Each
one of us has different experiences in life. This experiences whether it is
good or bad, inspiring or not will enable us to mold into a better person.
Sometimes, through this experience, we change. We change the way we think, we
change the way we believe and most of all, we change the way we look forward to
our every journey in life. We consider that in every place that we are going
to, there will always one thing that we will not forget as part of our
experience and our journey in life.
Like
me, studying here in Mindanao State University, Main Campus, Marawi City is
such a big opportunity for me. It is not just only for the purpose of studying
why I used to be in MSU but also to have experience living in other culture.
They have said that Marawi City is a dangerous place but they are wrong.
Instead, it is a place where you could meet different group of students that
has different cultures. A place wherein you could not experience night life
compared to other cities in the country and most especially, a place where in
you could see the beauty of our nature.
If
I am not mistaken, it was on the 2nd week of May, 2010, when I first
entered in the campus. During my first day in MSU is not easy for me. I am not
familiar with the colleges, the buildings and offices that I should have to go.
All the people there were very strange for me. I find it hard to enroll in such
a big school wherein you don’t know everything. But I fight my fear. All I
think at that time was the chance to be enrolled in the university. I set aside
whatever my weaknesses and I have to take risk whatever may happen. I have to
sacrifice long hours of standing just to be enrolled. Thank God, I overcome
those things.
I
thought it was the last time I would felt the stressed while having my enrolment
but it was the first. As time goes by, during my school days, more and more
pressure I face. I must have to give time in my academic subjects so that I can
pass the subjects. You should take it for granted in all subjects especially
when you will be under with strict instructors. Lucky to me, I was not being
under with those instructors. But even though I would be under with them, still
I wanted to thank and appreciate them because being strict is one way that
students will focus more to study and in that way student could learn more.
My
course that time was BS-Mathematics. Yes, I love math, but as time goes by, I
thought of shifting to another course. A course that will give me more
opportunities in the coming future. Until such time that it came to my mind
that I want to engage in business activities. That is the reason why I decided
to shift into a business course related. Even though I was on the 3rd
sem of being a BS-Mathematics student, I still shift into BSBA- Entrepreneurial
Marketing. In this course, I was already satisfied. This is what I want. Even
though my skills was not totally suited to become an entrepreneur, but I knew I
will change. I knew I will be motivated to strive harder and to enhance
whatever skills that will be needed to be an entrepreneur.
Days,
months and years passed by. I didn’t notice that my journey of being a college
student comes nearer. I didn’t even noticed that I have lots of experiences,
lots of sleepless nights when exams and requirements are coming, lots of skip meals
because of busy doing projects and lots of sacrifices and problems when it
comes to financial matters. I gained a lot of friends, a friend that understand
my situations. A friend that will truly love and treasure me the way I do.
Sometimes, I ask myself, is this true? After all these years, I overcome many
trials I have encountered in life. I can’t imagine how grateful I am and blessed
to have someone to lean on after those feelings of quitting my study because I
can’t hold on anymore to the stress, to the pain and to the feeling of being
not supported with my family. I know that life is a sacrifice but in the same
way, life is also full of decisions. You are still left of the choice with what
you are supposed to sacrifice in order to obtain real happiness. One thing that
I want to thank for being here in MSU is knowing and accepting God as my
savior. It is in this place wherein He mold me to be a God-fearing person and
accept Him as my Lord and savior. I am so much blessed accompanying with my
brothers and sisters in Christ.
By
this time, all I want to do is to enjoy every moment that I am still here in
MSU. I don’t want to miss every single day spending time with my friends,
classmates and church mates because I cannot spend time with them when time
comes that I will leave this university. I know that whatever experiences that
I have in the campus will be remembered wherever I go. I enjoy so much living
in the Marawi City. I will miss lots of activities that change me the way I am
before. I will miss every time we will be having our parade during JEMA Days in
the department and Foundation Day in the university. I will miss attending
different kind of seminars, and witnessing different kind of activities. But I
still had to put in my mind that spite of all these memories; I still had to
face everything that waits me in the coming future. I know that I have doubts
in myself if I can have all I want in life but I need to have faith and prayer.
These maybe invisible but they make all things possible. I know that my journey in life never ends when
I will be graduated. But more challenges and more sacrifices I will have to
face. And through these experiences of being a college student, it will give me
some guide and some lessons that I will apply in the coming years of my life. I
believe that a meaningful life is not being rich, being popular, being highly
educated or being perfect. It is about being real, being humble, being able to
share ourselves and touch the lives of others. It is only then that we could
have a full, happy and contented life. As what the book of Bo Sanchez said,
“Simplify and Live the Good Life”.
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