Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Crush-ing and Spring Cleaning

Totally not related except for the positive vibes. Yeap, I am Miss Optimism. Or I try to be one. It's probably the best cap I've put on other than my ever famous Faith and Hope cap. Oh, these two go together. Always. And if I strictly follow what St. Paul said in Corinth, I should be wearing the Love cap too on top of everything. However, I am not since that one is a permanent fixture in my system.

So what's with spring cleaning again? I'm being moved to a new floor in the office so I need boxes to pack all the stuff that has piled up during the last year. And boy, do I have a lot! So tomorrow I should be dressed for the part and not wear my corporate clothes if I am to bag all these stuff and move out of my present cube.

Crush-ing? It's another permanent fix, something which I am hoping will move into a different level and make it more permanent if there is something like that. Bottomline is, it's all good and I am just too happy to be crush-ing. Again.

Monday, January 15, 2007

2006 Survey

Better late than never! And yeap, I have time.

1. What did you do in 2006 that you've never done before?
Get away alone. The overnight trip to Cagayan de Oro. Be in a place I've only dreamed of.

2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions? And do you have one right now?
I don't make resolutions. I just take things as they come.

3. What would you like to have in 2007 that you did not have in 2006?
More money for travel. More time to travel. And yeap, that one.

4. What date in 2006 will remain etched in your memory?
Definitely September 5 to October 23. My own Enchanted Kingdom trip complete with the horror house and the scary rides.

5. What was your biggest achievement last year?
Letting go of so many things that have kept me from being free. And Cebu thing.

6. What was your biggest failure?
Cebu thing. It's a mix of both. I'm still trying to find the balance into this.

7. What was the best thing you bought?
South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami. Life-changing read.

8. Where did most of your money go?
Travel. Coffee. Books.

9. What did you really, really get excited about?
Going and being in one of my dream destinations.

10.What song will always remind you of 2006?
Dave Matthews' Say Goodbye and #41.

11.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably satisfying?
Changing/evolving and still be accepted.

12.What kept you sane?
Coffee and Bailey's! Hahaha! My seatmates, definitely! My crazy, bautiful family.

13.Who did you miss the most?
My tita in Germany who died in 2005.

14.What valuable lesson life lesson you learned in 2006?
Regardless of how people will look at you or what they say about you, at the end of the day, what matters most is what's between you and Him.

Thursday, January 04, 2007

Cheers!

2006 has been a really good year. It may seem that I've had so many down moments, but looking deeper, they have done me a lot of good. At the start of 2006, I resolved to travel light. The experience of unloading myself have been painful, at times seemingly unbearable. There were days when I doubted myself and my faith that things will be okei.

But time has taught me to trust my faith. Time has taught me to be patient. Time has taught me to let of things past. Time has taught me to free myself of ties that keep me from being and moving as one with the wind.

2006 was a liberating, exhilerating experience. I discovered more about myself and the world.

And I am starting 2007 on a high note. It will be good.

Cheers!