Quarter Life
That’s how Mimi called it.
Like my blog url, my life is like a flight. Not only of ideas, but of faces, laughter, tears, adventures, photographs and lots of wonderful memories.
So much has changed in a year. Coming from a very stressful, fast-paced, corporate HR world, I now landed a job near home, in a small wedding photography office, where I found a much needed escape. Before, I used to wonder where my career would lead me to. Instead, I followed a path which led me to a career that I did not foresee myself being in. I’m in a work that’s refreshingly different, and that is slowly awakening my sleeping “right brain”.
I’ve also been to so many wonderful places this year like Zambales, Mt. Pinatubo, Batanes, and the latest in Boracay (where we celebrated Mimi and Karl’s wonderful, unforgettable wedding). And even if I know that I can’t beat Leia‘s Lakbayan grade, I’m happy I get to wander around the country every once in a while.
I also got to do my share of good deeds for others. Together with Markku‘s Pisay ’96 batchmates (my batchmates na rin…hehe), I’ve been able to help organize and participate in different outreach activities like hold a christmas party for streetkids in UP, teach kids in Ibang Klase, an alternative class program for kids living in front of the Pisay Campus; conduct a medical mission for the Dumagat tribe in Sierra Madre (with UP ORG), and plant trees in Ipo Dam in Norzagaray, Bulacan (with the help of UPM). I also went to a birthday outreach celebration for my friend Angge in St. Rita College Orphanage in Paranaque.
I also got my DSLR last May. Bought it from Jayvee for a very nice price. And I love it so much even if it’s not brand new. And because I have my DSLR already, I got to shoot my first wedding with Markku. Bebbet and Mervin were our officemates in SVI. Bebbet is now in the family way, a sign that we should finish their wedding album soon.
Not to forget the many new friends I’ve made this year, Markku’s batchmates, blogger friends, wedding supplier friends, etc. And of course, I can’t forget all the reunions and gimiks that I’ve attended with my ever lovable friends.
I also had my first ever anniversary with my first and only boyfriend, Markku! hehehe
I just want him to always remember how happy I am to have him in my life now…and that this is the second birthday I’ll be celebrating na hindi na ko single..hehehe 
So there, and to think that there are moments when I’d question my boring existence here on earth, hehehe
Well, all I needed to do was look back and count how many blessings I have received, and I am reminded of the best birthday present I have — MY LIFE.
Happy Birthday to me. 
***I don’t have time left to post old photos and link everything…but maybe one day after today I will.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:12 am
Wow, this is a truly revealing entry for your birthday pangga.
It’s so nice to see you grow, and I feel blessed that I get to be part of it too. You’ve surely done well for the past 24 years, so on your 25th birthday I’m certain there will be more of life’s blessings for a long, long time.
You know you are a healthy influence to a lot of people, you certainly are to me, so keep on inspiring everyone to do well.
Here’s to a very happy birthday pangga.
I love you so much. =*
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:16 am
Naalala ko tuloy yung Miss Hana na ang agang pumasok sa *toot* tapos nahuhuli din umuwi. Stress kung stress, ngarag kung ngarag hehe
At least now with your job nakakapagtravel ka and attend some events na rin. Di tulad dati na palaging nasa tabi ng shredder lolz
Ate Hana, basta sa kasal mo invited ako ah hehe weee
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:19 am
Hala kakabasa ko lang sa Plurk hehe Happy Birthday po
October 23rd, 2008 at 4:32 am
Happy Birthday Hana Girl!
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:07 am
hello miss hana
happy birthday to you!!!!
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Happy Birthday, batchmate Hana
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Happy happy birthday Hana! And this greeting comes not only from me and Pisay 96 but also from all those lives you’ve touched (mula sa UP kids nung Christmas party pati sa Agham Road kids nung summer hanggang sa Dumagat kids nung tag-ulan) doing all those little things that aren’t really little things but great things that create big impacts. Maraming maraming salamat at nandito ka na sa lives naming lahat.
Weee! Happy 25th!
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Happy Birthday, Hana!
October 23rd, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Uy, nagpost nga! Happy Birthday Hana Banana!
Here’s to a more fruitful year ahead *toast*
October 24th, 2008 at 10:48 am
@markku: Thanks so much for being part of my life pangga, and so you’d know, you always inspire me to do well
I love you! =*
@micamyx: LOL, natawa naman ako dun sa “shredder”. hindi ko naman sya katabi masyado, may mga 3 feet na distance between us. hehe.
mas close kami ng filing cabinets 
@karl, jayvee, batchmate brymac, ernest: thank you, thank you!
@mic: awww, i’m so touched
thanks mic! malapit na ulit mag-pasko, streetkids party na ulit? 
@mimi: thanks!
yup, pinilit ko pa na midnight magpost…hehe, adik! 