...doesn't seem to be anything much.
I tried to think of things to drama-blog about for 2004 but I can't. In theory, this is supposed to be a big year because I turned 18. What my eighteenth birthday led to was, well, the deterioration of my hearing. The mp3 player my parents gave me barely got off my ears. -.-
Well, I guess my grandfather's death would be the greatest event of 2004. I'm a bad grandchild and I think my dad and his siblings are bad children for bickering over money. -.- I didn't see my cousins at my father's side this year. There was no longer a gathering since Lolo's dead. My dad couldn't stand his older sister's greed for money. It's a really long story. Let's just say that my dad and his two other surviving siblings hate their older sis. It's pretty bad. I'd really hate to see the four of us sibs ditching each other for the holidays.
Another big event is my brother announcing and breaking an engagement. He finally proposed to his girlfriend who's been with him for 8 years last June. Then just this December, he broke the engagement AND the relationship. Even we, his immediate family, don't know exactly why. It's become as studied as a scientific phenomenon. -.- Well, at least he bought a PS2.
As for me, well, there was this realization that I can do things I never thought I couldn't. Becoming a college scholar was something I never imagined. I thought I can only just pass my subjects in UP, but with hard work and a tad bit of luck, I can actually pass with flying colors. I doubt that I can do it again, though, and especially not this sem. (I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT TO DO WITH THAT FOOKIN' MP. Anyone who has an algorithm on how to evaluate postfix expressions? -.-)
Now I remember something that turning 18 did to me. I realized that I have Peter Pan's syndrome. Pwah. I'm scared of growing older. And now that I'm turning 19 in six months, I feel really scared. I want to do something out of the ordinary before I leave my teenage years, like sing onstage or something. Maybe I'll practice singing more this year. Yeah, right!
Oh and all those debut parties I attended and turned down.
And Gai leaving for Canada.
I hope 2005 will be a much better year for everyone. The disasters in Luzon and in Asia are creeping me out.
New Year's Resolutions:
- Cut classes only once in two weeks. (especially Phys72 and Philo1)
- Lose weight. So my parents and my older siblings would stop nagging me about my extra weight. WHAT IS SO WRONG WITH ME ANYWAY?
- Do something about my posture, for the same reason as above.
- Blog here.
- Learn more Japanese and Korean. (: Being multilingual is fun.
- Improve my deteriorating English. Read more books.
- Listen to more OPM.
- Totally forsake American music.
- Watch less WWE. It can ruin your life. Take it from me.
- NOT TO FAIL OR DROP ANY COURSE. (And here I am sitting in front of the PC instead of working on my MP and studying for three exams.)
- Save money and buy original CD's.
- Watch more anime. 2004 was really a bad year for me in terms of anime. The only new anime I added to my favorites list was Naruto. Anime is something I don't want to outgrow.
- Practice drawing.
- Update sites. TDT, 3b and CCD.
- Finish an RPG. FFX-2, here I come!
So it is a big year after all. BUt I'm watching out for better things in the coming year.
- Mashiba and
Kei graduating from college and high school, respectively. I hope
Kei passes the UPCAT. Minna, wish her luck!
- The renovation of our house.
Kei and I would be getting a new room. We'll be having it painted white and orange.
- My third year in college. The first half of the struggle would hopefully be over. I just want college to end. It's just so... lonely.
- DBSK promoting in Japan for the first half of the year. Let's hope they do something about that flopped first single.
-
GMA Filipinos doing something about the country's problem. It's not that I'm not a GMA fan but the pinch that our country's in can't be entirely blamed on her and the government, right?
2005 would probably bring more changes. If Mashiba gets into Moog, he'll be working in Baguio. That means one less person in the house.
Kei would also be going to college. That would still be a big chage, regardless of which university she goes to.
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