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Slogan in Life:

a.) Happiness
Happiness is. . . .  having enough sleep and not having to be woken up abruptly by an annoying alarm with multiple snoozes.
- School is fine and all, but I wish I didn't have to wake up so early because class starts so early.

b.) Self - Development
Learn to take both criticisms and compliments graciously, because for a flower to grow it needs both rain and sun.
- I am someone who is egotistical, and criticism hurts. I mean, there is the good and bad kind, but I find it hard to swallow even the good kind. For me to grow as a person though, I need to take it for what it is and not as a personal insult.

Specific Ways to Develop Myself
- Take constructive criticism from my teachers, friends, family, and anyone else
- Practice patience when talking to people
- Manage my temper

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1. Is there a ‘center’ or a central theme in your timeline and life? If you will give a title for your timeline what would it be and why?
- I think the central theme in my 'current' timeline is friends, generally my relationships with them, and my family. As for the title... I wouldn't really know what to call it, but I think a working title would be "The Good, The Bad, The Ugly" which is not a reference to the movie, but I'd say this is my working title for the timeline because I've had good times such as my brothers being born, being close to them, meeting my friends, hanging out with Nina at home, then I've had bad times like when I had a misunderstanding with Allen and Sergey, when I felt embarrassed to be laughed at on stage, then I've definitely had my ugliest moments where I took advantage and for granted a certain friend, when I made them cry, when I made my busmate cry, when I snapped at people generally.

2. Identify the turning points in your timeline. What were the thoughts, feelings and actions that you experienced?
- Turning points in my timeline would be when I had my first breakdown. I didn't exactly understand what I was going through or why I was going through it, but some days I'd feel this sharp pang in my chest and I start crying uncontrollably. I've gotten better since then, but it did go on for awhile, probably stopped around before Junior Highschool or in the middle of Junior Highschool. I can't recall properly. So when my friends come to me with their problems, I kinda think back to that moment of my breakdown, because I myself hated going through most of them alone so why should I leave my friends to deal with their problems themselves? Another turning point is when Tyrell was born. I really wanted a brother that I could relate to (I have an older brother but he just seems like a stranger to me), although honestly I wanted a brother around my age. Since then, I try to be a better sister. Then came my other brother, EJ. I was just really happy when those two were born. A major turning point in my life is when I became friends with Nina. I think without her I wouldn't be the person I am today. At first, I wasn't really fond of talking to one of my friend's friends. I met her before, but we were just classmates. Then Janica insisted we should talk, and here we are now. I'm glad that there's someone there that I can find comfort in, and that even as weird as I am, she doesn't mind. That time when I made a certain friend cry during Christmas party is something I consider a turning point, because I was just mortified with the way I was and I've been trying my best to swallow my pride and be more thankful. When I tried out for arnis and got in then became part of the first Arnis team in Manresa is another turning point, because that's where my confidence somewhat improved. I mean, it's slightly better than it was before. When I saw my parents showing no ill-will against each other and act like friends, I think of it as a turning point because I started becoming more open-minded to things. Lastly, I consider going to iAcademy as a turning point. I know more about how to live than I did before, even if it's just the small stuff such as buying things on my own (on occasion) and commuting by myself (sometimes), even knowing a little about baking and cooking has been all important experiences for me and I didn't start most of these things until I moved schools. The people there are also very chill, and I think I am getting better in drawing, even if it's such a slight progress, it's still progress.

3. Who are/were the most significant people in your life? How did they influence you?
- My parents are significant people in my life-- I wouldn't say this just because they're my parents, because I believe in the saying "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb." I was lucky enough to be born into a family who supports my decisions and actually cares for us. They've shown me that even after bad times, it's possible for people who've had bad history with each other to be friends (again), and that in their case the saying "let bygones be bygones" does apply. My siblings are significant to me, because most of the time they test my patience (mostly my sister and EJ) and I'm learning to control my outbursts. My friends are significant to me, because they were more helpful than my parents were when it came to "living life." My parents try, they do, but most of the time they usually leave me to learn by myself  while my friends understood that it would take baby steps, it would take me having to get used to the experience.

4. What would you change or add, if you could? How would each of these changes or additions affect your life, or even change its present course?
- I would change the way I acted towards Janica. I was horrible person. I would change the way I was generally-- being too loud, saying unnecessary things, being too prideful, yelling at my sister-- Maybe if I had my mouth closed for most of the time, I could avoid being haunted by all the small things. I know they're small things, but they never cease to make me feel bad about myself at the end of each day.

5. Where do you want to be in a year, 5 years, and 10 years? What do you expect your future timeline will be?
- I half-expected I wouldn't make it this far, I still half-expect I won't make it in life. I expect my future timeline to not be so good, or unsatisfying, but what I want my future timeline to be is good or even okay. I don't want to get rid of the downs because even though I may regret them, they help me learn more about myself and about the way I treat people and how I should treat people. Haha.. I am ambivalent to these things. I want to be maybe be working, to not have lost my inner child, to not have lost Nina, to be in good terms with people, to be able to help my parents and my siblings. I still want to be into cartoons, and having had made a few more paintings. I want to be famous... but I've realized that I need to let that go, because the most important thing is that I have lived. I have lived for myself and for others. I want to have been able to make other people feel like they're needed, wanted, loved, even when they're in hard places. I want in my future that my siblings are free, that the influences of my typical Filipino hasn't rubbed off on my younger brothers (such as pink being gay, being gay is something to laugh at and to be ashamed of, telling family members they've gotten fatter because hey-- it's normal-- stop being sensitive about it-- I want them to grow out of those typical kinds of stereotypes.) That's what I really want my future timeline to be-- about other people having changed, having their life together, because somehow I was able to make a difference in their lives.