Hi guys! It's been a loooong while. For the 2nd time, I wasn't able to post anything for a year-end blog, which should be a wrap-up of how my life went through the year. I have been doing that for the past few years. Looking back helped me reminisce, remember the good days, count on what I have achieved and haven't, and it also made me reflect on what I should learn that I need to bring in the year ahead. I also failed to do it last year and only made a catch-up blog that was posted last April 2022. My December and January have always been busy being an accountant. Before getting into the holiday spirit, we need to accomplish tons of things before closing the books. While everyone is partying, we're working in the middle of the night to account for someone else's business. Yeah, not ours but someone else's! That's how it sucks. But I have chosen this profession. I could have been a writer too but expressing myself or describing anything is difficult for me. I usually find the things I want to express in someone else's mouth. The thing about Accounting is it could use a few words and numbers but can describe most of the things that happened in a range of time, as long as you understand those few words. Anyways, back to why I failed to do my year-end blog, I figured that as we age, our priorities truly change dramatically. We'd prioritize sleep over watching a tv series, the healthier option, the cheaper goods with the same quality, the necessity aisle over the luxury lane, long-lasting relationships rather than one-night stands (hahaha eme what I mean is choosing the right people we want to be surrounded by in the long run) and lastly, peace of mind over everything. It may seem like a no-brainer ideally but in reality, is like juggling 10 balls at a time. And that ladies and gentlemen were my defense for choosing sleep and rest over my pending posts. Hehe. Well, I have some posts on my drafts I'd planned on publishing before this and even before the posts that were already published but I wasn't able to finish. So I'll just try to put everything here and then probably leave some details for the other post to fill in.
First Ice-Skating and IKEA experience
Last May 3, 2022, me and my work friends went to SM Mall of Asia for an ice-skating experience. There was this dinner when we wanted to plan a trip or something to help us de-stress from work. Then the idea of ice skating came to our minds since most of us haven't experienced it. We immediately booked a 2-hour pass to SM MOA Ice Skating rink from Metrodeal that cost us Php270.00 each. Our schedule is from 12:15pm to 2:15pm. When we got there, we fell in line and then presented our vouchers, we also paid for the locker (Php50) and polar bear (P100). On the left side, there's a shoe measuring area to determine the appropriate size of the ice-skating shoes to be used, while on the further right near the rink is where the boots can be claimed. We placed our personal things in the locker and put on our ice skates. The entire experience was a struggle. We were walking on ice but is heavily drenched in sweat! It was so difficult because we were afraid to fall. Most of the time we were holding on to the polar bear for our dear life and even then we weren't able to escape slipping. Lol. It was a fun experience but one that I should never try doing again unless it's on a real snow hehe. After tiring ourselves on the ice-skating, we went to the Seaside to eat and chill.
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A few days after that, I also went to IKEA with my college friends. It's located beside SM Mall of Asia and is currently the largest IKEA store in the world. We first had our lunch at the Swedish Restaurant located on the 4th level of the store. It took us 2 freaking hours in line! The restaurant has two inverted U-shaped service lanes (so it's more like an inverted W or probably M-shaped hahaha sorry I am trying so hard to describe this!). Upon entering the food service lanes there's this three-layered tray food cart where customers would place their plates. Most of the food was already prepared, already on a plate or saucer, sliced, or served in different quantities. You just have to get what you want and put it in the cart, except for the meatballs and a few dishes where there are assigned staff who will serve it depending on the quantity the customer wants. At the end of the line, customers would pay for what they got and then proceed to the dining area. We availed of their unlimited cup for the drinks, so we could taste their fruit-flavored sodas. Afterwards, we went looking around to find some things to buy. There were different types of furniture, appliances, organizers, and all other stuff that can be used at home. What I love the most were the complete set-ups of interior design for the living room, bedroom, kitchen, comfort room, etc. They really look so aesthetic. It made me want to buy my own house and design it. The store is really huge, there's this floor where we circled about four times because we couldn't find the right way to go out! The guard told us to follow the arrows, and we did, but they kept taking us back to where we had started. We were able to proceed but we weren't able to finish the rest of the store due to tiredness.
Other ganaps. in May and June..
When my Lola passed away, I knew I was not okay. There's fear, doubts, anxiety, and excruciating grief. That kind where I feel like I've been stabbed in the heart with a weapon full of tiny spikes which stays there without a visible wound but the pain is on-the-spot. I'm basically a walking puzzle with a missing piece just trying to get by, tampering with that empty space-a handful of Kpop, a drizzle of shopping, and a slice of bonding with family and friends. Although I've learned to accept things and tried to stay on the brighter side, I still miss her almost every day. Every corner of the house where she used to be, still reminds me of her. There were times when the kitchen was empty and I would think "Lola must be there", then suddenly I would realize that she was not, because she was gone. So this is how it felt to lose someone you love, to miss someone you'll never see again. Grief is a million times worse than heartbreak. But as they say, the pain doesn't go away, people just learn how to live with it. Thereafter, I saw The Script, went to Cebu-Bohol and saw Seventeen.
Here are a few more happenings from last year...
That's it for 2022. It was truly an unforgettable year. That year, I saw the happiest and saddest version of me. Took me a very long time to post this, and it's basically just a few photos to summarize the happenings. Still, I wanted to publish this for documentation purposes and so that the first few parts that I've already written wouldn't go to Trash. Anyway, most of the highlights were already published on a different post.
See you on my next!
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