Ushering in 2007…

The past few days until yesterday is always the usual celebratory and reflective mood as the New Year is entering…or as Arnold wisely put it, year of the Litson (Fire Pig), haha benta talaga

Sleep Over at Ice
Tambay ulit kina Ice, bonding mania shempre ulit kami nina Ten, Anna, and Ice. Catch up with the kwento (haha buti na lang di ako na-hot seat). Talked all the way til 4am…sobrang saya when we went through Ice’s past letters (shempre ung mga pwede lang basahin)…funny, napareminisce tuloy kami, even brought out the past yearbooks since I can’t remember some of the people we talked about. Nanood din ng mga interesting stuff sa youtube, ended the night (or the morning) remembering the kilig moments of Meteor Garden, haha

New Year Eve Party
Street party ulit to celebrate the new year—our neighbors yearly put together a program and potluck, then cap the night with the usual fireworks… masaya for me in particular kse nakapili ako ng drinks ko (I was desiring an Asti Martini pero mahal…let’s settle for Cuervo instead! Hehe…) I introduced Dale to the wonders of good tequila (first time niyang uminom nito, tsk tsk), and obviously he loved it, nyahahah… here’s an interesting moment sa kitchen:

Mom (to me while I was demonstrating how to drink tequila): Grabe, anak, hardcore drinker ka…
Me (feeling outraged): Mama, di po hardcore drinker, I just drink hard drinks…pag hardcore drinker wala nang pinipili yun at laging tumutungga…

Kinda lukewarm yung mismong celebration (although I had another embarrassing moment sa doorstep naming), paano kse instead of the usual dancing tunes palaging boom tarat-tarat na lang ung pinapatugtog… I settled with dancing to Sexyback in my ipod all alone in the living room, haha…then just fixed myself a margarita (btw, di mashado maganda ung margarita mix ng cuervo…but Cuervo classic in itself is great!) at nagdrama ng mag-isa, bwahaha

Still have some leftover tequila (and other ummm…stuff) at the house, so to anyone who needs a drink just let me know ;)

Jan. 1 Party
My father’s side of the family always get together on Jan. 1 to celebrate my lolo’s birthday…so technically reunion na din siya… spent the morning visiting first my aunts in Rizal (mother’s side) then went straight to Makati…as usual, uminom na naman (salamat sa vodka tita!)…then we (bro and cousins) went to Greenbelt to our usual “coffee and whatever that strikes our fancy” thing (been doing it for 3 yrs na)…masaya grabe, we ended the night at Red Box kse may promo cla…apat lang kami, ang daming leg room…in other words, major bigay todo na ang kanta (of course I sang my trademark videoke songs)

As usual (I’ve been using that phrase a lot lately), I’m bombarded with questions about my love life (apparently those who are my aunts and my grandma are more scared than I am of dying alone, haha)… hay, weirdly enough, even my bubbly 4 yr old girl cousin approached me with the issue:

Janna (when we were both alone and I was about to enter their comfort room): Ate, wala kang boyfriend…
Me (weirded out, sobra): Tinatanong mo ko o sinasabi mo sa kin na wala akong boyfriend?
Janna (looking puzzled): Walang boyfriend?
Me (slightly irritated since naiihi na ko): So tinatanong mo nga kung may boyfriend na ako?
Janna: *nodding and smiling*
Me: Wala eh…*sabay smile* may boyfriend ka na noh?!?!?!
Janna: *throwing me this secretive smile*

Huh? Anyway, naging topic tuloy ng mga tita ko about my lack of love life, hay cge, bihira naman akong maging source of entertainment so pinagbigyan ko cla, haha.

Ended the night watching Swan Princess (bought the vcd when we went out that day…I’ve been looking for a copy for God knows since when and I almost screamed when I saw one at Tower Records))…haaaayyyy, one of my favorite animated movies talaga…one can say that the animation’s simple, the plot’s sappy (vow of everlasting love to break the spell, what’s more cliché than that?)…but man, the soundtrack’s great at super kilig!!! Hay…Derek and Odette, nyahahhaha…from the moment na pinakita c Derek and Odette side by side reading their respective books at their respective castle’s fireplaces, kinikilig na ko…pinanood ko pa siya ng midnight so kinda bad un…napadrama ako ng di-oras

So to end this entry, here’s my favorite song in Swan Princess:

Far longer than forever
I’ll hold you in my heart
It’s almost like you’re here with me
Although we’re far apart


Far longer than forever
As constant as the stars
I close my eyes
And I am where you are

Sure as the dawn brings the sunrise
With an unshakeable bond
Destined to last for a lifetime
And beyond

Far longer than forever (far longer than forever)
I swear that I’ll be true (I swear that I’ll be true)
I made an everlasting vow
To find a way to you

Far longer than forever
Like no love ever known
And with your love
I’ll never be alone

Far longer than forever
Much stronger than forever
And with your love
I’ll never be alone

Next entry: Looking back and forging ahead…