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Are there any significant experiences you have had, or accomplishments you have realized, that have helped to define you as a person?


Oftentimes, we hear ourselves asking who we really are and what the purpose of our existence. In our life, there are so many defining moments that help us identify who we really are. It can be a simple everyday scenario or a once in a lifetime experience that have truly marked our lives in its most significant way. But to be able to identify these defining moments in our life, we tend to examine ourselves first and see what we have become in our years of existence here on earth. Have we been the person that we should be? Have we lived up to what was expected of us? Will we be able to define ourselves as a person through these experiences?


In my 16 years of existence here on this world, what have I become? Along the way, what experiences have molded me to be the kind of person that I am today? I believe that I am a young woman of unique character. As I become this young woman of unique character, the journey I will take to this is a long, but meaningful one. I have dealt with almost all kinds of people in my whole life. I have been brought up to be socially aware of what is happening around me. Though I have been given the necessary comforts in life, I know the value and the hardships in life. My school continues to be a major factor in my character up until now. We’ve had a lot of discussions about the realities of life, lessons that for me are far more important than basic grammar, calculus and physics. As part of a Catholic community, we do charitable works that exposed me to the darker side of life. This made me realized how lucky I am because of all the blessings that I am continuously receiving. It had helped me to be more appreciative of the things around me. It had instilled in me the value of contentment and a greater respect for all the people around me.


By simply walking down the streets and seeing the homeless children sleeping in the filthy corners at night made me a deeper person. Shallow as it may seem, it made me more determined to be successful in life. I always put to mind that whoever I may be end up to be ten to fifteen years from now, to be able to help other people would be one of my priorities. Seeing these innocent children made me realize the true essence of life. As early as now, I want to be an instrument of “change”. In our own little way, there are a lot of things that we can do to help out. No better feeling can be compared to the feeling of being able to create something good out of little things. And in the near future, that I what I want to accomplish, change.


Sometimes, we people tend to neglect the little things and moments in our life that may have been of great importance in our lives. We don’t need to act or experience something out of this world to help us to define ourselves as a person. What matters in the end is the outcome that we gained of that, little or big as it may seem. By being able to recall the previous experiences we have had in our lives, may we be able to reflect on it and help us to be better creatures of God. Remember to keep in mind that anything can happen within the power of your hands. Let these experiences guide each and every one of us to our missions in life. I hope and I pray that after these, we can all proudly say out loud, that what I am today is definitely worth the journey we have been traveling all along.

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this was my admu essay.. apparently i am 17 now.
but nothing else changes.

(i just really feel like posting this one.. this is/was one of the essays i could not believe i wrote. haha.)


*copied from http://selletot.multiply.com/journal

part one of hell week's already over. part two's on the way. what is it about freakin' math exams that makes life worth living?

sorry for the bitter introduction.

you have no idea how thrilling it was to answer our math17 exams. ha ha ha. it was such a joy to solve. an experience you'll never ever forget. i soooo love it.

just so you know i was being sarcastic!*-*

kidding aside, i do love math but math doesn't love me in return. how unfair! oh well. so much for math. i've had enough of it already. i've been staying up all night/mornights answering and reviewing problems and exercises. and much to my dismay, none of it helped. ha ha ha. good thing on the last day of the exam, i didn't had the will and strength to review. so to relieve stress, i just engaged on my favorite sport...sleeping and food trip! :)

so what's the point of this entry? (wala lang gusto ko lang magsulat may aangal ba?! ha ha ha.) nothing really. i did not imagine that up exams would be thiiiis hard. get the picture? it's really all work and no play now. but thank God for math2 i get to play! imagine, our long exam's playing a card game called trumps. but the passing score's 100. goodluckkk to me. and it's really a game of luck. anyways, as i was saying, no more time for "relaxation" aka sleeping time, text galore, missing gensan mode and the times i kill doing absolutely nothing productive. i'll surely have a hard time erasing that in my system. also, i need a tutor in math17. for real! im really just a nobody in up. how depressing.=P

but heck. enjoy lifeeeee. you only got to live it once. ha ha ha ha ha. just know your limits. anything excessive's bad. trust me. i know!=P

so basically, i was just talking to myself. :)

tattletale.*

tatlong linggo na akong iska ng bayan. (*ahem*ahem*)
at sa loob ng mga panahong iyon.. marami na akong natutunan, naranasan at naramdaman.

mahirap mawalay sa nakasanayang mong mundo. hindi mo rin maiwasan balik-balikan ang nakaraan at umasang babalik pa ang lahat ng ito.

kailangan mong matutunang mamuhay ng nag-iisa.

minsan mahirap, minsan masaya, minsan nakaka-iyak, minsan nakakasabik. patalon-talon ung puso mo sa isang bagay na hindi mo maipaliwanag. pakiramdam mo masyado mong pinipilit ung sarili mong makibagay, makisabay sa agos ng buhay, ng buhay elbi.

masasaya naman ang mga tao sa elbi. mababait naman sila. sa up ka nga lang talaga siguro makakatagpo ng mga tao mula sa iba't-ibang parte ng pilipinas. ang saya. hindi ka na bicolano, kapampangan, cebuano, bisaya o manilenyo sa up. PILIPINO ka. iisa ang dugo na nananalaytay sa aming mga ugat. iisang pananaw, iisang paninindigan.

lahat ng tao sa paligid mo matalino. minsan mahirap makisabay sa lebel ng utak nila. minsan naman mayabang ka at pakiramdam mo katulad mo sila. yung iba may halong ere ang pagkatao. ung iba naman, simpleng tao lang talaga na may angking talino. ang galing. ang sarap ng pakiramdam na mapabilang sa mga natatanging iskolar ng bayan.

marami pa akong kakaining bigas at ulam para masabing ganap na up student na nga ako. pero paunti-unti, natututunan ko na at naisasabuhay ang mga bagay na sa UP mo lamang mapupulot.