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guy in the pic -- classmate and best class beadle ever, Joaquin Arnaldo

Last Christmas, I went door to door to surprise my Pantalia friends with gifts. It was a bit tiring to travel but it was all worth it in the end as I was able to actually meet them in person and seeing them happy to receive my gift made me feel warm inside. I also did not expect that some of them would also give me gifts in return !

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These gals have been my besties in my old school for most of my high school stay so this one was a bit more memorable. It was significant, as ever since COVID, we actually kind of grew apart(?)-- since we were all in different schools now which is supposed to be life depleting but I made it into a life-giving one because even if we weren't able to talk and be close as much, we were still able to reconnect without any awkwardness or conflicts. The whole gala was fun because we got to catch up and we were also able to do a lot of stuff such as eat, shop, buy clothes, drink milk tea, and a secret santa as we shop in a Daiso store.

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Ever since COVID, my family and I have not been able to go out, so going to the beach was a huge breather for me and for them (not to mention grandma was there too!)

The whole experience was fun as I was able to eat lots of good food and the resort was connected to the beach so I could just go there and swim and relax whenever I want! This picture was taken when we did a fun beach activity wherein you get pulled by this jet ski thing at a really fast pace. It was exhilarating as I wasn't that scared (my family was though) but  feeling the wind flow through my face and see the view from far away felt calming and should I say.. life-giving!

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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My sister got sick once after we went to the province and it seems that got caught up with her sickness to. She got tested one day and it came back positive meaning I was probably positive as well. Soon enough the whole household became positive. It was life-depleting as I couldn't get out of bed because I felt so sick and I couldn't breathe properly because of having a runny nose. What's even sadder is that it was the start of the third quarter so I missed out on kind of a lot of tasks (this was before there was break being made).

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I think I underestimated college applications by a lot. I thought it was going to be easy but now I understand the stress. There was a lot I didn't know and balancing it with acads was definitely challenging. I remember being stressed about getting documents from both Ateneo and my old school and not to mention the writing blocks I got from writing my essay (you won't believe how many times I changed my essay). I would say it was all worth it in the end but it was still stressful :((

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This past week, I've done 2 all nighters already and when I say all nighter, I actually did not get any sleep, like until 8 30 am I was still awake. Ever since, I got back from the long break, everyone seemed to just cram everything together. Not to mention I also have extracurriculars and other responsibilities to uphold so balancing was very difficult. It was also life depleting as getting no sleep had a negative effect on my health both physically and mentally. I had fatigue and felt very week the whole day. I was also a bit emotionally unstable as I was just trying to get by through coffee.