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My To Do List for 2009

I know it’s a bit late to be posting a list of my New Year’s Resolution (not that I have any, haha), so I’ll post my To Do List for this year instead. Before you think I’m some OC freak who has her life organized and sorted out for the whole year, I am telling you, I am the exact opposite. I have so many plans and tasks left pending that most of the time, they are left just that, pending.

I also tend to take on a whole variety of interests. People who judge me before really getting to know me, (as well as friends who spill out their first impressions of me), mostly tell me that they thought I was only interested in a few superficial things, namely (and in no particular order): fashion and dressing up, makeup and other girly stuff, boys and cars (haha, they go well together), and going out to party. Yes, I’ve been labeled so many things: a fashionista, a tease/flirt (haha), a kikay, a gimikera (gawd, I hate that term), a maldita, and some other labels that you cannot really be proud of. I am not trying to put on airs, but most of my friends can affirm that their first impressions of me were wrong. Sorry to break your prejudice bubble, but I am more than meets the eye.

My uncanny knack for taking on a myriad of interests have both upsides and downsides. The most disturbing downside is that even though I have a whole slew of interests to focus on, I tend to be a master of no particular skill at the moment. I can work straight for 13 hours, write pages after pages of a technical paper, put my creative thoughts into thousands of words, dress up to party every night of the week, speak my mind out in front of a crowd, cook up tasty (vegetarian) dishes, climb mountains or bask under the sun in a lovely beach, but I am still at a loss as to what particular skill I can do best. Hmm, is that such a bad thing? I hope not.

For this year, I am hoping to accomplish a few important things. I want more positive changes in my life, and these are just a few of the things I can do to bring these about:

1. Enroll in a Masters in International Studies Program (either in DLSU or UP).
2. Take up intermediate courses in Français and Deutsch, (and hopefully, beginner courses in Español and Italiano).
   
3. Take the qualifying test for the Board of Foreign Service Exams.
4. Get back on a health and fitness routine: running/jogging every other day, badminton/other sports at least once a week, regulate daily food intake, and (gasp!) start on quitting smoking.
5. Learn scuba diving or surfing. For real.
6. Start saving up for my own car. It’s about time.

There, listing it down and putting it up in my blog make them seem more attainable. Haha. I’ll be updating this list with other To Do things I’ll come up with along the way. Wish me the constant energy and drive to achieve all these.

Care to share your To Do List for 2009?