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Right now, I would say I became a better person overall. These experiences and the people close to me have affected
my daily lifestyle, my personality, and my views on the world, humanity and our existence as whole. Before, when I was an edgy
teenager ( I still am edgy but it was worse back then ) I would say I had a more 'glass half empty' view on the world, thinking that
'Oh no the world has gone to sh-'. But now I would say the pessimism in my head is suppressed, it's still there, but I have more hope in humanity
and it's future all because I met these wonderful people in my life. I mean, I met my good friends in this world, and I was born in a family that loves me,
I experienced a lot in this universe and most of them were good, who am I to say the world has gone to 🤬?

- Kristoff Zayas

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These significant people and events have helped me become the person that I am today. They have guided me throughout my life, helped me realize my past mistakes and learn from them, helped me through hard times and inspired me to always look at the bright side and to never give up whenever i encounter obstacles in life.

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As long as I have lived my life, I have once become someone I’m not, afraid to be me. I became silent yet wanted to be loud. Someone that would like to be cherished but neglected. Someone that have convinced all lies to be truths and all truths to be lies. Someone whose mind has gone psycho because of the many pressures caused by her family.

As long as I have experienced, I have become someone that tried to evolve into something greater yet doubted if I’ll ever be. I have as well pretended that all my talents were failures and deserve lower than for what it is. I was being a little delusional Alice in my wonderland of adventures. Thinking these opportunities were common that I can go back later.

As long as I have realized, I tricked myself constantly. Played with my feelings unconsciously. I thought I was happy but I wasn’t actually.

I became my villain. A villain that pushed life as a fantasy. A villain who took everything for granted. A villain who never bat an eye and smiled living through the expectations of life.

Yet I never knew that due to my being a villain, I was as well evolving into my hero. A hero that can surpass all darkness with her scars after all treacherous deeds that she has committed. A hero whose strength wasn’t from those who gave her light but pain instead. I became my hero who learned as a villain.

All the adventures I had in my country to abroad were all given opportunities I turned into goals instead. All the doubts I had with my talents were my push to exceed greater than what I think of it instead. All the issues I had with my family were strengthening the bond we had. All the appreciation in my life was never from any light, it was from every heart-aching pressure instead.

I have become someone who embraces every twisted darkness in herself instead of someone who ignored them. I became someone scarred with tears of enlightenment. I became someone who, instead of blaming my shadows, thanks to them because through these I became someone better than just being best by the light.

Through this as well, I acknowledge the 5 Cs in my life from the darkness I have learned with. Chirst-centered in the way I never shone myself from believing in Him when I was down, Competent in living life with my own acknowledgements in life, Compassionate in the way I never excluded completely those around me and being able to forgive and thank to those who scarred me, Committed in being better than my best, as well as being Culturally -Integrated that after every visit and days of stay of a foreign place, never once was there a thought that I threw away my own blood. Truly, I became someone as "Me" from every significant event I experienced.

As Maximillian sang,
“I’m not gonna fight back what I've become
Yeah, I've got bruises where I came from
But I wouldn't change if I could restart
I ain't gonna hide these beautiful scars”

~Shanell D.R.

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Because of all the significant events that I have encountered in my life, I became a person who gets fueled with motivation from my parents and some of my closest peers. And this motivation helped me achieve some of the biggest feats I've achieved throughout my whole life. This includes an inter-school contest in which we emerged as champions along with 2 other people ( you know who you are ;) ), and the most recent one, the Best Class Tech Beadle, which I received just this year. These events helped me grow better as a person because it taught me to thank the Lord for everything I've received, even the small things. Back when I was still a small kid, I was not that religious, but because of it, it taught me to be grateful for everything and also taught me to pray at least once a day. ;)

-Errol Anthony Jano

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As I journey in life, I have encountered people who helped me in finding who I truly am. These people are the ones who continued to accompany me despite the challenges that we have faced together... the legit tunays. Along the journey, I have learned their diverse perspectives that made me realize a lot of things in life. I have become more open, hard-working, kind and a risk-taker because of the experiences that I had, especially in my early high school years. Thanks to them, I have become a better version of myself.

Different experiences in life help me grow as the person I am today. Through the unexpected events that I have encountered and soon to encounter, I have learned to be resilient. With resilience, I am able to recover and take risks in order to learn how to reach certain goals. It's like doing trial and error. Through these victorious moments and failures, I have reflected and learned things that would potentially help me in continuing the journey of life.

- Joyce Lourdimae Abao

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I have become a person who is not afraid to hide from the shadows and use my voice in order to express myself. Insecurity was (and is) my greatest weakness, thus I created a wall around me to protect myself from the judgments of society. However, with the events that arose around me and the people I've met along the way, I realized that I should live without stressing about other people's expectations. I've grown as a person who has come to accept that in life we all make mistakes, we have failures, we fall, but we get up, learn, move on and live our life.

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All these people that I have in my collage have shaped me to who I am now today. Without them, I don't know how I could go on. They have served as a motivation and a guide in world I know not as much about. They are both my joys and sorrows, for without the pain we have all shared, we wouldn't have been as close. I have been almost across the globe but no matter where I have gone, it always feels as though I am right at home in their presence. They remind me of all my flaws and perfections, I may never as grand and wise as my aunts and uncles, grandparents, or that of my own parental figures, but I can certainly learn from what they have to tell. Never more I have been this grateful for a gift. And never more have I been so humbled to receive something in which I don't deserve: friends and loved ones.
-Leilani S. Dela Paz

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It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be. – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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These people and experiences are what helped shaped me in to the person I am today. In life, we all have our ups and downs, our laughs and cries. Through these things, we get to reflect on ourselves and try to change and improve ourselves. The people who surrounds us are there to guide us and help us grow. Through my family and friends, I have learned to be a better person and a better version of myself. They act as inspirations in my life that remind me to always do my best.

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These people and events helped me grow and become a better version of myself. They made me who I am today. It was my family who molded me to become a loving, caring, and generous person. They fervently remind me to always trust and believe in God. Similarly, my friends and classmates also helped me grow as an individual as it is through them that I became more understanding. Through their diverse ideas, beliefs, and principles in life, I got to see a part of the real world, and consequently, it inspired me to broaden my perspective on how I see life. Thus, enabling me to improve my attitude towards some aspects. Through these times, the Philippine Government also had a great impact on improving my life. Through them, I realized that indeed, life is cruel and that many people choose to remain silent because "speaking up" won't change anything or the fact that some people don't care about their surroundings. Unfortunately, they will only speak up if and only if they already experience firsthand the "cruelty" that the people are pointing out. To summarize it, the government made me realize that I should stick to my principles despite any circumstances. Most importantly, I realized my duty to "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy"(Proverbs 31:8-9). Lastly, this pandemic made me realize that I am a privileged person and that I should be grateful for everything that I have. Furthermore, this event also made me realize that I should work hard to obtain my dreams. Moreover, if ever I will achieve it, I will surely use it as an avenue to help the people in need and hopefully help fight a pandemic that may occur in the future.

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Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable." These words were spoken by the French fashion designer and founder of the Chanel brand. These lines struck me because I wouldn't be striving for success without the support of the 3 most significant people in my life. First, my parents. I wouldn't be here with you all right now, engaging in Flexible Learning if it weren't for my parents. They were the ones who supported me all the way, in the things that I do, in my pursuit of happiness and success and the obstacles in life that I would face. Second, my Honors Class peers, one of the biggest turning points in my life is when I finally entered this section. Because of the pressure of being left behind, I dedicated myself to my studies, integrating the value of hard work, confidence, flexibility, and the value of persistence that has helped me grown to be a better person. Lastly, God. I wouldn't face the adversities of life if it weren't for the guidance of God. These people have become a rainbow in my cloud.

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These people are the ones who forged me into who I am today. They are the ones who give me the motivation to excel and do my best. These individuals have allowed me to grow in all aspects of life. They have guided me and accepted my faults and limitations. They made me realize that there are actually people who are there for us despite our imperfections.

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I've learned and created so much new things in my life because of these events and relationships. They have guided me through every step of my life. These people may not be perfect but they have made me who i am now. The hobbies I've acquired helped me broaden my mind to many more possibilities, fulfilled my curiosity, and allowed me to have fun at the same time. I am truly grateful for them.

Carlene Ravelo

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I have become something amazing that I do not think in the past because of the significant events, the people that surrounds me, and the things that interests me. These significant events that I have encountered in my life help me to become a better version of myself. It helps me to strive harder and made me realize that I am not alone in my journey in life... This significant events also makes me to always do my best in everything that I do. It made me realize what are my goals in life.

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These people and events are significant to me as they have become a part of my life. These people have been through my ups and downs. They have shaped and molded me to the person I am today. They have given me hope and light to pursue my dreams and start each day with courage. They are the ones who embraced me as true myself and I'm very grateful for having them in my life.

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Through these moments, interests and people in my life I have become a more wise, happy and better person.Even though sometimes there are times where I feel to be at my lowest point or breaking point but because of these people I have faced these knowing that I am not alone and making me realize how grateful and thankful I am for them to be part of my life.

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My family and high school - from when I first entered the gates of XUJHS to making new friends and joining clubs - had a great impact in my life. My family molded me to grow humbly, with gratitude and love, and putting the Lord first. As we travelled together, ate together, and laughed together, from a grumpy and shy person, I eventually learned how to smile and be happy even in the smallest things. While high school has played a big part in making me smile, cry, laugh, feel exhausted and angry and whatnot.  As I met new people in JHS, each experience would lead me to a new lesson in life. Lessons that helped me to be a better version of myself. Also as I found interest in the elections and LCLC, I found myself opening up more to people and somehow developed my socializing and speaking skills which I am thankful for. And in the other hand, my hobbies - binge watching, listening to music, doodling - are there to chill me out whenever I feel stressed out. These people and things make the person I am today. The Sachi Leigh Arcadio who is more open, less shy, more talkative and less antisocial, kind, and motivated

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I have become a person who is fearless in the face of challenges because in the end of the day it doesn't matter if I fly with colors or crash to rock bottom. The important thing is that I have friends and family who are ready to give a hand when I am at my lowest or ready to make me realize that humility is the greatest success one can achieve.  I have become the best version of my self because I stand in the shoulders of my friends and family, under the guidance of God.
- Francis Viñan

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Through the significant events of my life I have become a better person since through these I have seen life in a  different better light especially in what we are going through now I've learned to appreciate and be contented with what I have. These events has taught me to embrace who I truly am, to cherish every moment I have spent with these people and most of all these events has taught me to work harder in reaching my dream of becoming a doctor.

These events have made me grow  because through them I have learned a lot especially from the people around me. They have made me grow into a strong person, someone who is more grateful of what she has,  a person who is much more passionate of the things she does and most of all a person who grows into a better version day by day.

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It is because of these people that I am a dreamer. They give me the confidence to dream big and the courage to try despite the risk of failing. Because of these significant events and people, I am my best self and for that, I will always be grateful.
- Mia Du

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These pictures symbolize th e people and events that have shaped my life and who I basically. My friends and family in  general, have influenced a lot into who I am today. They influence to become an explorer and a risk taker. In the pictures are also some memories i have shared with them, in a nutshell. There you have my barkada, some signinficant friendshps, the LCLC, my siblings, my high school classes, my hobbies, my chikadora friends, and my parents of course.

My character as a person has a lot to do with the things i have shared with these people. I thank them a lot for being in my life, and for being someone to count on amidst everything.

PS. I just recycled my wallpaper and made some revisions.

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I've become the person who I want to be which is to be brave and adventurous. These people help me grow better by giving me courage to put everything I've got.

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ME COLLAGE
I have become who I am right now, a student who is able to balance academics and extra-curricular activities, because I am motivated by diligence in my studies and industriousness in my contest preparations. I find these two aspects as the most significant moments in my student life because they drove me to become a better person.

These events motivate and push me into becoming a better person because they teach me the values of time management, diligence and hard work. Through academics and contests, I learned that aside from developing myself emotionally and psychologically, I have also learned to develop myself mentally. It is by this that I manifest my life motto, "aral, asal at dasal" because I balanced my studies and my contests while giving each of them ample time to focus on. I believe that God blessed me with mental skill, and thus, my academic and contest performance drive me to a better path in life.

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𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨, 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙬.
𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙢𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙮 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙞𝙣 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙙𝙤. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙞'𝙢 𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧.