This year came so fast that I barely had time to breathe and reflect on all the happenings. It has been a cycle of ups and downs, highs and lows. I thought of doing this a few weeks back but I was finally able to sit down and really think about this just now. So here goes part 1.
Apothecarian council
I’ve always admitted that I am an Epsilon girl but ever since I started in San Ag, the Apo was given to me and I have always welcomed the advisorship with open arms. This year, I was given the chance to be with the Epsilon but I chose to stick with the Apo because the council is already like family and this year’s lineup was something I am very happy about. And I was not disappointed. They all hit it off well. There were a lot of challenges that faced the council but despite the glitches, they pulled off an amazing Pharmacy week which made everyone happy and proud to be part of the Pharmacy family. I am really really proud of them.
B Boracay
Last year, I went on a trip to Tuguegarao with some friends from graduate school and this year was my turn to bring them here. We went to Boracay and it was a helluva vacation! Plus, they stayed in the city for a few more days after Boracay, thus the vacation was extended. I’ve always held on to the idea that we learn more when we travel and we get to know persons better when we live with them. These were all satisfied and I am just too happy to say that I have wonderful memories with these friends who I’ve gotten close with and I hope for more memories to be made with them.
Christmas
Christmas is and will always be my favorite holiday. It brings out the little girl in me. I love buying and wrapping presents. I love fixing our tree and seeing just about everywhere all decked out – shining shimmering, splendid! Most of all, I love it that Christmas brings together friends and family members. So far, I’ve been to a few reunions/parties and they were all happy events. Christmas is magic. This year I spent Christmas just with my boys. We had our usual Christmas thing and it was a great one. I got some pretty good gifts too!
Deaths
This year took a lot of people I know. I lost two students, a neighbor, three friends’ dads, my uncle and my lolo (who even died on the same day!).
Estafa, anyone?
Late this year, my close/childhood friends and I found out that we were duped by a childhood friend. We have a little business over the past three years or so and everything was going great until this year. Since she was a childhood friend, we trusted her with our money but then she just disappeared. Just.like.that. And then we found out that she took more money from some of our other acquaintances. My friends and I lost a huge amount of our hard earned money but apart from that, I lost my friend. I never thought this would happen to our group. We’re like family and nobody shits on family.
Friends and family
I made some friends this year and some I’ve gotten closer to over these months. Some friends also went home this year and it was so nice catching up with them. True, we have our social networking sites but still nothing beats having that other person sit across you and talking over a lot of topics.
On the other hand, our family had its ups and downs this year. We lost in the elections but it was a blessing in disguise because now the family can focus on just being one big happy family. As my uncle said, we can always help other people even if we’re not in power anymore. We also lost some relatives but we had new additions to the family as well.
Green
This year I decided to go green along with my family. We’re not giving up meat (shoeskow indi pwede!) but we took steps to making our home and our lives a little greener. It wasn’t that hard as I thought and I hope to continue this effort through the years to come.
Part 2 to follow soon =)
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