25. Mermaid

24. Pyramid

23. Wrestling

22. Sleeping

21. Human Star

20. Puerto Gallera

Good morning, Puerto Gallera

18. Toy Kingdom

Chad at Toy Kingdom

17. The Native

An Aeta youth working at the Zoobic Zafari in Subic, Olongapo.

16. Tiger

Feeding a tiger at Zoobic Safari, Subic, Olongapo. 

15. Reading

Reading in front of the Bahay ng Alumni at University of the Philippines. 

14. Teka-teka

Teka-teka at the pink sand beach of Carabao Island in Romblom.

13. Twilight

366: A picture a day

Twilight as viewed at the top of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (5 Jan 2012)

12. Booze

Inuman sa Mang Rudy's with team Erich. 

11. The Best of Me

The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks

10. The Sound of Music

The hills are alive with the sound of music.

9. Odyssey

Currently reading...

As the Dawn comes early with rosy fingers; The Chad, lovers of Arts and Literature, reads the immortal masterpiece of Homer--The Odyssey.

8. San Miguel Beer: Philippine Centennial Edition

360: A picture a day

SMB: Philippine Centennial Edition

1898-1998 Philippine Centennial "Kalayaan: Kayamanan ng Bayan"

San Miguel Beer

Bumubuhay

as ating

pagkakaibigan

at pagsasamahan.

Noon. Ngayon.

Kahit kailan.

Kaakbay sa

pagdiriwang ng

ating kasarinlan.

Pagsulong sa

kinabukasan.

7. Lights

366: A picture a day

A street of lights by Karen

6. The Met

Tickets to the Met Museum.

5. Desk

A thousand sleepless nights!

4. Holden

Currently reading...

(Thanks to ff for this book)

3. Navi

My Navi Planner

Last Christmas, someone gave me my wished Navi Planner as an exchange gift. Above are the tickets of the first movie we watched this year (Enteng ng Ina Mo, then Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow) and the credit card that I punctured after being surprised by how much I owe when I received the bill. 

2. Smog

A smoggy new-year-morning at Makati City. The air was enveloped with smoke from fire-crackers and fireworks from the New Year's eve countdown party along Ayala Avenue.

1. Fireworks

366: A Picture a Day Project.

Fireworks at Ayala during the New Year's Countdown.

Firsts

Category: Journals of Journeys

"Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right."  ~Oprah Winfrey

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I thought I was going to spend the new year hooked on the phone. Thanks God I didn't. They say, the sky parts at midnight as the new year comes, and I always wanted to witness it in the streets. So we abandoned our stations and ran to Ayala where the count-down party was. And that was it, I spent my new year running and partying and watching fireworks. Will this be the metaphor of what this new year's gonna be? If it is, it means an awesome year ahead! (What could be more awesome than watching fireworks!)

‎I have already made my credo last November so I’m not crazy about New Year Resolutions. I made mine on my birthday. Instead, I’ll share how I started the year the Mayans thought to be the end of the world.

1st awesomeness: watching fireworks!

1st city: Makati City, which was enveloped in smog; permeated with black powder.

1st book: ‎2011 was a year of reading good books. I ended the year reading a book that I truly like (the Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini). I am looking forward to a great reading experience this 2012.

I'm starting the year with the famous/infamous The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. This is, in fact, a re-reading. I've read an ebook version between talking calls several years ago at PeopleSupport. I'm reading it now from a copy a friend gave me.

1st movie for 2012 is a comedy--Enteng ng Ina Mo (at Greenbelt with Aldous). It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you start the year happy, you'll be laughing all the way. Live life lightly. Laugh!

It matters not how everything starts, nor it is important how it ends; it is what comes along the way that counts. Yet it is nice to start the year wondrously.

Mahamungaya-on nga bag-ong tu-ig sa inyo tanan.