New year's survey

1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
I did a lot of new things in 2005. I started working! Graduated from university! woohoo! I paid income tax as well. :(

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Did I have a New Year's Resolution last year?

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No

5. What countries did you visit?
Went to a lot of good places this year with highlight on Vancouver and Toronto, Canada. :p "Business Trip"But I'm also pretty proud of having visited Baguio last summer and my solo Davao-Cotabato-Davao-Cebu trip for my 21st birthday! :p

6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
To be more assertive and someone to spend time with. :p

7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Septembet 20, 2005 - my birthday. some things are better left unsaid! :p

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Graduating from the country's best univeristy on time and getting a pretty good job

9. What was your biggest failure?
I missed SLA for December. HP pips, you know this. :(

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I'm glad I didn't. I wasted one year's worth of medical benefits though. :p

11. What was the best thing you bought?
New clothes!

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Every salary day is worth celebrating!

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
could I say graduation? :p

14. Where did most of your money go?
Taxi!!!!

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Business trips! :p

16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
Noypi by Bamboo. You have to know who you are, where you come from, and be proud about it when you face the real whole wide world.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? no change
ii. thinner or fatter? hahah! fatter!
iii. richer or poorer? definitely richer

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Spent my time more wisely back in UP

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
sleeping time off

20. How did you spend Christmas?
in Cebu with my Family

22. Did you fall in love in 2005?
Maybe? :p

23. How many one-night stands?
one night stands... :-

24. What was your favourite TV program?
Rockstar: INXS but I didn't watch it on TV

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No

26. What was the best book you read?
The Alchemist

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
I can do Videoke! :p

28. What did you want and get?
A good paying job

29. What did you want and not get?
a girl bestfriend. :(

30. favorite film of this year?
Highway

31. what did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Went on a 5 day 4 city hop. I'm 21.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
a girl bestfriend. :)

33. how would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
From T-shirt and jeans to collared shirts and slacks.

34. What kept you sane?
Good friends, family.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
no particular figure really

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
GMA cheated. So, what happens next?

37. Who did you miss?
Electron pips!

38. Who was the best new person you met?
Could I say best new set of people instead? Go BI/DW! :p

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005.
Life should be enjoyed.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.because of you

....
And I went down to the demonstrationTo get my fair share of abuseSinging, "We're gonna vent our frustrationIf we don't we're gonna blow a 50-amp fuse"Sing it to me now...
You can't always get what you wantYou can't always get what you wantYou can't always get what you wantBut if you try sometimes well you just might findYou get what you needOh baby, yeah, yeah!
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