, if i never knew you."
wow, i feel super bummed out now. *sigh*
goodbye, 2009.
you were beautiful.