How’d your first six months go? And what are you looking forward to the next six months?

I figured that a half-year roundup will do all of us good - it will make things easier by December when we do a lookback, right? Here’s what I did, I posted my roundup month per month, with an equivalent word (I planned this for scrapping year end month to month memories), and posted some highlights per month (your blog will come in handy here). If it’s too tedious for you, you can just list some memorable things/accomplishments/disappointments that you remember or do the survery I snagged from Glo (which you can see below - Im a sucker for these things I did it as well). If you have your Things To Look Forward To or resolutions from last January, link that as well. At the end of your post, please tell me what are the things you look forward to with the remaining months of the year (Masyado atang kumplikado to no? Hehehe - You will thank me for this!)

Here is mine. I had my Fearless Forecast for 2008 - to which Im proud to say, are almost 40% accomplished.

Here are my goals for the rest of the year:
1. Lose weight.
2. Find balance between work, kids and studying.
3. Focus on what is important.

As you can see, I have decided the rest of the year is going to be all about ME. I realized how can I take care of my family if my own person is out of whack? And I have to confess this is one area Im really really weak - Im so inspired by Jen. A little trivia: She got worried about her health when she read I had PCOS and she just did the 360 turnaround and did the lifestyle change - 34.8 lbs lighter!! Imagine if I was just as motivated when I learned I had PCOS! (HAHA!)

HALFWAY THERE:
**Linking has been a tedious task so Ill go from memory. After I write and publish this, Ill link as soon as I find a related blog entry

January: TRYING TO STAY AFLOAT

Sometimes you just have to take the leap
and build your wings on the way down.
(Yobi Yamada)

The year started out not great at all. Our trusted yaya didnt come back after her supposedly Christmas vacation and the super good maid that replaced her had diabetes and high blood pressure that we needed to let her go. We had to let Martha go with my parents as I still had to work. This month was not good health wise as well - I had PCOS, a high BP scare, Martha was diagnosed with Primary Complex, Matthew had hearing loss which suggested surgery as a solution (which we didnt push through with). Edil turned 29 and spent his birthday in Baguio at a work conference.

February: SURVIVING

With no maid, Matthew was alone for at least two-three hours at home while waiting for either me or Edil to arrive. He was also forced to take the school bus (he didnt want to) and would cry the first two weeks upon arriving in an empty house (this was very hard to take). He would eat what we would prepare ahead and do his homework alone. Weekends were spent in Cavite because it was so expensive bringing Martha to Manila (gas-wise). I turned 27, and ordered G as a gift to myself for all the hard work Ive made the last year. As it is being the love month, my relationship with Edil was blooming.
- little acts sent me over the moon.

Extras: New phone. Celebrating 5 years with PS (I still havent received the watch,by the way). Coffee Prince and Papa Yoo.

March: THRIVING

The main highlight was, bar none, Matthew’s achievement in school. I also made a drastic move and cut my hair! I was also in between everything - my job and quitting. Moving or not. CHANGE was looming. And I was SCARED.

Extras: Twitter, Gong Yoo and Coke Zero were insanely addicting. MBAP Meeting!

April: CHANGE

April na! Packing and waiting for packages to arrive. Proving to myself that Im a rabid certified fan. MOVING IN. Learning the hard way. Leaving work. Settling in. Trying to survive.

Extras: Getting SUN-ed. The Men Hunt Tag.

MAY: EXODUS

Martha turned two. I became a SAHM. New schedules with the kids. Settling in (well, trying to anyway). Great discoveries about my kids - I can talk to them all day. Struggling with online work. More life lessons.

Extras: So many cute highlights about my kids ~ cant enumerate them one by one. May in Pictures.

JUNE: NEW LIFE.
June 8, 2008
Tres ~ rubber and wire. Matthew started school. Father’s Day. The kids get healthier and are really blossoming under a mother’s care. And while I sometimes crave for me time, I cherish everyday I get to have the chance to take care of my kids.

Extras: June in Pictures, started Week in Pictures and Weekend Snapshots

Inspired by Glo, you can use this instead:

2008 Wrap Up — First Half Edition:

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE THAT YOU’VE NEVER DONE BEFORE?
We took a leap of faith and moved out on our own with me resigning from my stable job to take care of our kids. Leap of Faith talaga. AS IN!

DID YOU KEEP YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS?
I’d like to think I did - around 50% accomplished. I still have the rest of the year to accomplish the remaining 50%.

DID ANYONE CLOSE TO YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Not someone close but a couple of acquaintances. A childhood friend gave birth, she is Martha’s godmother and someone Id like to think Im close to

DID ANYONE CLOSE TO YOU DIE?
Thankfully none.

WHAT COUNTRIES DID YOU VISIT?
Zero.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR THAT YOU LACKED EARLY THIS YEAR?
Savings. More focus. More motivation. More intensity on my spiritual life.

WHAT DATE WILL REMAIN ETCHED UPON YOUR MEMORY AND WHY?
June 8, 2008- I have never felt so loved.

WHAT WAS YOUR BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT OF THE YEAR?
Trusting my husband to take care of us. (This involves me quitting a high paying job to watch Elmo and tutor a brilliant kid)

WHAT WAS YOUR BIGGEST FAILURE?
Not losing weight. Not making myself the priority. Not taking care of me.

DID YOU SUFFER ILLNESS OR INJURY?
PCOS. I was diagnosed last January.

WHAT WAS THE BEST THING YOU BOUGHT?
G! Of course

WHOSE BEHAVIOR MERITED CELEBRATION?
Edil. Grabe the pagod and perseverance.
Me. Magbubuhat ako ng bangko (kayang kaya ko to) - well, I think Ive lambasted it all over my blog already

WHOSE BEHAVIOR MADE YOU APPALLED AND DEPRESSED?
My brother.

WHERE DID MOST OF YOUR MONEY GO?
Paying bills.

WHAT DID YOU GET REALLY, REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT?
Moving out. And the Exodus.

WHAT SONG(S) WILL ALWAYS REMIND YOU OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED EARLY THIS YEAR?
Ill never forget Alicia Key’s No One, because Martha sings to it all the time.
The music soundtrack of Step Up 2, because Edil likes it so much.
And David Cook’s songs in American Idol
AND, Coffee Prince’s White Love Story.

COMPARED TO THIS TIME, LAST YEAR, ARE YOU:

I. HAPPIER OR SADDER?
Happier - my hormones are killing me though, I think Im manic depressive. I need to start getting back on treating my PCOS. LOL
II. THINNER OR FATTER?
The same.
III. RICHER OF POORER?
Poorer. But a million times happier and at peace.

WHAT DO YOU WISH YOU’D DONE MORE?
Pray. Forgive. And exerted effort on losing weight.

WHAT DO YOU WISH YOU’D DONE LESS OF?
Spend time online doing nothing

HOW WILL YOU BE SPENDING CHRISTMAS?
Here in Amadeo.

DID YOU FALL IN LOVE?
Ooooh, Im giddily in love all the time. Im like a teenager. It’s not with the husband most of the time. I think March and April I was so obsessed with Papa Yoo. Hehehe.

HOW MANY ONE-NIGHT STANDS?
None.

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TV PROGRAM?
I just discovered House and I am addicted to that.
Coffee Prince of course, and lately, Kim Sam Soon.

DO YOU HATE ANYONE NOW THAT YOU DIDN’T HATE THIS TIME LAST YEAR?
No.

WHAT WAS THE BEST BOOK YOU READ?
I havent read any book. So pathetic.

WHAT WAS YOUR GREATEST MUSICAL DISCOVERY?
Korean Music HAHAHAH!

WHAT DID YOU WANT AND GET?
G!, a house of our own (sorta) and the chance to take care of the kids.

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE FILM OF THIS YEAR?
Ooppss. We are just about trying to watch movies from last year, thanks to Torrent

WHAT DID YOU DO ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, AND HOW OLD WERE YOU?
I turned 27 and I think we just ate at Aristocrat.

WHAT ONE THING WOULD HAVE MADE YOUR HALF YEAR IMMEASURABLY MORE SATISFYING?
If we have saved for the rainy days.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONAL FASHION CONCEPT THIS PAST HALF YEAR?
Jeans. And polo shirts. Glo would have killed me. LOL

WHAT KEPT YOU SANE?
My kids, who are also the ones who make me insane sometimes.

WHICH CELEBRITY / PUBLIC FIGURE DID YOU FANCY THE MOST?
Papa Yoo.

WHAT POLITICAL ISSUE STIRRED YOU THE MOST?
Apathetic to politics, sorry.

WHO DID YOU MISS?
Ate.

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