YEARENDER:::the year that was, 2010....

---only 3 hours and 20 minutes before the clock strikes 12 midnight and we welcome 2011!! outside, a frenzy of firecrackers, loud music, panicking dogs & cats (wondering where to hide), neighbors screaming at each other, neighbors bragging on what they have for media noche (that's chow time during new year/noche buena for christmas).

---i have some significant events to remember this year. a new dog, meeting LIBERA for the first time, mhelai moving on to another company (career move, as she terms it), hubby also getting a new job at transcom, the passing away of my mother-in-law in july, & also, the passing away of tatot cadavos, a young libera fan from maasin, southern leyte and the most memorable event was that of getting duped by an ordinary person by the name of norman alcala. hah, add to that, i lost my precious pair of earrings to a very young snatcher along the busy intersection of welcome-rotonda.

---the happiest moment of my life was meeting each and every boy of LIBERA. that was in april during their philippine summer promo tour. there was also a bonus of meeting all the other members of libera 360 & the rest of libera fans from around luzon. it was a pleasure meeting all of them. a few became close to me as we still communicate through the internet or meeting up with them personally - to name, mitch young and romina enopia. while sadly, the rest i had to give up or delete from my contacts on facebook because of conflicts of opinions esp when it touched on the topic about the choirboys.

---it could have been a perfect yearender when a boy named norman alcala made me believe i was really communicating with 5 of prizeman's best - cully, madine, horncastle, leadbeater and fontannaz. i had tears in my eyes when tom cully appeared in my chatbox to say hello, stefan leadbeater addressed me as "auntie", joshua madine replied to my query, and michael horncastle finally acknowleged my greetings. i counted 22 days (or nights or early mornings) of bliss! but it was all just a dream, a nightmare - a HOAX!

---the heavens sent me "frustration" in believing norman alcala was a real bridge between the boys of libera and us fans. but on the same breathe, it brought me closer to 2 real fans & friends that up to the last hour of deleting norman in our accounts, we stayed together, laughed our hearts out together and somehow eased the burden of how stupidity got into our heads - regardless of age, character & education. KAYE GUEVARA is from baguio city, a true-blue tom cully fan. his 8-year old son, vittorio also stayed up to chat with this "fake tom cully" - poor boy, he believed in his heart he was really chatting with the real thomas cully...kaye never fails to give me a good, hearty laugh even at 2 or 3 in the morning. she always has a joke for everyone. the disappointment & frustration brought to me by norman was compensated with kaye's generosity of what an honest & a good person should be.
MARY JOY or EK is from ontario, canada. she is also a true-blue tom cully fan. the 3 of us were brought together through one common factor - we admire and adore thomas cully!! mary joy sometimes joins us on skype, no matter how busy she is with her job looking after her beloved wards. i so love these 2 "witches" (i gave this term to name the 3 of us...WITCHES). they keep me updated on what's going on with thomas and libera. if tom cully makes it big in the music industry, he can hire the 3 of us - oh, we make good bodyguards, nannies, bouncers - - - even cleaners, hah hah hah

---what a year!! at my age (52), i couldn't ask for more except good health to stay on facebook, a near-perfect eyesight so when libera hopefully comes back for a concert, i won't need a magnifying glass to look at each and everyone of them, heh heh oh well, and maybe finally meeting andy winter to say hello and ask for his autograph.

HAPPY NEW YEAR DEAR FELLOW BLOGGERS!!! may we be continuously blessed with abundance of health and wealth for the new year!!!