year of the tiger. :]

2009 has just ended.and it is not unsual for me to look back and be thankful for EVERYTHING that happened to me LAST year that molded me into the person i am now.

to my family:
dad&mom: thanks for all the love and support.thank you for not giving up on me, strong-willed and hard-headed as i am at times. i love you both and i couldn't be any happier for having you BOTH as my parents. thank you for giving me the life that others envy.

my sisters (raze, stace, se, shobe) and brother (shoti): life has always been easier for me whenever i feel down and i think of you and see you guys running inside my room, either to ask for some stuffs or simply talk about nothing.:P you have all made me feel like i will never be alone. thank you for the love and friendship. as we always say, siblings by blood, bestfriends at heart. i love you all.

dylan. japs. rie. jas. mitch. cath. ranier. jonathan. yuum: we rarely see each other now but i always felt that the love we have for each other only grows even more.there was never a dull/sad moment in my life where you guys did not come rushing to my comfort. you always walk in whenever the world starts to walk out on me.you never seemed to judge me for you always believed i am a beautiful person inside and out. you are my siblings heaven forgot to give me (bcoz i already have many. :P). i love you and you guys will always have a place in my heart.no matter how things change. :)

lokee guys (jei. jep. julius. chols. kim. ten. nic. anj. gary. gerbert.): you guys have been with me from the start of 2009 to the end of the same year.and here we are now, starting the year 2010 together (again). thank you for the unconditional love you have all given me.you know very well how mean i could get sometimes but you all still chose to love and accept me for who i am.and for who i am not.im looking forward to spending more years with all of you. as always, i love you all.

glued (myl. yiam. fats. stace. pao. ruth. new member: ANNIKA ALONZO (:P)): i always get teary-eyed looking back how we all became friends. you were the ones who never judged me according to what OTHERS say and took the chance to go deeper and know me better, later on realizing that there are a lot of better things about me than what others see/say. i love you all and i am so proud of US. coz we NEVER had to put other people down to make ourselves feel lucky. we may not be the typical barkada who sees each other and bonds every week, but we are all sure that we can always count on each other and be there during the toughest times.

my MA friends: graduate school has become less toxic having you guys around.i have always had the connotation that graduate school is something i really have to take seriously because my classmates are doctors, lawyers, engineers, professors and businessmen. but you have all shown me thomasian virtues.and it makes me proud that i am also one. thank you for all the help and trust you have given me even if i appear to be the youngest.

my new found friends (ianne. denn. rj. kim. jam.): thank you for giving me the chance to know you guys better. :)
denn- thank you for all the trust you have given me :)
ianne- for all the love and trust (also), for being my little sister and soulmate.
rj- for all the stories you have shared to me.i found those really amazing.
kim- also for sharing things(and issues. haha) with me

to my MANY second families (family of my friends): thank you so much for adopting me and making me realize that there is also life and love outside my family. that i can always have as much moms (special mention: mommy annabel, mommy dea, mommy cion, mommy luds, mommy ditas, etc) and dads as i want and get the same love and concern i am getting from my own parents. i feel so blessed to have all of you. i love you. :)

my friends whom i cannot categorize (:P): thank you also for the love and friendship.

to the people who kept on criticizing me (whose criticisms i took constructively): thank you.

to the people who left: thank you for making me realize that life is always better without people who want nothing but to put me down.and i really am sorry if you did not succeed :P

"a year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. :)

HAVE A BLESSED NEW YEAR, EVERYONE :) xoxo, stefi.♥