Timeline Tag...

I was tagged by Anicee. It's the timeline tag.
(Sorry, sis, it took me this long to answer this one. I didn't have my PC with me for a few days, eh.)


Okay, here goes...

TWENTY YEARS AGO.
In 1985, I was a very shy and quiet 5-year-old girl. I was in kindergarten (at Dansalan College). I don't remember that much about my very first year in school. Maybe that's because I never really found kindergarten interesting because, the loner that I was, I didn't really have friends. I just sat in my place the whole time and didn't really talk to anyone. When playtime came, I remember I didn't even bother taking a single toy from the toy cabinet. I didn't really find the lessons that exciting either because, having older brothers I studied with even before I first set foot in the classroom, I already knew most of the things being taught. I was already reading "kiddie words" (short and simple words) when my classmates were learning their ABCs.


FIFTEEN YEARS AGO.
1990. I was in 5th Grade (at the MSU-Integrated Laboratory School). This particular year, I read my first "big girls' book". I was still a bit of a loner. My mom was my only real best friend. I was still extremely shy. I didn't really care much about people in school. I went everyday because I needed to. Most of the time, I'd just be sitting there munching on something, reading something or just observing people. This was also the year I started to hang out in the library.

Hey, don't get me wrong, I also played with my classmates, but not a lot because whenever I played I always ended up bruised, wounded and/or crying. I didn't like that and neither did my classmates! And, besides, I didn't like games that much. I was probably one of the few, if not the only one, who hated PE! My favorite part of the day was recess! :)

During this time, I was part of a group called MAGS. There were four of us in the group. The three other members were basically the only people I hung out with during those times. And, I was closer to the boys (few of them) than to the girls in my class. I don't know, but the girls in my class scared the hell out of me then! Hehehe:)


TEN YEARS AGO.
1995 was the wildest in my teeange years! I was in my third year in high school. I wasn't very shy anymore. I was a bit more confident than most of my classmates and contemporaries. I was an active officer in the school/student government. I was part of a group called the Joe Kidz Jr.! We were the noisiest, the wildest, the craziest group in the whole school. Most students, especially those younger than we, feared us! Imagine those kinds of groups, in the movies, that did nothing but try to make noise, hang out and do crazy and cool stuff. That was us in our school! Whenever we entered any of the canteens, students would scurry out whether they've finished or just started eating! Whenever we went to the Girls' Room, students would automatically head for the exit. No, we didn't really do anything to them. We were a friendly lot, too. It was probably because we were THE group. And, of course, we loved that!

That was also the year I looked my weirdest. I had braces on my teeth, I wore eyeglasses. Oh, but a year and a half before that was worse, now that I think about it, because I had to wear chin cap (twelve hours a day) for a whole year. Waaah, the things I had to undergo as a young teener!


FIVE YEARS AGO.
2000. The best year of my life... so far! I was so active. You'd see me jumping/running around the campus all the time. I did my parents proud when I finally graduated from college! I realized I wanted to be a teacher. That's just the kind of service I'd like to render my community, my people.

It was also during this year that I went abroad for the first time. Thanks to SSEAYP, I was able to visit Singapore, Burma (Myanmar), Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Japan!

Looots of friends and looots of good memories! :)


THREE YEARS AGO.
2002 was my first year in UP. I got a taste of what it's like to live in a dorm and do things on my own. I got a taste of independence. I learned to stand on my own feet. I realized that I wasn't "a little girl" anymore, but my parents would forget that every so often (until this very moment!). I came face to face with a lot of realities in life and in the world. This was a transition time for me! :)


LAST YEAR.
2004 was a good year, too. In the early part of the year, another one of my dreams came true when my article came out in PDI's Youngblood. I was so happy, too, because it was my very first time to send an article in. It took me some time to actually have the courage to submit anything. And, too see my name in the roster of Youngblood writers had been a dream for me since my high school days.

The latter part of the year gave me a chance to visit Japan again. This time for PPYEP! It was another unforgettable experience! I loved every second of it! That trip also became my first adventure trip. After the program, I went to Tokyo to meet up with friends. I was just there without any clear plan. I just left everything to... God! :)

Lots of realizations, too.


THIS YEAR.
I came back to work after quitting or being on leave for a few months. I got addicted to UAAP Basketball! I'm thinking of giving up one of my "jobs" and just hope for the best! I will be finishing all my academic course work. I'm going to start working on my master's thesis.


NEXT YEAR.
I will be focusing on my thesis writing and, before the year ends, get my master's over and done with! I'll try to find myself a scholarship grant abroad (preferably in Japan or the UK).


TEN YEARS FROM NOW.
I see myself in MSU... nowhere else. Once, my friends and I were hanging out and one of them suddenly blurted out, "Where do you see yourself ten years from now?"

Without batting an eyelash, I replied "In MSU!"

That reply made them laugh. They said I didn't have to be so literal or something to that extent. I laughed along, but the whole time I was thinking, "I wasn't really literal-literal."

Why? Well, MSU isn't merely a place for me. It's a state of being for me. MSU means happiness. MSU means all my dreams. MSU means home. MSU means my people. MSU means my ocean! So, when I say that I see myself in MSU ten years from now, I mean I see myself happy, contented and living my dreams. Insha-Allah. :)


WHO I WOULD LIKE TO PASS THIS TIMELINE TAG ON:
Whoever wants to... Whoever is in the mood...
(Oh, and please do inform me so I can check your answers out.)