02/09/2026
Today, I went to school para mag-asikaso ng papers need for my OJT, it was lunch time kaya umupo muna kami ng classmate ko sa hagdam kunsan madalas naghihintay ang mga estudyante, may WiFi dito kaya ganun. Nakakatawa mang isipin pero yan talaga dahilan kasi walang signal sa loob ng RTU, malapit rin kasi sa CR at sa tapat ng hagdang ito ay ang faculty room ng instructors/profs namin.
Habang naka-upo, binabasa ko ang topic na irereport ko sa susunod na linggo... biglang pumasok sa isip ko na three years ago... ayoko na sanang mag-aral kasi hindi ko mappursue Architecture but then my bro told me to choose practicality... a reality hit me that I am not privileged to have a choice pero that fact didn't stop me, it pushed me even harder. I sulked and moved on.
During that time before college, I questioned my ability kasi akala ko magaling ako... dahil consistent honor student ng hs, nasa special science class, at madalas school representative... pero hindi pala. Hindi lang pala dapat magaling ka academically. Dapat magaling ka ding mag-adjust, natutunan ko na when you don't have an opportunity, you make one for yourself... but at the same time, I learned to trust God with my journey.
Kaya nagparefer na ako sa engineering dahil magpapasukan na, hindi pa rin ako enrolled. Naalala ko sabi ni kuya, "Maging practical ka, kumuha ka ng kahit anong engineering." kaya napunta ako sa Instrumentation and Control Engineering. Ito na lang kasi may available slots at first time ko lang marinig yun, sabi ko, "ito na lang para unique" 😂
Pero...
Who would have thought 'di ba... three years ago, I was just a student from Teresa, Rizal na naligaw pa papuntang Mandaluyong, akala nya mag-aarchitecture sya. Hindi pala. 😂
To be continued...
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