Abram John Limpin

2017 Recap

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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