i recently learned that a lot of people in france cant tell belgian french apart from québécois french which is incredible. youd have to truly know nothing about your own language to think we sound anything alike

OPM has identified five executive core qualifications (ECQs). The executive core qualifications define the competencies needed to build a federal corporate culture that drives for results, serves customers, and builds successful teams and coalitions within and outside the organization. The Executive Core Qualifications are required for entry to the Senior Executive Service and are used by many departments and agencies in selection, performance management, and leadership development for management and executive positions. The ECQs were designed to assess executive experience and potential-not technical expertise. ¶ Successful performance in the SES requires competence in each ECQ.

“Executive Core Qualifications: Overview,” U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Been reading a lot of this stuff today, initialism word salads à la federalese—and starting to get the hang of it.

(Here, rather than “corporate culture that drives for results,” why not just “corporate culture that drives results”?)

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HWS SEA but make it HetaDND

Enjoy these rough sketches because I will literally not come back to them until December. 🥲

(From Back —> Front, L —> R)

VN: Bumped into a couple of Quora answers that discussed archery practice, which got me thinking about Viet as a mounted archer, and I immediately thought of the elephants that the Trung sisters & Ba Trieu rode on. So Ranger: Beastmaster — also what if the elephant was from Thai? 🫣💘 Easily a tank through her mount, but can fight well as a DPS (think OW D.Va). ID: The thing is he has the fighting style of a Warlock(: Genie?) but the character of a Paladin(: Oath of the Ancients). He’s giving CR Fjord. 😭💞 For sure, TANK. TH: He’s just a Monk. Debated on his subclass for a long time because he’s a war freak charge-into-the-frontline kind of fighter. Way of Mercy is ironic but I love the imagery of the Merciful Masks (except he gets the khon styles). Way of Shadow — it’s on one possible etymology of Siam (Sanskrit, “dark”). Easily a DPS type. MY: Druid: Circle of the Moon for the Wild Shape into a Tiger, and as of typing this I just realized the moon motif. Mostly support, but upset him just enough and he’ll easily switch gears. PH: Bard: College of Swords for the two-weapon fighting style aka arnis/kali/eskrima. Personally, he’s more DPS than support, though as a latter Dirge Singer & Siday fit the bill. SG: See, the first thing that came to mind was the RO Alchemist class for the Homonculus feature — hence, his companion Fishball. Obviously there’s Artificer: Alchemist for that, but also it would be cool if Fishball is just a “chibi” form of his patron of a water dragon— Warlock: Fathomless. Not to mention Singa would have both high INT and CHA — alas, he’s a Support guy.

(more notes under the cut)

I jokingly called this AU as Dungeons & Drawing Circles, but truth be told I’m not restricting it to being after DND, let alone 5e. Now I’m just throwing hands and calling it a fantasy RPG AU, although out of familiarity, I do refer to DND 5e often. The classes I highlighted above are just there for where I got the inspiration.

I’ve had the occasional “oooh I think [character] would be a [class/es]” hc over the years, but I ended up expanding on the AU as a means of coping with the early months of ECQ. Now there’s so many plot bunnies that I’d summarize as: your og main 8 unwittingly team up for a quest and, over time, they hit a point where they realize that they cannot fight the BBEG alone (or at least just the 8 of them), so they travel around the world recruiting allies a la Suikoden 108 Stars of Destiny.

It’s even got a literal history timeline where preceding events (and characters!!!) are involved with the BBEG and ultimately why the main 8 came together. Think playing a later game in a series where you not only get to meet the playable characters from earlier games, but you get to recruit them.

And I just wanted to draw cool fantasy looks, haha! Nevertheless, nothing is final — especially when I've clearly taken inspiration from some indigenous groups. It's why I shelved this for so long because I need to do more research and it's just not something I have a lot of free time for.

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Ano pong pinaka wild experience niyo???? If you're comfy to share lang here hehe.

idk if icoconsider niyo as wild experience ito, pero for me wild na talaga siya HAHAAHHA under the cut po ang kwento dahil medyo mahaba and nsfw!! HAHAHAHAHA

this took place december of 2020, medyo maluwag na ang ecq non like they were allowing small gatherings na sa lugar namin (i’m from the south ha!) me and a few friends, we were like..... 4 to be exact tapos puro couples (HOY BAKA INIISIP NIYO NAGSEX KAMING LAHAT, INUUNAHAN KO NA KAYO HINDE NO ANO BA ‘DI AKO READY SA GANON?!?!?) anyway ayun, ‘yung isa kasing friend namin ng ex ko, anak siya ng village president nila so nagka-ayaan na magswimming sa club house ng village nila which is pinayagan kami ng parent ng friend namin (let's call him badong nalang HAHAHAH) na hanggang 9 pm kami dun kasi magoovernight naman kami sa bahay nila badong tapos hanggang 11 pm yung curfew. nagstart kami magswimming parang 6 pm, kwentuhan, laro, etc. basta lahat ng di namin nagawa since nung lockdown talagang todo bigay kami pero ‘di kami uminom ng heavy, like smirnoff lang kasi we were being “responsible” HAHAHAAH

ayon, since nung december lang rin kami nagkita ng ex (si sakristan, let's call him raffa) ko since october dahil sobrang busy namin sa life and acads, ilang buwan rin kaming walang dilig jusko HAHAHAHAHA so leevogue na leevogue si raffa non, hindi siya usually touchy pero nung naglalaro kami sa pool ayaw niya ko bitawan HAHAHAAH ramdam ko naman na tigas na rin siya kasi dinidikit niya ‘yung ano niya sakin (basically, raffa is the inspiration for that one sungchan drabble na we posted before)

anyway!! around 8, nagdecide ako na maligo na kasi ayoko na nung pakiramdam ng tubig sa balat ko, parang nagiging tuyo na grapes ‘yung daliri ko e ayoko ng ganon HAHAAHAHAH so umahon na ‘ko tapos umahon na rin si raffa and si badong at gf niya. nagulat ako kasi inaya ako ni raffa na sabay daw kami maligo HSHDBFHDHD tandang tanda ko ‘yung convo namin it went like this:

raffa: babe, sabay ako sa’yo ng ligo

ako: ha? baka may makakita, baka isumbong rin tayo ni badong!

badong: akong bahala, ‘di ako snitch, mag-aano rin kami ni (gf's name) eh

MGA ANTEH I TRIED PUBLIC/SEMI-PUBLIC SEX GAGO TAPOS SA CR PA NG CLUB HOUSE NG VILLAGE NILA BADONG XJHXSHDJC there were no cctvs near the cr (for privacy purposes as per badong kasi ‘yun rin yung concern ko) kaya confident rin si raffa na kaming apat lang talaga ‘yung makakaalam bdysgdhd

raffa and i used the girl’s shower room, medyo nahirapan ako sa shower so we moved sa sink 😭 ‘dun ko first time magpa-fireworks sa loob mga beh 😭 sobrang nadala ako sa nangyayari kasi ??? it was in public ??? tapos libog and wala kaming dilig ni raffa ndhahashah naka-dalawang rounds kami jusko 😭 tapos ‘di pa kami pwede masyado mag-ingay. after non, i asked raffa bakit libog na libog siya 😭😭 ‘yun pala gawa nung bikini top ko HAHAAHAHAH walankasing foam ‘yung bikini top ko so medyo bakat ang girlies kaya tinigasan si raffa 🤭

anyway, after that, we showered, lumabas rin si badong at gf niya sa cr habang nagliligpit kami ng mga pinagkainan namin 😭 bumalik kami sa bahay nila badong na parang walang nangyari, we never spoke of it ever again 😭

AND BTW SA GUEST ROOM KAMI BOTH NATULOG NG GF NI BADONG, SI RAFFA AND BADONG AY SA KWARTO NI BADONG NATULOG AHAHAHAHAH AYORNE PO HHAHAHAHAHAH I REMEMBER MENTIONING BEFORE NA MEDYO VANILLA ‘YUNG SEX LIFE KO WITH RAFFA AND WE SPICE THINGS UP KAPAG MONTHSARY NAMIN AND ETO NGA PO ‘YUN HAHAAHAHA MONTHSARY KASI NAMIN NUNG NAGSWIMMING KAMI SO.... natira in public si ateh mo girl 🤭

RINGSIDE WRESTLING : JANUARY 1997

Ringside Roundup

All the News from Coast-to-Coast

We would like to welcome everyone to our Ringside Roundup. Since our last issue quite a bit has happened on the wrestling scene. For starters the nWo continues to grow. Depending on who’s counting, there appears to be eight members in the organization: Hollywood Hogan, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Ted DiBiase, the Giant, “Six” (formerly known as the 1-2-3 Kid), the “fake” Sting and the new CEO of security, Vince.

If Vince looks familiar it’s because in his former life he was Ted DiBiase’s bodyguard, Virgil. More members are expected to be added to the nWo in the very near future. The Nasty Boys will be nWo members shortly and both Bam Bam Bigelow and Bret Hart have been mentioned as possible nWo members as well. 

[ECW head honcho Paul E. Dangerous, along with wrestlers Sandman, Tommy Dreamer, Taz, Bubba Ray Dudley and Pitbull #2 were at ringside for the start of the WWF “In Your House” pay-per-view, but they didn’t last long. By the end of the first match, WWF security had asked them to leave. Is this the opening salvo in another inter-promotional war?]

Hart incidentally is a free agent and has yet to resign with the WWF. Meanwhile, the Hitman is being wooed heavily by the nWo. They have reportedly offered him a three year contract at a million dollars a year as well as a guaranteed three-movie deal with one of Ted Turner’s movie companies. 

Right now Bret is living in an apartment in Los Angeles and he is taking acting lessons. In addition he had been going on auditions and making the rounds of the TV and movie studios. Although Bret would like to make it in Hollywood on his own, Ted Turner’s deal sounds awfully enticing. 

[Will Bret Hart resign with the WWF or join the nWo?]

Just when the nWo and WCW have begun to fight it out, the WWF and ECQ have also begun an interpromotional war. At the recent “In Your House” pay-per-view from Philadelphia the ECW contingent was in full force. Sitting in the first row were Tommy Dreamer, the Sandman and Paul E. Dangerously while in the lodger were Saturn from the Pit Bulls, Bubba Ray Dudley and Taz. As soon as the ECW guys entered the Core States Arena, the ECW chants begun. Then the moment the pay-per-view went on the air the Sandman, Tommy Dreamer and Paul E. began to taunt Savio Vega.

[“Zillionaire” Ted, who seems to be providing the New World Order with much of their financial backing, shares a moment with RINGSIDE editor George Napolitano.]

At one point the Sandman even threw beer in Savio Vega’s face. Finally when the ECW crew refused to stop they were escorted from the arena. Obviously their outburst gave ECW the international exposure that they have been craving. If nothing else ECW received more exposure out of this than they ever imagined. Paul E. owes “super fans” Charlie Vladimir and Chris big time for giving up their usual first row WWF seats so that the ECW guys could sit there. 

[The Nasty Boys are rumored to be nWo-bound]

First there was a fake Stinge. Now there are a fake Diesel and Razor Ramon too! While the “orginal” Diesel and Razor Ramon, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall respectively, are now doing their thing in WCW as part of the NWO as “the Outsiders,” the WWF has replacements to reprise the roles of Diesel and Razor in the WWF. Playing “Diesel” is Glenn Jacobs better know to WWF followers as the awful Issac Yankem. The Razor Ramon character is being played by Rick Bogner: AKA Big Titan in Japan.

During an ECW appearance since Titan came out as “Slice and Dice” Ramirez and in all honesty he was a better “Razor” than Razor! With Brian Lee still around, chances are good than he may reprieve his role as the Underfaker, I mean the Undertaker, should the real Undertaker leave for WCW when his WWF contract expires in a few months. One really knows what the WWF hopes to prove by having two other wrestlers portray characters that have since left the company. On the face of it, this does appear to be a very stupid move, but it may actually work out to the WWF’s advantage as the fans will surely boo the two new guys unmercifully. If they get the reaction that they are hoping to, the WWF will have created two new characters that should get a lot of negative reaction.

[Playing “Diesel” these days is Glenn Jacob’s better know to WWF followers as the awful Issac Yankem]

The September 23 editions of Monday Nitro and Monday Night Raw were sensational.  The highlight on the first hour of Nitro was the WCW tag team title match between Public Enemy and Harlem Heat. When the final verdict was rendered, Public Enemy was declared the new WCW tag team champions by controversial referee Nick Patrick.

During the second hour the nWo took WCW hostage. The nWo took control of the set and ran the entire show. The Giant was the ring announcer; “Billionaire” Ted DiBiase, Hall, Nash, and Hollywood Hogan served as the color commentators; while new CEO of Security, Vince, held Eric Bischoff in check the entire hour. 

On Raw, meanwhile, Marc Mero defeated Faarooq to win the vacant Intercontinental title and the WWF introduced their new “Razor.”

Besides having WWF Intercontinental champion their are new WWF tag team champions, too. On September 22, at the Philadelphia “In Your House,” Owen Hart and the British Bulldog defeated Billy and Bart of the Smoking Gunns to win the tag team title. Now the Gunns are at odds with Billy feuding with Bart. Meanwhile, the devious Sunny is the real reason that the Gunns are at odds. 

[The lovely Kimona Wanalaya is among the talent being used by the new AWF!]

Brian Armstrong, better known to WWF fans as the Roadie, has returned to the Federation. On his return, Armstrong revealed that it was he and not Double J who actually was the voice behind Jeff Jarrett’s song “With My Baby Tonight.” This time around however, Armstrong will be wrestling and not working as someone’s gofer. 

Doug Furnas and Dan Kroffat made their ECW debut and wrestled Sabu and Rob Van Dam in an incredible tag team match. After the 30-minute time limit had expired neither team had captured a fall. Look for Furnas and Krofatt to wind up in the WWF.

Look for the American Wrestling Federation to make its 1996 debut on your local television station within the next few weeks, On September 15, AWF Champion Tito Santana, Sgt. Slaughter, Road Warrior Hawk, Missy Hyatt, Kimona Wanalaya, Ken Resnick, Rico Suave and CEO Paul Alperstein were in New York at the All Star Cade to announce that the AWF were coming back on the scene. With the way WCW and the WWF have been drawing in the past several months it looks like there is room for another organization. That’s all for this issue. Look for us again on your favorite newsstand next month!

Until then, see you at RINGSIDE!

Join me on a photo shoot to Miho-no-Matsubara, a breathtaking destination nestled on the Miho Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

As we venture along the coastline,  we can witness the juxtaposition of colossal container ships and massive tetrapods set against the backdrop of the majestic Mt. Fuji.

Other gems include the Miho Lighthouse, Hagurama Shrine, and the park's crowning jewel—the Hagoromo-no-Matsu pine tree.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/EcQ-k7WN97M

A Challenge but With Hope.

Margarette U. Garcia, SHS University of Perpetual Help System - Laguna.

As this story starts, I would like to acknowledge the family members of the people who did not make it through the pandemic. A lot of things have happened to all of us these past 3 years. A pandemic hit us so hard that a lot of families struggle to make it every day. I am very thankful to God that my family is not that rich, but we are comfortable. Our barangay was one of many in Carmona that has a lot of COVID-19 patients since, in our community, the houses are so close to each other that almost one wall connects two houses together.

So as this pandemic starts, the way we act, perceive, and analyze the world has unquestionably changed as a result of COVID-19. What used to be so close now appears to be so far away. It forced us into what felt like a "warp zone," where you have to train yourself to adhere to new laws. Keep your distance from anyone you encounter or converse with. Why is this person not hiding their identity? Is the person coughing in front of me sick? Do I need to spritz alcohol on the doorknob first before opening it? What is the physical separation protocol once more? a meter or two? Also, a lot of businesses went bankrupt.

I personally observed how businesses of all sizes attempted to survive despite unfavorable labor and financial conditions and government-imposed restrictions. Our barangay has all these problems, and you may call it miraculous, but yes, our barangay and its people have found a way to survive during this crisis. And since the government's implementation of the regulations, the Philippines has struggled. The Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) was introduced after a period of appalling incompetence, during which the authorities both grossly underestimated the virus and failed to keep up with the preventive measures of neighboring countries.

In addition, it appears that the last-resort shutdown itself exacerbated a number of problems rather than effectively resolving the fundamental issue at hand: ensuring public health and safety rather than reducing the full impact that the virus had on the country. Except for frontliners, strict rules to follow the ECQ are mandated for all citizens until at least May 15.

Curfews, severe penalties for being outside, and a populace that is becoming increasingly hungry have resulted as a result of this. The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on all of us. However, depending on our status as individuals and as members of society, the pandemic's effects and repercussions are felt in different ways. While some people try to adjust to working online, homeschooling all of their children, and using food panda and grab to get groceries and food, others are forced to be exposed to the virus in order to keep society running.

Our membership in society and, thus, our susceptibility to epidemics is determined by our many social identities and the social groupings to which we belong. These are challenging that the entire country and the entire world will need to cooperate on. Since many nations are affected, there is currently an international effort to resolve this problem. The gifts, on the other hand, I think are from God. First and foremost, the nation's leaders are working hard to support their nation. Other gifts include those given by the courageous frontliners — ordinary people who played crucial roles in this problem and rose to the status of heroes.

The last gifts are us — those of us who are aware of the issue and working to address it in any way we can. Because we now have confidence in our abilities, these gifts essentially guarantee a great future for us. As long as we unite and give it our all, we can solve any issue. I believe that we Filipinos should take accountability lessons from this problem. Many people took action, improved their performance, and became more responsible as a result of this situation.

I hope we can resolve this problem, but I also hope we can take something positive away from it. I hope that this pandemic will serve as a wake-up call to everyone, serving as a reminder that we are all connected as people in addition to serving as a reminder to stay safe and practice proper hygiene. We can all work together to solve problems because we are all related.

We've made it through the day at home by completing tasks. We perform household duties and arrange donations for organizations as a way for our family to spend quality time together. As we get ready for Lent, it's also a moment to reconnect with our Savior. Every time we attend mass and pray the novena, it feeds our spirit. As a result, I immerse myself in God's Word every day, because if I don't guard my heart, my love for Christ will grow stale. These are the times when I first started counting my blessings to determine what was still left.

In difficult times, counting our blessings brings us solace and fortitude. It lessens the pain we feel when we lose something or are disappointed. We might feel hopeful by remembering that there are still many things to look forward to and appreciate. The strong presence of the Holy Spirit resides inside us, so there is no need to live in fear. God did not guarantee a world without problems. He permits our struggles because they are necessary. He permits people to go hungry so they can taste His provisions and increase their faith in Him.

Filipinos learned to keep their attention on God and not the issue during those trying times, when their loyalty and faithfulness are put to the ultimate test. Because He provides us with strength, we are able to remain patient and carry out God's will in whatever we do. Never let the lack of trust in others dictate what we should do because our Lord knows our needs and will never replenish us in the same way. Instead, His response to us will always be exactly in line with what we currently need.

We must promote virtue in our neighborhood and broaden the scope of our giving, ideally to those who are in extreme need. In addition, I'm hoping that we may all be each other's beacon of hope when we're all feeling hopeless. Only he has the power to restore and heal the soul; we are unable to do so on our own. All in all, we should all be thankful for what we have and still be thankful for what we lose. We may have lost a lot, but we made it up to now. This is my roller-coaster pandemic experience.

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ECQ

“Good afternoon, sir.” A smiling lady in a white shirt greeted me as soon as I entered this cozy and appealing bookshop. I just stared at the lady for three seconds before greeting her back a good afternoon as I was still stunned that I had actually reached this place. But what's good about this afternoon, when I found myself back at a bookstore where I'm sure I'll spend half of my monthly income again?

As I walked into this particular bookstore, I felt a mixture of feelings. My heart felt so light as I saw the books heaped up shelf by shelf and genre by genre, but my feet were heavy, as if the thought of coming to such a place was a bad omen (maybe they were just concerned about my wallet because I'll be robbing it of its flesh again).

Biblio Bookstore, yup, that's the name, is a lovely and homely books-slash-stationery store that I'd been wishing to visit ever since I saw it in a facebook group for bookworms. I couldn't stop my eyes from turning into whole letters O as I walked along the shelves, still in awe of this amazing artwork. Because my province lacks bookstores and Manila feels like a foreign country during this pandemic, I must make the most of my limited time here by romanticizing every book, sniffing its natural scent, and moaning while stroking the covers till I orgasm.

But advertising Biblio isn't the point of this. I wrote this nonsensical piece of writing to express how impulse buying can really damage your sanity. The reason why I visited this in abrupt was because of the announcement of the Enhanced Community Quarantine which was to be effective from August 6 to 20, 2021. I came to Manila to visit my cousins, little did I know would NCR be placed on ECQ for the third time and presto! I got stranded.

So, how did I land myself half-conscious in this bookstore, as if dragged by some evil gravitational pull? Let's go back in time to one hour before this puzzling occurrence. I was woken up by a phone ring that kept bombarding my eardrums. “goddamnit!” I yelled with so much irritation for I could feel the eye-boogers still glued my eyes and getting up was so much a hassle for a 23-year-old lad who has symptoms of arthritis.

With my eyes partly open, I frantically searched for the ringing phone. I followed the sound to where it was coming from and pressed the answer button as soon as I had a firm grip on it. “Yes?” I said. “It’s confirmed! Manila will be placed on ECQ again, as if it’s a big help to stop this pandemic.” Said the voice on the other line. It was my cousin, Danica who in that time was on a duty, she’s working in a pancake house. Because of surprise, my eyes widened, breaking the jammed dirty eye-boogers.

“What the heck?!” I exclaimed. “What about now? Sure my flight going home will be cancelled, won’t it?”

“Of course not, moron. The ECQ will only last until August 20 and your flight is on 27.”

“What if they will extend it?”

“They won’t extend such a stupid idea unless the administration is 100% run by morons.”

She had a point. “Ok, so why did you call in the middle of my sleep paralysis particularly in the middle of my kissing scene with Calum Scott?” I asked.

“You delusional dumbass. It’s hard lockdown next week, aren’t you worried we might run out of food during the lockdown?”

“So what do you suggest am I going to do?”

I heard a heavy sigh on the other line “Go outside, pretend to be a beggar, beg for money. Of course go buy some grocery!”

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"THE ROLLER COASTER ROAD: MY JOURNEY FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD"

Looking back from my past made me realized that I am already far from who I am before and who I am today. I never knew before that my life would be a roller coaster ride, so many ups and downs, struggles and stress but I am still proud that I survived. Growing up with no self confidence and self esteem made my life more difficult. Back when I was a child, I usually don't want to communicate with other people, I only had 1-2 friends that time. I don't know why I am that kind of child but I know to myself that I am comfortable when no one is around. 

Because of being afraid to go to school that days, my Mother always got mad at me and push me to go but I always end up being absent on the school days. But my Mother didn't gave up and still push me to go, and as the days goes by, I already adopted to myself that I should go to school so that I had a good grades.When my age became 12-13 years old in my elementary days, I started  developed my self confidence and self esteem. I changed from introvert child to extrovert child. I became an achiever on the school and learned to cooperate with school activities. 

I can say that I developed in many ways that time. Having more friends and started to have mutual feelings with other people. It was my most treasured moments because I am a Grade 6 student that time and that was the time that i've meet my Bestfriends and we're still Bestfriends up until now. When I am with my close friends, I am that type of child who is the joker of the circle and considered as the sunshine girl of the group because of my joyful personality and positive mindset.I still remember that every month of May, Me and my Family always go to the Province of Bantayan and meet my relatives.

I felt so happy and excited everytime we go there because it is our family time. Having time with my Grandmother is one of the best memories that I had before. Eventhough It is hard to live because we had no financial stability in our Province, I still wan't to live their together with my Family. My hobbies before is playing and watching movies with my neighbors, just like what other children do when they are still young. Playing some fake money and selling foods with nothing inside is one of the memorable experience that fulfill my childhood days together with my friends. 

And when I became a Highschool student, I've meet a lot of people,and it also became my happiest highschool moments. 4 years in Highschool served my self as the guide on how to became strong and matured. When Pandemic happened, I am a grade 8 student that time. And because of pandemic, I experienced a lot of struggles especially in my academic performance because of ECQ. It was so hard for me that time because I only had modules but I didn't had enough knowledge to understand those modules without explanation coming from my teachers.

Studying from home is not a good study habit for me that time, not only because of I didn't learned some of the lessons on the modules but also because I've missed going to school with my friends and had some personal talks with my teachers and classmates. When things  got better and students are already allowed to go to school, I am already a Grade 10 student that time. There are so many changes in the environment and it took me how many months to adjust on the new rules.

But still everything goes to normal already after I graduated in Grade 10.  When I started Grade 11 at Asian Learning Center, I am happy and grateful that I choose this strand. 

I've meet a lot of people with different point of view in life and saw those people who are strong and motivated  to strive for their dreams. I never experienced pressuring my self before but when I started in Seniorhigh I felt that I need to do my best and make my parents proud. I also felt pressure because in our family, I am the only on that they expected to finish schools and graduate because my sisters and brother already got married and decided to stop their acads. I also realized that I need to choose those group of friends who will help me no matter what happened without plasticity in any aspects. Having those people had a big impact of my life and made my self become more strong to overcome challenges.

And now I am already a Grade 12 student, this school year taught me how time  management is important. So many struggles that sometimes we students ended up going to school with lack of sleep because of academic pressure. I cried so many times in this school year and even doubted my self because of being a slow learner. Anxiety hits me this time but I make it as an inspiration and I know to myself I can do it but I also come up that as a Graduating students and soon to have a more serious life experience in college. The pressure of enrolling college without financial stability and my Parents decided that I should stop my acads here and go find some work to supply our financial needs.

I don't know what path I should choose, Is it continuing college or find some work. I want to continue studying and promise to my self that to be a working student. I witnessed so many students who became a working student and still striving not only for supplying the needs of their family but also for their acads and I make them as an inspiration because I believe that if they can do it, I can also do it.I know that it will not be an easy journey for me,but I need to fight for my future and for my family.

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