Oh, and about 33 things/phrases

As a way to close the past year, let me try to write a list of some of the memorable, exciting, unexpected, weird, fateful, incomprehensible, magical, illogical, happy, terrifying and wonderful things that happened in my small yet excitement filled life.

01 ~  reluctant packing up

02 ~  moving out 

03 ~  endless ride shares

04 ~  lalamove and moving in

05 ~  two blue suitcases

06 ~  honorary dismissal

07 ~  evening classes

08 ~  reflective portfolio on Education

09 ~  practice teaching

10 ~  fliptop battle

11 ~  Lapu-Lapu, Panday Pira, Urduja, St. Cecilia, St. Therese, St. Joseph and St. Monica

12 ~  grand demo

13 ~  the BIG day after grand demo

14 ~  visiting and staying in UMC with dad and mom

15 ~  Bambang and stethoscope 

16 ~  Soler St, Binondo

17 ~  GSIS Manila Building

18 ~  Yoga in Silang

19 ~  Bukid Kabataan

20 ~  two bookmarks and coffee GCs

21 ~  Christmas and New Year cards from China, Japan and Manila

22 ~  Breakfast at Antonio's

23 ~  explosion of Taal volcano

24 ~  Senior Citizen booklets

25 ~  fixing government documents

26 ~  BIR RDO

27 ~  Trasierra

28 ~  huge stationery hauls from Shopee and Lazada :)

29 ~  Gourmet Farm, yum

30 ~  online classes with my students

31 ~  pandemic and ECQ and lockdown

32 ~  blogging again 

33 ~  learning to cook more vegetarian dishes

As always, I am grateful for the year that was. It was filled with endings, beginnings, uncertainties and fateful encounters. Magical and absolutely unfamiliar. Definitely some of what happened last year will continue to spill into this year, but I still have to filter and define most of them. What I am really sure of now is that I am growing to be more accepting of myself. I am more connected to my core. Maybe adulting is not that bad after all but it takes a lot of effort and willingness to go through this journey.

To close this, let me bid 33 goodbye and hello 34.