Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!

My first post for the year. Yey! I hope I could keep this up. I've been really busy to post anything lately.

2011 has been a good year, better than my 2010, that's for sure. At least I didn't lose any of my phone, or any of my stuff for that matter. I was able to fulfill some of my resolutions, at least as far as I can remember. So I'm making a list for the record.

Good things that happened to me in 2011:

1. Gain Weight - I'm now 100lbs! Yahooo! I gained almost 15lbs last year that I could honestly say is a MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT for me!
2. Learn a Sport - I learned TENNIS! - YEHESS! I learned a sport :D Though I was only active during the first quarter of the year. That's good enough for me. And no, I did not lose interest. I just became very busy. And I had other things going for me and that's...
3. Be Active - I'm now an official member of the PLDT MOCI (Mountaineering and Outdoor Club Inc.). Despite my frail physique, I could actually climb a mountain. And I've been to seven last year! Yes, seven mountains in one year. How's that for an achievement!
• Mt. Cristobal - Quezon
• Mt. Makiling - Traverse - Batangas / Laguna
• Mt. Gulugod-Baboy - Batangas
• Mt. Tapulao - Zambales
• Mt. Sembrano - Rizal
• Mt. Tarak - Tarak Ridge, Bataan
• Mt. Pulag - Ambaguio Trail - Nueva Vizcaya / Benguet
4. Travel Spontaneously - Have an unplanned vacation and do it! And I did. Went to Panagbenga Festival one weekend with only three days to prepare. Just cause one Wednesday we thought that going to Baguio would be fun! And it was. Quite an adventure actually, from the on-the-spot hotel booking (we had no reservations) to the run-after-the-cab-cause-we-might-miss-our-bus-home experience at Camp John Hay.
5. Travel Alone - Go to an unfamiliar place alone. And I did... well technically. I went to Sagada on my own to meet my friends. It's my first time so technically I did go to an unfamiliar place alone. I didn't say I will explore the place alone didn't I? Hah!
6. Travel Abroad - HONGKONG & MACAU baby! Though it wasn't exactly how I imagined my first time there would be, it was interesting and fun considering... let's just say there were moments

But of course doing all these things, there sure were drawbacks and then some things I wish didn't happen to me.

1. My grandmother passed away - bless her soul. I already miss her. She was living with our relatives when she did but she did spend a long time living with us and watch me grow up. She's like my second mother.
2. I haven't saved anything. Halfway through the year, I thought I was gonna deplete my savings account because of everything I did. Mountaineering, travelling and dining, I found out, isn't pocket friendly.

Other than that, everything else went well for me. Sooooo, this year I'm making a list and I hope to make all that happen.

1. SAVE UP! - I need to cut back on my expenses. Lunch outs need to be reduced to once a week. And I can't spend more that 200 on meals per day - and that includes breakfast and lunch and occasional dinner if needed.
2. Get an Insurance - I'm not getting any younger sooooo I definitely need to start investing for my future. Oh dapat after 2012 na lang? Hahaha your thoughts?
3. Get a Mutual Fund - This too. I was gonna open one last year but it didn't happen so I hope to get one this year.
4. Get a driver's license (and re-learn how to drive?) - I can't let my student permit get expired again. I'm getting old and this should be the least of my worries but surprise surprise, I'm halfway through my twenties and I still don't have a driver's license.
5. Learn a musical instrument - Guitar or Violin?
6. Take ze Mother Abroad for her birthday - yes, she just had her passport renewed sooo it would be good to put a stamp on it. I'm thinking Bangkok or Kuala Lumpur.
7. Buy a car - Now this is a long shot but whatevs. A guy can dream right?
8. Have a girlfriend - another long shot resolution considering I'm not really looking for a girlfriend or any relationship for that matter, but my friend's say that it's time for me to have one soooo... there

A lot of the resolutions above requires me to spend (and that includes having a girlfriend - ang gastos diba?) which is why I need to SAVE UP more!