It wasn’t just a dream

“I have experienced a painful sharpening from time to time but I need it to become a better pencil.”

As I take a glimpse at my past, I can freshly remember those days when I was just an aspirant of the COLT taking small steps towards one of my wildest dreams which is thousand miles away and that is to become the next CORPS COMMANDER OF THE CAT-I UNIT.

My expedition was not that easy. I have sailed through stormy seas. I have gone through the killer ordeals of my life.

I can still envision myself during my training life trembling to death whenever I hear the voice of the gray – haired man, Mr. Bernardo R. Rabaca our COMMANDANT. My knees began to shiver. Those droplets of my sweat seemed to be battling for a race just to escape from my face and the worst of all, my heart felt like being hammered all over again. I humbly say that I won’t be who I am now without those tight spots that I’ve been through.

Being a CAT Officer is a hard-hitting job. It requires respect, patience, and determination to lead and to serve. The responsibility bestowed upon us begins when one of our feet has stepped on our post, the school. Being an officer is not just about attending those endless trainings but it’s how we inculcate those teachings here in our hearts and bringing them into real life. It’s not just about those tiring and stressful duties wherein you just stand but it’s about how we stand for which you think and believe is right. It’s not just about wearing the fatigue uniform just to be called CAT Officers but wearing the uniform to take the responsibility and to face the challenges that may come along our way.

The best thing being an officer is that it’s not a one-man show but we worked here as a team. The CAT-I UNIT is not a team of stars but a star team!

“we have fought the battle,we have finished the race and we have kept my faith in Him always.”

SA AKIN MAGSISISMULA ANG PAGBABAGO

(Change: It starts with me)

“Ask not what the country can do for you but together we ask what we can do for our country.” It was one of the catchiest lines I’ve read from a book that Mr. John F. Kennedy has uttered before. It was absolutely true!

In my four years of stay here in this institution which I called home already, it seems that every day of my life is déjà vu. I might see changes but most of the time it is going to the rocky road where it’s not meant to be. The progress seems to be a turtle-walk. Now, the call for change is again bragging our hearts. I have been wondering if change is still possible.

I want every one of you who could pass this short message of mine, to please inculcate not just in your mind but more on your heart that CHANGE must originate in yourself. I assure you that CHANGE is easy but it takes time. Student leaders kept on saying “AKO ANG MAGSISIMULA NG PAGBABAGO” and that is you will be the one to initiate change but that must not be and should not be the first thing. “SA AKIN MAGSISIMULA ANG PAGBABAGO” is much and far better than that one because in this statement the change will initiate within you.

My fellow students who kept on asking for more from this institution please pause for a while and think, HAVE YOU EVER DID SOMETHING GOOD FOR THE SCHOOL OR IS IT THE SCHOOL THAT IS DOING EVERYTHING FOR YOU?

I may talk like I knew everything and I’m innocent about what’ happening but I came to realize that we are the hope of this school to uplift it to a higher level and to be in line with those competitive schools when it comes to quality of education and progress. Now, my fellow students together we stand and start the CHANGE within us, it’s never too late just take one big step.

Again, SA AKIN MAGSISIMULA ANG PAGBABAGO.

KANNAWIDAN FESTIVAL

Kannawidan festival???

I’m honest to admit that it was something new for me. That’s why when Ma’am gave an activity about it which is to write an essay. Out of the blue I found myself feel liked hanging. How can I write something about it if I don’t even know what really it is? But that wasn’t bothering me and here is the product of that confusion at first.

ILOCOS SUR ROCKS!

This festival is one of the most awaited event here in Ilocos and even here in Vigan. When the said event has come, everyone was wearing their smiles. All of their negative feelings were vanished. This celebration is not just about over-flowing foods, expensive things and countless number of visitors. It is about how you remember the one who is being praised for your festive and for us to be still united and to keep a good relationship with others.

Next time, I would go and explore more about this Kannawidan Festival.