The Best of My 2010
“An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.”
Year 2010 made a big change in my life – family, career and personally. These were my priorities for last year and I can say that I made something remarkable for my 2010. As my shout-out for 2010 goes “Biga’10 na 2010”, indeed it was a big year for me!
" The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together.." ~ Erma Bombeck
New Year Celebration - 2010.
Since 2009, we welcome the New Year at grandma’s house in Quezon. We celebrate life’s blessing for the whole year and welcome another year of hope and success for each and everyone. Together with my mom and dad, my sibs, my lola, my titos and titas, and my cousins; New Year celebrations became our family reunion.
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| As we welcome 2010. Biga'10 na 2010! |
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| Pose with my lola together with her other grandchildren. |
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| Picture taken last January 01, 2010. |
Every year, since I am the eldest amongst my cousins and at the same time, I already have a job, it became a tradition to give my New Year gifts to everyone. This is to share my blessing to the persons I only have in this world.
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| Gift-giving for my cousins every new year. |
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| Simple way to say thank You. Sharing my blessings. |
" We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give." -- Winston Churchill
Masbate Homecoming.
Every summer, I always see to it to visit my parents in the province. For me, summer means plunging to Masbate’s white-sand beaches and island hopping to different islands here in the province. It is Masbate’s pride, that even the one of the poorest provinces in the country, it has something to offer to it’s natives as well as to its visitors.
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| Summer 2010 at Baslai Island, Masbate. |
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| With my sibs - Jetron, Lilette and Leenlie at Khokak Beach, Masbate. |
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| Summer 2010 |
This year was different from the previous years' homecoming in Masbate because one of the high school friends passed away - Ryan Joseph Arizala. It really broke my heart because the last time we saw each other was also during the summer of 2009. And also, we planned to have our reunion this year and he was the one arranging everything since he stays in Masbate.
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| We miss you, Ryan. |
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| In memory of a very dear friend. |
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| My last picture with Ryan. |
Mom and Dad’s Silver Anniversary.
" A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person."
- Germaine Greer
Just last December 21, my parents celebrated their 25th Wedding Anniversary. We had a simple get-together with family and relatives to celebrate this very special event. It called for a celebration when a couple has been together for a quarter of a century and their relationship has survived the battles of this disparaging world.
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| My family during mom&dad's 25th wedding anniversary. |
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| With family and relatives. |
CAREER.
"I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near." - Margaret Thatcher
Year 2010 had been very good also when it comes to my career growth. I was given a chance to handle transition team twice - Team DianaSoars in June-August and Team Lycans from November to present. I was given a chance to share my best practices and inspire these agents until they get regularized. Believe me, this was one of the best jobs ever! It’s all worth it.
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| Team DIANAsoars |
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| Team Lycans Too |
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| Team KamiKC |
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| Team PAUL's Prophets |
This year also change my career path in Convergys when I applied for a Quality Specialist position last December after being profiled as an intern twice. And God was so great because I got promoted for this position effective January 2010.
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| The QSP Team: my new team! |
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| During the QSP Internship Graduation, August 2010. |
For the 3rd time, I was able to attend CVG Family Day tagged as Outjam2010 held last September 2010 at Araneta Coliseum.
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| With Bryan and Aj during CVG Outjam 2010. |
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| The rest of the team at CVG Family Day in Araneta Coliseum. |
This year CVG Christmas Party was held at The Crowne Plaza. It was really an Ultimate Clubbin’ Experience.
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| The Ultimate Clubbin' experience at CVG Xmas Party '10. |
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| TrendMico Xmas Party '10 at SMX. |
PERSONAL.
"Life is like a taxi. The meter just keeps a-ticking whether you are getting somewhere or just standing still." -- Lou Erickso
2010 was the year for travel and adventure for me. I was able to visit some of the tourist destinations here in the Philippines and some of the places I wanted to visit since I was a kid. I am a very outgoing person and I'd love to travel a lot. This year gave me the chance to do it! In 2010, traveling was indeed the number one in my list.
Baguio City (January 2010)
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| At Camp John Hay, Baguio. |
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| Panoramic view of Mines View Park, Baguio. |
Bohol (March 2010)
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| The man-made forest in Bohol. |
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| At Bohol Bee Farm. |
Masbate (April 2010)
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| Baslai Island, Masbate |
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| Khokak Beach, Masbate |
Baguio City (June 2010)
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| Picking the sweetest strawberries of Baguio. |
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| At the Strawberry Farm, Baguio. |
Tagaytay (July 2010 )
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| Photoshoot in Tagaytay. |
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| At Leslie's - Tagaytay. |
Island Cove, Cavite (July 2010)
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| Island Cove Main Lobby. |
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| Island Cove Entrance. |
Laiya, Batangas (August 2010)
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| Laiya, Batangas |
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| Snorkeling at Laiya. |
Tanuan, Batangas (September 2010)
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| At Casa Darasa, Tanuan, Batangas. |
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| Team KamiKC's 1st Team Building at Casa Darasa. |
Palawan (October 2010)
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| Underground River tour in Palawan. |
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| Palawan Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Center. |
Star City (December 2010)
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| Star City with cousins. |
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| Laser Xtereme at Star City. |
Manila Ocean Park (December 2010)
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| Manila Ocean Park. |
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| I really love the ambiance inside! |
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| Try this! Fish Spa :) |
"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival." - C. S. Lewis
This year also when my college buddies ( Aj, Adi, Bryan, Joy) and I came up with an idea to hold a get-together every end of the month which we later called EOM. It started last June 2010. From then, we always see to it that we have our friendship bonding every month.
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| June EOM at Greenbelt. |
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| July EOM at Eastwood. |
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| August EOM at Robinsons Galleria. |
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| September EOM at The Cabanas - Bulacan. |
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| October EOM in Palawan. |
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| November EOM. |
"There is no love sincerer than the love of food." ~ George Bernard Shaw,
The Revolutionist's Handbook, Man and Superman
Food trips were also one of the highlights of this year. I tasted different food from our very own Filipino cuisine to Italian, Chinese, Thai, American, Australian and Singaporean food. I got them all in 2010!
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| 2010's all time favorite: Twister Fries!!! |
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| Pig out at Dampa sa Libis. |
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| Eat-all-you-can at Something Fishy - Eastwood. |
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| Chef de Angelo. |
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| Dampa in Baguio City. |
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| Cucina Italiana, Panglao, Bohol. |
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| The Old Spaghetti House. |
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| Heaven and Eggs in Eastwood. |
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| The Cabanas - Bulacan. |
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| Island Cove's famous cake. |
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| Seafoods at its best in Laiya, Batangas. |
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| Homecoming it is! |
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| Budol Feast in Bilao at Palayok - Palawan. |
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| Yellowcab - Greenbelt. |
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| Leslie's - Tagaytay. Don't forget to taste their Bulalo! |
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| Max's at the Fort. |
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| Birthday treat at Stackers - Eastwood. |
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| KKK - SM Mall of Asia |
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| KFC - Robinsons Galleria |
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| Nasi Lemak - Robinsons Galleria |
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| Razons - Eastwood. |
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| Holy Cow - SM Megamall |
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| Rai Rai Ken - Robinson Galleria |
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| The Sizzlin' Pepper - Eastwood. |
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Gumbo in Robinsons Manila.
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"In between goals is a thing called life that has to be lived and enjoyed." -- Sid Caesar
This year, I also celebrated my 24th birthday. 24 years of happiness and success. God was so great to me and he gave me these blessings. I may not have everything, nut never I had nothing. Every prayer was answered. He gave everything I asked for. I owe everything to Him and without Him in my life, I was nothing. Thank You! You are my God. For the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory are Yours forever.
Life inspires, life re-fires, and life perspires. You may not realize it, but everything around you can contain a moment to inspire. When you are inspired you are lighting an extinguished fire within that keeps you going and creating desires. In order to get what you want from life you have to perspire, meaning work hard.
"Life is like riding a bicycle. You don't fall off unless you plan to stop peddling."
- Claude Pepper
