the road to success....

Hey, this is just me… again… Red… stealing some moment from time to write down my sentiments. Like what I’ve said in my past entries, I was born and grew up in the green province of Cagayan. I had my elementary and high school days there… incubated in different schools where teachers could never get any weirder.

But eventually, I had to move to Baguio City to continue my schoolings. When I left for UP Baguio to study, I am in an absolute state of worry. I never knew what to expect. For once, I am in the shoes of a stranger.

In the face of adjustments, I was for once thinking of giving up my UP career. But hey, wait a minute, this is University of the Philippines. And I am one of the lucky few chosen to bear the prestige of being called the “Iskolar ng Bayan”.

So, optimistic as I should be, I began making friends and began enjoying the thrill of getting an awful and lonesome grade of 5.0 and an exciting grade of 1.0.

At first, it was never really easy to cope up with my highly intellectual teachers and my overactive classmates. But then, as I learn to get along with the UP style of learning, I learned to love all my subjects. As a matter of fact, I am one of the so called ‘achiever’ student. I am always excelling in my subjects (I never get a grade lower than 2.0).

I may never want to here at first, but being literally here by heart helped me changed everything for the better. The loneliness that I felt because of living away from my family, drove me to work harder and strive in studying. Besides, before I was admitted here in UP, it was like going through a series of challenges: from the filing of the UPCAT admission papers, to the sleepless nights of preparing for the UPCAT, up to the actual UPCAT day… whew! Not to mention the additional anxiety whether I will be one of the ten thousand qualifiers out of the sixty-five thousand examiners.

That’s why every time I feel lonely; I just think that I am still lucky because I passed the UPCAT (which is the only objective basis to decide whom to admit in a fiercely competitive admission system!)

Besides, I am not alone. I am one like the others… some distance away from their family (sometimes, much much farther) and in the phase far from their usual lives.

Hey, I am from University of the Philippines! And I am getting used to this UP Baguio life… =)