My 2006 at a Glance

(WARNING: This is a long post. It might bore some people to death. Reader discretion is adviced)

2006 has been a roller coaster ride for me. There were moments of happiness, and moments of sadness. In terms of relationships, well, I think most of you all know that I ended a 6 year long relationship with someone very dear in my life early this year. I can honestly say that is the single lowest point in my life. Never have I before felt such pain, emptiness and sadness. It was a huge blow to my ego, my self esteem, and not to mention my confidence. But that is life I guess. All good things will eventually come to an end (unwillingly), and you just have to embrace it. No use crying over spilt milk. What is done is already done. I can only prepare myself for the future, and move on with my life. It has been really hard, but its not end of the world as they say.

I have made a lot of new friends this year, quite a lot actually. I even managed to meet up with so many friends who I have not seen in years. It’s been really great to see those people and catching up again. I’ve started becoming more open to possibilities. It’s moments like these that make you “wake up” and analyze your life. Asking myself where I see myself in say, 3 years time. For me, it could have been a blessing in disguise for whatever had happened in my past relationship. Turning point? Maybe, I don’t know. People need to analyze themselves and set new goals every now and then. I guess it gave me a lot of time to rethink of what to do next. Now, I think I have a clearer picture of what I’m going to do, and how to achieve it. I basically have everything figured out (at least I think so), being bolder in making certain decisions, more risk oriented. You could also say I have matured in thinking, and being to handle certain situations better.

Recently, I took my very first trip to Melbourne alone! I’m so proud of myself. Why? Because it was initially setup to go during June, however, due to work commitments then, I couldn’t do so, and even had to cancel the pre-book plane tickets. But after months of hard work, late nights and deadlines, I decided to reward myself with this trip. Yeah, some of you might think it might have cost me a kidney or something to go there, and you’re right, it did. But you know what? It was worth every single cent. “Screw the money, you only live once! Go and enjoy, you deserve it”. I keep telling myself; and really I did. It was really a successful trip, being able to catch up with so many long lost friends who I have not met in ages. I will definitely be back there again. The highlight of the whole trip was definitely the U2 concert (I still make people jealous with this btw…hehe), and the drive along Great Ocean Road, in Southeast Australia, definitely memories that will last a lifetime.

So what am I looking forward to in 2007? Well, lets see, in terms of career, I have a few possibilities. I don’t want to jinx it by letting the world know about something unconfirmed, but there is definitely something planned for the coming year. My condo will be ready end of 2007 too. Will I move in? Well, I will only decide when the time comes…can’t wait to decorate it though. I’ve been planning to take up Japanese for a very long time, but just didn’t find the time to do it. I even bought myself phrase books to learn. Next year, I think I’m definitely going to enroll for a Japanese class (fingers crossed…). I’m also interested in taking up rock climbing. Anyone interested to join me? For my planned vacations? I think Bangkok and Boracay or Cebu is definitely somewhere on my 2007 calendar. A more ambitious destination...Japan perhaps? I must first see if I have another body part which I can sell. Boy I can’t wait! 2007…Bring it on!