Are there any
significant experiences you have had, or accomplishments you have realized,
that have helped to define you as a person?
My past experience at IJMS, my beloved
school, was indeed significant in my life.
I’ve been studying here at IJMS for about
13 years now, I’ve been here ever since nursery. I still remember when I was
just in kindergarten 2, that was the very first time I joined a contest. It was
held in our school gym, there were so many people cheering. But despite of a
young age, I still managed to win the event. I won the title “Mr. Math and
Science”. Thanks to my parents for their never ending support. For winning the
said event, I gained some experiences that in fact thought me well, I managed
to develop self-confidence to myself. “I can do it!”, those were the words that
always comes to my mind every time I join a contest.
It is here in IJMS where I’ve learned how
to be competitive, how to handle problems, and how to be creative in my own little
way. I have joined many contests/competitions in my life. Many of those led me
to success but of course there are some areas where I failed. But even though I
failed in some of them, I still managed to hold on to myself and try to be a
better competitor. Sometimes when I lose, I even say to my fellow contestants
“Sa uulitin ha”. Well, that’s what I love about competitions, it is when all of
you try to be the best, you want to rise above all of them, sometimes you even
get angry because of too much arguments with your fellow contestants, but in
the end, you’ll end up smiling at each other and thanking God because it’s
over. Whew!..
My favorite category is mathematics, ever
since elementary I have learned to love numbers. I am often chosen by our class
adviser to represent our class during quiz bees and other events. The most
memorable contest that I entered was when I was a sophomore student, I
represented our school in the field of book keeping. I only won 3rd
place, but I certainly am very proud of myself. There were about 20 contestants
and I was the only sophomore student around, because representatives from other
schools are all senior students. But despite that they have more knowledge
about book keeping than I do, I still managed to grab 3rd place.
That’s a big “WOW!!!” for me.
The experience of exposure to various
competitions was really significant to my life that has developed my
self-confidence and attitude to accept the reality that in every competition,
there are winners and losers. If you did not win, never feel bad about yourself.
Just get up, stand up and try again and again until you succeed. Never give up!
Try your best, if you fail, then try again it won’t hurt. It is better to try
and fail than never to try at all.
-Kervin Lacsina
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