re-claiming an old life

I didn't get any work e-mails today or yesterday, so thankfully, as I expected (but didn't count on), I had Thursday and Friday's practically off on this very light work day. If there would be a time for a Taiwanese earthquake to screw up internet systems Asia-wide, the timing couldn't be better. The extra time has allowed me to re-visit some aspects of my pre-work life that I had unwittingly given up the past few months (running, tennis games, DVD marathons, multiply updates, not including reading -- work will never make me give that up), and now I start imagining how the best of these old things are going to marry with work come 2007. Some people really dig Xmas, and I do, but it's the new year that I look forward to more. I'm among the 91% people in the Philippines, according to a recent SWS survey, who look to the new year with hope.

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the party season has been pretty good this year. have met up with most people I wanted to see this Xmas, and managed well enough that I had no shitty evil traffic to contend with. One takes for granted that friends had flown in from everywhere.

One more party tomorrow down south (I call Paranaque down south, he he) with the HPAIR people, and that should turn out okay. It seems like everyone wants to get real wasted on this one. I'll be sure to post some good photos of this in my multiply come 31st.

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I only have one resolution for 2007, most cliche of all resolutions, but it's always been there. I want to get thin, and, away from my old strategies of trying to achieve this goal, I've been telling people about it.

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Memories of 2006

10. Swimming and Total Immersion
9. 2nd Ateneo Aquathlon
8. Food Blogging
7. World Schools Wales
6. Underwater Hockey
5. Job interviews, Job rejections
4. iTi Consulting
3. 19 Nova Scotia
2. Mitchell Madison Group
1. Grandmo

Most Enjoyed Movie of the Year: The Prestige
Most Enjoyed Author of the Year: Jose Saramago
Most Enjoyed Music of the Year: See me Goon Squad Multiply Playlist (David Bowie, KC Tunstall, Moby, etc.)

Crap Movie of the Year: Nacho Libre
Crap Book of the Year: NA (Yey!)
Crap Music of the Year: "Only in Boracay"