“Things don’t pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.” Baltasar Gracian, 17th – Century Spanish Writer.
In time Adlaw's eyes were bright wide open, twenty-one years before this year takes place, four moons and eight suns before Jesus Christ was born comes a roaring lady named the wife of a Russian Czar who gives happiness and light to the kind housekeeper and gasoline's costumer couple named Chona and Warren Sr. Living in the province of Sorsogon, municipality of Pilar, barangay Danlog. Fond of reading action, science fiction and mystery/thriller fiction books; knows how to draw, how to dance, and do love to eat chocolates as well. Having one "maganda" and five "makisig" bro, second to the eldest and the most "papas" girl. Not born with golden spoon in mouth, capable of eating three times a day and buy the needs a family needs for every single day.
Twenty-one years of existence and I am having great time dealing with my challenges in life. We live in the Philippines like NPA. I experience breathing the polluted air in Pasig City where I first witnessed the mother earth, in San Juan Metro Manila where I started participating facing books, papers, and pencil at CCM Heart Start (2003-2004). Then last 2006, the year we started breathing the fresh air of Visayas, where my mind started to open and understand things. It is the place where I start wearing Doña Maria Elementary School's uniform for 5 consecutive years. We live in there like those on fairytales, magical and peaceful. We're enjoying every birthdays each one of us have and go for a family bonding in the beach.
Unfortunately while happily breathing and feeling together the fresh air in Visayas a big challenge had come to us, year 2010 in the sixth day of the tenth month of the year, before the dawn breaks, we found my father sleeping peacefully with his body cold and breathless which was mastered by his sister's angelic demon witchdoctor husband who do nothing but begrudge our father and family. With that we head to the region which is known for the perfect cone it has, we need a new fresh air again, in the place where polluted air won't reach us to continue our pathways. With a super hero mother we've pass through those difficulties as easy as adding 1 by 1. Here, I started wearing the Danlog Elementary School's uniform for a year until I finished wearing uniforms, then wear the Manuel T. Sia National High School's uniform for 4 consecutive years and look for a new uniform to find my senior uniform, which I found at Anislag National High School. Now, I am in the third phase of inculcating the practices and knowledge to become an Agricultural and Biosystems Engineer, and is continuously dealing with the challenging atmosphere in Bicol University College of Agriculture and Forestry, accumulating memorabilia.
I’ve tasted different levels of spices within the span of my existence, I may smile a lot, but I’ve been through a lot. I've gone through wearing many different kind of uniform, positively anticipating to change the current uniform I am wearing, change it to the professional uniform I've been imagining. If you'll witness my whole life story, you'll realize how hard it is, so if you're tired and hopeless because you feel so downgraded, think twice. Remember that it is not only you who experienced the hardships life has given, others might been through a way harder phase of their lives. God is always there, He won't let you down, and those hardships are just a test to make you be a better and stronger individual, He won't give us challenges we can't conquer. Keep moving forward, keep fighting, for a more wonderful sunrise is waiting for you. As time passes by, you will never notice that you've overcome all your problems in the past, living it as a memory you'll never forget and will forever cherish knowing that you've surpass that stage of your life. You won’t know what life is, and how important it is if you won’t taste the spices it has, try to taste it before you judge that you can’t swallow it. Don't let your worries eat you, don't hold back, you're only fighting against yourself, go chase your dreams, go with the flow and enjoy life through the process, Someone's guiding you. Think of this, if all the people have given up at the first trial they’ve had in life, do you think the real meaning of “happiness” will be define by now? Do you think you will experience and feel the true happiness if you’ll give up now?
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I've noticed that most people don't understand how happy they are until they come to real hardships in their life. A lot of times we go through our daily lives allowing minor annoyances to become very frustrating but when he take an actual hit and we're down, that's when we go back and realize that we used to be happy.