Another Year is going to end. Another period of my life will be finishing its final pages hours from now. Another experience of my life will be remembered and treasured in the depths of my heart. This year-ender post will be the Chronicle of what has happened and what I wish to happen as the new year dawns hour from now. This post, will also be my update for my blogs for I have been dead in the cyber world for 2 months now. And I might as well warn you guyz that this will be a very long post.
2008 has been, quite a good year for me. There have been immeasurable events that have occurred in the course of the 12 months of this year. Let's start from January of this year, where this chapter have begun. January 2008, was a period of business, upcoming deadlines, and deadly preparations. I was on my last few months in my High School life since I was supposed to graduate March of this year. And so I started this year with a lot of things on hand. There were a lot of stressful points that occurred in this month, but luckily, I surpassed all of them and survived them altogether. Despite the stress, I was able to dig deeper on myself since it was on this month that our section- Carnelian- had our retreat. I mostly enjoyed the retreat for it was kind of rejuvenating and stress-releasing at the same time. January in general, was a good month to start the year right.
Then came February. And again, I was faced with numerous deadlines, deadly quizzes and exams, and upcoming goodbyes. Then again, as to how my year started, February became even more stressful than January because our graduation is fast approaching and we have to kill the deadlines before we even step out in our dearly beloved Alma Mater- Stella Maris Academy of Davao. But nevertheless, I kicked off all the stress and killed all the deadlines on time. February was also a fun year yet sad for our batch partied out in our Senior Prom. The prom was really great from the music to the food to the people. I was even nominated twice for the same category! Hmmmm! Fishy! Hehe. Anyways, despite the fun, we felt sadness as the prom closes to its final moments since we know that the end of the prom will be the beginning of saying goodbyes to our fellow seniors and even to our junior friends. This month ended sad because we senior have to start facing the reality that we will be leaving for what have been our home for a very long time. Emotional as it may seem, but we senior stood beyond all sadness and still have smiles on our faces.
And here comes March. Because graduation is only weeks to go, we senior literally had to burn our brows in studying for us to pass all our final exams. Fortunately, all of us did well and we passed all of our exams. The month of March also meant a very great thing for me and my barkada-BAKAK- since we celebrated our First Anniversary together as a barkada. We celebrated our First Anniversary with a decent dinner and of course, a party session at the Urban Club. Generally, we celebrated our First as a barkada together in the right way, hoping that there will be more Anniversaries to come in our ways despite the separation that will occur after our graduation. And of course, I will not forget the day of my birth which I celebrated with my family on March 23rd. I had fun celebrating my simple birthday and I hope that my future birthdays will be super duper fun! The month of March, after all the tiresome academic responsibilities, we seniors had to deal with a new responsibility, practicing and preparing for our graduation. We really had a very short time to practice everything out especially the Graduation song that our section composed. But we pulled everything off and I may say that we had a successful graduation together. After dealing with all of these things, some of us seniors- The Marisian Yearbook staff- had another big responsibilty on our hands for we have to finish all the dummies needed for our batch's yearbook. We staffers, especially us the Layout editors, had to work in a very limited time. But fortunately, we finished everything on time and we hope that the result will be fruitful and beautiful. So we bade eacj other our goodbyes in this month. We had to finally leave our dear school to set forth to a new direction in life. This month may be sad, but it will surely be remembered deep in my heart.
Then comes the month of April. This month only have minimal events since this was a month of rest, rest, and more rest from all the stress we had in our last few months in High School. But one significant event that happened in this month is my decision on where to enroll in college. I was accepted and was supposed to wait for the enrollment in UP- Mindanao. But then I realized a lot of things and turned down the opportunity to become a Skolar-ng-Bayan. I then decided to tkae up the course AB- International Studies major in Asian Studies in the Ateneo de Davao University, of which I am on my 2nd semester in first year. I had to consider a lot of things before finally deciding on where to have my college years. Luckily, I made the decision right on time and I may say that I am proud amd happy of what I decided.
Like April, the month of May had minimal events. But one significant event that happened in this month was our family vacation in Baguio City and in Manila. This was our vacation together after a very long time. Together we enjoyed our vacation and spent bonding moments together. This vacation will surely be remembered in my heart. The month of May was also the month of my enrollment in the Ateneo de Davao University. The enrollment process was a bit of tiresome but luckily, my friends Marielle and Ranelie were there to help me with through the different steps. And I was ready to be a college student and I was hoping that my decision, to turn down UP-Min is right.
And so the month of June graced my year as the beginning of a new journey embarked on the 10th day of June. It was my first day as a college student. After the 2 day orientation on the 2nd-3rd of June, I was prepped for the beginning of my college life. My first year in college started out fine and I was driven to do more and to achieve more. But what I didn't expect was the fact that college is way harder than what I have thought. Tasks were 5x harder than I used to think when I was still in high school. The feeling was like I was poured with very hot water that didn't seem to subside until now. Fortunately, I survived my first month in college.
July to October seemed a little stressful for me. My first semester in college was very hard and challenging. I was still on the process of adapting to my new environment. Everything is just so new to me and also to my new classmates. Hard tasks, assignments, exams, projects, and a lot went on and on as the first semester progressed. I had to juggle my time efficiently and use available resources to conquer all the challenges laid out on me. I even experience a lot of firsts in my first semester in college. One of which is to have a failing grade in one of my subjects. I got a grade of 67 in my Math midterms. Talk about FAILED! I even haven't got a grade of 75 when I was in high school and now in college I get a 67! Oh my Effin' God! It was like devastating to me. But fortunately, I pulled my math grade off and got a grade of 77 in my finals. Hmmm. It's really my first time to get very low grades. Maybe because of my 2nd first, coming to school unprepared. Way back in high school, I really prepare for a day in school. Even though there are no quizzes or assignments, I still find time to review some things. But now, because of a lot of factors, I was left with nothing and I come to school without anything in mind. But luckily, I pulled everything off.
My first semester in college is not only pure academic sh*t. I got to enjoy a lot of new things too. First is the joy of having a college schedule. One doesn't need to be in school for the whole day. You can just go home if you have no class. It's not like in high school where you need to be in school the whole day. 2nd is the new activities that our University have. I experienced how the Ateneo fiesta is celebrated first hand. I enjoyed my first Ateneo fiesta and it got me driven to practice more and pursue more my passion in dancing because a lot of good dancers are dancing out during the fiesta. It was nice to have a fiesta the college way, which means boring during the day, and super super fun at night! 3rd, I also got to experience how to party out loud the college way. I spent a lot of time in a lot of bars in the first semester with my new classmates and as well as my barkada. That's maybe why I feel that I really got very naughty this year because I spent a lot of time partying. Hahaha. And I got more addicted to my vices and you don't need tp know what they are. Well if you don't know anything that I'm addicted to. Hehehe. I can say that I really enjoyed my first semester in college. It may not be the best first semester in a person's life, but it was fun, exciting, and fruitful for me.
After the first semester came my first semestral break in college. Like all my other firsts, my first sem break was a lot different from what it used to be in high school. First, I slept, and slept, and SLEPT all day during the sem break. I really wanted to rest from all the stress that the first semester gave me and firtunately, I was able to sleep away all the stress. Second, because I'm out from school work, I got to enjoy partying very much. Naughty, naughty, naughty. Hahaha! I partied ourt with my friends going home in the late hours of the day and receiving a very loud sermon from my mom. It was fun despite all the sermons.
And third, I got to enjoy reading a saga in a very short while. My addiction to the Twilight Saga started during the first semester and it just got even more addictive as I turn the pages of the books. 2008 would have been incomplete without the Twilight Saga in my brain. Hahaha.
Every break has to end, and so the 2nd semester started out in November. Well, there aren't any much to talk about in November except of a few things. One, I had to adjust and adapt agian to my new schedule, new subjects, and new and HATEFUL teachers! Teachers in college are just so hard to please that you wish to have a different teacher. I'm just praying that I will have good grades in my preliminaries so as to have a good semester. Two, this was the month of the TWILIGHT MOVIE PREMIERE! Talk about major addiction. I watched the movie twice in the same mall but in a different cinema. I very much liked the movie despite the fact that it was kind of disappointing especially to us who have read the book. But due to my addiction, I didn't gave in to my disappointment. Instead, I got even more addicted. I even continued saving money to buy Twilight merchandise. It's really my first time to get addicted to a Saga worth to be addicted. Three, I don't know why, but this month was all about watching movies in the mall. Me and my friend Felip watched a new movie every week and I think that this will continue this 2009. I just become happy when I am able to watch a new movie in the mall.
And so comes the last month of the year, the one that we're all excited to celebrate, the month of Christmas, December. This month to me is full of realizations and at the same time, this month to me is a month of upcoming change. I was able to end my academic year right, surpassing all my Prelim exams and hoping that I will get good exam grades in all my subjects. I was able to party out with my 1R classmates in our Christmas Party. I wasn't able to complete the Misa de Gallo because of a very tight schedule but it lead to a promise of a lifetime, that I must complete the upcoming Misa de Gallos in the years to come. I was able to buy new things for me most especially clothes that will add up to my collection. I was able to experience what a very fast computer could do. I was able to be with my family and relatives in this month of love and peace. This month maybe had a lot of downturns, but this month lead me to a very confident self in facing the new year.
And so the year really had past. It's now the first of January in the year TWENTY-OH-OH-NINE. I wish that this year will be evn more fruitful to me and my family. And surely, I will imply great CHANGE and when I say CHANGE, a new and better KIM LORENZO G. CALATRAVA will emerge in this year. Let's have a HAPPY, PROSPEROUS, and FRUITFUL NEW YEAR! God bless us guyz!
