New Years Eve, 2015.

And as always, it's time for my usual kind of countdown: solitude with a tint of celebration. Here outside the house I can hear my family sleeping, faint noise of cheerful laughing from the neighbors, and the early firecrackers. And as yesteryear, and the year before that, inner peace.

Sipping my glass of cold milk, I'm thankful for all the blessings I've received this year, and hopeful for the next. Even though really it's just a day after another. But who knows? It's a new day. More specially, a new year. Anything can happen. And it's nice to have that extra hope for the future.

I have this belief that our every single encounter with another human being, changes something, in both our path of life... and theirs. No matter how short our paths collide. So I'll never be the person that I am now without all the people that I have met. The awesome ones... and even the jerks. So thanks to you guys who's reading this. You're amazing. We rock. We, a speck of dust within the galaxy, could be the reason that someone out there, right now, is smiling. That's awesome.

Of course, this year could have gone better. I could have shown up in class more often (lol), (and on time, too, for that matter) I could have put more passion to my studies and relationships. Could have savored the time with the loved ones more...before they're gone from my life.  But hey, it could also have gone a lot worse. So no regrets. No regrets whenever. Just know that everything's beautiful in its time. In God's time.

But in the meantime, it never hurts to cherish today, tonight, this very minute, as it's the last one you'll get from 2015.

Happy new year. Have a wonderful one.
Cheers!