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2008 was the most exciting, most accomplished, most memorable year of my life. A lot of FIRST’s for me…

JANUARY: Vacation in Bahamas.
FEBRUARY: Brian received some hefty bonus from his company plus pay raise.
MARCH: Bought our first house. First time to meet lots of new Filipina friends in the US that were around my age, not my mom’s!
APRIL: Moved in to our first house. Bought my first car.
MAY: Passed the citizenship test.
JUNE: Officially became a US Citizen. Had our first party in our house.
JULY: Got my driver’s license.
AUGUST: Went to Niagara Falls, Canada. Went to our friends’ wedding in Pennsylvania and had a reunion with old friends.
SEPTEMBER: Our first hurricane experience!
OCTOBER: First vacation in Europe– celebrated 28th bday in London, 5th wedding anniversary on top of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, vacation in Barcelona.
NOVEMBER: Our second baby was created! :D
DECEMBER: First time to celebrate an actually fun holidays in the U.S. Kyle had his first real bday party.

…not to mention all the parties that we had celebrated and had attended last year..

But the experiences weren’t all good of course. A few bad things had happened last year –had a big fight with Brian (never again), lost some friends (emotionally), fought with Brian’s family. But I believe these things happened for a reason and I’m glad they did happen. It taught me and Brian some few lessons in life, to not trust people so easily and to not let anybody ruin our relationship and how to better handle it. Brian and I have grown more mature and our love for each other is even stronger. I’m so impressed how much my husband has changed over the years. For the first time, he actually wasn’t afraid and stood up for me against his own parents. My own parents trusted me with my new life and stopped interfering after I got married, so having other people to always tell me what to do, criticize, and spy on me everywhere 24/7, especially online, is plain irritating and invasive. Last year, I’ve regained my freedom and am so happy about it. Life without inlaws is way much better and peaceful (although it’s the opposite to Brian with his inlaws). Now, Brian doesn’t act like an obnoxious little brat who complains about everything anymore. He’s not as impatient nor as quick-tempered as he used to. He became more responsible as a father and husband. I’ve changed alot also. I’m not anymore moody, not as bad of a worrier, and not as passive as before. I now fight for what I believe is right, not anymore the girl who’s afraid to speak out and just sits in the corner and cries. I’m also now very optimistic and happy with life.

All the good happenings and the bad turning out to be good made me regard 2008 as THE BEST YEAR OF MY LIFE. I don’t expect 2009 to be the same or be better than ’08 but I do hope and pray that we can get through 2009 with less bumps in the road.

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