It’s the new year again! It’s been a really great year thanks to the people who made my 2003 complete, fun and entertaining: my mom and dad, sister Jenny, brother Joshua, my cousins, (many to mention but here’s a chosen few: Herson/Hershey, Madel, Ate Sharon, Jar, Ate Joy), my cousins’ kids or my pamangkins (again mtm but I particularly adore my Ate Riza’s little girl Jewel who might be a pain in the neck but she’s really cute) and my friends (again mtm: the whole block 6 esp. kat, ches, jigs, elms, my bestfriend kitin, gammy, email pal mark ).

My 2003 was unlike any other.

I started the year right. There’s the usual New Year’s Day party at my Tita Pol which is something we look forward to after All Saints’ Day (a mini-reunion at the cemetery haha). I watched the Two Towers on its opening day, which is something I have really looked forward to since seeing the first one. It really made my January (pardon the grammar haha).

I also fell in and out of love last year. Ok, I didn’t reveal this to anybody (directly, anyway) but I guess my close friends could tell who it is. Just don’t tease me about it. Things just wont work out between me and this lucky (ehem) guy. I’ll tell you this much: I realized I had feelings for him when he got a girlfriend, but I got over it, even when they broke up. Wala nang feelings eh... I’ll spare the details just in case... (Secret lang natin yan, mga ‘tol ha?)

Feb 14 marked the day I spent the day of hearts with my friends instead of family. I also went to see a movie I have already seen in the moviehouse. May I mention most of us have seen the movie already? I even forgot the title of the movie. It stars sandra bullock and hugh grant with urban legends redhead and ms rhode island. I remember details but I forgot the title of the movie. Maybe that’s because it’s not a very good movie.

In April, my baby bro celebrated his 7th bday. It’s the first bday party we had in 6 years! It was fun, from the planning to the actual preparations to the cooking to the party itself. I didn’t get to have much fun though. I kept thinking of the finals exam which are just two days after the big event. I was pissed off coz my cousins are already in vacation and two of them, Herson and Madel spent three nights at our place. They were watching the movie Superstar (I wonder if someone else knows about this movie. It’s hilarious!) while I’m slaving in front of the pc doing the paper for comart2.

I also passed the qualifying exams that summer. I remembered crying in front of the tv while watching a chinese movie (w/ subtitles of course) in star mandarin as I thought about the exam. We went out that night and we met up with my cuz Herson and his mom tita elong (for consuelo, actually she prefers connie but we got used to elong) at the festival mall. With nothing to do, we asked the ring (remember the ring?) if I will pass of not. It said yes, but I wasn’t sure. I passed and that really made my summer (again pardon the grammar!)
In May the Tagle clan went on our first outing. We went on an overnight ‘camping’ trip to the resort in taytay where my cuz kuya lito is caretaker. We had a hell of a good time even though: I only got 30 mins of sleep on a chair (we slept in the pavillion to make it fair for everybody coz only 1 room is available), frogs swam in the pool near midnight (we had to wait while kuya lito cleaned the pool), and there’s only 1 bathroom. Who are we to complain, we don’t own the place. Haha

It was only in May that I got the chicken pox. I remember watching meteor garden alone in the room I share with my sis coz only my mom and dad and the househelp could come inside. I had the pox the day before Kitin’s debut. Fortunately my sis is also invited so she went and proxied for me for the 18 treasures. I couldn’t even write cox there are spots b/w my fingers. I just told my sis what to say.

October 31. My lola’s 80th bday celebration (also the reason I didn’t get to come with Katz and the others to meet Sefph). I got to see my cousins Ate Rachel (with hubby and kids) and Kiko for the first time in 8 years. My lola celebrated with a party for the first time in so many years. Her’s bday really on Nov 1.
In between I went to classes, went to the mall, did projects, and a lot of things besides. I went to gimmicks, laughed with friends, laughed at teachers’ mannerisms, teased other people.

I would never forget 2003.

But there’s also a lot of things to look forward to in 2004.

Like, the big finale of the Lord of the Rings. Something I am so excited about. (coming in 3 days) I was so pissed off I didn’t get to see the advance screenings coz of the family’s schedules

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (coming in June)

The Tagle clan’s next outing this summer, hopefully, to a different place. My grandma was not a fan of the last one.

Our family’s ‘naudlot na bakasyon’, hopefully, this summer. We were supposed to go to Cebu for the holidays but with the recent ‘akyat-bahay’ incidents in pque, my opted to stay at home. Boo and bullfrogs.

My sister’s entrance to DLSU (she also took accountancy)

We already had the New Year’s Day party at my aunt’s place. Again, like we do every year. I started the year almost the same as last year’s. I only have to watch ROTK on Friday, which still has a 50/50 chance of happening since my mom’s bowling league would start Jan 9. But she said she would not attend the first day so I have my fingers crossed. Hopefully we could get tickets. Festival mall’s cinemas always get a bit crowded on Friday nights, and with the ROTK opening that day? It would be almost impossible to get good seats.

This is getting long now. I would just update it – when I would feel like it, it seems.