A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. Never leave that till tomorrow, he said, which you can do today. This is the man who discovered electricity. You think more people would listen to what he had to say. I don't know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I'd have to say it has a lot to do with fear. Fear of failure, fear of rejection, sometimes the fear is just of making a decision, because what if you're wrong? What if you're making a mistake you can't undo? The early bird catches the worm. A stitch in time saves nine. He who hesitates is lost. We can't pretend we hadn't been told. We've all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to seize the day. Still sometimes we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today's possibility under tomorrow's rug until we can't anymore. Until we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin really meant. That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beat the hell out of never trying.

this is great! atlast the final book arrived!!..i'm so excited to read it!!

i don't know where to start..hmm..

ok..last friday me and krizia went on sportscenter in marikina to play tennis but io don't think we've done that. we are planning to play tennis there but those guys who rented the court for 3 or 4 hours!!.. gahd! they're really desperate in playing. since we didn't play, we watched those hunk jocks sweating and running all over the place baby! yeah, they're hot. so hot. really hot! especially that soccer player. oh, we're too shy to ask his name! if were a little braver, i could've ask him. anyways, we had a good time together esp. in when we're in mcdo. krizia let me hear the tender bear song of kamikazee and its really funny! it's so greeny!

ok let's go bak to the present!

there's this guy whom all of my classmates are really into it! he's like a hollywood actor kanina. every girl in my block went to see him! but i'm luckier than them. hahaha! this guy talked to me last wednesday, well not actually personal talk, just drop by talk. he only told me that we don't have classes. i thought he was joking coz his tone is funny! i didn't notice that he's cute well, i thought he's cute, but i'd never thought he's THAT cute! and then i saw him kanina, and i hope he noticed me! but i think he haven't. oh, i'm so stupid to think he likes me! i'm gonna kill myself for that! well, atleast my blockmates envies me coz he talked to me. hahaha!!

it's chinkee's 18th birthday today and she invited me and the rest of the jade on saturday for dinner. i still don't know what to give her. i'd really like to give her a shirt that has her name on it, but i don't think i'll get that on time so i'd probably get her something. i hope a pillow would do..i realy hope..

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i dont make resolutions..yeah!

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
yep!..my cousin..a baby girl named Knicole..

4. Did anyone close to you die?
nope

5. What countries did you visit?
wala...huhuh..i'm hoping it..malapit na siguro, 2008 perhaps?

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
confidence, hardwork, money, MOney, MONEY!!

7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
everything important..

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
to have an average grade of 2!!

9. What was your biggest failure?
school..religion (i don't go to church anymore)

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
depression

11. What was the best thing you bought?
wala..i dont have money nga eh!

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
friends!..family, folks!

13. Whose behavior appalled you and made you depressed?
my family..

14. Where did most of your money go?
stores, shops, yellowcab, starbucks..haay..

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
oh..meeting my crush and he pays the fare for me..

16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
mcr's welcome to the black parade

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

i. happier or sadder? happier
ii. thinner or fatter? thinner!
iii. richer or poorer? poorer

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
study, saving money

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
splurging a lot of money!

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
already spent it...with my cousins and family and at home..alone..

22. Did you fall in love in 2006?
...nah!..i think so.

23. How many one-night stands?
none!!..geez!

24. What was your favorite TV program?
mtv!!..complete savages (laugh out the hell out of me!)

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
yep

26. What was the best book you read?
digital fortress and if tomorrow comes

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
the gregorian chant rendition of nirvana's smells like teen spirit

28. What did you want and got?
a kit, a bag, a peeling cream, and a body scrub!

29. What did you want and not get?
cam, a new phone, and lots of money!

30. Favourite film of this year?
hmmm..nakalimutan ko na..wait..


31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
eat, sleep..and i'm 17

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
money*

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
a lot of shorts and a bit girly??

34. What kept you sane?
everything!!..hahaha!!

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
dami eh..many to mention

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
the parliament thingy!!..i that happens i lose the chance of voting!!

37. Who did you miss?
my friends..classmates

38. Who was the best new person you met?
my new folks!!..kim, anika, lani, mark, maya, gianne, daphne!!

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006.
life tells everything..lalim..hehehe..

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

all from black parade----"i'm just a man not a hero, just a boy who wanna sing this song"----"and though you're gone believe me your memory will carry on!!"

well..this week was fine, a little bit of frowns and a little bit of smiles make this week a little normal..

anyways..what have happened today is like a special gift from God.

this morning as i headed to ride the tryke, nakasabay ko ang aking crush and not only na nakasabay ko siya, nakatabi ko pa siya!!..ahihihi..eeeee..kinikilig talaga ako..when he ride the tryke he greated me and i feel like shouting for joy!!..as in feeling ko nga i was blushing all the way. and here's the climax!!..when i was going to pay the fare to the driver he reach out his hands and say "hinde ako nalang magbabayad" and i resist pa i said "nde kuya ok lang.." then he insisted saying "manong bayad po dalawa" and that was awesome!!..i'd never imagine that thing would happen to me!!..it was like heaven..i'm so glad talaga!!..he was unreachable, so gwapo, so kind, everything, and taken..i knew that ever since my mom told me he has a girlfriend (our moms are friends) and wala talaga akong binatbat..anak ba naman ng may ari ng resort sa subic..huhuhu..kaya naman i was so glad that it happened to me..

*now i was looking for his friendster account, and i found him!!..buti nalang friend ko si kuya christon!!..