One reason I’m loving my life now:
THANK YOU GOD <3
Words cannot express how happy and blessed I am with my newest achievement. I didn’t expect this to happen, especially with my SCIENVC grade which almost ruined my chance to be a Dean’s Lister. After all the sleepless nights in front of my laptop finishing final papers and video projects, all the catastrophic events during lectures, and the endless cramming for our tests, my hard work finally paid off. In addition to that, I got this wonderful news with Christmas just around the corner. However, the road to this achievement wasn’t a bed of roses as mentioned above.
Let me take you back to the start, shall we?
The dream of becoming a DL began in my first term of college. Actually, it was dad who motivated me to push myself to the honor roll even at least once. I already didn’t make it to the honor roll in high school and I won’t let it happen again in college. So in the first term, I tried to study hard in order to make my desired grades. Unfortunately, I didn’t get what I deserve despite all the effort I’ve put during the term. When the grades came out, I was really disappointed because I almost fell below the 2.5 GPA. On the contrary to my misfortune, many of my batchmates who went to DLSU made it into the Dean’s List. When I read about their achievement, I was really happy for them but I was also sad because I felt like I was the only one who didn’t make it.
“Just do your best and God will reward you in no time,” my mom advised me when I told her I fell short of the coveted 3.0 GPA. Surprisingly, my dad comforted me when he was supposed to act like the rage guy when I didn’t live up to his expectations.
Fast forward to the second term. I was having the time of my life in my freshman year in college - super cool blockmates (LR23), awesome loyal friends, and a kick-arse schedule. Life was never dull since then. Even with a social life, I never failed to balance it with my studies. For example, a paper due in a week would be accomplished four days before the deadline instead of the night before. In addition, no Facebooking or Tumblring (I tweet sometimes lol) while doing the paperwork to avoid any form of distraction that would repel me from my priority. Everything paid off with my satisfactory marks in my papers.
After all the sleepless nights, my isolation from my beloved blogs and social networks, the constant trips to the library, and the all-night researching, I finally got what I deserve. After millions of times reloading my MLS account, I saw the grades…and BOOM!
A 3.5 GPA :)
Thank you so much LR23 and friends, profs, parents, and Santa God for this wonderful Christmas gift!
