...when I first had my 10 megapixel Canon digicam. My batchmates in Comm, especially my blockmate Scott, and my aunt, roused my curiosity in photography. I really did make sure that I get the camera with the best features (there is during that time) without having to strain my mom's wallet.
...when I first competed in an inter-school competition and surprisingly, became a finalist! I decided during the very last minute to join Uniliver's Print Ad competition last year. I can still remember all the stress that competition cost me! Being one of the finalists is already an achievement for me, especially after knowing that I am the only one of the finalists who worked alone (if only Tin were there), while the others were in groups.
...when after the longest time, I first experienced again to spend Valentine's Day without a 'special someone'. Mom bought me a laptop jacket to compensate for the flowers and chocolates I won't be getting that year (and God knows until when?). It was still fun--I celebrated it with my family in an eat-all-you-can place. I gave chocolates and Valentine cards to my friends, Mich and Tin, to express my love for them.:) Oh my, now this reminds me that Happy Single Awareness Day is nearing!
...when I first had my practicum in an advertising agency (Campaigns & Grey) and in the marketing division of SMART Communications. It was more of a privilege for me to have worked in SMART, they trusted me to sit on the job of my 'boss' who went on leave for a month in the States!
...when I finally got the chance to travel abroad! I will never forget Victoria Peak and the endless walking we had in Hong Kong. AND OF COURSE, I will never ever forget my US trip, from arranging all the requirements to acquire a US visa, to the looong hours I was in the plane, to finally stepping in New Jersey and seeing my Uncle and Aunt's beautiful house, to road tripping from there to Maryland, Washington, Boston, and getting inside Harvard and MIT, to my first try of playing in a casino (...just with a slot machine ah! and they gave me a free drink! how dare them think I'm already 21!), to touring around the magnificent New York, to discovering the beauty of the evolution of time through paintings and sculptures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, to trick or treating with my Uncle's neighbors in Jersey, to ALL THE SHOPPING, to watching my first Broadway musical, to getting lost in Los Angeles, to all the screams I had in Universal Studios, to rallying with the Writers' Guild (haha actually I was just at their back to take their picture), to seeing such well-toned bodies of cadets in Westpoint, etc, etc.
Traveling abroad made me realize how vast the landscape of the world is, and that I should never just limit myself in staying here in the Phils. Actually, it made me appreciate Filipinos more, upon seeing the contrast of our culture to others'.
...when my friends surprised me for my birthday! It was so sweet of them to actually think that I should celebrate my 20th and a month birthday!! Who wouldn't be surprised?! Even me, the Nancy Drew wannabe, didn't find any clue to it at all!
There's actually more: my dad leaving for work in Dubai, me living away from home for the first time, my immersion in Rizal, Papa Bong's 1st year death anniversary, the numerous visits I had to the hospital, the social enterprise we built, me being an officer in PEERS, more Philo classes which I ♥, simbang gabi (dawn masses during Christmas season) in Ateneo, etc, etc.
SO 2007, THANK YOU!! 2008, make sure my list will be longer next year!
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