Thursday, April 16, 2015

Awakening the Giant By: Sophia Vien C. Andongo

Every one of us wants to achieve something, all of us have our own dreams and we all do our best to achieve those dreams. No one of us wants it to stay as a fantasy.
            Just like what the elders always utter, “Earth is a battleground”. In life we only have two choices and that is to lose or to win. Of course I would always want to win but even though how much I wanted to, dark times would come - I still fail.
But just like the famous saying, “Try and try until you succeed”, I myself will never ever give up!
I am one of the few students who can serve two masters at the same time - academics and extra-curricular activities. I can manage to perform well in class and also bag different awards for the continuous excellence of my school. The best of my awards include the following:
Just this March, 2014, I was the lucky contestant who won the Regional Siniliksik Documentary Film Making that stepped me up to National Level in Olongapo City, Zambales.

Also, with God’s help I won in the Regional ASEAN Quiz Bee as third place. 

Meanwhile during the Division Schools’ Press Conference, our team in English Radio Broadcasting won the first place. Gladly, I got the Best Anchor Awardee! I also participated in the Infomercial where our team got the first place.

Essay writing has also played an essential role in my extra-curricular activities this high school. I won the first place during the celebration of Buwan ng Pagpapahalaga. I also participated in the essay writing competition in National Youth Leadership and Educator’s Summit in Ilocos Norte National High School.

Acting is my first love, that’s why I don’t miss every opportunity when it comes to that field. In fact, I won several declamation competitions as first place.

Quiz Bees also played a very big role in my high school days. September 2014, I won the first place in tourism month where I compete with different schools. I also won the first place in Local Quiz Bee, Second place in United Nations Quiz Bee and participated in Bible Quiz Bee.

With all these achievements, I can say that my life as a high school student has been magnificent and brilliant. I learned how to rule over my time. Likewise, to be perseverant, determined and patient in achieving my goals, that even though all of my classmates are cheating, by God’s grace, I managed to fight for righteousness, to stand for what is right and just . . . to fight for my integrity.

Above all, the thing that makes me different from all the other students is that I’m having inside of me the “never give up” attitude. Yes, I may have experienced some defeats, but these didn’t stop me, I may have experienced lack of money, but that didn’t move me. Instead, they became my stepping stones to success! As what they say, “Failing doesn’t mean falling.”


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