Good day, and welcome to another annual recap blog. For those who are visiting my blog for the first time, you can check out my past entries here: https://abramlimpin.com/sites/sindikato/tag/recap
Let me share some of the highlights that happened to me this year:
Personal
- First time being an uncle
- Celebrated my dog Toby’s first birthday (he’s now 1 year and 3 months)
- Bought an AC unit
- Collected 50s and coins as part of my yearly savings
- Maintained my annual savings
- Started to invest with Bitcoin
- Spent some bucks to improve the garden area
- First time to visit Grab Philippines’ office
- First time to try a head massage from my student’s wellness spa (thanks, Hazel!)
- First time to try full-body reflexology
- Decided not to cut my long hair until the end of the year because of personal reasons
- Lost my cellphone charger (again)
- Received my SM Prestige card/status
- First time to walk on a traffic EDSA road due to an ‘emergency.’
- Ate at buffet restaurants with my friends more than twice compared to last year
- Upgraded my Internet connection speed at home
- Learned how to play the Uno game
- Quarterly visited Toby’s vet clinic for consultation and maintenance.
- Rode a bike a few times after a long time
- Stayed single (again) for the entire year
Dev
- Brushed up my MVC skills using .NET and PHP
- Received a new dev laptop from my company (thanks, Boss!)
- Spent most of the dev work at home and school
- Developed the improved version of Directories Plus
- Developed Paris Bijoux Philippines website
- Developed Go Beyond website for Church of God Philippines
- Developed a supply chain management system
- Maintained Themes & Motifs websites
- Maintained GameCon Philippines website
- Maintained The Dessert Kitchen website
- Deployed kiosks at Robinsons Place Manila (Ermita) last September
- Participated as a mentor for NASA Space App Challenge (hackathon) last April 29
- Conducted series of training for Themes & Motifs users
Academe
- Received consecutive outstanding and very satisfactory STAR and PARF ratings for the entire school year
- Handled IS students as their academic adviser for two straight terms.
- Accepted the role as the faculty adviser of our program’s professional organization, Association of Information Management (AIM)
- Prepared and developed courseware for ISPROG (programming) series
- Handled a SPARK group for ISPROJ1/ISPROJ2; developed tutorial management and reservation system for the Student Learning Center
- Handled web development (WEBDEVT, ENTSOC3) and IS Advanced Programming (ISPROG3) classes for the school year
- Attended the annual IS outreach at Our Lady of Assumption last December 16; Decided not to celebrate our annual Christmas party
- Participated in the faculty advisers’ training seminar last October 25
- Participated in an Azure training at MISNET Education last August 22-25
- First time since the last time I handled a Friday (3 hours) class
- Attended the ISP strategic planning session last June 23
- Conducted a programming mini-marathon during one of my subjects’ quiz
- Conducted a programming boot camp for CAPROJ2 students once a week
- Participated as a mentor during Imagine Cup 2017; the group won as local finalists.
Health
- First time to weigh at least 200 pounds due to stress-eating and lack of exercise
- Ate a LOT of fried chicken this year
- Started eating pizza and bacon again after a year
- Maintained drinking 6-8 glasses of water every day
- Did not experienced serious illnesses for the entire year
- Did not donate blood due to a strict work schedule
- Quit eating burgers
- Maintained my no-rice challenge for more than 3 years
Travel
- Took our family dinner at Sonya’s Garden, Tagaytay, last September
- Spent the ISP annual team building in Baler, Aurora last May 27-28
Events
- Celebrated our annual Limpin Family reunion at Bataan last December 30
- Celebrated my annual Christmas party with my close friends at Tagaytay last December 22-23
- Celebrated Christmas lunch with my work colleagues at Greenhills last December 16
- Set up dinner with my friend Stephanie at Café Breton last December 14; Had the chance to catch up and had mini exchange gift-giving
- Celebrated Christmas party with fellow CA faculty last December 9
- Attended the annual Red Ninja Year Ender at B-Side Collective last December 2-3
- Attended Luna Production’s first gig anniversary at B-Side Collective last November 29; First time to hear December Avenue and Apartel live.
- Attended my school’s graduation last October 28
- Attended AIM’s first general assembly last October 23
- Attended a #BirthdaySix gig at Saguijo last October 6; First time to hear Ben & Ben live
- Attended the annual Wedding Expo Philippines, organized by Themes & Motifs, last September 9
- Attended Yellow Room PH and Luna Production’s Moonlight gig at Social House (Circuit Makati) last August 18, 2017
- Set up dinner with my friend Ricci at Gino’s last August 17
- Attended and participated in the first GameCon Philippines at SM Megamall last July 8-9
- Celebrated my sister’s late birthday at Buffet 101 last June 26
- Attended the annual Philippine Wedding Summit, organized by Themes & Motifs, last June 17
- Set up dinner with my former students (Hazel, Andrea, and Kat) at Dampa (Seaside), Pasay, last June 2
- Attended Ad Astra’s Perspectives 2018 gig event at Benilde last May 26; first time hearing Autotelic live.
- Set up a surprise lunch with Andrea last May 10
- Attended Banna Harbera’s Sorrys and Goodbyes’ music video launch at Saguijo last April 29-30
- Set up dinner with my former students at Motorino last April 27
- Attended Red Ninja Year 8 Fest at B-Side Collective last April 22
- Attended Music Business Week’s Playback gig event at SDA last March 31
- Set up a dinner with my best friend at TGI Fridays last March 17
- Attended Milesexperience’s Anggulo music video launch at 12 Monkeys, Century Mall last March 4
- Set up a dinner with Ricci at Kko Kko, Ortigas, last February 22
- Attended Terno Inferno gig at Saguijo with Bai last February 18; first time hearing UDD (formerly Up Dharma Down) live up-close
- Attended Yellowcard’s last concert, The Final World Tour, at Sky Dome last February 10
- Set up a lunch with my friend after 2 years of not seeing her last February 6
- Watched Sa Wakas 2017 with my sister at Power Mac Center Spotlight last February 5
- Celebrated my birthday lunch at Sambo Kojin with my family
- Set up dinner with Ricci at Ortigas last January 18, after years of not seeing her
- Set up a surprise dinner for Bai, celebrating her birthday, last January 12
Social Media
- Had 2700+ Facebook friends – mostly my students and colleagues
- Posted 25.1k tweets
- Checked-in 9000+ times in Foursquare/Swarm, with 50+ mayorships and 130+ stickers
- Connected to 1300+ LinkedIn contacts
- Maintained my #onesecondeveryday Instagram posts every month
- Lessened Snapchat posts
- Received Platinum status/subscription from Grab
- Uploaded several gig videos from my YouTube channel
Leisure / Entertainment
- Watched Star Wars: The Last Jedi with my sister at Venice Cineplex last December 16
- Watched Thor: Ragnarok with my family at a cinema last November 14
- Watched 100 Tula Para Kay Stella with my family at a cinema last August 20
- Watched Spiderman: Homecoming with Andrea at a cinema last July 12
- Watched Wonder Woman at a cinema last June 4
- Watched Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 at SM Mall of Asia last April 26
- Started watching Rick & Morty series
- Played Piano Tiles 2 with level 117 and unlocked 340+ songs
- Played NBA Live Mobile with level 30 and 85 overall (average) players; joined my first league and met different players online.
- Played Freestyle Online Basketball with 2 level-50 (max) and 1 level-49 players
- Completed the latest season of Mr. Robot
- Completed the latest season of Silicon Valley
- Completed the entire The I.T. Crowd series
- Completed the entire How I Met Your Mother series (9 seasons) from January to February
- Watched a couple of Parks and Recreation seasons
I hope 2018 brings more fun memories. Thank you for reading. See you next year!
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