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by Tine Dimaunahan, BSA 2-1


It was in my freshest days of my college life when I first saw this CAE student whom I thought was a batchmate of mine then. It was that laugh, that hysterical laugh, that made me look curiously and see a "chibi-like", huggable woman on my right side. I merely shrugged off the moment and just said, "mukhang may mga baliw rin pala dito sa CAE".

The floors of GL are too small for people to not be acquainted with each other, making it next to impossible to not to see her again. As months passed by, I saw myself mentally counting my petty observations on her. Unnecessary as it may be, but who will just ignore that cutie-patootie higher year student who has this natural childish aspects on her? Make it two, I forgot to say her simple and not-so-girlish looks, and her curly, forever-ponytailed hair, and the fact that she is a JPIA officer, and... Oh, it's more than two.

So, going back. She was then a part of my "mystery list" until the day before the day before yesterday. She is not on the list anymore and let me tell you five reasons why is that so.

A legit personable character. Addition to the fact that she is always wearing this "chubelita" smile, you can clearly observe (during breaks) that she's also with a set of cray-cray friends. She easily attaches herself with people and of course, she does not want anyone to break her trust. A self-acclaimed "mabait at cute", she truly has this natural person-oriented, happy-go-lucky and friendly personality within her.

The "lazy but responsible" ironic cliche. With her matching HAHAHAHA, she honestly confessed of her being victimized by laziness and easily tempted by bum-around activities. I do not believe in that, though. A responsible person who will work and create personal relationships with her co-officers, is this the definition of her so-called laziness? Let me tell you a trivia. I randomly asked her why did she chose to be a part of JPIA and why not CAE instead and she said, "Mas naging close kasi ako sa past JPIA EO’s kaysa student council officers kaya mas pinili ko sa JPIA." A dedicated person who works for the love of JPIA, indeed.

Humble in gracious and defeat. Accounting is hard, accounting plus an extracurricular is much harder. Besides of being a full-time officer, she still doesn't forget her priorities and her true responsibilities. Truly, a real JPIAN strives just to have the letter combination of "CPA" added in their surnames, right? She maybe does not have superpowers to fly but having the ability to survive sleepless nights? Boom, a real call for a massive hands down!! Despite of her saying to herself that "hindi naman ako matalino, hindi naman ako talented", being a survivor of a BSA's dream destroyer (Compre, for short), a part of the dean's list and even the accounting synergy - 'nuff said.

Study hard, party harder. Despite of her "hair-wrenching" activities, it must not be forgotten that she does not have any plans to be insane. Having a mix of a GG and GC blood, one of her best qualities is that, she still gives time to truly experience the real essence of happiness. Thanks to time management, she can still have time to exchange laughters with her friends or just take a seat in the corner and do her fave hobby: reading. Being inclined with Classical Literature, she is fond of reading novels on Greek Mythology. Sanity at its best, with her lovey-dovey Percy Jackson.

A container of morals. Being an optimistic person, she does not let herself be astray on the obstacles of reality. Simply, she is just an extraordinarily ordinary person, giving the best out of things and just loving life.

"Mahalin mo anuman yang ginagawa mo. Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted.”

In conclusion, I just want to say that from a mysterious acquaintance, she finally became an interesting college-mate of mine. And in conclusion of my conclusion, I would like to dedicate a bajillion of rain claps for Ate Grace Reprado, our Vice-President for Audit!





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