Myself and I by Alexander Ellis Padilla

Alexander Ellis A. Padilla

apadilla1_33 — 2025-07-03 12:10:53 UTC

I'm a 17 year old senior high student who goes to Ateneo de Davao University Senior High School

I enjoy playing badminton!

apadilla1_33 — 2025-07-03 12:16:16 UTC

Badminton is one of my favourite sports, I actively train in this sport and hope to play in Varsity and other competitions

Music is fun

apadilla1_33 — 2025-07-03 12:18:51 UTC

Another thing I enjoy doing in my free time is playing musical instruments! I can play an array of instruments such as: Guitar, Drums, and Piano! Although since I am learning all at once, I am not a master at one. I do often enjoy singing too so I am in a way just good enough in all areas.

Exercise!

apadilla1_33 — 2025-07-03 12:20:25 UTC

Exercise is also one of my hobbies! I mostly do jogs and fun runs occasionally so I can stay fit and healthy for other things

Anything Hot & Spicy

apadilla1_33 — 2025-07-03 12:23:36 UTC

Spicy food is one of my favorite types of cuisine, but I'm the only one in my family who enjoys it. I developed a higher spice tolerance than my family members due to an experience I had when I was a child.

Sweets and Drinks

apadilla1_33 — 2025-07-03 12:26:07 UTC

Candies and Soft Drinks was one of the things that I was banned from consuming ever since I was a child, even until now! Ever since I was banned from eating them, I never grew to like them or dislike them as I've never tried.

apadilla1_33 — 2025-07-03 12:29:01 UTC

I like to think as school as a place for me to learn and a place where I can secure a future. When I was young, my parents forced me to always do good in school and only school that I was not taught basic skills and chores in the house. After my parents regretted the way they raised me, school stopped becoming a priority and just something for me to complete but became something I want to do for myself but not put all my time and effort just into school. I live by a principle that school is not all I need to be successful in life because there are other important skills needed in life that school can't just teach.

Written Work 1

apadilla1_33 — 2025-08-28 06:52:09 UTC

This written work helped me realize and acknowledge my personality type as well as my strengths and weaknessess as a person.

Written Work 2

apadilla1_33 — 2025-08-28 06:53:22 UTC

I was able to reflect and realize the ways of how I cope with stress, whether it is a good or bad way of coping with stress and how I can learn better ways or improve my current ways of coping with stress.

Written Work 3

apadilla1_33 — 2025-08-28 06:53:45 UTC

I believe that having emotional intelligence is an important factor in intelligence that school cannot teach just through textbooks and lectures, so I believe that learning of my own emotions and owning them is a great skill to have that can help me handle social situations and myself better.

Written Work 4

apadilla1_33 — 2025-08-28 06:53:57 UTC

Being able to learn how my brain works and the ways I study helps me acknowledge the way my brain works and how I can use its strengths to the best of my abilities and also find where I am lacking.

Infancy

apadilla1_33 — 2025-08-29 13:05:59 UTC

During infancy, one thing that my parents always repeatedly told me was how I was a giant child who was above the average weight compared to other babies and even though I was a large child, I was notably very quiet and my parents and caregivers always commented on how easy it was to raise me as I did not cause tantrums often.

Early Childhood

apadilla1_33 — 2025-08-29 13:07:52 UTC

During this stage in my life, I had learned the basic skills of a person, such as walking and talking. While I was at this stage, my parents were very active in finding a hobby for me and letting me explore the world,, I underwent aikido training just for a few months as seen in the picture, but I also took piano, basketball, drum, and badminton lessons as well during this age.

Preschool Years

apadilla1_33 — 2025-08-29 13:16:27 UTC

At this time of my life, most of my core hobbies and interests had been developed, such as playing badminton as I have had training every summer for it, as well as getting grades in school, this was the happiest time of my life as I was still young and was still enjoying my time.

Elementary Years

apadilla1_33 — 2025-08-29 13:19:21 UTC

At this point, I had become a constant honor student, had fun hobbies, but only a few achievements, as I was not a very ambitious person; I just did what was enough and spent my time doing other things. Notable achievements were winning intramurals for badminton and playing tournaments within my training group. I spent most of my days studying, playing and talking with others as I had no phone or social media during this time.

Adolescence

apadilla1_33 — 2025-08-29 13:42:41 UTC

I entered high school during the quarantine era, so I had less experience of an actual high school life than other generations. My f2f high school classes during grade 9, grade 7, and grade 8 were boring years, and I had no friends nor social media during that time, so it was a very isolated time for me. I formed many close friends during this time and learned how socializing works and who to keep close to you. I also discovered myself deeply, including my values, virtues, interests, and goals. I became a tranquil person because of the challenges that life had brought upon me and I think that it helped formed me to be the person I am today. My priorities in life now is my relationship with God, my self growth and to keep the peace around me.

Career Plan

apadilla1_33 — 2025-11-09 15:40:32 UTC

Career Roadmap

apadilla1_33 — 2025-11-09 15:41:37 UTC

Overall Reflection

apadilla1_33 — 2025-11-09 15:54:54 UTC

Written Work 1

apadilla1_33 — 2025-11-09 15:56:22 UTC

Being able to make a plan for my mental health and well being was a fun activity that helped me realize the different ways I can cope.

Written Work 2

apadilla1_33 — 2025-11-09 15:57:10 UTC

Writing for someone who you hold dear to you was an inspiring activity for me that helped me realize who are the people I hold dear to me and what I think of them.

Written Work 3

apadilla1_33 — 2025-11-09 15:58:04 UTC

Talking about my parents made me realize how much I treasure them, although they may not be perfect at times, they still provided me with the life I have today and that is something I am thankful for.