MMA11D - Elijah's Life Journey! by Elijah Villena

Born in March 3, 2001

Mishie — 2018-03-13 12:14:18 UTC

@MCU Hospital, Caloocan
- one of the most gentle child you'll ever see.

Early Childhood (3-5 yrs. old)(2004-2006)

Mishie — 2018-03-13 13:17:44 UTC

- Preschool life, pretty innocent. Can't remember anything.
- The times where I already got into Spongebob and it became biggest inspirations and influences as a child. I learned how to speak English and I started drawing him.

Living Angels Christian Academy (2006)

Mishie — 2018-03-16 13:56:11 UTC

Kindergarten
- met my first best friends, Caleb and Karen. We were the trio back then and I have influenced them to draw with me. Named us three as Spongebob, Patrick, and Sandy.
Caleb: Very first best friend. He draws with me! An extrovert who helped little ol' introvert me a lot in making friends before.
Karen: Second best friend, also draws with us. Soon became my first childhood crush and got shipped together by the class.

Grade 1 (2007)

Mishie — 2018-03-16 14:02:00 UTC

First injury
- I can't remember exactly what happened but it was because I was running and I might've bumped into a metal bar and for some reason I was upside-down which I don't understand based on what I can remember?
- Minor hit in the head, kind of bloody but I didn't let it stain my polo!
Following School Years:
- Taekwondo and Karate classes in school
I enjoyed it but got bored of the sets and stuff. Then I also remembered a shadow sparring before in which I accidentally kicked my opponent and down he does to the ground, all curled up.

2010

Mishie — 2018-03-16 14:17:45 UTC

Someone's birthday party in our neighborhood.
- For some reason, got inside some child's house and he became one of my best friends in my life right now.
Name: Fedrix Tolentino
- he also introduced me to Soccer, and we used to play a lot of soccer in the streets and became the nuisance of the whole neighborhood by all the noise like ball crashing to the roofs, gates, cars etc.
- Big fans of Big Time Rush!
- Plays a lot of PSP and got into fandoms such as Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy and amazing JRPs like Popolocrois!
- Good times.

Grade 5 (2011)

Mishie — 2018-03-16 14:37:30 UTC

New Friends: Timothy and Benzi
Timothy: BEST FRIEND!! Draws a lot with me, plays a lot of games with me and relates a lot with me !! Very very very great friend of all times!
- New Trio: Elijah, Timothy and Caleb! We drew our very first OCs in the style of Adventure Time!
- I remember filling up 18 notebooks full of doodles until the end of Grade 6!
Benzi: Another one of the weird kids (autism), isolated by my classmates. A special friend to me even though we weren't that close at this time until highschool where he kind of got better at fixing himself!

New Friends (2007)

Mishie — 2018-03-16 14:43:15 UTC

New Friends: Miro, Jonas, Patrick, Austin
Miro: the weird kid, isolated by people cuz he's a bit sick (autism i suppose). But he's a special friend of mine and he loves to draw with me!
Jonas: Nerd. but special friend. Not a drawer but loves games, anime and geeky stuff.
Austin: My very first fan? He looks up to me so much that it felt really nice! I taught him how to draw and he enjoys looking at my works too!
Patrick: Fun friendo

Grade 5 (2011)

Mishie — 2018-03-16 15:09:19 UTC

First Farewell:
- Miro had to leave due to family issues. His real parents are taking him back now and had to cut all connections with us. It was sad, he didn't wanted to leave us but its the inevitable.
- I can't also find him because I remember him stating a contract where he has to change his name.
- He gave us farewell gifts, I got a stuffed toy Patrick! I still have it in my room.
- I still wish I could see him in the future though. I believe we will!
- Karen also left the school but meh-- HAHA
~ I was also always the First Honor from Kinder to Grade 6 <3 ~

Memecenter (2012)

Mishie — 2018-03-16 15:33:48 UTC

Elijah's new era:
- THE INTERNET.
- IN SUCH A YOUNG AGE, I HAVE ALREADY ENCOUNTERED MEMES
My first art community:
- Artists started to burst in the site and eventually created a community on Facebook that I also joined !
- Wasn't really a significant person in the community but it was a nice experience.
- People came from all around the world! I'm amazed from all of these different kinds of people!!
- One of my biggest influences.

Important People (2012)

Mishie — 2018-03-16 15:39:10 UTC

Important People: Valshe, Mimi, Berry Nick
Valshe: She taught me how to draw digitally. Introduced me to Paint Tool SAI and how to use it. So that's why SAI is my main drawing program and I am still using it until now!
Mimi: One of the closest friend I got in the community. We talk a lot and combine our ideas together before and eventually got shipped by the community. Also became my crush.
Berry Nick: BEST FRUENDO IN THE COMMUNITY! A real bruddah. A competition of friendship with Timothy at this age. (Legit, Tim got jealous of friendship sshhh). He's still one of my great friends until now! The one who stayed after all these years.

Grade 7 (2013)

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Start of High school:
- New environment, new people. But same school. Just. More. People.
- Still introverted and tends to stick to my internet/artist account to run away from reality.
- Karen returned, she still has feelings for me but I don't feel the same way as before so it didn't end well even though she was being sweet- We aren't as close as we used to before at this time too.
- Caleb also started to become more social and soon lost interest in drawing.
- The year I started playing League of Legends (death). I also spent a lot for this game at this time.

New Friends (2013)

Mishie — 2018-03-16 15:50:50 UTC

New friends: Rodelio, Diego, Ven, Joseph and gang
Rodelio: One of the loyal dork friends you'll ever get. Soon fell in love with a girl in class and they're still a thing even up to this day.
Diego: The funny one in the group, probably the most influential to Caleb. Not gonna lie, I do felt sad at these times when Caleb was losing interest in drawing with me and became more outgoing.
Ven: One of my great internet friends and also my current "partner" at that time. Didn't end well because of multiple issues but it's alright. Then after our breakup, my best friend (Timothy) initiated into talking to her and eventually got into a relationship up until this day! (I'm happy for them)
Joseph and Squad: Berry Nick soon became more open about himself and now known as his real name, Xavier. Then introduced me to his good pal, Joseph and soon to his squad at their school which became my League of Legends gaming buddies.

Grade 8 (2014)

Mishie — 2018-03-17 00:33:41 UTC

My cringe era:
- Memecenter community is dead.
-Tried to find a different community.
- Filled with different edgy Filipino artists.
- Discovered the RPOC pages and created one of my own which actually became a success

"Crushes"

Mishie — 2018-03-17 00:36:19 UTC

Shun - a girl I met who was interested on me. We met through my RPOC page and got close. Though as a bad person I was, I asked her to wait for a year which I forgot then I still regret what I did up to this day. Yes, she did wait. I hate myself.
Cringe crushes:
- These people have no way to relate with me but I don't understand why I was so desperate to get into a relationship thinking it was so "cool" at this time.
Cianie: Went loco for this girl and tried to court her for the 25 days of Christmas which of course, didn't end well which was so obvious but I was so stupid. Can't believe I cried here lmao.
Coleene: Classmate of Joseph, why did I even try? No way to relate, and I'm a complete stranger.
- I'm disgusted of myself at this year.

LEAGUE OF LEGENDS

Mishie — 2018-03-17 00:40:58 UTC

I gave more effort into my League of Legends career and became better in the game and I think I was able to hit Platinum at this time already. I also tried joining into tournaments with friends but of course that's an automatic loss.

Grade 9 (2015)

Mishie — 2018-03-17 00:45:41 UTC

My redemption:
- The year I met Theater.
Short Backstory: The reason why I joined was because I wanted to try something irregular out of my personality and I asked Timothy to join with me next year back at 8th grade. (but he didn't)

Theater !

Mishie — 2018-03-17 00:47:36 UTC

"Siphayo"
- My very first production with me as the protagonist!
- Heavy-drama which was a challenge.
- I got slapped, I cried, I screamed, I begged on the floor, I got angry, then water was thrown at my face.
- It was a huge success and this made me break out of my shell which lead to my improvement up to this day.
- a lot of people greeted me after the play! Personal and in my facebook profile

Grade 9 (2015) pt.2

Mishie — 2018-03-17 00:56:03 UTC

I started to become famous and outgoing.
- People love me especially the faculty.
- One of the best school years of my life for more reasons:

Student Council

Mishie — 2018-03-17 00:58:30 UTC

I ran for the place of Vice President and it was an easy win if I were to be honest.
Why? I was famous and well-known. And I was also one of the honors so I guess that's plus points.
Though the President wasn't the one who I expected to win so that's a false for one of the reasons why I ran for VP because I aimed for a partnership with that person in the council.

Society Ball (2015)

Mishie — 2018-03-17 01:02:11 UTC

So the Grade 9 were to given "titles" like "Book of Wisdom" and all that stuff and I was so anxious and started to condemn myself because a lot of titles were already given and I still wasn't called. I began to think if I haven't been doing great in my life and if I was such a disappointment.
BUT THEN !!
"The Key of Success, Elijah Mishael R. Villena"
I couldn't believe it. I asked my seatmate if they got the right name because I was too busy in my own thoughts that I was about to cry depressive. I didn't even hear the description of what the title is for because it was blocked by a wave of my negative thoughts.
So, this title was actually the heaviest title of them all and I was very honored to have gained it and it really makes me wonder if I am worthy but this title showed my turning point in life that pushed me to strive better and go further than my limits.

Grade 10 (2016)

Mishie — 2018-03-17 01:24:05 UTC

- Whole school knows me
- it was just a chill year though a lot of my expectations to happen within the school went downhill.

Student Council (2016)

Mishie — 2018-03-17 01:26:28 UTC

- almost all of our platforms weren't made.
- we didn't really felt the authority because the faculty was limiting us on what we can do and didn't let us explore possibilities from our own ideas.
- our main job is to tally down the lates every morning. That's all.
- then we just get to host some minor events which are always adlib.
- it just sucks but we still got the students under control because my appearance alone was intimidating.

Problematic Relationship 2016

Mishie — 2018-03-17 01:34:38 UTC

I met this girl in the internet, named Kaye, who was a complete "trash" and was ready to give up in life any moment. But then, silly ol' me decided to talk to this person and started to take interest on her because I wanted to help change her for the better but it didn't go as smooth as I thought along the road. This long distance relationship made me see that things will not go always as planned and that it will always be hard despite the struggles because I was so innocent up until this point. It was very problematic because I had to deal with her insecurities, existential crisis, art problems, jealousy and envy, family problems, suicidal thoughts and actions every time that it resulted in a lot of quarrels and fighting. This relationship gave me the starting bit of depression wherein I also started to question a lot about life and myself. She made me limit myself into where I could only focus on her and only her that I wasn't able to socialize as much and focus on the improvement of my art. I had to always give her my best just for the sake of keeping her alive and it did sound like a chore instead. I have done everything I can to influence her positively but she always end up shutting me off and threatening me that she'll kill herself. There was even a point where I had to call her friends to come by her house because she was about to do "it" and I had to bombard her with calls and I kept on crying like a madman. She did influence me a lot of negative stuff but I guess that's just a way to balance myself and have more thought about things and I guess that's just what I needed even though it really did have a bad impact on me but at least I was able to influence her positively by the time were I had to break off the relationship because I had enough, I was the one dying along the way. She took all of my words and did her best to improve after our break up and I guess she's doing just fine now because I ignore her messages now and then to lose contact with her but I ask her how she's doing from time to time and it's all gucci.

and I'm thinking, if without her then I might've not wanted to explore more about life that I won't end up studying in iACADEMY and not meet all of these wonderful people!

New Friends 2016

Mishie — 2018-03-17 01:35:00 UTC

Jairus and Jazinth !
- New Grade 9 students who got close to me and played a lot of LoL with me and always supported me with different things I do in school! I love these guys, they're still my friends!

Theater ! pt.2

Mishie — 2018-03-17 02:10:35 UTC

"Joseph The Dreamer"
- Typical bible story play which was boring if I were to be honest. It was plain and didn't show much theater extravagance but I was still the protagonist so.. heyeyy.

Another Relationsip early-2017

Mishie — 2018-03-17 02:23:01 UTC

Nicolette, who saved me from dying from the past relationship but also didn't last because she's an INC and it's just very hard and I do not like religious-heavy families and culture.

iACADEMY Pre-enrollment (2017)

Mishie — 2018-03-17 02:24:40 UTC

Workshops:
Video Editing workshop !
I met one of the best people to start my school year with, Jamie Alvarez, who was my seatmate back then and we got close because she was asking me on what was the thing she missed and we got scared at a scary video they showed together.
Also got to befriend the college people: Ate Din and Ate Ciara
Summerscape !
New friends: Aira, Hannah, Jeremy, Daniel and Veah
My team won somehow and got prizes ~
I was also able to meet one of my soon-to-be classmates that I didn't know they will be which are George and Chloe! I just saw them in the LRT at the same time with me and then I tried talking to them when I saw them in the line for food.

Biggest Squad in iAC, I believe

Mishie — 2018-03-17 02:31:24 UTC

made out of 26 people who first started in a group chat. Venge (SD) was the one who added me. These are the people that gave me a good start in my year and I became very friendly that a lot of people knows me already!
We are also the noisiest bunch in the Creative Workshop

MMA-4

Mishie — 2018-03-17 02:35:35 UTC

Very first person I got to be close with which is my bestie still, Petrie! We got to talk a lot and support each other in the vacation wherein we did count down to how many days are left before the semester starts. I remember even crying on her once because she was the only one online at that moment and something bad happened. (I got hacked in League, all my hard work HAHAH but I was able to retrieve it so its gucci)
I was also the one trying hard to make our group chat lively and I was the noisiest because I wanted everyone to get together!

Parents Orientation

Mishie — 2018-03-17 02:38:42 UTC

I wasn't able to attend because I had to accompany my dad with his checkup near Makati Med but I was able to catch up to one person which is Maxine! ❤ which explains us being close already during SOAR.

Tower Sharks

Mishie — 2018-03-17 02:41:43 UTC

Condominium/Dormitory dillema:
The journey to find a place to stay with friends!
This experience enabled me to explore Makati and became closer with people such as:
Duane, Veah, Andy, Monique, Andre and Francis.

SOAR

Mishie — 2018-03-17 02:49:13 UTC

It was my first nights alone in the dormitory I was in and I ended up crying because it's my first time to be away from parents.
At the main event, I enjoyed my time especially with my new classmates!!
And, they gave me all of their pizzas because they weren't able to finish it nor in the mood to eat it. So those pizzas were my dinner in the dorm HAHA--
Prince also gave me donuts eyyyyy because we were already chatting before that time and I talked to him already about my interests in Theater, it was a funny moment because we chatted each other at the same time.

BiTAG

Mishie — 2018-03-17 02:54:03 UTC

First days of the semester, I was already able to attend BiTAG's very first meeting. I was a special member for I was the very first Grade 11 to have ever joined so early.

iRAINER Squad

Mishie — 2018-03-17 03:16:49 UTC

My lovely group of friends I started the semester with:
Nicholas, Rainer, Erin, Aira and Petrie
We were a lovely bunch.

Club Noodles

Mishie — 2018-03-17 03:23:11 UTC

The trashiest squad there is, composed of:
Maxine, Paolo, Ronald, Chloe, George and Mae.
a bunch of problematic weirdos but best people to hang out with !

Buwan Ng Wika

Mishie — 2018-03-17 03:24:33 UTC

I participated in:
- Monologue competition
- Spoken Words competition
- and also became the host of the event along with Gabrielle.

Midterms and PBL

Mishie — 2018-03-17 03:26:27 UTC

it was stressing.

During PBL, we actually crammed it but still came out good even though we weren't part of the expo. I also got closer with Nicholas because I slept over at their house to finish our magazine and we talked about a lot of things.

Before 2nd Semester

Mishie — 2018-03-17 03:29:48 UTC

Inter-Org Dance Competition
Air group:
Duane, Dwayne. Rainer, Mikaela, Nichole, Micah, Elise, Hannah, Aika, Ate Jacquelyn, and Kuya Arwyn.

We won 3rd place! I enjoyed my time with them so much.

BiTIW

Mishie — 2018-03-17 03:30:14 UTC

I wasn't really needed to participate in this workshop because I was already part of a production but I was doing well on assisting the crew.
At the last day of the workshop I was also able to become the Vice President External of BiTAG! for the next school year!

I love BiTAG pare.e

2nd Semester - Current

Mishie — 2018-03-17 03:36:25 UTC

Everything is going well for me so far, I just have to do better because I have a lot of responsibilities compared to before.

andiloveagirl

Mishie — 2018-03-17 03:46:42 UTC

Questions:

Mishie — 2018-03-17 03:54:44 UTC

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?
My 'center' would be the moment that I joined the theater. If I were to give my timeline a title it would be called "Turning Point" because the center of my timeline shows how big that experience have changed me.
2. Identify the turning points in your timeline. What were the thoughts, feelings and actions that you experienced?
Turning points would be Memecenter, Grade 9, Problematic Relationship and start of iACADEMY.
3. Who are/were the most significant people in your life? How did they influence you?
Caleb, Timothy. Miro, Austin, Valshe, Xavier, Kaye, Friends in iACADEMY. They influenced me by giving me different things to take interest on.
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 wouldn't want to change anything in my timeline, it connects perfectly. But I guess I wish that I worked harded more for myself especially with arts.
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 expect my timeline to be rich that connects with a lot of unique people that I have inspired.