1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?
save money, cook, care for children, wear make-up, live in a condo, read a lot of books in half a year’s time, have major ministry responsibilities, attend campus harvest, meet a lot of new friends in very quick succession, plan parties, not write often

2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i don’t do NYR’s.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
nope

4. Did anyone close to you die?
nope

5. What countries did you visit?
none

6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
independence, humility, sense of responsibility, vision

7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
my birthday celebration(s), prophetic presbytery day

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
learning a lot of things

9. What was your biggest failure?
pride. ’nuff said

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
pharyngitis (twice) and bronchitis

11. What was the best thing you bought?
books

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
iris’, kitchie’s, eca’s, and hazel’s

13. Whose behaviour appalled you and made you depressed?
mine

14. Where did most of your money go?
rent, bills, food, fare. you know, the basics.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
christmas, parties, cooking sessions, rock enrolled, my birthday

16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
those tagalog renditions of everything; clumsy; colbie calliat stuff; rihanna stuff; LOWLOWLOWLOWLOWLOWLOW

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? happier

ii. thinner or fatter? hahahaha. in fairness, thinner.

iii. richer or poorer? naks.

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
save money, be patient

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
being a spoiled brat diva

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
i already did–had noche buena at a friend’s house, shopped with my ate, had dinner at her friend’s house that night

22. Did you fall in love/like someone new in 2008?
yes.

23. How many one-night stands?
none

24. What was your favourite TV program?
omg, i did not watch TV the entire year. well, almost

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
i don’t hate.

26. What was the best book you read?
your money counts, what’s so amazing about grace, finding comfort, loving God with all your mind

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
david crowder band

28. What did you want and get?
lots of books, internet at home, a house in the “north”

29. What did you want and not get?
a laptop, a degree, a DSLR

30. Favorite film of this year?
a very special love

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
23–friends surprised me =)

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
change of heart

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
(in)different

34. What kept you sane?
the best there is

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
david crowder? hahahaha

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
proposition 8

37. Who did you miss?
my mom, chuckie

38. Who was the best new person you met?
pio youth. all of them.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.
deny myself and carry my cross (still learning it though)

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
finding everything i’ll ever need / by giving up, gaining everything / falling for you for eternity / right here at your feet, where i wanna be / i am yours forever.
– foreverandever etc, david crowder band