A Look Back Down the Road

The KAPLAN review is almost done, and here I am dreading the actual test day. What else is there to say or do? Well, I've really nothing to say about my ambivalent sentiment towards mentally, physically, psychologically (you get the drill) maturing towards success in which the SAT is the prime instigator. On the other hand, I have a number of things to say about what has been done.

The SAT review has brought me through deep introspection and circumspection of why I am here studying my ass off, and why in the hell I am not bothering to satiate my "personal" urges of being gregarious and foolhardy -- Future-related reasons: if I keep on going on the same path of nonchalance for academics, my chances of being a successful person will merely waste away, and so forth. I guess this undertaking has, in fact, brought the best out of me. It has given me a sense of prioritization and purpose, a mean of continence to acheive a goal, if you will.




Rather than brooding for my early departure from my motherland and family, I am actually thanking God for making me realize this passing month of May that there are sacrifices needed to be fulfilled to attain personal strength and, thereby, victory. However, nostalgia is but a normal part of life comparable to the air we breathe everytime we inhale. Mind you, I am not brooding; I am reminiscing. I cannot help but miss the "good old days" at my house in Manila. I certainly am missing the lessons my father and my grandmother used to have INCULCATED to my obdurate young self. I cannot help but be thankful for those formative days. Indeed, no amount of remuneration can compare to my childhood experiences and to the people who made it noteworthy, my family in Manila.