goodbye 2004!

the year has literally whizzed by - it almost feels like i fell asleep and woke up to december 30, 2004. in the past year alone, so many things have happened - a lot of blessings to be thankful for, and still many more to look forward to. a few things that made 2004 a special year:

- being a Thailand survivor
- finding real friends in bangkok, and keeping them despite the distance
- planning, researching, and implementing plans for our pamamanhikan and civil wedding
- aldo finding work that he truly deserves, and moving into his own place
- finding, building, and scrimping for wedding funds
- travelling between bangkok, vancouver, and manila
- discovering bikram yoga and the other crazy things i was able to try
- nurture spa (if only for the ifugao huts) and sonya's bed & breakfast
- taking steps towards being permanently together
- being back in Manila and knowing what Go Nuts Donuts and Ice MOnster mean - not to mention reconnecting with Jollibee and Hen Lin
- weddings, engagements, bridal registries, and baptisms - this time with friends instead of vicariously being there thru pictures

here's to a longer list of things to look forward to!

goodbye 2004, it was a G-R-E-A-T year!!!