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1. Pictures

-I have a lot of pictures that make me grateful and also remember a good event or experience. These pictures may show me being with my parents, my friends, or with my favorite artists. I have this picture where me and my friend are beside our favorite band. Seeing that picture always makes be remember about that fun meet and greet event. Pictures where me and my friends or me and my parents are together make me very happy as well. Whenever I see those pictures, I recall the happiness that I have received and shared with them during those times. Every picture that I see makes me relive the moments that had passed.

2. Letters

-I also have a lot of letters that make me grateful. They may be from my parents, family, or from my friends. I keep them inside a plastic envelope. Those letters make me remember the person who sent them, and the memories that we have had together in the past. Whenever I read the letters, I recall the relationship that we, me and the sender of the letter, developed throughout the years. They make me remember about the good things in life, and also the love that they have for me.

3. Gifts

-The gifts that I have received before also make me grateful. They may be from my parents, family, or from my friends. All of them make me feel thankful, happy, and they also make me remember a good event. My presents make me joyful because knowing that a person remembered to give me something makes me happy. I also love gifts that are really significant in my life in a way that they are useful and related to me. The good events that they make me remember are the events where they were given to me. I will always cherish those presents and will always be grateful to the people who gave them to me.

4. Songs

-There are songs that make me remember a good event or a person. Whenever I hear those kinds of songs, I recall the days when I listened to them most of the time. I remember the times when those songs were the most played ones in the radio, and as I recall them, events that also occurred at that time replay in my mind. Those songs also make me remember a friend of mine. We shared the same music taste before, and I remember even suggesting great songs to each other. We used to go to concerts, thus, those events are also what I remember when I hear the songs that were significant to me at one point in my life.

5. My own works

-The songs, drawings, and the videos that I have made so far, make me feel very grateful and happy. They also make me remember the experiences that I had gone through to be able to create and finish them, and the joy that I had received after making them come into existence. Recalling all that I have already accomplished gives me a feeling of contentment and gratefulness, because doing so makes me know that I had been given the chance and the ability to make those kinds of things. My own works will always be important to me, because they make me remember how I have developed throughout the years, and also the experiences that I was able to overcome.

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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?

-There is a center or a central theme in my timeline and life, and that is me, myself, and I. If I will give my timeline a title, it would be “time-lApSe”. Every timeline shows a quick overview of something that has happened slowly before. Timelines and time-lapses may be quite the same, but the reason why I chose that title is because whenever I see this timeline that I made, all of those experiences run through my head as if I were watching a time-lapse of my life. Also, the letters “a” and “s” are in uppercase, because those are the first letters of my first name and last name, respectively.

2. Identify the turning points in your timeline. What were the thoughts, feelings and actions that you experienced?

-The turning points in my timeline are, first, when I transferred from OBMCI to CSR Makati, second, when I started creating my own music, editing videos, and also when I began to draw more, and third, when I transferred from CSR Makati to iAcademy. When I transferred from OBMCI to CSR Makati, I also had to transfer from the piano school that I had been enrolled in at that time, to the Music School of Ryan Cayabyab. This was a turning point for because of my experience at Ryan Cayabyab’s music school, I never wanted to have piano lessons again. And because of not wanting to ever have piano lessons once more, I wasn’t able to develop what I already had. My playing and note reading abilities didn’t really improve anymore, and that’s why I decided to just focus more on composing my own music. This turning point made me think of what I might have become if I had stayed in O.B. Montessori. It kind of made me feel regret as well, but I thought that maybe, what had happened was really better. Next, when I started doing almost everything that’s under Multimedia Arts, I felt happy because I thought my future career had been more definite, now that I know what I really want to do and pursue. This turning point served as the one that determined a possible future for me. Lastly, me transferring from CSR to iAcademy was also a turning point, for here I was already taking the road to my chosen career. I had to do better in school, as some of the lessons that are being taught are already related to my course. When I transferred, I also felt a really big change that occurred within me. I don’t know why, but I felt that I have become really dull. I hope this changes.

3. Who are/were the most significant people in your life? How did they influence you?

-The most significant people in my life are my mom and dad, my other relatives, and also my friends. All of them influence me in a way that they serve as an inspiration, especially my parents, for me to be able to reach my goals and be the good person that I want myself to be. They influence me with the love and care that they show and give, that lifts me up when I am down, and that makes me do and be better everyday. Their presence proves my existence, and without them, I wouldn’t be the person that I am right now.

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?

-If I could change or add something to my timeline, I wouldn’t. I prefer to leave it as it is, and accept what I have been given . I believe that everything happens for reason, and that everything that occurs results to an effect. A small addition or change to one’s timeline may result to something that is much more disastrous than the state one is in. And that is why I prefer not to change or add anything, as this original timeline may be the best of what I could ever have or experience.

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 don’t want to expect that much as the opposite of my expectations may be the one that will happen, and so I will just hope that my future timeline would be more interesting and fun than my past timeline. I hope that me and my parents would be happier in the future, and that we would also be successful. In a year, I’d most likely be a graduating Grade 12 student. And so I would want or hope to be in my preferred university, having fun studying. In 5 years, I would most likely be a graduating college student already. And so I would want or hope to be in my dream company, where I’d hopefully be doing my dream job.  In 10 years, I will most likely be self-employed already. And so I would want or hope to be in a certain location, filming for a movie of my own.

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My banner shows the treasure that I have within me. Even though this banner is all about myself, it still took me quite a long time to complete it. I had to think carefully so that I’d be able to truly express myself. And so through this, I have discovered plenty of passion, talent, and love within me. I realized that my core strengths are my abilities, talents, and also my determination.

I create different works of art like drawings, paintings, and small sculptures that are made from recycled materials, I shoot and edit videos, and I also compose my own songs. These are what I consider as my abilities and talents, while what I consider as my weaknesses are, my fatness, my poor posture, my facial appearance, and my inability to handle stress easily.

To destroy my weaknesses, I will change and be better. First, to make my fatness go away, I will start exercising regularly and I will continue eating healthy. I have already lost 22 pounds because of not eating rice and unhealthy food anymore, and also because of working out sometimes.

Now, to improve my health more, I will begin doing simple exercises and workouts regularly. This way, not only will I be able to shave off more fats and be in a healthy state already, but also, I’d be able to sit, stand, and walk with good posture. Next, to improve my facial appearance, I will continue cleaning my face daily so that my pimples and blackheads would lessen and disappear. I will also try my best to sleep early so that my face would have the ability and chance to heal and recover. Finally, for me to be able to manage stress easily, I will start having a more positive outlook on life. By doing this, I’d be more calm and relaxed in a way that I’d be able to tell myself that I can get all my work done if I just keep on doing it until everything is complete. By being positive, my mind will always think that I can do anything and that anything is possible, especially if I put my heart into everything that I do.

To further enrich my qualities, assets, and strengths, I will continue practicing and doing what I want. I will draw and paint all the time, shoot and edit videos whenever I have the chance to, and compose songs regularly, so that my skills and also my imagination would develop more. By doing this, my works would also improve. My self as an artist would have more to show, express, and be proud of.

I use my strengths in pursuing a career in Multimedia Arts. I want to be a filmmaker in the future, and so aside from shooting and editing videos, I also watch movies regularly so that I’d be able to learn more about filmmaking. I also want to be a musician and have my own band, and so I play the piano and the guitar and also make music to achieve this dream of mine. Lastly, I also want to be an artist. Thus, I draw and paint so that this dream would also come true. In my opinion, for one to be able to use his/her strengths to his/her best advantage, he/she should use them for him/her to be happy. I also think that sharing one’s talents and works is also a way of using them to your best advantage. Therefore, I use my talents to my best advantage in a way that I use them for myself, and for other people too. I do art for me to be happy, and I also share my works with other people so that they may be happy as well.