2007 Year End Review

I know, I know. It's what, end of Feb. already and I'm making a 2007 year end review?! But I found my sister's post about her year end report and I got to thinking that it's a nice way of taking the year it was in retrospect. Specially that last year was a very good year for me and there were so many happenings to really remember it with.

January

Of course there was the annual New Year party at home.

It was my Papa's birthday on the 6th and, as usual, we offered a mass for him. We included in the mass offering my Lolo Godeng and Lola Mely, my paternal grandparents.

It was also Carl's and Get's birthdays but since they're out of the country (Carl was in Japan and Get is in Qatar), I just sent them greetings through emails.

Eli came home from Italy this month. He treated me and some of our G-23 blockmates to dinner at Gerry's Grill in Park Square.



February

Summer outings started early last year. My mom's company outing was to Bolinao, Pangasinan and I went with them since I haven't been there before. I wasn't able to swim much since the water is either really shallow or really deep. But the waves were fantastic.



March

Attended Henry and Mima's wedding in Clark, Pampanga. Henry rented a villa for us at Mimosa so we can stay the night there.

The Cookies (Jenny and Lord), Stan, Fred, Earth, Hazel, and me took a day trip to Corregidor. This is my first time to go there and it was a blast! Hope we will have more out of town trips.

Since we're an outing addict, my mom and I joined my Tita Mariz's company outing to Golden Sunset Village Resort and Spa, Calatagan, Btangas. This resort is owned by a famous hair dresser Ricky Reyes.



April

For our annual Holy Week outing, we went to Beachwood Resort, Sariaya Quezon and Aguila Resort, Mabini, Batangas.

Badminton and Karaoke party with Headstrong friends: The Cookies, Fred, Stan, Jet, Hazel and Tid.

Headstrong company outing at Mount Sea Resort, Tanza, Cavite.

Puerto Galera trip with Carl, Marlon, Abi, Dianne, and Apple.

May

The annual family swimming party for Vince's birthday. Rain or shine, we go swimming for his birthday. And my mom wanted to celebrate her birthday too so we went to Fontana, Clark, Pampanga.

June

Had dinner with Solar lab pips. Chona and Winson invited us to their wedding.

July

Chona and Winson's big day! I was part of the entourage and it was my first time to try curly hair.

AIU-RP Team Building at La Corona, Pagsanjan. Unforgettable experience!



August

August means birthday gifts and birthday parties! Thank God I have lots of family and friends who loves me! Yay!

WEBAPSS PSG also had a fun party at Redbox, Trinoma this month.

September

My first trip to Melbourne, Australia! Yay!!! It was so exciting and I feel very blessed that I was given a chance to travel to this place. And it was free! I was sent by the company for a business trip.

Jherome's birthday party.

October

Redbox party (again!) with my G-23 friends.



November

Another first for me. First trip to Bangkok, Thailand! Again, courtesy of AIU.



And the annual All Saint's Day trip to the cemetery.

December

Lots of Christmas parties:

1. AIU-RP Christmas party at Giligan's, Park Square
2. Headstrong Christmas Party at Intramuros
3. AIU Party at Serendra
4. Barkada Christmas party at Seaside
5. Family Christmas party at Aristocrat and at home
6. AIU-RP Reunion and Christmas party

Blogthings: Do You Need a Man?

***You Don't Need a Man ... or Want One!***


Generally, you're very happy being a single woman.
And anyone who has a problem with that... well, that's there problem.
Not that you wouldn't share your life with the almost perfect guy.
You simply won't settle though. Your life is too good to share with some substandard man!


Do You Need a Man?
http://www.blogthings.com/doyouneedamanquiz/

Blogthings: What Sign Woman Are You, Really?

Your True Sign Is Cancer

Cozy Moody Romantic Traditional Ultra-Sensitive Unable to Let Go The Most Loving Ever Intuitive and Imaginative

What Sign Woman Are You, Really?

Blogthings: Could You Be Violent?

There's a Chance You Could Be Violent

Overall, you're a pretty chill person - and you have a good handle on your emotions. Sometimes your anger gets the best of you, and end up regretting how you act. Try to curb your temper more often. It only has to get out of control once to do some damage.

Could You Be Violent?

Blogthings: What Kind of Soul Are You?

Got this from Ann

***You Are an Old Soul***


You are an experienced soul who appreciates tradition.
Mellow and wise, you like to be with others but also to be alone.
Down to earth, you are sensible and impatient.
A creature of habit, it takes you a while to warm up to new people.

You hate injustice, and you're very protective of family and friends
A bit demanding, you expect proper behavior from others.
Extremely independent you don't mind living or being alone.
But when you find love, you tend to want marriage right away.

Souls you are most compatible with: Warrior Soul and Visionary Soul


What Kind of Soul Are You?
http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofsoulareyouquiz/

Hong Kong Trip

Just finished booking our room accommodation for our Hong Kong trip. We booked a 3/4 Persons Family Ensuite (2 double beds) room for me, my mom and my sister. I was hoping for a triple ensuite room but these rooms were already booked at Yesinn Hostels on our scheduled trip.

Our room costs us 1,677.00 HKD or 8,702.88 PHP according to an online currency converter. I paid using my credit card and I was charged an initial $335.40 HKD (1,740.58 PHP) for the deposit.

As I was looking for a place for us to stay, I considered the Wang Fat Hostel and Sun Kong Hostel as possible hostels for our trip. The problem was I saw a lot of mixed reviews about these 2 hostels. Some say that these 2 were ok, others say that they had problems. But my main concern was that some of the reviews said that even if they have already booked in advance, when they arrived the receptionist could not find their reservation. That to me is a big concern since I don't want to have the hassle of looking for a new accommodation once we're there.

We also have booked our flight care of Cebu Pacific. We will be leaving on March 25 and will return on March 29 March 28. Total airfare for 3 adults was PHP 16,995.18. I also paid this through my credit card.

So far, we have already accumulated around 30K of expenses, including the expected international tax when we leave.

Next to do is book our online entrance tickets to Ocean Park and Disneyland. I want to make all the online bookings that I can so that we will have less to worry over when we take our trip. Also, it will be easier to budget our pocket money. My goal is that our whole trip will only cost us about 50K. Luckily, our schedule lands on the off peak days in Disneyland and Ocean Park. According to Disneyland's online booking system, 3 adults will cost us 885.00 HKD (4,592.76 PHP). The Ocean Park will cost us 624.00 HKD (3,238.28 PHP). That leaves us about 10K for our food and transpo for the 4 days. Sigh! How about our shopping expenses?! I think I need to re-think our budget ....

Here's hoping all the preparations for our trip will make our trip more fun!