Still remember Serg's?!

Chico and Delamar's top ten yesterday morning was about extinct brands or products. Vincent and I were just laughing at breakfast while recalling them. Napaghahalata ang katandaan! Hahaha! It was fun, though.


Some brands that were texted in were (from what I can randomly summon up):

Superwheel (bar detergent)
Ola -- ang pinong panlaba (that pink bar detergent)
Klim (it's milk spelled backwards. Lea Salonga was just in ponytails when she endorsed this)
Dahlia -- ang sabon ng mga artista (beauty soap)
Nano nano (that sweet, sour and salty candy)
Pritos ring (junk snack)
YC bikini briefs (sige na, kantahin n'yo na)
Mighty kid (rubber shoes)
Prell (shampoo)
Gee, your hair smells terrific (manang, pabili po ng...gee, your hair smells terrific)
Stayfree (sanitary napkins)
Tarzan and Bazooka Joe bubble gum
Benson's éclairs
Nutri bun


And then there's Serg's chocolate bar. Now this is my blast from the past! Bigla 'ko itong na-miss. In high school, I used to eat two bars (yes, two!) of Serg's after having lunch. Lunch was not lunch without it. It was something I can't live without at that time. How simple were my pleasures back then, ano?

Grateful

I thought I lost it, as I didn't have it two years ago. Maybe I was too happy to worry at that time. But the New Year jitters didn't spare me.

I usually get emotional and anxious, more often, about the incoming year. Anxious about sickness...and even deaths in the family. What will the challenges be in my life and family in the year to come? Since getting married nearly thirteen months ago, may nadagdag sa anxieties 'ko. Will I be ready for motherhood this year? Will the goals I share with my husband materialize at the end of 2009?

I knew I was too focused on the negative and I didn't like myself being that way. I was in my moping and brow-crossed state, until I heard the message at church at New Year's Eve. And then it hit me. If I was able to entrust my 2008 to God, why can't I do the same with my 2009? Instead of being apprehensive, why can't I just be grateful for 2008 and excited for 2009? I wouldn't get a year back of my age if I wallowed away my new year, would I?

2008 was a year of blessings and trials for my family, but overall, it was a good year. For starters, my husband walked with me all throughout the year, and he will be with me from that year on until we grow old! My husband and I had the best first anniversary honeymoon, I had no problems with my health, I was able to cut back my major loans, I was able to see Europe again after four years, and had the best international internship experience in Switzerland! I may have struggled big and small, but I've also had so many answered prayers to compensate all that. No room for complaints.

I am claiming 2009 as yet another awesome year for me. I can't wait to rake it all in!




P.S. I haven't blogged in anything here since November, but ever since coming back home three months ago, everything is bliss