The Best of 2011
31 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
THE BEST OF 2011
A love affair with the minions - Alegre Resort, Cebu Island. We started the year with a family bang by unwinding on the shores of Alegre–where the beach sand isn’t great but the view is fabulous! 2 nights of family R&R to start the year right with the family. It’s one of the good things we had worth treasuring considering the unexpected turn out of events in the latter part of the year.
Fairy Godmotherin’ Time- I became a first-time Ninang to my cousin, Baby Joy, this year. This automatically credited me to being a slightly overbearing cousin by wanting to spoil her rich. She’s just too adorable, how can I resist?!?! I really love that kid like crazy. Can’t wait for her to start speaking this year!
Dancipation 2011- MY BEST ACCOMPLISHMENT SO FAR. I willingly give myself a pat on the back for this because I feel that I changed lives here with that tiny gesture of sharing my passion and love. It’s my best also because this is one of my dreams that I made happen. I may have started small but the fact that I took it that first step is amazing. Plus, I’ve come to realize that it REALLY runs in my blood to have a special place in my heart for these kids. Someday, I’ll pursue that path again in a bigger scale, promise.
5J Adventures- CDO, Davao, Cebu are among the few places brought to me by the happiest airline in the Philippines. But more than those destinations, my adventures comprise of standing for an entire day in 3 consecutive days, answering queries of people no matter how repetitive they are (thanks to PTAA!), handling trade fairs, dancing for the Commercial team (BALLET, can you believe it?!?!). Handling project Jordan was also crazy intense but I did reap a lot of good memories handling those projects. From manually counting 3,000 pieces of GCs, to deliveries, to meetings and to the fun lunches in between, there’s some good memories worth treasuring there. Not to mention AIRPORT JUAN memories! They will always be classics.
June 16, Starbucks Fort- When my past and my present collided under one roof. I put this under best of 2011 because from here, everything unfolded and I ended up making one of the better decisions of 2011. Of course, it was a tough thing to deal with but hindsight, no matter how hard the struggle, I emerged victorious. I’d like to think that the 2nd time around, I still made the right decisions. I had to accept certain casualties involved, but I know myself enough to say, it’s one of the great decisions of 2011.
Skyway walk- Who would’ve thought that June 23 of 2011 would be one of the highlights of my big girl adventures? That on a very stormy evening where flood and rain were everywhere, I would dare brave to get off my parked taxi and WALK down the skyway/highway? I got home soaked to the bone but alive and well. I think God guided me into wearing flats and pants that fateful day, just so I could get some protection somehow. Longest walk of my life to date, but bravest in the record. I’ll never forget that fear conquering moment.
Singapore “Dance Tour”: First out of country trip alone, and on a whim! (Sorta). Taking a Brian Puspos class despite being completely out of dance training for 2 months or so. Getting lost in Little India. Exploring Singapore in a day by riding through all lines of the very efficient but large train. Meeting family and friends. Crazy!!!
DaRoots Boracay (plus other daroots moments): Imagine a myriad of personalities coming together for a Boracay escape–a dancer, a sales person, a nurse, an IT guy, a lawyer and a manager. The result? Badgering a very annoying guy trying to sales pitch is to something as nasty crazy as networking (in a sense), food trip, gazillion photos, pre-nup shoots, alcoholic shakes, early sleep times, lots and lots of walking, lots of swimming and lots of hiding away from the sun…..but the best of them all–shooting a concept vid to SUPERBASS on the last morning before our flight, complete with the beach shore effect. I haven’t seen that video actually, but I think I’d rather not. Hahaha! Of course, we also have the karaoke, dinner, Mcdo sessions that still survived in 2011 despite having busy schedules.
Marketing Reunions – Even in the year of 2011…we still party hard. Haha! Because of course, who else should lead the crowd other than the masters themselves, Jordan and Robin? The duo’s parties were one of the highlights if you talk to me about reunions. Classic crazy fun. <3
Cosmo Bachelor Bash 2011- VIP Tickets c/o Project Jordan. VIP was obviously jampacked as well, but this night wasn’t so bad. On top of the yummy guys we saw, I got to actually meet new friends here and mingle with a client/colleague outside of the workzone. One of the better benefits of the corporate side.
The Send Off - I’m not saying this as the best at all because if any, this is one of the worsts of 2011. But I suppose this deserves to be in this list because I came to realize the value of my brother Paolo when he left. Consequently, I had to prep myself up to break the habit of knowing he was just around. We don’t talk a lot but there was always some strange comfort knowing that he was just in the other room. Or that someone would open up for me if ever I left my keys at home (case in point, I left my key on the first day my parents left for Europe and I totally forgot he was no longer here!). Or that I could share intellectual moments while watching Discovery. Or someone would pull off a really funny line that puts me as the butt of the joke but it’s okay because I find it funny when he cracks it anyway. It’s a hard habit to break and I really wish he were here given the situation in the family, but hey. This is part of my big girl adventures training so I guess I could say it’s part of the best. Let’s hope one of the best of 2012 will include a visit to Vancouver.
Request Concert- They left me speechless, what else can I say? The Request Crew concert, which I attended on a whim, was the CRAZIEST that I’ve seen so far. I’ve never seen such good FEMALE dancers that totally blew my mind and even left me a bit shaky about my gender preference (hahahaha). They are also one of the biggest reasons my 2012 resolution includes getting back to dancing. One of my idols, Reimy, apparently has no formal training. That’s just wild if it’s true. I’m going to use them to push myself harder by this year so my inspiration will materialize. It better!
One K-C- The ever so fortunate and incredible opportunity that materialized. 
‘Nuff said.
T&S Adventures : Bacolod, Bicol, Boracay….Balawan and Bingapore!!! Hahaha. Unexpected turn of events for the year–never thought I’d travel this much in a year! 
Not to mention all the different food trips I had. This is largely the reason why I have grown 3X my size in 2011. But for the sake of this best of 2011, forget diets/overweights, they were all good! From sweets to delicacies to exotic food (say woodWORM!) and Filipino faves (say laing, inasal and tinapa rice with me). I think this was also an intense test that we go through. On top of big girl adventures, the T&S adventures taught me how to be a big girl even in the most challenging interpersonal circumstances.
That’s it pansit!!! I know there are a lot more good times in between but I chose to pick out the best (and the worst) to show what 2011 brought about. These were the lessons that made me who I am now,as with all the other bests from the previous years.
Here’s to the awesome times of 2012, and championing 2012! Long weekends, new work, new adventures, friends coming back home… We’re gonna rock the world of 2012.
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