It's the highlight reel! Well, it's more of me being very bored in life, and thinking that this year was seriously as tumultuous as the roller coaster it connotates, I decided to just write them all down and link to everything else I've done. Plus, since people say my blog entries are that confusing, I decided to connect those confusers with the events they actually relate to. Yes, I don't just write for the sake of writing - they, of course, all mean something...
Although, of course, most of the bullets written here have another meaning when you read between the lines. That goes to you, and you, and especially you.
Top row, from left: Neil at the Sa Paglisan casting calls; Kelly at the Max FM studios;
Sars and Char showing off their autographed Doy shirts; and Kaymee, Ariane and
Jackie looking at the results of their thesis defense. Middle row, from left: Icka and Les
leaving the editing bay; John and Kris get smug on graduation day; setting up the
Projections tarp during Cinemalaya 2008; and Gary V. gets interviewed during the
iPhone 3G launch. Bottom row, from left: Neobie at her first lunch-out; Piyar at
Starbucks Pearl Plaza; Misha at Robinson's Galleria Movieworld; and food at the
Voncore Christmas party.
January
+ Niko spends half of his nineteenth birthday in school, despite having only one class.
+ Raisa is introduced to the universe after debating with Niko on one of Zet's blog entries.
+ After admitting retirement, Kelly returns to radio with a late night show on Max FM, promising better choice for listeners.
+ Misha gets called "hint hint" on the show's conferences.
+ Production for Sa Paglisan kicks off with an open call for actors.
February
+ Niko, already "president" of the biters, submits the first ever (admittedly nonsensical) entry to the Neighbor Diaries.
+ Shooting for Sa Paglisan commences in Cavite, later continuing in locations in Manila and Quezon City.
+ Kelly grills Niko, in an impromptu live interview, about Misha, Piyar and Trix.
+ Niko manages to shake hands with then political figure Jun Lozada.
March
+ Sir Doy celebrates his 60th birthday with two parties: one from the students, and one from the Department of Communication.
+ The last ever Shale Campaigns coverage concluded, with Tapat winning all but one executive board position.
+ Niko submits his second Neighbor Diaries submission, openly speculating whether he indeed has fallen in love with Misha - an assertion that was eventually proven wrong.
+ The fall-out with the biters began.
April
+ Niko and Jaja (needlessly) feud over their final project in gender studies class.
+ A third attempt to (unsuccessfully) audition for a student DJ program leads him to the ill-fated Campus 99.5.
+ Niko bids farewell to the conference for the first time, only to return with an apology-laden phone call.
+ Sa Paglisan, along with other theses, goes through the wringer, with a documentary about death workers and a film about a dollhouse emerging tops.
+ Niko and Elaine begin their risque (and unlikely) priest-parishioner friendship.
May
+ A joke leads to the creation of Maxville Idol, a singing competition which Joogie will eventually win - but gave runner-up Caz the boost he needed to get a record deal.
+ Niko and Samantha become terribly close friends.
June
+ After Kellybites Nights suddenly moved to midmornings, Niko finally holds the biter eyeball - later deemed a slightly spectacular failure - a day before heading to his first job interview.
+ Niko despairs over disillusionment with the job he took, going to the extent of crying about it.
+ After much preparation, Niko graduates as the only cum laude honoree among his batch of Communication Arts students, and grins terribly in the process.
+ Monica spills tequila on Niko's shirt during her after-graduation party.
July
+ Niko hesitantly begins work as an "outsourced writer", not knowing that one of his colleagues was just a newbie fresh off the same commencement exercises.
+ Cinemalaya 2008 proves to be a reunion of sorts for the CAM graduates, with screenings of films by DLSU students, graduates and faculty.
+ Jaiin calls Niko a piece of turd, and leads the biters to backstab him, just as he starts staying away again.
+ Niko takes on the campaign to give Raisa a make-up kit, an effort whose results have not been heard of.
August
+ Niko officially (and angrily) disassociates from Kelly and the "card-carrying fangirls".
September
+ Niko gets tangled with the unwanted Raya-Diaz affair.
+ The first lunch-out starts inauspicuously and ends half-disastrously, only to be rescued by college friends.
+ Niko gets his driver's license, while the rest at the office eat pizza.
+ Niko grudgingly attends the last conference held on Kelly's Multiply site, a move seen to stem from her fairly public spat with King DJ Logan.
October
+ Niko and Ella get "married".
+ Niko gets a much-needed hyperactivity boost as he meets up with Piyar at the Ortigas Center.
+ Niko's constant conversations with Carmel end as she ends her internship with IOM.
November
+ Niko inadvertently gets into what Alyssa called an "LJ word war" with a newspaper writer.
+ Valerie leaves the writing team and inadvertently (to an extent) starts a chain of positive events for Niko's working life.
+ Barack Obama wins the US presidential elections, and Niko gives Carmel a commemorative gift.
+ Niko gets a second hyperactivity boost when he meets up with Jason at the Ortigas Center - and, unexpectedly, closes a plot twist hole with Misha.
December
+ Niko accompanies Ariane to an audition for RX 93.1, and officially gives up his radio ambitions.
+ Things go terribly wrong at the office.
+ Niko buys his first Christmas gifts.
And I'm sure I missed something. That'd be stuff like... you fill that now. Within the next three days, the annual survey that I snatched from Alyssa! Juicier than ever before...
Although, of course, most of the bullets written here have another meaning when you read between the lines. That goes to you, and you, and especially you.
Top row, from left: Neil at the Sa Paglisan casting calls; Kelly at the Max FM studios;
Sars and Char showing off their autographed Doy shirts; and Kaymee, Ariane and
Jackie looking at the results of their thesis defense. Middle row, from left: Icka and Les
leaving the editing bay; John and Kris get smug on graduation day; setting up the
Projections tarp during Cinemalaya 2008; and Gary V. gets interviewed during the
iPhone 3G launch. Bottom row, from left: Neobie at her first lunch-out; Piyar at
Starbucks Pearl Plaza; Misha at Robinson's Galleria Movieworld; and food at the
Voncore Christmas party.
January
+ Niko spends half of his nineteenth birthday in school, despite having only one class.
+ Raisa is introduced to the universe after debating with Niko on one of Zet's blog entries.
+ After admitting retirement, Kelly returns to radio with a late night show on Max FM, promising better choice for listeners.
+ Misha gets called "hint hint" on the show's conferences.
+ Production for Sa Paglisan kicks off with an open call for actors.
February
+ Niko, already "president" of the biters, submits the first ever (admittedly nonsensical) entry to the Neighbor Diaries.
+ Shooting for Sa Paglisan commences in Cavite, later continuing in locations in Manila and Quezon City.
+ Kelly grills Niko, in an impromptu live interview, about Misha, Piyar and Trix.
+ Niko manages to shake hands with then political figure Jun Lozada.
March
+ Sir Doy celebrates his 60th birthday with two parties: one from the students, and one from the Department of Communication.
+ The last ever Shale Campaigns coverage concluded, with Tapat winning all but one executive board position.
+ Niko submits his second Neighbor Diaries submission, openly speculating whether he indeed has fallen in love with Misha - an assertion that was eventually proven wrong.
+ The fall-out with the biters began.
April
+ Niko and Jaja (needlessly) feud over their final project in gender studies class.
+ A third attempt to (unsuccessfully) audition for a student DJ program leads him to the ill-fated Campus 99.5.
+ Niko bids farewell to the conference for the first time, only to return with an apology-laden phone call.
+ Sa Paglisan, along with other theses, goes through the wringer, with a documentary about death workers and a film about a dollhouse emerging tops.
+ Niko and Elaine begin their risque (and unlikely) priest-parishioner friendship.
May
+ A joke leads to the creation of Maxville Idol, a singing competition which Joogie will eventually win - but gave runner-up Caz the boost he needed to get a record deal.
+ Niko and Samantha become terribly close friends.
June
+ After Kellybites Nights suddenly moved to midmornings, Niko finally holds the biter eyeball - later deemed a slightly spectacular failure - a day before heading to his first job interview.
+ Niko despairs over disillusionment with the job he took, going to the extent of crying about it.
+ After much preparation, Niko graduates as the only cum laude honoree among his batch of Communication Arts students, and grins terribly in the process.
+ Monica spills tequila on Niko's shirt during her after-graduation party.
July
+ Niko hesitantly begins work as an "outsourced writer", not knowing that one of his colleagues was just a newbie fresh off the same commencement exercises.
+ Cinemalaya 2008 proves to be a reunion of sorts for the CAM graduates, with screenings of films by DLSU students, graduates and faculty.
+ Jaiin calls Niko a piece of turd, and leads the biters to backstab him, just as he starts staying away again.
+ Niko takes on the campaign to give Raisa a make-up kit, an effort whose results have not been heard of.
August
+ Niko officially (and angrily) disassociates from Kelly and the "card-carrying fangirls".
September
+ Niko gets tangled with the unwanted Raya-Diaz affair.
+ The first lunch-out starts inauspicuously and ends half-disastrously, only to be rescued by college friends.
+ Niko gets his driver's license, while the rest at the office eat pizza.
+ Niko grudgingly attends the last conference held on Kelly's Multiply site, a move seen to stem from her fairly public spat with King DJ Logan.
October
+ Niko and Ella get "married".
+ Niko gets a much-needed hyperactivity boost as he meets up with Piyar at the Ortigas Center.
+ Niko's constant conversations with Carmel end as she ends her internship with IOM.
November
+ Niko inadvertently gets into what Alyssa called an "LJ word war" with a newspaper writer.
+ Valerie leaves the writing team and inadvertently (to an extent) starts a chain of positive events for Niko's working life.
+ Barack Obama wins the US presidential elections, and Niko gives Carmel a commemorative gift.
+ Niko gets a second hyperactivity boost when he meets up with Jason at the Ortigas Center - and, unexpectedly, closes a plot twist hole with Misha.
December
+ Niko accompanies Ariane to an audition for RX 93.1, and officially gives up his radio ambitions.
+ Things go terribly wrong at the office.
+ Niko buys his first Christmas gifts.
And I'm sure I missed something. That'd be stuff like... you fill that now. Within the next three days, the annual survey that I snatched from Alyssa! Juicier than ever before...
- at the moment:
nostalgic - on the background:Jo Russell on Absolute Radio
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- 9 Apr 2012, 06:23I can't believe it's been seven years either. Always tend to count how long I've been blogging on the other blog, but not this one.
I have to play "Which Baby" again. One of these days. - 8 Apr 2012, 17:58Awww, Which Baby. Borne out of the necessity for access and love for Cambio. Huhu. 7 years, wow.
- 29 Dec 2011, 00:55Go ahead.
Then again I tend to do this questionnaire alongside (usually) a year-end post on the orange blog. Speaking of which... - 11 Sep 2011, 03:38Maybe it's because I'm trying and they're not.
Maybe I'm overanalyzing it. - 10 Sep 2011, 18:08Friendships can last! Just takes a lot of work, I think. Funnily, friendships are meant to be naturally easy, right? Like love. Whoa. No, not really.
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