GRADUATION DAY: A Beginning and An End
Graduation is finally over but I’m still having ambiguous feelings about it. I feel happy and sad at the same time. Well, I think that’s really normal for most of the graduate students. It’s really hard to say ‘goodbye’ to your friends, teachers, and to your school that became part of your entire High School life. They are the reasons why my high school life became much enjoyable despite the hardships that we went through.
I was awarded best in values education and I was included in the top 20 of our class. I promise to myself that I would work much harder in college to achieve what I wanted to achieve.
During our graduation day, the certificate of 
scholarship was also given to me. It was so overwhelming. In my hand is a kind of assurance for my future and career. My parents are so proud of me. They told me that many parents were saying that they are so lucky that their daughter got the scholarship. My classmates were also saying that to me. And for that reason, I was very thankful to ACES (especially to Philip & Ester) for giving me this kind of opportunity to pursue my dream. I would do my best to attain my goals.
As they say, it’s an end of another chapter of your life but the beginning of a new one. I might say goodbye to my high school life but the memories and the people that became part of it would stay with me forever. And very soon, I would be entering a new episode of my life- the college life.
First Thoughts on College Life
The Start of a New Journey
It's been a week since my class started. And now, I am officially a college student, a nursing student, so to speak. It was really a mixture of emotions; I'm excited but at the same time nervous of this transition.
This is it. This is the start of the new journey of my life. New school, new classmates, new teachers, new friends, new culture…everything is new to me. I'm still preparing myself and adjusting to these changes. But I'm happy that I've already met new people and made friends with them. Knowing and having them as my new friends helped me to easily cope with the changes and challenges of college life. We are able to empathize with each other and realized that we're not alone with this so-called college adjustment process.
I know this is not an easy road. Surely, there would be lots of difficulties but I am up for new challenges. Good luck to me.
More from Kimberley July 2009
I am now learning much about maternal and child care; it’s nice to learn the things that I did not understand that much before. And I am still expecting to know more about this and about the other subjects.
Though, things are getting harder now that I am in my second year in college, I am trying my best to cope up. Being in a hospital training made me nervous at first and felt like every thing I do could be wrong. But, little by little I’m getting used to it.
I will tell more of experiences next time.
Thank you and GOD BLESS!!!
CAPPING & PINNING - August 2009
Kimberley recieving her cap and badge before her clinical placements - an important ceremony (which is why Kimberley looks so serious!). Thanks to the efforts of all our fund raisers, this girl we first encountered just over a year ago is transforming into a profesional nurse. Goodness knows how many lives she will touch and influence. Thank you.