As I turn 32 today, I came up with a list of 32 things I learned or realized in the previous year (or things I am still hypothesizing or predicting):
- No matter how geeky I am, my wife still thinks I’m the bomb. And having said that, I hope she doesn’t recover from that concussion a few years ago.
- There has to be a group of evil people running the Philippines (probably to the ground), and (some) good people are letting it all happen to save their own skin (shame)
- Some cartoons on Nickelodeon/Cartoon Network are not for kids to watch without th
eir parents (because I would miss out on all the fun of watching Spongebob with them) - I still like Heavy Metal every once in a while; and in that same note, I crave some hip hop and gangsta rap every once in a while too (so God bless Bram Cohen for creating Bittorrent)
- The Tracy Morgan movies last year deserve more credit (this one and that one).
- Your network/relationships can most likely trump other assets you may claim in your resume (i.e. it’s about who you know, dude, and not necessarily what you know)
- Thank God for auld friends who stick it out with you through thick and thin
- Slash can still rock; and he really is Guns & Roses.
- “Lost” is practically the best series I have invested my time in
- Selling talent (being a placement manager) is far more difficult than selling jobs (being a recruiter), especially if your talent is too talented to accept just one job offer (that should be taken as a joke, folks, pero bato-bato sa langit, ang tamaan wag magalit…)
- Glee season 1 was interesting, and Glee season 2 is just over the top (too much drama and not enough Young MC)
- Lebron James joining the New Your Knicks could have been the best thing to happen to the NBA (provided Cleveland got something out of it, like Eddy Curry’s expiring contract – that’s better than nothing, right? Right?)
- Lebron James’ poorly executed and televised “Decision” and how it dramatically lowered his Q score will be a business case discussed in B-schools one day, regardless of how the 2011 season ends
- Washing machines that ionize are redundant (and a total waste of money), because detergents are made to do that (ionizing I mean)
- It’s good to know that sometimes a friend can be more like a relative, but then again some relatives can stink like feet.
- The Walking Dead just might be the best comic I have read and beat out Y The Last Man or Bone (and I’ll make a list on that real soon; and again, God bless Bram Cohen and Bittorrent).
- I should learn to trust (some) people less, but I’m glad that I trust (the right) people a lot
- I need to go out and see more countries, for work and for my own benefit.
- Indian food tastes even better in India.
- You really can’t chew gum in Singapore.
- Michael Jackson is timeless – as proven by my 9 year old son and 5 year old daughter listening to his songs and singing along
- No matter how challenging, I love raising our kids - but getting our son to take a bath is still too much work. Seriously.
- I still miss my sister Remah
- I should have read “What Color Is Your Parachute?” ages ago
- A Pacquiao-Mayweather fight won’t happen, and maybe for the better
- 3D movies may be overrated, but Tron Legacy made me excited for the medium all over again
- Marvel’s Siege is more entertaining than DC’s Blackest Night
- Nitrogen-filled tires make the ride more comfortable
- Even if we’re married I still feel like a schoolboy with a crush
- I can rap really well in front of 2 hundred people and entertain the hell out of them (I keep telling myself this to not feel bad about the initiation that all new AIM employees have to endure)
- Coming up with this list of 32 realizations or predictions/hypotheses is kind of a chore
- …But I predict I’ll start writing my 33 for 2012 in a little while
