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Happy New Year!
While most of the world is looking forward and making their New Year's Resolutions.. I'm going to take a look back into time.. to the year *drumroll* 2003.

The most memerable moment of 2003
Graduation. The event or the act of. I think thats one thing I'll look back and remember for the rest of my life. Its a number with a great significance to all of us, the class of 03. A step forward as we completed a major chapter in our lives. The months that led up to the event and the months that followed were .. excellent. In an almost twist of irony, everyone became closer and bonded right before the "end". Ah.. well.. :p It was.. interesting.
Runner up:Quitting work. Freedom!

Most money in the bank in 03?
Or how about my whole life. 2300 dollars saved up... But I guess when you have a lot of money, its easy to .. spend a lot of money. :x

The greatest purchase of 2003
Wow. One thing 03 was, that no other year before it could ever be, was a year of spending. Forget all that "economy is sucking" talk because I brought in over $6,000 from work and spent every single penny. With the mighty cash flow, I purchased plenty. There can only be one greatest purchase though.. and that'd have to be.. My Canon Digital Rebel!@ Photography definitely found its place in my heart.. This thousand dollar purchase.. was.. one of the biggest of 03 as well.
Runners up: My monster computer (1000+), Canon S50, Type-R Lips

The biggest update of 03
Journal sites became a big part of all of our lives in the year 2003. Never before had such a trend swept through the entire internet to consume all of our times. This was the Asian Avenue of 03! While sites such as friendster and findapix attempted to control the minds of the internet, blogging prevailed as the greatest fad of 03. Xanga, Livejournal, blah blah diaries.. But none of them could lay a single finger on phidong.com. On April 26, 2003, phidong.com version one was released.
In less than 9 months of existence, the site has seen 2 major updates. The biggest one had to be.. Version Three, which came out of.. nowhere.

The Best Movie of 2003
03 will definitely not be a year that I will remember for its great movies, but it did release a couple that I will forever remember. One of the main focuses of my life soon became movie watching, but watching alone cannot bring joy, especially when you get to see a bunch of CRAP! So, I spent a lot of my time reviewing (and sometimes not reviewing) movies that I watched. The greatest movie of this year, for me, had to be... Matchstick Men (9.25) The movie was seriously a psychological thriller that made you really thing. It was a masterfully directed piece that really connected with itself in all aspects. Nicholas Cage really played the role well and made it seem believable, as well as hooking the audience into the CHARACTERS <- something a lot of movies this year failed to introduce.
Runners up: Finding Nemo (8.8), The Last Samarai (8), Runaway Jury (7)
Unrunner ups (worst of the year): The Medallion (.5/10), Kill Bill Volume One (2/10)

The best GAME of 2003
When all your friends leave to college and you have to procastinate (and you're a guy).. theres only one thing you can do. GAME. The year saw its ups and downs of games, but there were some that really stood out. With my new monster of a computer on hand, computer games OWNED this year (that and my ps2 is gathering dust in the drawer).. This goodie arrived in time to help with my gaming. The best game of 2003? Prince of Persia. Although I haven't finished it, Prince of Persia has shown some of the best camera controls of any game I have played this year. Along with its great graphics and interesting storyline, this has to be the best game of the year. Best multiplayer game? Need for Speed Underground is not just a runner up.. it was a fairly good game as well. Despite its horrible AI design, this game proved to be a good time killer and a fun one at that. The RICEness really turned me off, but decent levels, story, graphics, etc. made this one really interesting. Unfortunately, the game lacked heavily in the replayability department because of its YUCKY ai. :/
Runner ups: Beyond Good and Evil, Desert Combat (1942), NBA LIVE 2004

Best TRIP of 03
No drugs here. ANTI-DRUGS & ALCOHOL!! ARGH. The best road trip ever.. NOR CAL!. It was a nice time before my friend left me forever, so I'll remember this bonding experience for a while. There are still pics in my gallery, so feel free to browse them and reminisce with me. Lol.

Biggest Accomplishment of 2003
I can barely point to many accomplishments that I have done in my life.. so pointing out an accomplishment in 03 that was big for me is a far stretch, but the biggest accomplishment was probably.. getting a B in Calculus 2a. Seriously. Even with Chemistry and Physics looming around the corner, I still managed to pull of a B in a class counsilors advised me NOT to take because I scored a W <- warning in the placement test (meaning warning warning don't take it). They told me 80% of the people who take calc with a warning received a D or failed. I took it anyway.
Runner ups: Launching PhiloaderSIX on January 18

Best SONG of 2003
If you would've asked me what I thought would be the best song of 03 last year, I would've probably said some rap song or some lame slow jam or something. Suprisingly, the best SONG is no song at all, but an entire genre that I have grown to love and listen to regularly. Classical music has definitely played its role this year, helping me to concentrate on school and studying as well as relaxing my mind when I got sad/depressed/lonely/angry/etc. :p Go classical!
Runner Ups: None.

And finally... *drumroll again*
BEST READER of 2003
There was only one. There can only be one. Tramizzle Egoizzle fo shizzle! Tram = BOMBS
Runner ups: don't even think about it suckas =D

Other random stuff:
Best drink - Pepsi (always)
Best (new) food - http://www.leesandwiches.com/
Greatest gift - life, my slik 300dx tripod, and my bed sheets (future post)
Funniest Prank - this was a great one that will show its face in 04 .. trust
Suckiest thing - getting a C+ in physics, + higher than my chem grade, which i studied for and didn't expect to fail =T .. well, i studied for physics too.. SUCK!

Well, thats all kids. I'm going to go enjoy the last 40 minutes of the year and prepare myself for the coming year(s). HAPPY NEW YEAR!