Another annual recap blog! Sharing some of the highlights that happened to me this year:

Personal

• Maintained my short haircut throughout the year
• Attended and completed the Christian Life Development Program 1 (CLDP1), from August to November
• Participated in our church’s water baptism
• Spent more time in fellowship and C2S meetings with my churchmates
• Attended the EXCEL service after a very long time
• Skipped the Limpin family reunion due to inclement weather
• Hosted the Andes family reunion in our house
• Maintained my annual savings until the end of the year
• Skipped attending the annual church cantata due to other commitments
• Celebrated Toby’s (my pet dog) 2^nd birthday last September 13
• Spent more than 30k using Grab for alternative travel and commute
• Used Paymaya as my alternative online payment for bills and other personal expenses
• Spent more time attending concerts and gigs, almost twice a month
• Had a family photoshoot after more than 5 years
• Invested in Ripple ($XRP)
• Used Shopee for the first time to buy a table tennis table
• Maintained my expense tracker for 3 straight years
• Spent almost 22% of my annual expenses on food
• Got beaten by a girl playing arcade games for the first time (I never won anything.)
• Stayed single (again) for the entire year

Dev

• Improved and updated plugins for my main website
• Improved the Directories Plus app with context search and logo placement
• Developed the Directories Plus kiosk system for Robinsons Metro East
• Developed https://bycamilla.co for my former student’s business
• Maintained and improved Themes & Motifs front end and back end features
• Improved the Landlite Philippines website
• Improved the Studio C Interior website
• Developed the Lux Décor Philippines website
• Developed a prototype website for Ben & Ben
• Developed a sales and inventory system for my former student’s family business
• Developed a supply chain and management system for a steel fabrication company
• Developed a student registration and enlistment (capstone) system for SDA Architecture Program
• Conducted series of training for Themes & Motifs associates
• Skipped hackathons and programming contests

Academe

• Received consecutive outstanding and very satisfactory STAR and PARF ratings for the entire school year
• Handled programming (ISPROG1) and web development (ISPROG2, ISPROG3) courses for the entire school year
• Promoted to Instructor II after 7 years of teaching
• Left teaching for a term (1^st Term, SY 2018-2019) to focus on dev projects
• Paneled for ISPROJ1 and ISPROJ2 groups for the school year
• Paneled for Best Capstone presentation for 2^nd term
• Paneled for Sir Oliver’s VERTSOL class
• Received the Best Top 10 Organization award for AIM as their faculty adviser
• Organized the DETECHTIVE Hackathon by our school org last March 3-4
• Attended the ISP in-house training for Python last February 24

Health

• Weighed more than 200 pounds this year (uh-oh!)
• Drank more cups of coffee than usual (hello, sleepless nights!)
• Started drinking soft drinks and caffeinated drinks (oops)
• Donated blood at Philippine Heart Center last December 1
• Ate more takeout meals than homecooked because of a busy schedule (yikes)
• Started eating pizzas and burgers (booo!)
• Visited a lot of fast-food restaurants, especially Jollibee (one branch is near our house)

Travel

• Went on an impromptu trip with my churchmates and had lunch at Bag of Beans (Tagaytay) last November 4
• Went on an impromptu trip in Tagaytay with friends last September 2

Events

• Spent the whole day with a close friend playing ROS and in Timezone last December 27; Also went to Cubao Expo for the first time after a while
• Celebrated my company’s Christmas dinner with my colleagues last December 21 in a local Korean restaurant at Greenhills
• Spent dinner with my close friends in Trinoma and Montalban last December 18
• Attended Red Ninja Production’s annual Year Ender gig at Riverside Studios last December 8-9; Watched Orange & Lemons for the first time.
• Visited Benilde at 30 Exhibit at School of Design Arts last December 5
• Celebrated Lola’s birthday at Sambokojin (SM Fairview) last November 18, along with other November celebrants
• Watched Munimuni’s first live concert at Music Museum last November 15
• Attended GabbaFest3 at SOMA Bistro last October 13
• Attended Karpos Mix 2.2. Live at Vertis North last October 6; Watched performances by Clara Benin and Ben & Ben
• Spent lunch with my former student after the church service last September 23
• Attended Swavesound’s TRIDENT gig event at Checkpoint Rock Bar last September 1; watched long sets by Munimuni and Banna Harbera
• Attended Paramore’s tour concert at Mall of Asia Arena last August 23
• Attended a fundraising gig last August 18 at Arkipelago
• Watched Clara Benin and December Avenue during a Dauntless Manila gig last August 4 at B-Side
• Watched Ang Huling El Bimbo: The Musical at Newport Performing Arts Theater last July 21
• Attended Fete Indie 2018 at Riverside Studios last June 23
• Attended our church’s GO Beyond conference at SMX Convention Center last June 19-21Watched Hillsong United and Young & Free’s concert at Araneta Coliseum last June 15
• Watched the last Sa Wakas: The Musical at Power Mac Center Spotlight last May 26
• Attended Carousel Casualties’ first music video launch at Saguijo last May 25
• Attended Red Ninja Production’s annual Year Fest at B-Side last April 14
• Attended Clara Benin’s Parallel Universe music video launch at The Green Sun last March 15
• Attended Single Awareness Day gig at Eastwood last February 15
• Attended Lovestruck Convergence 2018 at Cuneta Astrodome with my churchmates last February 10
• Celebrated a Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) reunion last January 17

Social Media

• Did not use Snapchat for the entire year
• Tried a social media break (Facebook & Instagram) for a week but failed miserably
• Maintained my #onesecondeveryday Instagram posts every month
• Remained consistent with using Foursquare/Swarm app with 11,500+ check-ins (1,300 visited places), 14 streaks, 61 mayorships, and 143 stickers
• Improved my engagement and impressions in my Twitter account
• Spent more time listening to songs from Spotify this year – 31,000+ minutes (79% more than last year)
• Uploaded more gig and concert videos (100+) at my YouTube channel
• Maintained my Platinum status from Grab

Leisure / Entertainment

• Completed watching FRIENDS series from season 1 to 10
• Re-watched the How I Met Your Mother series
• Watched Goyo: Ang Batang General last September
• Watched Avengers: Infinity War during the 1^st day of showing
• Watched Ready Player One last April
• Watched Black Panther last February
• Watched Black Mirror episodes, from season 1 to present
• Played NBA Live Mobile (Season 3) with level 60 and 88 overall players; maintained the same league (team) as the main contributor
• Played Wordscapes with level 440

Definitely not a good year health-wise but it was a good year for more music and newfound friendships. I bid this year with a contented heart. Thank you, 2018.

And to all the readers of this blog, thank you for reading my post!