It was December 28, 2007 at Italianni’s Restaurant in Megamall, Ortigas. Whilw waiting for our food to be served, he reached into his pocket. I rolled my eyes and smiled. I knew it. It was the most anti-climactic proposal in the world. Being a no-surprise proposal, I was still dumbfounded when the question was popped.I could not utter a word. I was teary-eyed. A mix of emotions gripped me. Happiness. Excitement. Fear.

I actually have no memory of the exact speech that he delivered. I remember him apologizing for not being the kind of boyfriend that would make an extra effort to surprise me. After saying “Yes, I will”, I just found myself wearing the ring and thinking “shucks, this is it”. It is a sealed deal. I am going to get married in 11 months.

As the year ends, I am starting this blog to mark 2007. I can’t quite decide yet if 2007 has been good to me or not but I’m certain that it hasn’t been bad. Lots of lessons learned. That’s something to be thankful for.

I took an enneagram test again today. Enneagrams are used to determine personality types. The result was the same as when I took it last week for one of my classes in grad school. I have a Type1 Personality. Type 1 refers to perfectionists/reformers. Hence, the title of this blog. I’m not sure if enneagrams are traced back to astronomy…kasi di ba Virgos are known to be perfectionists? As labeled, perfectionists/reformers are highly idealistic. They have strong moral standards (ewan lang if this is still true for me).

I guess in some ways, the test results fits my personality. I doubt if I have keen attention to details. Hindi rin naman ako masyadong OC (medyo lang). Pero, I really have that tendency to always make sure na nasa tama ako in terms of making decisions or how I act. In a way, this explains how I decided on certain things in my life this year. Pure logic. Napakacerebral ko talaga, even in relationships.

I seek perfection. Most of the time plus point yun. Yun nga lang minsan seeking perfection does not guarantee happiness.