I always greet everyone a Happy New Year every time a new year begins.
But truthfully, when was the last time i really mean it?
I remember closing the windows after seeing the fireworks. texting my friends a new year’s greeting, although deep inside there’s really nothing new inside me. Same fears, same sadness, same goals.
What’s so happy about the new year? What’s so new when my new year’s resolution hasn’t changed?
Well, looking back i can say there are so many things to be grateful and thankful for. Regret is not one of them.
Every year is different. Moving forward i can say goodbye to 2015 with a huge smile and a grateful heart. What a beautiful goodbye to a year i consider unforgettable.
Ending the year with a bang, seeing #PiaWurtzbach win that coveted #missuniverse2015 title made my 2015 even more memorable. Who would ever thought a stranger can do that?
Well, she doesn’t know me and i don’t know her personally but i can say she’s a beautiful stranger who made my Christmas memorable. Enough of my miss universe dramatics (Yes, i’m a #missuniverse Fanatic, a Fantard as what my friends say).
So i’m bidding a beautiful goodbye to 2015 and looking forward to a more beautiful 2016.
Yes, no matter what happen, there will always be beauty around us. And i’m so looking forward to these things:
Books and Movies.
So many great ones to look forward this 2016.
Writing.
Blogs, letters and what have you’s.
Can’t have enough of wordpress.
Food Trips
Dieting is my perennial new year’s resolution and i intend to keep it that way.
Binibining Pilipinas 2016 (Miss Philippines Pageant)
Now i’m really really looking forward to this.
People
Family, friends, co-bloggers, readers, even strangers on the street who can teach me life’s lessons.
Discoveries
New skills, new hobbies, new learnings.
Places
Any place with chocolates and kisses.
Oh, by the way did i mention that 2016 is the Year of the Monkey? I’m no monkey but i love bananas. Now you know why i’m looking forward to 2016. 😉
Again, Happy New Year and may we all have a beautiful wonderful year.
I don’t know why i wasn’t able to post this on my wordpress. I actually wrote this article and posted this on my facebook page 7 days before the Miss Universe finals. I guess it’s never too late to post it here.
For the first time , two global pageants will be happening a few days before Christmas, and although i am very partial to #MissUniverse Pageant as it’s my favorite show on earth. I will still be watching The #MissWorld Pageant no matter how boring i find it to be. Well, taste is subjective.
And yes Christmas is just around the corner yet i don’t get excited this yuletide season, not as much as i used to when i was a kid. But if there’s one thing that always excites me no matter what my age or my mood is, it’s the miss universe pageant. I don’t know why , all i know is i learned my first world’s geography because of miss universe.
I learned at such a young age that Venezuela is in South America. the capital city of Cyprus is Nicosia and although Brazil is the biggest country in south america, Brazillians actually speak Portugese not spanish. I also learned that there are white people in South Africa, especially after seeing a white south african woman bagged the miss universe title.
I also learned how to answer simple and complicated questions the miss universe way and i hate to admit that sometimes they’re quite helpful during your job interviews. Lol.
I learned what “live via satellite” means at age 6, and that overused phrase inner beauty. Superficial as it may seem, i will always be thankful to those moments when miss universe taught me the virtue of patience. Glued to my seat, and patiently waiting for the announcement of the semi-finalists amidst those countless tv commercials that seem eternity.
And most of all i learned that Life is not always all about winning. Enjoying your journey with or without a crown is what truly matters.
***By the time i posted this on wordpress, Miss Philippines already won the Miss Universe title in a very dramatic way. Congrats Pia.
Joys of Joel 
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