so many thoughts inside my head that i'll just be letting it all out tomorrow. enjoy my final moments in the University. take lots of pictures. hug my friends. say thank you to my parents, professors and everyone else. celebrate afterwards with friends and relatives.
yeah, it will be one heck of a day. it'll perhaps be my last 'MY DAY'. get what i mean?
tomorrow will be MY day. :) (not stealing any thunder from my batchmates of course)
graduating from college is definitely way different than graduating from high school.
well for one, i didn't go on with my studies in the Ateneo. so i didn't end up having my day at the AHS covered courts and hearing MVP's plagiarized speech. i'll be wearing a barong with the classic hablon sablay instead of a toga. i'll have it in the UP Film Institute. :)
on the deeper side of things, we all know how different college is. you work so hard to get that degree. that stepping stone to a successful career. i mean, yeah, primary and secondary school gives you a foundation. but college? it dictates your career path. it gives you that ticket to your dream job.
for four years, i definitely had the time of my life. four freakin years!
first year was definitely more of feeling things out. pagkatapos ng klase, uwi na kagad. hahaha. second sem was a bit different. i applied for statsoc and got to know a lot of people who ended up to be my 'college friends'! the summer after that i spent a lot of time in school. org stuff and taking summer class!
second year was the time i got so used to being in school. i was part of the student council back then. so i didn't really have much free time. the academic load was heavier but it was just right. i'd say it was definitely the year i really felt i was in college! haha. hindi naman kasi walk in the park ang stat 121 at 122.
third year naman was the year i experienced a bunch of ups and downs. i was the chairperson of the student council. grabe toxic ng buhay. add to that stat 131 then stat 136 and then you get a planner full of crap. :)) it was the year i really got to appreciate statistics. eto yung year na talagang na-feel kong statistician na talaga ako. praise God i survived 3rd year :)
fourth year was all about appreciating statistics. ayos kasi bum ako. haha. seriously, all those 4th year stat subjects gave me reasons to definitely practice statistics as a career. hindi lang din naman dahil sa subject matter pero pati na rin sa inspiration from my professors. kakaiba lang talaga when you do papers kasi when you enter the real world, you'll be doing the same, only this time, with less formality and more on premium on recommendations. this may sound mayabang pero first time ko maging CS (first sem). and i got my highest GWA nung second sem :)
during my whole stay in up, i was very GC :)) well not so kasi hindi naman ako masipag mag-aral. pero at the end of the sem i usually ended up computing if i had made it to the 'list'. and yeah, very conscious of my standing.
i won't hide it, i did feel disappointed when i really did miss that higher and elusive latin award by 0.01223.
it gave me a lot of reason to look back at the times i didn't feel like studying. or didn't feel like doing my best.
naalala ko yung time na natutulog lang ako during NatSci! (see, i don't even remember if it was 1 or 2!) - i got 2.75 for that subject by the way! :))
naalala ko yung stat 132 na tinamad lang ako gawin yung pairwise comparisons! kaya ayun, bumagsak sa 2nd exam!
naalala ko bigla yung time na ginawa ko na nang tama yung median polish sa stat 146, tapos pinaltan ko pa! bale nangalahati score ko sa exam.
naalala ko yung math 55. andaming nagdrop non. tapos nagsurvive ako. tapos the next sem, ang tataas ng grades nila sa math 55! sana hindi na lang ako nagsummer ng math 54 :))
naalala ko rin yung PI 100 na hindi ako nagbabasa ng readings at 2/10 ang average score ko sa quizzes!
ayan ang napala ko. marami pang ibang times that i could have done better. but hey, i need to be very grateful! cum laude baby! besides, it's just an award. in the real world i know i can still have better days. :)
i'm very thankful for all the people that have helped me reached this stage in my life. my friends, relatives, my parents and a whole lot more. thank you very much. i would have not made it without all of you.
tomorrow, i go up that stage with much pride and honor in finally becoming a UP graduate. i also will have my dad and my grandfather go up with me on that stage for the second time and have them put that medal around my neck. i sing "UP Naming Mahal" for the first time with lyrics (haha) with great pride!
so is it really MY day? yeah. but in the end, it's still His. :)
Ad Majorem + Dei Gloriam
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