Reading Waking up in the late dawn missing the last Dawn Mass, missing a good plane fare for summer vacation and having a bad sleep is not one of the things that you don't want to happen on a Christmas eve. Today was supposed to be a day full of cheer and be festive and getting excited to wear your new red dress and admit it, showing it off in a crowd of church goers during the midnight mass. But still, the universe is still the same hairy guy pulling out its tantrums on us and constant mood swings.

I was reading Thanksgiving post from aiaaaa.net and it inspired me to feel grateful. Let's try to scratch that and be on the greener grass. So instead of sticking a middle finger up in the air, why not thank a few things that constantly reminds us how we are extremely blessed.

• For parents who not only sends us to school but sends "I love you" messages as well.
• High school buddies who never fails to give abdominal cramps due to excessive laughter
• College buddies for the copies of American sitcoms, season by season.
• For indie music that reminds me to be reckless at times.
• 8Tracks who keeps me up at 3 in the morning.
• Oh, and you too coffee. Yes I love you too.
• Cheap airline fares making a poor aspiring traveler's dreams come true.
• Amusement parks and my undying love for Disney
• Frank Sinatra Christmas music for giving me the "Christmas with dad" feels.
• Percy Jackson
• The existence of tinting lip balm and everything that makes me effortlessly attractive.
• Ateneo for the wonderful college year
• Carlos for blabbing so much about you. Even if you're out of topic, he never fails to share what he learns from the internet with his distracting hair.
• Mitch Albom for the tear-jerking books 
• For last minute instincts and ending the day with imaginary glass cheers.
• S&R for everything American.
• Pizza who understands me at all times.
• Keepsakes for welcoming me with your cheap buffalo wings.
• Two Door Cinema Club for making me promise I'd lose my concert virginity to them one day.
• Java Jive where everything started.
• The guy playing drums at Timezone playing September which became our song.
• To every stranger who have been a fiber of my life 

Most things may be shitty, but the sparkles are the ones who always shine bright. Have a Merry Christmas everyone! :)