So. We’re almost at the final whistle for 2011, but before I get ready for tonight’s stoppage time of food, booze and fireworks, I thought I’d wake my blog out of its hiatus and post some of the year’s… uh… highlights. (What a terrible, haphazard combination of metaphors. I regret nothing.)

Parasailing (Boracay, May 15). This summer my family went to Boracay; it was my first time going there and I loved it. But as great as the beach was, my favorite part was the 15 minutes I spent hovering over it.

It’s one of my favorite things that I’ve ever done. It felt amazing and I can’t wait to try it again.

Tots units fem força. I know this is  going to sound really cheesy and silly, but this year my Barça fandom was something in which I became emotionally invested, pretty heavily, for various personal reasons. But it’s fair to say that this year it became mes que un club for me, in so many ways. I’m really grateful my flexible work setup has allowed me to stay up for the matches, and as far as I know I only missed one first-team match this year (scoreless draw vs Depor on the 15th of May because my family was in Boracay XD).  I also kept a Barça humor Tumblr because the insanity needed an outlet of some sort.

And of course, as a fan I couldn’t ask for much more from my club this year.

I know not every year or season is going to be so glorious but just the same I look forward to the coming year (decade, rest of my life) of wearing blaugrana!

This is what I got myself for my birthday this year, btw.

El Instituto Cervantes. After years of putting it off and getting rusty, I finally decided to pick back up where I left off on my Spanish and enroll at Cervantes late this year. Despite my (perceived?) humiliation during the diagnostic interview, it has turned out to be a really positive thing for me. I start Level 6 next Saturday!

My Nivel 5 classmates! They're a nice bunch.

Chopping my hair off lol. Just thought I’d include this too. I had long hair for most of the first half of the year, then finally made the decision to have most of it chopped off sometime late May.  But now I look at the old pictures and I almost feel like I’m looking at a different person. I know it’s just a haircut, but it just feels so much more like myself so I’m really glad I did it.

Soooo there. I might post a picspam entry in the next few days (holiday and/or year in photos sort of thing), but for now I’m off to shower and get ready for the night ahead. Pro and semi-pro drinkers get your livers ready (and people who don’t really drink, enjoy amateur night!)