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a wee bit of happiness when i managed to cook decent beef salpicao today. :) and also a happy weekend. i feel so rested. it's insane. :) i hope i maintain the endorphin high till tomorrow.

left behind.

Been looking around the net lately and have noticed quite a few changes. I'm getting old and it seems funny now to realize that no matter what happens, "mapagiiwanan ka parin ng panahon"

Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr...As applications and sites develop and evolve, somehow, we are left behind somewhere. I've been trying to customize my blogspot for sometime now, but since I never got around to learning advanced HTML, CSS and Photoshop, I don't even know where to start!

Sigh.

When will I get on with the groove? :p

Terribly miss

Dulcinea Paella Valenciana right now... :(

A Girl Can Want

2-Oh-1-OH!

01 – January - 2010

I got a call last night and couldn’t help but manage a small smile at the irony of history repeating itself.

Here we are again. Another 365.25 days have passed and we ushered in 2010 under the brightness of the Blue Moon. (The 2^nd full moon of the month) Despite it shining above in the sky, nothing can beat the brightness of fireworks sprouting and shooting about from every household.

2-0-1-0. Who can believe that it has been 10 years since the famed Y2K where everyone went out to hoard supermarkets and department stores for supplies and waiting for the end of the world.

10 long years. But that’s looking back a bit too far isn’t it?

2009 in itself was already a basketful of memories and events to look at already.

So, what am I saying goodbye to? Or, to be more grammatically correct, what have I said goodbye to?

I think at one point, 2009 was a year of death and catastrophe in general for a lot of people.

In the Philippines, there were Ondoy & Pepeng, twin supertyphoons that hit Metro Manila and left people in the city immobile. I still remember the phone call I received in Hong Kong with my mom on the other line. She mentioned that both rich and poor were not spared from the floods. Exclusive villages were wiped out, as well as the shanties that fill Manila streets. Many people died saving others, while others survived at the expense of other peoples’ lives. Artists were stuck on top of their roofs, people were stranded. Even my sister had to walk in thigh-deep water.

There were the deaths of the famous(both local & international): Michael Jackson, Brittany Murphy, Johnny Delgado, Francis Magalona, Farrah Faucett, Mary of Peter, Paul & Mary (yes, Puff the Magic Dragon singers), the 52 (?) people who were massacred in Maguindanao due to Philippine political wars… (RIP) the list probably goes on of the people I can’t remember anymore…

There were various natural disturbances all over the world happening one after the other. Tsunamis, earthquakes, typhoons, early snow, major flooding (even in places that never experienced floods before), and recently, volcanic activity (an eruption is expected in Mayon, Bicol).

16 – January – 2010

I guess I’m getting worse and worse by the year. Half a month has passed and I’m back in Hong Kong. 2009 is long gone in people’s minds and here I am, still trying to recollect what has happened over the past year.

I guess it’s not worth it anymore. On a personal basis, 2009 was a bit of a journey of discovery. Despite the catastrophes and natural disasters that have been happening left and right, I was left to live a normal life, thank God. I discovered little things about myself and knew myself more. Can’t say I love it, but it’s a process, I think.

So let’s get on with the journey. And walk on 2010’s streets of adventure.

XXX