Dear future Krislam, 2011 was an amazing year for you because ---
1: A few things you will never forget in 2011
(I kept this one in a bullet format because I feel like I'd end up repeating myself throughout the entry so I guess I'll bullet them here and elaborate later)
- Gaining my independence
- FIDM
- Starting my career
- Maggie
- Tony
- San Francisco
- Meeting Tony's parents
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| Marcs Wedding -- We looked super "SWAGGGED" out LOL |
Tony and I have come along very well this year, I'd like to assume that this was one of our best years. It did start off pretty rocky (LOL) but in the end when all was settled and I was introduced to his parents and things started to become more and more open it got so much better. We both learned a lot about each other and it just made for a better relationship this year. Even though towards the end of the year (like now) we hardly see each other, we try to stick it out and look towards our future. I love Tony so much and I'm excited to spend 100000000 more years with him, I couldn't see myself with anyone else except for my Tonyface <3
3: The best day
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| Portfolio day with my lovelies showing off our most proud art board |
June 15, 2011. Portfolio day. Words couldn't explain the amount of work, emotional stress, lack of sleep & just down right chaos this caused me LOL but at the end of it all I walked away from it so proud. All the hardships that came with this class was so worth it when I walked out of my presentation and knew that I kicked some serious ass. I'll never forget portfolio quarter, never. And I know for a fact I'll never forget that amazing moment that I felt when I said "This concludes my presentation, thank you all." and looked up at the panel and just glared at their smiles, I felt like a badass designer. The BEST day ever, period.
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| Right after Packaging final saying farewell to Willis. God, we all look like trash LMFAO. |
5: The most memorable moment.
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| Seconds I got off the phone... |
6: Your best friend(s).
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| Doing our usual Photobooth spammage |
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| Us being -- Well, us. |
7: Your birthday.
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| Finally 20! |
8: The funnest getaway.
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| I was freezing! |
San Francisco! It was our little family trip after graduation to kind of take a step back from portfolio/work to just relax. The best part of it all was being able to bring Tony along with me, so it made it 100x better. It was such a short trip though :/ we were only there for about 3 days? We went home on the 3rd day and was so exhausted. I wish it had lasted a lot longer, I felt like we were in and out of there in an instant. We were just constantly traveling from one part of the city to the next which may have caused it to seem so short LOL. After all the chaos and FREEZING weather I had a such a blast and was soo happy that I was able to spend it with my family AND Tony :]
9: The end of last school year/the beginning of this one.
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| Graduation at the Staples Center! -- OH WE FANCY! |
Graduation! I've been to a couple of graduations, but nothing can ever top FIDMs ceremony. NOTHING. It was the most amazing graduation ceremony ever. Walking up and getting my (empty envelope, LOL) was one of my proudest moments and on top of that being able to see myself on the Staples scoreboard, it was just amazing and I'm still very speechless till this day LOL. I couldn't have asked for a better ceremony.
Unfortunately I won't be starting a new year in school, JUST YET. I'm still situating work and moving out but I'll always have school as an option until it no longer can be.
10: New Year resolutions.
- As always, losing weight! But I've come to terms with my body and realized that if I get any skinnier I'll look kind of scary LOL. But controlling my weight is definitely on my to do list.
- Becoming a better designer, always and forever. If Saul Bass were still alive I'm 100% sure he'd still be trying out new things and bettering himself as an epic designer so I will too!
- Continue to work my butt off at work. I honestly love my job and will always give my very best to the company.
- Moving out, sometime mid year I'd like to be out of Ontario and somewhere near Los Angeles.
- Giving more back to the parents, this year I was able to give some back but next year I'd love to give back so much more.
- Continue to strengthen me and Tony's relationship because he's super awesome and I love him!
- More Disneyland trips!!
- Continue to bond with my Boshy, we got really close this year <3
- And to just always be a better person in everything and always look at the glass half full.
Honestly though, 2011 has been such an amazing year. If I had to sit here and talk about all the things that I loved about 2011, this would be a much longer post LOL. But definitely gaining my independence, finally taking care of my self financially, discovering LA, getting much closer to my family, being loved and loving Tony more each and every day, having amazing supervisors...just everything about 2011 was amazing and it wouldn't have happened it weren't for my family, Tony, my friends, co-workers and just everyone who contributed to an amazing year. I can only hope 2012 will be so much better :]
Here's to 2012!
