Hooray for it’s the second day of the New Year, 2015!
2014 had been wonderful. Well, school has been really stressful because of my graduating status but talking about other stuff besides school, I can say that it went great. Anyway, in tradition of my blog, I will do my year-ender post (even if it’s a bit late!).
I failed to do some rundown of the events that happened last year so I decided to do it today. It will be somehow different to my previous recaps for this will not be bulleted anymore.
I can’t remember much about January but I can vividly recall how February played with my feelings. I had a simple celebration of my birthday with my close friends. Lunch-out/videoke with my blockmates and dinner with Ina and my new Japanese friend, Sayaka. I also got to meet Mitch Albom and he personally signed my book. That was one of my dreams, coming to life. But a devastating accident happened also on the same month. Tado was one of the passengers of the ill-fated bus that took away lives. I got to visit him on his wake and it was just too saddening and painful. Definitely, something I wouldn’t forget even if years pass.
March was kind of light on its first week but as its last weeks approached, it seems like it was putting me to tests. The preparation for our thesis topic defense was unimaginable like we don’t deserve rest. Gladly, we made it through the defense and had our topic approved. And right after the day of our defense was my flight to US. It was my first time to travel alone. When my family fetched me at LAX, all the ‘missing feels’ were gone. I had a good one and a half-month vacation with them. We went to LA a couple of times, to Santa Monica Pier, to our relatives in Arizona and a new destination for me, Las Vegas (which I’ve been aiming to visit ever since I came across the series, Las Vegas).
By June, I got to have my first concert experience! I’ve seen the Manila leg of Taylor Swift’s Red concert. June also marks the start of my last year in college. I had a minor subject and two major subjects (which includes the thesis and internship). My minor subject, which is ecology, has been hard on us but in the end, we won over it. Meanwhile, I had my radio internship at Easy Rock. It was a fun learning experience plus the people there were great. The thesis part took most of our time on that semester. It was a sem of research, revision and data collection. I cannot forget all the assistance of the universities which we surveyed. I am really grateful to UST, FEU, UDM and PUP for their help. And yes, we made it through our final defense by December. The final defense was actually put on hold for quite a long time because of different circumstances but thank God, thesis is now partly done. Except for the last part which is signing of approval sheet and binding (that needs to be accomplished before this month ends). I really hope that we can finish it on time.
And finally, my December was a month of adventure. Remember my last post where I stated that I already have an internship placement? I am happy to inform you that I am now an intern of GMA Network Inc.! I must say it was beyond surreal. To be honest, I thought this dream of mine would never come true. But, hey, life indeed gives us surprises. I am assigned as an intern of Reporter’s Notebook. I have six more weeks left to complete my 200-hour requirement which I hope to finish successfully.
And before 2014 closed, we got the chance to travel to our provinces. We celebrated our Christmas with our relatives in Isabela and Nueva Ecija. It was good to see them again and to have spent the holidays with them.
May this year shower us with love and happiness. Happy 2015!
Hooray for it’s the second day of the New Year, 2015!
2014 had been wonderful. Well, school has been really stressful because of my graduating status but talking about other stuff besides school, I can say that it went great. Anyway, in tradition of my blog, I will do my year-ender post (even if it’s a bit late!).
I failed to do some rundown of the events that happened last year so I decided to do it today. It will be somehow different to my previous recaps for this will not be bulleted anymore.
I can’t remember much about January but I can vividly recall how February played with my feelings. I had a simple celebration of my birthday with my close friends. Lunch-out/videoke with my blockmates and dinner with Ina and my new Japanese friend, Sayaka. I also got to meet Mitch Albom and he personally signed my book. That was one of my dreams, coming to life. But a devastating accident happened also on the same month. Tado was one of the passengers of the ill-fated bus that took away lives. I got to visit him on his wake and it was just too saddening and painful. Definitely, something I wouldn’t forget even if years pass.
March was kind of light on its first week but as its last weeks approached, it seems like it was putting me to tests. The preparation for our thesis topic defense was unimaginable like we don’t deserve rest. Gladly, we made it through the defense and had our topic approved. And right after the day of our defense was my flight to US. It was my first time to travel alone. When my family fetched me at LAX, all the ‘missing feels’ were gone. I had a good one and a half-month vacation with them. We went to LA a couple of times, to Santa Monica Pier, to our relatives in Arizona and a new destination for me, Las Vegas (which I’ve been aiming to visit ever since I came across the series, Las Vegas).
By June, I got to have my first concert experience! I’ve seen the Manila leg of Taylor Swift’s Red concert. June also marks the start of my last year in college. I had a minor subject and two major subjects (which includes the thesis and internship). My minor subject, which is ecology, has been hard on us but in the end, we won over it. Meanwhile, I had my radio internship at Easy Rock. It was a fun learning experience plus the people there were great. The thesis part took most of our time on that semester. It was a sem of research, revision and data collection. I cannot forget all the assistance of the universities which we surveyed. I am really grateful to UST, FEU, UDM and PUP for their help. And yes, we made it through our final defense by December. The final defense was actually put on hold for quite a long time because of different circumstances but thank God, thesis is now partly done. Except for the last part which is signing of approval sheet and binding (that needs to be accomplished before this month ends). I really hope that we can finish it on time.
And finally, my December was a month of adventure. Remember my last post where I stated that I already have an internship placement? I am happy to inform you that I am now an intern of GMA Network Inc.! I must say it was beyond surreal. To be honest, I thought this dream of mine would never come true. But, hey, life indeed gives us surprises. I am assigned as an intern of Reporter’s Notebook. I have six more weeks left to complete my 200-hour requirement which I hope to finish successfully.
And before 2014 closed, we got the chance to travel to our provinces. We celebrated our Christmas with our relatives in Isabela and Nueva Ecija. It was good to see them again and to have spent the holidays with them.
May this year shower us with love and happiness. Happy 2015!
“For once, for once, for once, I get the feeling that I'm right where I belong .”
- Fun.
This blog was created August of 2008. Putting up an account here wasn't really on my plans. It's just that I was so crazy about Chris Tiu before and he runs a blog so I thought of creating my own as well. Years have passed, and I have grown yet I still keep my personal stuff here. Yes, things may change but one thing's for sure -- I will continue running this blog as long as I can.