New Year's Award

I've been wrapped up with preparations for my first teaching lecture tomorrow *hearbeats* that I wasn't really able to post anything, though I've been catching up on your blogs everytime I take quick breaks. :) 

Another blog award comes my way, thanks to the knockout bombshell Good Gals Inc. I am very fortunate to have met such a beautiful blogging friend, but inside and out. 

The rules of the award are:

- You must be a true lover of the New Year to receive this award. The person to whom you give the award must also be in love with the New Year.
- List 5 things that you love about the New Year. If you can't limit it to 5 things, then keep going till you run out of space.
- Pass the award along to as many people as you like. That can be 1 or 50. It's up to you! But keep the New Year cheer going.
- Let your recipients know that you have tagged them by leaving a comment on their site. Also, link back to the person who gave you the award.

Alrighty, here we go.... 

5 things I love about 2009 so far

1.  I've met so many new and wonderful bloggers such as Snow White, Rosemarie, USCEMILY, and A Duck in Her Pond.
   
2. I'm now transitioning to a healthy lifestyle, and believe it or not, I am now beginning to drink lots of water (I this is weird, but I am not much of a water drinker, and I am quite lazy when it comes to chewing food). 
3. Yesterday was my first Italian language class, and I sooooo love it! The people, our professore, Martin... the entire class was purely benissima!
4. My relationships with the people I care about are strengthening - I was able to overcome my hang ups from the previous year. 
5. 2009 welcomed me by making one of my greatest dreams come true. I'm now teaching!!!

Now I'd like to pass this award on to the following fantabulous New Year's chicks:

Sassy Pants

Snow White

Rosemarie

USCEMILY
The Blonde Duck

Practically Perfect

Mrs. Buckingham 

Chloie

Tina

Debbie

Sex on the beach

Victoria

All Smiles for 2009!

This is it people - 2008 is officially OVAH (boy am I glad it finally is)! The previous year was a challenging one for me... I graduated from university, plunged into summer school abroad, entered grad school, met so many new people. While there had been so much buzz on the "credit crunch" in 2008, I also had my fair share of "emotional and mental crunches" during the year. As I've mentioned in my earlier posts - no looking back. HELLO 2009!!!

2009 will witness...

1. The sexiest ever - yes. Let's all burn those new "holiday pockets" we've all acquired and aspire for that dream figure. Aim for the best and it shall be!

2. My Italian journey - I will be beginning Italian lessons on the 10th and I'm totally excited!

3. Intense focus and dedication - I shall follow my time tables religiously! If it ain't listed down, it doesn't exist.

Let's toast to a wonderful 2009! It's going to be everything we hope for!

4. Peace and love and happiness - self-explanatory.

5. The culmination of everything I'd get into this year. As in everything.

Let's toast to a wonderful 2009 everyone! It's going to be everything we hope for!

Young and Wild and Free

Meet Puffpuff, my ultimate partner in college crime. She was there from the very beginning - I think we first met around a month after I graduated from highschool, when I still belonged to the v club - so yes, we go waaay back. My magic mirror, safeguard conscience, devil's advocate, emotional band aid, human blog... I can go on and on listing how she was and still is to me. She witnessed all my crucial college bitch fits, dramaramas, boy conquests and misadventures, drinking and hang over sprees, bad hair days, breakouts, me without make up, the crazy crash diets, my shining moments, my stupidities... she is one of the few people who truly knows me inside and out. We could've been married (we even connected our beds together) hahaha! The university equivalent of Pupols in hs, and the present 3G.

It's been more than a year since we've last shared our matrimonial bed (we would tease each other about celebrating our anniversary; March 30 if I'm not mistaken hahaha!), but up to now, I still get "Puff withdrawal episodes". Obvious ba? Kaya nga may ganitong post eh. So, in order to get my blast from the not so ancient past fix, let me list my top 5 Cocopuff memories:

5. Extreme sugar rush from Cowmoon's chocolate- themed debut. My gaz! We couldn't stop laughing!

4. There was this time when she was just glued to her pc singing along to pop songs blasting from her speakers - I was impressed really - how could she work on a paper while doing all that??? So I check up on her only to discover that she wasn't working on any paper at all - SHE WAS STARING AT SONG LYRICS SHE PASTED ON MS WORD!

3. Puff turning off all the lights in our room, then dancing to PCD's Buttons - yes, with exactly the same dance moves from the video.

2. The time we ended up shivering from our 2 day water detox stint - we were so weak we had to help each other get up from bed whenever we had to go to the bathroom.

1. Our daily morning routine: She wakes up at 4am to take a shower. I follow at 5am. Then we spend the next two hours (6-8am) blow-drying, ironing our hair and putting on make up for our first class. Yep, we did this every freakin' school day.

So Puff, if you're reading this, COME TO MANILA. SOON. Missing you tons!