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Damn you SCUMS... liars... selfish people... mga lamangero, at makapal ang mukha!

I WANT: Powerbooks 100 Book Spree!

But I don't even have a raffle ticket.

I hope a *generous* friend of mine will win.

Updated December 18, 2005, 11:19 pm.

aka Christmas Wishlist 2005. Didn't include stuff I already asked for in our barkada wishlist, cept for the English-Korean dictionary/translator software coz it's a pretty elusive item to find, and the CDs of classical and Christian music, coz there are many of them anyway.

1. A pair of zips - prereq to fire pois. Check out images of these fancy spinners taken by Jake Verzosa. The fire pois are so cool esp in the twilight, but let me first master zipping, before I start playing with fire.
2. A digicam!
3. A steam press for the undomesticated goddess that I am
4. Altec Lansing speakers for my lappytoppy
5. English-Korean/Korean-English dictionary or translator software. <-- I actually found a *hanguk sajeon*! Annyong haseyo!  
6. Customizable Starbucks mug
7. A pretty dress and matching shoes for a garden wedding
8. Books!
9. CDs of classical and Christian music

And now for the non-material things, the more important ones, things I want-- and need--not just on Christmas day, but any day of the year.

1. A benign ER duty. I'm on duty on Christmas day. 
2. An organized and uncluttered bedroom --> slowly getting there... Tidied up my closet and my desk this pm.
3. A *complete* and fun get-together with my girlfriends --> We had our annual Christmas party/gift-giving last Friday, and it was a blast!
4. To have my family come over for Christmas
5. Energy, motivation, optimism coz I'm pretty low on these lately
6. World peace
7. Peace within

Photoshop, layouting and printing out CD labels, sticking em up, tracing little center circles... Maffya! What have done to me?!??! You've created a monster!!!!

Andorra: Bon Nadal, United Arab Emirates: I'd miilad said oua sana saida, Afghanistan: De Christmas akhtar de bakhtawar au newai kal de mubarak sha, Algeria: Mboni Chrismen, Antigua and Barbuda: Merry Christmas, Anguilla: Merry Christmas, Albania: Gézuar Krishlindjet, Armenia: Shnorhavor Sourp Dzunount, Netherlands Antilles: Bon Pasco, Bon Anja, Angola: Boas Festas, Antarctica: Merry Christmas, Felices Pasquas, Hristos Razdajetsja, Argentina: ¡Feliz Navidad! American Samoa: La Maunia Le Kilisimasi, Austria: Frohe Weihnachten, Australia: Happy Christmas, Aruba: Bon Pasco, Bon Anja, Azerbaijan: Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun, Bosnia and Herzegowina: Sretam Bozic, Hristos se rodi, Barbados: Merry Christmas, Bangladesh: Shuvo Baro Din, Belgium: Zalig Kerstfeest, Burkina Faso: Joyeux Noel, Bulgaria: Vessela Koleda, Bahrain: Mboni Chrismen, Burundi: Noeli Nziza, Joyeux Noel, Benin: Joyeux Noel, Bermuda: Merry Christmas, Brunei Darussalam: Selamat Hari Natal, Bolivia: Feliz Navidad, Brazil: Feliz Natal, Bahamas: Happy Christmas, Bhutan: krist Yesu Ko Shuva Janma Utsav Ko Upalaxhma Hardik Shuva, Botswana: Merry Christmas, Belarus: Winshuyu sa Svyatkami, Belize: Merry Christmas, Cayman Islands: Merry Christmas, Canada: Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noel, Cocos (Keeling) Islands: Merry Christmas, Selamat Hari Natal, The Democratic Republic of The Congo: Joyeux Noel, Central African Republic: Joyeux Noel, Congo: Joyeux Noel, Cote D'ivoire: Joyeux Noel, Cook Islands: Merry Christmas, Kia orana e kia manuia rava i teia Kiritime, Chile: Feliz Navidad, Cameroon: Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noel, China: Sheng Tan Kuai Loh, Colombia: Feliz Navidad para todos, Costa Rica: Feliz Navidad, Comoros: Joyeux Noel, Mboni Chrismen, Cuba: Feliz Navidad, Cape Verde: Boas Festas, Christmas Island: Merry Christmas, Cyprus: Eftihismena Christougenna, Noeliniz kutlu olsun ve yeni yili, Czech Republic: Vesele Vanoce, Djibouti: Joyeux Noel, Mboni Chrismen, Denmark: Glaedelig Jul, Dominica: Merry Christmas, Dominican Republic: Feliz Navidad, Ecuador: Feliz Navidad, El Salvador: Feliz Navidad, Estonia: Haid Joule, Rôômsaid Jôule, Egypt: Mboni Chrismen, Western Sahara: (Muslim nation), Eritrea: Melkam Yelidet Beaal, Poket Kristmet, Ethiopia: Melkam Yelidet Beaal, Poket Kristmet, Merry Christmas, Finland: Hauskaa Joulua, Fiji: Merry Christmas, Falkland Islands (Malvinas): Merry Christmas, Federated States of Mirconesia: Merry Christmas,  Faroe Islands: Gledhilig jol, France: Joyeux Noel, Gabon (GA): Joyeux Noel, Germany: Frohliche Weihnachten, Grenada: Merry Christmas, Georgia: Gilotsavt Krist'es Shobas, French Guiana: Joyeux Noel, Ghana: Afishapa, Gibraltar: Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, Greenland: Glædelig Jul, Juullimi Ukiortaassamilu Pilluarit, Gambia: Merry Christmas, Guinea: Joyeux Noel, Guadeloupe: Joyeux Noel, Equatorial Guinea: Joyeux Noel, Feliz Navidad, Greece: Eftihismena Christougenna,  South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands: Happy Christmas, Guatemala: Feliz Navidad, Guam: Merry Christmas, Felis Pasgua, Guinea-bissau: Boas Festas, Guyana: Merry Christmas, Hong Kong: Sing dan fiy loc, Merry Christmas, Honduras: Feliz Navidad, Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska): Sretan Bozic, Haiti: Jwaye Nwel, Hungary: Boldog Karácsonyt, Indonesia: Salamet Hari Natal, Ireland: Nollaig Shona dhuit, Israel: Mo'adim Lesimkha, India: Shub Christu Jayanti, British Indian Ocean Territory: Happy Christmas, Iraq: Idah Saidan Wasanah Jadidah, Islamic Republic of Iran: Christmas Mobarrak, Iceland: Gleðileg Jól, Italy: Buon Natale, Jamaica: Merry Christmas, Jordan: Mboni Chrismen, Merry Christmas, Japan: Merii Kurisumasu, Kenya: Merry Christmas, Kyrgyzstan: Hristos Razdajetsja, Kiribati: Merry Christmas, Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Sung Tan Chuk Ha, Republic of Korea: Sungtan Chukha, Kuwait: Mboni Chrismen, Merry Christmas, Kazakhstan: Hristos Razdajetsja, Rozdjestvom Hristovim, Lebanon: Milad Majeed, Liechtenstein: Frohliche Weihnachten, Liberia: Happy Christmas, Lesotho: Happy Christmas, Lithuania: Laimingu Kaledu, Luxembourg: Schéi Krëschtdeeg, Latvia: Priecigus ziemassvetkus!, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya: Mboni Chrismen, Buon Natale, Happy Christmas, Morocco: Mboni Chrismen, Monaco: Festusu Natale, Republic of Moldova: Craciun fericit si un An Nou fericit! Madagascar: Joyeux Noel, Arahaba tratry ny Krismasy, Marshall Islands: Monono ilo raaneoan Nejin, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Streken Bozhik, Mali: Joyeux Noel, Mongolia: (Tibetan Buddhist and Muslim), Macau: Boas Festas, Sing dan fiy loc, Northern Mariana Islands: Filis Pasgua, Merry Christmas, Martinique: Joyeux Noel, Mauritania: (Muslim 100%) Montserrat: Merry Christmas, Malta: Il-Milied it-Tajjeb, Mauritius: Merry Christmas, Malawi: Merry Christmas, Moni Wa Chikondwelero Cha X'mas, Mexico: Feliz Navidad, Malaysia: Selamat Hari Krimas, Mozambique: Boas Festas, Namibia: Geseende Kersfees, New Caledonia: Joyeux Noel, Niger: Joyeux Noel, Norfolk Island: Merry Christmas, Nigeria: Merry Christmas, Nicaragua: Feliz Navidad, Netherlands: Prettige Kerstdagen, Norway: Gledelig Jul, Nepal: krist Yesu Ko Shuva Janma Utsav Ko Upalaxhma Hardik Shuva, New Zealand: Happy Christmas, Oman: Mboni Chrismen, Panama: Feliz Navidad, Peru: Feliz Navidad, French Polynesia: Joyeux Noel, La ora i te Noera, Papua New Guinea: Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas, Philippines: Maligayang Pasko, Pakistan: Bara Din Mubarrak Ho, Poland: Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia, Pitcairn: Merry Christmas, Puerto Rico: Feliz Navidad, Felices Pascuas, Felicidades, Portugal: Boas Festas, Palau: Merry Christmas, Paraguay: Feliz Navidad, Qatar: Mboni Chrismen, Reunion: Joyeux Noel, Romania: Sarbatori vesele, Russian Federation: Hristos Razdajetsja, Rozdjestvom Hristovim, Rwanda: Noheli Nziza, Saudi Arabia: Mboni Chrismen, Seychelles: Happy Christmas, Joyeux Noel, Sudan: Wilujeng Natal, St. Pierre and Miquelon: Joyeux Noel, Sweden: God Jul, Singapore: Sheng Tan Kuai Loh, Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal, Happy Ch, Spain: Feliz Navidad, St. Helena: Happy Christmas, Slovenia: Srecen Bozic, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands: Hristos Razdajetsja, Gledelig Jul, Saint Lucia: Happy Christmas, Slovakia (Slovak Republic: Vesele Vianoce, Sierra Leone: Happy Christmas, San Marino: Buon Natale, Senegal: Joyeux Noel, Saint Kitts and Nevis: Happy Christmas, Sri Lanka: Subha nath thalak Vewa, Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal, Suriname: Zalig Kersfeest, Wang swietie Kresnetie, Sao Tome and Principe: Boas Festas, Switzerland: Fröhlichi Wiehnacht, Joyeux Noel, Syrian Arab Republic: Mboni Chrismen, Swaziland: Happy Christmas, Turks and Caicos Islands: Happy Christmas, Chad: Joyeux Noel, Mboni Chrismen, French Southern Territories: Joyeux Noel, Togo: Joyeux Noel, Thailand: Ewadee Pe-e Mai, Tokelau: Merry Christmas, Tunisia: Mboni Chrismen, Tonga: Kilisimasi Fiefia, Turkey: Mutlu Noeller, Trinidad and Tobago: Happy Christmas, Taiwan: Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan, United Republic of Tanzania: Krismas Njema Na Heri Za Mwaka Mpya, Happy Christmas, Ukraine: Veseloho Vam Rizdva, Uganda: Webale Krismasi, United Kingdom: Happy Christmas, Nadolig Llawen (Wales), United States: Merry Christmas, Uruguay: Feliz Navidad, Venezuela: Feliz Navidad, Virgin Islands (British): Merry Christmas, Virgin Islands (U.S.): Merry Christmas, Viet Nam: Chuc mung Giang Sinh, Vanuatu: Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noel, Wallis and Futuna Islands: Joyeux Noel, Samoa: Manuia Le Kirisimasi, Yemen: Mboni Chrismen, Mayotte: Krismas Njema Na Heri Za Mwaka Mpya, Joyeux Noel, Yugoslavia: Cestitamo Bozic, South Africa: Geseënde Kersfees, Happy Christmas, Zambia: Happy Christmas, Zimbabwe: Happy Christmas!

To while away your time on the Web.

• The Crush Calculator
• Cute Overload!<-- a visual feast!
• Kitten War!

Thanks Lexi, Dawnie and KC for the linx!

What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before? Cut my hair short! Drill a hole through a skull.  Phleb...

Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year? The specific, short-term, school-related ones, I was able to achieve. But none of the major "to-be-a-better-person" kind of resolutions. Goals/resolutions for the new year: Pass the medical boards. Get into a residency training program in Neurology or Internal Medicine. Learn Korean. Lose weight. Wake up early. Stress less. Be more cheerful.

Did anyone close to you...
Get married? Honey, my best friend from elem, to Javi. And Ate Elisa, my roommate from college, to Kuya Joey.
Give birth? Claire, my online pal
Passed away? a friend's dad, but no one particularly close

What places did you visit? Korea, in my heart! ♥ (Last year's answer to this question was: Taiwan and Korea, in my dreams!)

What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005? Energy. Motivation. Optimism. Serenity.

What date(s) from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? I don't remember. I'm actually more forgetful this year than in the previous years. Remembering birthdays don't even come automatically any more.

What was your biggest achievement of the year? Being more confident and capable as a medical intern. Drilling a burrhole through a skull.

What was your biggest failure? I'm just disappointed at myself for being angrier, more pessimistic and world-weary this year. Somebody actually told me: "You're not as perky as you used to be..."

Did you suffer illness or injury? The usual allergic rhinitis  and asthma, and occasional URTI. Chronic fatigue syndrome. I'm a hypochondriac for PTB, and I've been having mittelschmerz/DUB these past few months.

What was the best thing you bought? A laptop and a printer. Korean dramas and movies, and neat CD albums (to feed my Ob-C-ness). A Korean dictionary, and The Griffin and Sabine Trilogy, among several other books. A pink knitted cardigan, a nice pair of black pumps, a white crochet bolero, a pretty pink dress and pair of peach open-toed sandals.

Whose behavior merited celebration? People who still remain cheerful, hopeful and faithful, despite life's tribulations. I envy them.

Whose behavior appalled you? Scums! Mga lamangero at makapal ang mukha!  Rude and messy people. The resident cat in our dorm who has this knack for playing "patintero" with you and giving your legs a "headbutt" while you are going up the *steep* spiral stairs. Myself.

Where did most of your money go? Korean dramas and movies and CD albums. Books. Clothes. Coffee. Food.

What did you get really, really, really excited about? Internship (mixed feelings of excitement and nervousness). Pagsanjan, Laguna with Anatomy groupmates. Hallyu marathons with Phoebe and Lexi.

What song(s) will always remind you of 2005? "Tell Me Where It Hurts" by MYMP. Eraserheads and Parokya ni Edgar songs, which my blockmates frequently sing in the callroom.

Compared to this time last year, are you...
Happier or sadder? See answer to "What was your biggest failure?" question above.
Thinner or fatter? Only a couple of pounds lighter. I reached 93 lbs midyear, but gained most of the weight back.
Richer or poorer? Richer in life's experiences, medical skills and knowledge, and some wordly possessions too.

What do you wish you'd done more of? Made more productive use of my time.

What do you wish you'd done less of? Complaining and getting angry. Musings. Being idle. Sleep.

How did you spend Christmas? It was my first Christmas away from home. Was on duty at the delivery room until 8 in the morning of December 24 (I'm in Pedia, and we attend to the neonates in the delivery room.) Slept until the afternoon. Dinner with brother. Mass at Paco Park with a couple of interns who also didn't go home for Christmas. A *benign* ER duty on Christmas day, December 25.

Did you fall in love in 2005? Crushes, celebs: 4. Crushes, real-life: 2. Relationships: 0. Affairs: 1.

What was your favorite TV program? House MD, Sweet 18, Let's Go to School Sangdoo, Winter Sonata, My Name is Kim Sam Soon--all these seen on video, since I don't have a TV in my dorm.

Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? Hate is such a strong word. But I sure disliked a lot of people!

What was the best book you read? The Doctor (aka "A Taste of My Own Medicine"  )  by Edward Rosenbaum. He was a doctor who got cancer and suddenly found himself on the receiving end of medical treatment, and he tells his experiences as a patient. It's not literary, somewhat trite even, but it is not pretentious and does not proselytize. Rosembaum just tells it as it is.

What were your greatest musical discoveries? Instrumental music of Korean OSTs.

How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005? Basic tees. Denim. Cardis. White flats. Pink and green combo. Orange.

What did you want and get? Reconciliation with God in time for Christmas. A *complete* and fun get-together with my girlfriends. A benign Christmas day duty at the ER. A laptop and printer, a Korean dictionary, the white crochet bolero, several Korean dramas and movies.

What did you want and not get? Home for Christmas. Attend Honey's wedding in Baguio (coudn't take a leave off hospital work).

What was your favorite film of this year? Seen in the theater: April Snow. (I've only seen 3 movies in the theater--April Snow, The 40-year-old Virgin, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith). Seen on video: A Moment to Remember, Taegukgi, Arahan, Joint Security Area, My Mother the Mermaid, and all those in *bold* starting from item #19 in my list of Korean movies seen.

What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I was on duty at the ER when the clock struck midnight on my birthday. But I got off at 7 in the morning. Slept practically the whole day. Dinner with friends at Gilligan's.

What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? More optimism and a stronger faith.

What kept you sane? Hallyu. Talking to Phoebe and Maffy on the phone. Photoshop. Food. Sleep.

Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Lee Dong Gun. Bae Yong Jun. Hyun Bin. Jung Woo Seung.

What political issue stirred you the most? I am a-political. I don't read the papers, I don't have a TV in my dorm; I only get access to media when I accompany a patient at the hemodialysis unit where there are several television sets. I am also only vaguely aware of rallies when "Code White" is declared at the ER, and we are on standby for mass casualties of these demonstrations.

Who did you miss? my family, my friends

Who was the best new person you met? A few good PGIs and clerks. Groovy Lola. And another lola, a bantay of a patient, who was very talkative even when she had vocal cord nodules and her voice was very hoarse (she sounded more like "hissing" when she was talking) and who was always smiling even when she was tired and sleepy.

Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005.
Time and distance do have their effects on relationships, and it takes effort, constant communication, energy, to couteract this "entropy", the natural tendency of things--and people--to drift apart.
"Don't make something you like to do a job. You'll eventually hate it." - From "Wanee and Junah"

I received this from Dawn today. Nice!

"May your 2006 be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful and don't forget to make some art--write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in 2006, you surprise yourself."
(words by Neil Gaiman)