What can I say about the year of 2017?
Instead of my usual new year challenge, I wanted to write about a simple summary on what happened to me on my year of 2017. and maybe a couple of featured pictures as a highlight of each quarter that I wanted to talk about.
Shall we get to it..
- JANUARY TO APRIL -
In the beginning of the year, my life went upside down basically. I was not expecting my year to start like that. I experienced for the first time to moving to another place after 13 years of being here in the US. It was unexpected moved that all of us are shook by it. It was not easy to suddenly just moved.
♥ But luckily we found a new place in unexpected ways and we are still adjusting to the new place.
Also at the same time we were moving to another place, I was having physical back pain that cost me to take some time off from work and that recovery time was not fun at all. I had to go to the chiropractor.
I did struggled a lot during times. During those moments, I found a support system with my chinito bear who always supported me and always encouraging me to be more optimistic.
After all the struggles that I endured, by March I am glad that I healed from the back pain that was hurting me physically and I have been contemplating about whether I should quit my first job or not. Since I was still adjusting to a new place and I was thinking about doing some changes in my life that I was unhappy with. And I finally decided to part ways with my old job that hurt me mentally (stress). At the end I had to think about my well-being first.
♥ Then by April I went to a mini-vacay with my chinito bear to getaway for awhile from our stressful work schedule. And it did helped me forget about stress from work and just have a clear vision on what we mutually wanted for our future goals.
♥ We went on a Cherry Picking Day with his mother and I was happy to spend some time with her. I saw that she was happy to spend some quality time with us and she did picked a lot of cherries when we were there.
-- MAY TO AUGUST --
♥ In the beginning of May, I parted ways with my old job. I admit it was not hard to part ways with the work but the people I am leaving behind are the ones that made me a little bit emotional about it. I had to stick with my decision.
♥ I went to my first concert with my chinito bear and watched The Chainsmokers concert.
And towards the end of May and beginning of June, I went on a first time travelling trip with just two of my friends. We went to South Korea. It's been awhile since I travel aboard and that experienced thought me a lot about travelling in a different country.
♥ Then I attended my chinito bear's little brother college graduation in UC Davis.
♥ In July I had a chance to played badminton with my chinito bear for the first time and he was actually good at it.
♥I did a 5 hour hiking with my friends at Purisima Creek Trail and I also did some mild-hiking with my chinito bear. My July is actually involves a lot of movement. I did some activities I normally would not do by myself, but the help of my friends and my bf, I actually had fun doing a lot physical activities as well.
♥ In the beginning of August my boss treated us all (co-workers and I) to celebrate our summer get-together end at Prime Ribs. and I really had an amazing dinner in deed.
♥ Following that week, my chinito bear and I went to Aloha Festival in San Mateo for the first time. I did not know what to expect going there but I must say that I really love the event. I get to see a lot of Pacific Islander's merchandise, cultural performance, music, and even more exciting was the food that I get to eat over there.
♥ In the middle of the month of August I had the chance to have fun with my crazy friends. We went on a picnic at the beach, celebrated Marc's birthday and attended an Off the Grid Presidio Picnic with them as well.
♥ And the most important event that happened in August was the Gender Reveal of our dear friend in High School who is having a baby for the first time.
♥ By the end of August, I decided to re-start my blog and started making new blog drafts. Yes I am officially back to blogging. I am so glad I found my love again in blogging.
--- SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER ---
♥ But luckily we found a new place in unexpected ways and we are still adjusting to the new place.
Also at the same time we were moving to another place, I was having physical back pain that cost me to take some time off from work and that recovery time was not fun at all. I had to go to the chiropractor.
I did struggled a lot during times. During those moments, I found a support system with my chinito bear who always supported me and always encouraging me to be more optimistic.
After all the struggles that I endured, by March I am glad that I healed from the back pain that was hurting me physically and I have been contemplating about whether I should quit my first job or not. Since I was still adjusting to a new place and I was thinking about doing some changes in my life that I was unhappy with. And I finally decided to part ways with my old job that hurt me mentally (stress). At the end I had to think about my well-being first.
♥ Then by April I went to a mini-vacay with my chinito bear to getaway for awhile from our stressful work schedule. And it did helped me forget about stress from work and just have a clear vision on what we mutually wanted for our future goals.
♥ We went on a Cherry Picking Day with his mother and I was happy to spend some time with her. I saw that she was happy to spend some quality time with us and she did picked a lot of cherries when we were there.
-- MAY TO AUGUST --
♥ In the beginning of May, I parted ways with my old job. I admit it was not hard to part ways with the work but the people I am leaving behind are the ones that made me a little bit emotional about it. I had to stick with my decision.
♥ I went to my first concert with my chinito bear and watched The Chainsmokers concert.
And towards the end of May and beginning of June, I went on a first time travelling trip with just two of my friends. We went to South Korea. It's been awhile since I travel aboard and that experienced thought me a lot about travelling in a different country.
♥ Then I attended my chinito bear's little brother college graduation in UC Davis.
♥ In July I had a chance to played badminton with my chinito bear for the first time and he was actually good at it.
♥I did a 5 hour hiking with my friends at Purisima Creek Trail and I also did some mild-hiking with my chinito bear. My July is actually involves a lot of movement. I did some activities I normally would not do by myself, but the help of my friends and my bf, I actually had fun doing a lot physical activities as well.
♥ In the beginning of August my boss treated us all (co-workers and I) to celebrate our summer get-together end at Prime Ribs. and I really had an amazing dinner in deed.
♥ Following that week, my chinito bear and I went to Aloha Festival in San Mateo for the first time. I did not know what to expect going there but I must say that I really love the event. I get to see a lot of Pacific Islander's merchandise, cultural performance, music, and even more exciting was the food that I get to eat over there.
♥ In the middle of the month of August I had the chance to have fun with my crazy friends. We went on a picnic at the beach, celebrated Marc's birthday and attended an Off the Grid Presidio Picnic with them as well.
♥ And the most important event that happened in August was the Gender Reveal of our dear friend in High School who is having a baby for the first time.
♥ By the end of August, I decided to re-start my blog and started making new blog drafts. Yes I am officially back to blogging. I am so glad I found my love again in blogging.
--- SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER ---
Towards the end of the year, everything was balance again in my life. I went back to the world of blogging again that made me motivated to be consistant with my blogging. Also I celebrated my 2 year anniversary with my chinito bear.
♥ I tried fun new things to do with my chinito bear. We did a paint nite together in October and learning how to make sourdough bread in December as well.
♥ I tried fun new things to do with my chinito bear. We did a paint nite together in October and learning how to make sourdough bread in December as well.
♥ I had great memories with my friends as well. We starting doing a little bit of amateur photography around the city. We went to Pier 39 and Half Moon Bay for Pumpkin Patch day.
♥ I had the chance to attend once again my bf's company's holiday party inside the Exploratorium. I had fun and the food was amazing. The mac and cheese that they served was the next level of mac and cheese; it was a truffle with gruyere cheese and top it with crispy onions.
♥ I had the chance to attend once again my bf's company's holiday party inside the Exploratorium. I had fun and the food was amazing. The mac and cheese that they served was the next level of mac and cheese; it was a truffle with gruyere cheese and top it with crispy onions.
♥ On the other hand, I had a holiday showcase meeting and an ugly sweater day at work. We had a secret santa as well.
♥ I celebrated the Holidays with my family, my friends and my chinitobear's family.
On Christmas eve, I had hot pot dinner party with my chinitobear's fam, then we exchanged and open Christmas gifts to each other and the next day we went to eat some dim sum for lunch and watch the movie "Coco".
And then unexpected visit from my best friend who lives in San Diego now. She used to live in Los Angeles and we used to visit her all the time when we went to L.A. And this year is her turn to pay us a visit in the bay.
And towards the end of the year, I'm going to celebrate the New year's Eve with my chinito bear's fam bam.
Well that's all for now,
To describe my year in one pharse, it will be "make the best out of it"
my year started to a difficult road but progress to more settling and new experience for me at the end of the year. I could not survived this year without the support of my chinito bear, his family and my friends beside me and encourage me to do better with my life.
And of course I want to thank myself too, for not giving up and trying to be more optimistic about everything.
Positive mind brings positive life.
Well enough about my 2017...
To describe my year in one pharse, it will be "make the best out of it"
my year started to a difficult road but progress to more settling and new experience for me at the end of the year. I could not survived this year without the support of my chinito bear, his family and my friends beside me and encourage me to do better with my life.
And of course I want to thank myself too, for not giving up and trying to be more optimistic about everything.
Positive mind brings positive life.
Well enough about my 2017...
I hope you guys have a wonderful new beginning in the coming year and see you guys again here in my blog next year. (which is next week)
LETS WELCOME 2018 with a big BANG~!🎆
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU GUYS ~🎊~
Until next time,
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