The New Year is Here

It's two hours before the New Year starts. I just found myself a moment to do some blogging inside my girlfriend's room while she was busy preparing one of her fave food -- pasta in tuna and garlic showered with basil. Everyone in the house seemed busy doing their own stuff while we waited for midnight to strike. Anticipation filled me up since it was the first time I'll be spending the New Year with my girlfriend's family. I was hoping for more new years to be spent here.

We've been together for more than five years now; me and my girlfriend. But for some reasons, late this year is when I was "officially" accepted by the family -- specifically, her dad. To give you a background, her dad was not really that okay with the idea of me as her unica hija's boyfriend. I would like to believe it wasn't because of my looks since I don't look that awful. In some instance I would even pathetically consider myself a celebrity material...someone who Angel Locsin would give a second glance at. Well, so much for lifting my own chair. That was me dreaming again. But I'm pretty sure my face got nothing to do with why her dad was not all for me as the boyfriend. Bluntly put, her dad thinks I'm too short for his daughter. She's a towering 5'7 lady and I'm hobbit-ing 5'2.

But that's all in the past now. Her dad still thinks I'm not tall enough for her, I guess. But her dad seems glad with the fact that I loved, and will continue to love, his daughter for the past five years. Like any other couple, we had our ups and downs, even some shortcomings on the side. But I am hopeful that things will be smoother now that we have her family's acknowledgement. I must say getting her dad's nod felt like a big thorn off my behind.

I know this won't end here. We are still young as a couple and I'm looking forward to more challenges this coming year. Somehow I believe it's gonna be alright at the end of the day.