Preface II: Milestones

What has happened since I moved to Bermuda in late October 2005? Here goes:

2005:

• My very first serious brush with "diversity". Met new-found friends from different countries aside from the Philippines and Bermuda: India, Uganda, Pakistan, Canada, US, Kenya, UK, etc.
• My very first Christmas away from my family.. boo hoo. But it turned out pretty well, my housemates and I hosted a fun christmas eve party for fellow Filipinos and other nationalities

2006:

• Joined the dating scene... yeee heee. April 2, 2006 when my future husband-to-be David and I officially started dating.
• Ipod
• First bday with David
• My first trip to the UK - no, not with David. Went for a 2 week visit to the UK with one of my closest friends in Bermuda, Myles in August 2006
• First westend play, visit to Stonehenge and discovery of my favorite place in the UK: Bath!
• My first trip to the US in November 2006. Hello, New York City!
• First Broadway show: The Lion King
• My first (and so far only) encounter with proper golf
• My second Chrismas away from my family.. boo hoo.. But again, got the surprise of my life: David proposed to me in Miami on December 25, 2006. Hinde naman kami nagmamadali di ba, hahaha. Ay sya lang pala since he was the one who proposed - I never had an inkling in fairness! Oh, this was my first holiday / vacation with David
• First visit to one of my childhood BFF Robie in Miami
• First visit to Disney Orlando and Kenney Space Center

2007:

• New Year in New York with the most special peeps in my life: David and my youngest sis Ascon. Super fun!
• My first brush with winter. No snow encounter in wintery New York though... boooo!
• Wedding plans!
• Job promotion
• First visit to Boston with side trips to Gloucester and Salem. One of my favorite holidays ever.
• First time meeting the Saker boys :)
• Nikon DSLR
• Boracay wedding - December 6, 2007. Best-est [sic] day in my book, ever!!
• Singapore, Malaysia trip with David
• Meeting Ascon's boyfriend - wow, each Caceres sib was with a "hunny" for Christmas
• David's first Christmas with my family and my homecoming after 2 years!

2008

• David's first New Year with my family - first encounter with torotot at paputok!
• First visit to the Saker family in Bourne, UK
• Job promotion
• Snow in NJ.. first time and it was the night of the Pacquiao fight vs. de la Hoya
• My visit to Bacolod and Su-ay with David
• Happy Christmas with the Caceres brood

2009

• David's second encounter with the torotot
• Credit crisis!!!
• Macbook!!!!
• Blogging

TODAY: Dodging redundancy and patiently waiting for my passport and UK visa renewal (tagal!)
TOMORROW: Dodging redundancy and carrying on blogging

Note: All photos in my multiply link :)

http://belay.multiply.com/