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My
Life I. Introduction
August
02,2001, I have started typing this autobiography for my Human Development.
Although I know that what I type right now is for my project grade, it makes me
wonder that it has been eighteen years since I was conceived and born. What have
I truly done this past eighteen years? I’ve just graduated Xavier High School
and started to explore the unrestrained freedom that I did not have a few months
ago. I am around 5’6 to 5’7 and I weigh around 165 pounds. I have black
hair; fair skin, big boned, physically fit, brown eyes and irresistible
eyelashes that I don’t know why girls like to pluck it out of me. Right now, I
have started my college life in La Salle University. I’m doing fairly well at
my grades and I have joined some organizations like Santugon and Englicom. I
have lots of interest in sports. I can play table tennis, tennis, swimming,
basketball, soccer, football, softball, martial arts, chess and so many other
sports. I describe myself as a well-rounded individual. I’m like what you call
“a jack of all trades but the master of none”. I love doing something new
and interesting. I learned some very interesting techniques on computers,
martial arts, business life and a few other things. I know how to assemble,
repair and use computers. I also inclined to music that is why I like to sing
and play the piano. I have learned how handle a few things and there but because
of so many interest, I’m not a master of any of them. I’m not as good as the
best table tennis players out there nor am I that good in playing chess against
the so called “chess masters”. I like to sing but I can’t seem to reach
the desired notes. I like to play the piano but I can’t seem to read the notes
right away. I am truly the “jack of all trades but the master of none”. II. Body
I was born last April 3, 1983 in De Los Santos Medical Center. I was
taken out of my mother’s womb, using Caesarian operation, by Generosa
Gregorio, M.D. Of course, I had no recollection of myself being a baby however I
had some old photo albums of myself in which I can see myself. I am the youngest
child in my family of 5. I have one brother and one sister. Although at times I
am completely frustrated with my siblings, I guess I will always love them. My
parents told me of some stories in what happened when I was a small child. When
I looked at myself at my old baby picture album, I can only tell you one thing.
I was “fat”. I was fatter and Buddha himself if he could have seen me. It
was no joke that I was absolutely fat and cute J (see pictures at the back). I asked my parents what
adventures I had when I was younger. They just said that I was a plain normal
baby except for the fact I always like to climb and eat. Because of so much
climbing, I fell off my crib. Thankfully there was no permanent damage. I also
loved to eat and I ate more than I should have. I was baptized on May 21, 1983
at the Mary the Queen Greenhills Church. When I was growing up, my hair was
absolutely a mess and because of the paper clips given to me, I looked like a
girl (see picture below). I grew thinner though and I had my first haircut at
one year old. Although I can’t recall much during my early years, I was
already playing the mini-golf course in Baguio Camp John Hay. I also had my
first training in horseback riding together with my sister. During this time I
was already about 2-3 years of age. I also started my education at a nursery
school named “DML”. Before that, I attended two other nursery schools, in
which my parents forgot their names, and found out that their way of learning
was not as effective as my parents want. I can recall a few vague memories about
my trip in Baguio when I was a small child and I also recall one of the
Christmas Party in which I thought I saw the real Santa Claus. My parent said
that I was a happy-go-lucky child and I always loved to smile in the camera.
By the time I have reached middle childhood to late childhood and that
was around 4-8 years old, I was already playing around, attending children and
adult parties, going on trips with my parents to Baguio, and other places. I
also attended our neighborhood tradition of going for “trick or treats”
during Halloween. We were going to different houses and ask for candies. I still
have vague memories about that. There were so many changes when I was at this
age. We went to Baguio before every year because we finished constructing a
house there. It was that time I was able to go horseback riding by myself and
able to play the mini-golf course at Camp John Hay. It was also this time I
recall my first 3 dogs I ever had. Their names were Spot, Lucky and Brownie.
Lucky was my favorite dog and we used to have lots of fun together. Time flies
so fast when you were having so much fun. I was in prep school by this time and
I joined the summer soccer for kids. I recall I was the goalie that time and I
was pretty successful at blocking those kicks. I was studying in Xavier by the
time and I studied all the way till I graduated from High School. When I looked
at my album, I was pretty active when I was a child. I joined the Taekwondo
Classes as well as other school related activities. I recall going to the
“Family Sports Day” where my father and I always win a prize at the 3-legged
race. I even had my picture taken when I was going from Prep to Grade School. I
was really growing up during those years. There were a lot of things I took up
when I was still younger. I started playing tennis. I also went to Boracay for
the first time. My mom commented that I became a shrimp because I was so
red-sunburned from playing all day long in the beach and exposed to the sun. It
was also the time when I first wore my glasses. It was this time I started
wearing glasses till now. To be honest, there wasn’t really much of any
special events that took place except for some embarrassing stories in which I
don’t like to mention. I was pretty normal in growing up and had a normal life
as a child. Horseback riding, martial arts, trick or treat, swimming, and first
communion were some of the things I will always treasure in my memories (and in
my photo album).
During my early to late
teens, I became a little rebel in house, probably because of my puberty. I kind
of reluctant to take pictures anymore. It is during this age wherein I found
myself in High School already. I really can’t recall much of doing anything
dangerous, special or unusual. I wanted to be a little quiet in my teen life (in
which I regret now that I am in college). I just became more responsible and
more matured than most people I know. Even though I wanted to be quiet in my
teen life, I made lots of friends, joined a lot of clubs, and got a decent grade
in order to pass. I joined the glee club, chess club, volleyball varsity, and
military police when I was having my CAT. I having so much fun these times
because I really made a lot of friends, in which most of them are out of the
country or studying in a different school. When I joined the Military Police for
the CAT, it was also fun and not boring at all. I joined the competitions and
even had guard duty during special events. In my High School life, the only
thing I regretted is not becoming more active than I should have been. I
didn’t join any of the major organizations. I just stayed mostly in the
background and like to play computer games, read books and play with my friends,
like chess, table tennis or other sports which are of interesting for me. I
guess the most change I had in my life was adopting my little brother named
Julian Rupert. This was the biggest change in my life because I told you that I
was suppose to be the youngest in my family. I kind of like it because being the
youngest; I never had the privilege or the responsibility of a younger sibling.
I welcome this kind of change for me. III. Conclusion Right
now, I would say that I am happy with my life right now. I’m starting college
right now and I have gotten used to my younger sibling. I plan to be more active
in my college life right now and I have big dreams for my future. The one thing
I will always be reminded that “time is gold” because one you’ve passed
it, it will never come back. I’m appreciating what my family has given me and
I have so many opportunities for my future. Only time will tell what I will
truly be. My family is growing old as well as I. Even though I’m only 18 years
old, I feel that there is a burden for me. My brother and sister are all grown
up now and my brother is already working. My younger brother, who I told you was
adopted, is already 1 year old right now. Well this is what I can only say about
me because I have only completed one-fourth of my life and I still have a long
way to go. |
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