10 things

here are 10 things that i'm glad happened last year:

1. i was able to talk to my mom and dad as an adult talking to her parents and not as a child trying to talk to her mom and dad.

2. i was able to TRAVEL! i made it my goal to go around the Philippines. And i was able to go to Boracay, Kinabuhayan Cafe (Quezon), Puerto Princesa (Palawan), Bohol, Cebu, Davao, Camiguin.

3. i joined a gym!

4. i was able to buy a digicam and an ipod! (meaning i actually had money to spend!)

5. my social life was different this year, but i still went out a lot. i'm glad i was able to control myself more this year!

6. i realized that i've changed, became more mature. i can say i am a woman now.

7. i found the courage to leave the comfort of NMI and try a new job.

8. i made an effort to see old friends!

9. I started reading again.

10. i learned how to do things on my own, be more independent. Live alone, watch a movie, go malling...

when a friend asked me what things made me happy in 2004, i found it hard to think up of 10 things immediately. and that made me think that that's not right! so that's why last month i was thinking of 10 things so that i could end 2005 right and look back on it happily.

and then when anne, mike and i were out i asked them what their 10 things were and they couldn't give me the list. it took us about an hour or so thinking but finally they came up with theirs.

it's funny how we can immediately list the things that make us unhappy! and how hard it is to think of the things that made us happy.