not another blog of melissa: December 2009

2009

Another year is over and a new one is beginning...

sad events

I cannot say it was a bad year but I also cannot say that it was good either. My country as a whole had a rough year. I also had my share of unfortunate events. I lost a grandmother, a cousin, an aunt and an uncle. Even though life seems hard I still had to continue on living.

family

This year my family faced a new chapter. My father went to Australia to try his luck there. My mother and sister will probably follow next year. I on the hand still do not know if my fate will also bring me to Australia. Right now I am just in waiting phase. Immigrating to Australia is still not a certain thing.

work

After staying half of year last year in Cebu, this year I was assigned back here in Davao. I miss my officemates in Cebu but my home is here in Davao. I faced a lot of challenges. I got to do a photo shoot on my own. I got to do stuff that normally I used to be too shy to do it. I also had to train myself to work independently since my boss and art directors are miles away. I know I still got a lot to learn. It's just sad that one of art directors is leaving. I will definitely miss working with her. I am thankful for her patience with me. Next year I will strive harder.

love

I had to spend more time with bf since I was back in Davao. We celebrated our second anniversary. It's the second longest relationship after Joe. I admit after I broke up with my college bf I was a mess. I had a string of relationships after but didn't last long. I young and naive. I still had a lot of issues then. Finally when least expected I met someone that would matter a lot to me. My love story with Uly is not complicated one, it's not the love stories you see in movies or read in books. It just a simple story of 2 people understanding each other. The love story pacing might be slow but I know it will be a long one.

art

This year I was very lazy to do any personal projects on my own. I guess I was caught up with work and spending time with my bf. I was reading books more and watching series that thinking of projects to do. I know that I should not stop doing art. It's so unlike me.

Next year I got a lot of things to catch up like my art, my blog, my work and my generally my life...I was so complacent this year. It's time to shake things up.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Pusudi and Me

37... 13 to go

This year I made a challenge to myself to read 50 books. Right now I am reading #38. I still got a dozen books to go and a week left. I don't know if I will get to my 50 mark but still 38 books is feat especially with my busy schedule.

Here is the list of the books I read this year.

* The Last Watch- Sergei Lukianenko (1)
* Shanghai Baby- Wei Hui (2)
* The Stranger- Albert Camus (3)

* The Southern Vampire Series- Charlaine Harris -Dead Until Dark (4)
-Living Dead in Dallas (5)
-Club Dead (6)
-Dead to the World (7)
-Dead as a Doornail (8)
-Definitely Dead (9)
-All Together Dead (10)
-From Dead to Worse (11)
-Deand and Gone (12)

*They Whisper- Robert Olen Butler (13)
*The Cider House Rules-John Irving (14)
*The Devil Wears Prada- Lauren Weisberger (15)
*Ed Gein Psycho - Paul Anthony Woods (16)
*The Time Traveler's Wife- Audrey Niffenegger (17)
*Candy - Kevin Brooks (18)
*The Gilded Chamber- Rebecca Kohn (19)
*Coraline - Niel Gaiman (20)

*Ultimate Hitchiker's Guide Series - Douglas Adams -Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (21)
-Restaurant at the End's of the Universe (22)

*Girl Interrupted - Susanna Kaysen (23)
*Unbearable Lightness of Being- Milan Kundera (24)

*The Luxe Series- Anna Godbersen -The Luxe (25)
-Rumors (26)
-Envy (27)
-Splendor (28)

*The Rachel papers- Amis (29)
*Where the Wild Things are- Maurice Sendak (30)

*Harry Potter Series -J.K. Rowling -Harry Potter and the Oder of Phoenix (31)
-Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (32)
-Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (33)

*The Inheritance Series - Christopher Paolini -Eragon (34)
-Eldest (35)
-Brisingr (36)

*Birth of Venus -Sarah Dunant (37)

As you can see the I read a lot of series and books that are made into movies or tv series.

Right now I am reading The Brief and Wondorous life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz.

Hope next year I can manage to finish my 50 book challenge.

Camp Christmas Party

Last December 15 I went to Cebu to attend my company's Christmas party.

Funny the person who I got as a Manito was Derwin and was also the one who got to pick me! Thanks Der for the anti stress lotion.

After the Christmas party at TGIF we went to Mayan. Bryan bought us a shot of margarita or mojito. Thanks Bry!

A Day before Christmas Post

At last I finally got my Christmas break. While my Mom is busy preparing for Noche Buena I am tinkering with this Blog. I have not blog that much this year. Then there was a hiatus with accessing this blog. I'm glad that it's back to normal. I can not give up this blog even though I have a daily musings tumblr.