I started walking holding Papa's hand. I walk when I need to buy load from a nearby sari-sari store. To keep my weight issues at bay, I do brisk walking every morning for the first 3 weeks of December. (I plan to continue BTW) At 21, I think I've walked on every pothole, manhole and bumped into every hump and bump in front of me. I've fallen into many ditches already and this year, the medical ambulance or the yellow tow truck finally arrived and pulled me out. It may take time but all the same it feels good to know that I'm being pulled and I can get back on walking.
2010. Ahh, it feels nice to just pronounce it. (Say it with me, "twenty ten" *clap clap clap*) It comes with a certain kind of liberation and pure happiness!
I started walking through Stress Avenue this year. I had to painstakingly endure several stressful Tuesdays where I was asked to answer a question for a Jurisprudence graded recitation. To add damage, I had to prepare for the exams of all exams, the nursing licensure exam. It was basically what I did for the first half of the year. I felt like I left Earth for a while. All at the same time, our organization had to juggle review and graduation preparations and it was no picnic. We deal with 100 multiple choice post tests and late meetings in one day. Make it in an hour or so.
Leaving Stress Avenue was a big relief. I was hyped so everything became blurred. Oops! I hit my head on a post. It was my fault, I wasn't really watching where I was going so I didn't do anything to avoid it. The post holds a sign that says Friendship Street. No matter where I walk, I am not alone. I can honestly say that this year has been full of wonderful friendships.
It was an honor to meet my board topnotcher cousin Dr. Roel Evangelista, a blessing to create a thick thread of friendship with Timmy & Grace over UAAP, with Alay, Brigid, Nikki & Jean over review sessions and St. Jude trips, a priceless moment to talk with Ramon Bautista, to steal a photo opportunity with courtside reporters Jessica Mendoza and Lia Cruz and to display my fan girl affection to the FEU basketball players through a cupcake.
Along side, there will always be my weird family and friends. All together, they kept my sanity intact and working.
I took a right turn where the sound is at its loudest and people are merry making. This must be the Achievement Road. I mustered enough courage and hard work to walk past through this road. With the touch of faith, God gave me what my heart longs for since the beginning of this year: to graduate with honors. I came to realize that nothing beats hard work and prayers. Who would have also thought that the student who was once asked to scrub out in her first ever major operation will receive a clinical proficiency award? Amazing, right? This year too, I am officially a registered nurse. An unemployed one at that, but still a registered nurse.
While everything is happening, (or while I continue to walk in my life), life is.. well, life. It doesn't skip over the bad, boring or the not-so-worth-telling parts. I've had my fair share of losing patience over review materials, crying sessions over arguments with friends and family, breakdowns from too much stress and confusion over my career choice. Life and walking through it is not a walk in a park. It is not exciting every minute of every day.
And so, I'd run over another bump and fall into another ditch. I'd see another road or street and walk through it. This time, though, I hope I learned my lesson. It's time I learned to look at the road, to really read the road sign of where I'm going and be aware of what I'm doing.
If there's one thing I'm sure of for 2011 and for the years to come, it is that I WILL CONTINUE WALKING until I get past through every road and every bump.
So, I'm getting back on the road now. Here's to learning how, where and who to walk with.
HAPPY 2011! Cheers for a wonderful year ahead!
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