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Tuesday, June 27, 2006
My Birthday
30th Birthday
I just turned 30 last Thursday. Team 2010 offered a Mass for me and I was also given a very simple tribute with a simple merienda that followed. I wrote this that morning while on a break. Just a little scribbling of my thoughts.
30TH BIRTHDAY
It is my 30th Birthday today.
What have I done in the past 30 years?
*Become a University President.
*Marry the Greatest Love of my life.
*Graduate from UP Diliman on time and without any problem to my parents.
*Graduate from Maryknoll (Miriam College) High School with an outstanding library club president award.
*Read the Da Vinci Code and making my faith stronger than ever.
*Become a person of faith.
Truly I can go on and on and count all my blessings but what the only achievement that I can boast is the fact that I have friends and kept them through the years and I have been lucky that these are friends who have been with me through thick and thin.
I am lucky because I do not have to conform for them to love me.
I do not have to lend them money or treat them to dinner and gimiks for them to appreciate me.
I do not have to be thoughtful, God knows how much I have on my mind right now, for them to be loyal and true.
I just have to be me. Without any pretensions. Without any masks. Just me.
As I look on towards the next few years, I think of what more should I do with my life to make sure I do not destroy the purity I have earned through the years and I realized I just have to be my own self and not be swayed by the tides of time.
I still have so many things to do. Not achieve, DO!
Problems are a dime a dozen, and it seems very difficult, but when you look at the half full glass of every issue, you will realize that solutions are a dime a dozen too. It just needs the right amount of leadership and integrity to be implemented. I am not afraid.
30 seems to be a big number. I don’t feel thirty. Age truly is just a state of mind.
I remember walking through the corridors of UNEP and overheard a student talk to another how young their President is. They even said, “Bagana la pa ka igin iginon.”
Others would have felt offended but I just smiled to myself, because that is ME. I am this igin-iginon and transparent little girl who just does what is needed of her. This is who I am. That is my trademark.
As I look ahead and see the work that still needs to be done, I just say,
“Thank you Lord for your belief and faith in me. Thank you for the thirty years of loving family and friends who have nurtured me to be who I am now. Thank you for your everlasting faithfulness. I pray for more.”
30TH BIRTHDAY
It is my 30th Birthday today.
What have I done in the past 30 years?
*Become a University President.
*Marry the Greatest Love of my life.
*Graduate from UP Diliman on time and without any problem to my parents.
*Graduate from Maryknoll (Miriam College) High School with an outstanding library club president award.
*Read the Da Vinci Code and making my faith stronger than ever.
*Become a person of faith.
Truly I can go on and on and count all my blessings but what the only achievement that I can boast is the fact that I have friends and kept them through the years and I have been lucky that these are friends who have been with me through thick and thin.
I am lucky because I do not have to conform for them to love me.
I do not have to lend them money or treat them to dinner and gimiks for them to appreciate me.
I do not have to be thoughtful, God knows how much I have on my mind right now, for them to be loyal and true.
I just have to be me. Without any pretensions. Without any masks. Just me.
As I look on towards the next few years, I think of what more should I do with my life to make sure I do not destroy the purity I have earned through the years and I realized I just have to be my own self and not be swayed by the tides of time.
I still have so many things to do. Not achieve, DO!
Problems are a dime a dozen, and it seems very difficult, but when you look at the half full glass of every issue, you will realize that solutions are a dime a dozen too. It just needs the right amount of leadership and integrity to be implemented. I am not afraid.
30 seems to be a big number. I don’t feel thirty. Age truly is just a state of mind.
I remember walking through the corridors of UNEP and overheard a student talk to another how young their President is. They even said, “Bagana la pa ka igin iginon.”
Others would have felt offended but I just smiled to myself, because that is ME. I am this igin-iginon and transparent little girl who just does what is needed of her. This is who I am. That is my trademark.
As I look ahead and see the work that still needs to be done, I just say,
“Thank you Lord for your belief and faith in me. Thank you for the thirty years of loving family and friends who have nurtured me to be who I am now. Thank you for your everlasting faithfulness. I pray for more.”
Apprehensive
Apprehensive. That is how I feel now. Tomorrow, I will be speaking in front of all the faculty members of the University for the very first time as their President.
Do you ever get that feeling that your mind is so full of stuff that you want to say but with so much thoughts you get paralyzed and say nothing? That is how I feel right now. There are so many things I want to say.
I think the best thing is just to pray and prepare well. Organize my thoughts logically and try not to offend anyone.
Do you ever get that feeling that your mind is so full of stuff that you want to say but with so much thoughts you get paralyzed and say nothing? That is how I feel right now. There are so many things I want to say.
I think the best thing is just to pray and prepare well. Organize my thoughts logically and try not to offend anyone.
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