It's a new year, and here I am thinking about the past...

chronology of certain stuff for the past half decade based on journal entry dates:)

October 2, 1999 - seriously considers being a priest (quit laughing!), oddly enough, it was in my honest search for an answer to this possibility that lead me to question my own religion.

October 8, 1999 - my first taste of failure

November 12, 1999 - my last most unforgettable, unregrettable perfect day

January 4, 2000 - my parents celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. My brothers, an uncle and I try to ruin it by singing onstage, hehe.

February 2000 - played volleyball and table tennis in the dorm intrams. 1st UP Fair ever attended. 1st and last Valentine date (with a close friend ;p)

August 2000 - I started boarding at Kruz na Ligas. Weirdest collection of individuals to ever settle under one roof, hehe.

January 18, 2001 - I go to the EDSA 2 rally with my boardmates.

February 2001 - I got my first Henna tattoo.

May 12, 2001(2:15am) - My first actual conversation with "her" (kahit sa text lang, it still counts, hehe)

August 14, 2001 - Life will never be the same again...

November 16, 2001 - after a series of events gone awry and friendships gone sour, I prepare to leave the KNL boarding house, transferring elsewhere where I have remained in a solo room up until now.

April 18, 2002 - Summer is ending. Two of my best friends have a rough time. I pass Math 17 after taking it for the umpteenth time.

June 2, 2002 - It's my birthday. I turn 20, I'm in Manila and it's my first time to spend it alone.

2nd week of July 2002- Got sick with Typhoid... the rains just keep pouring.

July 30, 2002 - was drawn to the chapel by the sound of a solo violin playing. There was a wedding, attended by a small crowd (probably just the direct family), but the couple seemed happy. Made me think a lot about God and relationships.

October 4, 2002 - won an on the spot scketching contest (with KC Concepcion as the model)

November 6, 2002 - passed Math 53

May 10, 2003 - reintegrated into society (1st UNESCO GA at the Rockwell Club)

June 2, 2003(midnight) - Went to Eastwood with 4 friends. I turn 21, I drink 2 bottles of beer (SanMig Light lang), the first and only time for me to do so. Of course, not before the prodding and pleading of my companions.

December 2003 - I've had much better Christmas vacations.

Summer 2004- I finish my Math and Physics series, then shift out of my college.

blah blah blah...

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Quotes from the movie, He Died with a Felafal in his Hand

"hell is other people..."

"If prostitution is the
rental of one's body.
Then marriage is its sale..."

"You criticize yourself to put yourself above criticism..."