This round’s Blogkadahan theme is “Beginnings.” I started off the round with the piece “Memoirs of a Former Party Girl”.
Would anyone like to share stories over Cosmopolitans and tequila shots? Or would you be happy with a cup of tea or hot chocolate? Whatever it is you’d like to have, I’m sure we’ll share the same jokes and laughter. It’s the company that counts after all.
C’mon, have a seat and tell me all about a new beginning in your life. Cheers!
Hi! I'm Toni Tiu,
and I've been blogging at
at Wifely Steps since 2003. This started as a blog to help newly weds adjust to married life. It has evolved into a home and parenting blog. I write about things close to my heart -- good eats, good reads, family, marriage, and the little things that make everyday happy.
barbara
January 31, 2006 at 7:29 pm (18 years ago)2006 is my year – new business of my own – new healthy regime, renewal of believing in love.
so i quit my job in october – why? i had enough of pleasing everyone else but my own creativity – i’ve had enough of giving other people standards – sure, they know my name in the industry – but they don’t know who the face is. – now it’s my year, a face behind the design name – papel papel is barbara velasco.
a new beginning with my health – last couple of years has been very testy with my health, a couple attacks of the gall bladder, and yo yo weight gain – this year a new beginning with all learned lessons about healthy eating, proper exercise, great motivation and friends who support me with this new health regimen.
a renewed believe in love – i’ve grown cold – then i learned about love and melted me – then i closed up after a long battle with emotions and self worth.. but now.. this i my year of loving myself first – then maybe just maybe when i’ve opened that lovely self, real love with the one will follow.
so.. how was that over a glass of cosmo?
JMom
February 1, 2006 at 6:51 am (18 years ago)And what a great job you did, kicking off our new topic 😉
justice
February 1, 2006 at 10:13 am (18 years ago)aaah! those nights of discos and bars…all gone with the wind for me. no more urges to dance on ledges or til i drop. now, i’m content if i sit with friends in starbucks, drink frapuccino and talk the night away.
jey
February 1, 2006 at 4:04 pm (18 years ago)technically, since last sunday morning (at around 12:30), i am beginning a new chapter of my life. i know i cannot forever depend on “my saving grace” to always be there for me. so now i’m starting to live not depending too much on him.
and i thought i’d be lost. but so far, i’m okei.:)
this is a nice post, toni.
Rose DesRochers
February 2, 2006 at 2:49 am (18 years ago)Tequila = To kill you but I’ll take a rum and coke and will pull up a chair because boy do I have a lot to tell.
Rose DesRochers
mare
February 2, 2006 at 5:59 am (18 years ago)What a great entry Toni! I suppose it’s a matter of time that everyone go through changes. With that said one lifestyles isn’t necessarily better than the other, just that’s what’s right for us at the moment. At this point, I look fondly at my “wild” days – which weren’t even that wild – and welcome a different fun!
Toni
February 2, 2006 at 1:14 pm (18 years ago)barbara : Girl power! Your sharing calls for another cosmo.
It takes a lot of maturity to learn those things; I’m glad that these beginnings are making you stronger and happier with yourself.
JMom : Thank you! I enjoyed this topic.
justice : One M word: MATANDA! O sige another M word: MATURE. Pili ka nalang kung alin tayo diyan haha!
jey : Realizing one’s independence is always a turning point in one’s life. I’m glad you found yours!
Rose DesRochers : Ready to listen!
mare : I couldn’t have said it better.
tintin
February 2, 2006 at 3:23 pm (18 years ago)hi toni. nice site you got here. i’ve been a regular visitor to your site but this is the first time i’m posting a comment.
i think your topic is so timely. i’m stuck in a company with officers who don’t appreciate my contributions and a boss who couldn’t care less if i show up at work or not. but since i can’t just switch jobs because of the lack of opportunities (i’m stuck in the province where jobs are scarce), i have no choice but to make the most out of it. and so, at the start of this year, i promised myself that i will do my utmost to get the job done, even if i am unappreciated, even if my boss has absolutely no plans of where we are going, even if our heads are not results-oriented. i owe it to no one but myself to bloom where i am planted. i just hope i can stay intrinsically motivated throughout the rest of the year. 
justice
February 3, 2006 at 4:54 pm (18 years ago)aaack! bad, bad girl 😆
delish
February 3, 2006 at 5:29 pm (18 years ago)i don’t drink tequila, and i don’t drink coffee… but i’d love to have conversations
so hopefully you can join us when we meet sachiko
we’re going clubbing and we’d do a lot of talking 
Dinna
February 4, 2006 at 5:07 am (18 years ago)My new beginning isn’t all that new but it was the biggest shift I undertook — way back in 2000 when I moved to the US, settled down (translated: no more boys! I got hitched and stuck to one..LOL), shifted gears careerwise and ta-dah– became a mom almost 2 years ago. That was my new beginning because it helped me discover so many things about myself, about the world in general, and it made me appreciate what I went through and have become when I finally sat down to take it all in. Now I’m settled in my new world and trying to make the most of it. Can you make mine a double bailey’s?
sha
February 6, 2006 at 6:01 am (18 years ago)hey i thought oldie na ko sa discohan… I went out few days ago salsa bar found myself dancing at the stage
not drunk … am a good girl
I have stopped buying cosmo for a long time now… I now buy vanity fair and lots of cooking mags
gin tonic please
eye
February 6, 2006 at 3:56 pm (18 years ago)it was great reading your memoirs, it felt i was the one who wrote it
i rarely say yes to parties now, it was indeed a phase that i’m glad is over now.
i guess my beginning for 2006 is my (relatively) new job, i hope to forget all the frustrations i had with my previous company and just carry on with the experience i gained from it.
Jher
February 7, 2006 at 10:52 am (18 years ago)What’s good about new beginnings is that we can move on… and on that note I’m patiently waiting for a new post! I’m starting to have toni withdrawal symptoms. When will I read a new post? Waaaaahhhhh!!!
Toni
February 8, 2006 at 5:13 pm (18 years ago)tintin : Hi there! Thanks for leaving a comment! that’s great cuz you left a link to your blog w/c I’ll visit too! “Bloom where you are planted” is a beautiful motivator. I do hope you get to bloom and share your blossoms with your bosses who I hope finally take notice of how beautiful they are!
justice : Hehehe!
delish : Oh no! I’m so out of it! Is she here? Waaaaaaah.
Dinna : A double bailey’s coming up. My, that was a huge beginning. It takes guts to adjust to a beginning like that. Good for you!
sha : Okay one gin tonic for you!
eye : We’re more similar than we think haha! Good luck with your new job!
Jher : Hahahaha you’re so cute. “Beginnings” has really been the theme of my vacation!I’ve been packing our things to transfer to our new place. Kakalungkot pero exciting! I’ll post about it soon. 😀 I’ll drop by your blog before I leave this net cafe. Hehehe.