a true BLUE student

A man for others.

Went to ateneo this morning for a little walk in my future campus and for a little chat my future classmates. Naks! Talagang may future eh noh. Huwag na kayo kumontra, pinaghandaan ko ito mula pagkabata ko. Since birth, di naman, since I've been conscious and aware of things, pinangarap ko na makapasok sa Ateneo. My parents, they never really wished me to go to Ateneo. Besides the tuition fee (70 000 per sem. Pangshopping na 'yun ng 1 year and 2 months para sa 'kin!), there is UP, the ever top university in the Philippines. So, medyo hindi sila sure if Ateneo is the best school to enroll me to. So I gave them my reasons for choosing Ateneo:

1) It's color blue! Wala lang trip ko lang na blue din susunod kong school. Para consistent. Haha!
2) The people that we know from UP, mga subersibo sila. I'm not referring to all UP students (baka may ma-offend), I'm just referring to the people my family has relations to; the ones we know. OK?
3) Nakita naman nila how Robi from PBB acted sa bahay ni kuya. Very proper. Very decent. Impressed nga mom ko eh. That spiked her interest.
4) Si Chris Tiu! Nakita namin siya ni mom sa Ateneo, tangkad! Haha! Crush siya ni mami. HAha!
5) The vicinity: Ateneo is not that far from our house, unlike UST.
6) Ateneo is a jesuit school. Relihiyoso kami ee. Hindi, kasi ano, gusto nila 'yung motto ng Ateneo. 'Yung "man for others" and how they forward everything they do to God. 'Yun naman gusto ni dad.
7) The exam. Unang tinanong sa 'kin yan as we reached the car nung sinundo ako after the ACET, "mahirap ba?". Sabi ko, "ayos lang, parang UPCAT (mayabang ee)". Sabi nila, "dapat lang. Kung quality education ganyan." Sabi ni dad, "How much do we have to pay for quality education?" Tawa na lang ako. Mahal talaga ee. Pero sa 'kin naman, if they assure parents that we will be "well-taken-cared-of" in Ateneo, sulit na. Haha! Baby pa kasi ako ee.

Ayon. There are more reasons pero right now, I can't think of them 'cause my mind is going crazy. Dahil nga, this morning we went to Ateneo, listened to all the speeches and talks and then ayon, sabi ni mom, "pano? pa-enroll na tayo?". Talon-talon puso ko. Kasi dati, hindi pa sure na pupunta ako ng Ateneo kasi baka hindi daw kayanin ng sweldo ni dad pero lagi ko sinasabi na i'm going to Ateneo. Talaga naman, if you believe it, it will come true :D So, it's final, I'M GOING TO ATENEO <333

Marami akong nakita this morning but I don't know if they are the people I suspect them to be. I didn't greet them kasi, wala lang, baka mali, at saka, nahihiya ako nuh. Pero may mga kinawayan naman ako. Pati 'yung tour guide chinika namin ni mom. Haha! Ganda ng campus! Astig! Basta! Masaya ako!

My favorite kanina siguro is the message from the dean. I thought it will be very serious, parang mga lectures, ganung serious. Pero it was funny! They connected chinese studies to siomai and Eco to baon before and now, including the secret ones like starbucks, 'yung mga dinadagdag sa singil sa parents. Nagduda tuloy parents ko sa 'kin. Haha! The dean was super humorous. Like at one part, he's talking about the good things about Ateneo that people notice and said that he would love to brag about the other good things but people told him restraint is a virtue. Haha! But he emphasized on stuff like "There is no such thing as the best university for everyone. We can only talk about the best university for your child." Nice 'di ba?

The part siguro that I didn't like would be the part where the papansin parents came in. The first one, whose opening statement was "My question is...where can you buy the siomai?". he was funny actually and I enjoyed his comment about Ateneo and how he came from over the bakod, the GREEN side, but proud that his child is going to Ateneo. I enjoyed that one. Pero the next ones, na nagcomment lang, ewan. I didn't like them. Parang papansin na lang. To say that they came from the Green side and allowed their children to come to the Blue side, 'yun lang sinabi nila. Walang content na comment na walang kwent. OK. Ayun.

Nag-blog ako because I'm very happy talaga my parents are supposting my dreams of becoming an Atenean. They are the best. They want me to be a man for other. Woman. Or girl. Sige, lady na lang :)) Basta. Ayun. Love my parents. They are my inspiration in everything I do kaya nga ngayon ano ako ee, ahaha! Alam na.

My new goal? Get to Ateneo, find a scholarship (ayokong pahirapan si dad. Ayoko ding mag-abroad siya just to pay my tuition.), and make my parents proud.

And I hope, in the future, Ateneo will help me to be who my parents want me to be.

A LADY for others. :P Lapeeng-owt-laud.