1) WHERE DID YOU BEGIN 2007?
Ayala corner Paseo de Roxas

2) WHAT WAS YOUR STATUS ON VALENTINE'S DAY?
S-I-N-G-L-E...

3) WERE YOU IN SCHOOL?
attended some classes in PUP.

4) HOW DID YOU EARN YOUR MONEY?
working my ass off

5) DID YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL?
nope

6) DID YOU HAVE ANY ENCOUNTERS WITH THE POLICE?
none, thank god

7) WHERE DID YOU GO ON VACATION?
Baguio and Puerto Galera

8) WHAT DID YOU PURCHASE THAT WAS OVER $1000?
i wish i have that much to spend on something

9) MEET ANYONE NEW?
Yep!

10) DID YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO PASSED AWAY?
Yes, a first cousin...

11) WAS ANYONE BORN?
none yet

12) DID YOU MOVE ANYWHERE?
yep... i moved in...

13) HOW DID YOU CELEBRATE YOUR BIRTHDAY?
a simple celebration with few intimate friends

14) WHAT CONCERT/SHOWS/PLAYS DID YOU GO TO?
Cream 2007 if you can consider that...

15) ARE YOU REGISTERED TO VOTE?
Yes

16) WHO DID YOU WANT TO WIN BIG BROTHER?
Rizza Samson

17) WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
in my dreams..

18) HOW DID YOU SPEND YOUR SUMMER BREAK?
just a trip to the beach

19) WHAT'S ONE THING YOU THOUGHT YOU'D NEVER DO BUT DID IN 2007?
really love in its truest sense...

20) WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR FAVORITE MOMENT?
there's a lot!

21) WHAT'S SOMETHING YOU LEARNED ABOUT YOUR SELF?
that I'm capable of loving in it's truest sense

22) ANY NEW ADDITIONS TO YOUR FAMILY?
yes, a niece...

23) WHAT WAS YOUR WORST MONTH/DAY?
JULY

24) WHAT MUSIC WILL YOU REMEMBER 2007 BY?
For You by Kenny Latimore and All This Time by Sylver

25) WHO HAS BEEN YOUR FUNNIEST BUDDY?
hmmm, there's a lot who tried and keep me laughing

26) MADE NEW FRIENDS?
yes

27) NEW BEST FRIENDS?
sorta...

28) FAVORITE NIGHT OUT?
Club Govt

29) WHAT SPORTING EVENTS DID YOU ATTEND?
some badminton games

30) WHAT WAS YOUR BEST MONTH/S?
October

31) OVERALL, HOW WOULD YOU RATE THIS YEAR?
it was a very long learning experience... it was great!

32) OTHER THAT HOME, WHERE DID YOU SPEND MOST OF YOUR TIME?
in the office...

33) CHANGE YOUR HAIRSTYLE?
Yes, shaved my head

34) HAVE ANY CARS?
none

35) HOW OLD DID YOU TURN THIS YEAR?
24

36) DID HAVE NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION?
None

37) DO ANYTHING EMBARASSING?
A lot!

38) BUY ANYTHING NEW FROM EBAY?
none!

39) GET MARRIED?
Nope

40) BE HONEST-- DID YOU WATCHED AMERICAN IDOL?
yes, as much as i can

41) DID YOU GET SICK THIS YEAR?
Yes

42) BEEN SNOWBOARDING?
i wish...

43) ARE YOU HAPPY TO SEE 2007 GO?
not really sure...

44) MEAN OR NICE?
nice

45) DEFINING MOMENT OF 2007?
it was a very refreshing year for me..

I never believe that there is one person here on Earth that is meant to spend his/her life alone... our decisions make our destiny...

here's a line from one my fave movie... i wish for everyone that they may find what they really are looking for in this lifetime...

You know when I said I knew little about love? That wasn't true. I know a lot about love. I've seen it, centuries and centuries of it, and it was the only thing that made watching your world bearable. All those wars. Pain, lies, hate... It made me want to turn away and never look down again. But when I see the way that mankind loves... You could search to the furthest reaches of the universe and never find anything more beautiful. So yes, I know that love is unconditional. But I also know that it can be unpredictable, unexpected, uncontrollable, unbearable and strangely easy to mistake for loathing, and... What I'm trying to say, Tristan is... I think I love you. Is this love, Tristan? I never imagined I'd know it for myself. My heart... It feels like my chest can barely contain it. Like it's trying to escape because it doesn't belong to me any more. It belongs to you. And if you wanted it, I'd wish for nothing in exchange - no fits. No goods. No demonstrations of devotion. Nothing but knowing you loved me too. Just your heart, in exchange for mine.

I have always wondered if an apple tree can bear oranges as fruits... maybe but I really don’t think so! No matter how much effort we put in thinking through about it... you can never see oranges in an apple tree.

I have often wondered why sometimes it feels that I am different from my friends... they say that friends are your brothers and sisters in your past life. There’s also this thing that friends are your soul brothers/sisters, if this is true then how come, sometimes I feel really different from my friends.

when I was younger, i have always wondered why mom was a little densed... why sometimes, it seems that she couldn't care less... why when I was younger she never takes sides when my aunts are in a fight... i couldn't seem to decipher why she acts like as if she's not affected at all when in fact we are directly affected... or at that time, i thought we are affected... affected in a sense that we can't be with our cousins in one place since their moms are not in good terms...

Back then, I can't seem to figure how can she be like that when other times she can be so caring and loving and even helpful... but now that I've come with age... it made perfect sense!

when I look at my mother now, i see a spitting image of me... not that we have the same features but I see a lot more of my self in her than in my father... I can see in her how I am towards things... how I react on things and how I act on things... not of course in every bits and pieces but more likely we are kinda the same.

people may perceive me as a snob, not-a-care-in-the-world kinda guy, but with friends who really knows me.. they would say differently, or so i thought... hehehe

when I look back to how I was so confused and dumbfounded when I was younger... it makes me smile... because back then as much as I was bedazzled, I am as certain now more than ever that it made perfect sense...

you don't have to take sides to show you care... you just have to let them know you do...

now if ever you see an apple tree with triangular or rectangular fruits... don't be confused, whatever the shape its fruits will be... it will always be apples....

I could say that 2007 was the year where I learned alot the most... it did taught me a lot of things and about life in general...

2007, I can say is both good and harsh to me...

given me things I can barely grasp with my own two hands...

let me feel emotions that I can hardly contain...

gave me experiences beyond my wildest imaginations...

things that left me dumbfounded...

good thing is that I have some friends who kept me grounded and sane, a family who kept my feet firmly placed on the ground... people who never failed to remind me my rightful place in this urban jungle....

as I bid goodbye the year that was... let me face the new year head on...

Pain, you just have to ride it out, hope it goes away on its own, hope the wound that caused it heals. There are no solutions, no easy answers, you just breath deep and wait for it to subside. Most of the time pain can be managed but sometimes the pain gets you where you least expect it. Hits way below the belt and doesn't let up. Pain, you just have to fight through, because the truth is you can't outrun it and life always makes more.

You know how when you were a little kid and you believed in fairy tales, that fantasy of what your life would be, white dress, prince charming who would carry you away to a castle on a hill. You would lie in bed at night and close your eyes and you had complete and utter faith. Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Prince Charming, they were so close you could taste them, but eventually you grow up, one day you open your eyes and the fairy tale disappears. Most people turn to the things and people they can trust. But the thing is its hard to let go of that fairy tale entirely cause almost everyone has that smallest bit of hope, of faith, that one day they will open their eyes and it will come true.

"At the end of the day, when it comes down to it, all we really want is to be close to somebody. So this thing, where we all keep our distance and pretend not to care about each other, is usually a load of bull. So we pick and choose who we want to remain close to, and once we've chosen those people, we tend to stick close by. No matter how much we hurt them, the people that are still with you at the end of the day - those are the ones worth keeping. And sure, sometimes close can be too close. But sometimes, that invasion of personal space, it can be exactly what you need."