Chapter 9: Break Free

It's been a while since I updated my blog... there were just too much stuff going on in my life... but now I got a lot of things cleared up so here is a new chapter.

The semester/year was finally over, many things in my life were cleared up. It was an unexpected year. One of the most tragic events in my life happened that year. R.I.P. to my grandma. There were bad things, but certainly there will be some positive occurrences. I guess all things happen in order to balance out the other episodes in one's life. 2009 marked a new beginning in my life. It was the first semester where I declared my major in Hospitality Management. It was also the first time in my educational life that I was happy to see the results of my hard work... and that was my 4.0 GPA. My hard work really did paid off! So those were my hight lights of the year, everything else were just stressful and messed up. I will spend this post talking about the hight lights of my 2009. Before I begin, allow me to advice you the insight that I gained...

One important lesson I learned that year was to cherish the things I have. So let me tell you all this, stop and smell the roses! Appreciate everything and everyone around you! No one can tell what will happen in the future, and when you finally realize something is going on, it will be too late.

When that stressing semester was finally over, I was proud and relieved. I was proud that I got all A's that semester and relieved that it was finally over. I was a little sad that I had to say goodbye to a lot of the classmates that I just got to know though. But then again, the friendship that developed was not that strong. And so the winter break came. Thank god for this winter break, my only time to rejuvenate myself. I spent my Thanksgiving with my family as usual. That black Friday my friends and I continued our tradition, well not the usual tradition this year though. We usually go camp out in an electronic store, but this year we went early in the morning and just went shopping instead. That ended up nicely because I copped some nice clothes and my fossil watch =D. Afterwards, we went to eat a big meal.

I forgot what I did for Christmas, all I remember was that it was very peaceful. Just what I needed, peace at last! And to top things off, I went to a snowboarding trip at Jack Frost, Pennsylvania wit the Twins, R00ster, and a couple of other people. It was my first time snowboarding, it was a painful experience but nonetheless very fun. I fell on my butt so many times, I was barely able to sit when I got back. But within a couple more tries, I almost perfected turning and breaking. On the other hand, my dude R00ster was not on top of his game. I conquered green and some blue. I remember on one of the blue's there was a super steep slope, I went down too fast and could not break that fast so I ended up falling and rolled down horizontally with both of my feet still attached to the snowboard. Man, was that painful!

Snowboarding is so fun! I will definitely go back, but now I have to wait for the season to start again. And to conclude my 2009, I found an internship in Holiday Inn when I visited it for my presentation. This marked the beginning of my career in Hospitality Management. Although internship is not needed yet, but I m preparing myself for what to come in the future. I been told that I am an ambitious person, and I replied you need ambition to be successful. This is my motto, but I will try not to overwhelm myself with ambition. We all know too much of something is bad.

Dear grandma, watch me shine.

Bobby Ray - Don't Let Me Fall