Christmas, That Wonderful Time of the Year

Yes guys, guess WHAT TIME IT IS? It’s almost time for Christmas! Can you believe it? In just 7 more days it will be Christmas. And guess what? I’m in the airport right now about to leave for Hong Kong and then I go on a direct flight to New York City.

I’m again sorry for not posting in awhile. I’ve been busy with Christmasey stuff. Christmas parties, gift-wrapping, final exams and the like. I’ve had to deal with a lot of this stuff in the last two or so weeks and I’ve just now had the time to write a proper post on what I’ve been up to.

So I’ll be back home in NYC in just over 19 hours I believe. It’s going to be a long flight, but I think I’ll manage. I have my new netbook, my iTouch to tinker around with and my Nintendo DS to keep me company during my flight. Not to mention all the awesome movies that Cathay Pacific offers me. I think I will be alright. I just will have to figure out a way to get over that butt sore you get when you sit on a plane for more than 12 hours straight. Yeah, so I’ll just chill in the Cathay Pacific Business lounge contemplating how I’ll get around that (Yay for free WiFi and free food!)

Anyway, I don’t really have anything planned for when I get back to NY, except for just hanging out with my friends and family. I think that’s all I really go home for anyway. :)

So guys, what’s your plan this holiday season? Whether you be celebrating Haunakah, Kwanzaa, Christmas or nothing at all, I wish you all a cool, awesome and fun time. You know we all deserve it.

Take care all, and have a wonderful time this season!

Oh, SCUBA… How I Adore You

Hey guys,

Right now I’m in a resort in Anilao, Batangas, Philippines waiting for breakfast to be served. I have a cup of coffee on my right and am typing this on my netbook right now.

The view at this time is pretty amazing. It’s 7am and the water looks pretty calm and the sky is pretty blue and the cloud are flying by. We have another dive trip soon, and will be making a total of 2 today at different sites.

SCUBA diving is pretty fun and yesterday I completed 2 regular dives and a night dive! It was pretty cool, but also pretty crazy since there were 10-20 divers at a time… got kicked in the face a lot actually… haha…

Anyway, my friends are starting to show up at the breakfast table and I just wanted to update you all on what I’ve been up to lately. I will update this post with pictures later once I get them.

Hope you’ve all had an amazing weekend!

If you had a few days to relax, what would YOU do?

The Joy of Becoming 25

This past Saturday, November 20th, was my birthday. My 25th birthday to be exact.

I didn’t mention this fact in previous posts because I initially did not really want to make my birthday a big deal. The fact of turning a quarter of a century did not seem like a big milestone to me… in fact, I kind of was embarrassed since I was getting so old.

But I realized that it was still something to celebrate and that getting another year older wasn’t something to be totally sad about. Getting older just means becoming more mature and also getting to experience new things. Just like what happened during my birthday.

I was assigned veterinary junior clinics the day of my birthday. So I had clinic duty between 8am and 5pm that day. I was a little scared to start duty again since we had a large break between duties at Diliman and I was worried that I had forgot something, but it was great. We had a new supervising doctor there, Dr. Oronan which added to my worries a bit. But work turned out great! The pace of the clients coming in was steady enough so that I always had a case to take care of but also not too many clients at a time that I felt overwhelmed. I also did a lot of x-rays which was great. I saw the x-ray technician do pregnancy diagnoses, help take shots of heavily broken bones and also see quite a bit of collapsed tracheas. And Dr. Oronan happened to be a really great, understanding doctor. And it happened to be his birthday that day too! We got along really well.

After work, it was off to the Fort where I offered some of my friends dinner to celebrate my birthday. We went to Texas Roadhouse Grill for some steak and fried food (which I had been missing for awhile) and celebrated with my friends James, Kamille, Juca and Chat.

When dinner was over, James and I said good-bye to the girls and went off to celebrate in a slightly more mature way for my 25th birthday at some bars and clubs. From the Fort, we traveled to Fiamma and then Icon, both in Makati City to have a couple of drinks and celebrate with my friends Isabelle, Omar, Charlotte and many others. Here are some pictures from the party.

The next day, I had lunch with James, headed to M Cafe (the Ayala Museum Cafe) for coffee and drinks and then headed to Alabang. I arrived back here to Los Banos later Sunday night.

An overall tiring, but totally enjoyable experience, my 25th birthday was definitely memorable. I just wish I could’ve had my family, friends and girlfriend here personally to celebrate with me.

But thanks to everyone who wished me a Happy Birthday. I really had a fun time.

What’s the most fun thing you’ve done on your birthday? Let me know… I’d love to hear about it!