While we can all agree that 2016 was a pretty shit year for the world over, it was still an okay year for me. Neither super good nor super bad, but right in the middle, I guess? Nothing majorly life-changing happened to me, personally. I did have a lot of good memories though, so I thought I'd list them all here. The highlights of my 2016, listed per month. I found the imbalance of these lists rather amusing – there were months where I'd only stay at home and work non-stop on blog content, and there were months where we'd have two or three consecutive events. (I live a relatively boring life, so let me at least try to make it look interesting, ha.) Most of these are just mundane things, but still, things that made me happy and that I'm thankful for :)
JANUARY
- Lunch date with Laura and Ashley
- Coffee hangout with Ciara
- Started building my Korean-inspired multi-step routine
- Bought my first products from COSRX
aka the K-beauty brand that changed my life - Got sorted into Slytherin on Pottermore
- Fell deep into Blade & Soul Hell
FEBRUARY
- LARME-inspired photoshoot with my Kawaii PH fam
- Nora giving birth to three lovely kittens – Jake, Mori, and Mong
- Cosplay Carnival 2016
- Aian's 33rd birthday
MARCH
- Bon Odori Festival at the Manila Japanese School
- Tried My Beauty Diary and MyScheming masks for the first time
- Went all the way to Tagaytay for Yellow Cab Pizza
- Love Live! μ's Final Love Live! ~μ'sic Forever♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪~ Day 1 screening
aka feelsfestwith Aian
APRIL
- Met up with Xandra and went to her house, where I got to play Exploding Kittens for the first time
- Summer Komikon 2016
- Kawaii Market 2016
- Officially became a tita with the birth of my brother's baby girl
MAY
- Swimming with friends at Cecile's
- Bought the IPKN x estherlovesyou Baking Class Palette
aka my #1 favorite eyeshadow palette in 2016 - Mimi's 2nd birthday
- Ame's 1st birthday
JUNE
- O-kun Fiesta 2
- Dropped off old clothes at H&M for the first time
- Swimming with family at Pansol, Laguna
- KBBQ at Biwon in BFRV
- Canmake Philippines Airy Cover Fit Foundation product launch
JULY
- My first (and sadly, last) BLushcon + met Kidchan and a lot of friends I hadn't seen in ages
- KBBQ @ Go!Kizip
- Went to support Seishun Kakumei at an ACG charity event in Greenbelt
- Tried shopping at BeautyMNL for the first time
AUGUST
- Met with Xandra and Iso at ATC (and stumbled upon an ongoing Lure Party)
- Christening of my brother's baby Candace, where I went from being a tita to a ninang
- Officially became a Brand Ambassador for Canmake Philippines
- Went to support Ririn at her Otaku Expo Reload performance
- Purikura with Ciara
- Discovered the newly-opened Mr. Park's at BFRV
- Train to Busan
- Adopted our 7th babycat, Leng
- One Piece Gold
SEPTEMBER
- Manila International Book Fair 2016
- Bingsu date with Satsunyan at Ice Flower
- Tried my first YSL lipstick
- Got accepted into bntnews Interational's bntgirls
OCTOBER
- Two days of Cosplay Mania 2016 (where I got to see Rippi perform!)
- Received Nendoroid Kenma from Aian and Minicchu Maki from Allysa as early birthday gifts
- Kawaii PH x Canmake Philippines Beauty Workshop with Ashley and Anne
- Turned 27 _(:3」∠)_
- First time at Coco Ichibanya
- Halloween shoot with Aian
- Electronic Sports and Gaming Summit 2016
NOVEMBER
- Tale of the Winter Forest event at Southmall
- Bowling with friends
- Bought my first Colourpop product
- Successfully rehomed one of the strays we'd been feeding
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- Komikon 2016 + Rockwell with friends
- Nora's 2nd birthday
- Received a new netbook from my lolo
DECEMBER
- Got a new pair of glasses (with my updated prescription)
- First time at Dohtonbori
- Had Aian's postcards printed for CF
- Claimed my Starbucks 2017 planner
- Tried Kumori's cheese tart
- Kuala Lumpur (+ staying at this beautiful room)
- Annual book-shopping at Kinokuniya
- Met with Mieko and had satay and roti canai
- Comic Fiesta 2016
(aka annual meeting with King) - Three. Layer. Tea.
- First time at Jalan Alor
- Mini-shoot with Hanie's Star Guardian Lux cosplay
- Lunch date with Hanie at VCR + Pavilion visit
- Spent Christmas day cramming blogposts
- Little Tokyo with friends
- 7 years with Aian ♥
What were the highlights of your year? :)