At dahil uso ang magpost ng graduation pictures at kung ano-ano pang patunay na gagraduate sila ngayong taon, gusto ko ding makiuso at ipagyabang na grumaduate din ako--2 years ago. I present to you guys and gals yung 3=page acknowledgement section ng thesis ko! Yay! Mas mahaba pa sa related lit section. HAHAHA! Ang sarap grumaduate. Congrats sa mga grumaduate ngayong taon at sorry nakikisawsaw ako sa inyong tagumpay. Kudos to y'all!
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Finally, my four years of college is done. And what better way to end this other than thanking all those people who helped me all throughout? I didn’t know how hard it is to translate in to words how thankful I am to these people, but I think I will give it a shot. To the following people, I offer the very last paragraphs I would write as a college student:
To myself
Thank you for not giving up whenever it seemed like everything is not going the way you want it to be. Thank you for always believing that you can finish your thesis and that you will graduate on time. Thank you for not giving in to all the distractions. You may have the tendency to be lazy and to procrastinate almost all of the time, but I am glad you get things done on time (well, most of the time). Your efforts to stay awake at night and skip a good 8-hour sleep finally paid off.
To my family
My mommy and daddy, who never failed to show how much they love and care for me, despite the distance between us. Thank you for all the encouraging words and all the support you have unfailingly provided me throughout the years. I may not say this often but I do love and miss you very much. Thank you for always believing in me.
To my siblings, thank you for putting up with all my mood swings. To Lara, thank you for your understanding those times whenever I am too busy to help you with your assignments or your drawings. Thank you for your understanding whenever I am not being a good sister or when I am being very masungit. To Tan-tan, thank you for making the Power Point presentation for my thesis defense and for all those other projects I am not capable of doing.
To Mamu, Dadu, Nanay, and Tatay, cousins, aunties, and uncles, thank you for all your support and for always believing in me. Thank you for providing me everything I would need, be it, financially, or encouraging words. You have always been there for me whenever I need help. Thank you for being so excited over the thought of me graduating.
To Mam Pulumbarit
For being oh so motherly to all your Pulumbarit Babies; For being very supportive; For always answering all my questions (in person, in Facebook chat), whether it is irrelevant or relevant to my thesis; For saying ‘maganda pala ang thesis topic mo’, thus encouraging me to continue what I am doing; And for understanding whenever I am too lost and too distracted to function—thank you. I could not have finished my thesis without your guidance. Being your advisee was circumstantial, but I am sure glad I did become one. Also, I always love sitting on your desk because the inspirational message posted on your table (the one that says ‘YOU say… GOD says…’, really gives me hope and inspire me to go on every time I read it.
To Sir Henson and Mam Aclan
Thank you for being so forgiving during my thesis defense and for improving my thesis through your intelligent comments and suggestions. And thank you for proving my theory that thesis defense is easier than it sounds. Thank you very much.
To all my professors
Thank you for imparting your knowledge and for not making it easy for us to pass your subjects, thus, making us all better persons. We may not realize it during those times, and all we thought of was how toxic your subjects are, but I know, now, that all of that is for us to be ready in facing the challenges of the ‘real world’, outside the comforts of the UP Manila campus.
To my OrCom 2010 batchmates
Four years of being with very multi-talented, brilliant, and intelligent people will truly be unforgettable and irreplaceable. I may not be very sociable and expressive, but being with these kinds of people remind me every day how privileged I am to study and graduate in UP.
To my UP barkada
To Ryo, Jhe, Angge, Paula, Dave, Nike, Jona, Marie, Kamil and Jasper, among others, you know I am not a very friendly person, I value my time alone, and I am not the kind of person who easily lets people in to my life but I am glad you guys managed to get through. Thank you for all the help and support you have given me throughout the entire four years of our stay in UP. I may have relied on you so much, most of the time, kaya nga I can’t be thankful enough, to all of you. Thank you for sharing with me those rants, stories, jokes, gossips, bonding moments, everything. Basically, thank you for making my stay at the University bearable and enjoyable. I love you. Ayiie. Parang mag-jojowa lang. Hahaha.
To my best friends
To Celine, Jobeth, RJ, and Mia, thank you for always sticking up with me through basically everything I’ve gone through. You have always been there for me all these years and I know you will always be in the coming years, I could never be thankful enough for that. You are those very few people who understand me even in my silence. Thank you for bringing me up whenever I can’t bring myself up. Thank you for lending those ears when I needed people to understand. Thank you for everything. We may not get to say this everyday to each other, because we know we’re not that kind of best friends, but I love you very much mga days!
To Puroy
Thank you for sticking up with me and for being very patient whenever I am being very impossible to deal with. Thank you for not giving me up whenever it seems nothing is going right between us. We may not always see eye to eye, argue every single day because of every petty thing there is to fight about, but I am very much thankful of having to spend three (and counting) wonderful years with you. And by the way, thank you for giving me something else to think and worry about other than my thesis. Haha!
And ultimately, to my Lord God
Thank You for giving me everything I needed in life. Thank You for making me feel blessed through these people. Thank You for not leaving my side during my darkest days. Thank You for always being there to listen to whatever it is that I am going to say. I could not have done this if You have not given me the strength, guidance, and wisdom I just need. Lord God, I am offering all of what I have and all of what I am to You.
I firmly believe that, whether it is good or bad, happy or sad everything ends. As the saying goes, ‘this too shall pass.’ And I am ecstatic this chapter of my life finally did.
Again for all those people who made this sweet ending possible, thank you.
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