Okay, I took the ACET and obviously, all the applicants were required to compose a personal essay. So heres mine..

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I am an ordinary girl often seen hanging out with her friends. I have been known to be a heroic girl in our group. I easily get snappy and annoyed. I managed time efficiently. I dont want to waste my time.

Way back my grade school days; I learned how to make a fire using a bamboo stick. We were trained to tie a knot during our Girl Scout council-wide encampment. Not to mentioned the fact that I was even awarded as one of the active participants in girl scouting. This had helped me to realize how important it is to serve our fellow country men.

I joined several contests and luckily I won. I can still remember when I was chosen by my teacher to join the Filipino Elocution. I was a bit nervous because I didnt memorize the piece well and I wasnt prepared at all. But to my surprise I won. I cant believe when my name was called by the judges. This had helped me to realize a lot of things. It helped me a lot. Knowing that my rivals have misinterpreted me, it helped me gained my confidence. Joining this contest has changed my life forever. If before I was the shy-type of girl talking in front of a big crowd, now I am the outgoing-type of a teenage girl.

A few months later High school life came. My first few weeks were pretty seemed easy-no enormous challenges and things seemed to come effortless. But as days goes by I can say that the pressure begins. My early year in high school was very difficult. I had to do tons of homework; I have to pass projects as early as 6:30 am. That was the hardest day in my life. But it wasnt over yet. A year later, my classmate Itchie died. Not being able to say goodbye in a proper way was maybe the hardest. Itchie had been good to me. He was a very open-handed person. At that time, I realized that life is not just precious on the time you live, but to every moment. Over the few weeks, we were in the process of healing. I realized at that moment that life was not only short, but also unfair.

I live each day as it is. I achieve more to learn how to be a better person. I want to be known as a great person. I want to think that I had changed people's lives for the better and I had made the difference.

*sacrifice ek-ek. I dunno, basta we were told to make an entry about sacrifice ek-ek. haha

I think that aside from God, my parents have made the greatest sacrifice of all. I thank my parents for giving me the most amazing life. My parents have done so many wonderful things to me. They were the biggest supporter of my dreams. They encourage me to pursue my dreams.

My mother got married at an early age. She was still in school by the time she got married. She got pregnant at an early age too. My mom and my dad became more serious and grown-up after we came into their lives. And life hasnt been that easy for them. They learned to cut down expenses and put aside extra money for us. Buying unnecessary stuff became totally out of the question. They have to make a decision on anything; they have to think of us first. An experience of getting pregnant isn’t like a sizzling foodstuff you can just spit out because it scalds your tongue. It never crossed into their mind to have their baby aborted. They strongly believe that they should never take the life of an unborn child. Theyve never felt a pain of anger. And I thanked them for raising us as a well-organized child unlike other parents would do. I regret the times when I became selfish of not accepting the gifts they have for us. I thanked my parents for teaching me how to be true to myself. I won’t deny the fact that sometimes I would do almost anything to achieve something. I sometimes put my self on a risk.

I value my parents and I would do anything for them. They are my pillar of strength. I never want to see the people I care hurt. I want them to feel how important they are to me and how thankful I was for having them as my parents. I think they deserve to be called as the best parents; they deserve to be treated well after all of their sacrifices that they have done to me.♥

A few months before my mom gave birth; she went to visit her physician and had her first ultrasound. My fathers heart jumped a mile when he saw the screen. He was so caught up right then and there that he almost bawled. It was a riveting experience hearing and seeing the baby inside my moms womb.

It was February 20, 1990, Friday night when suddenly she felt something dreadful, she was about to give birth. My grandparents and my dad decided to bring her to the hospital. As soon as my aunts and uncles received the news that my mom had given birth they bolted out of their house and went straight to the hospital. They name the baby Orfhat, it was named after the big and rich industry in India during the 18th century and was also named after the wealthy princess in India.

In the midst of the noisy talks of my family, I was turned over to my mother. I can say that life inside the womb is different from life after birth. It was quite different from the security after birth, where I was the only attention getter, being one among the crowd of the family, and I was treated like a princess. Years after, secured in the warmth of my mother I was turned over to my teachers. Then I slowly learned my ABC and proudly counted my 123 here in Ateneo.

Being a part of this family is pretty much like being Cinderella - Have faith in your dreams, and someday, your rainbow will come smiling through. No matter how impossible your dream is, if you keep on believing, the dreams that you wish will come true. And my parents were the best and most wonderful dream I could ever wish for.

Okay, this was one of our requirements in literature. (1st qtr). just bear with me, coz im bored. haha funny though. I know right?

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