All Over But the Shouting (Part 2/2)

Part 1/2 here

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Where did most of your money go?

  • TRAVEL
  • Insurance

What did you get really, really, really excited about?

  • All my local and international trips
  • My friends’ birthdays
  • American Idol Manila Tour

What songs will always remind you of 2011?

  • Born This Way- Lady Gaga
  • Edge of Glory- Lady Gaga
  • Bennie and the Jets- Haley Reinhart
  • Rolling in the Deep- Adele
  • Someone Like You- Adele
  • One and Only- Adele
  • Super Bass- Nicki Minaj
  • On the Floor- Jennifer Lopez
  • Breakfast in Bed- Train
  • Marathon- Tennis
  • Bubble Toes- Jack Johnson
  • Teach Me How to Dougie- California Swag District

Compared with this time last year, are you:

  • Happier or sadder? – Happier
  • Thinner or fatter? – About the same
  • Richer or poorer? – Poorer

What do you wish you’d done more?

  • Back up my files
  • Read
  • Cook
  • Watch movies
  • Blog

What do you wish you’d done less of?

  • Worry (not like this is going to change anytime soon)
  • Procrastinate
  • Surf the web aimlessly

How did you spend Christmas?

  • At home. Nothing really eventful.

How many one-night stands?

  • None

Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

  • Yes

What was the best book you read?

  • That’s the thing: I started on a couple of books but I never really finished any of them.

What were your greatest musical discoveries?

What did you want and get?

  • Simply being able to travel and see landmarks/icons/stores/streets/monuments/parks/etc. that I’ve always wanted to
  • A netbook
  • Stuff from Ikea
  • The 2012 Starbucks Planner

What was your favorite film of this year?

What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

  • Went to Bohol’s famed Chocolate Hills. I turned 26.

What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

  • Probably an iPhone 4S

How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2011?

  • Part utilitarian, part military

What kept you sane?

  • Traveling! (I sound like a broken record already.)

Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

What political issue stirred you the most?

  • RH Bill-related issues 

Who did you miss?

  • No one comes to mind, really

Who was the best new person you met?

  • Sorry, not very sociable!

Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2011.

  • Take chances, live a little, throw caution to the wind (sometimes).

Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

  • I’m taking chances
    I wear my heart on my sleeve
    I wonder slide slide, under the big sky
    Who’s gonna take care of me

    Taking Chances- Abra Moore