“Wish a wish a wish a wish a wish wish wish!!!” This is one of the tag lines of one Filipino Christmas Special movie. The story is about a family of orphans were left in their aunts. However they were maltreated. A fairy came out to grant the wishes of the children . . . and the lived happily ever after.
I do not normally believe in wishes. It sounds surreal and is just applicable to fairy tales. I do not make wishes in my birthday (since there were no candles to blow, so how would I? Haha! Well, just kidding.) . But, it’s true. Every birthday, they would ask me to lose my eyes and make a wish ‘daw’. I did close my eyes, but to wish? Never. I do not why, but. . . Hmmmp? I cannot explain. It’s just it.
But, life is a constant change. There were moments in my life that somehow, persuades me to believe in wish. I asked, “What will I lose if I believe so?” but, there is more to that reason. I have that intuition that what if wishes really do come true. Here’s one proof: I am studying now at UP.
From all the hardships I’ve encountered in life, I started to believe in wishes. Wish for me is somewhat a root of motivation or a ‘motivating factor’ to keep a person struggling. It increases hope and sense of responsibility since a wish will become a plan sooner or later. Action is expected of wishes. Wishes won’t have essence if there are no corresponding actions taken down. It will just be a wish written in a paper, crumpled, and then thrown in a trash.
As an eldest son from a poor family, I have a very high motivation to take my family away from poverty, especially now that mamang and papang are weak and oftentimes sick. This high motivation comes from the high willingness to achieve my wishes.
You might wander: what could be my wishes? I will enumerate that all later in this article.
There was a big pressure for me in terms of academics during high school. I was first honor from Kindergarten until Elementary graduation. Due to some things, I only got the 5th place in my second year though I was the first during the 1st Grading till 3rd Grading. Worst happened in my second year when I ranked 6th in a Grading period. There came a time that my parents themselves discouraged me. They believe (and so am I) that there was something wrong in me. I lack the motivation. I got exhausted with other things. Until I pray and wish to be back on the ranked I deserve to be with. My motivation increased. I felt that I became more responsible in doing tasks thinking that I have a wish and a promise to myself. It bore good fruits. I graduated valedictorian in high school.
I have just heard of UP since my second year in college. I really planned to study there because of their affordable fees and of the Iskolar ng Bayan Program or the STFAP.
I really cried when I check the website of UPCAT, I passed it! I passed it! I passed it! I did not expect that I would pass it. My exam was Sunday 7 in the morning. I traveled to the test center for four hours from our house. Imagine!? And I had cough, cold (a runny nose) and toothache that time! The funny thin is in the runny nose. Maybe you can now make a picture in your mind how was I during the exam day. But, because I was very motivated to pursue my college in UP, I really took to the exam despite of my health conditions. I believe that UP can help me in my goal of taking my family away from poverty.
And now that I am here, I am now very near to my wishlist:
1] to be CPA (if I’ll be retained in the BS Accountancy Program) or, perhaps pursue my passion ─journalism. But I know, I will be retained and I will be a Certified Public Accountant.
2] to have a land we can call ‘ours’ and build a home there.
3] to migrate either in Europe, Australia or Canada and work. Do not worry. I will never forget Filipino customs. Once a Filipino, always a Filipino!
4] to institute a scholarship program to those financially but deserving college students. I believe that what I have received is what I will give and I still embrace the UP’s Motto: STP (Serve the People). Always remember what Rizal said “Youth is the hope of the motherland.”
5] to donate to UPV a sum of money for development purposes.
Those are just few of my wishes, which will eventually become plans, as well someday. With God’s guidance and with my appropriate actions, wishes will come true. Now I justify that wishes tat come true are not just present in fairy tales. Anyone who thinks that way is absolutely wrong. I even doubt if it does exist in fairy tales, because fairy tales have not yet been justified as existing world.
Thus, wishes are not surreal. It only does exist in us ─through our actions, it becomes real; through our experiences, it becomes LIFE, an EXTRAORDINARY LIFE.
I do not normally believe in wishes. It sounds surreal and is just applicable to fairy tales. I do not make wishes in my birthday (since there were no candles to blow, so how would I? Haha! Well, just kidding.) . But, it’s true. Every birthday, they would ask me to lose my eyes and make a wish ‘daw’. I did close my eyes, but to wish? Never. I do not why, but. . . Hmmmp? I cannot explain. It’s just it.
But, life is a constant change. There were moments in my life that somehow, persuades me to believe in wish. I asked, “What will I lose if I believe so?” but, there is more to that reason. I have that intuition that what if wishes really do come true. Here’s one proof: I am studying now at UP.
From all the hardships I’ve encountered in life, I started to believe in wishes. Wish for me is somewhat a root of motivation or a ‘motivating factor’ to keep a person struggling. It increases hope and sense of responsibility since a wish will become a plan sooner or later. Action is expected of wishes. Wishes won’t have essence if there are no corresponding actions taken down. It will just be a wish written in a paper, crumpled, and then thrown in a trash.
As an eldest son from a poor family, I have a very high motivation to take my family away from poverty, especially now that mamang and papang are weak and oftentimes sick. This high motivation comes from the high willingness to achieve my wishes.
You might wander: what could be my wishes? I will enumerate that all later in this article.
There was a big pressure for me in terms of academics during high school. I was first honor from Kindergarten until Elementary graduation. Due to some things, I only got the 5th place in my second year though I was the first during the 1st Grading till 3rd Grading. Worst happened in my second year when I ranked 6th in a Grading period. There came a time that my parents themselves discouraged me. They believe (and so am I) that there was something wrong in me. I lack the motivation. I got exhausted with other things. Until I pray and wish to be back on the ranked I deserve to be with. My motivation increased. I felt that I became more responsible in doing tasks thinking that I have a wish and a promise to myself. It bore good fruits. I graduated valedictorian in high school.
I have just heard of UP since my second year in college. I really planned to study there because of their affordable fees and of the Iskolar ng Bayan Program or the STFAP.
I really cried when I check the website of UPCAT, I passed it! I passed it! I passed it! I did not expect that I would pass it. My exam was Sunday 7 in the morning. I traveled to the test center for four hours from our house. Imagine!? And I had cough, cold (a runny nose) and toothache that time! The funny thin is in the runny nose. Maybe you can now make a picture in your mind how was I during the exam day. But, because I was very motivated to pursue my college in UP, I really took to the exam despite of my health conditions. I believe that UP can help me in my goal of taking my family away from poverty.
And now that I am here, I am now very near to my wishlist:
1] to be CPA (if I’ll be retained in the BS Accountancy Program) or, perhaps pursue my passion ─journalism. But I know, I will be retained and I will be a Certified Public Accountant.
2] to have a land we can call ‘ours’ and build a home there.
3] to migrate either in Europe, Australia or Canada and work. Do not worry. I will never forget Filipino customs. Once a Filipino, always a Filipino!
4] to institute a scholarship program to those financially but deserving college students. I believe that what I have received is what I will give and I still embrace the UP’s Motto: STP (Serve the People). Always remember what Rizal said “Youth is the hope of the motherland.”
5] to donate to UPV a sum of money for development purposes.
Those are just few of my wishes, which will eventually become plans, as well someday. With God’s guidance and with my appropriate actions, wishes will come true. Now I justify that wishes tat come true are not just present in fairy tales. Anyone who thinks that way is absolutely wrong. I even doubt if it does exist in fairy tales, because fairy tales have not yet been justified as existing world.
Thus, wishes are not surreal. It only does exist in us ─through our actions, it becomes real; through our experiences, it becomes LIFE, an EXTRAORDINARY LIFE.
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