2024 Highlights

101 things in 2024

1. Kenneth is 1 year nicotine-free!
2. When I buy blueberries and it’s sweet. Pag maasim, binabalik ko.
3. Flying to Calgary for our home selections appointment. We got to choose the paint colors, materials, fixtures, and all the interior stuff for the new house.

4. Kenneth forgetting the word for ‘toes’ and referring to them as “the fingers of your feet”
5. Visited Devonian Gardens

6. The year I appreciated eggplant as a vegetable
7. Sarap nung niluto kong kimchi-jjigae! Wala sa recipe but I added patis and maple syrup. Gusto ko rin yung seaweed soup. Perfect for the cold weather.

8. Our date before my Pinas vacation

9. Spending time with family in the Philippines and being there for my Papa’s 60th birthday

10. Looking at old family pictures

11. Seeing Almond again!

12. Lots of laughs with this TikTok filter

13. First time kong mag-firing at ang galing ko pala (I have a video to prove my claim 😂)

14. A complete siblings photo

15. Morning walks with Papa and Brandy

16. Can’t Buy Me Love binges with Mama
17. Bowling with cousins

18. That fun beach day

19. Conquering my jet lag and completing an 8-hour sleep
20. Nakatikim ulit ng longganisang Lucban, jolly hotdog, at Chowking’s sweet and sour pork lauriat
21. Spending one-on-one time with the teenagers

22. Yung donut ng JCo na avocado flavor ang sarap!
23. Japan take 4 with Mama and Tricia

24. Visiting Traveler’s Factory in Kyoto

25. Strawberry mochi!

26. Mama giving me her white gold earrings
27. Spending time with Kenneth’s family

28. Being overaged kids at Ynah’s first birthday party

29. Celebrating Mommy’s 84th birthday

30. Cute day with Tricia and cousins

31. The yummy food at Jardin de Pio
32. Getting a lash lift
33. Finally seeing my lolo and lola’s garden

34. Abadilla staycation and winning 10k at the casino

35. Eating at Locavore after 7 years

36. Making parirutong with Mommy

37. Arcade with brothers

38. Inuman at Presh’s house and conversations with Fr. Moshi and Gel
39. Despedida dinner

40. Bringing Almond to Canada!

41. Still having work after my vacation plus getting assigned a standing desk
42. The bean
43. Titos visiting Winnipeg

44. I can hula hoop now
45. Sweet messages from the readers of my writing
46. Watching the boys play paint ball

47. When Almond finally got more comfy with Cashew and Walnut
48. Meeting fellow journalers and going to Stamp Caravan

49. Mini concerts in the shower
50. AG1 = better poops
51. The show Succession. Kendall Roy rapping was so unforgettable 😆
52. After-work walks and seeing winter transition into spring

53. Getting the physical copy of Funny Story was 100% a good idea

54. Billie Eilish’s new album, HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
55. I was into extended fasts at the beginning of the year and was able to do a 36-hour fast. I no longer do this, but it was interesting to know that I can last that long without food.
56. Seeing deers during our walk

57. Switching from Telus to Fizz. It’s cheaper and they’re always giving me free data.
58. Our first $100k! All of it went to our home deposit 😅
59. Feeling extra pretty when we attended Aubrey & Kyle’s wedding

60. Araw-araw na pagpapaiyak sakin ng Queen of Tears
61. Picnics and fishing

62. Truffle lobster rolls and isaw baboy

63. Kenneth mocking the stalker character in Baby Reindeer

64. Things that helped me cope with the sadness and worry from Mama’s diagnosis: Chappell Roan, the YouTuber hthaze, and Modern Family reruns
65. Getting house construction updates from our builder

66. How Kenneth sliced this avocado

67. Almond responding well to her asthma medication

68. Flourless avocado brownies

69. Orgasms
70. Those days where I drag myself to workout kahit tamad na tamad na tamad ako, tapos ang proud ko after.

71. Our makeup brunch at Clementine Café. One of the best dates we’ve had.

72. Couples counseling
73. Our cute portrait made by @1velle

74. Piano lessons with Tricia
75. Started a paid tier on this blog and people actually subscribing!
76. Our couples deck sessions

77. Furniture window shopping
78. Crying sesh with Isabelle because we miss each other too much
79. Michael Pollan guesting on Trevor Noah’s podcast
80. Our first US trip! Went to New Jersey and New York.
81. Gala and food trips with Kenneth’s cousins

82. Hanging out with Nick after 2+ years and Dany after 15 years??

83. Seeing Billie Eilish!

84. This cute cry baby

85. Doing 7 podcast episodes with Nick
86. The kitties in their Halloween costumes

87. Christmas party with Winnipeg friends

88. This yummy meatball panino

89. Ariana Grande in Wicked
90. Took French classes again
91. Saying goodbye to our apartment of 6 years

92. The kitties doing a great job enduring a 15-hour car ride to Calgary

93. Saying hello to our new home

94. Spending my birthday in Banff and seeing the mountains again. Plus thank you Dany and Aryen for the gifts!
95. A fun, memorable christmas
96. The kitties in their Christmas costumes

97. Friends coming over to the house. I love that our first memories in this house are filled with laughs and good company.
98. Surpassed my reading goal of 12 books. I was able to read 17.
99. Almond walking on snow for the first time

100. Mama handling her chemo therapy sessions well and her successful surgery
101. A simple New Year’s eve dinner

Such a special and emotional year. Bye 2024!