My 2008 List

*I modified the post's date; Blog post actually published online on Feb17'09*

After the new year kicked-in, I wrote something on my personal diary, which I identified as My 2008 List (quite similar to My 2006 List).
There, I listed the highlights (be that positive or negative circumstances) of every month of the previous year. With that, I’d like to share some with you through this blog post. I might place a lot of external links, so make just make use of your web browser's "right click--> open link in new tab/window" feature :-D


J A N U A R Y

• [Jan13] Dad celebrated his 52nd birthday together with the people of JRC.
• [Jan17] Lola Ma celebrated her 80th birthday!

F E B R U A R Y

• SJA have been given recognition (good for 50yrs) by the DepEd.
• [Feb17] Youth Service launching (Sundays @ 4)! I lead the P&W after a long time since the YoUthNITED event

• [Feb23] SJA had its very first JS Prom night. I co-emceed with T.Jacky.
• [Feb24] Juancho's death :(

M A R C H

• [March7] We changed our youth services' schedule from Sunday afternoons to Fridays at 5:30PM
• [Mar8] Eunice Gabrielle “Gabby” Ramos' 1st Birthday Celeb and Dedication; I insisted to be her ninang. hehe
• [Mar16] 2nd worship leading experience for a Sunday service
• [Mar19] Got red Thalia eyeglasses from EO
• [Mar22-23] Baguio trip. Presidential suite at Summerplace hotel :D
• [Mar28] Biscuit-white Mitsubishi Outlander

A P R I L

• [April1] SJA's 1st High School Graduation (Vanj's grad as well!)
• Youth Camp '08, “YOUth Hold the Torch: Shine Your Light!” preps:
• --meetings/planning sessions for the event
• --shootings for our promotional advertisements: [Apr10] at my buddy's place, and [Apr12] at Tayabo river (Team Kapamilya tayo, yeah, yeah, yeah!)
• --I edited the promotional videos! Whew. Movie Maker lang, ha.
• Youth Camp na! [Apr28-30] Pangasinan. Grabe 'to! The Time has Come! Ahoo!
• Giovan's spiritual growth exemplified

Related Blogs:
Youth Update/ Youth Camp '08 Preps
One Team, One Summer, One Camp
Announcement: Youth Camp ’08
Ready for Camp!
Youth Camp '08 (i)
Before the camp

M A Y

• [May9] My blog became a semi-finalist for the Candy Teen Blog Awards
• [May16-17] Women's Retreat at Baguio City. Got stranded on the way home because of typhoon Cosme
• [May26] Hillsong United Live in Manila! Araneta Coliseum (Blog: Part 1, part 2)
  
• Trained new young dancers

J U N E

• [June6] Candy Blog awards' Finalist
• Ptr. Phillip left for KSA :( :)

J U L Y

• [July6] Mom preached re “Connected to the Vine”
• [July9] My blog won at Candy Blog Awards' Best Special Interest Blog category

A U G U S T

• [Aug1] Passion Manila event. Philsports Arena (formerly ULTRA); with Ps.Louie Giglio, Chris Tomlin & band, Kristian Stanfill & band, and thousands of fruitcakes from the Philippines!
• [Aug15] We applied what I proposed as “welcome groups” for our youth service
• [Aug18] Mom got me an iPod Nano-3rd gen at SM Baguio :-)
• [Aug26-28] G12 1728 Encounter, Baguio Convention Center

S E P T E M B E R

• [Sept1-3] G12 Conference at Davao! Sunog Mindanao II.
• [Sept28-30] G12 Conference Cebu; MJ's first plane flight

O C T O B E R

• [Oct24&25] Youth Encounter Weekend

N O V E M B E R

• [Nov8] I had a Thanksgiving Debut-Dinner Celebration for my 18th Birthday
• [Nov28-29] PAPJA Convention at DLSU-M. CLSU team, which includes me, made it to the top 10 universities to compete for the PAPJA Quiz Challenge!
• [Nov29] Zion, a kababata of mine, and I met again after 12 looong years!

D E C E M B E R

• Rehearsals for the Cantata '08
• Super kaduper dance practices kasi rush. O Jah-Shouts of Joy-Sing for Joy-Roni Roni
• [Dec10-12] Es Tu Turno! 2nd Philippine G12 National Conference, Cuneta Astrodome. Finally saw the father of the vision, Ps. Cesar D. Castellanos!
• [Dec21] Youth Christmas (costume) party. Sobrang okay 'to! I was an iPod. Ps. Phillip preached for us again!
• [Dec23] JRC's 11th Anniv Celebration and Christmas Cantata '08. iWorship. A Christmas Offering. Ako operator. Mega tension!