friends, the quake, no work and the new year

i have not seen my highschool friends for so long already. the last time we got the chance to go out was before ivy left for the states to work as a nurse and that was mga 2002. so i felt really happy having the chance to talk to jenny the other night. and since ivy is coming home for a vacation, we will get to see each other soon (yipee!). i was telling jenny how different things are now since before we would usually talk about "kababawan" over the phone, but now we were talking about our plans in life. nyikes....we are getting old.

i don't want to know the updated death toll anymore of the tsunami that hit southeast asia. it is so depressing and im just really thankful that it didn't hit the philippines. pero funny what my cousin told me. nakakulong na daw si tsunami, kasi madami pinatay. kung pwede nga lang sya ikulong diba?

im sad because in 2 days, the long weekend is over and it's back to reality--back to school and work. i still have a lot of chapters to read in anatomy plus i have to prepare our group presentation for my rle class and i have to study for a test for my health care class. PLUS, midterms will be this January. tapos i have work pa. promise, i don't want to even think about this!

in less than 7 hours, goodbye 2004 na and welcome 2005. 2004 was not a good year for me...i think. it was a hard year emotionally (roller coaster ride of my life). 2004 was also a year a lot of decisions were made. 2004 was the year manang melo had her stroke, maid of mama grace committed a suicide,the philippines presidential election and tita tess died but this year also brought me to boracay,duamguete and bacolod. yun lang ata ang good. hehehe...but this year i became closer to God with everything i had to go through (good din ito!). it's sad to think lang, that i had to go through all this to be closer to Him. i am glad 2004 is coming to an end. and i am praying that 2005 will be a better year. not just for me but for everyone.

and as i close my last blog for the year...

Let us welcome 2005 with joy and hope in our hearts amidst the tragedies happening everywhere.
Let us not forget to thank God for all the blessings He has bestowed upon us.
Let us continue to pray that love will reign in everyone,
Peace and comfort to those who are grieving.
And that our hearts be filled with hope and that the His light shine through the dark.
Blessed new year to all!