Welcome 2010, please be nice

So this is the new year/And I don’t feel any different
-The New Year, Death Cab For Cutie (2004)

Bagong taon, lumang problema
-Rivermaya (1999)

Happy new year! Nothing new to report, though. Halfway into January, I haven’t done anything remarkable yet, other than finish the things I put on hold in December. I didn’t come up with a list of resolutions because I’m pretty sure I won’t be able to keep any, but just for the hell of it I guess this can be my general mantra for 2010: BE KIND. I just want to be kinder to myself and those that matter to me this year, and I wish that 2010 will be kinder to me, too. (Chummy, I know).

Here’s what I remember most about 2009, in unordered Tags:

VJ, paspas, Nerdita, Maginhawa, Justice and Tenure for Prof. Sarah Raymundo, Cubao, Krispy Kreme, Gateway, boots, fucked-up sleeping schedule, exercise, running, 4 rounds for the win, fun runs, marlboros, movies, UP, Ondoy, Michael Jackson, Cory, MJ night 24th birthday bash, coffee, red wine, Acad Union, No to Cha-Cha, dvd series marathons, staying up late until the sun came up, classes, graded observations, Trellis, UST criticism workshop in Baguio, Hotel Paladin, 99Q,  DECL, Lec&Kat Year 5, Team Redeem, Eraserheads: The Final Set with Lala, Friuli, sneakers, Titus, Kule, Bohemian Nights Redux, 500 Days of Summer, Le Ching, Matabungkay, Summer Classes, MA, Mogwai, hanging out at Technohub, Vlad’s booklaunch, Francis M, Lec goes back to school, Amano’s, ROC, Poetry, Regina Spektor, There is a Light that Never Goes Out, heartbreak hill, lazy days, coffee with the folks on Sundays, bills, housemates, Calle Luz, hanging out with the usual suspects, Palanca, Revolutionary Road, deliberate prose, writing exercises, Ampatuan massacre, backhoe, nameless runner crush, PCED, Le Ching, microwave accident, Saramago, beer, vargas museum cafe, Kung Tayo’y Mga Paru-Paro, I’m getting ready to theorize, Talakayan sa Likod ng Karatula, telebabad, tatlong oras ng videoke, consumerism, GMA Washington/NY dinner, Serendra, Maria Cafra, Che, Barrack Obama, Peter Paul and Mary, Facebook is a Monster, Touchscreen is In, COMELEC registration, GMA’s 9th SONA, The Origin of Love, Batman, Let The Right One In, Kings of Leon, Nicole “recants”, US recession, The Reader, weekday dinners, The Corrections, Cat’s Eye, Fascism, Little Quiapo, nostalgia, Ingrid Michaelson.

Mogwai

Videoke night

Kat & Lec Year 5

Quiapo

UST Criticism Workshop

Eraserheads: The Final Set

UP Fair

Summer

Vlad’s A-Side/B-Side

At Mandaluyong

No to ChaCha!

MJ night/Birthday

Despedida for Bomen, Jhonathan, Nerve

Dalaw sa Kule

The History Boys

Catching up session

Titus’ baptism

VJ’s party/Paspas booklaunch

Condemnation Rally

Race and shine

Last race for the year

Justice and Tenure for Prof. Raymundo!

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