Four years ago, yameeeee was born and since then served as an emotional and creative outlet, as well as a diary of sorts. A few years of high school up to graduation, around two years of college, two heartbreaks and tons of emotional roller coasters later, I think it's about time she retires.

A lot has happened over the span of 4 years. A lot of things have changed as well, so I felt compelled to move and leave the past to the past. But thanks to everyone who's been reading, and commenting. Sharing my deepest (or sometimes amusingly shallow) thoughts with you made the experience even more special.

It's hard to see my first Livejournal baby go, but it's about time I let go and allow myself to grow up a little and maybe leave some toxic memories behind. Though I'm in no way deleting this journal, for reference and for sentimental value. In John Rzeznik speak, see it as me making a new album. Maybe you'll have to see my new LJ  to see what I mean. And so with that, .....

Still studying for my Biology exam tomorrow later, and I've never been this awake thanks to caffeine before. I'd still fall asleep sooner or, er, sooner. All it would probably do was make me uber hyper then shut down after a while. Sometimes I think even fall asleep faster with the "help" of coffee. Nothing used to work for those long nights supposedly dedicated to studying (while I have no problem staying up for other recreational/entertainment reasons, tsk tsk).

But now I am wide awake, and probably on the verge of palpitation. It's been tested! I plopped on our condo's "evil couch", the one that makes one sleepy upon sitting or lying down on it. Notes to self like, "I will not fall asleep", "I'll just take a power nap" spell epic fails. Even condo guests start feeling a bit snoozy. But not this time! I was still wide awake after a few minutes. No power nap happened. I'm so proud of myself. Well, in a way. Still, here I am rambling and not focusing my coffee-powered energy into something I should. Haha.

Damn Starbucks and their sugar and cream overload. Cheap coffee is the answer!!!!!

P.S. While I am procrastinating, let me feel a little less guilty by sharing something somehow related (but not really) to my study coverage. I got it from Lara.
Back to serious Bio, looking at photos of deformed babies and attempting to understand some defect I can't even pronounce or spell properly.

Auf Wiedersehen! (Pucha may German exam rin kasi ako mamaya eh.)

I love New Year a lot more than Christmas for a reason. I don't know if it has anything to do with the dwindling presents under the Christmas tree (and moolah in my pockets) or how commercialism of the holiday gets on my nerves, but I'm pretty sure it's because I get to spend time with the lovely (and absolutely crazy) Foz family here in Dingras, Ilocos Norte.

I like to think that I become a better person as I grow older, but at the end of each year I realize that it would not be possible without their influence. Everyone's love, energy and happiness rubs off on me in such a good way. We go on this butt-numbing trip to the extreme north for a reason, and it's always, ALWAYS worth the temporary lower body paralysis. But after summing up the year with some of the best people in the world, all I could do for the coming year is move forward.

And so how did the Fozees cap the year off this 2008? After the gluttinous pizza trip in C&E Laoag, we jumped on to the back of our Uncle's pickup truck and rode back to Dingras at high speed, and with our arms flailing, screamed "HAPPY NEW YEAR!" to every person that we overtook.

Aaaah, this is the life. I wonder what freak firework almost-accident we'll be getting into this year.