Carol of the Bells version of Celtic Woman is the best. It even made me feel as if angels were singing to me. Great voice and nice fiddler. I wish I could play like her. Oh, I miss my violin. This reminded me that since its holidays, I should play my violin before work and school consumed my time again.

My 2011 Christmas is by far the most stressful Christmas I have had. I was busy organizing our company’s party not to mention I was also hurrying tasks for my project. Whew! That almost drained my sanity. And speaking of project-related tasks, I should ready myself now for my boss’s inquiries and probably anger for not finishing my assignments. These are those moments when I really wish I could divide myself to accomplish more.

Adding to my already overwhelming stress was the jam-packed malls. There’s the long queue in cashiers that always made me drop the items I supposed to buy. Good thing I was able to partially finish my shopping.

On a lighter note, and I don’t know why this came last, were the things I love about this year’s Christmas. First was of course the gifts! Thanks to all my friends generous and thoughtful enough to give me one. I won’t be mentioning names anymore. I might miss one or two names and I don’t want to rouse sulky feelings. Second was the reunion with friends. It was very nice to see them after quite some time, share stories and laughter over food, and renew your bonds. It’s also great to know that they’re doing great with their lives. Happy for you guys! And lastly was the happy air christmases always bring. I really can’t explain it and I don’t know if you feel the same way as me but there’s something about Christmas that made me smile despite all the worries I might have.

Wishing you all a happy Christmas!

The year 2010 is almost over. Looking back on the events that transpired during this year I can say that it has been tough.

My2010
This year I’ve set goal to start my Master’s degree and save money. At first I wondered how the heck am I gonna do that but I managed to get hold of a scholarship that took care of half of my tuition. Not bad, I told myself.

I was also able to open an account in Accord Capital to invest in stocks. At this moment, I was really worried of losing the amount I invested but I’m really trying to keep my spirits up. A friend told me that once you dwell into stocks you should forget about the money you invested. That scared me! Whew! Everything’s gonna be alright. I hope..

So I guess I was able to, in a way, accomplish my goals. Nice! Good job Sarahness.

Talking about work, I’m still assigned on one of the most difficult project, Project Management System. The thought of it brought back all the worries. I was not able to meet my deadline. I still want to finish this system. I just hope for everyone to cooperate.

My 2011
For my 2011, I’ve set the following goals:

• take my studies seriously
• be disciplined
• save. save. save

I’ve learned not to set so many goals for you may end up fulfilling nothing. The second one is gonna be a challenge for me but I want to make myself better so I will try my very best.

I do not want to hear myself mumble something like “I don’t want to go to work” or “Oh man, work again“. I want to be focused.

Happy New Year everyone!!

I wasn’t able to attend this year’s UST Paskuhan, the Thomasian way of celebrating Christmas, since I attended a different event. But some of my friends did.

I was browsing photostream in Flickr when I saw this captivating image of fireworks, I clicked the photo and was directed to the user’s other UST photos. The person take great pictures and she’s a girl!

Anyway, I couldn’t help myself to browse for more pictures and post it here. I was awed by the image of UST.. and I guess I kind of miss my alma matter.

Go USTe!!

Here are the pics:

UST Paskuhan '09 Fireworks December 18, 2009

UST Main Building

Grandstand

UST Grounds Espana, Manila

Fountain of Wisdom

But the thing that I like best about Christmas is the excitement of children. Maybe I just want to feel Christmas again like a child, too innocent to understand what’s going on.

Merry Christmas folks!! Just remember,, gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.

Deck the halls with boughs of holly
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
‘Tis the season to be jolly
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Don we now our gay apparel
Fa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la.
Troll the ancient Yule-tide carol
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.

Oh well!! I really have to plan ahead next year to avoid this christmas rush. I know I’ve said this last year but obviously, I haven’t done what I’m ought to do.

What a day!! I still haven’t done my wish list.. To make things even worse, I’ve dropped a few notches on Top Blogs for not updating my blog. That’s sad! :’(

I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.  ~Charles Dickens 

Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home!  ~Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, 1836 

This week has been the most tiring one this December—practice, party, and shopping. We had practice from Monday, December 17, until Thursday, December 20. The practice lasts from four to five hours a day on the average so I usually got home at around 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. given that I live almost in the province. Last Wednesday I went to UST for the Paskuhan, a university-wide Christmas celebration. I missed the fireworks so I guess I just have to browse for some clips of it in Youtube and wait for eternity before I can play the entire thing since I’m now using a dial-up connection. I planned of going home early that night but got home at 1 a.m. instead. Lastly, yesterday was our Christmas party which was held in Crowne Plaza and has the theme: Visua Kei: FTSP Goes Glam Rock!

When I was a kid and my Nanay is still alive, she gave me a Barbie doll. I can’t remember how old I was then but all I can say is that I was really sad because my parents were away and my grandma gave me the doll and put a smile on my face. It was my very first Barbie.

Way back in kindergarten during our Christmas party, the class was divided into several groups that will perform. Our group was assigned to dance in the tune of “I Was Dying Inside To Hold You,” I don’t know if it was the title of the song. I was hesitant to do it since I was a shy girl. I’ve always been timid. Anyway, I even considered not attending our party for that matter but my grandma urged me and she bribed me with this cute little dress that I wore during the party. She told me that the girls in our class will envy me when they saw me in that cute little dress. So I went to the party and danced. It was my first performance ever!

This happened when I was seven years old, I went out with friends of the neighboring houses in the province to sing Christmas carols. It was my first time and I was really excited. The first night we had 60 something pesos but we were really happy then because during that time 60 pesos is quite a big amount for kids like me. Haha!

During our CAT Christmas Party my first boyfriend gave me a lovely bracelet. We were not together then and I was hesitant to accept his gift since I really don’t usually accept gifts coming from a suitor. I spoke with his best friend about giving back the gift but he told me that his friend had a hard time looking for a perfect gift and it’ll be rude on my part not to accept it. It’s not the gift at all. I was genuinely touched by his efforts.