Elementary, a time of my life where I was foolish and at the same time, unaware of the present condition of my surrondings. My life revolved on going to school, studying and going back to our house. I was never given the chance to relish my elementary years because I was very immature at that time. Even though I was full of medals and praises, I felt that there was something inside of me incomplete, it's like being a jigsaw puzzle with only one piece left to complete but was unfortunately lost. I couldn't find myself, I was totally left in a state of confusion. I was thankful when I arrived in grade 6, I was slowly understanding and discovering myself with the help of my friends. My life in elementary was a stepping stone in realizing my inner self and it helped me to truly understand what is my life's worth.
Elementary came so fast that I though it was all in a blur. High school came with an another problem: "How could I cope up with the new surroundings and people in my new school?" I felt like a newfangled outlander in a distant land, a stranger in an unknown world. Yet, I still remember my first day in my new school. I was subjected to new people, new faces and new selves. I was never that lonely and alone that time. I was like in a black, endless void: dark, dank and eerie but somehow, the darkness was vanquished and a ray of light hit my forehead like a bullet. I looked at it and what I saw where a group of persons beaming at me with huge smiles. What a wondrous sight! That's when I first met my friends today. They were like titans with a genuine brilliance, angels sent out to delete the darkness of my life. I was in my first year in high school and I was in a section named after a president of my school, Villamor.
Villamor was a section of the various specimens I had never thought existed. An interaction of intelligence, talent, gab and confidence was clearly evident in this section. This was the section with a chairman with the name of "Chairman", it is quite peculiar but we got used to it that until this day, we call Michael, "Chairman". I was given the oppurtunity to exhibit my talents in speaking when I won first place in an oratorical contest during our Communications Week. I also got the chance to experience my first Science Congress and Science Fair. These were two important occasions where we have to think of a science problem to be given a solution. Our science project was a candle made up of wax and coconut oil. It was a total success because some of the 2nd years that time bought it for their Botanical Fair, their project for Biology. I also experienced my first Intramurals with laughter and enjoyment. I was a player for table tennis where we won last place(*laughs*). I also found my three bestfriends during the year. We named ourselves as the F4 ("Futot 4") because the F4 mania was still rampant throughout the country. I also had my first crush(*smiles*). Unfortunately, two of my classmates fell behind us. The funny caricature, Caryl Kit and the silent giant, John Saint. Still, at the end of the schoolyear, I learned to adjust to a variety of people, to live with content and to love for the first time. This is my Freshman life and the start of a journey where bad and good experiences intertwine with each other. Monsieur Aronnax
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