You're so 2014!

It's that time again when I sum up all the things that happened within the year. Compared to 2013, 2014 is uneventful. 2013 was a year of transition: new job, new relationships (romantic and platonic) but 2014 is the year when everything is almost in place. (Note: Operative word is almost) In programmers' jargon, the development and beta phase is over and that was in 2013, this year is all about implementation and a little bit of debugging and maintenance. This year I have removed all scripts that no longer works or are no longer needed for my project, aptly called Life. And some scripts that are not applicable for now that may be useful in the future are still there, I just put a comment on them. And un-comment them when the time is right.

This year, I embarked on a new journey. I studied Fashion Design, and I'm kind of good at it. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to continue it the second semester due to some scheduling issues. Work and school just don't mix, in my case anyway. Both programming and designing requires a lot of time and attention, it is never a walk in the park. Unless the park is filled with Dobermans ready to devour you and the pathway is full of live, gigantic vines with thorns. Then that is exactly the kind of walk in the park that describes it. I'm exaggerating, of course. But it quite felt like it at that time.

In 2014, I also became a serial dater, my closest friends know about it and I wouldn't be surprised if they are silently judging me. They have all the right. It's just that I don't want to limit myself in going out with only certain types. I want to put myself out there and see what happens. As of the moment, I'm still stuck in the dating pond, and surprisingly I kind of like it here. Or I might have convinced myself that I like it here (so I don't have to actually deal with my persistent feelings toward someone). I can't quite put a finger on it.

I'm beginning to like someone. Someone I never thought I would fall for, completely not my type. But sapiosexual that I am, I am charmed by his intellect. I am also one of those that can't let my feelings rule over me. I am the mind-over-heart kind of person. I can suppress and bottle up my feelings and throw them in the vast ocean. But this time I am doing it so in a very Herculean way. But let's not talk about it for now, I'll make a completely different post about it. About how my life shifted, perspective-wise when I got to know him.

Moving on, this year all my travels are within the country and consists mostly of spontaneous road trips with my family and closest buddies. But I will be making up for it next year as I already have planned trips. I've planned 2015 to be awesome, as I will be turning 30. And I seriously hope that something life-altering (in the best way) to happen next year. I'm calling 2015 as the year of the "Wonderful Unknown", inspired by Ingrid Michaelson's song.