5 years after

Do you remember when you were asked before, where will you be 5 years from now? Well this is kinda like that. When blogging hyped in circa 2004, I was one of the many who created one and promised myself that I'll continue this no matter what. Well, what do you know, I didn't. Haha.

Reading older posts make me sentimental, it was like reading letters back in highschool. It brings back happy and weird memories. A different time from now. The last post that I have, I have been concerned with  shoes, havs, movies, working life in Trend Micro and Borgy. Well, not much has changed, come to think of it. I still concern with most of those things.

One reason why I stopped blogging was because of social networks. Social networking got  huge. Then everyone have their Friendster account. I also created my Multiply account. Most of my pictures are still there, and I try to update as much as I can. Then Facebook came along and everyone have one! It got so huge, that even my parents have one!

As I am writing this entry, I am now 27 years old. Currently living in Westmont, IL with Borgy who is now my loving husband! (yep, that's what he is now to me!) We've been living here for more than a year now. I can say everything is pretty much well. Aside from the fact that I miss family and friends back home, things are great as they can be.

I'm a BUM/wife and I basically entertain myself by doing mundane stuff. I've come to terms with the changes of living without earning for myself. It used to be very hard for me, (honestly, at times it's still hard)  since I'm a very independent person specially when it comes to money matters. I plan ahead and I save. I'm quite proud that what we have right now is partially because of my contribution. Haha, Ok, enough about that.

To say that many things have changed is a bit of an understatement. Let's start with the easy stuff. I've posted before that I has a phase with Havaianas. Well the phase became this life-size monster that consumed me. It came to a point that I hyperventilate whenever I pass All Flip Flops. That I purchased 10 pairs at a time. It got so bad that I stopped counting them after they reached 50 pairs. It mellowed down and then it basically stopped when we left. I took with me about 20 pairs but since there are 4 seasons here in Central, I can basically just use them come spring and summer time.

All of them

I also had a phase with Converse Chucks. I have about 5 pairs now, but I think that's just that, a phase. I've been into boots now. Hahaha. See, a girl still needs her shoes. Be it a flip-flop, rubber shoes, boots or anything in between, it never fails to make one happy.

Forward to movies and books, the last Harry Potter book came out in 2007, entitled Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. JK Rowling is a genius, she was able to answer every question and the ending is something that made everyone happy. I have accepted that Harry grew up and had a great life. The 6th movie installment came out last year (July 2009) and I must say, the movie is getting darker and darker. The 7th and 8th movie will come out some time this year. Why there's an 8th? Well, I think the movie people got greedy. They chopped the last book into 2 movies! I can imagine myself watching the 1st half and then after 2 hours of watching and building the anticipation, it will tell me to basically wait for another 6 months for the 2nd half. Great huh?

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Scholastic)

Then there is the Twilight Saga. I was still in Manila when I got intrigued by the books. It was not that big then. They were releasing the 1st 3 books (Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse) in anticipation for the release of Breaking Dawn. What drew my to the book is not the story, it was the cover. It was so pretty. Black and red always make a stunning combination. So I bought the series and found myself daydreaming about Edward. But then the movie came out and everyone (I mean EVERYONE) wants Edward. Okay then, he's all yours. Hahaha.

Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer

As for the movies, I guess the ones worth mentioning are Transformers and Avatar. Those two were such huge blockbuster hit, Avatar toppled Titanic as the highest grossing film of all time.

As for the personal stuff, 2006 was hard for me (exeptionally hard), since Borgy left for Indonesia and we almost broke up. Being in a long-distance relationship is so hard, it almost borderline impossible. We were able to patch things up when we went back

2007 was a time for preparing his applications to work as a PT here in the US. We were able to complete most of them which was why on Jan of 2008, he left for US to take the NPTE exam. It was timing that I had to have my gall bladder removed. That was quite an experience. For as long as I can remember, I have not been confined in a hospital, then all of a sudden I have to get my gall bladder removed. Everything turned out great after the operation but I really got scared.

wedding day (June 09, 2008)

2008 was definitely our year as the most important and life-changing things in our lives happened that year. He passed the NPTE, he got picked in the H1B lottery and we got married! By Sept of 2008, we left for US and started our life in here. 2009 was pretty exciting too. We travelled to different states and we got to experience all 4 seasons. My family also visited us around May, and that was really fun. I've missed them so.

2010 is just beginning. As much as possible, I want to write everything in here, so that when time comes, I get look back and read about it. That's what this is for right?That's it for now. It's getting late and I have to write another entry!