Highlights and stats 2025
All things considered, January was not good for me. A lot has happened since the new year kicked in. The fireworks did not erase much of the bad luck I guess.
Before all the 2026 stuff, I just want to do some shallow review, with highlights and stats for 2025. It isn't late for an annual review, is it?
Highlights
- Jan - one of my friends got married
- Feb - first 15km run, father bought first family car
- Mar -
- Apr -
- May - National Elections
- Jun -
- Jul - father's 60th birthday
- Aug - grandmother passed away
- Sep - son's 5th birthday
- Oct -
- Nov - Supervisory Program at work
- Dec - grandmothers' birthday celebrations
Looking back, I just realized I haven't done much in the past year. The happenings have not been interesting either, as evidenced by the lack of notable entries.
Reading
I managed to finish 22 books, exceeding my goal of 20 books. Books in bold were the ones I enjoyed more.
- Ricky Lee - Para Kay B
- Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn: The Final Empire
- Gary Keller - The ONE Thing
- Ashley Elston - First Lie Wins
- Ronaldo S. Vivo Jr. - Ang Bangin sa Ilalim ng Ating mga Paa
- Rebecca Yarros - Iron Flame
- John Grisham - The Pelican Brief
- Taylor Jenkins Reid - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
- John Green - Paper Towns
- S.A. Cosby - Razorblade Tears
- Sierra Simone - The Priest
- Jennifer Hillier - Little Secrets
- Lisa Jewell - I Found You
- Sidney Sheldon - Tell Me Your Dreams
- John Marrs - What Lies Between Us
- S.T. Abby - The Risk
- Sidney Sheldon - The Other Side of Midnight
- H.D. Carlton - Haunting Adeline
- Jim Rion, Uketsu - Strange Pictures
- Amy Morin - 13 Things Mentally Strong People Do
- Keigo Higashino - Malice
- Paulo Coelho - Like the Flowing River
Running
Based on my tracking, I ran a total of 545km last year, up from 474km in 2024. That's a significant increase for my standards. I also ran my fastest 5km attempts in 2025:
- June - 0:29:08
- August - 0:29:26
- November 0:29:51
In October, I did my longest run (18km). In December, I was supposed to join a half-marathon but the race unfortunately got cancelled due to unfavorable weather conditions.
Movies
I was able to watch 22 movies in 2025, which was a LOT for me.
- Jan -
- Feb - Serendipity
- Mar - Oldboy, Heretic, Suitable Flesh
- Apr - The Matrix Reloaded, Marrowbone, Vanilla Sky, The Lobster, mother!
- May - Enemy, Companion, The Fall Guy, Mickey 17, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Jun - Stay, Side Effects, Prisoners, Blink Twice, Donnie Darko, Wind River
- Jul - Identity, The Menu, 11:14
- Aug -
- Sep -
- Oct -
- Nov -
- Dec - The Great Flood
I got hooked heavily into psych thriller movies from March to July and then completely forgot about movies in the next months until December.
This was supposed to be just a presentation of stats. And I really haven't done much reflection for 2025. I'm not sure if that's still on the table but either way this post should suffice for now. I guess I still have not settled my head around everything happening. Still processing..