2009 | recap

2009 year has been a banner year - new work, new friends, deeper friendships, greater challenges, good decisions, bad decisions.  it was a good ... make that - a great year despite of the economic crisis, the A(H1N1) and the calamities.  its touch to remember everything that has happened but i'll take me back as far as i can remember.

photography.  i learned and grew a lot as a photographer this year - mostly through the patient guidance of more experienced photographer friends.  i also celebrated my first year in photography and i realized my inkling towards portraiture breaking the monotony with landscapes and travel photography.  i finally went on my first solo shoot and eventually found it wasn't as scary as i thought it would be to shoot solo.  this photography journey has taken me to a world i never realized i would vastly enjoy and while i have so much to learn still, i am happy that i have learned as much as i can in 2009 and hopefully everyone can enjoy the ride with me.

friends.  God has blessed me with an abundance of "real" friends.  i have been lucky to have met permanent friends from high school, college, bench and intel.  it sometimes is difficult to see everyone and go to all get togethers but i know you guys know "i try."  this year, i found new friends and deeper friendships even when i wasn't looking.  my photography family has been instrumental in my growth as a photographer.  i found true friends yet again.

career.  yes, i finally exited from a company i've been with for the last eleven plus years.  i've learned so much from intel and i have no regrets whatsoever from leaving it behind.  God has provided me with a job as quickly as i could have hoped for.  a great new and challenging job.  i gotta feeling that the road ahead is going to be an exciting one.  2010 is gonna be "get richer" year.

family.  so far so good.  my nephew is six and next year, he's gonna celebrate his seventh.  its gonna be swell, i'll make sure of that.  he's grown up so much that pretty soon he's not going to be our baby anymore.  he's enjoying going to school in don bosco where i graduated so its all good.

fitness.  what the hell is that? hahaha ok, for the nth time, i'm gonna go take care of this in 2010.  Yummy is the goal in 2010.  Yummy.  Yummy.  Yummy.

plans.  there's going to be a lot lot of changes in 2010.  no sense pre-empting it so they're going to be part of my blog entries as they happen.

travel.  ilocos.  thailand.  cambodia.  vietnam.  nothing much to say except - FUN!  next year, sydney baby! yahoo!

social life.  this i gotta say - "whew.  i can barely keep up."

i'm looking forward to 2010 because i get the feeling its going to be a BIG year.  its going to be great and its making me super excited.  God has been eternally good.  

Thank you 2009 for a wonderful year.