The Year Ender Survey

1. What things did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
· Get married
· Wear a ring all the time
. Fly to Cebu for our honeymoon
. Bought a place of our own

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I can't recall any of my new year's resolution. Bad noh!

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
My cousin Madelle, gave birth to Brent.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Thank God, none.

5. What countries did you visit?
None this year.

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
A car I can call mine.

7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
· Feb 16 - Che's birthday.
· Sept 15 - My birthday (a mini-reunion with long time buddies).
· Dec 16 - Our wedding day.
. Dec 18 to 22 - Honeymoon in Maribago Bluewater Resort, Cebu.
. Dec 25 - Spending the first Christmas as a husband to my wife.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Career wise:
· Closing a number of projects for ADB
. Getting on board in Oracle
Personal:
· Catching up good times with long time buddies
· Being a husband to my Che(finally)

9. What was your biggest failure?
Not being able to save as much money as I would want to!

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
The only major sickness I can recall was the time I had LBM, fever, and throwing up all at the same time for a almost a week. Man, it drained me a lot.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
I did not bought much for myself which I can highlight for the year. Coz most of the spending goes to the wedding preparation, where else!?!.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?


13. Whose behaviour appalled you and made you depressed?

14. Where did most of your money go?
At first it goes to the bank for safekeeping (whatever) before it goes to the pockets of all our wedding suppliers.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
The araw ng kagitingan which unfortunately fell on a weekend...(JK) What else of course my much awaited wedding held on 16 Dec. 2006.

16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
Even if my wife denies it several times, it's the groom's march song "Here, There, and Everywhere" (instrumental).

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? - happier, coz finally I am with my ever loving wife
ii. thinner or fatter? - I am supposed to be thinner, i think. But then again after the Cebu trip I must say I am much much heavier haha!
iii. richer or poorer? - money wise, I am definitely poorer hehe (worth it naman)

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
travelling, travelling, travelling,... born to be lakwachero eh, pero I love the time spent at home with my family naman.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Wasting time in front of the TV.

20. How will you be welcoming the New Year?
With my wife, then with my in-laws, and then with my immediate family and relatives.

21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
I can't say "fall" rather grow the love and feeling...naks!!!

22. How many one-night stands?
negative

23. What was your favourite TV program?
Its' still the Simpsons, then Entourage, and then Super Inggo.

24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Hate will do me no good.

25. What was the best book you read?
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
naahhh...no discovery this year, though I found many songs this year fantastic.

27. What did you want and get?
I have a daddy, I have a mommy, and a wife. What else could I wish for?

28. What did you want and not get?
a camera na pang-professional...para feeling pro. Kapal!!!

29. Favorite film of this year?
There are so many that I can't recall any of them...ano!?! ah ewan.

30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
My birthday is one for the ages...I just turned 27 with my long time buddies (high school pals) and partied till the wii hours of the morning. UNFORGETTABLE.

31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
This year is immeasurably satisfying. God will strike me with thunder if I ask for more.

32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
loose jeans/black shirts.

33. What kept you sane?
My God.

34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Other than my wife...none.

35. Who is your real-person crush?
Im done with crushes.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
I thought GMA should have been impeached!

37. Who did you miss?
The people I value the most are with me for the whole of 2006. Thank God.

38. Who was the best new person you met?
A lot I thought my new office mates are great.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006
That my God is my life. HE is so good to me.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year
When two becomes one

41. Rate the year 2006 in a scale of 10.
9.5