Coming up: A new year

It's the final day of 2008, and of course, what better way to celebrate the end of the year than with family and/or friends. I'm sitting in my parents' kitchen, typing this on my brother's laptop (which btw, does not have a working question mark, so if you see "<" it's intended for a question mark hehe) and mental preparing myself for the new year.

I have a lot of ideas and plans that I want to make sure I carry out, and a lot of it deals with trying to find the EXACT place I want to be. I miss San Francisco, but what is it about that place that I really miss> (there you go...the missing question mark) When I spoke with my friend Denise, we both figured it out - it's the fact that we were able to "build" our own life in SF. I'm financially independent, socially independent and well...just independent. I'm not 100% sure of what I'm trying to say, but I think i've reached a point in my life where I just want to share myself, and what i have.

Anyways, I think I'm getting ahead of myself here. I have a list of things I want to do differently, and I have a few goals I would like to accomplish. For the past couple of years, I have put who I really am aside. You get lost when you move to a new city and it's hard to find yourself because you get distracted by all the beauty/ugliness that the place has to offer. I "misplaced" my strong beliefs, my convictions, and my passion for what I love because of fear of being ridiculed. I'm not even sure why i did that.

I miss playing tennis. I miss running my insane 6 miles/day. I miss downloading, listening and dancing to music. I miss this part of me that I left here in SoCal, and this upcoming 2009 - I'm taking her with me to the Bay. I just need to buy a tennis racket, get my ankle 100% better and find DJ friends lol

Ok. I'm babbling. Those aren't my only "goals" for new years, but just some things i've been playing with in my head. I have to help clean up now for dinner tonight.I'm also cooking pancit, lumpia and i dunno, maybe, chicken adobo =)

I still need to write my rundown of 2008, but oh well, I'll do that later.

Happy New Years!

A season that gives reason...

...to blog!

I have been free from work for almost a week, and let me tell you that is has been a quick vacation. I am a little bit sad to go back to work soon, but also at the same time very excited to see what the new year has to bring. It'll be wonderful.

There are some things I did not accomplish before my trek down here to SoCal. One was my laundry. I ran out of quarters, and of cash. It was pretty sad that I decided that it was best to just pack the 5 loads of laundry (yes, it was that much) and bring it down here to my parents house. Advantage : free laundry and i can do it at anytime, disadvantage:i have to lug it back to the bay. boo. No complaints. It's alright.

I wanted to finish some work before bring that along with me also, but i think that it's a well deserved ignore work for 2 weeks kinda deal and I'm glad that is how I've been working with it. That's work for you.

This Xmas holiday is different from the past because my two brothers are not here. It's actually the first time both of them are not here (they're on the East coast) and they won't be here for another couple of days. I just think it's so odd how life has changed so much, and how much our family still wants to hold on to the tradition of opening gifts ALL together. It's also not the same kind of spirit because there are no children around. In all honesty, I think in some way they bring that magic to Christmas. The innocence and smile of their face, and just overall - loving life.

I'm not 100% sure what I'm trying to write in this entry, but I do know that I do miss writing. Just giving myself time to let everything in my mind somehow be conveyed on screen/paper is a great thing. It's like a form of letting go of all that you feel or think inside.

Anyhoo, I guess that's all for now. I'm doing my second load of laundry and I'm quite proud of myself. Trying not to scarf down all the good food has been a challenge. I've started to think of my new resolutions to help better myself, and i've even decided to set up some things I want to accomplish. Those are still in the process, as well as my annual rundown of each year. *sigh* good times.

That's all. Time to party with the laundry and the family.

my, my, my...

it sure looks like it's been a long time since i've written anything. Give someone a month, ask them to write about everything that's happened since then and you'll see a look of disbelief on that person's face.

i don't really know where to begin with everything's that has happened within the last month and a half causing me to become M.I.A from the rest of the world. Long story short, i'm just dealing with a lot of things that have just recently come to my attention in terms of myself and of my family.

I've been meaning to write about the funny shananigans that have occured, but i've been too lazy, too busy or just forgetful. I have now decided to write because I'm procrastinating haha

I'm a blank page right now. Not much going on in the noggin, so that's all. Just wanted to write a quick update about where i've been. i've been around, but haven't been good about being around people.