It nice to be back to my Second Home
It's been a while since the last day I visited in this world. If my memory serves me right, I became inactive since last year. I'm happy that it still here and there still some who continue to write and share their life. Opening and seeing that it is still alive, I feel like I go back to my home.
How's life dear friends? Since I graduated last August and start my second degree on the same month, I can say that my life totally change 360°. Coffee became my best friend even more. I consider myself lucky when I get 3 hours sleep a day. It feels like sleeping is like commiting a crime. They are stating the facts when they say that "In this course, you can still get a failing grades even you study 24 hours". I am one of those student who experience that. To be honest last week , I only get 2 hours of sleep for the whole week because I need to review for our Midterms examination. It's funny that I have a coffee in my tumbler and I also bring extra 3n1 coffee on my bag. The result? I failed to one of our major exam. I feel so demotivated because I study for the whole week but still, my effort is not enough. I don't know what to feel since each of us didn't pass that exam.
It's Holy Week but I choose to review and have an advance study for the next lessons. Instead of stressing myself on the result, I should better prepare for the next exam. You know, I am happy because I pursuing the course that I really love since then. It's hard and draining but I know that I have a little progress on achieving it.
That's a quick update at my end. I'm pretty sure that there also some progress on you. I can't say that I'm totally back here but I tried to be somehow active again.
I'm finally Enrolled to my dream Course
***Good evening dreamers!! How did you end your week? I hope that you are really okay and happy cause it's Friday.***
I got busy for the whole day. I woke up early because today I plan to get enrolled for my second degree. I double check the requirements that I needed. Then I prepared and then leave the house as early as I can. Honestly aside from excitement, I am nervous. I am worried because it will totally new environment to me. I don't know anyone on that school. I don't have any friend or someone to talked to. Can I survive? But I also convince myself to continue this. This is my dream, my dream course.
I am beyond blessed because my family fully supports me not only financially but in all aspects. Actually, I feel shy to them because I know that it will gonna be a financial burden to them. I said to them that I will gonna find a work even part-time but they said that I should focus on my studies and they will help me throughout. I know that this is not my siblings obligation anymore since I already done with my first degree. That's why I feel so lucky because of their support. I promise to myself that in the near future, I will gonna re-pay all of their sacrifices to me. They make me feel that I deserve the world, so I will also make sure that my success will also be their success.
Go back, I arrive at La Consolacion College Manila at 10AM. My sister accompany me here. I immediately go to the admission office to verified my requirements then to the registrar to passed it. I waited for almost an hour to the registrar office because they need to check the subjects that being credited to me. After that, I pay on the cashier for the fees. My tuition fee is around 40, 000 pesos per semester and it can be paid monthly. Then I go back to the admission office to give back my application form. The last step is they give me my schedule form and tada, I am officially enrolled to Bachelor of Science in Accountancy.
I know that this course would not be easy but I will do my best to passed all the subjects. I also do my best for the sake of my family and most specially for myself. I want to tell to my High School that she will gonna be taking her dream course. Step by step and I know that I will reach that three letters after my name.
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Kindness and honesty is still alive
***Good evening dreamers!! Hope that you are feeling good today.***
The world had been changed. Because of so many factors such as the trends, people also change. I know that I'm not the only who always heard this line from the elders, " ***Your generation is a far different to our generation***". Obviously yes for some aspects but there is still some things that never change.
Well even everything had change, I can say that kindness and honesty is still alive to a person's heart. I witnessed it today. It small act but I guess that it can be a strong evidence that these good traits never fade away.
Earlier, I ride on a jeepney. I thought that it is just a normal ride but it opens me to some realizations. The passengers including me give our fare fee. Some give a paper bill so probably they have a change. Maybe the driver also confuse on the coins because the color and the size is the same. Suddenly one passenger approach the driver and give one peso. According to him, the driver gives too much. The driver smile even some of the passenger. Maybe it is a small amount but the thought of being honest is a big thing. After that, other passenger also gives the excess on their change. Look, being honest can radiate the others to do the same too.
There's also one scenario when a kid cried to his mother because he is too much hungry. The mother explained to him that they only have enough money for the fare fee. The kid continue to cry until there is a passenger who gives him a biscuit. The little kiddo feels so surprise but the passenger smiled at him. He immediately stopped on crying and started to eat the biscuit. The mother is very grateful on that particular samaritan. I can't also hold on but to smiled. I know that just like the earlier scenario, it is a small act but it actually a big blessing for the kid.
I realize that sometimes we tend to see someone's kindness and honesty through a small action. Sometimes we are too busy to the point that we didn't noticed that someone already showed kindness to us. I'm glad to know that in this cruel world, people can still show some good traits. Maybe I change, you change and everything had change, but we should not forget on how to be a real human being. A person who can still show his honesty and concern to each other.
***That's all for tonight, thank you for dropping by!***
August 8 Celebrations
***Good evening dreamers!! How's everyone? I hope that you are doing fine and somehow enjoy the life.***
Today is 8.8, some remembered this day because of the online shopping. There's a lot of vouchers, promos and sales. I also buy an item like amplifier speaker for my grandmother. She loves music especially cha-cha so we decided to buy her a speaker. Aside from that, I opt not to do impulsive buying because I need to save some penny for my graduation.
That's not the celebrations that I'm talking about. Today is August 8, birthday of one of my beloved friend. She is my college bestie and I'm happy that our friendship still stronger until now. We are originally 11 in the circle but most of the time, the three of us have the most bonding. It is also because the three of us have the same section while the others have different schedule. Even though, we also make sure that we hang out with our other friends. It is very unexpected that we will become close like this. And we are also surprise that the three of us have the same birth month which is August. It seems that we are destined to each other jk haha.
***The birthday girl is the one who wearing pink facemask***
Erika, the birthday girl treat us to Jollibee. We don't want her to be stress in her special day but she insist that we should have a review today. Me and Laila sung a happy birthday to her and we all laughed because of our voice. I'm happy because she now 23 and we witnessed how she overcome all of the college struggles. We realize earlier that we are totally opposite to each other. Unlike me, she is so quiet and serious. They are teasing me that I am the more talkative one in the group and I couldn't agree more. One the other hand, I teased the birthday girl because she is always late on our review. She is always 20-30 minutes late and she always blame the traffic. Nevertheless, we enjoy the little celebrations she had earlier.
Except for my friend birthday, I know that my co-blinks also celebrating something. Today is the 7th anniversary of Blackpink. I became a fan of them since 2018 and I'm so grateful that their music became my therapy. I also got the vibes on their songs. I'm beyond happy about their achievement as a group and as an individual. I'm happy to know that some of them are already happy on their love life hehe. We, the blinks wait for the announcement about their contract renewal. I hope so that they will not disband and still be an OT4. I still want to attend the concert of them. But I'll support them whatever their decision about it.
Full of celebrations today. I am really happy because of my girls (Erika and Blackpink). I wish the best for them. I'm praying for my friend to achieve the success that she wants. I am also praying that they will have the happiness that they deserve.
***That's all for tonight dreamers,thank you for dropping by!***
Back to Basic; Studying Math once Again
***Good evening dreamers! Hope that you enjoy your weekend.***
It's exactly 2 weeks before our Civil Service Examination. Though I review for almost 2 months, I'm still nervous on the questions that might appeared in the exam. They say that " *expect the unexpected*" because no one can guess what is the exact question per item. But fortunately, there is still an outline of the various topics or the coverage. By that, I can easily mapped out where I can start.
Math is everywhere. We used this in anything. I believe that in everything we do, there's an application of Math. And this subject is one of the subject to be taken in the exam. Of course, I need to go back from the basic in able to understand complicated problems. I think that my forte is Mathematics. Unlike in English, you can use a formula in Math; also, you can do trial and error. I start from answering some of the questions that I saw on my reviewers. Earlier, I practice on solving the radicals and some of the work problems.
Every the other day, me and my two friends have a review together. Most of the time, we review English because this is the most difficult one. So when we don't have a review, I self-review and focus on Mathematics. I'm also glad that there is creators like Coach Lyqa and Ma'am Leonalyn that help the takers to understand the lesson. They also give some tips on how to maximize the time. The exam is a time pressure so having shortcut formula is really helpful. I know that I already encountered some of the topics when I was in High School but sometimes, I forgot the steps on solving them. Watching on their videos helps me to refresh myself about the topics.
Everyday, I allot 3-4 hours of review. In evening, I also tried to read some vocabulary words. I know that it will never be an easy exam but I prayed that all of us got a passing grade. I wish for the best outcome of this. And for those who will also gonna take the same exam as mine, I hope that you will passed too. Padayon Future Public Servant.
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Sometimes your Disappointment is God's Re-appointment
***Good evening dreamers! How are you? I hope that you are really doing fine in all aspects of life.***
I have a dream last night. I don't know how can I describe that scenario. I remember that I was inside of the church, crying while praying. The face of the people are so clear, even the one who sits besides me. I can feel that my body is little bit nervous. I almost close to the priest but suddenly my eyes opened. That came back to the reality that it is just a dream. But I wondered what it's the meaning of my dream.
I check the clock and it's already 6 in the morning. I went down to sip a hot coffee. I saw my Aunt listening to the online mass. It's the first Friday of the month. I suddenly asked myself if it is a coincidence or He already give me a sign. The priest said on his homily, " ***Sometimes your disappointment is God's re-appointment***". That words convince me that God's already telling me to stay in firm even though my life fell into pieces. Lately, I am aware that I am demotivated in everything because I feel like all my plans didn't happened. I feel like I need to start from the scratch again. But listening to the homily of the priest makes me realize that I am not on the wrong path, maybe He is just redirecting me.
Sometimes we might feel "*fear*" and "*pressure*" in life. We might feel weakened because we thought that God always deny our prayers. I feel the same way too. Unfortunately, he doesn't deny it at all. Sometimes his denial becomes blessings in disguise. We tend to picture out what we want in life without realizing that He already gives us something much better than that. We locked ourselves on the desires without knowing that He already offered us an answer. It's ironic that sometimes we keep asking Him on the answer though He already give us the answer in different way. Sometimes, appreciation is the thing that we need to do. Appreciate those blessings, small or big.
I asked myself " ***Why you feel so demotivated when He is in control***?" I should not feel scared. I should do something to go back on my track. Now, I fully understand what is the meaning of my dream last night. He wants me to continue and don't be afraid to talk to Him. I feel at ease now knowing that He always helping me in life. So just like me, you should also not be afraid to continue. It is okay to pause or to feel tired sometimes but we should also find in how to go back, in life and to Him. If you feel unsafe in this world full of chaos,don't hesitate to come back to because for sure you are secured with Him.
***That's all for tonight. Thanks for dropping by.🧡***
I got a cheer from a Kid
***Good evening dreamers! I hope that you are doing okay. I'm also hoping that you still have an energy for this week.***
Oh it's the first day of the new month. Happy 1st of August everyone. *How's your new month so far?* I'm sure that we are all hoping for a fruitful month. So let's manifest and work for it.
***Demotivated***. That's exactly what I am these past few days. I don't know why but I don't feel like doing anything. I admit that my body is still not recover from the fever. I still have a cough and my head is still aching. My energy turns to zero because of it. I am aware that I need to get up from my bed and do something productive. Though I am not motivated at all, I push myself to get my notes and tried to answer some of my reviewers. I also make some coffee hoping that it will help me.
I found myself looking at my notes. I can't focus on studying. Even my cousin notice that I am not on the condition. I'm still trying to focus. I take a break for a moment and went to my room. I almost cried without knowing the exact reason. I know that it is not me. I am not like this. I am always motivated on everything I do but now, I don't know what happened to me. I'm sobbing silently when someone hug me from the back. It's my 6-year old nephew. He was asking me what I'm crying and I can't answered him. You know what, he is one of those person who understand me well. I know that he is still a young and innocent kid but he knows when I am happy and when I am not. He suddenly tap my shoulder while saying, " ***I believe in you. Kaya mo yan Tita (You can do that)"*** with matching Aja with his hands. I feel suddenly at ease when I heard those words. I can't believe that this little cutie boy in front of me is the one who will cheered me up. I know that I should not show weakness to him but why it seems that he is stronger than me.
In the middle of doubts, I am happy knowing that there is someone who believes in me. I'm aware that I am being challenge now. Laziness, being demotivated and health issues but if he believes, I should believe in myself too. Not today but surely, I will overcome all of the struggles. I'm praying that He will give me patience and confidence to continue.
***That's all for tonight. Thank you for dropping by!***
School Hunting for my second Degree
***Good evening dreamers!! How's everyone here? I know that some of us are not okay because of the effect of typhoon. Keep safe always everyone!***
To be honest, I didn't share to others that I will get my second degree course. Only my family and some friends knew about it. Of course, I also shared it here since I feel like it is safe to tell it here. I feel safe. I am also grateful that my family are all out support to my dream. I even hesitate to pursue it because I know that there is a tuition fee but they cheered me up and said that they will help me financially. I am beyond blessed by that.
So last Thursday, my sister accompany me to Manila to find a possible school/university to enrol. I already made a list so it is easy for us to identify what school we're going to. We first go to La Consolacion College Manila. The staffs there are so nice and approachable. They ask for my True Copy of Grades for the evaluation. I hand it to them then we wait for a couple of hours. After that, the Dean interview me and explain all the subjects that I need to take. Most of it is the major subjects for the course I will take. She also told to me that it takes 2 years in a able to finish the course. Then after that, we bid our goodbyes. I am amaze on how they handle my inquiries very calmly.
We also go to other school such as National Teachers College and Technological Institute of the Philippines but sadly, they are already cut off. We decided to eat our lunch before going to another school. I said to my sister that we must go to my second option school. She agree on it so we immediately eat. After we go to Philippine School of Business Administration (PSBA). I heard that it is a good school for the students who wants to continue their dream to get Accountancy. When we reach there, I asked the registrar and just like in LaCo, they ask for my TCG. After I give it to them, they said that they will email me about the evaluation. It will take 1-2 weeks. So until now, I wait for the result.
I awe when I realize that PSBA was surrounded by big universities. That school is beside of FEU gymnasium and in front of University of the East. I also saw the Adamson University. I was thinking about the tuition fee if ever I passed the evaluation. On La Consolacion, I already have an idea how much is the tuition fee since the Dean already said it to me. I'm just waiting the PSBA evaluation before choosing where I enrolled. I'm planning to choose the fair tuition fee and the one who I can save years. I am nervous at the same time excited for myself. I hope that I can really overcome this one.
***That's all for tonight. Thanks for dropping by!***
I can't get sick, Not now
***Good evening dreamers!! How's the weather in your area? I hope that you are all fine and unaffected by the typhoon.***
The weather here is still heavy and dark. The other day, I heard that it is already flooded on the market area but good thing that it was gone after an hours. I am hesitant to go outside since the rain is accompanied by strong wind and thunder. Even though the classes are already suspended, we still need to report to the university for our terminal clearance. Maybe college student is really waterproof haha. I have no choice but to go there.
I went there freshly a bathed but I arrive there wet as if I take a shower again. I am literally soaked because of the rain. There's a long queue in the entrance so I need to wait at outside for some minutes. My body can't hold the coldness anymore. I became a "Basang sisiw" in an instant. So I immediately went to the registrar to start my clearance but unfortunately they are already cut off. It is only 8AM in the morning. What can I do? I just contacted our class representative to surrendered my ID. They said that we need to surrendered it for our terminal clearance. After a couple of hours, I decided to go home since I am already shaking. And as expected, I have a cough and a slight fever now.
I suddenly missed my Mom because when I am not feeling well, she already knows what to do. She'll gonna cook soup. Mother knows best and my mom is one of the proof of it.
I can't get sick now because I have a lot things to do. I have an appointment tomorrow to other University. Also, I need to review for my examination. This evening, I tried to read some notes but I can't focus because of my runny nose. I already drink medicine because I know my body, it will suddenly collapse. So I also take some rest so that it will not take too long. Usually when I got sick, it will last for a week . If that happens, for sure that my schedules and plans will crumbled. So I don't really want it to happen. I just wish that my fever will not lead to the high one.
***Keep safe everyone!! Thanks for dropping by here***
Cancelling my plan because of Egay
***Hello dreamers! How are you? I hope that you are doing fine today.*** ***How's the weather on your corner?***
I woke up because of the loud sound of the thunder and heavy rains. I feel scared because there is a lightning too. I check the clock and it's only 4AM in the morning. I also visit my social media account to check the weather forecast and according to it, there's a typhoon named Egay. I also feel worried because the Quezon Province is under Signal No. 1. Though I know that our place is somehow not easily got affected by a storm, I am feel anxious because I know that some farmers would get affected by it. I know that my family also thinking about their crops so I immediately message them and good thing that they are all okay.
I can't go back to sleep so I choose to go downstairs and make some coffee. Everyone is still sleeping so I decided to cook some breakfast too. I only cook hotdogs and fish. While sipping on my black coffee, I tried to answer some questions on my reviewers. My CSE exam is coming and I really want to get a passing grades. It's hard though especially the syllogism part. I guess I'll gonna play "guessing game" during the exam haha. I suddenly remember that we have a review session with my friends. I message them if we still continue it since its raining so hard. They said that we should move it tomorrow. I agree on that idea since I know that we can't focus too.
Besides on that, I also cancelled my plan to go to the market to buy some stuffs. My Aunt also didn't allowed me to go outside. She knows that my I got easily sick when I got wet in rain. You know what, I only experience bathed in the rain for once. After that, I got sick for the whole week. I guess that my immune system is not so strong as I'm thinking. Since my plans got cancelled, I have nothing to do so I just listen to the music. Lately, I got hook on the song " ***Raining in Manila"***. Until now, it is literally raining here in Manila.
But I also used this opportunity to hang out with my family. Since we are busy on our personal life, we have a lot of chikas earlier. I only discovered that my cousin and his girlfriend 's anniversary now. They said that they will treat us when they get their salary. I also got time to bond with my nephews. Cancelling my plan isn't a bad thing at all since I enjoy it. But I'm also hoping that the typhoon Egay will leave the Philippine Area of Responsibility. Keep safe everyone and be alert as always.
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She's been hurt but I'm also Hurting
***Good evening dreamers! Hope that you have an enjoyable weekend!***
***Sad***. I'm still sad and somehow felt guilty because of what happened last night. Though, I don't know if I did something wrong but I know that she is hurting. But I've also been hurt.
So this what happened last night. My cousin lied to my Aunt that she will having a sleep over to her best friend. They let her to sleep there for one night but my cousin requested again to sleep for another night. Since she was a minor, my Uncle call her and tell her to go home. One night is enough. They want to talk to the best friend and by that time, they discovered that my cousin is not with her best friend but with her online friends. They only talk for some quite time then she already hang out with them. And most of them are boys that's why my uncle got worried so he commanded my cousin to go home right now.
They got mad on my cousin because she lied to her. He told them that it's not good to lie just to hang out with her friends. They throwing lines and what I don't like is they involving my name. My Aunt said that " ***Look at your cousin(me), she is already an adult but she knows her limitations".*** My cousin talked back and said that I am always the perfect girl in everyone's eyes. I know that she's been hurting because she is being compared to me. On the other hand, I also don't want that kind of scenario when others being compared to me. I am also hurting because I know how it feels. It is also painful to me because I know that their expectations to me are too high.
My cousin got mad on me because of that. I know that she is only process what happened last night. There is a flashback running in my mind. Before, when I was a kid my brother told me that I should not be live in this world. That he doesn't want me to be his sister because I'm always an apple in the eye of the family. It is so painful for me because I don't know what I did wrong to them. But me and my brother are okay now. Maybe they thought that being labeled as " ***favorite***" is such a blessings. No it's not. I also don't feel that I am the favorite one. It's really far from their thoughts because the real is, being called like that results to high expectations and pressure. Since I was a kid, I feel like I need to be good in academics because I believe that it is the only thing that I can give to my parents for all of their sacrifices. So since then, I study hard for them and I really thankful that they appreciate all of my efforts.
But it's quite tiring. Sometimes I'm thing what if I didn't choose to be good on school, *did I still feel like this way*? I envy those kids who enjoy their childhood while me, I need to read the books. I envy my brother before because he has a freedom to do what he wants while me, I need to review my lessons. I envy my cousin because she have time to bond with her friends while me, I being lock on the four corners of my room because of the pressure they instill in me. They have someone to talk to when they are not okay while me, I have no one. I admit that I am afraid that I might disappoint those people who believes and supports me from the start. So they are wrong, living in this kind of world is not a pleasure but pure of pressure. That's why I don't know why they got mad in me without knowing that I also suffered within. I just choose to carry all the burdens by myself because I don't like others being worried to me. But you know what, the only thing that I want is to be free. Free to express my feelings, to cry without being judge. I want to be free from the pressure and expectations. But for now I am still at the middle of the battle so I need to continue it. She's been hurt but I am also hurting.
***I'm sorry if this article is feel like a drama. I feel like sharing it here is much better than telling it with someone close to me. I actually don't know what to feel like right now. By the way, thank you for still reading this one. I hope that you get a good night sleep.***
Grant his Little Wish
***Good evening dreamers! How's your day?*** I hope that you had a good one. As for me, it's a little bit chaotic since I can't focus on my reviews because of too much distractions. There is still a heavy rain in our area that results to slow internet connection. But I push myself not to be swallowed by a negativities.
Last week, I accompanied my Aunt and nephew to the Department of Foreign Affairs to get their passport. They have a plan to go to Hong Kong next year to visit my nephew's Dad. Of course, we are so happy because it is one of the wish of my nephew, to see his Dad in person. We arrived at Megamall at exactly 10:00 AM. The queue is quite long but since we have a kid with us, they assist us to the priority lane. We bring their appointment and other documents and after an half hour, we already done. My nephew is so happy because he knows that it is one of needed thing to make his dream happen.
It's still early so we decided to eat on a fast food chain. We don't have a choice because this kid only eat in Jollibee. He doesn't want to try other restaurant. A Jollibee avid fan. I guess most of the kids also loves to eat here right? While my aunt order some food, me and my nephew took some photos. It is also my way to get his attention to behave. After eating, we decided to roam around the mall and buy some items. Suddenly, I remember my nephew's another wish and I told to my Aunt to grant that one. My aunt immediately agree to me so we went to the terminal to make the wish happened.
If you are curios what's his wish, its simply to experience riding in a train. He also like to experience riding in a bus. Actually when we travel with them, we always bring a private car/vehicle so it would be less hassle to us. So this time, we choose to ride on the train for him. He jumped out of joy when he saw the train. We told to him that it is prohibited to make some noise inside the train and he follow the instructions very well. We just went to the last station then after that we decided to go home since the clouds and already dark. We arrived at home before the heavy rains fell down.
My nephew saying Thank you non stop because we make his wish do come true. I know that it is a little thing but for him, it is actually a big one. As much as we can, I want to give him the things that makes him happy. I know that in the future, he will be remembered those little things. I can't wait for another set of accomplished wishes for him.
***Thank you for reading this one. Have a great night everyone!!***
In rainy days, Laziness win
***Good evening dreamers! How are you today? I hope that you are doing good and able to take some rest.***
It's been raining cats and dogs since the other day. I've heard in the news that there is a typhoon Dodong. How's the weather on your side? ***Are you also experiencing rainy day?*** The weather is very calming, perfect for a cup of coffee. I'm also craving for some soup like sopas and sinigang. And what's perfect even more is listening to a song with a soothing rhythm.
On the other hand, I have many plates in hand. Though that our graduation rites are fast approaching, we need to do some academic requirements. Not to mention, our thesis paper is still for editing since our professor makes changes over again. What's the worst is she instructed us to hard bind it so we did it but, we didn't expect that she rejects it afterwards. I want to finish it until next week so I can finally rest from that. But my body don't want to cooperate. It seems that bed is pulling me back on its arms. I found myself staring in the laptop for an hours doing nothing. I just got the rainy vibes, wanting to sleep the whole day. It's hard for me to focus during this season. So I give in, laziness win for today. I only sleep and eat for the whole day. The song "Lazy Song" perfectly suits me today as I don't feel like doing anything but instead of lying on my bed. I just missed this routine of mine when I was a kid but of course I am aware that now, I need to be productive in life. If laziness win today, I should combat it tomorrow. I need to urge myself to be productive and active again.
Yesterday was my cousin's Moving Up Ceremony. The original time is 2:00PM so we left the house at 1:00PM. The venue is just one tricycle away from our house, 15 minutes to travel so we are very complacent that we are be ahead of time. But suddenly her teacher message them that the march of the completers will be start at exactly 1:10PM. Most of the students in their GC got surprised about the announcement. It's raining heavily that time that also cause traffic in the street. We don't have choice but to walk just to catch up the program. I am also worried about my cousin because she is already wet. She is also wearing heels so it's very hard for her to walk in the middle of the rain. Despite, we still made it. She unbotheredly walk in front together with her Mom. We are beyond happy to see her receiving her diploma and awards. After the ceremony, we rushed to go home since we are still wet.
We are teasing her saying that her Moving Up is indeed a memorable day. She said that she is also lazy to attend yesterday because it's raining. Looks like I'm not the only who feel so lazy when the rain drops haha. How about you guys, what do you feel during rainy days? Are you also feeling the same as am I? Nevertheless, I believe that sometimes it is okay to feel lazy as long as we didn't became lazy everyday right? We still need to be productive in order to live.
***Thank you for stopping by and reading this article. Have a great night ahead!***
Grad Pictorial ft. Unexpected Bonding
***Hello dreamers! How are you? I hope that you are good today!***
Yesterday was a big day for me and to my classmates because it is schedule for our graduation pictorial. Honestly I am excited not for the smile but because I feel like I'm finally harvesting my hard work for 4 consecutive years. I didn't sleep well because I'm thinking what might happen to our pictorial. I was too shy to smile in front of many people.
Our call time is 8:00AM and they said that it's first come first serve basis so I decided to go there early. I woke up 5:00AM and prepared the things that I need to bring. I left at the house at 6:00AM and arrived at school at 7:00AM. While entering in the school, I saw my classmates so I called them and we go to 5th floor together. The good thing about this school is it has an elevator so we will not be haggard to go up using the stairs. When we reached the waiting area, my other classmates are already there. We fall in line and pay for the pictorial and make up fee then after that, they started to do some make over to us haha. Because of nervousness, I forgot to take a picture or short video of that set up. The make up artist also said that it is so easy to do put some make up on me because my face is so small haha. After 30 minutes, I'm already done for hair and make up.
The next step is to go to the next room for the Filipiniana and toga picture. I'm getting nervous because there is so many people and the photographer is a little bit perfectionist. It's a 12 shots per attire so a total of 24 shots. My lips is so tired to smile but for the sake of my picture,I smile like there is no end jk haha. After that, we need to change an attire for the creative shot. I honestly bring a dress for that but the stylist get a gown for me. She even put a crown on my head while assisting me to wear the gown. I don't have a choice but to wear it but the gown is so cute though. Then I go to the room for the creative shots. I don't know how to pose, luckily the photographer teach me some posing.
That's the result of the pictures while the other two is my pictures taken by my friend. I'm already done at 9A.M. but I wait for my friends to finished because we want to have a barkada shots. While waiting for them, I talked to some of my schoolmates and friends. I honestly missed to talk to them since we only meet thru online before because of COVID. When my friends are done, we fall in line again for the barkada shots. As expected, they teach our some posing again. I got a trio shots with my girls and barkada shots with the whole gang. Im so very happy to experience some photoshoot with them.
When we finished, we decided to eat at Jollibee because we are so hungry. We forgot to eat lunch because of the pictorial and it's already 8PM when we leave the school. I text my Aunt that I might get home late since I have a little bonding with my friends and she said okay. After eating and little chitchats, we decided to go home since it is already late in the evening. We are not sure when will be the next bonding but we are sure that we are one step closer to our dreams. I'm so excited to see these guys reaching their goals in life. There's no assurance that we are still so close like this in the future but I'm proud on their chosen endeavor in life. This day is indeed memorable for us.
***Thank you dreamers for reading this article. Keep safe and Padayon as always🧡***
Dealing with bad-tempered driver today
*Hello dreamers, how are you? I didn't notice that it's already July. New month and new beginning for us. I hope that you achieve your last month's goals and if not, don't worry because you still have a chance to reach that on this month. Hope for a good July to everyone.*
Earlier I went to river park together with my friends. We review there for our upcoming examination. The place is quite peace, perfect for our main purpose. There is some who went there to unwind with their love ones. We review basic formula in Mathematics. Even it's a basic one, I somehow find it hard especially that there's a time limit.
We finished our review session at exactly 5PM and I immediately go to the terminal of jeep. I know that there is a long queue in Pasig Market terminal so I waited for 40 minutes. When I already ride on a jeepney, I only pay 20 pesos since I am a student. The driver asked me where is my destination and when I told him, he got irritated and said that it's already vacation so there is no discount anymore. Though I know that student discount is still applicable even it's vacation, I just pay another 3 pesos because I don't want argue with him anymore.
Other passengers also got irritated to the driver because his attitude. The driver shouts when he received 50 or 100 pesos. I know that they can understand him if he will talk to them nicely but his response is not right. He drives so fast to the point that we need to hold so tight. There is also a scene that the passenger already said "***Para***" or " ***Stop***" but he will still continue as if he didn't heard anything. He got irritated whenever there is someone who wants to go down to the jeep. Good thing that most of the passengers didn't choose to talk back or else there might be a fight inside the jeep.
But what irritates us the most is when the driver shouts at the old lady. He shouts " ***Faster, you are so slow. You are wasting my time***". Some passengers help the old lady to go down to the jeep. The old lady almost cried because of the driver. She even said sorry to the driver and to the passengers. That makes my whole travel so irritating. I can understand that maybe, the driver is already tired but he should not act like that. Maybe he has a problem but it's not right to blame it to his passengers. I feel at ease when I go down at the jeep.
I realize that sometimes we can't avoid dealing with that kind of attitude. I think that it is good not to mind them but of course it's another story if they already humiliate you. We should know when to fight back and when to keep silence. And for that driver, I hope that he is already not irritated now. I hope he already calms down.
Adulting change my cravings in Life
*Hello dreamers!! I hope that you are okay physically and mentally. I noticed that most of us are struggling to cope up in life but I wish that you always find the reason to continue.*
**It's hard.** That's exactly my thoughts while realizing that I am already an adult. It is far from the idea that when you become an adult, you will definitely be free. ***It's a trap***. Maybe, we can decide on our own but I can't say that we are totally free. Being an adult feels like you are inside a box and being surrounded with walls of judgment. One wrong action and they will attack you immediately. I don't know if you will agree to this but I think that kids have more freedom than adults. They are free to enjoy and play all day while us, we need to stretch, do some jobs and side hustles to sustain our life. A tiring routine.
Adulting change me a lot. Though I am thrifty since then, I can say that adulthood makes me 3x of it. Unlike before that I immediately add to cart and buy random items,buy the foods that I'm craving for; now I will assess myself so many times before buying it. Sometimes, it feels so illegal to spend and I will ask myself if I really deserve to have that. Also, I can say that I am no longer an impulsive buyer since I reach adulthood. I become wiser when it comes to money. Someone said to me that before spending money, you should earn twice of it first. Right now, my cravings in life is not totally depends on the flashy material things or what is the trend but rather I'm craving for the *stable future*. I'm craving for more investments and to have properties. Cravings to help other people using my own pocket. I have a cravings to spoil my family on whatever they want. So as early as now, I practice to be money wise especially that I am still don't have plenty money on hand.
**Cravings** **of** **an** **Adult** https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2F736x%2F2c%2Fc3%2Fe0%2F2cc3e0ffb2309c890671bb6d093329cd.jpg&tbnid=NbQsOPfxLfrChM&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2Fadulting-101-with-christi--179651472625327247%2F&docid=Pm5AeL4ZgUtARM&w=736&h=736&hl=en-US&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2F4
But I'm not only crave to be financially stable. I also want ***peace***. Lately, I appreciate more a quiet place specifically the time when I am alone. I can understand now why others are so in love interacting to nature because it can give them peace. A peace that a crowded place can't ever give. For some reason, being an adult makes me realize that lying on the bed after a day is the most precious thing that you can give to yourself. Now that we are busy, it's hard for us to give tender to ourself. We tend to forget that we only have one body that need to be taken care. I crave for the sunset so that I can finally rest. I crave for the dark as it gives me the silence to reflect and breathe.
My ultimate cravings as of the moment is to become successful in life. I am so eager to achieve the goal that I have. I am aware that it might not always go as I plan but I believe that there's always way. My cravings might take years; it needs an effort, hard work and dedication but I will push myself to be better everyday and make a step to achieve it little by little. So, I wish that we can have all the cravings we have in life.
I'm finally back after a long Break
***Hello everyone! How are you?*** I know that its been a months since I published my last article. Though, sometimes I visit here and read some articles of my fellow, I still missing interacting with everyone here. I know that there's a lot of changes happened but I am happy to know that some are still writing here.
It's hard for me to manage the time at my edge. I'm struggling how to handle the responsibilities as a student and family member. I am on my last semester now and next month we are expecting to graduate. It was February when I start my On-the-Job training (OJT) and I need to rendered 10-12 hours a day. Besides that what consume my energy the most is the travel time. It took me 2 hours before I reach our house. Sometimes after the duty, I need to go to the school to attend the class or to submit an activities. When I arrived at home, I need to tutor my nephew at least an hour then after that, I will make my other school requirements. It's been my routine for three months. I admit that it's kinda tiring and tough especially on our first month of OJT. There are some employee who talks behind our back. But as days passed by, we manage to be close with them and in fact,they encourage and give us some tips on what should we do after graduation. I can say that we somehow how have memorable OJT experience.
Another thing that keeps me busy is finding a University for my second course. Yeah, I will going to pursue my dream course after I finished my current course. At first, I am hesitant because I know that it takes 2-4 years of studying again. At the same time, I want to be find a regular job so that I can help my family in terms of financial matters. Even though my siblings said that they can help me on my expenses once I study again, I felt so guilty because I know that it might be a burden to them. So my decision is to look for a job while pursuing another degree.
I also preparing for my Civil Service Exam (CSE) this coming August. I need to focus on my review since they said that it's pretty hard exam. Last March, only 15% passed the exam and the remaining 85% failed. This exam will be your one ticket to find a job on the government. I will take this exam because I want to experience working under government. To be honest, they also said that government can give a high salary range than other private companies. On the other hand, I also want to experience to work in a corporate world hihi.
Some said that my life is so boring because it seems that I will going to study for my whole life. But actually, it might be tiring but it's fulfilling everytime I discover a new knowledge or skills. I know that I'm still far away from my dreams but I believe that a single step could help me to achieve it in time. No one knows what my future looks like but I want to invest on myself so that I don't have a regret later.
I was hired at the bank as an Intern
***Happy Friday everyone! How's everyone here? I missed you so much here, I also missed writing and share what happens on my day. I hope that you are still okay, financially, mentally and physically. Don't forget to take a rest okay?***
Since our face to face started, I only have few days to rest. More, I feel that my time is not enough to do a lot of requirements for our different subjects and things for our OJT or internship. Last Wednesday I went to an interview to one company, they say that I am accepted and I will call them for the confirmation. I am still hesitant if I would go for it or not. They give time to think and they say that it's okay if I still look for another company so I have many choices.
Yesterday, I went to University to have a dental and medical in order to get that fit to work or able to work for our internship. The queue is very long and we are almost 4 hours on that line. I am disappointed when they let us to wait for that long time then saying that they will only accommodate 50 students for that time. Imagine we wait for nothing there. We are so disappointed because are time got wasted for nothing. They said that we should comeback on Monday. It's only 11AM but they already cut off. But we have no choice but to go home because there's no hope if we still wait in the clinic. My feet are very tired so when I got home, I sleep immediately. When I woke up, I received a message saying that I have an interview on one of the bank that I applied to. I am excited reading it. On the other hand, I am nervous what might be the interview.
So today I went there early , one hour before my interview. Of course, I want to be on time on my interview so that they have a good impression on us. By the way, I am with my two college friends. The security guard already know us, they even greet us while saying " Ohh you came back? Congrats in advance" hihi. They assist us to their branch manager and the interview begins. I'm the first one who go to the conference room. They asked me some personal questions and about my academic stuffs. After 20 minutes, they already congratulations me because I am hired as an intern. My friends are also accepted. We are so happy because that bank is really our target bank to have our OJT/internship and now that dream turns into reality.
They just remind us some few things like we should always wearing corporate attire and always be formal. We are also not allowed to take pictures or what because the bank cater big clients and some of the most popular/successful companies in the country. So all of the information are too confidential and we fully understand it. They also said that there are also some artists who went to that branch so we should not be surprise on it. When we heard that, our excitement really got higher because we feel like we are already an employee there. The employee are so nice and approachable. They say that we should not be pressured on them but rather we should enjoy our stay on their bank. Our working hours is from 8AM-6PM except for Monday because we have a f2f class. Actually we are the one who choose to have that kind of time instead of 8AM-3PM since we need to finished the 600 requirements on the second week of May.
Our duty will start at February 6. I still have a week to process some requirements. We think that we are so lucky today hehe because right after the interview, one employee from the other bank also asked us if we are looking for work. We said that we have our interview on a bank. They asked what our course and when we tell them our course, they give us a card while saying that we come back to their bank once we finished our graduation. But of course we are fully aware that applying on a bank or company is not so easy. We need to learn and undergo to a lot of interview and examinations. For now, we will just focus on our internship. I really hope to learn a lot about how the banking works and how employees execute different tasks. I am beyond happy now.
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***I guess that's all for tonight. Have a great sleep everyone!! Take care.***
Not now but soon, I will able to do such Things
***Happy Sunday everyone!! Did you enjoy your weekend? I really hope so and I also hoping that you able to get some rest. I just realize that January is almost over. Time flies so fast to the point that sometimes we forget what's the exact date today.***
Before formally start this article, I just want to say thank you to Sir @Coolmidwestguy for always initiating a prompt and doing a readcash cashrain. I had so much fun reading comments last night and I able to know more about some of the users here. Also, thank you to users who also give some cash rains to my comment there. I'm so grateful for that. And for this tonight's article, I want to write about something that I haven't done yet but I want to tried. By the way, it is also Sir bob ideas. Thank you very much.
Actually there's a lot on my mind about the things that I wanted to do in the future. Of course the first on the list is to travel out of the country. It is one of my dream to explore other countries like Italy, Switzerland and Japan. I still can't afford to travel on such countries, that's why it is still a dream right now. On the other hand, my family much prefer going to a beach rather than hiking or doing extreme activities. Honestly I really want to tried it, I even asked their permission before when my friends invite me to do a hiking in a mountain but my parents didn't allow me to join with them. They are too nervous for my safety. I fully understand them but I didn't let go that hope that soon, I can able to such adventures.
Speaking of extreme activities, I have a list on the things that I should be done before I die. One of this activities is skydiving. I want to experience that kind of adventures. I really believe that it is an exciting one. Everytime I saw a post or someone who already did skydiving, I can't help but to imagine myself doing the same thing. Earlier, I open up it to my cousins but most of them also scared to try skydiving. I can't deny that I also nervous a but but the excitement is much greater than my nervousness. It could only happened once in a lifetime so if there's really an opportunity for me, surely I will grab it to experience skydiving.
Since I really love hiking, another thing that I wanted to try is **Megavalanche bike racing.** But I suddenly remember that I don't know how to ride a bike so how could I accomplished this dream. Since I was a kid, my Dad teach me how to ride a bicycle but after I get my big scars, I decided not try riding on bicycle again. But I know to ride and drive a motorcycle. That time I'm so eager and curious to learn driving a motorcycle so my brother teach me some basics until I actually learn about it. Going back, I think doing a hiking and megavalanche bike racing in one is really a good match. Connecting to nature while doing adventurous things is one of my dream activities.
That is some of the things that I haven't done yet but I really want to. While writing this one, I really imagine my reaction when I am already on that moment. I know that it will not happened now or tomorrow but I promise to myself that I will able to do such things in the near future. ***How about you guys, what are the things that you haven't done yet but you really wanted to try?*** I believe that all of us desire something to do. Again, I want to say thank you to Sir @Coolmidwestguy for initiating this prompt. I hope you are feeling good today.
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***Have a wonderful sleep everyone. Take an enough sleep so you have an energy tomorrow.***
Happy Fiesta Baste!!
***Happy Weekend dreamers!! How's everyone here? I hope that you end your week with a satisfying outcome. Don't forget to take a rest later okay?***
Yesterday is the most awaited day for our baranggay because it is the Feast of our Patron, San Sebastian. All the people are also excited because after two years, we can also have the " Basaan" where in all of the people who join the parade will be wet because people will throw them water. There are also fire trucks who also throw water to the devotees. It is all started way back since the Pasig River is the main source of income before. But above all, it is to commemorate the patron saint of athletes and archers, Saint Sebastian.
So the celebration started with a mass and after that, the pagoda or basaan will be followed. When we reached the church, there are already a lot of people. A few minutes later, the parade already started. We shout for joy while devoting to our patron. Even the kids are so happy while they are getting wet. The officials like Angelu De Leon and Congressman Romulo are also join and enjoy the parade. We bring water guns also to make the parade more enjoyable. There are also a dancers and band who still continue their performance even they are all wet. You can see the everybody are happy and enjoying the parade. There are some houses who give foods and money to the devotees. But what's funny is, there is one house who give shampoo to us hahah. My cousin take a bath while enjoying the water heeh. The parade last for almost 3 hours. For some, it is a tiring walk but for us, it is a blessings because we able to joined on this memorable day.
One thing I love about is the people itself. Even you didn't know each other, they will assist and help you throughout the parade. Like when there is someone who suddenly faint, they didn't hesitate to help the lady and bring it to the emergency area. And you can feel that they will treat you as a part of their family during that day. After the parade, we offer our prayers to the patron before going home. While we are on the way, people will happily greet us "Happy Fiesta" and some even invite us to eat on their house. We are flattered to hear that words from them.
But of course because it is fiesta, we expect that we have a lot of visitors. And yeah we're right, some of our relatives from other cities go here. But what makes me happy is when my Mom and siblings went here. My Uncle and his workmates have drinking session while us, girls have a singing sessions. Actually, I only listen to them because I don't have a nice voice to share with them. In the evening, we also attend the mass and join the solemn procession. I admit that it somehow tiring but this sacrifice is really worth it. I'm still looking forward to the next years of enjoying our Fiesta. Indeed, it is a blast and blessed celebration!
**Viva San Sebastian!! Viva!!**
Another achievement unlock as a College student
***Good evening dreamers!! How's everyone here? How's you Thursday? Tired or just a chillin' one? No matter what, I hope that each of us can able to get an enough rest later. Don't forget to have it okay?***
As a student, I can say that college journey is the most challenging one. Unlike in other grade levels, in college you need to study and understand the lesson so hard. I also experienced that even if I review everything on my notes, I still get a not so good grades. Aside from that , college will surely drain your energy and challenge your mental health. I can't deny that at first, I thought that I can't able to finished my current course. I'm only a human, so sometimes I feel so tired in studying. I feel so demotivated but I only realize that I have a family who supports me. My siblings didn't get tired to support me financially from my academic needs, so I don't have a right to be a lazy student.
Because of that, I always aim to get a high grades. I believe that it is the only thing that I can give to them for now. I don't want to waste my sibling's efforts. You know what, everytime I received an award, my eldest brother is the happiest. He always makes me feel that he is always there for me. I already mentioned it before that he is my inspiration to pursue law in the future. It is his dream but he didn't achieve it since he needs to work in order to help my parents to support our family needs. I still didn't said about it to my family because I want to make sure that I will accomplished it. I still need to pursue another pre-law course before taking up that dream. So for now, I only list it on my plans.
Last night, I received an email from our department. I am happy that I achieved once more, I am a academic achiever again for the first semester. I am beyond grateful because all of us know that it's not an easy journey for us but all of us made it. Moreover, I am also glad to see my friend's name on the list of academic achiever. I'm so proud of them. I still have one semester left before ending my first degree course. I know that it might be a tough one too but I am motivated to finished it with flying colors. I will also do my best to gain more knowledge and to enhance my skills. I know that everything will be possible with Him. I am grateful to God because He always guide me and give an abundant blessings. I also want to say thank you to those people, here and to outside world who always believe on *me. Thank you very much.*
***Now, all I can say is "Bring it on, second semester!!"***
My First-ever Internship Interview
***Happy Wednesday everyone!! I hope that you are in a good situation and mood right now.***
Yesterday was a busy and tiring day for me. Except for my class, I had my first internship interview on one of the company that I applied. They email me the other day and inform me that we will having an interview at the afternoon. To be honest, it is one of my top choices because it is just a walking distance form our University. So it is less hassle for me to travel back and forth. I prepared myself and make sure that I will go there in advance. I admit that I am nervous because I don't know what will gonna happen to the interview but I convince myself that I must go.
When I already there, I asked the guard where I found there HR Manager. This company is one of the distributor of the biggest brands worldwide. So they assist me to the conference where their HR Manager waiting for me. When I got there, there is also 2 intern applicants. Someone give us papers that we need to answer. He said that it is a 4 types of exam and we need to answer it before the interview. We didn't expect that there will be an examination, we only thought that it is only an interview. That papers consist of personality test, essay test, mathematical test and abstract. The abstract test is the challenging one because I don't know what is the drawing or sequence referring to. I mean the copy is so blurred and you can't vividly see it clear. Even the other applicants find it hard. But I still answer it with the best that I can. While on the essay part, it mostly asked about yourself and what they should hire me as a Finance Intern. Even if, the essay requires at least 150 words. After I finished the 4 exams, they called me for the interview.
I can say that the HR who interviewed us is handsome and his voice is so manly haha but it never lessen my nervousness. They asked what kind of Microsoft Office did I used and how aware I am about it. They also asked why I choose their company and what is my expectations on my career after being an interns there. I think that I can answer them well. They just said that they will call me once they checked the papers. After that I finally leave the conference room and went to the entrance. Upon looking I heard the guards who is gossiping about applicants. They badmouthing us and saying that we are look like a bossy and we seems don't know anything. They even say that we can't survive the internship if ever. They didn't notice me first so I excuse myself to get my ID. They were surprise when they saw me in front of them. I just smiled to them and go outside that company. They still saying other bad things about us but I just choose to leave.
Because of that people, I'm thinking if I will go to that company if ever. It's look like the environment is not good for my mental health. On the other hand, there's a part on me who really wants there and prove to myself that they are wrong on all of the things that they said. But right now, I also applying for the other companies. If there's an interview, I also go so that I have a choices for my internship.
I can say that my first interview is challenging but it is a satisfying one. I realize that it is not easy to find a job. You need to undergo with a lot of process before you obtain your desire. I'm happy that I experienced this kind of interview, at least I have a background what will happened on my next interviews. I hope that other companies will also called me for an interview. If I'm not mistaken, our internship will be start next month. I really hope for the best internship experience for me. As I've said, I got very tired so I sleep early yesterday. My mind is also too hard to guess that abstract test haha.
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***So I guess that's all for tonight, have a great night for us!!***
The Exciting Part has finally come
***Good evening dreamers!! How did you start your week?*** I know most of us are busy since today is Monday, start of our hectic schedule. Maybe it is a tiring for you so make sure that you get enough rest later okay? Give yourself an enough sleep so you have an energy tomorrow.
Just like what I've mentioned on my last night's article, today is our first ever face to face classes. Since my class is 4:30PM and the University is only near to our house, I left the house at exactly 3:45PM. I didn't expect that there's a traffic but good thing that I able to reach the University by 4:15PM. Upon entering on the gate, student should answer the health declaration form via Google form. But I think that it is not valid though. Why? Because the guard is the one who decide what's our temperature, they didn't even used thermometer to measure our body temperature properly. So it's just like for compliance only.
When I reach the classroom assigned, I was a bit shy because they are all looking at me. Some smiled at me even I don't know them hehe. So I immediately find my friends so that I can have someone to talked to. In the middle of our Kamustahan / chatting with each other, our professor suddenly pop up. At first, he looks so intimidating because of how he's speak. He don't know how to speak Filipino and he speak so fast. We are too stunned to speak for a moment haha. I also amaze because at the age of 32, he already obtain 6 different courses and now, he is study in Law School. Now, he is a professor on 3 different colleges and he also have his own corporation. We are all surprise on his achievement now but he said that we can also obtain it if we really want to.
As expected, he asked some personal questions like what is our goals for the next five years. We know that the questions is so easy to answer but we are still nervous because he looks so serious while we saying our answer. After that, he also informed us that we need to save money by now because this subject is somehow costly. We need to organize a lot of seminars and invite valuable guess speakers. He also mentioned about the training on the following months so we better to be prepared. But we are shock when he talks to someone. He said that he is a third eye and there's a ghost on our classroom earlier. I believe on him not only because the door suddenly close earlier but because I also feel it sometimes inside the campus especially when evening. And also because our University is beside of the hospital. That is one of the reason why I didn't leave a vacant seat beside me because I don't want to have a ghost seatmate hahaha.
I believe that this is the exciting part of our college journey. Aside from the reason that it is because a face to face class, I believe that I will also able to learn knowledge that I can apply once I worked in a corporate world. And exciting to the part that we can collaborate and share ideas personally. We are all excited about it but we guess that our pocket isn't . As usual before we leave on the classroom, we take some pictures as a remembrance of our first day in F2F. I am glad to meet my classmates again. Finally, I can have someone to share about my academics story again hihi.
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***I guess that's for tonight. Thank you always and have a great sleep everyone!!***
Preparing for the Face-to-Face class tomorrow
***Happy Sunday everyone!! How's your day today?*** I hope that you have some time to bond with your family. I believe that some provinces celebrate their fiesta today because of Sto. Niño while others watched the Miss Universe earlier. Nevertheless, make sure that you will get enough rest later okay?
Tomorrow is the official start of our semester. After almost 3 years, it will be our face-to-face classes. I feel excited because I will able to see my classmates personally but I remember that I will meet them for the first time. I don't know what will be our reactions tomorrow. We are all talkative in our group chats but for sure, there's a little awkwardness happen tomorrow ahah. On the other hand, I am a bit nervous because it will be my last semester of my first degree in college. We only have 2 subjects to be taken plus the internship requirements. I'm happy because finally, I am one step closer to my dream.
Aside from me, people in the house our also excited for me. My class schedule is 4:30PM-7:30PM but they always remind me to go the school as early as I can. Actually, I don't have a plan to buy any new things except for ballpen since I need to save for my allowance for my upcoming internship and also for my thesis. But my Aunt gave me a new bag earlier, she said that it's her late new year's gift for me. I was surprise because I firm to used my old bags, it's an issue to me though but I am happy for her generosity. My sister also buy me a new umbrella, notebook and a pen. I was so glad to have a supportive family like this. I tease them if they really want me to leave in the house because they are much excited than me to go to school. They also respond that I should be chill on my first day. That I must enjoy this final year of my college life.
Actually I am concern to my other classmates. Some of them are still in the province. They live in Mindoro, Nueva Ecija and somewhere in Bicol. Even we still don't have an update for our professors, we are required to go on the school tomorrow. So they will travel at early in the morning so that they can be on time. Our classmates in Mindoro travel later at 10PM. Some of them will be renting a dorm while others will sleepover on their friend's house. But I'm proud to them because they are willing to be away on their parents just to achieve their dreams. I can somehow relate to them because I am far away to my parents and siblings. We are all hoping for the brighter future for us.
I will sleep early tonight so that I have an energy for today's discussion. If I'm not mistaken, we will having introduce yourself again haha. So I guess that's all for tonight, have a good sleep too.
They question my Loyalty just because I refuse to go with Them
***Happy Weekend dreamers!! How are you? I hope that you end your week with a satisfying outcome.***
Today, my college friends set a hang out. It was almost two years since we bond together. But this time, I refuse to come. It's not because I don't want to be with them but because I have a reasons. Aside from the fact that I attend to my nephew's birthday today, I also refuse because I know that they only have drinking session. I don't drink any alcohols and surely, they will pushed me to drink some. Just like before, I refuse but they hardly pushed me to drink. But I'm persistent to resist so it didn't go as their plan. It is one of the behavior that I don't like about them, they pushed what they want. I already open about it, I thought they understand but I was wrong.
So earlier they message me but I honestly refuse and said the real reason. Instead of saying it's okay, I received a questionable replies from them. One of them even question my loyalty on our friendship, saying that I'm not a true friend because I refuse their invitation. While some of them even like the message. I know that they just want us to be complete but I just a bit disappointed because they question our friendship just because I refuse to joined them. Lei ( our friend) also didn't come with them but they just let it go. She message me and saying if I'm okay. She is one of the closest friend I have on that circle of friends. She also admit that she refuse because she know that I will not come. I just seen their message because I can't still believe. But just now, there's message saying " ***it's better to leave the group if you can't go with our gimmicks"***. Without hesitation, Lei leave the group so I also leave.
I also have another circle now in college, actually I love interacting and befriended with my classmates and even schoolmates. But as they say, not all circle will help you to grow. It is a little sad that we end up like this but I think it is also better on this way rather than keeping myself on the people that I can't find any care at all. Lei open up to me that it is also one of the reason why she is afraid making friends. Although she drink alcohol, she also find it off when someone pushes someone to do the thing that a person don't usually do. I guess by now, they are already drunk. I don't wait them to say sorry to me, I also don't know what we will the scenario if we meet in school. We are not in the same class anymore but we have a same schedule I think. I hope for us to find the friends that is really true to us.
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***That's all for today's article. Let's enjoy the rest of this night. Have a great sleep later!!***
Read cash helps me to discover Myself more
***Happy Friday dreamers!!***
I believe that each of us have their own story to tell on how they met or discover read cash. As for me, I discover it because of one of the user in noise.cash. He commented on one of my post there and engage me to joined. Of course as I want to earn and learn, I immediately register here. So that's where my journey here started and the rest was history.
Last night, it seems that I am in the mood to read articles here. I admit that I missed the old read cash where you can read new articles from different writers but now, only few stay. We can't blame them though but I'm still happy that at least this platform is not totally dead. Some generous writes keeps the platform alive. Speaking of generosity, I came across to Sir @Coolmidwestguy article's https://read.cash/@Coolmidwestguy/read-questions-readcashrain-announcement-1d9df457 He is one of the generous writer here who always give his support to our fellow writers. On the mentioned article, he initiated a prompt and there are some questions that we can freely answer. For now, I will answer the first question.
***What are you favorite things about being on this platform?***
Actually there's a lot. Everything about this platform is my favorite. As a mere college student, I can say that read cash helps me to support my study financially. It helps me to earn. Unlike before that I always asked money to my siblings, now I can buy the things that I need. In connection to it, I also able to have a little savings and able to invest in something fruitful. Even though rusty bid his goodbye, I am beyond grateful that he and the whole team of read cash allows me to earn.
Another favorite thing about this platform is the **people** who I met. I couldn't imagine that through writing, I can meet awesome people that will treat me as their younger sister and friend. I am happy because they allows to learn lessons in life by reading their content. They also one of my motivation me to continue writing here. They didn't hesitate to give me some advices if I really need to. Trust me, people in this platform is one of the best. There's no toxicity but rather they help and support you positively.
Lastly, read cash allows me to **discover about myself more**. It able to express my real feeling here. I couldn't imagine that it helps me to grow as a person. I thought that I can't make it, staying here for a long time because I don't have a talent in writing. But look at me , I'm more than one year here now. It push that I can do better each day. Writing here seems I open some of the chapters of my life and allowing someone to read it. I never regret doing that because through that, I learn, grown and able to have self reflect.
There's still a lot that I can say about this platform but that three is my most favorite. I'm still looking forward to share to you some of my little wins in life. So I hope that read cash will stay with us.
***I think that's all of tonight's blog. Again, thank you to Sir for initiated this one. It's quite fun to answer this kind of question. Have a great night ahead everyone!!***
The worst person that you could encounter in Life
**Hello dreamers**!! How's everyone here? I hope that you are still energy for the succeeding days. Rest if you have time, don't ever overworked yourself.
Today I don't have much activity, I only teach my nephew on his Filipino subject. It is so hard to him to speak using our language and even his teacher notice it. So we teach him so he can answer to his exam. He even asked me if we can hire translator so he can understand what her teacher say hahaha. But of course, we can't because she needs to speak and understand our own language. After that, I just lying on my bed while scrolling here and there. I bumped into my friend's my day with a caption " ***You can't be happy if you can't appreciate what surrounds to you"***. I immediately remember what my teacher said back then.
" ***The worst person that you could encounter in life is those who can't see the beauty of life. Those who complains about everything but appreciate nothing***". That is the line that my High School teacher said before. In this world, you can hear someone's complain everywhere. They always see the problems and just ignore the blessings. I admit that sometimes I am like this especially if the problem is too big for me to handle. I tend to problem the problem and didn't realize that I am filled with blessings. Maybe because problems can easily triggered our mind to the point that we think about it countlessly. On the other hand, I believe that somehow, I appreciate what surrounds to me.
I already encountered people who always complains about their life. Because of them, it also affect to our behavior. They are always irritated and mad. Some of them even blame others on what happened in their life. They make their problems as the center of their life. They didn't see any those beautiful things surrounds them. At some point, maybe they are the worst person we could encounter in life because it seems that they are surrounded with negativities and those attributes can also affect to us. If we are surrounded with that kind of people, we might also feel demotivated and overthink our own problems. It like a magnet that will attract negative things in our mind.
***Realizations..***.
We should learn to appreciate things and people we have in life. We should be thankful that even it is a small, we still received blessings and good news in life. Not everyone receive that kind of blessings so we must be grateful. If you have a problems, don't ignore those little things stand by you. Maybe those tiny things would help you to resolve your situation now. So appreciate everything and problem nothing. I agree on my friend's my day, we can't really feel happiness if we are full with worry and complains in mind. We must free ourselves with something that can harm us mentally and emotionally. Not everyday is a good day but we can do something to make it better.
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**Have** **a** **great** **night** **ahead** **dreamers**!
The struggle is real. So ayun, after ilang oras medyo may improvement na baby boy namin sa Filipino. Hirap talaga siya sa Filipino kase nasanay siya sa English. Kanina kinausap yung Mama niya, natutulog lang daw sa klase tong nephew ko kapag Filipino time hhahaha. Ngayon tutok kami sa pagtuturo sa kanya.Color color muna siya habang break
Don't treat Failure as a Weakness; it's just a ladder to success
***Hola dreamers!! Happy Tuesday everyone!!*** How's the day in your end? I hope that you get a chance to rest. As usual I'm busy worrying about my internship. Even in my dreams, I think about it haha.But I'm still hopeful that I can find the right one.
I joined on some groups on Facebook that offer some internship. Some of the members there are working in a bank. They shared their life story how they ended working there and their journey before attaining that kind of work. Even I don't know them, I am happy everytime I read that someone became successful in life. For me, it is a proof that there's no impossible if you really want to achieve it.
Earlier I read a long post about this person journey. It so so long and it seems that she already shared her life journey in that post.Even it's a long one, I read it because I got inspire on her story. She said that she encountered a lot of failure before achieving the life she have right now. She experienced to repeat a subjects in college because she get a failed grades. It's not easy to her because she once a consistent honor student when she was in high school so the expectations to her is so high. When she became a repeater in college, it seems that everyone turns their back to her. All the support she gets when she was in High School was suddenly disappeared. Even her own family underestimate her. So she only have herself from that moment. But because she wants to prove to herself that she can do it, she never stop studying until she attained what she wants. After 8 years, she finally graduate in college.
***Sometimes you must hurt in order to know,***
***Fall in order to grow,***
***Lose in order to gain,***
***Because most of life's success story written after experiencing failure.***
Her journey didn't stop there. When she finished her college, she thought that it will became easy for her to find a job. It took 3 years before she find a job. She even say that she is so immune on receiving "***I'm sorry to inform you that you didn't passed the interview/ exam"***. She almost lost hope because no one got her back. But instead of being demotivated, she used that failure to be a ladder in success. While she works, she study again for the second degree. She receives a countless failures before but now, she receives with so much blessings in life. Now, she already live on her best chapter of her life.
Reading that kind of post makes me amaze at the same time inspired. It seems that it become my motivation to be strive more in life. If she able to achieve that, maybe I can also attain it. I realize that we are already lose treat failure as our weakness. We should not let failures attract into negative things. We are more powerful than that. But the sad thing is, people will easily judge and leave us when they saw us in our dark phase. Not everyone will be anchor in life, some will just watched us to be drowned in life. "You only have your back to lean on". We can't say what might happened tomorrow. Our journey might be a rough road but one thing is for sure, if we allow ourselves to grow in the midst of failure, success will be attainable. So don't get tired on stepping out in reaching success. You almost on your way to it.
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***I wish for everyone's success in life. Have a great night ahead!!***
Google Map saved our Day; Internship Hunting
**Hello everyone!** How are you? I hope that you are doing well. I'm glad that there is still few writers who continue to write here despite of platform's situation. It is a proof that it's not about gaining earning anymore but it's more about our passion and expressing ourselves. If I'm not mistaken, I didn't write anything here for two weeks. It's because I take a break and enjoy the Holiday break with my family. I had a blast during that quick break.
After the long celebrations, now we need to go back to reality. Oww, I guess some of you already go back to their work since January 2. Some still have work during holiday right? But for me even though the second semester still not begins, I'm already busy preparing for it. It is the last semester in my college life. As a requirement, we need to find a company or bank that would accept as an intern / OJT. Me and my college friend took a chance last Friday to look for a bank because we really want to experience working there. It's not what we expect. It's so hard finding a company or bank. Most of the bank said that we need to go to their main office and send our resume there. We are clueless where the exact location of their main office, all we know is some of them found in Ortigas. Without hesitation, we ride in MRT and we go down to the Ortigas. After that, we open our Google map to get direction of that particular bank. Fun fact, I lived on the same city where Ortigas located but I'm still not familiar on that place. It's too large for me to memorize every corner of that city. So we just follow the arrow and tadaa, we already found the location.
Another struggles we've encounter is the weather itself. When we are in Quezon City, the weather is so hot but when we at in the Ortigas, the rain is so heavy. We are already wet but we continue to go our destination. On the first bank, we are sad because we didn't allowed to go inside. They say that we need to get an antigen test before we can inquire inside. We actually understand them so we refuse to push ourselves to apply there. Even if we send our resume on that bank, there's still no assurance that we accept as an intern. So we just find another banks nearby. Some of them said that they will call us if there' s a vacancy or after their HR evaluating our resumé. It's already 3PM and we decided to eat our lunch. We also lost hope that we can find a bank that will accepts us. Suddenly we saw a Land bank branch and it seems that someone push us to try on that bank. Do we asked the guard and we are surprise because he immediately assist us to talked to their manager. We are too shy because we are already wet that time. The manager is so nice and he entertain us. He asked few questions then said that we can start on Monday which is tomorrow. We are happy to hear that finally ,someone accept us.
But there's a problem. Even we want to start tomorrow, we can't because there are still no official statement from our University. They said that we need to attend the seminar first before deployment. We said it to the manager that our target date is by February. He understand but he really need interns now. He get our resume and said that he will call us if there's still a vacancy but sorry to say, if someone apply there this week, probably they will choose that instead of us. So it's like that our happiness suddenly turns into worry. It's like a 50-50 chance again. We decided to apply on other companies and banks again. We are praying that we can still find some that will accept us as an interns. We also hoping that there are still vacancies on that particular branch by that time. We eat our lunch at almost 4PM and now I have cough. My feet is also so pain because we walk so much.
While applying, I realize some things. If applying for internship is hard, what's more for applying in a job right? I think it's more harder. Even if you prepared to work, some will reject you. Not everyone will accepts you immediately, we need to be patient and determined enough until we find the right job and company for us. I also learn a lot of lessons last Friday. I questioned myself if I'm already ready for the corporate world after I graduate. It's seems that I will enter to a new world again. But I should not stressed about work now, I should focus on finding for internship. We hope for the better outcome of it.
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***I guess that's all for tonight. Have a great evening everyone!!***
@Mayiee
