"tries to forget but constantly remembers."

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we passed by Travel Club yesterday and i breathed a sigh of relief when i saw that the medium-sized, last piece of my pretty luggage set, was still there.

told ya i was obsessed.

and because i made a promise to be more frugal (uhh at least for the next few weeks), i stifled the urge to reach into my bag for my wallet.

haaaaaaay.

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i think im getting addicted to luggage.

matching ones at that.

its such a grown-up (haha) item to get addicted to, considering you dont really buy luggage for yourself until you start travelling and going on frequent trips, etc.

right before i left for bangkok, my mom convinced me to buy my own maletta. actually, she was trying to get me to buy the whole set, but i wasnt ready to shell out that much for 4 pieces. so i just got the biggest one, and its so pretty, its gray and pinstriped and so clean-looking and it can store up to 30 kilos! cholo was ready to kill me coz we were so scared about having to pay for excess baggage on the trip home, BUT i was within my 20kg limit thankyouverymuch.

barely a week after i got home, my mom, camille and i went on a MAJOR SHOPPING TRIP (where i temporarily forgot i had just come home from the shopping capital of asia where i had ALREADY gone crazy haha) and.. i was peer-pressured yet again, and i caved in and bought the 2 pc carry-on set. so now i have 3 of the 4!! im so obsessed. and i cant stop thinking about the medium-sized one that i havent bought yet. im actually scared that when i do go back for it, it'll be sold out AND THEN WHAT WILL I DO??? i have to have the complete set!! aaaah im getting antsy. i want to go back RIGHT NOW and get it. haha. self control, tums.

im so excited to use all of them on my next trip fingers crossed for june! or august. and for my barkada's plans to push through. i can already picture myself with my matching luggage, walking through the airport

okay, this was such a strange entry.

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OH MY GOD! haha i love this! my friends and i (actually, pretty much everyone i went to school with) wore these socks back in grade school! then there was this specific way of folding them (more like pushing it down) that made you cooool. haha. awww i miss assumption!

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i cant believe that in just a few hours, 2009 is gonna be over. i felt that, because it was such a great year, the days really just flew by. i cant believe that january was already 11 months ago, and that we're closer to january of next year than we are to january of this year. am i making sense?

i loved this year because looking back on it, i can only remember good times. and how great is that, considering im sure there were sucky things that may have happened, but all the AMAZING stuff outweigh it.

i graduated college and that got me all nostalgic, i mean i've been in assumption since i was 5 years old. i have to admit that, post-graduation, i went through an "okay, now what?" stage (that didnt last long, thankfully!) but i channelled it into an "I have to get a job!" attitude. that seemed to have worked. i applied to 3 companies, had 3 positive turn-outs, and Jess made it easier for me by clearly pointing out which one i should choose.

two of my biggest investments for the year are my babies, Denny and George.

Denny's original name was Dory (being that he/she could 'swim') but i decided to change his name to Denny when i got George.

George is my newest baby, and im still figuring him out (just because im still new to this whole photography gig). but he's been very cooperative, and somewhat easy to use. hooray for canons. and i do plan on taking photography classes, sayang naman if i dont right?

so, the reason behind the names? Denny and George was the designer label of Rebecca Bloomwood's scarf in the first Shopaholic book (my favoritest series!), and they're also the names of my 2 favorite guy characters on Grey's. So there.

Anyway, this year, I also invested a lot in travelling. I'm lucky coz its pretty easy to take a leave off from work, and i got to take an amazing year-end trip with my friends. im so excited for the trips i've booked for next year (and those that are still in the works). its kinda more expensive to travel now though, since i dont want to rely on my mom anymore and i really have to allot for these things, but its also very fulfilling to see where my hard work goes to.

I feel so blessed that i have the luxury of being able to splurge on myself (and my loved ones). i can honestly say that i'm pretty much 100% self-sufficient now, i haven't had to ask for money in the past 6 months that i've been working. its a good feeling, considering that for the past 23 years i've been so dependent. recently, my mom went to europe for about 3 weeks and i was left in charge of the household (as i am every year, when she goes on her annual barkada trip), and i didnt need to ask for her to leave anything at all for me. sounds mababaw but, believe me, that was a good feeling.

i feel even luckier that my job is something i enjoy. i love my work environment and how light the thought of coming to the office everyday is. i love the people (even more now that cholo's there too!), and how its been so easy to make friends over the past 6 months. if anything, my job is probably my biggest achievement for the year. and im excited to see where all this will lead to.

Relationships-wise, i got closer to a lot of people this past year. my barkada found ways to get-together, despite the 'everyones-working-and-has-no-more-time' set-up. and and and.. cholo i survived being away from each other for 5 WHOLE MONTHS. haha the long-distance situation made us stronger, definitely. it made cholo a lot sappier (haha) and somewhat more clingy (in a good way though!), and it made us realize how important each day really is. so yes, i am thankful for those months.

im super, duper excited for 2010. i can already foresee a full year ahead, and i just cant wait to start the year. i resolve to be kinder, less bratty, financially wiser and definitely less impulsive (uhhh yes, i mean in terms of shopping haha). here's to welcoming my nephew (in a few weeks!!), re-discovering bangkok, exploring palawan, and boracay & bacolod (and possibly, singapore) trips thrown in between I CANT WAIT!!!

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i love december! i love how cold it is in the mornings (and at night), i love the christmas rush at the malls, i love shopping for gifts, i love sneaking in shopping for myself (haha), and most of all, i love christmas get-togethers! whoohoo. im so excited.

celebrating my 6th month in IBM in just a few days, and i still cant believe its only been 6 months. i feel like i've been working for a lot longer than that. dont really know if thats a good or bad thing, but i do know that im happy where i am, and im so excited to just keep moving forward.

2009's been really, really great for me! Im super excited for everything that 2010 has to offer

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I was on vacation from Wednesday-Monday, which probably explains why it was soooo hard to get back on "work-mode".

that was one beach trip that was just so relaxed and calm and refreshing. oh wait, i take it back. the last day had STRESS written all over it. fun stress though, the type that you look back on and just laugh about. HELLO CEBUANOS ON THE PIER STARING AT US IN OUR BEACHWEAR hahahaha

last trip of the year for pocholo and i. next stop: bangkok in january! im so super duper excited, exaaaaaag